US09394207B2
The invention relates to fertilizer compositions comprising a carbon source and a source of nitrogen. Carbon is in form that can be readily up-taken by soil bacteria. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the fertilizer, a method for fertilizing soil and uses of said fertilizer. Use of the fertilizer promotes uptake of endogenous soil nutrient resources by plant.
US09394206B2
A method for producing an electrostatic chuck includes the steps of (a) placing a ceramic slurry in a molding die, the ceramic slurry containing a ceramic powder, a solvent, a dispersing agent, and a gelling agent, gelatinizing the ceramic slurry in the molding die, and removing the molding die to obtain first and second ceramic molded bodies; (b) drying, debinding, and calcining the first and second molded bodies to obtain first and second ceramic calcined bodies; (c) printing an electrostatic electrode paste on a surface of one of the first and second ceramic calcined bodies to form an electrostatic electrode while assuming the first ceramic calcined body is to form a dielectric layer of an electrostatic chuck; and (d) superposing the first and second ceramic calcined bodies on each other to sandwich the electrostatic electrode and subjecting the first and second calcined bodies to hot-press firing.
US09394192B2
A batch charger for charging batch materials into a glass melting furnace at a level located below the level of the molten glass, including: a body including a barrel and a mechanical system for conveying batch materials, the mechanical system being housed in the barrel; and a head removably fastened to an end of the barrel, and including a slide gate damper, and a tubular connecting part fastened to the slide gate damper and configured to be at least partially inserted into a charging orifice provided in a wall of a tank of the furnace, the slide gate damper and the connecting part including a system of internal ducts that can be connected to a source of coolant. A melting installation and a process can use such a batch charger.
US09394187B2
An electrolysis device with a rectifier comprises: an electrolytic cell; a joint panel with a first surface joined to the electrolytic cell; an electrode module comprising a housing, a plurality of electrodes provided inside the housing, and an auxiliary panel joined to a second surface of the joint panel, the auxiliary panel having a first end installed in the electrolytic cell and a second end perpendicularly protruding from an external periphery of a second end of the housing; a rectifier module having a second side surface from which an electrode protrudes; an L-shaped panel joined to second surface of the joint panel and any side surface of the rectifier module; and a bus bar that connects the electrode of the electrode module to the electrode of the rectifier module.
US09394186B2
The present invention relates to the application of a heterogeneous photocatalysis process for the treatment of industrial wastewater contaminated with recalcitrant compounds and the operating conditions of a pilot plant for implementing said process.
US09394180B2
Production of polycrystalline silicon in a substantially closed-loop process is disclosed. The processes generally include decomposition of trichlorosilane produced from metallurgical grade silicon.
US09394179B2
A process for making modified activated carbon from an activated carbon substrate. The activated carbon substrate is pre-treated to make an exposed surface of the activated carbon substrate substantially hydrophilic, coated with a carbon precursor to form a coated activated carbon, and then the coated activated carbon substrate is heated to carbonize the carbon precursor to from the modified activated carbon. The modified activated carbon comprises a uniform porous carbon membrane formed on an exposed surface of the activated carbon substrate. The carbon membrane can mediate the absorption and/or adsorption kinetics of the activated carbon substrate. The modified activated carbon, which can be incorporated into one or more components of a cigarette, can selectively remove gaseous constituents from mainstream smoke during smoking.
US09394176B2
A method for forming a carbon nanotube film is disclosed. More than one carbon nanotube array is transferred onto a surface of more than one substitute substrate. The substitute substrates are arranged side by side to contact and combined side surfaces of the plurality of carbon nanotube arrays with each other by van der Waals attractive force to form an assembling array. The assembling array is larger than the carbon nanotube array. Carbon nanotube segments are drawn from the assembling array.
US09394174B2
The present invention relates to the formation and processing of nanostructures including nanotubes. Some embodiments provide processes for nanostructure growth using relatively mild conditions (e.g., low temperatures). In some cases, methods of the invention may improve the efficiency (e.g., catalyst efficiency) of nanostructure formation and may reduce the production of undesired byproducts during nanostructure formation, including volatile organic compounds and/or polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons. Such methods can both reduce the costs associated with nanostructure formation, as well as reduce the harmful effects of nanostructure fabrication on environmental and public health and safety.
US09394173B2
The present invention generally relates to processes for recovery of phosphorus values and salt impurities from aqueous waste streams. In particular, the present invention relates to processes for recovery of phosphorus values and salt impurities from aqueous waste streams generated in the manufacture of phospho-herbicides, including N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine and glufosinate.
US09394168B2
Methods for forming nanostructures of various shapes are disclosed. Nanocubes, nanowires, nanopyramids and multiply twinned particles of silver may by formed by combining a solution of silver nitrate in ethylene glycol with a solution of poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) in ethylene glycol. Hollow nanostructures may be formed by reacting a solution of solid nanostructures comprising one of a first metal and a first metal alloy with a metal salt that can be reduced by the first metal or first metal alloy. Nanostructures comprising a core with at least one nanoshell may be formed by plating a nanostructure and reacting the plating with a metal salt.
US09394157B2
A fueling device includes a fuel passage-forming member and a flap valve mechanism. The flap valve mechanism includes an opening-forming member attached to one end of the fuel passage-forming member and an opening-closing mechanism to open and close a filler inlet of the opening-forming member. The fuel passage-forming member includes a pipe body containing a resin inner layer in a pipe shape made of a first resin material and a resin outer made of a second resin material, and a welding end formed on an opening end of the pipe body. The opening-forming member includes a cover member that covers the opening end of the pipe body and a welded end formed on an opening end of the cover member and welded to the welding end. The cover member is made of a third resin material welded to either one of the first resin material and the second resin material.
US09394144B2
A passenger conveyor includes a plurality of pallets arranged to form a travel surface of the passenger conveyor. A first guide member extends from a first longitudinal end of the travel surface and is located at a first lateral side of the plurality of pallets, and a second guide member extends from the first longitudinal end and is located at a second lateral side of the plurality of pallets. A position of the second guide member is offset in a longitudinal direction along the travel surface relative to the first guide member. The first guide member and the second guide member are pivotably connected to the plurality of pallets to guide movement of the plurality of pallets.
US09394139B2
In a multi-car elevator, when two adjacent cars travel in a like direction, an elevator controlling apparatus: determines a shortest stopping position that is a stopping position at which a leading car stops in a shortest stopping distance from its present position; determines an estimated stopping position that is a stopping position of a trailing car if the trailing car is stopped urgently when the trailing car deviates from a speed change path for stopping using decelerating control by the elevator controlling apparatus from its present position and approaches the leading car; and controls a separating distance between the leading car and the trailing car such that the estimated stopping position is before the shortest stopping position.
US09394132B2
A conveying device includes a rotating member having sharp teeth and configured to rotate while being in contact with an object that is being conveyed, and a holder configured to support the rotating member. When seen from a downstream side in a direction of sheet conveyance, the rotating member is rotatably supported by the holder such that the rotating member is allowed to incline toward one side but is prevented from inclining toward an opposite side. The teeth of the rotating member each have an asymmetrical shape with the one side thereof sloping.
US09394122B2
A feeder for flat objects, particularly a supplement feeder for supplements, having a stack compartment for receiving objects in the form of a stack and a takeoff device for taking individual objects off the stack along a takeoff direction, wherein the takeoff device includes a conveying element and a gate, through which the objects taken off the stack are led individually by the conveying element. In order to be able to process different objects with properties differing from one another, particularly objects of different type and thickness, with the feeder in continuous operation without problems and without congestion and to provide a feeder for different objects that is as flexible as possible and that is capable of processing both thick and thin objects without lasting deformations while largely avoiding takeoff errors, the gate has a first gate device and a second gate device. Thereby an object taken off the stack can be brought into engagement either with the first gate device or with the second gate device and led through the gate.
US09394105B2
The present invention is an apparatus with flexible membrane for oil storage and transportation, comprising outer wall, installation opening, blocking cover, oil inlet, oil outlet and breathing orifice. The membrane is arranged in outer wall and fixed in the installation opening or the fixing part of outer wall. The rest of membrane is separated from outer wall. Valve and quick coupling are arranged in both oil inlet and oil outlet.
US09394104B2
The present invention provides a method of discharging dry bulk material from a container. The method comprises the steps of applying vibration to the container in accordance with a predetermined vibration application routine. A resultant amplitude of vibration of the container resulting from the applied vibration is then monitored to facilitate the determination of a level of dry bulk material present in the container. In the event that the determined level of dry bulk material is above a predetermined level, the application of vibration to the container is ceased for a predetermined time interval. In the event that the determined level of dry bulk material is at or below a predetermined level, the application of vibration to the container is maintained in accordance with the predetermined vibration application routine.
US09394099B2
A double pizza pack, comprising: a single sheet comprising folding lines forming: a base plate, for use as the bottom of a lower pizza compartment; a lid plate, connected to said base plate by a first strap; a division plate, connected to said base plate by a second strap, for dividing the space between said lid plate and said base plate into two compartments; and side walls, wherein said straps being a part of said side walls; wherein the height of said first strap being twice as the height of said second strap, thereby allowing forming said pack from said single sheet, by a single punch.
US09394094B2
A carton for holding a plurality of containers. The carton can include a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton, the plurality of panels including a top panel, and an insert including a central panel, an inner end flap foldably connected to the central panel, and at least one crown guard flap foldably connected to the inner end flap adjacent a crown guard relief in the insert. The crown guard flap can be connected to at least a portion of the central panel by a collapsing nick. The top panel can at least partially overlap the central panel, and the crown guard flap can be positioned for contact with at least one container of the plurality of containers with the collapsing nick being at least partially folded.
US09394091B2
A method for fastening wrapping sheets made of paper or cellulose in pulp-bale packaging, wherein a pulp bale is wrapped using a single-piece or two-part wrapping sheet made of paper or using a lower sheet and upper sheet made of cellulose. The method is characterized in that, at the location of overlap of the two paper or cellulose sheets, or at the end fold of the wrapping sheets made of cellulose or paper, one or more clip(s), including a decomposable material, not leaving behind any harmful components, as bale processing continues, is introduced into the bale. This makes it possible to avoid a costly binding machine or paper-strapping machine, and does away with the outlay required for disposing of the wire by the end user. A fastening device which includes a decomposable material which does not leave behind any harmful components, as bale processing continues is also disclosed.
US09394084B1
A method of controlling an aircraft electrical system (40). The electrical system (40) comprises an alternating current electrical machine (56, 58) comprising a plurality of phases, each phase having a power rating, the electrical machine (56, 58) being configured to operate on failure of one or more phases. The method comprises: determining a power requirement; sensing a fault of one or more phases of the electrical machine (56, 58), and controlling the electrical machine (56, 58) to operate in a fault condition, in which the remaining phases of the electrical machine (56, 58) provide the electrical power requirement; and providing an overrating signal to a flight computer (66) of the aircraft (2) where the power provided by each phase exceeds the power rating of the respective phase.
US09394067B2
A hand held tool for the tensioning and severing of cable ties, including reciprocating means for tensioning the cable tie tail, locking means to prevent further tensioning upon the attainment of a preselected tension level in the tie tail, and severing means to sever the tie tail from the cable tie head.
US09394064B2
The invention relates to a load bearing interface ring (1) for a space craft. The load bearing interface ring (1) comprises a first part (3) and a second part (4). The first part (3) is arranged to carry compression loads and is mounted on an inside surface (11) of the second part (4). The second part (4) is arranged to carry shear and global bending loads. The second part (4) comprises at least two laminate plies (8), where the laminate plies (8) are oriented in a normal plane (12) of a jacket surface (5) of the load bearing interface ring (1).
US09394063B2
A method of repairing a component comprises identifying a non-compliant surface of the component, wherein the non-compliant surface is not within an allowable tolerance, cold spraying a powder comprising a metal onto the non-compliant surface, and forming a coating comprising the metal over the non-compliant surface, wherein an outer surface of the coating is within an allowable tolerance. In an embodiment, the method of repairing an outer component further comprises machining the outer surface of the coating. In an embodiment, the component is a shaft, a rotor mast, an input quill, or a bearing. In an embodiment, the component contains electronic equipment during the cold spraying, and wherein the cold spraying does not damage the electronic equipment. In an embodiment, the component is repaired without subjecting the component to a hydrogen embrittlement bake.
US09394058B2
The invention concerns a method of controlling the flight lighting arrangement of a wind park by means of acoustic monitoring or wind park comprising one or more wind power installations, wherein the wind park has an acoustic monitoring device having a microphone arrangement, wherein the microphone arrangement records sound signals, noises or the like from the environment of the wind park and said sound signals are processed in a signal processing device connected to the microphone arrangement, wherein there is provided a switching device for switching on a flight lighting arrangement of at least one wind power installation of the wind park and the switching device is coupled to and controlled by the signal processing device so that the signal processing device causes the switching device to switch on the flight lighting arrangement if a sound signal of a flying object, for example an aircraft or a helicopter, is detected by means of the acoustic monitoring device, and/or a predetermined sound signal (for example sine sound) is superposed and/or falsified by the noises of the flying object.
US09394055B2
A mixer for an aircraft air conditioning system has first and second fresh air lines and first and second recirculation air lines. A first premixer is connected to the first fresh air line and the first recirculation air line, to mix the fresh air with the recirculation air thereof. A second premixer is connected to the second fresh air line and the second recirculation air line, to mix the fresh air with the recirculation air thereof. A main mixer is connected by a first premixed air line to the first premixer and by a second premixed air line to the second premixer. The main mixer is adapted to be supplied through the first premixed air line and the second premixed air line exclusively with premixed air from the first and/or the second premixer.
US09394054B2
A retractable flight attendant chair includes an anchor box, a sled coupled to the anchor box for horizontal translation of the retractable chair into and out of the stowage compartment, and a chair mounted on the sled. The chair includes an expanding/folding backrest and seat portion that allows the chair to be stowed in a small envelope compartment when not in use.
US09394053B2
An aircraft having a cockpit, said cockpit including a canopy provided with transparent surfaces fastened to bars, a central console, and two seats arranged transversely on either side of the central console. The aircraft includes at least one support (31, 33) connected to the central console and at least one display unit for displaying multiple indications for assisting piloting, each display unit being carried by at least one support (31, 32, 33, 34) interposed between a bar and a theoretical position of the eye of a person sitting on one of said two seats, each support (31, 32, 33, 34) visually masking a bar at least in part, in order to optimize the visibility to the outside of the cockpit as made available to that person, the theoretical position being defined by the manufacturer.
US09394051B2
A mission pod system for an aircraft set to perform a mission includes a fixed portion that is fixedly secured to an exterior surface of the aircraft. The mission pod system also includes a modular portion that is removably secured to the fixed portion and spaced away from the exterior surface of the aircraft via the fixed portion. The modular portion includes an entirety of mission-specific components.
US09394047B2
An aeroplane includes a fuselage having a pair of hydrofoils providing hydrodynamic lift and stabilization arranged in the form of an inverted V. The junction between each hydrofoil and fuselage is situated forward the center of gravity of the aeroplane. The distance separating the junction between each hydrofoil and the fuselage, with respect to the center of gravity of the aeroplane is comprised between 0 and 170% of the mean aerodynamic chord of the main wing of the aeroplane, preferably between 20% and 135%. Each hydrofoil is inclined downwards, from its leading edge in the direction of its trailing edge. The straight line connecting these two edges form, a nominal pitch angle comprised between 2 and 12°, preferably between 6 and 8°. A part of the hydrofoil is located beneath a horizontal tangential plane of the aeroplane; each hydrofoil has a flexible intermediate section allowing the hydrofoil to flex upwards.
US09394045B2
A propeller system for an aircraft includes an assembly for modifying a sound field of the propeller system. The propeller system includes a rotor supported for rotation about a rotor axis. The rotor has a central hub and a plurality of blades each extending outwardly from the hub to a tip. The rotor and blades are operable to propel an aircraft to travel in a direction. The rotor blades define a rotor plane perpendicular to the rotor axis. The blade tips define a circumferential rotational path as the blades are rotated by the rotor. The propeller system includes an acoustic resonator or multiple resonators having openings disposed within a distance to the propeller blade tip that is small compared to the wavelength of the propeller's fundamental blade tone and proximate to the rotor plane. The resonators are excited by tip flow of the blade as it passes the opening. The acoustic resonators are configured and positioned so as to direct acoustic energy to modify the sound field of the propeller system at blade pass or higher harmonic frequency tones in a desired direction relative to the aircraft.
US09394044B1
The invention is made up of three major components, a sleeve that is mounted on an oar shaft; a dock, which is mounted to the shell's riggers; and a pair of oar retainers that clamp around the sleeve and pivotally mount to the dock. The sleeve is locked into the oar retainers via a latch. The sleeve has a movable block that has a cam, which engages grooves in the oar retainers. The sleeve and can rotate around its axis, which allows the oar to be feathered. The oar retainers hold the sleeve and allow it to rotate and pivot during the rowing stroke. The dock attaches the oar retainer to the shell or outrigger. Its purpose is twofold: first, it provides a stable vertical platform on which the oar retainers can pivot up and down; second, it swivels left and right.
US09394042B2
The present invention relates to an underwater floating device (1) characterized in that it comprises: an insert (4) comprising a thermoplastic material and a hollow tube (7), a foam (5) of a thermoplastic material, at least partly covering the insert (4), an outer skin (6) comprising a thermoplastic material formed by injection molding over the foam and configured for being in contact with water during use.
US09394038B2
This invention provides a paddle retainer for stand-up paddleboards. There are two basic embodiments of the idea: a plug with a paddle-retaining slit that can be attached wherever the user wishes to attach it on the SUP, and a paddle-retaining slit built into the kicktail of the SUP. With both embodiments, the tip of the paddle is held within the slit portion by friction, such that SUP users can easily “store” their paddles in a vertical position while engaging in activities such as fishing that require them to store their paddles, and then easily retrieve their paddles without bending over to pick them up. The plug optionally has one or more holes into which fishing rods can be removably secured.
US09394026B2
A bicycle having a bicycle frame comprising a head tube, a top tube, a down tube, a bottom bracket and at least one chain stay. A single, tubular member has a first portion that forms the top tube and extends downwardly from the head tube toward the bottom bracket and a unitary second portion that extends upwardly from the bottom bracket to form the seat tube. A plurality of struts extends between the tubular member and the down tube, bottom bracket or at least one chain stay. In some arrangements, the down tube and the at least one chain stay are the only frame members that contact the bottom bracket. In some arrangements, the top tube contacts the down tube at an intermediate portion thereof.
US09394023B2
A motorcycle seat is provided, the seat being aligned in the longitudinal direction of the motorcycle and having a spring-damper system under the seat surface that absorbs and reduces impacts and vibrations of the motorcycle on the rider or passenger. The seat may include regulating/control electronics that adjust the damper of the spring-damper system to the present riding situation in conjunction with a sensor placed near the front wheel. The spring-damper system is arranged between a seat top plate and a seat floor plate or in the level of one of the two seat plates.
US09394022B2
A sitting assembly is disclosed including a first and a second saddle pad for a transition between a first state and a second state. In the first state, the saddle pad will hang down, such that a user may step over the saddle pad. In the second state, the saddle pad will have a substantial horizontal orientation suitable for sitting. The transition may be a rotation such that the sitting assembly is narrower in the first state than in the second state. A lever may be present for effecting the transition. The sitting assembly is intended for use on vehicles, and is suitably coupled to a frame thereof by means of a saddle pin.
US09394020B2
The specification discloses automotive body components including roll-formed components and slip-plane brackets. The roll-formed components may be used in place of components manufactured using other techniques, such as hydroforming. The slip-plane brackets may be adjustably positioned on the roll-formed components. More specifically, the slip-plane brackets are adjustable in two or more dimensions (e.g. laterally and longitudinally) before attachment, so that the brackets may compensate for tolerances in the roll-formed components. Attachment techniques may include welding and/or adhering.
US09394013B2
A vehicle cover apparatus includes: cover members arranged to be extended over a bed provided on a rear side of a cab and movable in a front-rear direction; and a support unit capable of supporting the respective cover members in an extended state of being arranged to be extended over the bed and in a retracted state of being retracted to a rear side of a roof of the cab. A top surface of the cover members in the retracted state is disposed at the same elevation in a vehicle height direction as a top surface of a rear-end section of the roof which is positioned on the rear roof side of the cab or is disposed lower than the top surface of the rear-end section and, along with the top surface of the roof of the cab, causes a continuous flow path of an air current to be formed.
US09394012B2
A vehicle front spoiler comprises a flexible airflow guiding element provided in a region of a front part of the vehicle and extending in a transverse direction Y of the vehicle, and an actuating member, configured to move the airflow guiding element relative to said part of the vehicle between an extended operative position and a retracted inoperative position in which the airflow guiding element is folded rearwards to behind said vehicle part. The airflow guiding element is made of a rubber composition comprising an anisotropic textile structure of reinforcement cord having an elongation at break in the Y-direction of from 5% to 50%, and an elongation at break in the Z-direction lower than the elongation at break in the Y-direction, and is readily moved between the operative and the inoperative position with relatively low hysteresis losses.
US09394011B1
By strategically placing a series of turbulators on a surface of a vehicle the aerodynamic drag on the vehicle is less than the vehicle without such turbulators. The turbulators change a laminar flow to a turbulent flow at a point before laminar flow separation from the vehicle without such turbulators.
US09394009B2
In a method for connecting at least two structural units for a body of a vehicle, which structural units have in each case at least one carrier unit which is in the form of a hollow profile and which has at least one reinforcement element arranged in the carrier unit, the respective reinforcement element is connected by structural foam to the corresponding carrier unit, wherein the reinforcement elements of the two structural units are formed in each case with a joining portion and are joined to one another. The structural units to be connected are aligned, and the reinforcement elements are pre-fixed in the carrier units before a heat treatment of the structural units, and are finally fixed by foaming and/or adhesive bonding after the heat treatment.
US09393992B2
A steering system (10) includes a steering wheel (310), a steering column (30), provided with a first portion (31) associated to the steering wheel (310) and on which a first angular position sensor (316) is positioned, and a second portion (32), on which a second electric motor (325) and a second angular position sensor (326) are positioned, and a clutch (33) interposed between the first portion (31) and the second portion (32). The second portion (32) is associated to a hydrostatic steering unit (40) able to command a steering of a vehicle following a rotation imparted on the steering wheel (310) selectively by means of activating the second electric motor (325) when the clutch (33) is open or directly by means of the clutch (33) when the clutch is closed.
US09393990B2
A vehicle guidance system is disclosed where the vehicle includes a steering wheel assembly including a steering wheel and a hub, the hub connected to a steering shaft rotatable about a steering wheel axis within a steering column for steering the vehicle. The vehicle guidance system includes a receiver for receiving a position indication signal, a steering controller for generating a steering control signal based on the position indication signal and a drive assembly to directly drive the steering wheel assembly responsive to the steering control signal. The drive assembly generates a torque about a drive axis to rotate the steering wheel assembly, wherein the drive axis of the drive assembly is coaxial to the steering wheel axis.
US09393987B2
A steering apparatus includes an input shaft of which one end is connected to a steering wheel, and a steering column that rotatably supports the input shaft. The steering column includes a cylindrical outer column and a cylindrical inner column that is partially inserted into the outer column and guides the outer column in an axial direction. The inner column has a stopper, which regulates a movable range of the outer column in the axial direction, on an outer circumferential surface, and the stopper enlarges the movable range when deformation or movement thereof occurs due to inertial force.
US09393982B2
A folding chassis (1) for push-chairs, baby carriages and the like, comprising—a lower frame (2), which has at least one front post (2a) and at least one rear post (2b), which are connected in a lower region to respective wheel assemblies (3a, 3b);—at least one upper post (4), which supports grip means (4a) and can move with a combined rotary and translational motion with respect to the lower frame (2) during the transition of the chassis from an extended open condition to a collapsed closed condition;—at least one interconnection linkage (5), which is articulated rotatably to the upper post (4) and to the rear post (2b) about a first articulation axis (101) and a second articulation axis (102);—means (7) for kinematic interconnection between the upper post (4) and the lower frame (2);—the interconnection linkage (5) and the kinematic interconnection means (7) being adapted to determine the relative motion between the front post or posts, the rear post or posts and the upper post or posts (4) during the transition of the chassis (1) from the extended open condition to the collapsed closed condition and vice versa,—locking means (10) which can be activated, as a consequence of the transition of the chassis (1) from the collapsed closed condition to the extended open condition, and are adapted to keep the chassis (1) in the extended open condition,—a deactivation device (20), which is adapted to deactivate on command the locking means (10) in order to allow the transition of the chassis (1) from the extended open condition to the collapsed closed condition, at least one grip device (30) and at least one actuation device (31) being associated with the lower frame (2), said actuation device (31) being able to be actuated, with the locking means (10) deactivated and the grip device (30) gripped by the user, so as to move, by means of a movement of a linkage (5) and/or of an upper post (4), the first articulation axis (101) away from the rear post or posts (2b), so as to move beyond a position of equilibrium of the chassis (1) beyond which the chassis (1) tends to move towards the collapsed closed condition due to its own weight.
US09393980B2
A tow plate shelf device supplements a tow plate of an existing hand cart with a shelf increasing the lateral width of the two plate of the hand cart. The device includes a base shelf and a slot extending into a first longitudinal side of the base shelf. The base shelf is configured for coupling to a tow plate of a hand cart by insertion of the tow plate into the slot.
US09393979B1
A versatile and mobile, tool, paint, accessory and supply caddy for use by painters. The caddy provides multiple storage areas for paint cans, buckets, roller covers of different sizes as well as other painting materials and supplies. Buckets are removable when in use so as to make the job of painting more efficient with everything needed readily available and handy for use.
US09393970B2
A railcar gate assembly is arranged in material receiving relation relative to a hopper on the railcar and includes a slide gate movable between a closed position and an open position relative to a discharge opening for controlling the discharge of material from the hopper car. From an operational perspective, a first portion of the gate assembly is operably disposed above the slide gate and a second portion of the gate assembly is disposed below the slide gate. A boot adapter is releasably suspended below the discharge opening for influencing the discharge of material from the second portion of the gate assembly. A method for influencing gravitational discharge of material from a railroad hopper car is also disclosed.
US09393955B2
An apparatus for processing road information includes: a global positioning system (GPS) sensor configured to detect a location of a vehicle; a navigation device configured to output short-range road information and long-range road information according to a location of the vehicle; and a vehicle controller configured to restore forward road information by using the short-range road information and the long-range road information and control an engine or a transmission according to the forward road information.
US09393950B2
Systems and methods for improving operation of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, torque output of a motor is controlled to include a reserve torque for starting an engine that may be selectively coupled to the motor. Additionally, the motor torque compensates for disconnect clutch closing.
US09393945B2
A parking brake control system positioned upstream of a rail car parking brake locking mechanism that prevents the parking brake from disengaging until the braking system recharges to a sufficient point that it can be used to maintain the train on a grade. The system includes a three way valve that reduces the brake pipe pilot pressure supplied to the parking brake unlocking system until the brake pipe pressure reaches a predetermined threshold. A release delay system may be coupled to the parking brake control system to retard the rate at which the parking brakes of rail cars positioned near the head of a train are released to ensure that the parking brakes of the entire train are released at about the same time.
US09393941B2
An emergency brake device for a rail vehicle, having an emergency brake control valve device which provides an emergency brake control pressure to a pneumatic brake device of the rail vehicle; and having an emergency brake adjustment device which is capable of adjusting the emergency brake control pressure, which is provided to the pneumatic brake device, as a function of at least a load value of the rail vehicle and a speed value of the rail vehicle. Also disclosed is a brake system for a rail vehicle and to a rail vehicle.
US09393938B2
A brake control apparatus includes a main brake controller configured to control a brake fluid pressure supplied to main brakes provided to a vehicle's four wheels according to a proceeding vehicle's traveling conditions to automatically stop the vehicle using a braking operation of the main brakes and maintain the stop condition and an auxiliary brake controller configured to control parking auxiliary brakes provided to right and left front wheels or right and left rear wheels of the vehicle to perform a braking operation so as to maintain the stop condition of the vehicle. When the auxiliary brakes perform the braking operation while the brake fluid pressure is being supplied to the main brakes to stop the vehicle, the main brake controller rapidly reduces the brake fluid pressure to a predetermined fluid pressure value and then gradually reduces the brake fluid pressure before the main brakes are released.
US09393937B2
A method for operating a braking system of a vehicle, particularly of a motor vehicle, is described in which an automatic braking process is triggered by the exceeding of a specifiable threshold value by a rate of change conditioned upon the operation of a brake pedal. It is provided, in this context, that the threshold value is specified/varied by the driver in an initialization operation of the braking system. Also described is a related braking system.
US09393936B1
A jack lock for a landing gear crank of a tractor-trailer includes a four sided box to enclose the crank on four sides. A pin extends rearwardly within the box and extends through the crank yoke on the inner end of the crank, to preclude the yoke and crank from being moved from a lowered inoperative position to a raised operative position. A padlock is mountable on the end of the shaft to lock the box onto the crank.
US09393934B2
A windscreen wiper arm, particularly for automobiles, has a mounting head mountable on a drive shaft and an arm member pivotally connected to the mounting head by means of a pivot pin, wherein the arm member has a substantially U-shaped cross-section near the pivot pin comprising two side walls, wherein a part of the mounting head extends between the side walls and beyond the pivot pin, wherein the part is provided with opposite abutting surfaces for abutting against the side walls of the arm member; structure is provided on the mounting head and the arm member for limiting a pivot angle of the arm member, in the form of at least one guiding groove on one of the abutting surfaces of the part of the mounting head, as well as at least one outwardly extending finger on the arm member cooperating with the guiding groove. The finger is movable in the guiding groove between a first position corresponding with a wiping position of the arm member and a second position corresponding with a mounting position of the arm member. The finger extends outwardly from a base of the U-shaped cross-section of the arm member in a direction towards the drive shaft.
US09393929B2
A vehicle safety system includes a module including an airbag and an inflator. The inflator includes a housing (12) in which a combustion chamber (16) containing a pyrotechnic propellant is arranged in which hot gas is generated and which housing includes at least one escape orifice (22) toward the environment of the inflator (10), as well as a coolant reservoir (24) arranged in the housing (12) in which coolant is accommodated prior to activation of the inflator (10) and which has at least one coolant outlet orifice (28′). The coolant outlet orifice (28) is arranged in direct vicinity of the outlet orifice (22). Upon activation of the inflator (10) coolant flows out of the inflator into the protection system and wets an adjacent wall (32) of the protection system against which also the hot gas is flowing.
US09393927B2
Provided is an airbag apparatus capable of adjusting deployment pressure of an airbag. To this end, an airbag apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an airbag which is inflated when gas flows into the airbag, and has a vent hole through which the gas flowing into the airbag is discharged; a vent cover which is disposed outside the airbag; and a tether which penetrates the vent hole and pulls the vent cover while being tightened as the airbag is inflated so that the vent cover shields the vent hole.
US09393915B2
A vehicle entertainment system including a video system having a video monitor and a cradle secured within a vehicle. The cradle is shaped and dimensioned for selectively receiving and securely holding the video system. The cradle includes a docking port with a faceplate that is substantially flush with an upper end of a seat back of an automobile.
US09393906B2
Disclosed is a vehicle-like sound generation method wherein an acquisition unit (730A) refers to map information contained in a memory unit (710) based on the current position of a vehicle (MV) detected by a position detection unit (720), acquires lane information including the number of lanes on the road the vehicle (MV) is currently driving on, and sends the acquired lane information to a determination unit (740). Then, the determination unit (740) determines the range of the vehicle-like sound output towards the exterior of the vehicle based on the lane information sent by the acquisition unit (730A). Next, a control unit (750) calculates the volume setting for the vehicle-like sound output from the left and right speakers of a sound output unit (760) based on the determined range. Thus, output of the vehicle-like sound can be controlled while taking into account the probability that persons to be notified are present in surroundings which change due to the type of road currently being driven on.
US09393902B2
A transparent illuminated display system, typically for use in automobile race events, including a highly flexible and transparent PCB board with ultra-low profile LED's mounted to it. The flexible and transparent PCB boards can be in the shape of a single or multiple numeric or alphanumeric displays. The face of the display which would make contact with the face of a wind screen would include an adhesive element. The transparent illuminated display is mounted to a vehicle as a kind of sticker on the inside or outside of a racecar windscreen, back window and/or side windows. Each of the displays could be wired to power and data lines and illuminate the required numbers or text to show the position and other info of the car in the race.
US09393898B2
Electrical and physical mounting assemblies. The mounting assemblies include a male structure, a female structure, a retention structure, and a rotation control structure. The male structure has an outer surface and includes at least a first electrical contact that defines a portion of the outer surface. The female structure defines a receptacle that is sized to receive the male structure. The receptacle and the male structure are shaped to permit relative rotation therebetween about a rotational axis when the male structure is received within the receptacle. The female structure includes a second electrical contact that defines a portion of the receptacle. The first electrical contact and the second electrical contact are shaped to maintain electrical communication therebetween during the relative rotation. The retention structure is configured to selectively retain the male structure within the receptacle. The rotation control structure is configured to selectively restrict the relative rotation.
US09393894B2
A utility vehicle includes a plurality of ground engaging members and a frame supported by the plurality of ground engaging members. The frame assembly extends generally along a longitudinal axis of the utility vehicle. The utility vehicle further includes a front seating section coupled to the frame. The front seating section is configured to support an operator and a first passenger. Additionally, the utility vehicle includes a rear seating section coupled to the frame. The rear seating section is configured to support a second passenger and a third passenger. The rear seating section has an angled panel configured as a dead pedal for the second and third passengers, and a portion of the rear seating section extends forwardly into the front seating section.
US09393893B2
A vehicle seat is configured in such a way that webbing of a strip shape more difficult to elongate than a seat cover is provided around an airbag at a back side of the seat cover, and a bulging portion is caused to crack by means of tension of the webbing accompanying inflation of the airbag, wherein a hanging member more difficult to elongate than the seat cover is provided on a part of the seat cover, a pleat portion that is a part of the seat cover and to which the hanging member is mounted, is pulled towards an inside of the seat, the hanging member is locked to a locking member at the seat pad side, one end side of the webbing is mounted at the bulging portion side, and the other end side of the webbing is mounted to the hanging member or the locking member in a position closer to the inside of the seat than the pleat portion.
US09393891B2
A vehicle seat has a seat cushion upholstery part and a backrest upholstery part, and the seat cushion upholstery part and/or backrest upholstery part is bordered on each of the left and right sides by a deformable side bolster for 5 supporting a vehicle seat occupant. Further, each side bolster comprises at least one cushion deformable in the seat width direction and at least one upholstery portion into which the at least one cushion is embedded, and a wear-resistant fabric is embedded two-dimensionally into the foam of the at least one foam upholstery portion for its stabilization and at least partially covering the at least one embedded cushion, and, in at least one 10 part of the area covered by the wear-resistant fabric, the fibers of the wear-resistant fabric are oriented at a non-zero-degree angle to the seat width direction.
US09393889B2
A seat cushion frame for a vehicle, wherein the weight of the entire frame can be reduced as a result of changing the raw material to a resin; and to give a desired submarine prevention function to the front section of the frame, to greatly reduce the number of components of the frame, and to greatly simplify the entire structure, a C-shaped frame having a C-shaped planar shape opening to the rear side thereof includes a thermoplastic resin, and has a structure wherein the upper surface side of the front section of the C-shaped frame is formed into a surface intermittently extending in the seat width direction and the lower surface side thereof is formed into a surface continuously extending in the seat width direction.
US09393885B2
A compact multi-motion lifting and transferring apparatus and a method of operating same are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the apparatus may comprise an intermediary support member configured to be rotated about a substantially vertical axis, an electrically or hydraulically powered up/down extension arm, a support member for supporting a seat for accommodating at least one person, and a latching mechanism for securing the seat and seat support mechanism in a fully stowed position suitable for traveling in a vehicle.
US09393884B2
A rotary joint for a vehicle seat is movable between at least two positions. The rotary joint includes an outer bearing comprising two shell halves, which, when forced together by a mechanical fastener, compress a rounded space between the two shell halves. The rotary joint further includes an inner bearing held between the two shell halves and rotatable relative to the outer bearing via rotation within the shell halves. The inner bearing includes a sleeve forming the outer surface and having an elastic property to reduce non-rotational movement outer bearing and the inner bearing.
US09393875B2
The vehicle braking device has a hydraulic braking force generating device, a regeneration braking force generating device, a braking operation amount detection portion and a required braking force calculation portion. The vehicle braking device controls the hydraulic braking force generating device and the regeneration braking force generating device so as to apply the required braking force to the wheels. The vehicle braking device has a braking force adjustment control portion for executing braking force adjustment control for limiting the rate at which the regeneration braking force is increased and increasing the hydraulic braking force before the current regeneration braking force reaches a maximum regeneration braking force, that is, the maximum braking force that can be generated by the regeneration braking force generating device.
US09393863B2
A system for diffusing a fuel flow for a vehicle. The system includes a fuel tank, containing fuel in both liquid and vapor form. A fuel filler spud extends from a fuel inlet on the exterior of the vehicle into the fuel tank and defines a fuel outlet there. A diffuser is mounted on the fuel filler spud for diffusing fuel flowing into the tank. The diffuser can take the form of a tongue-like protrusion, which can have flow channels or grooves, as well as flow diverters, which can be arranged in a matrix in the fuel outlet.
US09393858B2
An exemplary infinitely variable transmission includes a planetary gear set situated in a drive train of an automotive vehicle and interfaced with a worm gear driven by an electrical motor continuously controlled by an electronic control unit in response to a torque demand. Another aspect may be selection of the worm gear helix angle to effect a balance between worm gear teeth friction and load placed on the worm gear by the planetary gear set, such that power required to drive the worm gear is minimized for all input load conditions.
US09393854B2
A tonneau cover apparatus for removable attachment of a cover to a pickup truck. The tonneau cover apparatus includes two opposing side rails that can be secured to respective side walls of the pickup truck and a securing apparatus that can be attached to the cover and is engageable with respective side rails to secure the cover to the pickup truck. The securing apparatus includes a channel, a locking member and a draw cord secured to the locking member. The locking member is biased toward a first position in which the securing apparatus can be prevented from disengaging from the respective side rail; wherein the draw cord can draw the locking member from the first position to a second position, in which the securing apparatus can be disengaged from the respective side rail. A tonneau cover apparatus including a cover, a support frame and a securing apparatus is also disclosed.
US09393853B2
A vent apparatus (10, 600) includes a perforated screen (12), a door (18), and a handle. The screen includes hexagonally shaped perforations (15). The door is adjacent a first face (13) of the screen and includes at least one arm (20, 22) that extends through at least one slot in the screen. The handle is in operative connection with the at least one arm and is operative to cause the door to move between a closed position (62) adjacent the screen to one of a plurality of open positions (64) extending at an acute angle with respect to the screen.
US09393852B2
A stabilizer bar support device for supporting a stabilizer bar on a vehicle-body-member. The device includes a bush having a through hole, wherein the stabilizer bar is inserted; and a bracket, which has a U-shaped body-part for receiving the bush, a first fastened part extending from one end of the body-part, the first fastened part being fastened to the vehicle-body-member; a second fastened part extending from other end of the body-part, the second fastened part being fastened to the vehicle-body-member. The bush compressively deformed by being pressed by the body-part of the bracket toward the vehicle-body-member when the first and second fastened parts are fastened to the vehicle-body-member. An amount of compressive deformation of a center-part of the bush in an axial direction of the through hole is smaller than an amount of compressive deformation of an end-part of the bush in the axial direction of the through hole.
US09393847B2
An unmanned air module includes one or more rotors, engines, a transmission and avionics. Any of several different ground modules may be attached to the air module. The air module may fly with and without the ground module attached. The ground module may be a vehicle ground module and may be manned. The vehicle ground module may transport the attached air module across the ground. The air module may have two rotors, which may be ducted fans.
US09393846B2
The invention relates to a trailer coupling for motor vehicles, comprising a coupling ball carrier which can be mounted on a vehicle body and a coupling ball with a ball body which has a ball surface extending between a ball attachment and an upper end surface of the ball body, with which the ball surface comprises a sensor zone for recognizing a body located close to or on the coupling ball, several detection locations different from one another are located in the sensor zone, a sensor unit arranged stationarily in the ball body beneath the ball surface is associated with each detection location and each sensor unit is designed such that it detects a body present in a close-proximity area above the ball surface at the respective detection location.
US09393838B2
Provided are a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising, as a rubber component, at least two modified rubbers modified with a polar functional group and having different modification rates with each other, a laminate body comprising (A) a resin film layer and (B) a rubber elastic body layer wherein they are adhered via (C) the said pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, and a pneumatic tire having the said laminate body as an inner liner layer; and thus, provided are the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition that can firmly bond between the resin film layer and the rubber elastic body layer while the laminate body obtained therefrom does not generate cracks at low temperature, the laminate body using the said pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, and the pneumatic tire.
US09393832B2
A wheel of the bicycle wheel type includes a rim (200), a hub (10) with an axis (100) corresponding to the axis of the wheel, the hub including a left flange (11) and a right flange (12). The wheel includes an arrangement of rim-hub-rim connecting elements on at least one flange of the hub, which includes at least two sets of at least two rim-hub-rim connecting elements ((51-52; 53-54); (55-56; 57-58)), in the form of opposing spokes or rods, and in which the elements of each set are in planes situated on either side of the axis of the wheel and parallel to the axis.
US09393827B2
A recording medium that includes a base material and an ink-receiving layer. The ink-receiving layer includes an inorganic particle including a structure represented by General Formula (1) and a structure represented by General Formula (2) and a binder.
US09393822B2
A method for printing, comprising: obtaining an imaging matrix, in which each row or each column of cells is associated with at least a nozzle of a printhead, and in which each cell contains an initial value of a parameter which is related to an amount of ink to be deposited on the print medium; dividing the imaging matrix into at least two subsets of cells, such that each cell of the matrix belongs to one of said subsets; associating with each subset of cells a conversion function; obtaining a converted imaging matrix by applying to the initial value in each cell the function that corresponds to the subset to which the cell belongs; and printing using said converted imaging matrix.
US09393805B2
A printing apparatus comprises a conveyance mechanism configured to convey a printing medium along a conveyance surface and a page turning mechanism. The page turning mechanism comprising: a swing guide which has a flat section substantially on the same plane with the conveyance surface at a preset rotation position and rotates around a shaft to incline the flat section with respect to the conveyance surface to bend the booklet on the flat section; a page turning roller configured to turn pages of the booklet; and a swing guide control section configured to enable the swing guide to rotate before the printing medium passes through the gap between the flat section and the page turning roller until the one of the ends of the flat section is above the arrangement surface of the conveyance surface and the other end is below the arrangement surface of the conveyance surface.
US09393801B2
A liquid consuming apparatus includes a liquid cartridge including a capillary portion having a first end configured to be in communication with the liquid chamber and a second end configured to be in communication with the atmosphere outside the liquid cartridge. The apparatus also includes a detector configured to output a detection signal based on the presence or absence of the liquid in a detection position in the capillary portion and a controller configured to measure, based on the detection signal output from the detector, a physical quantity, based on which a velocity of liquid moving in the capillary portion can be specified and determine whether the physical quantity is within a threshold range.
US09393789B2
A printing apparatus includes: a platen having a supporting surface configured to support a recording medium; a liquid droplet jetting head having a nozzle surface on which nozzles are open; a head moving unit configured to move the liquid droplet jetting head in a head movement area including a first area and a second area which is adjacent to the first area; a maintenance mechanism including a cap member configured to be movable in a cap movement area which includes a retracted position and a capping position and to cover the nozzles; a cap moving mechanism configured to move the cap member by utilizing movement of the liquid droplet jetting head form the first area to the second area; and a cap guiding mechanism configured to guide movement of the cap member in the cap movement area in an inclined direction.
US09393762B2
A process for the acetylation of wood comprising submerging the wood in an acetylation fluid under pressure, and subsequently heating the wood under controlled conditions to initiate two distinct exothermic reactions. The process permits the simultaneous upgrading of large quantities of commercial wood sizes having a natural durability class 4 or class 5 to a unique product of durability class 1 or class 2.
US09393752B2
The method for producing a fired body of the invention has the steps of: preparing a starting material mixture; molding the mixture to obtain a green molded body; a first heating step to make the molded body contain residual carbon-containing substances in a furnace by increasing the temperature of the furnace while introducing an oxygen containing gas; and a second heating step to obtain a fired body by further increasing the temperature of the furnace without introducing the oxygen containing gas; wherein the conditions for the first heating step are set so that when the molded body is allowed to stand after the first heating step in an oxygen-containing atmosphere at 900° C., the temperature at the center section of the molded body is at least 20° C. higher than the temperature of the atmosphere in the furnace.
US09393746B2
A method for the preparation of a dry textile preform for a large surface area fiber-reinforced composite component, in which resin-free textile material layers for purposes of manufacturing the preform are tensioned in each case in a tensioning frame, and in the stretched state are laid down on a moulding body by means of a linear relative movement between the tensioning frame and the moulding body. Also disclosed is a device for the execution of a method of this type with a tensioning frame for purposes of tensioning the material layers, and with a clamping unit for purposes of fixing the laid-down material layers on a moulding body.
US09393735B2
Solid state draw a laminated polymer billet containing two or more polymer compositions laminated to one another to prepare an oriented polymer composition.
US09393733B2
An inspection and ejector unit for preforms for plastic containers in a transportation line, has at least one driver device which picks up preforms travelling from an inward conveyor device to the inspection and ejector unit, transports them further and passes on at least some of the preforms to an outward conveyor device, at least one detection device by which faulty preforms in the driver device are detected, and at least one ejection device by which preforms which are detected as faulty are removed from the driver device, and a corresponding method.
US09393732B2
An apparatus for heating plastics material pre-forms includes a conveying device which conveys the plastics material pre-forms along a pre-set conveying path (P). A plurality of holding elements for holding the plastics material pre-forms and a plurality of screening elements for screening off heat are arranged on the conveying device. The apparatus has a plurality of carrier units on which at least parts of the holding elements and at least parts of the screening elements are arranged and these carrier units are capable of being removed from the conveying device jointly with the parts of the holding elements and screening elements which are arranged thereon.
US09393731B2
A blow mold unit including a blow mold including first and second blow cavity split molds and a plurality of raised bottom molds, first and second pressure receiving plates, a first fixing plate to which the first blow cavity split mold and the first pressure receiving plate are fixed, a second fixing plate to which the second blow cavity split mold and the second pressure receiving plate are fixed, a third fixing plate interposed between the first and second fixing plates and to which the plurality of raised bottom molds are fixed at a first surface thereof, a shaft portion extending vertically from a second surface of the third fixing plate, an elevation guide block fixed to one of the first and second fixing plates and elevation guiding the shaft portion, and an elevating rod extending vertically from the second surface. There is also a blow molding machine which includes the blow mold unit.
US09393728B2
The outer circumferential surface of a bottom 4 of a preform 1 and a lower site 3a of a trunk 3 continuous with the bottom 4 is mechanically brought into intimate contact with a cooling pot 16 to undergo reliable cooling. The trunk 3, excluding the lower site 3a of the trunk 3 continuous with the bottom 4, is heated to a predetermined temperature by a heating block 17. When blow-molded, the so treated preform 1 can provide a container having a bottom of a desired thickness and having a uniformly stretched thin-walled trunk.
US09393724B2
A multi shot injection molding apparatus comprising: a stationary machine platen, a first mold plate, a first injection unit connected to a first mold plate for delivering a first molding material to a plurality of first molding cavities, a movable machine frame, a carrier coupled to a movable machine platen, a second mold plate, a second injection unit for delivering a second molding material to a plurality of second molding cavities, a rotary handling unit having a first plurality of rotary handling unit mold cavity portions n and a second plurality of rotary handling unit mold cavity portions, wherein the rotary handling unit is positionable in a first position and is configured to remove the first portions of the molded parts, a first locking mechanism, a second locking mechanism, a processing station and an ejection station.
US09393707B2
A hair cutting device includes a hair cutting device body and an interchangeable comb unit for defining a hair length after cutting. The hair cutting device body further includes a comb interface for releasable attachment of the comb unit to the hair cutting device body, and a hair length indicator operatively coupled to the comb interface for indicating the hair length to a user. The interchangeable comb unit includes a comb identification member for identifying a hair length associated with the comb unit, and the comb interface includes a comb recognition arrangement being electrically coupled to the hair length indicator. The comb recognition arrangement is configured to sense the comb identification member when the comb unit is connected to the hair cutting device body, and to provide an electronic signal indicative of the hair length associated with the comb unit to the hair length indicator.
US09393692B1
A method of controlling a robot, receives a first message from an unattended robot relating to movement of the robot. Receipt of the first message indicates that movement of the robot is impeded by an environmental condition. The method then determines how to correct the impeded movement caused by the environmental condition, and forwards a second message toward the robot having correction information, which enables the robot to move without impediment by the environmental condition.
US09393689B2
A robot cleaning system includes a robot cleaner comprising a sensor for receiving a specific signal sound, a rechargeable battery, and a control unit; and a recharging base comprising an audio output device for outputting the specific signal sound. The control unit calculates a distance and a direction from the robot cleaner to the recharging base based on the signal sound received by the sensor, and controls the robot cleaner to move based on the calculated distance and direction, when a remaining amount of the battery is less than a preset value. The robot cleaner docks with the recharging base to recharge the battery of the robot cleaner.
US09393688B2
A medical device manipulator is a motion controller of a surgical device and includes a fixed platform mounted on an extension arm and a mobile platform connected to the fixed platform by three connecting assemblies. On the fixed platform are three motors with encoders. Each connecting assembly includes a first arch connector with a first end directly rigidly connected to the rotational shaft of the respective motor. A second end is connected by a joint to a first end of a second arch connector. The second end of the second arch connector has at its end a transverse arch arm and is connected to the mobile platform, on which an auxiliary motor is mounted. On a shaft of the motor is mounted a gripping part. The rotational axes of the second ends of the second arch connectors intersect with an axis of rotation of the shaft of the auxiliary motor.
US09393684B2
A container assembly system includes two containers that are nestingly engaged on top of each other. Each has a cooperating male locating projection and a female locating recess. The male locating projection of one of the containers fits in the female locating recess of the other container and the male locating projection of such one container fits in the female locating recess of such other container.
US09393680B2
The inventive tool is designed to ensure proper plant operation position of the core shroud head bolt assemblies of a boiling water nuclear reactor. The tool exerts an upward pulling force on stuck retainers to return them to the locking position around the nut. The tool includes a frame, an engagement member, and a collar. The engagement member is lowered toward and end of the bolt until it comes into contact therewith. Further movement of the engagement member causes the frame and collar to move upward, lifting the retainer and extending the spring.
US09393679B2
There are provided a wrench socket and a method for tightening a high tension bolt. The wrench socket includes: a first housing making partial contact with a nut; a second housing connected to the first housing and coupled to a handle; a marker disposed in the first and second housings for marking a high tension bolt, the nut, and a washer according to a height of the high tension bolt; a gauge disposed in the first and second housings for making contact with the high tension bolt and reciprocating according to a position of the high tension bolt; and an elastic part configured to apply an elastic force to the gauge according to a position of the gauge unit.
US09393671B2
A programmable coolant nozzle system and method for grinding wheel machines. The system comprises a fluid manifold block that automatically or manually follows the wear of the grinding wheel, to position coolant jets tangential to the wheel surface throughout the life of the grinding wheel. The positioning is by an arcuate motion, through a parallelogram mechanism, to ensure that the coolant jets remain at the same angle to the grinding wheel surface throughout the entire range of motion.
US09393668B2
Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for driving a body of a polishing head using an alignment gear. That is, an alignment gear, coupled to a housing of the polishing head, can transfer rotational force from the housing to the body responsive to the alignment gear being mated with a channel associated with the body. For example, the housing can supply pressure to the body, resulting in the body and the housing moving towards one another into a mated state. When the body and the housing are in the mated state, the alignment gear can mate with the channel (e.g., the alignment gear can fit within the channel). In this way, the alignment gear can drive the body by transferring rotational force to the body, resulting in the body rotating a semiconductor wafer against a polishing pad to polish the semiconductor wafer, for example.
US09393662B2
The present disclosure relates to apparatus for grinding rotary blades, in particular scythe-like blades or circular blades, in particular for machines for slicing food products. The apparatus includes at least one mount for a rotary blade to which the rotary blade can be attached and at least one grinding tool. The grinding tool and the rotary blade attached in the mount are movable relative to one another such that a blade edge extending at the periphery of the rotary blade can be ground by the grinding tool. The apparatus includes a measuring device for determining the extent of the blade edge and a control which is designed to use the determined blade edge extent for controlling the relative movement between the grinding tool and the rotary blade.
US09393660B2
A tool turret for machining workpieces has a housing and with a part that can be rotated around an axis of rotation into several rotary positions. On the rotating part, several tool holders are mounted on the circumference for holding tools to which a cryogenic cooling medium can be fed by means of a first feed line and a respective second feed line. The first feed line can be moved in a linear manner in at least some sections by a linear actuator whereby the first feed line is connected in a first position with the second feed line belonging to the tool in work position and in a second position is disconnected from the second feed lines for changing the rotary position of the rotating part. The tool turret enables the cryogenic cooling medium to be fed to the tools in a simple and reliable manner.
US09393652B2
A turbine housing includes a turbine inlet plenum and a turbine housing body. The turbine housing body includes a turbine outlet mounting face, a seal plate mounting face, and a center bore formed between the turbine outlet mounting face and the seal plate mounting face. A first support is formed about the turbine inlet plenum and in contact with the turbine housing body. A relief pocket is formed in the first support proximate the seal plate mounting face. The relief pocket is formed at a first distance from a turbine housing center axis of the center bore and at a first depth relative to the seal plate mounting face. A ratio of the first distance to the first depth is between 2.66 and 2.90.
US09393642B2
The sealing apparatus includes a measuring unit moving above a sealing unit to measure a pattern of the sealing unit, a laser beam irradiation device moving along the measuring unit to irradiate a laser beam onto the sealing unit, and a control unit controlling a moving path and a size of a focusing area of the laser beam irradiation device according to the pattern of the sealing unit that is measured in the measuring unit.
US09393638B2
A fully automated plasma sheet metal cutter that can be integrated into a HVAC coil-line and which increases the precision of cutting, decreases the time it takes to cut a particular component sheet metal part, and offers flexibility in cutting different sized and shaped holes or openings. Further, since the system is fully automated, it eliminates the error or cost attributed to a portion of the cutting process that heretofore has been associated with a manual laborer.
US09393636B2
Systems and methods for facilitating the starting and stopping of arc welding processes, as well as for responding to events in mid-weld. Specially designed signals may be briefly applied between a welding electrode and a welding workpiece at the start and end of a welding process to gracefully and properly start and stop a weld. Furthermore, specially designed signals may be briefly applied in the middle of a welding process, if determined events occur, to counter the undesirable effects of the events.
US09393623B2
A method of producing metallic powder for use in the manufacture of a capacitor comprises the step of reducing a non-metallic compound to metal in contact with a molten salt. The salt comprises, for at least a portion of the process, a dopant element that acts as a sinter retardant in the metal. In preferred examples, the metallic powder is Ta or Nb powder produced by the reduction of a Ta or Nb oxide and the dopant is boron, nitrogen, or phosphorous.
US09393622B2
A method for producing a thin-walled structural component from a casting material. The casting material is supplied as a powder, and the powder is deposited on a support (1) by a kinetic cold gas spraying process so as to form the structural component (11, 11′). A structural component which is made of a casting material and in which the structure is formed from a plurality of particles (17) that are interlinked and deformed using a cold gas spraying process.
US09393617B2
An iron-based powder composition is provided comprising, in addition to an iron-based powder, a minor amount of a machinability improving additive comprising at least one silicate from the group of phyllosilicates. The technology further concerns the use of the machinability improving additive and a method for producing an iron-based sintered part having improved machinability.
US09393610B2
A conversion press wherein a crankshaft drives the motion of the tooling assemblies within a number of lanes is provided. The crankshaft is structured to move the tooling assemblies associated with less than the total number of lanes. That is, for example, a four lane conversion press could include two crankshafts each actuating the tooling assemblies of two lanes. In an exemplary embodiment, each lane has a single associated crankshaft.
US09393607B2
An assembly includes a die and a punch which cut a hole in a workpiece. The die has a base wall having outer and inner surfaces and a passageway extending therethrough, and a wall extending from the base wall. The inner surface of the base wall has at least one portion which is angled relative to a central axis of the die. The punch includes a body having a bore therethrough, a leading edge on the body which is capable of piercing and cutting a workpiece, and cutting edges on the body for cutting a hole in the workpiece. The leading edge has inclined surfaces between the bore and the piercing points which engage with the portion of the inner surface of the die.
US09393605B2
A upper tool holder for a press brake includes a holder body; an upper tool clamper provided on the holder body and capable of swinging when replacing the upper tool; an auxiliary urging mechanism that functions as resistance when opening the upper tool clamper further in order to replace the upper tool, and functions so as to support a closing operation when closing the upper tool clamper from a further opened state; and a pusher provided in the auxiliary urging mechanism and urged in a closing direction of the upper tool clamper. According to the upper tool holder, unexpected drop-off of the upper tool can be prevented, so that safety can be improved.
US09393603B2
Disclosed is a method and a system of uniform vapor pathways for soil evaporative desorption. In one embodiment, a batch of contaminated soil is placed inside a treatment compartment through a hopper. The contaminated soil is moved across an inner length of the treatment compartment. As the contaminated soil moves toward a far end of the treatment compartment, planes surrounding the contaminated soil vibrates to facilitate mixing and loosening of the contaminated soil, thereby creating uniform vapor pathways around the surface and within the contaminated soil. A plurality of helical stem auger comprising helical flights may rotate to further mix and loosen the contaminated soil. Heat is applied to the contaminated soil to desorb contaminates within the soil. A vapor extraction line within a core of the hollow stem auger suctions vaporized contaminates out of the treatment compartment and into a reclamation system.
US09393602B2
The present invention provides a safe, low-cost, effective composition and method for the remediation of contaminated subsurface material, the composition comprising solid alkaline material preferably in combination with stabilizing agents, that can be used to increase or maintain the pH of a subsurface zone and improve the performance of in situ treatment processes.
US09393598B2
An apparatus and a method filters particles using a screen assembly with an inner section, an outer section and a screen material. The inner section and the outer section form an opening. The screen material is stretched across the opening and is supported by the inner section. The inner section is flexible relative to the outer section. When particles are introduced to the screen material, the inner section flexes to reduce strain on the screen material.
US09393593B2
A method and apparatus are described for controlling a coating head, which exerts a nip pressure to a fibrous web to be coated while the fibrous web is supported by a backing roll. An output signal of a sensor integrated within the backing roll is read, thus producing a measured indication of the nip pressure. A number of actuator control values are derived at least partly from said measured indication of the nip pressure. Said actuator control values are delivered as commands to a number of respective actuators that contribute to creating the nip pressure, to control an amount of a coating substance on the fibrous web in the coating head.
US09393589B2
The invention provides materials and methods for forming coatings on substrates. The coatings are durable and resistant to damage from environmental, chemical, thermal, and/or radiative sources. In some embodiments, the coatings comprise bilayers of electrostatically charged materials. The bilayers are created by alternately applying solutions comprising water-soluble, electrostatically charged materials. Durability is imparted to the coatings by the formation of crosslinks that are formed within and between layers after deposition of the coatings.
US09393588B2
A method of forming a lubricating coating on a razor blade that includes: providing a razor blade having a body and a cutting edge tapering from the body; providing a tank of a colloidal dispersion of a polymer having less than 2% in weight of polymer particles; providing a spray gun in fluid communication with the tank, the gun having an end directed to a blade-spraying region; placing the razor blade at a predetermined temperature (T) in the blade-spraying region; flowing the colloidal dispersion from the tank to the end of the spray gun, and in a direction to the razor blade; controlling a first gas stream to nebulise the colloidal dispersion into a mist in a dispersion region located between the end of the spray gun and the razor blade; independently controlling a second gas stream to control the mist properties; transporting the mist from the dispersion region to the razor blade placed in the blade-spraying region, the razor blade being at the predetermined temperature (T) so that water evaporates from the mist, and sintering the polymer.
US09393584B2
A fluid applicator device comprises a reservoir and a stopper including a fastener collar and a closure member, the fastener collar being assembled on the neck and defining an orifice, the closure member being capable of closing the orifice and includes a fluid extractor and/or applicator element that extends along an axis through the orifice and into the reservoir. The fastener collar comprises an annular flange defining a peripheral edge defining the orifice, the annular flange including an inner flange wall and an outer flange wall that join together at the peripheral edge, the outer flange wall forming an outer dome having a top where the peripheral edge and the orifice are formed, the inner flange wall forming an inner dome having a top where the peripheral edge and the orifice are formed.
US09393576B2
A separator disk for use in centrifugal separation of components is designed to automatically position itself during separation at the interface between the supernatant and the remaining components. Preferably the interface is between plasma and red blood cells.
US09393562B2
Provided is an analyzer capable of reducing the amount of wasted reagents and shortening time required for solution sending, thus increasing throughput for analysis. A microsyringe sucks a minimum required amount of reagent that is substantially the same amount of capacity of a flow cell to a sampling nozzle. Then, the sampling nozzle is inserted into an injection port of the flow cell, and the reagent is injected into the flow cell by driving the microsyringe. The inside of the sampling nozzle is cleaned by moving the sampling nozzle to the cleaning tank and ejecting cleaning water from the sampling nozzle, and the outside of the sampling nozzle is cleaned by spraying cleaning water from an inner wall of the cleaning tank.
US09393561B2
The invention relates to a pipetting device for pipetting at least one fluid laboratory sample into at least one pipetting vessel, said device having a main body extending along an axis direction, at least one connecting section, to which at least one pipetting vessel can be connected by an at least partially axial connecting movement along the positive axis direction, wherein the at least one connecting section is connected to the main body so as to be movable at least in the axis direction, a spring mechanism, by which the at least one connecting section is supported with spring loading on the main body at least in a first operating state of the pipetting device, such that the at least one connecting section, during the connecting movement, can perform a spring-assisted deflection movement along the positive axis direction, wherein an auxiliary mechanism is provided on the pipetting device and is designed to act on the deflection movement of the at least one connecting section in at least a second operating state of the pipetting device, wherein the pipetting device is designed such that the user can alternately put it into the first operating state or the second operating state. The invention further relates to a multi-channel pipetting device.
US09393560B2
Method of transporting droplets for detection. An emulsion disposed in a container and including droplets may be provided. Contact may be created between a tip and the emulsion. The tip may be connected to an examination region and may include an outer tube and an inner tube. The outer tube may form a first open end and surround an enclosed portion of the inner tube. The inner tube may extend out of the first open end to create a projecting portion forming a second open end below the first open end. Droplets of the emulsion may be loaded into the inner tube via the second open end. Loaded droplets may be moved from the inner tube to the examination region. Fluid may be dispensed onto the projecting portion of the inner tube from the first open end formed by the outer tube.
US09393555B2
The invention relates to a catalytically active body for the synthesis of dimethyl ether from synthesis gas. In particular, the invention relates to an improved catalytically active body for the synthesis of dimethyl ether, whereby the components of the active body comprise a defined particle size distribution. Furthermore, the present invention concerns a method for the preparation of a catalytically active body, the use of the catalytically active body and a method for preparation of dimethyl ether from synthesis gas.
US09393548B2
Flowing supercritical CO2 is used to activate metal organic framework materials (MOF). MOFs are activated directly from N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) thus avoiding exchange with a volatile solvent. Most MCPs display increased surface areas directly after treatment although those with coordinatively unsaturated metal centers benefit from additional heating.
US09393544B2
This invention relates to a method of preparing an ester compound, including adding carboxylic acid to a mixture of glycerol and acetone in the presence of a sulfuric acid catalyst and applying an ultrasonic wave to induce an esterification reaction, and to an ester compound prepared thereby.
US09393539B2
A process that allows convenient production of multifunctional composite particles by direct self-assembly of hydrophobic nanoparticles on host nanostructures containing high density surface thiol groups is present. Hydrophobic nanoparticles of various compositions and combinations can be directly assembled onto the host surface through the strong coordination interactions between metal cations and thiol groups. The resulting structures can be further conveniently overcoated with a layer of normal silica to stabilize the assemblies and render them highly dispersible in water for biomedical applications. As the entire fabrication process does not involve complicated surface modification procedures, the hydrophobic ligands on the nanoparticles are not disturbed significantly so that they retain their original properties such as highly efficient luminescence. Multifunctional nonspherical nanostructures can be produced by using mercapto-silica coated nano-objects of arbitrary shapes as hosts for immobilizing functional nanoparticles. Multilayer structures can be achieved by repeating the mercapto-silica coating and nanoparticle immobilization processes.
US09393536B2
A paint dispensing apparatus having a housing with a turntable rotatably mounted to the housing about a vertical axis. A plurality of stations on the turntable are circumferentially spaced from each other and each station is adapted to receive a paint dispenser having a plunger in which movement of the plunger dispenses paint from the paint dispenser. An indexing drive, upon activation, rotates the turntable to sequentially position the stations at a dispensing position. When at the dispensing position, an actuator mounted to the housing mechanically engages the plunger of the paint dispenser positioned at the dispensing station. A receptacle is mounted to the housing beneath the turntable and aligned with the dispensing position. A controller is then coupled to the indexing drive and is programmed to sequentially move the stations into alignment with the dispensing station and, when at the dispensing station, move the actuator to dispense paint from the paint dispenser at the dispensing position into the receptacle.
US09393532B2
A method for making an emulsion using a rotating membrane device (10) including: i) a membrane assembly (12) including a cylindrical porous surface (14) enclosing an inner chamber (16) concentrically positioned about an axis (X), ii) a vane assembly (18) including a plurality of vanes (20) extending along the axial length (L) of the porous surface (14) of the membrane assembly (12), wherein the vanes (24) comprise a shear surface (24) located within 1 mm of the porous surface (14), and iii) a vessel (22) enclosing the membrane and vane assemblies (12, 18); wherein the method includes the step of moving a dispersible liquid phase (26) through the porous surface (14) into a continuous liquid phase (28) while rotating at least one of the vane assembly (18) or membrane assembly (12) relative to the other about the axis (X) such that the shear surfaces (24) exert shear forces upon the dispersible liquid phase (26) passing through the porous surface (14) to form droplets (30) of a dispersed liquid phase having a size of 1 to 500 μm within the continuous liquid phase (28).
US09393527B2
A membrane separation device that treats water constructed such that at least two permeate streams of different electrical conductivity are generated therein, including at least two membrane modules arranged in a common pressure vessel such that they can be successively subjected to incoming flow of the water to be treated, wherein the pressure vessel is a tube in which the at least two membrane modules are arranged one behind the other in an axial direction and the at least two membrane modules are spirally wound modules.
US09393521B2
A honeycomb body includes sheet metal layers forming a central current path to a radial connecting pin. A metal casing has an inner periphery and a feedthrough guiding and insulating the pin. The layers are alternate coarsely structured and finely structured or smooth sheets forming a stack with uppermost and lowermost layers forming axial gas channels. The pin is metallically connected to two or all of the layers directly or through an intermediate piece by an electrically conductive or welded connection. The current path has an electrical resistance per unit length in the connection region being greater than an average electrical resistance per unit length in the stack. The uppermost layer runs approximately parallel to the casing over 35% or 40% of the inner periphery and is separated from the casing by an air gap. Simple manufacture of a highly uniform, reliably operating, electrically heatable honeycomb body is thus possible.
US09393518B2
HCl and sulfur oxides are reduced by treating combustion gases with an aqueous copper compound referred to as copper-based chloride remediator (CBCR). The process is preferably implemented by identifying locations within a combustor for feeding the CBCR, determining the physical form and injection parameters for the CBCR and injecting the CBCR under conditions effective to reduce HCl and/or sulfur oxides. Effective temperatures for introducing the CBCRs can be from about 250° to 900° F. for HCl and up to about 2200° F. for sulfur oxides. Preferred CBCRs include copper and an ammonia moiety. One composition is copper diammonium diacetate, empirical formula of C2H7CuNO2. CBCR compositions are not sorbents and chemically convert HCl from a gaseous to a solid form.
US09393517B2
An air compression system and method for an air separation plant in which air is compressed in a series of compression stages and a temperature swing adsorption unit adsorbs water vapor and carbon dioxide. The temperature swing adsorption unit is situated at a location of the compression stages such that air pressure upon entry into the adsorbent beds is between about 400 psia and about 600 psia. Each of the adsorbent beds of the unit have a minimum transverse cross-sectional flow area that will set the air velocity of the air to a level below that at which adsorbent bed fluidization would occur. Such operation allows fabrication costs of the adsorbent beds to be reduced because less adsorbent and smaller adsorbent beds are required while power consumption will be at a minimum.
US09393511B2
An air filter cartridge has filter media and a gasket arrangement with a perimeter gasket member against the downstream flow face and a side gasket member adjacent to at least a partial extension of a first side panel. The side gasket member includes no portion against second, third, and fourth side panels of the air filter cartridge. The air filter cartridge can be used in a dust collector having a tubesheet and a frame arrangement extending from the tubesheet. The perimeter gasket member seals against the frame arrangement and the side gasket member seals against the tubesheet.
US09393510B2
A moisture and dust removing louver pack is composed of a set of pivotable louvers which can pivot between open and closed positions in an air passageway, the louvers allowing air to pass through the passageway when in the open position and having moisture and dust removing structure for air to impinge upon to remove moisture and dust from the air passing through the passageway.
US09393508B2
A filter device has a filter housing (1, 3) releasably accommodating one filter element (15) and has a housing pot (1) surrounding the filter element (15) and a removably attachable housing head (3) with fluid passage (39) for the discharge of filtrate. A valve device in the fluid passage includes a closing body (53) blocking the discharge flow in its closed position and facilitates the discharge flow in its release position. A locking device includes a blocking member (57) locking the closing body (53) in its closed position. The blocking member (57) can move out of its locking position into its unlocking position by a control element (81) on the filter element (15). When the filter element (15) is situated in its functional position in the housing pot (1), the control element impacts the blocking member (57) as the housing head (3) is attached to the housing pot (1) to move the blocking member axially to its unblocking position.
US09393507B2
A water filter assembly having a manifold with a rotatable cylinder in which a filter cartridge is removably received is provided. The filter assembly has a noise generator adjacent to the rotatable cylinder of the manifold. When the filter cartridge with the rotatable cylinder is rotated between an installed position and an uninstalled position, the noise generator creates an audible noise. The noise may indicate, for example, that the filter cartridge may be removed from the manifold.
US09393505B2
A grinding and dewatering apparatus by centrifugation for highly selective differentiated food waste collection includes, in a supporting structure, a hopper introducing waste-products into a grinding chamber and subsequently into a centrifuge having an inner body and an outer body with a finely perforated, coaxial side wall, a deceleration chamber of the filtered water, a motor driving a grinding unit and the centrifuge, wherein the motor integrally activates both the grinding unit and the centrifuge and overlies both, and a discharge for evacuation of the ground waste-products. Both the grinding unit and the inner and outer bodies of the centrifuge are positioned in a deceleration chamber and are arranged integrally with a rotating disc, and the discharge is a movable discharge that can be selectively positioned below openings, situated in a flanged extension arranged below for closing the centrifuge for evacuation of the ground waste-products into a collection basket.
US09393497B2
An entertainment device includes a screen on which a film can be shown, a movable simulation platform, a multiplicity of audience places or locations disposed on the simulation platform, each place or location having a supporting element for spectators to lean against, a drive device for moving the simulation platform, and a controlling or regulating unit for controlling or regulating the movement of the simulation platform. The movable simulation platform can be moved by the drive device under control of the controlling or regulation unit in dependence on a motion data track corresponding to the film. The simulation platform is suspended from cables which can be moved by the drive device.
US09393496B2
The lever, wheel and axle, pulley, wedge, screw, and inclined plane are the six Simple Machines of the Classical era. Over 2000 years ago a man from Syracuse used them to create a way to move water against the pull of gravity. The Archimedes' screw is still a standard for simple efficiency. In homage to those early machines and the dreamers who built them, the Human Flying Apparatus provides a carriage, wheels and an axle, a harness, and a braking and steering_system and, in specific embodiments, thrusters, all suspended from a single rail, which allows a human being to soar in simulated flight that is_safe, sustained, and suitable for all skill levels.“For once you have tasted flight, you will walk the Earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you long to return.” Leonardo Da Vinci
US09393487B2
One embodiment provides a method for use in a game that includes the steps of receiving position information for a controller that is being manipulated by a user, analyzing the position information to determine whether a predetermined movement of the controller associated with a command has been performed, and executing the command if the predetermined movement of the controller associated with the command has been performed.
US09393486B2
A game system in which game sessions may be recorded and saved as game records. A previously recorded game session may be selected and replayed, and players may step into and assume control of respective game characters during the replay. When a player steps into and takes control of game a character during replay of a game session, a new timeline is spawned from the original timeline, and a new game record corresponding to the new timeline is generated and stored. Players that were involved in a previously recorded game session that is being replayed may be manually or automatically notified that the game session is being replayed. The notification may occur upon initiation of the replay and/or when a new timeline is spawned. Notified players may view the game session without participating, or may take control their respective characters to participate.
US09393484B2
A game system and method for interactive game system is disclosed. The game system includes at least a first trading card and a second trading card. The first trading card and the second trading card include a substrate, a processing engine and a wireless interface configured to detect the presence of the other trading card. The first trading card sends a message to impact the second trading card. A method for interactive game system using first trading card and second trading card is also disclosed.
US09393479B1
An archery arm guard system for protecting an arm of an archer features a panel. A panel posterior edge features a concave arcuate shape. The panel is constructed from a low-friction flexible material. The system features a first aperture, a second aperture, a third aperture, and a fourth aperture. The system features a first retaining strap and a second retaining strap with a first strap first component located in the first aperture and a first strap second component located in the second aperture. A second strap first component is located in the third aperture and a second strap second component is located in the fourth aperture.
US09393470B2
A composite material golf club head is provided having a body made from a first metal and a face insert press fitted to a portion of the body and made from a second metal The metals are chosen so that the first metal is heavier than the second metal. The second metal is disposed towards the front and top of the body, and is preferably hard-anodized. In addition, an interlocking structure, for example rectangular or dove tail shaped channels, is provided in the body so that the face insert becomes embedded in the interlocking structure to anchor the face insert to the body. Portions of the golf club head, such as the face insert or sole plate, are anodized to protect against corrosion. The anodized coating is colored to improve aesthetic characteristics or infused with a polymer to increase or reduce friction.
US09393468B2
An iron type golf club head including a striking wall having front and rear surfaces, a rearwardly extending perimeter-weighted element which includes heel, toe, top, and sole portions, the sole portion including a forward end, rearward end, and an upper surface, the intersection of the upper surface of the sole portion and the rear surface of the striking wall defining an interior sole line, the intersection of the upper surface of the sole portion and the rearward end of the sole portion defining a trailing-edge sole line, the perimeter-weighted element having one or more rearwardly-opening recesses therein; and a polymeric element affixed to the sole portion, wherein, in a imaginary vertical plane substantially perpendicular to the striking wall, when the golf club head is in an address position, the interior sole line is below the trailing-edge sole line.
US09393464B2
A golf club head includes at least one second score line that is formed such that when a lie angle in a first state where a sole portion is horizontal or substantially horizontal is defined as a first lie angle, the second score line is parallel to a horizontal plane in a second state where a second lie angle that is a lie angle greater than the first lie angle is formed.
US09393462B2
A golf ball comprising a core, a cover and at least one moisture vapor barrier layer, wherein the moisture vapor barrier layer comprises at least one layer formed from graphene.
US09393461B1
A leg agility exercise assembly enhances speed of rotational movement for the knee, ankle and waist by facilitating exercising in a curved motion. The assembly includes a plurality of elongated legs. Each leg has a first end and a second end. Each of a plurality of holes extends through an associated one of the legs. Each hole is positioned proximate the first end of the associated leg. Each of a plurality of apertures also extends through an associated one of the legs. Each aperture is positioned proximate the second end of the associated leg. A post is insertable through each hole wherein the post is selectively couplable to each leg.
US09393458B1
A rotational resistance system is described herein, the system being adapted for a user so as to facilitate exercise of muscles throughout upper and lower extremities of the user's body. The system may include a pair of separate rotational resistance devices in side-by-side relation for placement of a corresponding hand or foot of a user thereon. Each device may further include a support structure, a top surface of which being a rotatable plate, the plate connected to a means for providing resistance and release of resistance thereto. Use of various exercise protocols with the system activates selected under active muscles of the user and releases selected overactive muscles.
US09393453B2
An exercise device includes a frame having a cable and pulley system connected thereto. The cable and pulley system includes at least one pulley and at least one cable strand. The at least one cable strand has a handle connected thereto for use in performing exercises. One or more vibration assemblies are connected to the at least one pulley in order to vibrate the at least one cable strand. The vibrations from the vibration assemblies are transferred to a user during the performance of exercise to provide various physiological benefits to the user.
US09393449B2
Monolithic gravity-laid inorganic fiber webs that are greater than about 5 cm in thickness are disclosed. Methods of making and using such webs are also disclosed. The gravity-laying process comprises mechanically separating inorganic fibers and collecting the fibers as a monolithic thick web, and may comprise blending of multiple types of inorganic fibers and/or blending of inorganic particulate additives with the fibers.
US09393445B2
This radiation therapy device controller selects, for a plurality of body motion phases, computed tomography image data obtained which shows a diseased portion, and generates, for each rotation angles of a ray source and a sensor array, a reconstructed image. The control device generates a radiation projection image which shows the diseased portion when the radiation is radiated if the rotation angle is a predetermined rotation angle, compares the reconstructed image of each of the plurality of body motion phases with the radiation projection image, and determines a body motion phase indicated by a reconstructed image in which a difference is small, to be a current respiratory phase. As a result, a position of the diseased portion calculated for the computed tomography image data in the computed tomography image data group of the respiratory phase in advance is identified to be a current position of the diseased portion.
US09393444B2
This treatment planning device calculates position information for specific locations for a plurality of times corresponding to a time course on the basis of the positions of markers positioned in the vicinity of the specific locations, and generates a three-dimensional range for the specific locations for each of the plurality of times. In addition, the treatment planning device generates representative range information, which represents a range that includes the entire three-dimensional ranges for the specific locations for each of the plurality of times, tracks the position information for the specific locations for each of the plurality of times, and calculates the amount of radiation to be emitted in the range for the specific locations represented by representative range information when radiation is emitted for a prescribed time period in the range for the specific locations represented by the representative range information.
US09393437B2
A conductive fluid reservoir can be used to dispense conductive fluid to increase electrical connectivity between an electrode of a defibrillator and a patient. The reservoir includes a container that holds the conductive fluid, one or more outlets on the container, and an inflatable pouch located at least partially within the container. The inflatable pouch is capable of being inflated from a deflated state to an inflated state. In the deflated state, a free end of the inflatable pouch covers the one or more outlets. In the inflated state, the free end of the inflatable pouch is removed from the one or more outlets such that the conductive fluid is allowed to flow out of the container via the one or more outlets. Inflating the inflatable pouch causes the conductive fluid to be dispensed from the reservoir.
US09393436B2
An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator system that includes at least one or more stimulation units, one or more detection units, one or more control units, two or more electrode poles and one or more high voltage capacitors. The at least one control unit is connected with the at least one stimulation unit, and the at least one control unit is connected with at the least one detection unit. The two or more electrode poles are in contact with body tissue, and the one or more high voltage capacitors are charged by at least one charging unit, wherein the at least one charging unit is connected to the at least one control unit.
US09393433B2
Battery management circuitry for an implantable medical device such as an implantable neurostimulator is described. The circuitry has a T-shape with respect to the battery terminal, with charging circuitry coupled between rectifier circuitry and the battery terminal on one side of the T, and load isolation circuitry coupled between the load and the battery terminal on the other side. The load isolation circuitry can comprise two switches wired in parallel. An undervoltage fault condition opens both switches to isolate the battery terminal from the load to prevent further dissipation of the battery. Other fault conditions will open only one the switches leaving the other closed to allow for reduced power to the load to continue implant operations albeit at safer low-power levels. The battery management circuitry can be fixed in a particular location on an integrated circuit which also includes for example the stimulation circuitry for the electrodes.
US09393432B2
A modular implantable medical device (IMD) may include a non-hermetic interconnect. The non-hermetic interconnect may electrically couple a first module and a second module of the modular IMD. A conductor in the non-hermetic interconnect may conduct electrical energy from the first module to the second module under an applied direct current (DC) voltage.
US09393427B2
An implantable leadless cardiac pacing device and associated delivery and retrieval devices. The implantable device includes a docking member extending from the proximal end of the housing of the implantable device configured to engage with the delivery and/or retrieval device to facilitate delivery and/or retrieval of the implantable leadless cardiac pacing device.
US09393426B2
Approaches to rank potential left ventricular (LV) pacing vectors are described. Early elimination tests are performed to determine the viability of LV cathode electrodes. Some LV cathodes are eliminated from further testing based on the early elimination tests. LV cathodes identified as viable cathodes are tested further. Viable LV cathode electrodes are tested for hemodynamic efficacy. Cardiac capture and phrenic nerve activation thresholds are then measured for potential LV pacing vectors comprising a viable LV cathode electrode and an anode electrode. The potential LV pacing vectors are ranked based on one or more of the hemodynamic efficacy of the LV cathodes, the cardiac capture thresholds, and the phrenic nerve activation thresholds.
US09393416B2
Delivery of peripheral nerve field stimulation (PNFS) in combination with one or more other therapies is described. The other therapy delivered in combination with PNFS may be, for example, a different type of neurostimulation, such as spinal cord stimulation (SCS), or a drug. PNFS and the other therapy may be delivered simultaneously, in an alternating fashion, according to a schedule, and/or selectively, e.g., in response to a request received from a patient or clinician. A combination therapy that includes PNFS may be able to more completely address complex or multifocal pain than would be possible through delivery of either PNFS or other therapies alone. Further, the combination of PNFS with one or more other therapies may reduce the likelihood that neural accommodation will impair the perceived effectiveness PNFS or the other therapies.
US09393409B2
In one example embodiment, a neuromodulation system for inducing locomotor activity in a mammal, in cooperation with a signal generator and an electrode, delivers a signal with an overlapping high frequency pulse to a mammal.
US09393408B2
A method of manufacturing an implantable medical device having reduced MRI image distortion, includes producing an implantable medical device. The implantable medical device has a configuration that comprises a housing and one or more internal components disposed within the housing. The configuration is based upon a design process that includes creating a first prototype, determining the aggregate relative magnetic permeability of the first prototype, and modifying the design of the first prototype by at least one of (a) selecting and adding a diamagnetic shimming material to the first prototype or (b) repositioning one or more internal components of the first prototype. Modifying the design results in a modified design that is the configuration for the implantable medical device.
US09393406B2
A pacing lead having a lead body comprising a hollow sheath by a first lumen and an extension body extending from the lead body, the extension body having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end having an active lead region. The extension is traversed by a second lumen, the second lumen communicating with the first lumen of the lead body so as to receive a guide wire for the implantation of the lead. The extension has an outside diameter of between 1 and 3 French. The extension distal end comprises at least one electrically isolated peripheral conductor electrically insulated except for at least two denuded areas on an outer surface of the conductor to contact a wall of a target vein, so as to form a network of stimulation electrodes electrically connected together. The lead body proximal end includes an electrical connection for the peripheral conductor.
US09393395B2
A tattoo machine for oscillating a tattoo needle includes a main housing and a motor secured to the main housing. A needle bar member is movably secured to the main housing for linear oscillation relative thereto. A drive mechanism is operatively connected to an output shaft of the motor and to the needle bar member for translating rotary movement of the output shaft into linear oscillation of the needle bar member.
US09393385B2
System and method for coating an expandable member of a medical device comprising a support structure to support the expandable member and an applicator positioned with at least one outlet proximate a surface of an expandable member. A drive assembly establishes relative movement between the at least one outlet and the surface of the expandable member to apply fluid on the surface of the expandable member along a coating path. A positioning device maintains a substantially fixed distance between the at least one outlet and the surface of the expandable member during relative movement therebetween by ejecting a pressurized medium against the surface of the expandable member.
US09393379B2
The present invention provides for an improved method of determining a water out condition in a humidified gases supply apparatus. The method includes a two step process including a primary determination of a water out condition and a secondary determination of a water out condition. This primary determination is made during observation of the normal operation of the apparatus. During the secondary determination the method takes temporary control over the humidifying part of the apparatus. The secondary determination confirms or contradicts the primary determination.
US09393368B2
The drive mechanism comprises a piston rod, a dose member with a thread engaging a corresponding thread of the body to allow a helical movement of the dose member with respect to the body, a drive sleeve rotationally coupled to the dose member, and stop means provided to restrict or inhibit a movement of the drive sleeve in the proximal direction and in the distal direction with respect to the body, the drive sleeve and the piston rod being unidirectionally coupled.
US09393365B2
A method and device are disclosed for preventing a needle stick hazard in the event of a collapse of a protective needle flap of a portable drug pump. The device may include a needle guide, a secure space and/or a shield. A point of a needle is optionally deflected into a secure space upon collapse of the protective flap. The space may optionally be shielded. Optionally, the support linking the needle to the pump may pivot and/or translate. Optionally, there may be an exposing position wherein the needle protrudes through an opening in the flap. Optionally, the opening may be non-circular.
US09393361B2
A combination material can be infused into a subject and a determination can be made of a VOD and/or a convection gradient of a liquid material portion in the VOD. The combination material can be infused in the subject using selected parameters. A correlation of data relating to the liquid material can be made to a selected material to determine parameters for infusion the selected material.
US09393358B2
The invention relates to a method for testing at least one function of a medical functional device which is inserted in and connected and compressed with a medical treatment apparatus, and/or a function of this treatment apparatus, wherein between a hydraulic device or a pneumatic unit of the treatment apparatus and the functional device at least one fluid communication is established. It further relates to a detection device which is programmed and/or configured for executing the method according to the invention as well as a medical treatment apparatus which comprises at least one detection device and/or is in signal transmission or is connected for signal transmission with it, a digital storage medium, a computer program product as well as a computer program.
US09393356B2
Methods and devices for providing dialysis treatment are provided. The device comprises a cartridge for providing regenerative dialysis, the cartridge comprising: a body having an inlet and an outlet and defining an interior, the interior including at least a layer comprising urease, a layer comprising zirconium oxide, a layer comprising zirconium phosphate, and a layer comprising carbon, wherein at least two of the layers are blended together to provide a gradient of the two materials.
US09393355B2
A blood pump has a hollow body in which an impeller with a spiral blading produces an axial propulsion of blood along the impeller, as well as an at least partly actively stabilized magnetic bearing device and a hydrodynamic bearing device for the impeller. The impeller may be set into a rotation about a rotation axis of the impeller with a motor stator located outside the hollow body. The hollow body has an inlet for the flow of blood into the hollow body in an inflow direction which is essentially parallel to the rotation axis, and an outlet for the outflow of the blood out of the hollow body in an outflow direction which is offset to the rotation axis of the impeller to produce a non-zero outflow angle (α) between the inflow direction and the outflow direction. A total artificial heart can be formed from two such blood pumps.
US09393353B2
A manually operable pump for the effective removal of fluids to include blood, blood clots, fluid, and air from a body cavity of a subject is provided. The manually operable pump is adapted to be connect to a range of fluid conduits and is equipped with one-way valves that effectively permit flow of fluid through the pump in only one direction. The sensitivity of the one-way valves is such that when properly positioned, fluid can flow through the valves and out of the pump without manual compression of the pump and with the aid of gravity power alone.
US09393349B2
A metal implant for use in a surgical procedure is provided with a surface layer that is integral with the metal substrate, and which incorporates a biocidal material. The surface layer may be grown from the metal substrate, by anodizing, and the biocidal material incorporated in it by ion exchange. Alternatively the layer may be deposited by electroplating, followed by diffusion bonding so as to become integral with the metal substrate. In either case, silver is a suitable biocidal material; and both the release rate and the quantity of biocidal material should be low to avoid toxic effects on body cells. Electropolishing the surface before formation of the surface layer is also beneficial, and this may be achieved by electropolishing.
US09393338B2
A device and method for air purification used in cooling, heating and air ventilation systems. The device has at least one UV light source positioned on an inside portion of a movable access panel so that it moves with the access panel from a first position where the UV source directs UV light towards the inside of the system to purify the air stream inside and to remove contaminants from the surfaces inside the system, to a second position where the UV source directs UV light towards the space surrounding the system so that it purifies the air in the room where the system is mounted.
US09393328B2
The present invention provides methods for transfecting cells (e.g., liver cells) to express ABCA1 and increase HDL in the blood. The compositions described herein comprise a pharmaceutically acceptable aqueous carrier containing sonochemically-active microspheres together with a plasmid DNA construct encoding an active form of ABCA1 and at least one promoter for the expression thereof. Preferably, the sonochemically-active microspheres comprise, consist essentially of, or consist of gas bubbles (e.g., a fluorocarbon gas, such as octafluoropropane) encapsulated within protein-containing or lipid-containing shells (e.g., human serum albumin shells). The microspheres are disruptable by exposure to ultrasonic acoustic energy to release the encapsulated gas.
US09393324B2
Disclosed are methods of determining cardiac toxicity of a compound of interest, wherein a heart or cardiac cell of a mammal may be contacted a compound of interest and peak levels of one or more indicators of cardiac energetics after administration of the compound may be detected using 31P NMR before and after exposure to a compound known to stress the heart or cardiac cell. Detection of the indicators of cardiac energetics may be combined with other indicators of cardiac function such as, for example, contractility, relaxation, heart rate, and/or conduction velocity to arrive at a profile capable of predicting the cardiotoxicity of potential therapeutics.
US09393315B2
Here described are compounds consisting of the structure (targeting molecule)m-linker-(targeting molecule)n, wherein the targeting molecule is a retinoid or a fat soluble vitamin having a specific receptor on the target cell; wherein m and n are independently 0, 1, 2 or 3; and wherein the linker comprises a polyethylene glycol (PEG) or PEG-like molecule, as well as compositions and pharmaceutical formulations including these compounds which are useful for the targeting and delivery of therapeutic agents; and methods of using these compositions and pharmaceutical formulations.
US09393313B2
This invention harvests nanocomposite which enable targeted delivery of antibiotics. Biodegradable and biocompatible polymer such as diethylaminoethyl-cellulose (DEAE-Cellulose) are used in combination with iron, which contributes its magnetic characteristics to the nanocomposite. The nanoparticles produced could be used as carriers for releasing chloramphenicol at the targeted site for sustained release.
US09393309B2
A method for preparing a hydrogel composed substantially only of nucleic acids. Further. a nucleic acid sol-like composition for producing a nucleic acid gel without requiring the use of any nucleic acid ligase, wherein the composition comprises at least two nucleic acid monomers which are partly complementary to each other and are independently selected from the group consisting of a nucleic acid, a nucleic acid derivative, a modified nucleic acid, a compound capable of binding to a nucleic acid in a complementary manner and a mixture thereof, one of the nucleic acid monomers has a moiety that constitutes a cohesive protruding end and a complementary nucleotide sequence moiety that can bind to at least one of the other nucleic acid monomers to form a double strand, and the composition contains no nucleic acid ligase. Still further, a nucleic acid gel produced using the sol-like composition.
US09393302B2
Novel antibodies and antigen binding fragments that specifically bind to KAAG1 and which may be used in the treatment, detection and diagnosis of cancer comprising KAAG1-expressing cells are disclosed herein. Cells expressing the antibodies and antigen binding fragments as well as methods of detecting and treating cancer using the antibodies and fragments are also disclosed. Cancer indications which may benefit from such treatment or detection include ovarian cancer, renal cancer, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, brain cancer, and prostate cancer, as well as melanomas.
US09393288B2
The invention relates to methods for modulating PPAR-γ activity using relaxin or agonists thereof. The result is wide range of new therapeutic regimens for treating, inhibiting the development of, or otherwise dealing with, a multitude of illnesses and conditions, including small vessel disorders of the brain and those associated with increased blood-brain barrier permeability, cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, epilepsy, stroke, CADASIL and migraine.
US09393262B2
The present disclosure provides a polymer comprising a derivative of chitosan, wherein the derivative is zwitterionic, as well as methods of using the polymer. In addition, the present disclosure provides a nanoparticle structure comprising a derivative of chitosan and a dendrimer, as well as methods of utilizing the nanoparticle structure.
US09393258B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the inhibition of gene expression. In particular, the present invention provides oligonucleotide-based therapeutics for the inhibition of oncogenes involved in cancers.
US09393255B2
The present disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising cytidine analogs for parenteral administration. Also provided are methods of preparing the compositions and methods of treating diseases and disorders using the compositions provided herein.
US09393240B2
The present invention relates to the use of crenolanib, in a pharmaceutically acceptable salt form for the treatment of FLT3 mutated proliferative disorders driven by constitutively activated mutant FLT3, and to a method of treatment of warm-blooded animals, preferably humans, in which a therapeutically effective dose of crenolanib is administered to an animal suffering from said disease or condition:
US09393239B2
A compound of formula (I): wherein: M is hydrogen or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt-forming cation; Y is OR1 or NR2R3, and R1, R2, R3 and M are as defined herein. Also, methods of treating bacterial infection, pharmaceutical compositions, molecular complexes and processes for preparing compounds.
US09393219B2
The metabolization of certain phenols, monophenols or benzenediols into reactive quinone compounds, in particular ortho-quinones and related reactive intermediates, which is brought about by oxidation of monophenols and benzenediols by proteins exhibiting tyrosinase activity, such as human tyrosinase and the related proteins TRP1 and TRP2. The compounds function as haptens that become covalently bound to the tyrosinase enzymes, in particular to histidine moieties, in or near the catalytic site of proteins exhibiting tyrosinase activity, such as tyrosinase, TRP1 and TRP2. An immune response is then to be mounted against these haptenized auto-antigens to treat malignancies.
US09393216B2
Described are drug delivery systems incorporating electrospun fibers that comprise and deliver physicochemically diverse drug compounds. Such fibers provide significant advantages in drug agent release, such as adaptability for solid dosage delivery to mucosal tissues. This is in addition to allowing for controlled drug release. Systems and methods for large-scale electrospinning productivity are described, including novel microarchitectures allowing for variable pharmacokinetics in drug release.
US09393213B2
Nanocrystals, compositions, and methods that aid particle transport in mucus are provided. In some embodiments, the compositions and methods involve making mucus-penetrating particles (MPP) without any polymeric carriers, or with minimal use of polymeric carriers. The compositions and methods may include, in some embodiments, modifying the surface coatings of particles formed of pharmaceutical agents that have a low water solubility. Such methods and compositions can be used to achieve efficient transport of particles of pharmaceutical agents though mucus barriers in the body for a wide spectrum of applications, including drug delivery, imaging, and diagnostic applications. In certain embodiments, a pharmaceutical composition including such particles is well-suited for administration routes involving the particles passing through a mucosal barrier.
US09393212B2
Nanocrystals, compositions, and methods that aid particle transport in mucus are provided. In some embodiments, the compositions and methods involve making mucus-penetrating particles (MPP) without any polymeric carriers, or with minimal use of polymeric carriers. The compositions and methods may include, in some embodiments, modifying the surface coatings of particles formed of pharmaceutical agents that have a low water solubility. Such methods and compositions can be used to achieve efficient transport of particles of pharmaceutical agents though mucus barriers in the body for a wide spectrum of applications, including drug delivery, imaging, and diagnostic applications. In certain embodiments, a pharmaceutical composition including such particles is well-suited for administration routes involving the particles passing through a mucosal barrier.
US09393210B2
The present invention provides a capsule containing an inhalable powder composition wherein the composition comprises about 75% by weight or more levodopa, dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and a salt characterized by a working density of less than about 100 g/L. The invention further provides a capsule containing an inhalable powder composition wherein the composition comprises about 75% by weight or more levodopa, dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and a salt characterized by a working density of less than about 100 g/L wherein the capsule material comprises hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC) and titanium dioxide.
US09393204B2
Methods and compositions are provided for formulating and administering bicifadine and related compounds to treat or prevent functional impairment and disabilities associated with acute pain, chronic pain, and neuropathic disorders.
US09393201B2
The present invention relates to a nanoparticle of oxaliplatin, which is a water-soluble active substance, a pharmaceutical composition containing the same, and a method for preparing an orally administrable oxaliplatin nanoparticle by 5 emulsifying a lipid mixture solution wherein a solid lipid and a surfactant are mixed in an aqueous mixture solution wherein oxaliplatin and a specific cosolvent are mixed and then removing the solid lipid and the cosolvent using a supercritical fluid gas.
US09393192B2
Dosage forms and methods for providing a substantially ascending rate of release of paliperidone or risperidone are provided. The sustained release dosage forms provide therapeutically effective average steady-state plasma paliperidone or risperidone concentrations when administered once per day. This once-a-day dosing regimen results in only one peak plasma paliperidone or risperidone concentration occurrence in each 24 hour period. In addition, the peak plasma paliperidone or risperidone concentration occurs at a later time following dose administration and exhibits a lesser magnitude than the peak plasma paliperidone or risperidone concentration that occurs following administration of paliperidone or risperidone in an immediate-release dosage form.
US09393191B2
Provided are a piceatannol-containing composition which is a composition originating in a natural material and containing piceatannol at a high concentration, and a method of producing the piceatannol-containing composition. A piceatannol-containing composition which contains 0.0001 to 99.9% by mass of piceatannol is obtained by extracting passion fruit seeds. The extraction of piceatannol is carried out by grinding the passion fruit seeds, adding at least one solvent selected from an aqueous alcohol-based solvent and an aqueous ketone-based solvent and agitating to thereby extract piceatannol into the above-described solvent. In this case, it is preferable to conduct stepwise extraction by using both of the aqueous alcohol-based solvent and the aqueous ketone-based solvent.
US09393174B1
An extensible vibrating shower apparatus that includes a shower member retractably extensible from within an ergonomically formed handle, said shower member including a generally tubular neck, a flexible joint disposed endwise upon the neck, and a head disposed upon the flexible joint, the head having a nozzle with a plurality of bristle holes disposed in a radial pattern and a plurality of massage pads disposed thereon, through which plurality of bristle holes a plurality of bristles is retracably extensible from within the head when a rotatable rim is turned, and a water proof switch alternately activates and deactivates a vibrator disposed within the head, which vibrator is in operational communication with the plurality of massage pads.
US09393158B2
A non-adherent wound dressing (1) comprises a substrate (2) in the form of a perforated sheet of melt-blown non-woven material. The substrate (2) is impregnated with, and coated on both sides with, a silicone gel (3).
US09393154B2
Systems and methods of laser treatment of the intact crystalline lens to increase ionic transport of antioxidants in specific areas where flexural changes and transparency reduction come from lens aging. Microchannels created in patterns and grids placed strategically in the inner lens carry antioxidants from the source—the anterior and the epithelium—into areas scarce or void of transport mechanisms (and thus scarce of antioxidants). A variety of patterns are utilized to facilitate ions traveling along new pathways.
US09393153B2
Intraocular pressure can be reduced by insertion of an intraocular shunt in the eye such that it forms a drainage pathway between the anterior chamber and a region of lower pressure. A hollow shaft can be advanced through the anterior chamber with the hollow shaft (a) having a beveled tip at a distal end of the hollow shaft and (b) holding an intraocular shunt with a proximal end of the shunt within the hollow shaft. The sclera can be penetrated with the hollow shaft. A beveled surface of the beveled tip can be oriented such that the beveled surface faces toward the Tenon's capsule when the beveled tip passes out of the sclera. After the beveled tip passes out of the sclera, at least a portion of the shunt can be advanced from the hollow shaft.
US09393152B2
Systems and methods for controlling vacuum within phacoemulsification systems are described. The phacoemulsification system may include a handpiece having a needle coupled to a power source configured to cause the needle to be ultrasonically vibrated, and an aspiration source. The system further includes a footpedal that defines a first position and a second position and a computer program product, operatively coupled to the handpiece and the footpedal, having a non-transitory computer-usable medium having a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to execute a process that controls power from the power source and vacuum from the aspiration source applied to the handpiece.
US09393148B2
Methods of preventing the development or exacerbation of tendinosis include receiving a first ring of resilient material over a first digit of a hand of the user and a second ring of resilient material over a second digit of the hand of the user. The first and second digits receiving first and second rings are curled about an object to grasp the object with an increased circumference grip relative to a natural grip of the user. The first and second rings are automatically slid to an interleaved configuration on the first and second digits by moving the grasped object with the hand.
US09393147B2
Disclosed is a bandage for knee joints that includes an elastic textile stocking, an annular or clasp-like elastic profiled insert arranged in or at the textile stocking to encase at least the lateral (fibula-side) section of the patella of the knee joint and at least one flexible, inelastic tensile strap essentially extending in the longitudinal direction of the bandage over the knee joint.
US09393137B2
Methods for assembling a stent delivery system are provided, as well as the stent delivery assemblies and devices formed by such methods. Also provided is a method for loading a stent into a delivery system.
US09393136B2
A variable zone high metal to vessel ratio stent includes a proximal high metal to vessel ratio zone, a central low metal to vessel ratio zone, and a distal high metal to vessel ratio zone. The proximal high metal to vessel ratio zone is deployed with fixation and sealing to healthy tissue of a main vessel superior to branch vessels and an aneurysm. The central low metal to vessel ratio zone is deployed directly on ostai of the branch vessels. However, as the central low metal to vessel ratio zone is highly permeable, blood flows from the main vessel through the central low metal to vessel ratio zone and into branch vessels.
US09393126B2
A spinal prosthesis for insertion bilaterally into an annulotomy hole created laterally in a spinal disc between two abutting vertebrae that is composed of a first elongated member having first threading at one end and an end cap at its other end, a second elongated member having an end cap with a threaded hole fixed to one end of a hollow tube open-ended at its other end. The members are telescoped together with the threading of the first member mated with the threaded hole of the second member and the open end of said hollow tube disengageably engaged with the end cap of the first member for rotation together. A method for bilaterally implanting the members of the prosthesis using a wire, and then telescopically mating them.
US09393118B2
Provided are methods for processing a green body that includes compacted metal powder, comprising impacting the green body with a particulate material for a time and under conditions effective to displace a portion of the metal powder from the green body. The present methods can be used to prepare green bodies that have “roughened” surfaces and that can be used to make orthopedic implants displaying low movement relative to bone when installed in situ, which corresponds to higher stability upon implantation and decreases the time required for biological fixation of the implant. Also provided are implants comprising a metallic matrix, and methods comprising surgically installing an implant prepared from a “surface roughened” green body in accordance with the present invention.
US09393109B2
A prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent having a proximal end, a distal end, an annulus section adjacent the proximal end and an aortic section adjacent the distal end, the stent including a plurality of struts. A plurality of commissure features is disposed on the stent and coupled to selected ones of the struts, each commissure feature including a body having a proximal end and a distal end, and at least one eyelet in the body. The heart valve further includes a collapsible and expandable valve assembly including a plurality of leaflets. At least one leaflet is connected to the at least one eyelet and to at least one of the selected ones of the struts via a suture pattern.
US09393102B2
A debranching Great vessel stent graft and methods for its use, where the stent graft comprises, a main body stent graft with a first bifurcation defining a first leg and a second leg, the main body stent graft has distal and proximal ends, the main body stent graft has a diameter at the proximal end in the range from about 18 mm to about 28 mm, the first leg and the second leg each have a diameter in the range from about 12 mm to about 18 mm, the distance from the proximal end of the main body to the distal end of the first leg is in the range from about 30 mm to about 50 mm, and the distance from the proximal end of the main body to the distal end of the second leg is in a range from about 50 mm to about 70 mm.
US09393092B2
The present invention relates to a modified polymeric material. The modified polymeric material includes a polymer having a modified surface, where the modified surface includes nano, micron, and/or submicron scale features. The present invention also relates to an implant comprising the modified polymeric material. The present invention further relates to processes for making the modified polymeric material and the implant.
US09393083B2
An apparatus, a system and a method provide automatic tooth straightening. An appliance may be placed on teeth to straighten teeth. The appliance or series of appliances may be made to fit a particular patient. A portion of the appliance may be attached to fully erupted teeth that are substantially straight. The appliance may fit onto the teeth that do not require straightening using a section that may be made from relatively stiff material. The erupted teeth that require straightening may be straightened with a softer more resilient material. The unerupted teeth may be guided into the mouth by another portion of the appliance that is preformed with predicted sizes and shapes of teeth determined from sizes of other erupted adult teeth and shapes from anatomical standards. A hard stiffer inner shell and/or a stiffer isthmus having a softer material is overlayed to directly contact the teeth.
US09393077B2
In a first aspect of the invention, a medical sterile container has a container interior for accommodating articles to be sterilized. The medical sterile container comprises a pressure-activatable sterilization status detection device for detecting a sterilization status of the sterile container. In a second aspect of the invention, a method for determining the sterilization status of a medical sterile container having a container interior for accommodating articles to be sterilized is provided. While the sterile container is undergoing a sterilization process in a sterilization apparatus, pressure differences to which the sterile container is thereby subjected are detected, and the sterilization status sterile is allocated to the sterile container if during the sterilization process a limit value for a pressure gradient per time unit is exceeded.
US09393074B2
A sterile container system for the sterile transport and storage of medical, in particular surgical instruments and/or implants during a sterilization process, includes a closable sterile container which is formed by a lid and a trough, and at least one sieve cage which can be inserted therein, at least one fastening device being present which acts, on the one hand, on one of the medical instruments which can be inserted in the sieve cage, immobilizing the instrument on the sieve cage, and at the same time acts on the sieve cage, immobilizing the latter on the sterile container.
US09393069B2
Devices and methods are provided for treatment of tissue in a body lumen with an electrode deployment device. Embodiments typically include a device with a plurality of electrodes having a pre-selected electrode density arranged on the surface of a support. The support may comprise a non-distensible electrode backing that is spirally furled about an axis and coupled to an expansion member such as an inflatable elastic balloon. In some embodiments, the balloon is inflated to selectively expose a portion of the electrode surface while maintaining the electrode density.
US09393068B1
A method and apparatus that utilizes a force-time integral for real time estimation of steam pop in catheter-based ablation systems. The apparatus measures the force exerted by a contact ablation probe on a target tissue and an energization parameter delivered to the ablation probe. The exerted force and energization parameter can be utilized to provide an estimation of the probability of steam pop. In one embodiment, the force and energization metrics can be used as feedback to establish a desired contact force and energization level combination to prevent steam popping.
US09393057B2
In accordance with one aspect, an instrument is provided that permits the precise delivery of bone fusion material, such as autograft or allograft material, to one or more bones during surgical procedures. In another aspect, a system and a method are also provided for percutaneous delivery of bone fusion material, such as morselized autograft or bone graft, in a minimally invasive approach through one or more relatively small incisions in a patient. In yet another aspect, an expansion device is provided having an internal compartment and being shiftable between an insertion configuration and an expanded configuration. Bone fusion material may be injected into the internal compartment of the expansion device and travel therealong for bonding to one or more bones approximate the expansion device.
US09393054B2
A spinal rod locking holder includes an outer body, a handle assembly at a proximal end of the outer body, a locking assembly within a distal portion of the outer body, and a sprocket assembly at the distal end of the outer body. The handle assembly includes a moveable handle operatively associated with the sprocket assembly to selectively engage and release an end of a spinal rod. The locking assembly including a bearing operatively associated with a pawl such that when the moveable handle is compressed the bearing extends the pawl into contact with an outer surface of the sprocket assembly. The sprocket assembly including sprocket sections configured to compress against the end of the spinal rod when the pawl engages the outer surface of the sprocket assembly.
US09393053B2
The present invention discloses an interspinous process fusion device, a method of fabricating the interspinous process fusion device, and a surgical method for maintaining a space between two spinous processes in a spine of a patient using the fusion device. The interspinous process fusion device including a distal tip member, a middle plate, a proximal plate, an elongate member, and a plurality of movable wings. The elongate member having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the first and second end. The distal tip member is connected to the first end of the elongate member, the proximal plate is connected to the second end of the elongate member, and the middle plate and plurality of wings are positioned intermediate the distal tip member and the proximal plate along the longitudinal axis to form the interspinous process fusion device assembly.
US09393047B2
A polyaxial bone screw assembly includes a threaded shank body having an integral upper portion receivable in an integral receiver, the receiver having an upper channel for receiving a longitudinal connecting member and a lower cavity cooperating with a lower opening. A down-loadable compression insert, a down-loadable friction fit split retaining ring having inner and outer tangs and an up-loadable shank upper portion cooperate to provide for pop- or snap-on assembly of the shank with the receiver either prior to or after implantation of the shank into a vertebra. The shank and receiver once assembled cannot be disassembled.
US09393036B2
A manipulator includes a proximal end, a distal end with a manipulation device, a shaft between the proximal end and the distal end, and a transmission element for transmitting at least either a force or a motion between the proximal end and the distal end. Provided in the shaft is a guide insert for guiding the transmission element, such that the transmission element can slide with respect to the guide insert in the longitudinal direction of the shaft.
US09393027B1
Preferably, an intravenous assist device includes at least, a pneumatic tourniquet portion, a pneumatic barrier having a first side contactingly adjacent the pneumatic barrier, a tissue compression portion contactingly adjacent a second side of said pneumatic barrier, and a pneumatic gate in fluid communication with each the pneumatic tourniquet portion and the tissue compression portion. The pneumatic gate promotes an inflation of the tissue compression portion only after full inflation of the pneumatic tourniquet forms a tourniquet. The pneumatic gate is formed between the pneumatic tourniquet portion and the tissue compression portion by an aperture only.
US09393024B2
An apparatus for application of surgical clips to body tissue is provided and includes a handle assembly and a shaft assembly. The handle assembly includes a drive assembly; and a trigger operatively connected to the drive assembly. The shaft assembly extends from the handle assembly and includes an articulating neck assembly; and an end effector assembly supported on a distal end of the articulating neck assembly and being configured to form a surgical clip in place on the body tissue.
US09393022B2
Embolic implants, delivery systems and methods of manufacture and delivery are disclosed. The subject implants are deployed in two stages. If sized properly as observed in the first stage, they are deployed to the second stage and detached. If not sized properly in/at the first stage, the implants are designed to be withdrawn and replaced with a more appropriately sized implant or another treatment option selected. Some of the implant configurations may be withdrawn even after the second stage deployment as well.
US09393021B2
A vascular occluding device for modifying blood flow in a vessel, while maintaining blood flow to the surrounding tissue. The occluding device includes a flexible, easily compressible and bendable occluding device that is particularly suited for treating aneurysms in the brain. The neurovascular occluding device can be deployed using a micro-catheter. The occluding device can be formed by braiding wires in a helical fashion and can have varying lattice densities along the length of the occluding device. The occluding device could also have different lattice densities for surfaces on the same radial plane.
US09393020B2
A ligator for ligating body duct(s), said ligator enabling quick, easy and damage-free repetition of ligation and release of one or more body ducts in a body cavity through an operation outside the body cavity, and having an excellent performance of blocking the flow of a body fluid such as blood or lymph in a body duct. In an abdominal surgery, the ligator can be provided at such a position as not disturbing the surgery per se or hindering the vision during the surgery, while leaving the back-end thereof outside the body cavity, and can be operated outside the body cavity. In an endoscopic surgery, the ligator can be inserted from an opening that is a surgical wound while leaving the back-end thereof outside the body cavity, and can be operated outside the body cavity.
US09393012B2
A suture needle guard and method of operation for temporarily holding a suture needle during a surgical operation. The suture needle guard includes a hollow tube having a closed first end and an opposite, funnel shaped second end. The hollow tube has a hollow bore that extends from a closed bottom end to a funnel opening in the funnel shaped second end, and is configured to temporarily retain the suture needle within the suture needle guard. The suture needle guard also includes an immobilizing structure for temporarily immobilizing the suture needle guard during the surgical operation.
US09393007B2
An instrument for delivering a suture transfascially may include a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, and a pair of needles that are moveable to an extended position beyond the end of the shaft. One or more sutures are carried by the instrument and may be delivered transfascially. A transfascial suture assembly includes a suture having a first segment, a second segment, and an intermediate segment therebetween. A force distributing member is locatable at the intermediate segment. Suture retainers may be provided at the end of each suture segment, and may have a connection that is moveable relative to the portion of the suture segment connected therewith. A method of delivering transfascial sutures includes inserting a twin-needle instrument loaded with one or more sutures into an abdominal cavity and deploying, from within the abdominal cavity, the suture carrying needles through a soft tissue repair patch and then through at least part of the abdominal wall.
US09393003B2
A device for sealing a single incision in a laparoscopic surgery, includes: an operating panel located on the top portion of the device, a sleeve located on the bottom portion of the device, a soft connecting portion; two symmetrical handles attached to the external surface of the sleeve; a blocking flange attached to the bottom end of the sleeve; and two clamping portions disposed on the blocking flange. The sleeve is inserted into the wound of the abdominal wall, the blocking flange is positioned inside the abdominal cavity and the soft connecting portion is positioned outside the abdominal cavity. The operating panel rotates around the axis of the soft connecting portion, and the operating holes with seals may avoid air leakage of the abdominal cavity. The device solves the defect that the use of a tubular anastomat in a laparoscopic surgery easily leads to air leakage and inconvenient operation.
US09392996B2
A portable ultrasound system having dedicated power source devices is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a portable ultrasound system can include transducer electronics and a base unit having base-unit electronics configured to receive user input and to operate the transducer electronics to perform ultrasound scanning based on the user input. The portable ultrasound system further includes a first power source device configured to power the transducer electronics and a second power source device configured to power the base-unit electronics without powering the transducer electronics.
US09392989B2
In a mammography apparatus, a deflection of an x-ray source aligned on a radiation detector is predetermined depending on the size of a breast compressed in the compression unit and/or the density of the breast tissue. Given an increasing deflection on an arc-shaped trajectory of the x-ray source, the compression of the breast is reduced at least once so that the path of the x-rays through the breast stays within a predetermined path length, starting from a first compression in a first x-ray acquisition.
US09392974B2
A physiological monitoring system may process a physiological signal such a photoplethysmograph signal from a subject. The system may determine physiological information, such as a physiological rate, from the physiological signal. The system may use search techniques and qualification techniques to determine one or more initialization parameters. The initialization parameters may be used to calculate and qualify a physiological rate. The system may use signal conditioning to reduce noise in the physiological signal and to improve the determination of physiological information. The system may use qualification techniques to confirm determined physiological parameters. The system may also use autocorrelation techniques, cross-correlation techniques, fast start techniques, and/or reference waveforms when processing the physiological signal.
US09392973B2
A method of detecting whether a localization element is within or outside of an introducer sheath generally includes obtaining a localization signal from the localization element and detecting the state of the localization element relative to the sheath based upon the quadrature component of the localization signal. A baseline quadrature component is typically established with the localization element outside of the sheath. When the quadrature component deviates from this baseline value, it is indicative of the localization element being within the sheath. Conversely, when the quadrature component remains relatively close to the baseline value, it is indicative of the localization element being outside of the sheath. In an electrophysiology study, the state information can be used to take corrective action with respect to the data being collected.
US09392961B2
An apparatus and a method for detecting clinically-relevant features of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract of a subject are disclosed. The apparatus includes a capsule to be swallowed by a subject and passing through the GI tract of the subject, a capsule housing, a radiation source emitting radiation, a rotatable collimator configured to rotate with respect to the housing and to collimate the radiation emitted by the radiation source, and a radiation detector configured to detect particles, such as photons, gamma radiation, beta radiation and electrons photons generated responsive to the emitted radiation. The apparatus also includes a control unit configured to analyze data regarding the photons. Movement of the capsule in the GI tract can be detected. The radiation source, radiation detector and control unit may advantageously be integrated inside a single housing.
US09392958B2
Various embodiments relate to a method of attenuation correction of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) data based on Magnetic Resonance Tomography (MRT) data. A method of at least one embodiment further includes determining further data being indicative of an iterative cycle of a physiological observable of a patient and matching the PET data with the MRT data based on the further data.
US09392956B2
A dry sensor EEG/EMG and motion sensing system for seizure detection and monitoring is disclosed. In some embodiments, a system for seizure detection/monitoring is provided that can measure a user's EEG/EMG and motor activity, automatically detect an epileptic seizure and perform actions, such as triggering an alarm and/or turning off the provoking stimulation. In some embodiments, a system for seizure detection/monitoring is provided that can be used to continuously monitor and store a user's EEG/EMG and motor activity for doctor evaluation. In some embodiments, a system for seizure detection/monitoring is provided that can be mounted directly on a user's head using active dry EEG sensors. In some embodiments, a system for seizure detection/monitoring is provided that can be mounted into/onto a pair of glasses (e.g., 3D glasses), and the user's eyes can be automatically covered by the glasses if a seizure is detected.
US09392947B2
Impedance analysis can be used to measure calf muscle pump (CMP) function in a patient. This may be done by applying electrical signals via a first set of electrodes, and measuring the impedance via a second set of electrodes. The change in impedance as the patient undergoes calf extension or exercise may be measured, and the change in impedance may then be used to assess CMP function. The change in impedance may be used to determine an indicator indicative of the volume of blood ejected by the CMP.
US09392946B1
Heart rate sensors including high-aspect-ratio photodetector elements are discussed herein. Such high-aspect-ratio photodetector elements may provide improved signal-strength-to-power-consumption performance for heart rate sensors incorporating such photodetector elements as compared with heart rate sensors incorporating, for example, square photodetector elements.
US09392943B2
A method of detecting the presence of glycated proteins or peptides (GPs) includes the steps of assessing the sample for fluorescence, subjecting the sample to UV radiation, and reassessing the sample for an increase in fluorescence. An increase in fluorescence at the reassessing step indicates the presence of GPs. The method may be useful for detecting disease such as diabetes.
US09392938B2
An ophthalmoscope comprises an illumination element providing an illumination light beam to illuminate the fundus of an eyeball; an imaging lens group converging the reflected light beam from the fundus; and an image capture module. The image capture module includes an image sensing element, a fixation light element and an optical element. The image sensing element captures the reflected light beam converged by the imaging lens group to form an image. The fixation light element provides a fixation light beam passing through the imaging lens group and reaching the fundus. The optical element is arranged among the imaging lens group, image sensing element and fixation light element to make the image sensing element and the fixation light element on different equivalent focal planes of the imaging lens group. According to the above-mentioned structure, a relay lens and a focusing module used by the conventional fixation light element is omitted.
US09392929B2
A connector is provided that is configured to pass a liquid from a bottle and a gas between a tube set assembly and a medical instrument, the tube set assembly comprising a first tube for gas flow and a second tube for liquid flow, the first and second tube contacting the connector, and a valve disposed within a flow path of the second tube and configured to prevent flow of the liquid back from the medical instrument to the bottle. The connector can be connected to a combined tube set for a disposable water bottle. The combined tube set provides a first tube set for rinsing that also includes air and water tubes.
US09392924B2
A dishwasher includes a shiftable rack provided with a washing agent dispersal system including a housing into which washing fluid is delivered. When the rack is shifted to a retracted position within a tub of the dishwasher, a tube feed system is employed to selectively distribute washing fluid from a pump assembly to each of multiple spray arms, the housing of the washing agent dispersal system and an auxiliary spray unit carried by the upper rack.
US09392920B2
A power-saving robot system includes at least one peripheral device and a mobile robot. The peripheral device includes a controller having an active mode and a hibernation mode, and a wireless communication component capable of activation in the hibernation mode. A controller of the robot has an activating routine that communicates with and temporarily activates the peripheral device, via wireless communication, from the hibernation mode. In another aspect, a robot system includes a network data bridge and a mobile robot. The network data bridge includes a broadband network interface, a wireless command interface, and a data bridge component. The data bridge component extracts serial commands received via the broadband network interface from an internet protocol, applies a command protocol thereto, and broadcasts the serial commands via the wireless interface. The mobile robot includes a wireless command communication component that receives the serial commands transmitted from the network data bridge.
US09392918B2
A tool for a vacuum cleaner that includes a nozzle and a duct for attachment to a wand, hose or the like of the vacuum cleaner. One or more suction openings are provided in a base of the nozzle. The front of the nozzle includes a chamfered section and a further section. A suction opening is then provided in the further section, and the chamfered section is closed. The internal angle formed between the chamfered section and the further section is greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees.
US09392917B2
A cleaning appliance of the cylinder type comprises a separating apparatus for separating dirt from a dirt-bearing fluid flow, and a floor-engaging rolling assembly. The separating apparatus comprises a first cyclonic separation unit having a low efficiency cyclone and a second cyclonic separation unit having a plurality of second cyclones. The rolling assembly comprises a main body having a recess in which the separating apparatus is received, and a plurality of floor-engaging wheels rotatably connected to the main body. The recess in the main body comprises a plurality of shaped recesses, each of which corresponds to the shape of at least a portion of a second cyclone. When the separating apparatus is received in the recess, a second cyclone is located at least partially in each shaped recess.
US09392914B2
An utility/sport towel variants and additions for creating a sports or utility towel that can be placed or hung out of the reach of any contaminants, in any environment, until needed. The utility/sport towel variants and additions generally includes the towel material, the various hooks, holes for bottle styles and placement, magnets for hanging, various fold indicators and making it easier to grip the bottle with towel on bottle.
US09392913B2
Exemplary embodiments of foam pumps, refill units and dispenser systems are disclosed herein. Some embodiments have a foam pump that includes a valve cavity housing with a liquid inlet. A unitary valve body is located within the valve cavity housing. The unitary valve body includes a liquid inlet wiper valve, a liquid outlet wiper valve, a hollow interior portion, an opening through the valve body into the hollow interior portion, and an outlet opening. The foam pump also includes a pump chamber and a pump chamber opening through the valve cavity. The pump chamber opening is located between the liquid inlet wiper valve and the liquid outlet wiper valve. An air inlet into the valve cavity housing is also included. The valve cavity includes a mixing chamber. A mix media and foam outlet are included. The foam pump may be connected to a container to form a refill unit.
US09392908B2
A shredder or grinder for dried material such as herbs of dried leaves is a cylindrical container formed of a top element and a base element forming a chamber, the top element and the base element each having a series of concentrically arranged teeth on a base plate, wherein the teeth that slidably engage one another in a slicing motion to form grinding surfaces against one another, wherein the teeth are serrated to efficiently grind the dried materials in the chamber when the teeth engage one another and are counter rotated relative to one another. In one embodiment the chamber discharges the ground contents through orifices in the base element, where the size is regulated by a screen, and in another embodiment, the ground contents remain in the chamber until the grinding head is removed.
US09392903B2
Device (1) for frothing a liquid, comprising a chamber (10), which chamber comprises a supply tube (11) for supplying the liquid to be frothed and frothing gas, and comprises a substantially round outlet tube (12) provided at the bottom of the chamber. The outlet tube being arranged for letting out a mixture of the liquid and the frothing gas, i.e. the liquid in a frothed state, and for letting out excess frothing gas. The chamber (10) is cylinder-shaped and the supply tube (11) has a tangential arrangement with respect to the chamber (10) and is provided at a height h from the bottom of the chamber. The ratio of the value of the height (h) of the supply tube and the height (H) of the chamber is in a range between 0.2 to 0.7, and the ratio of the value of the diameter of the outlet tube (d) and the value of the diameter (D) of the chamber is in a range of 0.6 to 0.95. This device provides for a high quality of milk froth without excessive or insufficient foam formation or very coarse foam bubbles.
US09392899B2
A cooking appliance includes an upper housing having a first heating plate, a lower housing having a second heating plate, and a temperature probe extending through one of the first heating plate and the second heating plate for detecting an internal temperature of a food item.
US09392898B2
A folding hanger includes of a pair of arms and a hook. Above-mentioned pair of arms and the hook have a common axis of rotation and each arm of the arms is structured by two parallel boards and an intermediate board connecting the two parallel boards. An angle between the center line of the arm and an edge line, which passes through the common axis of rotation and an edge of the intermediate board, is set between 50 degrees and 80 degrees.
US09392896B1
A clothes hanger for retaining the garments shape including a lower frame and upper section with a first support arm and a second support arm centrally conjoined. A bottom side of the frame has a right section and a left section separated from the right section at a threaded proximal end of each of the right and left sections. A turnbuckle engages the proximal end of each of the right and left sections. The turnbuckle secures the proximal ends together and adjusts the width of the bottom side. A first hook is disposed on the center point with an inverted U-shaped upper end. A U-shaped second hook is disposed on each of an interior side of each outer end of each of the respective first and second support arm. A groove is centrally disposed on a top portion of each of the first and second support arm.
US09392889B2
A jewelry organizer stand has a frame with a mesh region for mounting post-type earrings and pins and a mounting bar region of parallel mounting bars for holding various clips with extensions. The clips with extensions can include ring bars for holding rings, necklace bars for holding necklaces, spin-rings for holding beads, pendants and pins, and locking bracelet hooks for holding bracelets. The organizer stand can be pivotably mounted on a base so that it can be turned around. The height can be about that of an adult. The base is at least as wide as the frame so that the organizer will not fall over even if a large unbalanced weight of jewelry is placed on it.
US09392886B2
A refrigerated merchandiser includes a refrigerated insulated cabinet having a front wall that is hingedly attached to the cabinet. The front wall is rotatable between a closed position covering a storage area in the cabinet and an open position permitting access to the storage area. An opening is provided in the front wall to permit merchandise to be removed from the storage area when the front wall is in the closed position. Adjusting the front wall to the open position permits pallets loaded with merchandise, including ice bags, to be loaded into the merchandiser with a wheeled lifting device such as a forklift or hand jack. A roller may be provided on the front wall to help in adjusting the front wall between the open and closed positions.
US09392885B2
Modular manual lift dispenser security systems and methods store and dispense at least one retail product. The systems and methods have a dispenser body having a floor and walls extending above the floor, wherein the walls of the dispenser body define an interior of the dispenser body that is sized to receive one or more retail products. Further, the systems and methods have a locking lid assembly slidably connected to a top edge of each side wall of the dispenser body via at least one fastener and a pusher paddle located within the interior of the dispenser body, wherein the pusher paddle is spring-loaded and configured to move one or more retail products towards the front wall of the dispenser body. Still further, the systems and methods have a first opening between a lip of the front wall of the dispenser body and a front edge of the locking lid assembly that is located adjacent to the front wall of the dispenser body, wherein the first opening is sized such that a leading retail product is passable through the opening between the lip of the front wall and the front edge of the locking lid assembly. Moreover, the systems and methods have a recess formed in the floor of the dispenser body and a lift slot formed in the front wall of the dispenser body, wherein the recess and lift slot are at least one of sized and shaped such that a leading retail product is accessible through the recess and lift slot.
US09392884B2
A retail merchandise pusher tray is provided. The tray includes a base structure that includes at least one divider mounted to the base structure and extending upwardly from the base structure. A front stop is mounted at the front end of the base structure. At least one pusher is slidably mounted to the base structure. The pusher further includes a bottom wall and a pair of sidewalls extending upwardly from the bottom wall in an opposed space relation. A front wall of the pusher extends upwardly from the bottom wall. The front wall includes a base portion and a projection portion. The projection portion extends upwardly and diagonally away from the base portion to an upper edge. The upper edge of the projection portion is forward of the base portion.
US09392883B2
A product display tray, which is provided with a spring-actuated pusher paddle for urging a column of products forwardly in a display as items are removed from the front of the tray, includes a manually operated locking element pivotally attached to the pusher paddle and normally held in a “release” position by the action of the pusher spring. When the paddle is in a fully retracted position, for reloading of the tray, the locking element is manually pivoted into a locking position to engage the tray structure and retain the paddle in its retracted position during loading operations. A slight backward push on the paddle, when reloading has been completed, releases the paddle for forward movement by the spring. The device also includes special features on the pusher paddle to facilitate and simplify its slideable assembly with, and stable retention on, longitudinal guide rods on which the paddle slides.
US09392877B2
A mattress includes a spring extending between first and second points to provide a first spring rate in a first direction. A polymer fiber structure is provided between the first and second points and adjoins the spring. The polymer fiber structure includes fibers interlinked with one another to provide the second spring rate in the first direction. An example method of manufacturing a mattress is provided that includes arranging springs to provide a mattress innerspring. A polymer fiber structure is introduced in a first state to the innerspring to provide an assembly. The assembly is further processed and the polymer fiber structure is simultaneously altered from the first state to a second state.
US09392869B2
A clamp is provided for securing a device at an opening formed in a mounting surface, such as a table, desk, wall panel, or the like. The clamp includes a substantially vertical member with upper and lower portions, an outwardly extending member that projects outwardly from the vertical member, and an adjustable clamp member that is mounted to the outwardly-extending leg and can be tightened or loosened for installing or removing the clamp. The upper portion of the vertical member engages an interior surface of the mounting surface, while another projection extends from the vertical member and engages a sidewall of the device being secured to the mounting surface.
US09392865B2
An electronic device theft prevention assembly for preventing an electronic device from being stolen includes a case that may removably receive an electronic device. The case has a front side, a back side and a perimeter edge extending therebetween. The front side is substantially open. A grip is coupled to the case. The grip may be engaged by fingers of a user such that the case is retained on the user. The grip is comprised of a flexible material.
US09392857B2
The present invention relates to a container provided with a vacuum pump for creamy-type cosmetics. According to the container provided with a vacuum pump for a creamy-type cosmetics of the present invention, the discharge hole of a button part is positioned so as to be biased, and a pressure display part is formed in the upper middle portion of the button part, in order to pressurize the button part and thus enable the user to accurately ascertain the pressure portion of the button part, and the contents can be uniformly discharged by simply pumping using one hand without causing the button part to incline.
US09392854B2
A protective case can be used with a mobile device having front and back surfaces and side surfaces extending between the front and back surfaces, including a top side, a bottom side, a right side, and a left side, the mobile device having a screen on the front surface. The protective case can include a shell configured to engage and substantially surround at least three of the surfaces of the mobile device and preferably all or nearly all surfaces of the mobile device while still capable of allowing the user to functionally interact with biometric sensor (such as a fingerprint sensor) and/or not interfere with the intended functionality of the proximity sensors of the mobile device.
US09392852B1
A convertible parasol and fan pair using a specially constructed post/handle that has a top to receive the fans. The top has a graduated upper surface with hook and loop fastener components that match a corresponding hook and loop fasteners attached to the arms of the fans. In this way, a dancer can quickly attach a pair of fans to the top of the post to form a parasol, which can then be used in the performance. At the desired time, the fans can quickly be removed to continue the performance in another direction. The ability to quickly change from fans to a parasol and then back to fans is a desired performance-enhancing tool.
US09392850B1
A jewelry article with two member arms are connected at one end by a pivotable joint at the opposite end the arms are provided with posts that carry an insert between the two arms by extending into the recess of a bore-through of the insert where they are securely connected by magnets. A corresponding thread at the post and in the insert provides additional security for the placement of the insert. A leaf spring further provided in the hinge connection of the two member jewelry item to further ensure the secure closing of the jewelry item.
US09392844B1
Novel footwear is disclosed. The footwear includes two deployable sidewalls, a deployable tongue and heel section. In the preferred embodiment, these all are equipped with telescoping rails and when in the deployed position allow the user to put on the shoe without laces. When in use, the deployable sections are fastened with an electromagnetic seal. On the tongue is a display, made up of LED or OLED elements, which may also include solar cells to power the internally stowed rechargeable battery. The upper section of the shoe is preferably made from a composite carbon fiber, or of aluminum, and contains a plurality of through apertures for ventilation and breathability.
US09392839B2
A laminate skate boot having a heel portion, the skate boot comprises: A thermo-shaped laminate quarter panel, the laminate quarter panel forming, at least in part, a quarter of the skate boot. A is heel pocket in the laminate quarter panel in the heel portion of the skate boot for accommodating a heel of a wearer of the boot. A rigid element is within the laminate quarter panel shaped and dimensioned to border, at least in part, the heel pocket. Also, a laminate quarter panel for use in fabricating the skate boot, the laminate quarter panel comprising a rigid element within the laminate quarter panel shaped and dimensioned to border, at least in part, a heel pocket in a heel portion of the skate boot to be fabricated, the heel pocket for accommodating a heel of a wearer of the skate boot.
US09392830B2
The invention features apparel having a safety assembly featuring adjustable handles. The handles move along tracks and can be positioned to be grasped by a passenger on a vehicle. A latch mechanism unlocks the handles and allows them to move along the tracks. Handles feature a catch mechanism that locks into an opening along the track helping to secure the handles in position. When a vehicle operator wears the apparel, the passenger can grasp the handles to position himself accordingly and safely on a vehicle, such as a motorcycle.
US09392824B1
A self-disinfecting personal protective garment comprises a plurality of pockets covered by a porous external layer. Each pocket contains (or can be filled with) a disinfecting solution. Applying compression to the flexible chamber of the pocket (such as by inflation of adjacent inflatable chambers) causes pressurization of the disinfecting solution and forces the solution to flow from the pockets across and through the porous external layer and ultimately to spread over the external surface of the protective garment—so as to eradicate the pathogens on the surface and disinfect the protective garment. Also described is a conversion kit configured to add a self-disinfecting feature to a conventional protective garment. The protective garment of the invention may be used by healthcare workers treating Ebola patients or patients with other highly contagious infections—to extend the time of garment usage, simplify garment removal procedure and increase their personal safety.
US09392823B2
An illuminated garment is provided including at least three panels including a flexible fabric back panel, a flexible fabric front panel, and a planar light panel. The flexible fabric back panel forms the interior of the garment to be positioned adjacent to a person's body. The flexible fabric front panel forms the exterior of the garment. The planar light panel produces light and is positioned between the back panel and front panel. Preferably, a blackout layer is positioned on the interior side of the front panel to be adjacent said light panel. The flexible fabric front panel includes one or more openings in the form of decorative designs which permit the passage of light from the planar light panel.
US09392822B2
A bustier garment may have first and second support structures that are housed within a housing. The first and second support structures may be positioned within the housing such that each of the respective support structures correspond to a position between a center and a bottom of a wearer's first and second respective breasts when the bustier garment is worn by a wearer. In one embodiment, the bustier garment may include first and second support structures that are positioned and oriented within a housing such that the respective first and second support structures are substantially perpendicular to a vertical midline of the garment and/or substantially parallel to a lower edge of the garment.
US09392820B2
A condom-containing underwear includes a body portion for receiving a wearer's waist and covering at least 30 percent of the wearer's abdominal area; and a condom portion connected to the body portion and for receiving a penis. The body portion may include a shell and a lining. The lining may be detachable from the shell. The condom portion may be collapsible such that it takes the form of a penis only upon a full insertion of the penis within the condom portion.
US09392818B2
The invention relates to a cigarette paper for self-extinguishing cigarettes. The cigarette paper comprises bands onto which a material reducing the diffusion capacity is applied, wherein a band comprises two band-like outer zones (18a, 18b) and a band-like central zone (20) therebetween. The said material is applied substantially over the entire surface up to the outer zones (18a, 18b) of the band (10). The aforementioned material is additionally applied to at least 70%, preferably at least 75% and/or at most 95%, preferably at most 90% of the surface of the central zone (20). The surface (22) to which the said material is applied is path-connected. The surface of the central zone (20), to which the said material is applied is likewise path-connected.
US09392817B2
The invention relates to a paper that disintegrates quickly in water, for use as a filter material or filter wrapper paper of a cigarette filter. At least 80 wt % of the paper is formed by cellulose fibers. Of the cellulose fibers, at least 80 wt % are a mixture of long fiber pulp and mercerized pulp. 0 to 90 wt % of the content of the mixture is formed by mercerized pulp, and the rest is formed by long fiber pulp. The cellulose fibers of the mixture have a freeness of at most 30° SR according to ISO 5267. In the disintegration test using an apparatus as described in TAPPI T 261, the paper exhibits a disintegration of at least 60% after 30 seconds.
US09392805B2
A method for treating a substrate with a volatile liquid, crop-preservative formulation includes transporting a predetermined quantity of the formulation from a reservoir to an injection device and applying the predetermined quantity to the substrate. The substrate may thereafter be in proximity to a crop to be treated by the vapor from the formulation. The substrate is most conveniently a portion of a container in which the crop is stored or shipped.
US09392787B2
The present invention provides a stabilized hypohalous acid solution (or formulation thereof), which may be conveniently packaged for sale, or stored for later use on demand. The invention further provides methods of making the stabilized hypohalous acid solution, as well as methods of use for disinfecting mammalian tissue, including wounds and burns, disinfecting or cleansing surfaces, or treating and/or preserving food products and cut flowers, among other uses.
US09392771B1
A stiff elongated tethering device into which a flexible, retractable leash can be housed for the walking, running or tethering of a dog. The elongated tethering device includes a housing for the leash and terminates on end with a loop and on the other end with an aperture for the extension therethrough of the flexible retractable leash. The loop attaches to a belt accessory that can be wrapped around a user's waist, a bicycle seat post, a wheelchair arm, a tree, a stake or any other substantially cylindrical device. The invention allows for a fixed area in which the dog can move and prevents the animal from hazardously moving in front of walkers, runners, and the wheels of wheelchairs and bicycles while at the same time allowing the user to remain hands-free if desired.
US09392769B2
A multi-pet leash is provided. The multi-pet leash includes a feeder leash and two or more leader leashes connected to the feeder leash. The feeder leash comprises a first end and a second end, with the second end slidably connected onto itself to form an adjustable loop portion. Each leader leash comprises a first end slidably connected to the adjustable loop portion of the feeder leash. The second end of each leader leash is attached to an animal or pet allowing a handler to control the pets simultaneously utilizing one feeder leash.
US09392762B2
The invention provides seed and plants of the bean line designated SV1136GF. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of bean line SV1136GF, and to methods for producing a bean plant produced by crossing a plant of bean line SV1136GF with itself or with another bean 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 bean line SV1136GF, including the pods and gametes of such plants.
US09392760B2
A series of independent human-induced, non-transgenic mutations found in at least one non-ripening (NOR) gene of tomato; tomato plants having these mutations in at least one of their NOR genes; and a method of creating and identifying similar and/or additional mutations in the NOR gene by screening pooled and/or individual tomato plants. The tomato plants of the present invention exhibit fruit that ripen more slowly, rot more slowly, are firmer, and have a longer shelf life post-harvest as a result of non-transgenic mutations in at least one of their NOR genes.
US09392752B2
A lamp apparatus for horticulture lighting is disclosed. The lamp apparatus is a high intensity electrodeless plasma lamp with an optimized spectrum for horticulture applications. The spectrum is provided from single light source and consists of peaks in the blue range of the spectrum, 400 nm to 470 nm, needed for early growth cycle of the plant as well as peaks in the red range of the spectrum, 600 nm to 700 nm, desirable for flowering cycle while providing lower amount of light in the green spectral region which is typically reflected by the plants. The ratio of the red spectrum to blue spectrum provided by the lamp can be varied by adjusting the RF power to the lamp.
US09392749B2
A power tool includes an inner housing (50) at least partially housed within and spaced from an outer housing (30). The inner housing supports a tool (102, 302), such as a pair of shear blades, and houses a motor (80) that drives the tool. The outer housing includes a grip (14, 18) to be grasped by a user. At least one vibration insulator (71-75) can be disposed between the inner housing and the outer housing and in a manner such that the vibration insulator(s) is(are) protected by the outer housing. An intake opening (60a, 60b) and exhaust opening (64a, 64b) can be formed in the inner housing and can be shielded by respective portions of an inner surface of the outer housing.
US09392742B2
The present invention relates to a self-filling agricultural tender with a conveyor assembly attached to the tender by a bin coupling assembly, a detachable first connection point near the conveyor assembly inlet, and a vertically and horizontally rotatable connection linkage near the conveyor center of gravity, enabling the tender to be configured for travel, for the discharge of the conveyor portion to be positioned for remote loading, or for the discharge of the conveyor portion to be positioned for self-filling.
US09392740B1
An apparatus for planting rhizomes includes a chassis having wheels to move in a primary direction over an area in which rhizomes are to be planted, the primary direction defining a forward and aft sense, a hopper on the chassis holds rhizomes to be planted, the hopper having a live bottom mounted to move rhizomes in the forward direction, a kickback bar at a forward side of the hopper lifts rhizomes at a forward face of the hopper, a leveling roller above the live bottom levels the height of rhizomes transported by the live bottom forward of the hopper, a barrel feed at a forward end of the live bottom to pull rhizomes from the live bottom, a accumulator below the barrel feed, a drop zone below the accumulator, and a chute with inner flaps from the drop zone oriented to deposit rhizomes in a furrow.
US09398731B1
A cooling apparatus for rack-mounted computing devices includes a heat sink including a thermal interface to conductively contact a computing device mounted on a printed circuit board; a cold plate including a first portion in thermal communication with the heat sink with a working fluid, and a second portion that includes a cooling coil in thermal communication with the first portion, the cooling coil including an inlet to receive chilled liquid; a fan positioned to circulate airflow over the cold plate; and a controller coupled to the fan to adjust a speed of the fan in response to an output of a sensor coupled to the computing device.
US09398724B2
A control device of a motor unit includes a housing, and a circuit board that is housed in the housing. The circuit board includes a first substrate portion which is fixed to a side wall and in which heat dissipation components are fitted onto a first main surface, a second substrate portion in which a second main surface faces the first main surface of the first substrate portion, and heating elements are fitted onto the second main surface, and a first connecting portion that connects an end portion of the first substrate portion with an end portion of the second substrate portion. The heating elements and the heat dissipation components face each other.
US09398722B1
An apparatus for uniform cooling of a single power electronics device, an array of discrete power electronics devices or types of other heat-generating by integrating discrete thermostatic expansion devices (TXVs) and their control directly into each discrete cold plate. The thermostatic expansion device is positioned such that a sensing element is located directly within the exit refrigerant stream.
US09398716B2
A rack structure for mounting a server in a server system with a slide channel and a retention groove, includes: a rack formed with one engagement element slidable non-removably within the channel; and a rotary rod having a first end connected pivotally to the rack via a pivot pin and a second end provided with a slide stick extending slidably into the groove. The rotary rod is rotatable about the pivot pin relative to the rack between a locking position, where the rotary rod is generally aligned with the rack while the slide stick engages a first end of the groove so as to retain the rack non-movably in the channel, and an unlocked position, where the rotary rod extends generally transverse to the rack while the slide stick engages a second end of the groove to permit sliding action of the rack within the channel.
US09398715B2
An electronics chassis comprises an electronics module residing in the chassis and fronted by a multi-piece faceplate system. The multi-piece faceplate system includes a faceplate and a faceplate assembly. The faceplate assembly includes an ejection lever pivotally coupled to the electronics module. The ejection lever includes an ejection latch coupled to the faceplate assembly. The ejection latch is configured to facilitate retention of the electronics module within the chassis when said faceplate assembly is in a closed position. The ejection latch is further configured to facilitate ejection of the electronics module from the chassis when the faceplate assembly is in an open position.
US09398711B2
A display device including a display panel, a rear cover, disposed at a rear of the display panel, which forms a rear exterior of the display panel, and a reinforcing member disposed between the display panel and the rear cover, such that the strength of the display device is increased, wherein the reinforcing member includes a body unit having a shape of the display panel and forms an external appearance of the reinforcing member, and a plurality of cells that penetrate the body unit.
US09398710B2
An enclosure for an electronic control unit is specified which contains a rigid housing element for receiving electronic components of the electronic control unit, an elastic cover covering an open side of the housing element and a protrusion element attached to or comprised by the rigid housing element. The cover abuts the protrusion element with a predetermined force when barometric pressures on different sides of the cover are equal. The cover contains an aperture in the region where the cover abuts the protrusion element. Further, an electronic control unit with the enclosure is specified.
US09398705B2
A method and apparatus for forming a conductor on an uneven two-dimensional (2-D) or three-dimensional (3-D) surface is described. An amount of conductive material needed to form a conductor between two points on a surface of an object is determined. The determined amount of conductive material is deposited on a substrate. The substrate with the deposited conductive material is applied to the object to form a conductor between the two points on the surface of the object. The conductive material and substrate may be stretchable. The conductive material may be deposited by an inkjet printer or an embedded 3-D printer. The substrate with the deposited conductive material may be applied to the object by laminating the substrate with the deposited conductive material to the object.
US09398702B2
Manufacturing a product, wherein the product includes a first part and a second part, wherein the first part includes solder pins and the second part includes solder pads, wherein each of the solder pins has the matching solder pad, wherein each of the solder pads is covered by a matching solder paste bead. Aligning the solder pins against the solder pads in a way that each pair of the solder pin and the matching solder pad is thermally and electrically connected by the matching solder paste bead. Connecting a mating connector to the first part, wherein the mating connector is operable for providing a part of an electrical conducting path. Heating at least one of the solder paste beads by an electrical resistive heating, wherein the electrical resistive heating is generated by an electrical current flowing through the electrical conducting path.
US09398701B2
A component holding structure for holding a plurality of through-hole components having an axial lead includes a pair of opposing end walls that define a cavity between them. The cavity is configured to receive the through-hole components. The through-hole components are positioned between the pair of opposing end walls in a vertically-stacked configuration. Each one of the end walls includes at least one slot that is configured to receive the axial lead of each through-hole component when the plurality of through-hole components are inserted into the component holding structure. Each one of the end walls also includes a plurality of lead guides that are configured to guide the axial lead of each through-hole component when the plurality of through-hole components are inserted into the component holding structure.
US09398698B2
A pattern of an electrically conductive print material is formed on a receiver element using an elastomeric relief element that has a relief pattern comprising (1) an uppermost relief surface, and (2) an average relief image depth of at least 50 μm relative to the uppermost relief surface. A printable material composition is applied to the uppermost relief surface, which printable material composition contains an electrically conductive print material and a carrier liquid. At least 50 weight % of the carrier liquid is removed from the uppermost relief surface, leaving the electrically conductive print material on the uppermost relief surface. Either the elastomeric relief element or the printable material composition on the elastomeric relief element, or both, are treated with an acid in vapor or liquid form to improve conductivity of the electrically conductive print material after it has been transferred from the uppermost relief surface to the receiver element.
US09398692B2
An interconnecting conduction structure for electrically connecting conductive traces of a lapped flexible circuit board is disclosed. The lapped flexible circuit board includes a first flexible circuit board and a second flexible circuit board. A through hole is formed in the second flexible circuit board and an interconnecting conduction member is filled in the through hole of the second flexible circuit board. The interconnecting conduction member is electrically connected to a second solder pad of the second flexible circuit board and a first solder pad of the first flexible circuit board in order to formed a lapped connection between conductive traces of the first flexible circuit board and the second flexible circuit board.
US09398687B2
A display device according to an embodiment of the invention includes a first PCB including first PCB lines to transmit powers and second PCB lines to transmit an image data, gate control signals and data control signals; a second PCB including third PCB lines to transmit the powers and fourth PCB lines to transmit the image data, the gate control signals and the data control signals; a first COF including first COF lines connected to the first PCB lines and second COF lines connected to the second PCB lines; a second COF including third COF lines connected to the third PCB lines and fourth COF lines connected to the fourth PCB lines; and a display panel including first LOGs connected to the first COF lines and the third COF lines and second LOGs connected to the second COF lines and the fourth COF lines.
US09398683B2
A packaged capacitor component such as a surface mount technology capacitor component may be formed with multiple self-resonant frequencies. The capacitor component may include multiple capacitor portions separated by dielectric layers. The capacitor portions may each be formed from interleaving conductive layers. Additional dielectric layers may be interposed between the interleaving conductive layers. Each capacitor portion may be characterized by a corresponding self-resonance frequency. If desired, a packaged capacitor component having multiple self-resonant frequencies may be formed by stacking multiple surface-mount capacitor components. Each of the stacked surface-mount capacitor components may include interleaving conductive layers that are centered between top and bottom surfaces of that component. Packaged capacitor components having multiple self-resonance frequencies may be used as direct-current blocking capacitors or decoupling capacitors.
US09398680B2
A coil assembly includes an encapsulation structure having a coil placement region formed therein. One or more access ports are formed through the encapsulation structure to the coil placement region. The coil placement region is hermetically sealed by the encapsulation structure outside of the one or more access ports. A coil device is disposed within the coil placement region within the encapsulation structure. Terminals of the coil device are accessible through the one or more access ports formed through the encapsulation structure. The encapsulation structure is formed of a material suitable for exposure to a plasma. The coil assembly can be disposed inside of a plasma processing chamber and above a support structure, such that the coil assembly is in exposure to a plasma generated between the coil assembly and the support structure by radiofrequency power supplied to the coil device within the coil assembly.
US09398679B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to an air cooled, retract-start plasma cutting torch having improved performance. The torch comprises any one, or a combination of an improved nozzle, electrode, shield cap and swirl ring, where these components have improved geometries and physical properties which optimize plasma jet performance during cutting.
US09398675B2
In an exemplary embodiment, an imaging apparatus comprises an arm assembly coupled to an imaging arm. The arm assembly includes a shoulder joint, an elbow joint, and an articulation assembly. The shoulder joint is configured to travel a vertical distance in a substantially linear fashion and provide rotational movement. The imaging arm comprises a first end and a second end. As such, the imaging apparatus is configured to provide radial motion along a path equal to the length of the arm assembly and the imaging arm along the vertical distance and the horizontal distance of the shoulder joint. The imaging apparatus may also comprise a movable cabinet, a monitor, and a control, with the arm assembly coupled to the movable cabinet. Furthermore, the imaging arm may comprise an x-ray source and a sensor, with the monitor displaying data detected by the sensor.
US09398669B2
A method for sending and receiving data via a relatively short range, low power wireless data communication link between lighting devices and other non-lighting-system devices. The method includes routing the data over a data network at a premises for which the lighting devices provide illumination. The data may be routed over the data network to a wide area network outside the premises for non-lighting related communications.
US09398666B2
A direct-view display apparatus includes a transparent substrate, an internal light source, a plurality of light modulators coupled to the transparent substrate, and a controller for controlling the states of the plurality of light modulators and the internal light source. The controller is configured to cause the display to transition from one of a transmissive, reflective and transflective mode, to a second of said modes.
US09398660B2
Disclosed herein are a lighting system for emitting light using power having a phase controlled by a dimmer and improving the light emission state of a light source and a control circuit for the same. Shimmer can be improved by performing charging and discharging using a current supplied to a load or a current flowing in the current path of a load and performing current control using a charging voltage generated by the charging and discharging.
US09398654B2
A lighting apparatus includes a first substrate including a switching circuit, the switching circuit including a first port, a second port and a current control circuit configured to generate a current at the second port of the current control circuit responsive to a varying voltage at the first port. The apparatus further includes a second substrate mounted on the first substrate and including at least two LEDs electrically coupled to the second port of the current control circuit of the first substrate.
US09398649B2
A constant power backup power supply for LED lighting fixtures is disclosed. The power supply includes a storage battery that is charged while an AC power source is in an ON condition. When AC power transitions to an OFF conditions, a capacitor bank charged by the battery supplies current to the primary side of a flyback converter operating in discontinuous conduction mode. The secondary side of the flyback converter supplies constant output power to the LED lighting fixture for an arbitrary output voltage within a predetermined range.
US09398645B2
A current detecting and switching apparatus that provides automatic coupling of internal components of an appliance to varying supply voltage sources to prevent components from operating at something other than their intended power rating. The switching apparatus provides automatic coupling to multi-rated internal components of the appliance instead of providing a voltage specific appliance pre-wiring of specific connections of a multi-voltage component.
US09398644B2
A radio-frequency heating apparatus includes a phase varying unit to vary the phase of radio-frequency power; and a plurality of antennas which are placed on the same plane in a heating chamber and radiate a plurality of radio-frequency waves. The radio-frequency waves have a predetermined phase difference caused by phase variation in the phase varying unit. A geometry information acquisition unit acquires the geometry of an object; and a control unit controls the phase varying unit so that the radio-frequency waves are in phase in a first mode, and the radio-frequency waves are in opposite phase in a second mode. The control unit switches between the first mode and the second mode based on the acquired geometry information.
US09398639B2
Disclosed are methods, circuits, apparatus and systems for facilitating wireless data communication. According to some embodiments, there may be provided a wireless access point including a set of N antenna elements adapted to receive a transmission, wherein the transmission may include one or more data streams. There may be provided a multi-stream wireless modem circuit including a set of K received signal input nodes. According to further embodiments, a received signal translation block may be adapted to translate a data baring radio frequency signal received through the set of N antenna elements into signal inputs applied at some or all of the K received signal input nodes, wherein translating may include using a translation matrix and/or applying an MRC.
US09398636B2
The present invention offers significant improvements in the performance of a radio receiver operating in an environment with high desired band interference. The present invention comprises a high selectivity RF circuit that is located between the antenna and the radio receiver, and utilizes superheterodyne technology to filter adjacent channel interference in the desired band frequency spectrum. This type of interference is problematic for IEEE 802.11 radio receivers that are implemented with the popular direct conversion radio receiver architectures. The present invention may be utilized in many types of radio receivers.
US09398624B2
Wireless communication terminal 100 reads connection setting information for making a connection to access point 200, the connection setting information including a plurality of identifiers of access point 200. Wireless communication terminal 100 stores the read connection setting information. Wireless communication terminal 100 reads the stored connection setting information and uses an identifier informed by access point 200 and the read connection setting information to set wireless communication connection with access point 200.
US09398622B2
A method and system for connecting a communication to a client including at a system bridge, establishing a client subscription connection with a client device; receiving an incoming communication request at the system bridge; publishing an incoming communication notification from the system bridge to the client device; receiving a client communication at the system bridge; and merging the incoming communication request into the client communication at the system bridge.
US09398621B2
An information processing program for controlling an information processing apparatus capable of executing at least first and second programs in parallel is provided. The information processing program includes: reception instructions for receiving a connection request for connection to an access point from the first and/or second program(s); determination instructions for comparing information of the received connection request with information of connection status to the access point, and thereby determining whether or not that one of the first and second programs which made the connection request is to be connected to the access point; and connection processing instructions for performing a process for connecting the program that made the connection request to the access point, based on the result of determination.
US09398614B2
A wireless communication device in a data collection system starts measuring a time when the wireless communication device receives a wireless signal from a data collection device. The wireless communication device changes the wireless channel, transmits a detection signal for detecting the data collection device, and starts measuring a time after transmitting the detection signal when the wireless communication device is unable to receive a next wireless signal from the data collection device even after passage of a predetermined time since the wireless communication device has previously received the wireless signal. The wireless communication device changes the wireless channel to be used, depending on whether the wireless communication device has received a response signal from the data collection device in response to the detection signal within a predetermined time.
US09398612B2
A next-generation base station can update an uplink-downlink (UL/DL) configuration of a cell more frequently than legacy user equipments (UEs) are configured to recognize UL/DL updates while preventing non-compliant uplink transmissions in downlink subframes. For instance, a next-generation base station can restrict updates to the uplink-downlink configuration such that uplink timeslots previously allocated for random access channel (RACH) transmission opportunities by legacy UEs remain configured for uplink transmission. Alternatively, the next-generation base station can restrict the allocation of RACH transmission opportunities of legacy UEs to timeslots that are statically configured for uplink transmission. Notably, such a restriction may be selectively applied to legacy UEs, so as to not limit the performance of next-generation UEs.
US09398604B2
An apparatus may include a processor circuit and a communication scheduling module operable on the processor circuit to receive a first set of terminal information of a first terminal transceiver, and a second set of terminal information of a second terminal transceiver, determine whether the first and second terminal transceivers are co-located in a radio terminal based on the first and second sets of terminal information, and schedule first and second radio-frequency (RF) communications with the first and second terminal transceivers, respectively, of the radio terminal to reduce interference between the first and second communications when the first and second terminal transceivers are co-located within the radio terminal. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US09398597B2
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate multiplexing of control information and data for common transmission in a localized FDM wireless communication system. Localized FDM transmission of control and data channels can be achieved by, for example, multiplexing control information with data and transmitting the control information and data using resources and transmission schemes specified for transmission of the data. To ensure the reliability of control information multiplexed with data, a power offset can be applied to the control information to provide varying protection levels for the control information based on properties of the data resources into which it is embedded in order to maintain a predetermined signal quality for the control information independent of the data resources.
US09398587B1
A method of and apparatus removing of a plurality of relatively narrow banded signals in a relatively wide banded input signal. The method involves and the apparatus provides for compressively sensing one relatively narrow banded signal in the relatively wide banded input signal and removing one relatively narrow banded signal from the relatively wide banded input signal before detecting and removing another relatively narrow banded signal in the relatively wide banded input signal, the step of and apparatus for compressing sensing occurring with respect to both (i) the input signal with the previously detected narrow banded signals removed therefrom and (ii) a frequency shifted version of (i).
US09398580B2
There are provided a base station, a terminal, a communications system, and a communications method which enable efficient transmission and reception of transmission data even in the case where the base station notifies the terminal of control information via an enhanced physical downlink control channel.A terminal configured to perform communication with a base station monitors a physical downlink control channel mapped to a physical downlink control channel region, and acquires higher-layer control information indicating a plurality of enhanced physical downlink control channel regions different from the physical downlink control channel region. In the case where the terminal has acquired the higher-layer control information, the terminal monitors an enhanced physical downlink control channel mapped to at least one region from among the plurality of enhanced physical downlink control channel regions, in place of the physical downlink control channel mapped to the physical downlink control channel region.
US09398577B2
The disclosure is related to transmitting control information in a transmission/reception point and to receiving the control information in user equipment. Particularly, the present disclosure relates to transmitting the control information for user equipment which receives downlink control information through a downlink control channel newly defined in a data region. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to performing a resource mapping for enhanced control channel elements (ECCEs) of an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH).
US09398569B2
A Level-1 (L1) signaling flag is mapped to unused (invalid) bit sequences in Part 1 of the HS-SCCH—that is, Part 1 bit encodings that are not defined in the UTRAN specifications—and a corresponding L1 command is encoded in Part 2. This allows UE (18) to detect early that the HS-SCCH is pure L1 signaling, and the UE (18) may avoid wasting power by not processing an accompanying HS-PDSCH. Alternatively, in CPC HS-SCCH-less mode, the UE (18) may blind decode the HS PDSCH. In one embodiment, a general DRX mode is defined and controlled via L1 signaling. In one embodiment, a UE (18) acknowledgement improves the L1 signaling accuracy. In one embodiment, a L1 signal and UE (18) acknowledgement protocol are utilized to “ping” a UE (18).
US09398568B2
For improving data packet transmission from a collector node to one or more network nodes without additional routing protocols or increase of the overall network load, a system and a method are provided, wherein a node and/or the collector node receiving an uplink data packet addressed to the collector node is adapted to store at least a sender node information and a transmitting node information as a reverse-route information for a predetermined time.
US09398564B2
Systems and methods are described for managing channel selection among a plurality of mesh points in a wireless network. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first announcement that includes channel exclusion information from a first mesh point; managing a distributed channel exclusion list based on the announcement; and generating a second announcement to the first mesh point based on the channel exclusion list.
US09398556B2
Determining levels of geographic redundancy among radios of a wireless radio network is disclosed. The level of geographic redundancy for a radio can affect the determination of location information for a user equipment (UE) on the wireless radio network. The disclosed subject matter can be employed in conjunction with timed fingerprint location (TFL) technologies to facilitate selection of radios employed in determining time values for TFL location determination. Levels of geographic redundancy can be employed to rank or order radios of a wireless radio network so as to reduce the likelihood of using geographically redundant radios in location determination. Further, rules can be selected to adjust threshold values and equations employed in determining the levels of geographic redundancy. Moreover, rules can be selected to apply boundary conditions to reduce the number of determinations formed for a set of radios of the wireless radio network.
US09398550B2
Certain aspects provide a technique for managing transmissions in a wireless network. The technique generally provides for an access terminal to transmit synchronization packets containing timing information regarding an existing piconet. The synchronization packets may contain an indication of resources of the piconet allocated to the access terminal by an access point.
US09398546B2
In aspects for controlling transmit power of dual carrier uplink transmission for wireless communications, a user equipment (UE) determines presence of transmit power imbalance between a first and second radio frequency (RF) carrier of respective dedicated physical control channels for uplink transmission. The UE determines an estimate of a remaining available transmit power after estimating the transmit power used by each of the dedicated physical control channels. The UE allocates the estimated remaining available transmit power to the first and second RF carrier respectively based on both a size of data granted for uplink transmission on each RF carrier and on an effective power per bit on each RF carrier. Additionally, the UE determines a higher reliability value for each RF carrier based on a lower data error rate, identifies priority values for data to be transmitted and sends higher priority data over the RF carrier with higher reliability value.
US09398531B1
The disclosure relates to dynamic field control method to save energy and significantly reduce battery consumption during NFC real time communication between NFC devices. In an exemplary embodiment provides a method to dynamically control the NFC field according to the data exchange status to thereby significantly reduce power consumption. The disclosed embodiment is particularly suitable for NFC for long term communication between two NFC mobile devices.
US09398529B2
Various embodiments are directed to a wireless access point capable of reserving a wireless communication channel by sending a quiet message to multiple legacy devices. The quiet message may include data identifying periodic quiet durations during which the legacy devices cannot access the wireless communication channel. The wireless access point may send a polling schedule to the multiple low power wireless devices. The polling schedule may include data identifying the periodic quiet durations. The wireless access point may then poll the multiple low power wireless devices during the periodic quiet durations. The low power wireless devices can exchange data with the wireless access point during the quiet durations. The quiet message sent to the legacy devices guarantees that the legacy devices will not use the specified channel during the quiet durations. Thus, communications with the low power wireless devices may occur without interference from the legacy devices.
US09398524B2
A method and apparatus for uplink (UL) starvation avoidance includes determining a current buffer status information. The current buffer status information is reported to an evolved Node B (eNB). A grant that includes a determination of a number of tokens a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may accumulate is received from the eNB.
US09398523B2
The present invention provides a method for determining a neighboring base station, a base station, and a processing network element. The method for determining a neighboring base station includes: receiving, by a base station, a measurement report, sent by a terminal, of another base station adjacent to the base station; sending, by the base station, the measurement report to a processing network element; and determining, by the processing network element, a neighboring base station of the base station according to the measurement report. The technical solution provided in the present invention can be used to determine a neighboring base station of a base station, which avoids a problem in the prior art that an error is likely to occur in manually determining a neighboring base station of a base station, thereby improving accuracy of determining a neighbor relationship between base stations.
US09398522B2
A “macro-assisted cell” adaptable to multiple operation modes is realized. In a mobile station (UE) of the invention, a control unit (22) is configured to start communication in a small cell on the basis of MIB/SIB of the small cell when a sequence in a “discovery signal” is determined as a sequence for a “stand-alone cell.” The control unit (22) is configured to start the communication in the small cell on the basis of a control signal from a macro cell when the sequence in the “discovery signal” is determined as a sequence for a “macro-assisted cell.”
US09398509B1
Methods and systems for dynamic parameter selection are provided. A station receives a condition measurement report from user equipment (UE) served by the station. The condition measurement report includes a signal strength indication, which includes a strength of a reference signal measured by the UE that is received by the UE over the air from the station. The wireless communication network includes a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. A parameter controller compares the signal strength indication to a signal strength threshold, to identify a change in the strength of the reference signal. The parameter controller selects an alternate parameter value of a parameter associated with hand-over that is different from a current parameter value, responsive to the identified change in the reference signal strength. The station sends an instruction to the UE served by the station to perform hand-over measurement reporting using the selected alternate parameter value.
US09398505B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving streaming media while switching between different networks is described. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a portion of a streaming media through a data connection on a first communication channel between a mobile device and a first network, and while the portion of the streaming media is being received through the data connection on the first communication channel, detecting that a second communication channel between the mobile device and a second network is available, establishing a data connection on the second communication channel, and receiving data through the second data connection on the second communication channel.
US09398500B2
Systems and methods for cell selection and/or reselection based on prioritize nodes are disclosed herein. User equipment (UE) may be configured to determine whether to select and/or reselect an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) Node B (eNB). The eNB may be a dedicated eNB and/or may be communicatively coupled to a dedicated core network (CN). The dedicated eNB and/or the dedicated CN may be configured to optimize performance for UEs sharing particular characteristics. Accordingly, the selection and/or reselection criteria may be biased to encourage the UE to select and/or reselect towards a dedicated eNB and/or an eNB coupled to a dedicated CN. The eNB and/or CN may be dedicated to supporting particular types of UEs, types of nodes, types of traffic, types of subscriptions, UE mobilities, applications/services, other predetermined categories, and/or the like.
US09398494B2
The present invention proposes methods in relation to providing for random access in a local area network environment, and encompasses, from an eNB perspective, defining (S1) a set of N dedicated preambles among a total number X of preambles, allocating (S4) a dedicated preamble to a terminal responsive to a connection request received from said terminal, and identifying (S9) said terminal when requesting random access, based on the allocated dedicated preamble contained in a random access request received. From a UE perspective, it encompasses requesting (S3) a connection to be established with a network transceiver device, receiving (S5) information on a dedicated preamble being allocated, and issuing (S8) a random access request to said network transceiver device which includes the allocated dedicated preamble. It also addresses correspondingly configured devices and computer program products.
US09398490B2
Embodiments described herein provide a method of fragmenting a large message into, for example, numbered packets for sending the message in a packet based communication system, such as in a ZigBee wireless network. Each packet may have a predetermined size and may include a MAC address, a network header of a variable size, and fragmented message data. The fragmented message data can be configured to be smaller than the available space in the packet so that the packet can be sent, for example, when the size of the header increases.
US09398489B1
A dynamic context resource module measures a compression performance level of a most recent compressed data packet of each of a plurality of compressed signal streams to generate a signal stream compression performance level for each signal stream. Dynamic compression performance indicators are calculated from the measured signal stream compression performance levels and are stored in a dynamic context resource table. A compression parameter estimation module reads the dynamic compression performance indicators and determines if each signal stream exhibits a desired performance level. If a signal stream does not exhibit the desired performance level, the compression parameters for the signal stream are adjusted. A compressed packet generator compresses a next data packet of the signal stream based upon the adjusted compression parameters for the signal stream or the unadjusted compression parameters for the signal stream.
US09398483B2
A method and controlling node (400) of a cellular network, to control measurements on signals to or from a User Equipment, UE, engaged in a radio communication in a cluster cell served by multiple transmission points (404). A set of conditions potentially affecting performance for the UE in the cluster cell, is identified. At least one type of reference signals and corresponding radio measurement(s) are then selected based on the identified set of conditions. The controlling node obtains measurements made on the selected type(s) of reference signals according to the radio measurement(s), and configures a UE-specific measurement set of transmission points (406) for the UE, out of the transmission points (404) serving the cluster cell, based on the obtained measurements. The UE is then instructed to perform and report measurements on UE-specific downlink signals transmitted from the transmission points of the UE-specific measurement set.
US09398478B2
Embodiments herein relate to a method in a first radio base station (12) for enabling detection of a faulty antenna in a radio communications network. The radio communication network comprises the first radio base station (12) providing radio coverage in a first cell (14), and a second radio base station (13) providing radio coverage in a second cell (15). The first radio base station (12) receives, from at least one user equipment in the first cell (14), a first set of measurement reports over a first period of time. At least some measurement reports are indicating a cell relation between the first cell (14) and the second cell (15). The first radio base station (12) further forms reference statistics of the cell relation between the first cell (14) and the second cell (15) based on the first set of measurement reports. Furthermore, the first radio base station (12) receives, from at least one user equipment in the first cell (14), a second set of measurement reports over a second period of time. The first radio base station (12) then forms current statistics of the cell relation between the first cell (14) and the second cell (15) based on the second set of measurement reports. The first radio base station (12) then compares the current statistics with the reference statistics to enable the detection of a faulty antenna in the first radio base station (12) or the second radio base station (13).
US09398471B2
When an access point (AP) is first powered up, it lacks provisioning information such as channel numbers, power levels, SSIDS, security settings, and so on. The process of supplying this information required to get the AP operating as part of a network is called provisioning. An unprovisioned AP in a swarm first attempts to obtain a DHCP address. Once it gets a DHCP address or selects an address such as from the link-address (169.254.xx.xx) group, it advertises a predetermined wireless SSID.
US09398469B2
Methods, software and apparatus for determining the quality of a wireless mesh network (ie a network comprising a plurality of access nodes supporting wireless communications both with user terminals and between themselves), comprises storing information relating to the access nodes, the information including whether or not each access node is a data sink (ie is connected to an external network, typically a wireline network with relatively higher capacity); determining measures of traffic flow on wireless links between said access nodes; determining measures of capacity on the wireless links; and determining the quality of the network in dependence on the stored information, the measures of traffic flow, and the measures of capacity.
US09398465B2
A technology is disclosed that is operable to determine user equipment (UE) distribution information for a communications network. A cell of an enhanced Node B (eNode B) can be mapped into a plurality of UE distribution bins. A UE in the cell of the eNode B can be associated with a UE distribution bin based on a location of the UE in the cell that is determined using a time advance (TADV) value and an angle of arrival (AOA) measurement of an UL transmission from the UE to the eNode B. A UE distribution of one or more UEs in the cell can be calculated based on a number of UEs in each of the plurality of UE distribution bins.
US09398461B2
A communication method, for use with a telecommunications system, enables special communications to be routed to respective devices in a group of the devices by addressing the devices with a respective special identifier. The telecommunications system includes a network core and a plurality of subscriber devices registered with the network core. The core enables communications to be routed to the devices by a respective ID allocated to each device. The method further includes maintaining a store of the special identifier of each device in the group and a corresponding value derived from the ID. The method enables the special identifier of a device in the group to be obtained from the store by providing the store with the corresponding value derived from that device's ID.
US09398457B2
A system and method is disclosed for detecting the presence and level of wireless communications activity within a predetermined area, without disclosing the identity of the wireless users, and for generating a message to certain information and communications devices in response to the detection of a predetermined level of wireless communications activity within the predetermined area. The information detected also may include information relating to the general direction and rate of movement of detected wireless devices. The message generated in response to the detection of wireless communications activity may include wireless messages, including Short Message Service (SMS) messages, to persons desiring or needing to receive such information; messages to public officials and other interested persons; and automatic signals to devices such as computers, computer networks (including the internet and wireless networks), facsimile machines, signs, lights, loudspeakers, and other devices providing information through other communication and information media.
US09398455B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method. The method includes generating an identification based on a public key of an asymmetric key pair for a device, including the identification into an information unit to identify the device as a source of the information unit and transmitting the information unit.
US09398454B1
A method for registering an in-vehicle head unit to receive wireless communication services. The method comprises determining by the head unit that a motor vehicle in which the head unit is installed has been turned on and, while the motor vehicle remains turned on, the head unit completing a first stage of registration during which a reference to a web site is created, wherein the reference is valid for a predefined period of time after completion of the first stage of registration. The method further comprises creating a subscription account to provide the wireless communication services to the head unit during a second stage of registration, wherein the second stage of registration is based on accessing the web site using the reference before expiration of the predefined period of time.
US09398451B2
A wireless docking station for enabling a wireless secured communication between at least one first slave device (a1-aN) and a first master device comprises: a second master device for pairing with the at least one first device (a1-aN) using a pairing protocol implemented on the at least one first device (a1-aN), at least one relayed slave device (b1-bN) which corresponds to the at least one first device (a1-aN), and which is adapted to pair with the first master device using a secured protocol, and a radio module for sending to the first master device information about the at least one relayed slave device (b1-bN).
US09398446B2
Disclosed is a method for changing an AID in a wireless LAN system. The method for changing an AID of a terminal by an access point comprises: a step of receiving an AID reassignment frame from the access point; a step of extracting an AID reassignment counter value from the AID reassignment frame; and a step of changing the AID of the terminal to the new AID included in the AID reassignment frame after the beacon periods of the access point indicated by the AID reassignment counter value extracted from the AID reassignment frame reception time have elapsed. Thus, a conflict between AIDs can be prevented.
US09398445B2
In a method of communicating between a central server and a plurality of assets over a cellular network in communication with the central server, each asset has a transceiver arranged to communicate with the cellular network which includes an integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID) and an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI). The ICCID of each transceiver is unique, but the IMSI of multiple transceivers are identical to one another. Communication between the assets and the central server is initiated by the asset transceivers and is rescheduled automatically in the event that another transceiver with the same IMSI is already communicating with the central server. Communication from the server to the asset transceivers involves queuing data until the transceiver of the intended recipient transceiver contacts the central server.
US09398444B2
A mobile device includes a wireless communication function that performs wireless communication. The mobile device retains therein content to be acquired by an information processing apparatus that is connected to the smart phone by the wireless communication and that is targeted for cooperation. Then, when the retained content has been updated, the mobile device searches for the information processing apparatus targeted for the cooperation by booting up the wireless communication function. Thereafter, the mobile device connects, by the wireless communication, to the information processing apparatus that has been searched for and that is targeted for the cooperation.
US09398441B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for identifying a re-subscribed user and a corresponding apparatus. Based on call records of a user, communication numbers of the user which meet a preset condition are identified. Then a re-subscribed user is identified by calculating a communication number coincidence rate between users within different charging periods. In accordance with the present invention, call records of users are used as a basis of comparative analysis, thereby improving an accuracy rate of identifying a re-subscribed user; a new method is practiced to sequenced communication numbers of a user and group communication records, thereby effectively reducing the number of calculations and improving calculation efficiency.
US09398439B2
An objective of the present invention is a method, apparatus, and a system using a CAMEL service. According to the method of the present invention, the method comprises the following steps during a process in which a called user equipment moves from an original visit mobile switch center (VMMSC) to a new VMSC: when receiving roaming retry information from the original VMSC, generating a first send routing information containing suppress Terminating CAMEL Subscription Information (TCSI) indicator of the CAMEL dialog service; sending the first send routing information to a home location register, so as to request a mobile station roaming number of the called user equipment in said new MSC. According to the method of the present invention, the initial CAMEL service connection is always maintained during the MTRR process, without bothering to interrupt and re-invoke various kinds of CAMEL services, thereby shortening the call setting time during the MTRR process; besides, the communication load of the network ss7 is reduced, and the network resources are saved. Particularly during the RBT service process, the user will not hear two different ringtones any more, which enhances the user experience.
US09398432B2
An electronic device includes a communication module configured to support a first communication network and a second communication network, comprising a switch module for switching between the first communication network and the second communication network, and a processor configured to determine whether at least one of conditions for switching to a second communication network is satisfied when a request for originating an emergency call is made in a state of a setting of providing a voice service through a first communication network, cause the switch module to switch into the second communication network, and attempt to originate the emergency call when the at least one of conditions for switching to the second communication network is satisfied. Other embodiments are implemented.
US09398431B2
A method for running applications using a mobile device and a playback apparatus supporting a BD-J specification is disclosed. In accordance with the present invention, a function that cannot be provided by the playback apparatus supporting the BD-J specification is provided by the mobile device, thereby preventing the lack of resources and the rise of suppressing the manufacturing costs of the playback apparatus.
US09398422B2
The present disclosure is directed systems, methods, and apparatus for light enabled indoor positioning and reporting. In some embodiments, a device of the present disclosure includes a housing that includes a processor and a wireless radio. The device includes a clip that secures the housing adjacent to and a predetermined distance from a portion of a light tube that produces light. The device includes a solar cell that is configured to be exposed to the light from the light tube upon the housing being securely attached via the one or more clips adjacent to the portion of the light tube. The device includes a circuit by which power is converted from the solar cell to the processor and the wireless radio via at least one switch. The wireless radio can broadcast a beacon provided by the processor.
US09398421B2
Systems, methods, and devices for preventing access to a prohibited function on a mobile device when the mobile device is in a vehicle, the mobile device having an operating system (OS) installed thereon. The system includes a control device installed within the vehicle and a software application installed and running in memory resident on the mobile device. If a prohibited function is active or attempts to become active on the mobile device, the software application causes the mobile device to transmit a notification signal to the control device. In response, the control device transmits an OS-level command, such as a home or power key press, back to the mobile device. Upon receipt of the OS-level command, the operating system of the mobile device prevents access to the prohibited function without any direct interference or interruption of the prohibited function by the software application installed on the mobile device.
US09398414B2
A method for determining the position of a mobile communications device of a wireless communication network includes determining observational values, providing position information, and executing an optimization algorithm with respect to multiple mobile communications devices. The communications devices define a temporary geometric position network.
US09398408B2
Methods and systems may provide for associating content in a cloud computing infrastructure with geo-panes and sending it to a location aware device based on user gaze. The content may be restricted by rules, including distance from user to the geo-pane. The geo-panes may be static or mobile in space.
US09398405B2
An event based service provides services and/or products based on an event. Services/products are made available to persons attending an event. Services, products, and/or advertisements can be made available to persons via wireless mobile communications devices. The services/products can be made available to persons attending an event. Services/products can be made available while the event is occurring. Additionally, advertising space is auctioned allowing the ability to bid for advertising space for advertising services/products via the event based service. Individual providers can offer services/products to a group of people at the same location, and at a time that people may be most interested in the services/products. Access to the event based service can be via service provider offered access points. An individual provider's device can act as a server that enables services/products to be purchased. An individual provider's device can act as a network gateway that enables services/products to be purchased.
US09398381B2
An audio system includes a headset and a portable computing device. The headset includes a first speaker and a first microphone, a second speaker, a second microphone and a processing unit. The first microphone and the second microphone output a first signal and a second signal, respectively. The processing unit combines the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal into a third electrical signal, and communicates the third electrical signal to a portable computing device through an output channel. The portable computing device preferably includes an application that separates the third electrical signal into the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal. The application compensates the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal for a hearing loss of an individual.
US09398379B2
A directional characteristic of a microphone facility of a hearing system is more reliably controlled. The method determines a first feature value in respect of speech in a first signal of a microphone facility assigned to a first direction and a second feature value in respect of speech in a second signal of the microphone facility assigned to a second direction. A control value is obtained from the difference of the two feature values. The directional characteristic of the microphone facility is controlled with this control value.
US09398360B2
Provided is an audio extension module including: a body that is configured to include a first cover that is covered with an image display device and a second cover that is fixed to a wall; an audio output unit that is configured to be built into the body and that is configured to be formed in such a manner as to receive an audio signal from the image display device and to output the audio signal; and a frame that is configured to cover a gap that is formed between the image display device and the body and that is configured to be removably combined with the body in such a manner as to enclose a border of the body.
US09398355B2
A loudspeaker module includes a housing having a plurality of side walls and a cover plate positioned over a top surface of the plurality of side walls, a bottom of the housing remaining open. A driver mounting plate is secured to the plurality of side walls and divides the housing into an upper compartment and a lower compartment. At least one of the plurality of side walls includes an aperture linking the lower compartment to the external environment surrounding the housing. A driver is mounted to the driver mounting plate, the driver being positioned to fire into the lower compartment of the housing. A mounting bracket is secured to the at least one of the plurality of side walls including an aperture.
US09398354B2
An integrated assembly for switching optical signals. The integrated assembly includes two subassemblies. For instance, the subassemblies might be a shelf assembly and the integrated assembly might be a rack assembly in which the shelf assemblies are connected. Each of the subassemblies includes optical interfaces configured to support communication of optical channels to and from the integrated assembly using the corresponding subassembly. Each subassembly might also include multiple switch fabric assemblies each including a switching mechanism. An inter-subassembly communication interface is provided between each subassembly. An optical signal may be switched from one of the subassemblies (e.g., one of the shelves) to another even though there is no intervening switching circuitry in between the different subassemblies. Instead, the switching operation is distributed between the subassemblies.
US09398353B2
The method updating the status of a network by means of a protocol of the control plane of said network and in response to a path request from at least a path computation client (PCC) pre-reserving during a reserved period of time (Tres), by at least one path computation element (PCE), a plurality of network resources in at least one traffic engineering database (TED) of the at least one PCE. The method dynamically modifying by a timer policy said reserved period of time (Tres) by at least using information data regarding the delay of said control plane.The system of the invention is adapted to implement the method of the invention.
US09398345B2
Methods and systems are described herein for the generation of customized collages of media assets that allow a user to quickly and efficiently review numerous media assets related to user selected criteria. For example, in response to a user requesting a search of “Johnny Appleseed,” a media guidance application may retrieve a plurality of media assets from various sources (e.g., television shows, newspaper articles, radio broadcasts, Internet websites, etc.) related to Johnny Appleseed and display the plurality of media assets simultaneously.
US09398335B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for communication are provided. A content providing device is operable to use engagement level information to modify presentation of content. In one aspect, the content providing device may determine that an engagement level at a first time is less than an engagement threshold at the first time. The engagement level may be based at least on one or more contextual items associated with presentation of content by the content providing device. Further, the content providing device may store a marker associated with the content at the first time in storage. Moreover, the content providing device may determine whether the engagement level at a second time is greater than or equal to the engagement threshold.
US09398331B2
Power management methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for audience measurement meters are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein include obtaining presentation device state data representing an activation state of a media presentation device that is to present received media and is monitored by an audience measurement meter, the presentation device state data including time information. Such disclosed example methods also include determining whether to fault audience measurement data reported by the audience measurement meter based on the presentation device state data and power outage information determined from the audience measurement data.
US09398330B2
Provided is an information processing device including: a data processing unit that performs format conversion of converting MPEG-2 TS format data into MP4 format data, wherein the MPEG-2 TS format data is data that includes each segment region having a plurality of pieces of variation data decryptable with different keys, and wherein the data processing unit selects encrypted MP4 variation data from the segment region of the MPEG-2 TS format data and stores the MP4 variation data as MP4 format structure data in an MP4 file, while the encrypted variation data remains, without performing a decryption process and a re-encryption process for the selected MP4 variation data.
US09398320B1
A method, system, and computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions for blocking online content based on ratings supplied by the content provider are provided. A content server may communicate a content rating for online content in a response to a request for the online content. The content rating may be communicated as an attribute value within the response header. The content rating may be compared to the rating-permission for the computing device that requested the online content to determine whether the content should be blocked. If the computing device that sent the request is not approved to receive the online content then the online content is blocked.
US09398318B1
Implementations generally relate to providing secure video conferencing. In some implementations, a method includes performing a first encryption of a video stream, wherein the video stream has a first encryption layer from the first encryption. The method further includes performing a second encryption of the video stream, wherein the video stream has a second encryption layer from the second encryption. The method further includes enabling one or more remote nodes to decrypt the second encryption layer. The method further includes enabling one or more end-user nodes to decrypt the first encryption layer.
US09398315B2
A method for creating a cooperative movie sequence comprises connecting two or more mobile devices over a network, designating one of said mobile devices as a Master device and the remaining devices as Slave devices, capturing movie sequences in said Master device and at least in one of said Slave devices, and integrating on-the-fly movie streams and/or images transmitted over said network by said one or more Slave devices into the movie sequence being captured by said Master device.
US09398305B2
A video encoder (70) for coding moving pictures comprising a buffer (16c) with a plurality of memory areas capable of storing frames composed of top fields and bottom fields, a motion estimation unit (19) operable to code, field by field, inputted pictures performing moving estimation and moving compensation by referring, field by field, to the picture data stored in a memory area, a motion compensation unit (16d), a subtractor (11), a transformation unit (13) and a quantization unit (14), a memory management unit (71) operable to manage, frame by frame, a plurality of memory areas, an inverse quantization unit (16a) and inverse discrete cosine transform unit (16b) operable to decode picture data in coded fields and store the picture data in the decoded field in any of the plurality of memory areas under the management by the memory management unit (71).
US09398298B2
An apparatus for decoding a video includes: a mode information extractor to extract mode information on an intra-prediction mode of a current block from encoded data; a prediction mode determiner to determine a candidate intra-prediction mode selected from a plurality of candidate intra-prediction modes as the intra-prediction mode of the current block, when the mode information indicates a first encoding mode; a prediction mode extractor to determine the intra-prediction mode of the current block by using a prediction mode identifier, when the mode information indicates a second encoding mode and includes the prediction mode identifier; and a decoder to decode the encoded data to produce a residual block, and reconstruct the current block by adding the produced residual block to a prediction block predicted based on the intra-prediction mode of the current block determined by either the prediction mode determiner or the prediction mode extractor.
US09398294B2
An encoder/decoder is based on a combination of two audio or video channels to obtain a first combination signal as a mid-signal and a residual signal derivable using a predicted side signal derived from the mid-signal. A decoder uses the prediction residual signal, the first combination signal, a prediction direction indicator and prediction information to derive decoded first channel and second channel signals. A real-to-imaginary transform can be applied for estimating the imaginary part of the spectrum of the first combination signal. The prediction signal used in the derivation of the prediction residual signal, the real-valued first combination signal is multiplied by a real portion of the complex prediction information and the estimated imaginary part of the first combination signal is multiplied by an imaginary portion of the complex prediction information.
US09398291B2
An autostereoscopic screen including a pixel matrix, an optical element, and a control unit. The pixel matrix having a multitude of disjoint subsets of pixels, with each of the subsets forming a family of parallel strips of pixels having a vertical or inclined to vertical course, wherein the subsets cyclically alternate in the horizontal direction. The optical element having a grating-like structure parallel to the strips, which sets a propagation direction of light emitted from the pixels, so that at a nominal distance from the screen, a number corresponding to the multitude, of viewing zones laterally offset relative to one another, are defined with each of the viewing zones assigned to one of the subsets and the light emitted from each of the subsets deflected into the viewing zone of the subset, the control unit for activating the pixel matrix in dependence on image data which defines a 3D-image.
US09398282B2
An image processing apparatus which corrects color balance of an image in image data captured by an image capturing apparatus having a color balance correction function, the apparatus comprises a light source estimation unit configured to estimate a capturing light source of the image based on a color value of an object; a first color conversion unit configured to perform first color conversion of converting, based on the capturing light source and the color value, the image into an image in which color balance correction applied depending on the image capturing apparatus that has captured the image data containing the image is weakened; and a second color conversion unit configured to perform second color conversion for the image having undergone the first color conversion, by using an adaptation rate corresponding to a color value defined based on chromatic adaptation of a man under the capturing light source.
US09398276B2
A control method of a projection device is provided. The control method comprises following steps. The light source generates a light beam towards a micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) module. The scan driver outputs a first direction scan signal and a second direction scan signal to the MEMS module for enabling the MEMS module to reflect the light beam to a projection surface. The first direction control system of the MEMS module is a second-order system and has a resonance frequency, and the first direction scan signal has a frequency within a frequency range containing the resonance frequency.
US09398270B2
An imaging system and method is provided that generates image data. A processor is configured to process the image data and to generate a signal in response to analysis of the image data and a selected mode of operation. The processor selects either a village mode or a non-village mode as a mode of operation depending on whether at least one characteristic in the image data meets village detect conditions. The processor monitors an ambient light level over a period of time and modifies the village detect conditions when the ambient light level reaches a threshold that indicates that the driver's eyes have adapted to a bright ambient light level.
US09398262B2
Generally this disclosure describes a video communication system that replaces actual live images of the participating users with animated avatars. A method may include selecting an avatar, initiating communication, capturing an image, detecting a face in the image, extracting features from the face, converting the facial features to avatar parameters, and transmitting at least one of the avatar selection or avatar parameters.
US09398256B2
A telecommunication channel data transmission controller 20 for controlling data transmission in a telecommunication channel typically forms part of a telecommunication end point device, such as a video phone 2. The data transmission controller 20 is configured to encode and transmit data in a telecommunication channel at a channel bit rate comprising a data rate and a redundancy rate; and maintain an increase in channel bit rate 70, if a packet loss rate in the telecommunication channel does not increase by increasing the channel bit rate including reducing or maintaining the data rate and increasing the redundancy rate 68.
US09398255B2
An information processing apparatus is communicably connectable to a first transmission terminal, which is communicably connected with a second transmission terminal via a network. The information processing apparatus includes an aspect ratio change unit that transforms a shape of a display region in a screen which is displayed on a display unit so that an aspect ratio of the display region is changed to a predetermined value, the display unit being integrated with the information processing apparatus or being connected to the information processing apparatus; an acquisition unit that acquires display data displayed in the display region, an aspect ratio of the display region having been changed to the predetermined value by the aspect ratio change unit; and a data transmission unit that transmits the display data displayed in the display region acquired by the acquisition unit to the first transmission terminal.
US09398251B2
A method and apparatus for compositing images in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes acquiring a plurality of images; determining a composition region of each of the plurality of images; and compositing the plurality of images by using the composition regions of the plurality of images.
US09398244B2
An electronic content guide is disclosed. The electronic content guide preferably includes a source field for listing content sources and output devices. The electronic content guide also includes a first content field for listing schedule data corresponding to first content data presently available for viewing from each one of the content sources and for listing display information corresponding to the first content data being displayed for viewing at a present time by each one of the output devices. Preferably, the source field and the first content field are displayable in parallel columns. The electronic content guide can also include a second content field, displayable in a column parallel to the source field and the first content field, corresponding to a second content data. In one embodiment, the first content data from each content source can be displayed simultaneously on more than one of the output devices.
US09398234B2
A method for processing an image of an electronic device is provided, which includes detecting at least one motion object from image information. When there are two motion objects, determining whether the motion objects are separated from or combined with each other. At least one motion object is extracted the motion objects are separated from or combined with each other, determining whether or not there is a preset motion object synthesis sequence, and recommending a synthesis time point before and after a time point of separation or combination of the motion objects.
US09398219B2
An image processing device includes a determination unit which determines a scheme of capturing a pixel value of an imaging element at a time of imaging operation of moving image contents using a feature amount which is obtained from a plurality of regions in a frame which configures the moving image contents.
US09398214B2
Methods and systems of transmitting a plurality of views from a video camera are disclosed. A multi object processing camera captures a wide-angle field of view in high resolution and a processing circuit executes a plurality of software tasks on a plurality of regions extracted from the wide-angle view. Multiple objects can be processed by the camera to detect various events, and the results of the processing transmitted to a base station. The camera removes the need for mechanical pan, tilt, and zoom apparatus by correcting distortions in the electronic image introduced by the wide-angle optical system and image sensor to electronically emulate the pan, tilt, and zoom movement.
US09398206B2
A focus adjustment apparatus that, based on imaging signals obtained by picking up an optical image of an object formed via a photographing optical system including a focus lens, adjusts a position of the focus lens, reads out, in parallel with an operation of reading out first imaging signals at a predetermined frame rate, second imaging signals at a frame rate that is higher than the predetermined frame rate, the number of the second imaging signals being smaller than the number of the first imaging signals, generates first and second focus signals using the first and second imaging signals, and performs first focus adjustment according to determination of the focus state based on the first focus signal and second focus adjustment according to determination of the focus state based on the second focus signal to determine an in-focus position of the focus lens.
US09398201B2
A zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens unit having positive optical power; a second lens unit having negative optical power; a third lens unit having positive optical power; a fourth lens unit having negative optical power, a fifth lens unit having negative optical power; and a sixth lens unit having positive optical power, wherein the condition: 3.5<|f6/f2|<15.5 (f2: a focal length of the second lens unit, f6: a focal length of the sixth lens unit) is satisfied.
US09398200B2
Provided are a wavelength separation device and a 3-dimensional (3D) image acquisition apparatus including the same. The wavelength separation device includes a first prism having an inclined surface and a second prism bonded to a first region of the inclined surface of the first prism. A wavelength separation coating may be disposed at a junction between the first portion of the inclined surface of the first prism and the second prism, and a second portion of the inclined surface of the first prism, different from the first portion, is a total reflection surface that totally internally reflects light.
US09398192B2
In an image-reading device, a controller is configured to control a reading unit to read a reference plate to generate reference image data and to read a first and second faces of an original to generate first and second image data; identify a show-through line including a show-through region in which the first face depicts a first background color and the second face has a highest density value and a non-show-through region in which the first face depicts the first background color and the second face depicts a second background color; calculate an image data ratio of the show-through and non-show-through regions in the first image data; calculate a reference data ratio of the show-through and non-show-through regions in the reference image data; and determine a show-through removal light intensity such that a difference between the image data ratio and the reference data ratio falls within a prescribed range.
US09398189B2
An image forming apparatus includes a processor including a CPU formed with a plurality of cores, the CPU performing processes, wherein a CPU core managing unit operates at least one predetermined core by a first control method involving relatively frequent process switching through task switching, and operates the other one or more cores than the at least one predetermined core by a second control method involving relatively less frequent process switching, and when a first process requiring communication with a device outside the processor and a second process not requiring communication with a device outside the processor are performed in parallel, the CPU core managing unit causes the at least one predetermined core to perform the first process, and causes the at least one predetermined core and the other one or more cores to perform the second process.
US09398181B2
An information processing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set a setting of the information processing apparatus, a status display unit configured to display a message indicating a status of the information processing apparatus, and a display control unit configured to display, in a case where a setting changed by the setting unit is in an unreflected state, a message indicating that the setting is an unreflected setting on the status display unit.
US09398172B2
A system and method for managing wireless devices in a wireless network that performs operation comprising: receiving a diagnostic request to analyze a problem associated with a wireless device operating in the wireless network; retrieving contextual information associated with the wireless device from a database of the wireless network; determining at least one solution for the problem associated with the wireless device based on the contextual information; transmitting the at least one solution; and receiving a confirmation that the problem has been resolved.
US09398168B2
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node and machine-readable storage medium including a policy and charging rules node (PCRN) receiving a plurality of related service requests from different devices. The PCRN may establish a Session Binding Identifier (SBI) for each message received. The SBI may include one or more subscriber IDs. Upon receipt of a message, the PCRN may compare the included subscriber IDs against information included in a subscriber database to match with a specific subscriber profile. The PCRN may use the subscriber profile to determine whether existing established sessions are associated with the same subscriber profile, and may bind the sessions together when they are associated with a common subscriber profile.
US09398165B2
Examples are disclosed for hosting a communication session between a hybrid mobile device and a second communication device in an Internet Protocol (IP) based packet data network. A communications server functions as a bridge service between the hybrid mobile device and the second communication device enabling the exchange of multiple concurrent IP packet data media streams over multiple different IP based networks between the hybrid mobile device and the communications server. The communications server determines a packet quality for each corresponding packet in the multiple concurrent IP packet data media streams and creates a blended IP packet data media stream by selecting the highest quality packet from among the multiple concurrent IP packet data media streams. On the send side, the communications server receives a single IP packet data media stream and simultaneously fully and partially encodes it to be sent out over the multiple different IP based networks to the hybrid mobile device.
US09398162B1
The invention features a computer-implemented method for playing back an announcement message to a user device. The method includes initiating, by a computing device, an announcement session in response to a user device establishing communication with the computing device and determining, by the computing device, the announcement message to be played back to the user device. The method includes loading, by the computing device, into a queue associated with the announcement session, a descriptor referencing a memory buffer on the computing device. The memory buffer includes a plurality of memory partitions, each memory partition storing at least one portion of the announcement message encoded at a different rate. The method includes the computing device scheduling play back of the announcement message, playing the announcement message to the user device at a first rate and receiving a request from the user device for playback at a second rate.
US09398154B2
A communication device is provided for enabling a user to establish an automated call back from a communication system, such as a call center, for example. A software device application enables the communication device to communicate with the call center through the exchange of data. The communication device includes a display screen for displaying controls for allowing the user to interact with the communication system. The controls allow the user to request a list of providers from which to select a provider or company to contact. The communication device further provides controls for allowing the user to select a queue to join from a list of queues associated with the selected provider. An embodiment may also communicate contextual data between a communication device and a communication system, including information associated with the user of the communication device and information used to assist, instruct, or solve a user's problem.
US09398150B2
A method of setting detection parameters in an apparatus for on-hold music detection, includes comparing a telephone number dialed with telephone numbers in a database. If the telephone number dialed is found in the database, detection parameters and/or detection software associated with the telephone number are retrieved from the database, and the retrieved detection parameters and/or detection software are provided to an on-hold music detection unit.
US09398149B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable are provided for telephone number provisioning. A user interface configured to provide access to telephony information may be facilitated. The telephony information may be retained in a telephony information repository. Information about a first location may be processed. A region of interest may be determined. A set of telephony information may be processed based on the region of interest. Telephone number inventory corresponding to the region of interest may be determined based part on the set of telephony information. Telephone number inventory may be categorized according to availability to determine a first set of telephone numbers. Local calling characteristics may be determined. Indication to the user interface of availability of telephone numbers within the region of interest based on the first set of telephone numbers and the local calling characteristics may be caused. The user interface may present graphical indicia that distinguishes the local calling characteristics.
US09398148B1
A call center maintains various pools of telephone numbers, where each telephone number pool comprises a plurality of telephone numbers in a geographic area. A call originating to a called number uses a calling telephone number that is selected from one of a plurality of telephone number pools based on the area designated by the called number. An index value is used to select the telephone number from the selected telephone number pool. The selected telephone number is used to as a calling telephone number when originating a call to the called party.
US09398146B2
In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there are provided methods, systems, mechanisms, techniques, and apparatuses for diagnosing and optimizing vectored DSL lines. For example, in one embodiment, such a system includes an interface to a first subset of a plurality of digital communication lines allocated to a vectored group and to a second subset of the plurality of digital communication lines which operate external to the vectored group; a Dynamic Spectral Management server (DSM server) to analyze the vectored group by performing the following operations for each of the plurality of digital communication lines in the vectored group: measuring a mitigated noise level for the digital communication line with crosstalk cancellation active, measuring a non-mitigated noise level for the digital communication line with crosstalk cancellation inactive, and comparing the mitigated noise level measured on the digital communication line with the non-mitigated noise level measured on the digital communication line. In such an embodiment, the DSM server of the system further issues optimization instructions based on the analysis. For example, by issuing optimization instructions for the vectored group, for lines external to the vectored group, or for both.
US09398145B2
A Home Subscriber Server for handling IP Multimedia Subsystem subscriptions comprises means for maintaining associations between public user identities and Service Profiles, where two or more public user identities can be associated with a common Service Profile, and means for identifying to a network node all public user identities that are associated with a common Service Profile.
US09398142B2
A method and a system for displaying information and content in a lock screen system having a plurality of screens so as to provide a screen lock for preventing an unintended input of a user terminal device, and a computer-readable recording medium. The method includes setting information and content on a plurality of lock screen, displaying the plurality of lock screens, providing a screen movement between the plurality of lock screens, executing an existing external application so as to provide detailed information for the information and content displayed on the plurality of lock screens, unlocking the plurality of lock screens, and posting an advertisement on a part of the plurality of lock screens. Users can easily confirm simple information and content and use the as a new medium and means for expressing themselves by setting the lock screen windows according to the personalities of the users.
US09398141B2
A communication device is configured to switch from a normal mode of operation to an inconspicuous mode of operation in which a reduced set of information is presented on a home screen of a display of the device in comparison to a set of information presented on the home screen in the normal mode of operation. In addition, other display properties such as contrast and brightness may be adjusted to make them less conspicuous. The home screen in the inconspicuous mode of operation is less obtrusive or conspicuous to individuals than in the normal mode of operation. The device may enter the inconspicuous mode upon user request or by detecting at least one environmental condition using a sensor available to the mobile communication device. The environmental condition may be anything that the device can detect or sense in its surrounding environment such as ambient light or sound. The device may return to the normal mode of operation by user request or when the environmental condition is no longer present.
US09398140B2
According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a method, in a telecommunication system, of processing a communication event associated with a subscriber of a communication network, the method comprising: obtaining context data relating to the subscriber, and in response to receiving the communication event, the telecommunications system processing the communication event in accordance with one or more rules generated by the telecommunications system based on the obtained context.
US09398135B2
A mobile terminal (1) includes a telephone communication control section (23) which makes a call by use of a details screen (320b) for a person to contact and causes a screen (330c) showing that a call is being made to be displayed; and a telephone communication establishment determining section (23a) which, in a case where a telephone communication has been established, terminates a telephone book application (32), and which, in a case where no telephone communication has been established, after the display of the screen (330c) showing that a call is being made, causes the details screen for a person to contact to be displayed. This makes it possible to prevent (i) a display of personal information registered in a telephone book DB and (ii) a decrease in user convenience even in a case where a call is made by use of a screen of a telephone book application.
US09398133B2
The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal for allowing a touch input and control method thereof. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a display unit configured to display a lock screen in a lock state in which a control command input to an application is restricted, and a controller configured to display at least one object on the lock screen when a first touch input sensed on the lock screen corresponds to set criteria, and display an execution screen corresponding to any one of the displayed objects based on the first touch and a sequentially entered second touch input.
US09398132B2
A cordless telephone system provides indication of event information for customer premises equipment. The cordless telephone system includes a base station and handsets. The base station receives event information from the CPE. The base station transmits the event information to a handset, and the handset provides an indication of the event information to a user.
US09398130B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling answer modes of a mobile terminal, a mobile terminal and a storage medium. The method includes: a hand free mode is enabled; it is determined through the motion sensor whether or not the mobile terminal is picked up in case where the hand free mode has been enabled and a receiver mode is not enabled; the receiver mode is enabled and the hand free mode is kept being enabled based on a determination that the mobile terminal is picked up; it is determined through the proximity sensor whether or not the mobile terminal is covered in case where both of the receiver mode and the hand free mode are enabled; and the hand free mode is disabled and the receiver mode is kept being enabled based on a determination that the mobile terminal is covered.
US09398129B1
A smart phone incorporating a T-coil unit is described. Selection between the output of the induction coil(s) of the unit and the analog output of the radio frequency section of smart phone can made by standard switches for the analog output of the smart phone. Alternatively, with control over the amplification of the induction coil output and the analog output of the radio frequency section, and over a comparator which receives both outputs, different modes of operations for the T-coil output and the analog output can be selected for the audio output of the smart phone. The T-coil unit can also be built as a smart phone dongle which notifies the user of the existence of induction loop signals.
US09398125B1
A mobile device with an expandable display screen including a first housing and a second housing. The first housing has a left side, a right side, a front side, a back side, a top side, a bottom side, a first display screen, a first camera, a rechargeable battery, a speaker, a microphone, and a plurality of controls. The left side of the first housing has a rearwardly extending L-shaped first tab, and the right side of the first housing has a rightwardly extending L-shaped second tab. A second housing having a second display screen is slidably attached to the first housing. A left area of the second housing has a leftwardly extending L-shaped third tab, and the right area of the second housing has a frontwardly extending L-shaped fourth tab. The second housing has an extended position and an alternate retracted position.
US09398119B2
Devices and methods for quickly and definitively detecting whether or not a device is RVU capable. Aspects of the disclosed method and apparatus make use of the RVU messaging protocol, which include a Discovery phase and a Description phase. In one embodiment, a stand-alone testing device includes functionality that can test for the existence of RVU capability in a network connected device; in another embodiment, a cable/data network interface device may be modified to include such functionality. One detection method exams messages transmitted by a device during a Discovery phase for unique indicia of RVU compliance by the device. Another detection method reads a data structure from a device during a Description phase and looks for unique indicia of RVU compliance by the device. An installation method provides a process for quickly and definitively detecting an RVU compliant device.
US09398116B2
Systems and methods for providing a caching model for in-vehicle infotainment systems with unreliable data connections are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: receiving a service request from a client service consumer; forwarding the service request to both a host service as a remote request via a network access and to a local service as a local request without a network access; receiving a host service result from the host service via a network access in response to the service request; receiving a local service result from the local service without a network access in response to the service request; merging the host service result and the local service result to produce a composite result; and delivering the composite result to the client service consumer.
US09398101B2
A communication system (1) comprising: determining means operable to determine an attribute of a communication device; identifying means operable to identify an avatar by using the attribute, wherein the avatar is such that it conveys to a viewer thereof information about a person; and communicating means operable to communicate the avatar to the communication device.
US09398099B2
An information processing apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate a first identifier and a second identifier for identifying an external device, a storage unit configured to store the generated first and second identifiers in association with each other, a first processing unit configured to execute processing based on a received first processing request, a transmission unit configured to transmit the first identifier together with a processing result of the first processing unit to the external device, and a second processing unit configured to, if a reception unit receives a second processing request including the first identifier transmitted from the transmission unit, identify the external device by the second identifier corresponding to the first identifier, and execute the processing based on the second processing request.
US09398098B2
A customer premise equipment (CPE) communicates with both lower-layer and upper-layer network within the LAN that communicates with an ISP server. The CPE searches other CPEs after receiving commands from the upper-layer network and makes port configuration after receiving commands from the upper-layer network, and also configures the default telnet port according to the port number receiving from the upper-layer network. Then the CPE establishes remote communications via the default telnet port with the ISP server. Finally the CPE disabling module disables the telnet service and releases the default telnet port after receiving commands from upper-layer network.
US09398091B2
A networked system is provided for transporting digital media packets, such as audio and video. The network includes network devices interconnected to send and receive packets. Each network device can receive and transmit media signals from media devices. A master clock generates a system time signal that the network devices use, together with a network time protocol to generate a local clock signal synchronized to the system time signal for both rate and offset. The local clock signal governs both the rate and offset of the received or transmitted media signals. The system, which can be implemented using conventional network equipment enables media signals to be transported to meet quality and timing requirements for high quality audio and video reproduction.
US09398090B2
The disclosed technology addresses the need in the art for synchronizing a content library between a content management system and client devices. Each content item in a user's content library is stored on the content management system and a record of each change to the content library is recorded in a content journal. A client device transmits a synchronization request that a portion of the content journal representing unsynchronized changes be processed to update the content library on the client device. The synchronization request includes a content library identifier and a content journal number identifying the content entry in the content journal last processed by the client device. Synchronization commands are sent based on the content entries not processed by the client device. Updated synchronization data representing the processed content entries is sent to the client device after synchronization is completed.
US09398081B2
System and method of automating client development for an application programming interface (API). An embodiment includes an apparatus capable of receiving information regarding a target application resource accessible by an API, and of generating a selected sequence of API calls based on weighted transitions in an API model representing resources needed for a client to perform interactions with the API. The apparatus is able to automatically generate a client program for interacting with the API according to a sequence of API calls. Additionally, methods are described for converting a model of an API into a directed, weighted graph, allowing determination of a selected sequence of API calls to access a target application resource. The API may be a Representational State Transfer API (REST API) implemented for a software defined network (SDN).
US09398080B2
Provided is an information processing device constituting at least a part of a communication system. The information processing device includes a master unit connected to a first communication line, and at least one slave unit connected to the master unit via a second communication line. The master unit includes: a first communication unit for transmitting/receiving data with another device via the first communication line in every predetermined cycle; a second communication unit for transmitting/receiving data with the slave unit via the second communication line in a time period shorter than the cycle; and an update unit for, after preceding data is received via the first communication line, updating data with the slave unit via the second communication line before arrival of subsequent data corresponding to the next cycle.
US09398079B2
In at least one embodiment, data relating to the usage and the operating status of a frontend module of a software application implemented on the client side is acquired continuously during the execution of the application by way of a monitoring frontend module implemented on the client side of a client/server system. This acquired usage and status data is transmitted by the monitoring frontend module to a monitoring backend module implemented on the server side. The usage and status data is stored by the monitoring backend module in a database on the server side. The usage and status data stored in the database is automatically analyzed by way of an analysis module. In the process, default settings of the software application are automatically modified by way of the analysis module on the basis of the result of the analysis in order to improve the performance of the application.
US09398076B2
Sink devices may automatically be partitioned into zones based on location in a home entertainment system. A message may be transmitted to a source device to decrement an internal reference count. The internal reference count may be associated with the source device to represent a number of zones receiving data from the source device.
US09398064B2
A method of dynamically preparing a media clip for delivery from a server to a client is provided. Media attributes comprising media playback formats compatible with the client are provided to the server. A request is made by the client to provide a media content item at a specified starting time, and the server identifies a source where a media content file related to the selected media content item is located. The server obtains the media file from the source, and obtains a transcoded media segment file having a playback format compatible with the client media attributes. The transcoded media segment file may further be prepared in a transport format that is compatible with transport format media attributes of the client device, and a location of the prepared transcoded media segment file may be communicated to the client for the client to access the media segment.
US09398059B2
Systems and methods for managing information and content sharing in a virtual collaboration session. In some embodiments, a method may include creating a virtual collaboration workspace for a plurality of participants, where each of the participants operates a device configured to access the workspace, the workspace including a public portion and a plurality of private portions, the public portion accessible to each of the participants and each of the plurality of private portions accessible to a corresponding participant to the exclusion of at least another participant. The method may also include providing, to a given one of the participants, a representation of the public portion and a representation of the given participant's corresponding private portion, where the representation of the public portion and the representation of the given participant's corresponding private portion are renderable concurrently in a single window of a graphical user interface displayable by the given participant's device.
US09398052B2
Systems and methods modifying a presentation of media content in response to a detected violation are provided. In particular, media content such as a media stream broadcasted by a user to other users can be monitored. The broadcasted media stream can be fingerprinted and compared to a fingerprint repository that includes entries associated with media content that is copyrighted or otherwise considered a violation. If the fingerprint matches entries included in the fingerprint repository, then the media stream can be modified such as modified to terminate.
US09398051B2
A method and apparatus for controlling document access and application usage using centrally managed rules. The rules are stored and manipulated in a central rule database via a rule server. Policy enforcers are installed on client systems and/or on servers and perform document access and application usage control for both direct user document accesses and application usage, and application program document accesses by evaluating the rules sent to the policy enforcer. The rule server decides which rules are required by each policy enforcer. A policy enforcer can also perform obligation and remediation operations as a part of rule evaluation. Policy enforcers on client systems and servers can operate autonomously, evaluating policies that have been received, when communications have been discontinued with the rule server.
US09398050B2
A method for connecting to a trust broker system is disclosed. The method is performed on a client device having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors. The client device connects to a trust broker system upon start-up of the device, wherein the device is not enabled to connect to any other system. The client device transmits information identifying the electronic device to the trust broker system. The client device receives, from the trust broker, information that enables the client device to connect to a server system, wherein the trust broker determines the appropriate server system based on the client device. The client device downloads, from the server system, further instructions for performing the one or more tasks associated with the client device; wherein the downloaded instructions are only retained for the current session.
US09398049B2
Cryptographic methods are used at the application level, unlike known methods using point-to-point connections that can only be sufficiently secured at the transport level. Integrity protection and confidentiality protection of data are implemented at the application level for use in network technology.
US09398048B2
Embodiments describe transmitting authentication data from an application to a communication system. The communication system verifies the authentication data transmitted from the application, and on the basis that the authentication data is verified, the communication system authenticates the application for accessing the communication system on behalf of a user. Prior to the transmitting step the authentication data is provided from the communication system to the client, and then from the client to the application. The verifying step comprises determining that the authentication data transmitted from the application corresponds to the authentication data provided from the communication system to the client, such that the application is authenticated for accessing the communication system on behalf of the user on the basis of the client's authentication with the communication system.
US09398039B2
According to one embodiment, a method for suppressing erroneous alert messages for suspected network attacks comprises a first operation of determining an intrusion event. This may be conducted at a first network device. Then, the intrusion event is verified prior to transmission of the alert message. The verification may be conducted at a second network device. Thereafter, transmission of the alert message is suppressed in response to verifying that the intrusion event has been erroneously determined.
US09398035B2
In one embodiment, techniques are shown and described relating to attack mitigation using learning machines. A node may receive network traffic data for a computer network, and then predict a probability that one or more nodes are under attack based on the network traffic data. The node may then decide to mitigate a predicted attack by instructing nodes to forward network traffic on an alternative route without altering an existing routing topology of the computer network to reroute network communication around the one or more nodes under attack, and in response, the node may communicate an attack notification message to the one or more nodes under attack.
US09398030B2
Various embodiments pertain to ascertaining domain contexts. In one embodiment, an application receives content that may contain a script (i.e. code). In this case, the domain context is ascertained and the script is executed in the context of the domain associated with the received content, rather than requiring the application or some other component to navigate to a location, such as a web location, to attempt to ascertain the domain context of the script. In another embodiment, third party objects or code are required to provide their domain context to an application in order for the application to make a security-based decision.
US09398029B2
A cybersecurity training system uses lures and training actions to help train a user of an electronic device to recognize and act appropriately in situations that could compromise security. The system includes an administrator interface by which an administrator may customize a lure and/or a training action with branded content. When used in a lure, this enables the lure to appear to the user as if it were a legitimate, non-threatening action from the brand. If the user falls for the lure, the system may provide the user with cybersecurity training, which may automatically include content that is tailored for the selected brand.
US09398024B2
A system and an apparatus (41) for reliably authenticating an appliance (42) involves a challenge message (C) being linked to the examination apparatus (40) by an examiner context information item (K). It is therefore more difficult for an attacker to feign an identity of an appliance. The application can be used in authentication scenarios, particularly in telecommunication, in which sensitive messages are interchanged.
US09398017B1
Method for web-based management of resources. On a cloud computing system, for groups of user resources, defining commonly managed subgroups. Accessing cloud-based control procedures of one subgroup using a dedicated communication channel. Control procedures reside on a server, and are visible with a single specified domain ID unique for the subgroup. Multiple domain IDs are used in one communication session. On the client, isolated windows for each domain ID contain graphical representation of local applications, and where applications of one window share local data and are connected to control procedures using the same domain ID. Managing user resources through control procedures that are controlled by the applications. Only one of the isolated windows is activated at any one time on the user's computer.
US09398010B1
In general, techniques are described for provisioning layer two access in computer networks. A network device located in a public network comprising an interface and a control unit may implement the techniques. The interface establishes a session with a mobile device. The control unit requests security state data identifying a security state of the mobile device via the established session. The interface receives a mobile device identifier and the security state data from the mobile device via the session. The mobile device identifier identifies the mobile device. The control unit publishes the security state information to a database such that the security state information is associated with the mobile device identifier.
US09398003B2
A system and method are illustrated as including receiving a request for a current time and transmitting the current time to a password device. The current time is used to synchronize a clock in the password device to reflect the current time of an authentication server. The synchronized clock is used to generate a first token value at the password device. A request for the first token value is received from a server of the site by the authentication server. The server of the site is provided with the first token value. The server of the site sends a list of token values including the first token value to a computing device associated with the password device. The list of token values, presented at the same time on the computing device, are compared to the first token value generated by the password device to determine a matching first token value.
US09397993B1
A method and system for providing modular application for use within a cloud-based file includes storing on a cloud computing service a link to a modular application configured to be used with a cloud-based file, receiving a request to access the link to the modular application, determining whether the request source is associated with the cloud computing service, and providing an option to access the requested modular application. The option can be for a trial of the modular application or to create a cloud-based file using the modular application.
US09397992B1
A technique provides access control. The technique involves prompting a user to enter color-shape pairings, and receiving multiple color-shape pairings from the user. Each color-shape pairing includes (i) a color selection from multiple selectable colors and (ii) a shape selection from multiple selectable shapes. The technique further involves generating an access control result based on the received multiple color-shape pairings, the access control result controlling access to a set of protected resources. For example, color segments can be displayed on a touch screen in the form of a color wheel, and multiple shapes can be rendered within each color segment. Alternatively, (i) a color palette including the multiple selectable colors and (ii) a shape menu including the multiple selectable shapes can be rendered on the touch screen to prompt the user to provide drag and drop gestures over the touch screen. Other configurations are suitable for use as well.
US09397982B2
The systems, methods and apparatuses described herein provide a computing environment that manages private key storage. An apparatus according to the present disclosure may comprise a first non-volatile storage for storing a private root key for signing digital certificates, an input device for receiving manual input from an operator, a communication interface consisting of a one-way transmitter for transmitting information from the apparatus, and a processor. The processor may be configured to retrieve the private root key from the first non-volatile storage, receive information for a new digital certificate through the input device, generate the new digital certificate according to the received information, sign the new digital certificate using the private root key and transmit the new digital certificate from the apparatus using the transmitter.
US09397979B2
A method and system for operating a virtual router system. A system health index for each of a plurality of physical routers in a virtual router system is determined, and virtual router operation for the physical routers is suspended in response to the system health index.
US09397977B2
A domain name registration service permits registrants to register names that are defined by a regular expression that may include one or more wildcard values in any portion of the domain or subdomain name. A domain name server utilizes pattern matching with regular expressions, such as REGEX systems, to parse incoming domain name requests to identify text strings that conform to the domain defined by the registered regular expression. Other components assign economic value to defined patterns and prevent conflicts between registered patterns and domain names.
US09397958B2
An FCoE VN_Port virtualizer where VF_Ports are used to connect downstream to host and target VN_Ports and a VN_Port is used to connect upstream to further FCoE VN_Port virtualizers or to an FCF. An alternate embodiment uses an Ethernet Fabric for an additional purpose. The Ethernet Fabric devices all act as FCoE VN_Port virtualizers, so that the Ethernet Fabric itself is considered a virtual FCoE VN_Port virtualizer.
US09397957B2
The present disclosure provides for the determination of bandwidth allocation of inter-block traffic in a data center network. It employs a number of optimization objectives and a heuristic water-filling strategy to avoid producing unnecessary paths and to avoid determining paths that would be unavailable when actually needed. Allocation may be adjusted incrementally upon node and link failure, for instance to perform only the minimal allocation changes necessary. If demand between a source and a destination cannot be satisfied, a decomposition process may be used to allocate remaining demand. One aspect constructs a graph for route computation based on inter-block topology. Here, the graph initially starts with a highest level of abstraction with each node representing a middle block, and gradually reduces the abstraction level to identify paths of mixed abstraction level to satisfy additional demand.
US09397955B2
Methods and systems for an analog crossbar may comprise, in a wireless device comprising a receiver path with an analog crossbar: receiving a digital signal comprising a plurality of channels; amplifying the received signal; converting the amplified signal to an analog signal; separating the analog signal into a plurality of separate channels; routing the plurality of separate channels to desired signal paths utilizing the analog crossbar; and converting the routed plurality of separate channels to a plurality of digital signals. The analog crossbar may comprise an array of complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) transistors. The analog crossbar may comprise a plurality of differential pair signal lines, and a plurality of single-ended signal lines. The received signal may be amplified utilizing a low-noise amplifier (LNA), where a gain level of the LNA may be configurable. The analog signal may be separated into separate channels using a channelizer.
US09397951B1
A method, system, and computer program are provided for quality of service using multiple flows. At a first digital device, a plurality of inter-computer flows is established between the first digital device and a computer. A plurality of inter-device flows is also established between the first digital device and a second digital device via a communication network. At least one flow metric associated with each of the inter-device flows is determined, which may include, for example, a latency metric, a loss metric, and/or a re-ordering metric. According to various embodiments, flow metrics may form a basis for categorizing the inter-device flows. One or more preferred flows are selected based on the flow metrics. Finally, a packet to be sent to the second device is directed to one of the preferred flows.
US09397949B2
A terminal communicating via a network including a forwarding device(s) for forwarding a packet and a control device for controlling the forwarding device(s) in accordance with a request from the forwarding device, includes: a communication unit that receives a processing rule specifying a process of adding, to a packet, quality information related to communication quality with respect to the terminal, from the control device, a memory unit that stores the received processing rule, and a processing unit that in a case of communicating via the network, adds quality information to a packet in accordance with a processing rule that corresponds to the packet by referring to the processing rule stored in the memory unit.
US09397947B2
A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for managing quality of experience for communication sessions. In an implementation, a method may include analyzing network conditions relative to a plurality of codecs and a plurality of network paths. The method may also include determining a quality of experience associated with each of the plurality of codecs across each of the plurality of network paths. The method may further include transacting communication traffic using a codec-network path combination having a quality of experience above a predetermined threshold.
US09397938B2
A circuit operates to manage transmittal of packets in a network packet processor. The circuit includes a packet descriptor manager (PDM), a packet scheduling engine (PSE), and a packet engines and buffering module (PEB). The PDM generates a metapacket and a descriptor from a command signal, where the command signal identifies a packet to be transmitted by the circuit. The PSE models the packet through a model of the network topology, determining an order in which to transmit the packet among a number of packets based on the modeling. Once the packet is scheduled for transmission, the PEB performs processing operations on the packet to produce a processed packet based on instructions indicated in the descriptor. The PEB then causes the processed packet to be transmitted toward the destination.
US09397936B2
A message center for source-based message routing may include a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor. The processor may be configured to receive a first message having a first message transfer layer indicating a first destination address and a first message transaction layer, receive a second message having a second message transfer layer indicating a second destination address and a second message transaction layer indicating an alternate routing, read at least the first message transfer layer of the first message, read at least the second message transaction layer of the second message, route the first message based in part on the first destination address of the first message transfer layer, and route the second message based in part on the second destination address of the second message transfer layer and the alternate routing of the second message transaction layer.
US09397930B2
The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for providing network traffic routing optimizations. One computer-implemented method includes calculating a direct connection cost for network traffic between two points in a network, the network including one or more nodes of an accelerated application delivery (AccAD) network, calculating an AccAD connection cost for the network traffic between the two points in the network using at least one node of the AccAD network, comparing the calculated direct connection cost and the AccAD connection cost, and determining whether the direct connection cost is greater than the sum of the AccAD connection cost and a minimum cost threshold value.
US09397924B2
Systems and methods are described that manage routing information in an IP network using extensible indexing and use the indexing to control the network. The indexing and associated controls apply to any router within the routing domain.
US09397920B2
Some embodiments provide a method for measuring network characteristics (e.g., bandwidth estimation, path diversity, etc.) without requiring administrative access to intermediate network elements and independent from the specific network fabric. The method measures the bandwidth (e.g., available bandwidth, capacity, etc.) between a given pair of endpoints (e.g., a source forwarding element and a destination forwarding element at the edges of the network) by identifying the routing paths between the endpoints and calculating the bandwidth for each path in order to estimate the network bandwidth between the endpoints.
US09397919B1
Systems and methods for offloading traffic in a wireless communication system are provided. It can be determined at a network node that a performance parameter of an access node meets a performance threshold. A profile of a wireless device in communication with the access node can be determined where the profile comprises an acceptable offloading condition. A plurality of offloading mechanisms can be identified based on the performance parameter and the acceptable offloading condition. An estimated change in the performance parameter can be determined for each combination of one of the plurality of offloading mechanisms and the acceptable offloading condition. An offloading mechanism can be selected based on the estimated change in the performance parameter and the acceptable offloading condition. The wireless device can be instructed to establish communication with the wireless communication system using the selected offloading mechanism.
US09397913B1
In general, techniques are described for performing packet loss measurement in a distributed data plane. In one example, a local router includes a plurality of forwarding units that implement a distributed data plane. First and second forwarding units may switch layer two (L2) packet data units (PDUs) between the local router and a remote router using a virtual path. The first and second forwarding may unit may increment, in response to processing any PDU of the PDUs for the virtual path, respective counters stored by the first and second forwarding units. The first and second forwarding units may update, based on the respective counters, a loss-measurement packet (LMP). For instance, the first forwarding unit, upon updating the LMP, may internally forward the LMP to the second forwarding unit. The second forwarding unit, upon updating the LMP, may send the LMP to the remote router.
US09397912B2
A method for active network fabric management. The method includes receiving a probe packet by a termination beacon, where the probe packet is associated with a stream, the stream is identified using an origin beacon identification (ID) for an origin beacon, a stream source IP address, a stream destination IP address, an L2 origin interface, and a TTL value or an IP Hop value. The method further includes generating, after receiving the probe packet and after the expiration of a probe rate request (PRR) refresh timer, a rate control packet (RCP) by the termination beacon where the RCP includes a PRR for the stream, and sending the RCP to the origin beacon using an origin beacon IP address, where the origin beacon IP address is different than the stream source IP address.
US09397911B2
A method and a bridge operative to notify other bridges connected to a network of a root bridge failure by detecting a failure in a connection to the root bridge and generating a root failure suspicion notification (RFSN) bridge protocol data unit (BPDU) that includes a standard Rapid Spanning Tree BPDU portion and a failed root identifier portion uniquely identifying the root bridge which is suspected of failing. The bridge propagates the RFSN BPDU to adjacent bridges in the network to notify them of the failure.
US09397906B2
A device receives information associated with network devices of a network, such as device information associated with components of the network devices, application information generated by the network devices, or network information associated with interactions of the network devices. The device performs an analysis of the information associated with the network devices via analytics techniques in near real time, and generates analysis information based on the analysis of the information associated with the network devices. The device provides the analysis information for display.
US09397896B2
A method for modeling dependencies in a computing system including a plurality of resources, the method includes monitoring data communications made between the resources of the plurality of resources; modeling dependencies, at least among and between the resources, based, at least in part, upon the monitored data communications; and generating a set of topology graph(s), including at least a first topology graph, based upon the modeled dependencies.
US09397895B2
A method of providing topology information about a network to a topology manager is disclosed. The network includes a plurality of sensors each having a sensor ID, and the method includes performing the following steps at each of the plurality of sensors: receiving a stream of packets and identifying a topology trace packet in the stream of packets, wherein the topology trace packet has a destination address and an ID of a previous sensor, including the sensor ID in the topology trace packet, sending the topology trace packet to the destination address, forming a report message so as to include the sensor ID, the previous sensor ID, sending the report to the topology manager; and, providing network addresses of adjacent nodes to the topology manager.
US09397889B2
A display apparatus includes: a communication unit which communicates with a service providing apparatus providing at least one service and an external server storing information used to implement the at least one service; and a controller which receives the information used to implement the at least one service corresponding to unique information about the service providing apparatus from the external server, installs the at least one service based on the received information used to implement the at least one service, and executes the installed at least one service in a preset condition when the unique information about the service providing apparatus is received through the communication unit.
US09397885B2
According to example configurations, a user of a client device accesses an authentication server to retrieve configuration information. The user belongs to an organization that receives services from a third party service provider. The client device forwards the configuration information to a server controlled by the third party service provider. The server maintained by the third party service provider provides access to services, resources, data, etc., depending on the configuration information forwarded by the client device.
US09397883B2
An exemplary system may configure network settings of an unreachable host. In one embodiment, the system determines that a first host on a network is unreachable using a first communication protocol. The system selects a second host on the network that is reachable using the first communication protocol. The second host on the network can reach the first host using a second communication protocol. The system provides a communication to the second host on the network using the first communication protocol. The communication causes the second host to access the first host on the network using the second communication protocol.
US09397882B2
A packet transport network system includes a first node to transmit a control packet through a secondary port, when the first node does not periodically receive, through a primary port, a continuity check packet transmitted on the first MLSP set in the first direction; and a second node, when the second node receives the control packet through a secondary port, to relay or terminate packets on the first and second active MLSPs, to receive, through the primary port, the multicast packet transmitted on the second MLSP set in the second direction, and to bridge the received multicast packet to a recovery path set in an interested link, the second node periodically receiving, through a primary port, the continuity check packet transmitted on the second MLSP set in the second direction, wherein the first node receives, through the second port, the multicast packet bridged to the recovery path.
US09397858B2
In particular embodiments, a first switch implementing a first virtual local area network (VLAN) registration protocol and connected to a first end of the trunk detects whether a second switch connected to a second end of the trunk implements the first VLAN registration protocol. In an embodiment, the second switch may send an unsolicited message to the first switch indicating the VLAN registration protocol implemented by the second switch. The first switch may then determine the VLAN registration protocol implemented by the second switch. Alternatively, the first switch may send a solicited message to the second switch. By receiving a response to the solicited message, the first switch can determine that the second switch implements the first VLAN registration protocol. In response to determining that the second switch implements the first VLAN registration protocol, the first switch may enable a pruning technique in accordance with the first VLAN registration protocol.
US09397855B2
A field device is configured to send and receive data over an industrial process network. The field device includes a processor and a communications unit communicatively connected to the industrial process network. The communications unit is configured to send and receive the data over the industrial process network via a first communications protocol at a first data rate. The communications unit is connected to communicate with the processor via a second communications protocol at a second data rate that is greater than the first data rate.
US09397849B2
A device may receive bearer information associated with radio bearers to be multiplexed to form a master bearer. The device may determine respective bandwidth amounts, for each radio bearer, to be allocated to the master bearer. The device may determine a total bandwidth to be allocated to the master bearer based on the bandwidth amounts. The device may form the master bearer, having the total bandwidth, based on multiplexing the radio bearers. The device may provide respective content streams, associated with the radio bearers, via the master bearer.
US09397848B2
A device provides, to another device, a start request for an evolved multimedia broadcast multicast services (eMBMS) session, and receives eMBMS session traffic from the other device based on the start request. The device determines track information from the eMBMS session traffic, and decodes the eMBMS session traffic into a format understood by the device. The device determines quality information associated with the eMBMS session traffic, and presents, for display, the decoded eMBMS session traffic, the track information, and the quality information associated with the eMBMS session traffic.
US09397844B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to automatic generation of dynamically changing layouts for a graphical user-interface. Specifically, embodiments of the present disclosure employ analysis of an image associated with the view (e.g., either the current view or a future view) of the graphical user-interface to determine colors that are complementary to the image. The colors are applied to the view, such that the color scheme of the view matches the image.
US09397828B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for embedding keys in hardware. One of the methods includes providing, to a device provider, one or more encrypted keys, each of the encrypted keys to be included in a corresponding device provided by the device provider. A user system that includes a device that includes one of the encrypted keys receives information specifying the encrypted key. The information received from the user system is validated. A decryption key is selected based on the information received from the user system that is configured to decrypt the encrypted key specified by the information received from the user system. The decryption key is provided to the user system that includes the device.
US09397821B2
Handling a frequency error (FEQ) of a terminal which includes a plurality of modems using a same clock source includes: obtaining the FEQ, which is a difference between a carrier frequency of a received signal and a nominal frequency for each modem; obtaining a FEQ threshold of the received signal in a current service based on the FEQ; obtaining an adjusted value of the clock source corresponding to each modem based on the FEQ and the FEQ threshold; obtaining a synthesized adjusted value of the clock source based on the adjusted values of all the modems; and adjusting the frequency of the clock source based on the synthesized adjusted value of the clock source. The FEQ of the mobile communication terminal can be quickly corrected by adjusting the clock source's frequency, and, by considering the FEQ of all the modems, the modems' performances may be balanced.
US09397819B2
According to one or more embodiments described and claimed herein, HARQ acknowledgements, re-transmissions, and related signaling (e.g., channel quality reports) are performed on a Re-transmission Extension Carrier (REC) separate from the primary downlink traffic carrier(s). In various embodiments, as explained herein, the REC may comprise an aggregated wireless communication network channel, which may be cross-channel scheduled or may have its own scheduler. The REC may be Frequency Domain Duplex (FDD) or Time Domain Duplex (TDD). The REC may be dedicated to a main downlink carrier, or may be shared across a plurality of aggregated component carriers. The REC may be transmitted from the same base station as one or more associated main carriers, or from a different base station. A shared REC may be operated in cooperative or contention modes. The REC may be implemented in unlicensed spectrum.
US09397812B2
The present disclosure provides a solution which solves the problem of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) ambiguity by introducing separate, i.e. different DMRSs. This is especially the case for systems employing dynamic allocation of control and data signals to different PRBs.
US09397810B2
Disclosed are methods for transmitting and receiving pilot signals in a communication system. A method for transmitting and receiving pilot signal, performed in a first personal base station among a plurality of personal base stations existing within a cell range of a master base station, comprises receiving a cyclic shift set from the master base station; generating pilot signal based on a first cyclic shift value assigned to the first personal base station, wherein the first cyclic shift value is included in the cyclic shift set; and transmitting the generated pilot signal. Thus, performance of channel estimation may be enhanced.
US09397801B2
The present invention relates to a method for transmitting/receiving data in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) wireless access system supporting multiple cells, and a base station for same. In more detail, on the basis of a multi-cell TDD uplink-downlink configuration, the method includes confirming whether a collision subframe occurs, which is caused when an uplink subframe of a first cell and a downlink subframe of a second cell exists in the same time interval; and performing cross cell scheduling on the second cell through the first cell according to a TDD uplink-downlink configuration of the first cell. When data transmission is scheduled in the collision subframe by cross cell scheduling, by changing the transmission position of an uplink or a downlink according to the cross cell scheduling, the scheduled data are transmitted in the collision subframe.
US09397780B2
A receiving device receiving a SC-FDMA signal includes a first calculating unit calculating a first channel estimation value indicating a propagation path state based on a sounding reference signal transmitted from a transmitting end device; a second calculating unit calculating a rank determination value and a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) determination value based on the first channel estimation value, the rank determination value and MCS determination value being associated with a transmission rank number and a transmission coding ratio/modulation scheme respectively, and used when the transmitting end device next transmits a data channel; a third calculating unit calculating a second channel estimation value indicating a propagation path state based on a demodulation reference signal by using interpolation processing in accordance with at least one of the rank determination value and the MCS determination value; and a demodulation/decoding unit acting on a data channel using the second channel estimation value.
US09397776B2
A coax line terminal (CLT) transmits allocations of upstream bandwidth to a plurality of coax network units (CNUs). In response to the allocations, the CLT receives frames with data in a plurality of physical resource blocks that each correspond to a distinct set of subcarriers. The plurality of physical resource blocks includes a first group of physical resource blocks that all have a first constant allowed capacity. Sizes and modulation orders of respective physical resource blocks in the first group vary as defined by a first modulation profile. The data in the first group are received from one or more CNUs that are assigned the first modulation profile.
US09397772B2
A digital data stream comprises alternating groups of information blocks and groups of parity blocks, each group of information blocks includes multiple information blocks and each group of parity blocks includes multiple parity blocks. An apparatus for receiving a digital data stream comprises a demodulator that receives and demodulates a digital data stream. An equalizer compensates for distortions in the digital data stream. A delay buffer generates a first stream of digital data representing the compensated digital data stream and a second stream of digital data representing a delayed version of the compensated digital data stream. A forward error correction block receives and processes the first and second streams of digital data from the delay buffer, and outputs an error corrected stream of digital data. A transport block receives and processes the error corrected stream from the forward error correction block for display.
US09397767B2
After a maximum noise rise for a cell is set, a maximum noise rise for each mobile station is allocated within the cell. The actual noise rise from each mobile station within the cell is measured at a base station and signaled to a network. When the cell uses enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH), the contribution to noise rise of E-DCH signaling is determined and received signal code power (RSCP) at the base station is measured. The RSCP measurement is decoded to determine contributions from mobile stations within and outside the cell; contributions from mobile stations within the cell are calculated; and the network is notified of the measured noise rise. In addition a compensation value may be applied to compensate for temperature induced noise.
US09397764B2
A carrier frequency offset calibration method and a carrier frequency offset calibration system are provided. The carrier frequency offset calibration method is adapted to calibrate the carrier frequency offsets of a transmission signal which includes a primary carrier and a secondary carrier. In the carrier frequency offset calibration method, the transmission signal is analyzed according to known carrier frequencies, a primary feedback value and a secondary feedback value, so as to obtain a primary carrier offset value and a secondary carrier offset value. The relationship between the primary carrier offset value and the secondary offset value is considered to determine whether to adjust the primary feedback signal and the secondary feedback signal.
US09397762B2
An information identification system includes at least one mobile terminal and an information identification device. The mobile terminal includes: a detection unit configured to detect that the host terminal has been carried into a vehicle cabin; a first notification unit configured to, if the detection unit detects that the host terminal has been carried into the cabin, transmit a first notification signal providing notification that the host terminal has been carried into the cabin; and a second notification unit configured to, if the first notification signal transmitted from another mobile terminal is detected, transmit a second notification signal providing notification that the host terminal has been already present in the cabin. The information identification device includes an identification unit configured to, if the second notification signal is detected, identify the mobile terminal having transmitted the second notification signal as the driver's mobile terminal.
US09397756B2
An optical receiver including a waveguide substrate including a first waveguide that transmits a main signal beam, a second waveguide that transmits a monitoring beam that has branched from the main signal beam, and a third waveguide that transmits an amplification beam to amplify the main signal beam; a light receiving device array including, integrally formed to the same substrate, a first light receiving device that detects the main signal beam and a second light receiving device that detects the monitoring beam; and a case that houses the waveguide substrate and the light receiving device array. The first light receiving device faces toward an end of the first waveguide, and the second light receiving device faces toward an end of the second waveguide.
US09397752B2
An optical transceiver module coupled to a device is provided. The optical transceiver module includes an electronic signal transmitting terminal coupled to a receiving terminal of the device, an electronic signal receiving terminal coupled to a transmitting terminal of the device, an optical signal receiving terminal coupled to the electronic signal transmitting terminal, and an optical signal transmitting terminal coupled to the electronic signal receiving terminal. When the optical transceiver module is at an normal operation state and the electronic signal receiving terminal does not receive any electronic signal over a first predetermined time period, the optical transceiver module enters a idle detection state to make the electronic signal transmitting terminal to perform a receiver termination detection to the device to determine whether the device is coupled to the optical transceiver module. At the idle detection state, the optical signal transmitting terminal transmits the optical signal continuously.
US09397743B2
A three hop wireless repeater is disclosed, including a donor unit having transmit and receive antennas for wireless communication with one or more cellular base stations, and a server unit having transmit and receive antennas for wireless communication with the donor unit and with one or more wireless communication devices. The repeater further includes a physical cable interconnect between the donor unit and the server unit. The physical cable interconnect includes a donor unit sleeve having donor unit coupling antennas to inductively couple signals to and from the transmit and receive antennas of the donor unit, and a server unit sleeve having server unit coupling antennas to inductively couple signals to and from the transmit and receive antennas of the server unit.
US09397740B2
Generally, this disclosure provides systems and methods for a modular antenna array using radio frequency (RF) and baseband (BB) beamforming. A system may include a plurality of antenna modules, each of the antenna modules further including an array of antenna elements coupled to an RF beamforming circuit, the RF beamforming circuit to adjust phase shifts associated with the antenna elements to generate an antenna beam associated with the antenna module; and a central beamforming module coupled to each of the antenna modules, the central beamforming module to control the antenna beam associated with each of the antenna modules and to generate signal adjustments relative to each of the antenna modules, wherein the arrays of antenna elements of the antenna modules combine to operate as a composite antenna beamforming array.
US09397737B2
A method of indicating destination stations, performed by an access point (AP), in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system supporting multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) is provided. The method includes transmitting a sounding request frame to the plurality of destination stations to transmit a sounding frame used for channel estimation between the AP and each destination station, receiving the sounding frame in response to the sounding frame request from each station, and transmitting a first data frame spatially multiplexed with respect to the plurality of destination stations by performing channel estimation on the basis of the sounding frame, wherein the sounding request frame comprises a group identifier (ID) indicating the plurality of destination stations.
US09397727B1
An electronic device including a Near Field Communication (NFC) antenna and a slot antenna is described. The slot antenna may be formed by a slot opening in a housing of the electronic device. The slot opening may be shaped as a rectangular slot, a T-shaped slot, or T-shaped slot leading into a circular opening. The slot opening exposes the NFC antenna and allows the NFC antenna to radiate in a first frequency band while the slot antenna radiates at a second frequency band.
US09397724B1
Mobile transmitter-receiver (transceiver) unit for receiving and demodulating a video Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) modulated signal. Modulator and transmitter for modulating and transmitting a filtered spread spectrum video baseband signal. Spread spectrum video signal has cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase baseband signals. Receiver for receiving and demodulating a modulated signal into a demodulated location finder baseband signal. Converter for converting a photo camera generated signal into a converted Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) photo camera baseband signal. Combiner for combining demodulated location finder baseband signal with converted CDMA baseband signal. Modulator and transmitter for modulation and transmission of combined signal. Touch screen control and fingerprint authentication of mobile device.
US09397722B1
A radio system provides multi-antenna coverage of an area in an efficient and affordable manner. The radio system includes a base radio to transmit and communicate with and through multiple antennas spaced throughout a substantially radio opaque structure through a single transmission line. The base radio has an antenna port that connects the base radio to a transmission line. Several directional couplers are spaced in line with the transmission line corresponding with the areas where antenna coverage is needed.
US09397718B2
The present invention relates to a mobile telephone holding device which includes a main body, an arm, at least two clamping elements, a wireless electrical charging device with which a mobile telephone can be charged and an electrical switching device, wherein the arm s mounted on the main body in such a way that the arm can be moved between an inoperative position (R) and at least one holding position (H) against a restoring force, wherein the electrical switching device, depending on the position of the arm, interrupts an electrical line which leads to the charging device in the inoperative position (R) of the arm, and closes the electrical line which leads to the charging device in each holding position (H) of the arm.
US09397713B1
Radio frequency (RF) transmitters and methods of their operation are disclosed. An exemplary RF transmitter includes an RF power amplifier (RFPA), a dynamic power supply (DPS), and a baseband processing unit. The baseband processing unit generates an amplitude modulation (AM) signal that the DPS follows to generate a DPS voltage VDD(t). The DPS voltage VDD(t) serves as a power supply for an output stage of the RFPA. Under most operating conditions the output stage is configured to operate in a compressed mode (C-mode), but is reconfigured to operate in a product mode (or “P-mode) during times low-magnitude events in the AM signal are conveyed to the DPS and become present in the DPS voltage VDD(t) produced by the DPS. Operating the output stage in P-mode overcomes the inability of C-mode operation to reproduce low-magnitude events contained in the AM signal at the RF output of the RFPA.
US09397701B1
A nonvolatile memory storage controller is provided for delivering log likelihood ratios (LLRs) to a low-density parity check (LDPC) decoder for use in the decoding of an LDPC encoded codeword. The controller includes read circuitry for reading an LDPC encoded codeword stored in a nonvolatile memory storage module using a plurality of soft-decision reference voltages to provide a plurality of soft-decision bits representative of the codeword. The controller further includes a plurality of lifetime specific LLR look-up tables representative of the lifetime threshold voltage distribution of the memory storage module, wherein each of the plurality of lifetime specific LLR look-up tables comprises a plurality of LLRs representative of a specific point in the lifetime of the memory storage module for each of the plurality of soft-decision bits. The controller provides the LLRs from the appropriate LLR look-up table to an LDPC decoder for the subsequent decoding of the codeword.
US09397700B2
Methods and devices are provided for coding and decoding coded data including source data and redundancy data. The redundancy data is obtained by applying, upon coding, an error correction code to the source data, implementing a generating matrix. The generating matrix includes, in its systematic form, an identity matrix and an invertible matrix for switching from the source data to the redundancy data. The coding or decoding is based on a Tanner graph, which combines the graph of the error corrector code and the graph of the dual code of the error correction code by superimposing these graphs.
US09397694B2
Methods and devices are described for entropy coding data using an entropy coder to encode quantized transform domain coefficient data. Last significant coefficient information is signaled in the bitstream using two-dimensional coordinates for the last significant coefficient. The context for bins of one of the coordinates is based, in part, upon the value of the other of the coordinates. In one case, instead of signaling last significant coefficient information, the number of non-zero coefficients is binarized and entropy encoded.
US09397670B2
An automatic test system configured for generating a periodic signal of a programmable frequency. The automatic test system may comprise a clock, an edge generator coupled to the clock, a phase locked loop, and a delay adjustment circuit. The edge generator may comprise an edge generator output, an enable input and a delay input. The edge generator may produce at the edge generator output a signal with a delay relative to an edge of the clock specified by a value at the delay input in each cycle of the clock for which the enable input is asserted. The phase locked loop may comprise a reference input and a phase locked loop output configured to provide the periodic signal of the programmable frequency. The delay adjustment circuit may comprise an accumulator that may increase in value by a programmed amount for each cycle of the clock.
US09397669B2
A method and device for calibrating an oscillator and a temperature sensor in an electronic device are provided. A same temperature cycle, which includes at least two distinct temperatures, may be used to obtain data to calibrate both the oscillator and the temperature sensor. One of the distinct temperatures may comprise an ambient temperature, and a second distinct temperature may comprise a heated temperature greater than the ambient temperature. The electronic device (or a calibration device separate from the electronic device) may receive the readings from the oscillator and the temperature sensor at the two distinct temperatures in the same temperature cycle, and may determine an oscillator correction factor and a temperature sensor correction factor.
US09397667B2
A method of providing multiple clock frequencies for an integrated circuit having a plurality of modules. A reference clock signal (fin) is frequency division processed to generate sub-divider outputs of fin divided by a plurality of different (i) prime numbers and (ii) prime numbers raised to an integer power to collectively provide a plurality of prime number-based clock signals that each have a frequency divider factor (divider factor) in a predetermined divider range. For at least a portion of other divider factors, two or more of the sub-divider outputs are combined to generate additional clock signals that each provide an additional divider factor. A first module frequency selects at least a first selected clock signal from the prime number-based clock signals and additional clock signals, and a second module frequency selects at least a second selected clock signal from the prime number-based clock signals and additional clock signals.
