US09466928B2
To minimize the assembly effort of a plug-in connector the plug-in connector has multiple parts in the form of assembled individual parts. The shielding device has first guide in operative connection with a second guide of the contact support, so that the contact support can be inserted into the insulating body or can be attached thereto by a pivoting movement of the shielding device. After manually inserting the contacts into the contact support, the shielding device can be pivoted via the insulating body with a single movement, as a result of which the contact support is inserted into the insulating body, whereby the contacts are finally fixed in the insulating body, the shielding device is latched onto the contact support and as a result the contact support can be fixed in or on the insulating body.
US09466915B2
An in-line connector is disclosed having a plurality of connector components attached in an in-line configuration with a common bore. Depending on the application, the in-line connector can have an end seal and a holding block for securing the in-line connector to a pin, lead, or shaft. The connector components are arranged so that at least one seal element is located between two adjacent conductive contact elements. To provided added biasing force to a seal lip of the at least one seal element, a seal groove is provided with an energizer located therein.
US09466913B2
A plug-in connector, in particular a car charging connector, having a contact support in which at least one contact element is provided. The contact element is connected to a conductor of a connected cable. The contact support is provided in a housing of the plug-in connector and the connected cable protrudes into the housing. The plug-in connector includes a seal which seals at the same time the contact support and a section of the cable that protrudes into the housing.
US09466911B1
A terminal base (100) having a fastening structure includes a body (110), a conductive terminal (200), a metal elastic element (300), and a press block (170). The body (110) includes an accommodating space (120), a wiring hole (130), a receiving hole (140), and a hook element (150) disposed adjacent to the receiving hole (140). The wiring hole (130) and the receiving hole (140) communicate with the accommodating space (120). The hook element (150) is elastically connected to the body (110). The metal elastic element (300) includes a contact end (310) and a movable end (320), the contact end (310) is in contact with the conductive terminal (200), and the movable end (320) is elastically disposed inside the accommodating space (120). The press block (170) is movably disposed in the receiving hole (140), the press block (170) presses the movable end (320) to be engaged with the hook element (150).
US09466908B2
A connector (11) includes a female terminal (13) having a terminal connection section (19) to which a mating male terminal (17) is electrically connected and a conductor connection section (23) and an electric insulating female-side housing (15) for holding the female terminal (13). The female terminal (13) includes a male terminal insertion/extraction opening (37) bored in the terminal connection section (19) and a plurality of spring contact pieces (41), the fixed-side ends (43) of which are fixed to the opening peripheral section of the male terminal insertion/extraction opening (37) and the free-side ends (45) of which elastically make contact with the male terminal (17) inserted into the male terminal insertion/extraction opening (37).
US09466907B2
A terminal used in a connector includes a base portion that is retained in a housing, and a front terminal and a rear terminal that extend from the base portion. A front terminal is provided with a front contact portion that comes in contact with a mating terminal through a flat plate surface of the front contact portion, and a rear terminal is provided with a rear contact portion that comes in contact with a terminal of a mating connector through a flat plate surface of the rear contact portion. The front contact portion and the rear contact portion are arranged at the same position in a width direction.
US09466900B1
Various apparatus and methods of electrically connecting a packaged integrated circuit to a circuit board are disclosed. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a first frame to be mounted on the circuit board and having a first end. An insulating housing is adapted to be mounted on the circuit board and positioned in the first frame. A second frame is pivotally coupled to the first frame. The second frame includes two spaced-apart rail members and a cross member coupled to and between the rail members opposite the first end of the second frame. The rail members are operable to receive the packaged integrated circuit. The second frame has at least one engagement member to engage a first portion of the insulating housing when the second frame is pivoted toward the insulating housing. A third frame is pivotally coupled to the first frame to apply force to the packaged integrated circuit.
US09466894B2
An electrical connection terminal structure includes: a main body defining a chamber; a metal leaf spring disposed in the chamber, the metal leaf spring being movable with the motion of a shift member to press a conductive wire into electrical connection or release the conductive wire; and an elastic unit mounted in the chamber. When the metal leaf spring is released from the pressing of the shift member to release the conductive wire from the pressing, the elastic unit normally makes the metal leaf spring and the shift member move toward a position where the conductive wire is released. This improves the shortcoming of the conventional electrical connection terminal that when released, the metal leaf spring is apt to interfere with the conductive wire and make it hard to extract the conductive wire out of the main body.
US09466888B2
An antenna feed with mode suppression includes a transition section, having a window for connecting to an output port of a waveguide and having inner and outer conductors forming a coaxial waveguide that couples energy from the waveguide into a horizontal TE11 mode in the coaxial waveguide. A polarizer section is coupled to the transition section and generates circular polarization from the horizontal mode of the transition section. A radiator section is coupled to the polarizer and provides an output signal for the antenna feed. The transition section includes an electrical short coupling the inner and outer conductors. The electrical short is disposed adjacent to the window of the transition section. A dielectric block is also disposed between the inner and outer conductors and adjacent to the electrical short along the axis of the coaxial waveguide. A surface of the dielectric block is coated with a thin film sheet resistance.
US09466887B2
A steerable artificial impedance surface antenna steerable in phi and theta angles including a dielectric substrate, a plurality of metallic strips on a first surface of the dielectric substrate, the metallic strips spaced apart across a length of the dielectric substrate and each metallic strip extending along a width of the dielectric substrate, and surface wave feeds spaced apart along the width of the dielectric substrate near an edge of the dielectric substrate, wherein the dielectric substrate is substantially in an X-Y plane defined by an X axis and a Y axis, wherein the phi angle is an angle in the X-Y plane relative to the X axis, and wherein the theta angle is an angle relative to a Z axis orthogonal to the X-Y plane.
US09466876B2
An antenna comprises first and second conducting elements and first, second and third conducting lines. Each conducting element has a conductive surface. The first conducting line provides a short circuit between the conductive surfaces. The second conducting line has a first end electrically connected to one conductive surface and a second, free end. The third conducting line has a first end electrically connected to the other conductive surface and a second, free end. The second and third conducting lines are aligned along an axis X-X and each of the second ends of the second and third conducting lines serves as one of the terminals of a two terminal port F for feeding an RF signal of wavelength λ to the antenna. The first and second conducting elements are arranged with the conductive surfaces a face-to-face relationship, spaced apart by a distance d and the first, second and third conducting lines are arranged such that, when an RF signal is fed to the antenna, currents caused to flow in one conductive surface generate a magnetic field that at least partially cancels out the magnetic field generated by currents caused to flow in the other conductive surface and currents are caused to flow in the first, second and third conducting lines.
US09466875B2
An antenna system is disclosed. The antenna system includes a printed circuit board, a metallic frame surrounding and electrically connecting with the printed circuit board, a low frequency antenna unit electrically connecting to the metallic frame and an antenna feed, a high frequency antenna unit electrically connecting to the metallic frame and the antenna feed, a ground terminal disposed on the metallic frame for grounding the metallic frame, and an adjusting terminal for being grounded via a matching component for adjusting the low frequency performance of the antenna system. The antenna system enables covering the operational frequency bands of 791 MHz˜960 MHz, and 1710 MHz˜2690 MHz. By virtue of the adjusting terminal, ultra wide low frequency of dual-resonance is accordingly performed.
US09466869B2
Mobile communication devices, e.g., cellphones, may integrate an antenna array that includes one or more antenna to form radio beams at a preferred direction and a signal locator to identify coordinates corresponding to a strongest signal strength and direct the antenna array towards the strongest single strength.
US09466859B2
A method for manufacturing (large format) Lithium Battery packs, comprising the steps of providing one or more electrochemical cells, entering the one or more electrochemical cells into a pouch, partly sealing the pouch with the one or more electrochemical cells, entering the pouch with the one or more electrochemical cells into a drying oven, resting the pouch in the drying oven for a defined time, removing the pouch from the drying oven, transferring the dried pouches to an electrolyte filling station, filling the pouch with electrolyte and sealing the pouch wherein the manufacturing steps are performed under a normal manufacturing environment conditions, and only selected critical manufacturing steps are performed under dry room conditions.
US09466854B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode containing a titanium-containing oxide, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains carbon monoxide and at least one selected from difluorophosphoric acid and monofluorophosphoric acid. The ratio of the mass concentration of carbon monoxide to the sum of the mass concentrations of difluorophosphoric acid and monofluorophosphoric acid is in the range of 0.1 to 5%.
US09466853B2
Compositions and methods of making are provided for a high energy density aluminum battery. The battery comprises an anode comprising aluminum metal. The battery further comprises a cathode comprising a material capable of intercalating aluminum or lithium ions during a discharge cycle and deintercalating the aluminum or lithium ions during a charge cycle. The battery further comprises an electrolyte capable of supporting reversible deposition and stripping of aluminum at the anode, and reversible intercalation and deintercalation of aluminum or lithium at the cathode.
US09466851B2
This fuel-cell gas diffusion layer includes a conductive porous layer constituted by: porous carbon formed so as to have a porosity distribution substantially uniform in a stacking direction with respect to a membrane electrode assembly; and a PTFE resin arranged dispersedly across the inside of the carbon. When a ratio of a surface of the carbon to a surface that is exposed without being covered with the PTFE resin is defined as an exposure ratio, the exposure ratio of a surface, on a cathode electrode side, of the conductive porous layer, is higher than the exposure ratio, on a diffusion-layer base material side, of the conductive porous layer.
US09466840B2
A positive electrode paste for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided. The positive electrode paste includes a binder and a positive electrode active material. The binder includes a resin including polyvinyl acetal as a basic skeleton, the resin having a weight average molecular weight of 50000 to 140000 and having a hydroxyl group content of 42 to 60 mol %; and polyvinylidene fluoride having a weight average molecular weight of 800000 to 1200000.
US09466830B1
The present invention is directed to energy storage devices and methods thereof. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for forming lithiated electrode material. In various embodiments, a conversion material is processed using n-BuLi solution to form iron nanoparticles and lithiated fluoride and/or oxide material. There are other embodiments as well.
US09466829B2
Provided is a lithium-manganese-type solid solution positive electrode material capable of effectively suppressing gas generation in an initial cycle. Proposed is a lithium-manganese-type solid solution positive electrode material that includes a monoclinic structure of C2/m in a hexagonal structure of a space group R-3m. The lithium-manganese-type solid solution positive electrode material contains a solid solution expressed by a composition formula: xLi4/3Mn2/3O2+(1−x)LiMnαCoβNiγO2 (in the formula, 0.2≦α≦0.6, 0≦β≦0.4, and 0.2≦γ≦0.6). In the composition formula, x is equal to or more than 0.36 and less than 0.50.
US09466822B2
A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells and a flexible bus. Each of the battery cells has a main body, a first terminal disposed on the main body, and a second terminal disposed on the main body. The main body includes active material configured to generate power from an electrochemical reaction. The bus includes an electrical current harness configured to conduct an electrical current through the battery module and a battery management system configured to detect and transmit status information, as well as selectively control a charging and a discharging of at least one of the battery cells.
US09466818B2
An organic light emitting diode display device comprises: first and second substrates facing and spaced apart from each other; a gate line and a data line on the first substrate, the gate line and the data line crossing each other to define a plurality of pixel regions; at least one thin film transistor coupled to the gate line and the data line; a light emitting diode coupled to the at least one thin film transistor, the light emitting diode including a first electrode, an emitting layer and a second electrode; and a passivation layer on the light emitting diode, the passivation layer having a smaller area than the second electrode.
US09466817B2
A method of manufacturing a display device includes preparing a multilayout display panel which has a structure of a first substrate and a second substrate which are bonded to each other and is able to be cut into a plurality of products, scribing the first substrate, bending and breaking the scribed first substrate, performing thinning on the second substrate and the broken first substrate by chemical polishing, scribing the second substrate which is subjected to chemical polishing, and bending and breaking the scribed second substrate.
US09466816B2
An organic light emitting display includes: a substrate; a first electrode on the substrate; an organic light emitting layer on the first electrode; a second electrode formed on the organic light emitting layer; a non-resonance reflection inducing layer on the second electrode; and a capping layer on the non-resonance reflection inducing layer.
US09466810B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes a substrate including a pixel area and a surrounding peripheral area. The pixel area includes at least one pixel including an organic light emitting element. The OLED display includes a common voltage line disposed in the peripheral area and configured to transmit a common voltage to the pixel area, a barrier rib disposed on the substrate and covering one side of the common voltage line, a protection member covering another side of the common voltage line, at least one thin film transistor (TFT) disposed in the pixel area, a first electrode disposed in the pixel area and connected to the at least one TFT, an organic emission layer disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the organic emission layer and connected to the common voltage line, and an encapsulation layer disposed on the protection member and the second electrode.
US09466809B2
The present invention provides an OLED packaging method and structure. The method includes the following steps: providing an OLED substrate (1) and a package cover (4) and forming an alignment mark on the package cover (4); forming a circle of patternized desiccant layer (3) on the package cover (4); coating a circle of frame resin (5) on the package cover (4) at an outer side of the desiccant layer (3); attaching the package cover (4) and the OLED substrate (1) to each other; and subjecting the frame resin (5) to irradiation of a UV light source or heating for curing so as to complete packaging of the OLED substrate (1) with he package cover (4).
US09466804B2
Provided is an organic light-emitting element having high light-emitting efficiency and a long element lifetime. The organic light-emitting element includes an anode, a cathode, and an organic compound layer placed between the anode and the cathode, and the organic compound layer includes an iridium complex represented by the following general formula [1] and a metal complex represented by the following general formula [9]. Ir(L1)(L2)(L3) [1] MLL′ [9].
US09466803B1
Disclosed is a compound represented by Formula 1, an organic electric element comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic material layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an electronic device comprising the organic electric element, wherein the organic material layer comprises the compound of Formula 1 to reduce driving voltage and improve luminous efficiency, and life span.
US09466795B2
Memory cells with recessed electrode contacts and methods of forming the same are provided. An example memory cell can include an electrode contact formed in a substrate. An upper surface of the electrode contact is recessed a distance relative to an upper surface of the substrate. A first portion of a memory element is formed on an upper surface of the electrode contact and the upper surface of the substrate.
US09466777B2
Provided are interconnect circuits for combined electrical and thermal energy transfer to devices connected to these circuits. Also provided are methods of fabricating such interconnect circuits. An interconnect circuit may include an electro-thermal conductor and at least one insulator providing support to different portions of the conductor with respect to each other. The insulator may include one or more openings for electrical connections and/or heat exchange with the electro-thermal conductor. The portions of the conductor may be electrically isolated from each other in the final circuit. Initially, these portions may be formed from the same conductive sheet, such as a metal foil having a thickness of at least about 50 micrometers. This thickness ensures sufficient thermal transfer in addition to providing excellent electrical conductance. In some embodiments, the conductor may include a surface coating to protect its base material from oxidation, enhancing electrical connections, and/or other purposes.
US09466768B2
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor light-emitting device, comprising: a plurality of semiconductor layers grown sequentially using a growth substrate; a first electrode for providing either electrons or holes to a first semiconductor layer; a non-conductive reflective film formed over a second semiconductor layer to reflect light from an active layer towards the first semiconductor layer which is on the growth substrate side; and a finger electrode formed between the plurality of semiconductor layers and the non-conductive reflective film, which is extended so as to provide remaining electrons or holes to the second semiconductor layer, which is in electrical communication with the second semiconductor layer, and which has an electrical connection for receiving the remaining electrons or holes.
US09466762B2
A base for making an epitaxial structure is provided. The base includes a substrate and a carbon nanotube layer. The substrate has an epitaxial growth surface. The carbon nanotube layer is located on the epitaxial growth surface. The carbon nanotube layer defines a plurality of apertures to expose part of the epitaxial growth surface so that an epitaxial layer can grow from an exposed epitaxial growth surface and through the apertures. A method for making an epitaxial structure using the base is also provided.
US09466742B2
A photoelectric conversion material is disclosed in the present invention and comprises at least a cone material. The cone material is composed of an isomer and comprises a plurality of grains. The sizes of the grains are arranged from smaller ones to larger ones along a direction. In the meantime, a method for fabricating the above photoelectric conversion material is also disclosed here. The method comprises the following steps. First, a precursor is provided. The precursor comprises at least a cone material and the cone material is a multilayer structured material, such as sodium titanate and potassium titanate, formed by stacking first materials and second materials. And then, the precursor is annealed to let the second materials leave from the cone material, and the cone material becomes the above photoelectric conversion material with a plurality of grains.
US09466729B1
Bonded semiconductor device structures and device structure fabrication processes to obviate the need for SOI wafers in many device fabrication applications are disclosed. In some examples, an etch stop layer is formed in situ during fabrication of an active device structure on a bulk semiconductor wafer. The etch stop layer enables the active device structure to be separated from the bulk semiconductor wafer in a layer transfer process in which the active device structure is bonded to a handle wafer. These examples enable the production of high-performance and low-power semiconductor devices (e.g., fully or partially depleted channel transistors) while avoiding the high costs of SOI wafers. In some examples, the gate masks the etch stop layer implant in a self-aligned process to create a fully depleted channel under the gate and deeper implants in the source and drain regions without requiring a separate masking layer.
US09466728B2
A highly reliable semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device is manufactured with a high yield, so that high productivity is achieved. In a semiconductor device including a transistor in which a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer are provided over and in contact with an oxide semiconductor film, entry of impurities and formation of oxygen vacancies in an end face portion of the oxide semiconductor film are suppressed. This can prevent fluctuation in the electric characteristics of the transistor which is caused by formation of a parasitic channel in the end face portion of the oxide semiconductor film.
US09466726B2
Provided is a bottom-gate transistor including an oxide semiconductor, in which electric-field concentration which might occur in the vicinity of an end portion of a drain electrode layer (and the vicinity of an end portion of a source electrode layer) when a high gate voltage is applied to a gate electrode layer is reduced and degradation of switching characteristics is suppressed, so that the reliability is improved. The cross-sectional shape of an insulating layer which overlaps over a channel formation region is a tapered shape. The thickness of the insulating layer which overlaps over the channel formation region is 0.3 μm or less, preferably 5 nm or more and 0.1 μm or less. The taper angle θ of a lower end portion of the cross-sectional shape of the insulating layer which overlaps over the channel formation region is 60° or smaller, preferably 45° or smaller, further preferably 30° or smaller.
US09466723B1
A method includes forming a placeholder source/drain contact structure above a semiconductor material. A conformal deposition process is performed to form a liner layer above the placeholder contact structure. A dielectric layer is formed above the liner layer. A first planarization process is performed to remove material of the dielectric layer and expose a first top surface of the liner layer above the placeholder contact structure. A first cap layer is formed above the dielectric layer. A second planarization process is performed to remove material of the first cap layer and the liner layer to expose a second top surface of the placeholder contact structure. The placeholder contact structure is removed to define a source/drain contact recess in the dielectric layer. The sidewalls of the dielectric layer in the source/drain contact recess are covered by the liner layer. A conductive material is formed in the contact recess.
US09466721B1
A semiconductor device may include a fin active region including a lower fin active region surrounded by a device isolation layer and an upper fin active region protruding from a top surface of the device isolation layer, a gate pattern disposed on top and side surfaces of the upper fin active region, and a source/drain region formed in the fin active region located at a side of the gate pattern. The gate pattern extends onto the device isolation region. The source/drain region includes a trench and epitaxial layers that fill the trench. Sidewalls of the trench include first sidewalls and second sidewalls that connect the first sidewalls to a bottom surface of the trench. The bottom surface of the trench is located at a lower level than the top surface of the device isolation layer beneath the gate pattern, and the second sidewalls of the trench have inclined {111} planes.
US09466717B1
The present disclosure provides, in a first aspect, a semiconductor device including an SOI substrate portion, a gate structure formed on the SOI substrate portion and source and drain regions having respective source and drain height levels, wherein the source and drain height levels are different. The semiconductor device may be formed by forming a gate structure over an SOI substrate portion, recessing the SOI substrate portion at one side of the gate structure so as to form a trench adjacent to the gate structure and forming source and drain regions at opposing sides of the gate structure, one of the source and drain regions being formed in the trench.
US09466716B2
A semiconductor includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate stack on the semiconductor substrate, and a stressor having at least a portion in the semiconductor substrate and adjacent to the gate stack. The stressor includes a first stressor region and a second stressor region on the first stressor region, wherein the second stressor region extends laterally closer to a channel region underlying the gate stack than the first stressor region.
US09466710B2
A semiconductor device includes a gate electrode, a top source region disposed next to the gate electrode, a drain region disposed below the bottom of the gate electrode, a dielectric disposed on top of the gate electrode, and a doped polysilicon spacer disposed on the source region and along a sidewall of the dielectric. Methods for manufacturing such device are also disclosed. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US09466709B2
In a general aspect, an apparatus can include a semiconductor substrate, a drift region disposed in the semiconductor substrate; a body region disposed in the drift region and a source region disposed in the body region. The apparatus can also include a gate trench disposed in the semiconductor substrate. The apparatus can further include a gate dielectric disposed on a sidewall and a bottom surface of the gate trench, the gate dielectric on the sidewall defining a first interface with the body region and the gate dielectric on the bottom surface defining a second interface with the body region. The apparatus can still further include a gate electrode disposed on the gate dielectric and a lateral channel region disposed in the body region, the lateral channel region being defined along the second interface.
US09466704B2
A nonvolatile memory device and method of manufacturing the same are provided. In the nonvolatile memory device, a blocking insulation layer is provided between a trap insulation layer and a gate electrode. A fixed charge layer spaced apart from the gate electrode is provided in the blocking insulation layer. Accordingly, the reliability of the nonvolatile memory device is improved.
US09466698B2
An electronic device can include different vertical conductive structures that can be formed at different times. The vertical conductive structures can have the same or different shapes. In an embodiment, an insulating spacer can be used to help electrically insulate a particular vertical conductive structure from another part of the workpiece, and an insulating spacer may not be used to electrically isolate a different vertical conductive structure. The vertical conductive structures can be tailored for particular electrical considerations or to a process flow when formation of other electronic components may also be formed within either or both of the particular vertical conductive structures.
US09466696B2
A device includes a semiconductor fin, a gate dielectric on sidewalls of the semiconductor fin, a gate electrode over the gate dielectric, and isolation regions. The isolation regions include a first portion on a side of the semiconductor fin, wherein the first portion is underlying and aligned to a portion of the gate electrode. The semiconductor fin is over a first top surface of the first portion of the isolation regions. The isolation regions further include second portions on opposite sides of the portion of the gate electrode. The second top surfaces of the second portions of the isolation regions are higher than the first top surface of the isolation regions.
US09466695B2
A valve is provided with a casing forming an enclosure for fluid flow with a fluid inlet and outlet, a shutter cooperating with a seat integral with the casing that closes the inlet or outlet, and a device controlling the shutter position relative to the seat. The control device includes an inductor and armature magnetically coupled for the inductor to drive the armature in rotation to selectively cause the shutter to move closer to or to move away from the seat, with the inductor being stationary relative to the casing. The armature is positioned inside the enclosure and is stationary relative to a screw carrying the shutter, with the screw cooperating with a nut integral with the casing to transform a rotation of the armature into a translation of the shutter.
US09466693B1
A method of a fin-shaped field effect transistor (finFET) device includes forming at least one fin that extends in a first direction; covering the fin with a dummy gate stack that extends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and that divides the at least one fin into source and drain regions on opposing sides of the replacement gate stack; covering the source and drain regions with an interlayer dielectric; replacing the dummy gate stack with a replacement metal gate stack; performing a first anneal at a first temperature after the replacement metal gate stack has replaced the dummy gate stack; and after performing the first anneal: recessing a top portion of the interlayer dielectric; and forming metallic source and drain regions.
US09466689B2
A semiconductor device includes an input electrode provided on a front surface of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type and an output electrode provided on a rear surface of the semiconductor substrate. The device has reduced deterioration of electrical characteristics when manufactured by a method including introducing impurities into the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate; activating the impurities using a first annealing process to form a first semiconductor layer, which is a contact portion in contact with the output electrode, in a surface layer of the rear surface; radiating protons to the rear surface; and activating the protons radiated using a second annealing process to form a second semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type, which has a higher impurity concentration than the semiconductor substrate, in a region that is deeper than the first semiconductor layer from the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate.
US09466679B2
A device is provided that comprises a first pillar disposed in a first region and overlying a base structure, and a second pillar disposed in a second region and overlying the base structure and being spaced apart from the first pillar by a device region. A bridge is disposed in the device region with a first end connected to the first pillar and a second end connected to the second pillar. The bridge includes a top, sides, and a bottom. The bridge is formed from one or more heterostructures with an undercut opening extending from the bottom to an underlying structure. A four-sided conductive contact wraps around and substantially surrounds the bridge around its top, its sides, and its bottom along at least a portion of its length between the first and second end.
US09466678B2
The present invention relates to a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, an epitaxial structure, and a recess. The epitaxial structure is disposed in the substrate. The recess is formed in the epitaxial structure, where the recess has a cross-section in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, and at least one portion of the recess is gradually expanded from an opening of the recess.
US09466670B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of forming a transistor device having a channel region comprising a sandwich film stack with a plurality of different layers that improve device performance, and an associated apparatus. In some embodiments, the method is performed by selectively etching a semiconductor substrate to form a recess along a top surface of the semiconductor substrate. A sandwich film stack having a plurality of nested layers is formed within the recess. At least two of the nested layers include different materials that improve different aspects of the performance of the transistor device. A gate structure is formed over the sandwich film stack. The gate structure controls the flow of charge carriers in a channel region having the sandwich film stack, which is laterally positioned between a source region and a drain region disposed within the semiconductor substrate.
US09466662B2
In one embodiment, an energy storage device (e.g., capacitor) may include a porous silicon layer formed within a substrate. The porous silicon layer includes pores with a mean pore diameter less than approximately 100 nanometers. A first conductive layer is formed on the porous silicon layer and a first dielectric layer is formed on the first conductive layer. A second conductive layer is formed on the first dielectric layer to form the capacitor.
US09466659B2
Wafer-level methods of forming circuit elements, such as multilayer inductors or transformers, are provided. The methods include, for instance: forming, in at least one layer above a substrate, at least one conductive portion of the circuit element; providing an uncured polymer-dielectric material surrounding, at least in part, and overlying the conductive portion(s) of the element; partially curing the polymer-dielectric material to obtain a partially-hardened, polymer-dielectric material; and polishing the partially-hardened, polymer-dielectric material down to the conductive portion(s). The polishing planarizes the partially-hardened, polymer-dielectric material and exposes an upper surface of the conductive portion(s) to facilitate forming at least one other conductive portion of the element above and in electrical contact with the conductive portion(s). After polishing, curing of the polymer-dielectric material is completed. In one embodiment, the conductive portion(s) and the other conductive portion(s) define, at least in part, a conductive coil(s) of the element.
US09466658B2
An organic light emitting display device may include a substrate and a plurality of pixels. The plurality of pixels may be arranged on the substrate, and each of the pixels may include an opaque region and a transparent region. Here, the opaque region may include a first sub-pixel region in which a first sub-pixel is disposed, a second sub-pixel region in which a second sub-pixel is disposed, a third sub-pixel region in which a third sub-pixel is disposed, and a wiring region in which a plurality of wirings is arranged. A sub-pixel region among the first sub-pixel region, the second sub-pixel region, and the third sub-pixel region is overlapped with the wiring region.
US09466647B2
A flat panel display device includes: a substrate; an insulating layer having first, second, and third openings; a plurality of first lines on the insulating layer overlapped with the first openings, extending in a first direction, and including a first organic light-emitting layer; a plurality of second lines on the insulating layer overlapped with the second openings, extending in the first direction, and including a second organic light-emitting layer that is different from the first organic light-emitting layer; and a plurality of third lines on the insulating layer overlapped with the third openings, extending in the first direction, and including a third organic light-emitting layer that is different from the first and second organic light-emitting layers. Adjacent first and second lines are partially overlapped with each other, and the first, second, and third lines are not overlapped with the openings overlapped with other ones of the lines.
US09466646B2
An on-cell Touch Screen Panel (TSP) Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED) structure is provided. The on-cell TSP AMOLED structure includes an AMOLED, a display driver for driving the AMOLED, a display driver reinforcing material positioned at an upper part of the display driver, and a window positioned at an upper part of the display driver reinforcing material, wherein a resin or Optical Clear Adhesive (OCA) is applied between an upper surface of the display driver reinforcing material and a lower surface of the window. Therefore, separation and twist of a display driver reinforcing material can be prevented.
US09466635B2
A pixel circuit includes: a photodetector, a signal adjustment circuit and a switch circuit. The photodetector is employed for generating an output signal in response to light that is incident thereon. The signal adjustment circuit is coupled to the photodetector, and employed for selectively adjusting the output signal to allow the output signal to have a plurality of different logarithmic functions in respect to an intensity of the light. The switch circuit is coupled to the signal adjustment circuit and the photodetector, and employed for coupling the photodetector to the signal adjustment circuit.
US09466632B2
Disclosed are an image sensor package and an image sensor module having the same. A diffusion resistor is provided on a circuit board for preventing liquid drop diffusion when the liquid drop is compressed. An image sensor chip is mounted on the circuit board such that a central portion of the image sensor chip is positioned on the diffusion resistor of the circuit board. A bonding member is interposed between the circuit board and the image sensor chip around the diffusion resistor such that a bonding area of the image sensor chip is smaller than a surface area of a bonding face of the image sensor chip. Warpage characteristics of the image sensor package are improved by the diffusion resistor.
US09466623B2
A method of fabricating a display device includes forming a thin-film transistor including a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode on a substrate, forming a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer on the thin-film transistor, forming a common electrode on the second insulating layer by depositing a common electrode material on the second insulating layer, plasma-treating a photoresist pattern on the common electrode material, and etching the common electrode material using the plasma-treated photoresist pattern as a mask, defining a contact hole in the second insulating layer which corresponds to the drain electrode using the plasma-treated photoresist pattern and the common electrode as a mask, forming a third insulating layer on the second insulating layer and the common electrode to expose the contact hole and the drain electrode and forming a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode on the third insulating layer.
US09466619B2
To provide a novel resistor. To provide a display device having a novel structure that can improve its reliability. To provide a display device having a novel structure that can reduce electrostatic discharge damages. The resistor includes a semiconductor layer and an insulating layer formed over the semiconductor layer, and the semiconductor layer is an oxide represented by an In-M-Zn oxide that contains at least indium (In), zinc (Zn), and M (M is a metal such as Al, Ga, Ge, Y, Zr, Sn, La, Ce, or Hf) and the insulating layer contains at least hydrogen.
US09466617B2
A display panel includes a first substrate, a first thin film transistor disposed on the first substrate, a color filter disposed on the first thin film transistor, a passivation layer disposed on the color filter, a first opening being formed through the passivation layer and extending into the color filter, and a first pixel electrode disposed on the passivation layer, electrically connected to the first thin film transistor, and overlapping the first opening.
US09466611B2
An integrated circuit device according to one embodiment includes a plurality of first electrode films stacked spaced from each other, a plurality of second electrode films stacked spaced from each other on the plurality of first electrode films and extending in one direction, a semiconductor pillar penetrating the first electrode films and the second electrode films, a memory film provided between the first electrode films and the semiconductor pillar and capable of storing charge, a gate insulating film provided between the second electrode films and the semiconductor pillar, and a spacer film electrically connecting width-direction edges of the plurality of second electrode films to each other.
US09466599B2
An input/output (IO) circuit including: an IO driver circuit; an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection semiconductor switch with a first input configured to receive an ESD, a second input connected to an ESD rail, and a switch control input; an ESD trigger circuit connected to the switch control input, wherein the ESD trigger circuit is configured to produce a trigger signal to close the protection semiconductor switch when the ESD detection circuit detects an ESD; and a bias circuit configured to provide a back bias signal to an isolated well of the ESD protection semiconductor switch when IO circuit is in normal operation.
US09466595B2
Methods of forming a microelectronic structure are described. Those methods comprise forming a bond between a non-device side of a first die and a non-device side of a second die, wherein forming the bond between the non-device side of the first die and the non-device side of the second die does not comprise using an interfacial glue.
US09466591B2
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip that includes a first main surface, a first inductor formed on the first main surface, and a first external connection terminal formed on the first main surface; a second semiconductor chip that includes a second main surface, a second inductor formed on the second main surface, a second external connection terminal formed on the second main surface; and a first insulating film that is located between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip, wherein the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip overlap each other such that the first main surface and the second main face each other, the semiconductor device includes a facing region in which the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip overlap each other when seen in a plan view.
US09466587B2
A microelectronic package includes a subassembly including a first substrate and first and second microelectronic elements having contact-bearing faces facing towards oppositely-facing first and second surfaces of the first substrate and each having contacts electrically connected with the first substrate. The contact-bearing faces of the first and second microelectronic elements at least partially overlie one another. Leads electrically connect the subassembly with a second substrate, at least portions of the leads being aligned with an aperture in the second substrate. The leads can include wire bonds extending through an aperture in the first substrate and joined to contacts of the first microelectronic element aligned with the first substrate aperture. In one example, the subassembly can be electrically connected with the second substrate using electrically conductive spacer elements.
US09466584B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a first step of forming a first electrode on one main surface side of a semiconductor wafer; a second step of bonding a first film to another main surface side of the semiconductor wafer; a third step of bonding a second film to an outer peripheral portion of the semiconductor wafer by applying pressure to the second film on the semiconductor wafer using a plurality of cylindrical rollers, after the second step; and a fourth step of forming a plating layer on the first electrode on the one main surface side of the semiconductor wafer by a plating process, after the third step.
US09466572B2
An integrated circuit with non-volatile memory cells shielded from ultraviolet light by a shielding structure compatible with chemical-mechanical processing. The disclosed shielding structure includes a roof structure with sides; along each side are spaced-apart contact posts, each with a width on the order of the wavelength of ultraviolet light to be shielded, and spaced apart by a distance that is also on the order of the wavelength of ultraviolet light to be shielded. The contact posts may be provided in multiple rows, and extending to a diffused region or to a polysilicon ring or both. The multiple rows may be aligned with one another or staggered relative to one another.
US09466567B2
An e-fuse is provided in one area of a semiconductor substrate. The E-fuse includes a vertical stack of from, bottom to top, base metal semiconductor alloy portion, a first metal semiconductor alloy portion, a second metal semiconductor portion, a third metal semiconductor alloy portion and a fourth metal semiconductor alloy portion, wherein the first metal semiconductor alloy portion and the third metal semiconductor portion have outer edges that are vertically offset and do not extend beyond vertical edges of the second metal semiconductor alloy portion and the fourth metal semiconductor alloy portion.
US09466566B2
An arrangement of nonvolatile memory devices, having at least one memory device level stacked level by level above a semiconductor substrate, each memory level comprising an oxide layer substantially disposed above a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of word lines substantially disposed above the oxide layer; a plurality of bit lines substantially disposed above the oxide layer; a plurality of via plugs substantially in electrical contact with the word lines and, an anti-fuse dielectric material substantially disposed on side walls beside the bit lines and substantially in contact with the plurality of bit lines side wall anti-fuse dielectrics.
US09466565B2
A transistor comprises a substrate, a pair of spacers on the substrate, a gate dielectric layer on the substrate and between the pair of spacers, a gate electrode layer on the gate dielectric layer and between the pair of spacers, an insulating cap layer on the gate electrode layer and between the pair of spacers, and a pair of diffusion regions adjacent to the pair of spacers. The insulating cap layer forms an etch stop structure that is self aligned to the gate and prevents the contact etch from exposing the gate electrode, thereby preventing a short between the gate and contact. The insulator-cap layer enables self-aligned contacts, allowing initial patterning of wider contacts that are more robust to patterning limitations.
US09466561B2
A packaged semiconductor device is disclosed. The device comprises a substrate having multiple layers between first and second oppositely disposed faces, and a cavity with an opening at the first face to nest at least one integrated circuit memory device. Logic circuitry is disposed on the second face and includes contacts for electrically coupling to the stacked integrated circuit memory devices. The logic circuitry is coupled to electrical contacts formed on the first face through first electrical paths formed in the multiple layers of the substrate, the first electrical paths including conductive traces and vias.
US09466558B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, amounting substrate which has wiring layers containing copper, and a joining layer which is provided between the semiconductor element and the wiring layer and made of an alloy containing copper and metal other than copper, and in which a melting point of the alloy is higher than a melting point of the metal.
US09466556B2
A lead frame includes an outer lead and a plating layer that covers a lower surface and side surfaces of the outer lead. The plating layer does not cover the upper surface of the outer lead. A frame base material is exposed from the plating layer at the upper surface of the outer lead.
US09466548B2
A semiconductor device incorporating a heat spreader and improved to inhibit dielectric breakdown is provided. The semiconductor device has an electrically conductive heat spreader having a bottom surface, a sheet member having a front surface and a back surface electrically insulated from each other, IGBTs and diodes fixed on the heat spreader and electrically connected thereto, and a molding resin. The front surface contacts with the bottom surface and has a peripheral portion jutting out from edges thereof. The molding resin encapsulates the front surface of the sheet member, the heat spreader and the semiconductor elements. At least part of the back surface of the sheet member is exposed out of the molding resin. The heat spreader has, at a corner of its bottom surface, corner portions having a beveled shape or a curved-surface shape as seen in plan and having a rectangular shape as seen in section.
US09466524B2
Methods for depositing metal layers, and more specifically TaN layers, using CVD and ALD techniques are provided. In one or more embodiments, the method includes sequentially exposing a substrate to a metal precursor, or more specifically a tantalum precursor, followed by a high frequency plasma.
US09466517B2
According to one embodiment, a microwave annealing apparatus is provided, including a housing shielding electromagnetic waves, a first electromagnetic wave source configured to apply a first electromagnetic wave into the housing, a second electromagnetic wave source configured to apply, into the housing, a second electromagnetic wave having a higher frequency than the first electromagnetic wave, a susceptor configured to hold a semiconductor substrate, made of a material transparent to the first electromagnetic wave and provided in the housing, a temperature measuring device configured to measure the temperature of the semiconductor substrate, and a control unit configured to control the power of each of the first and second electromagnetic wave sources in accordance with the temperature measured by the temperature measuring device.
US09466510B2
A technique comprising: mounting a device substrate on a processing support, forming one or more electronic elements on the device substrate with the device substrate thus mounted on the processing support; wherein the device substrate comprises an organic support structure, and provides primary protection for the overlying electronic elements against the ingress of a degrading species from a side of the device substrate opposite to the one or more electronic elements.
US09466505B2
A method includes forming a layer of material above a semiconductor substrate and performing a first sidewall image transfer process to form a first plurality of spacers and a second plurality of spacers above the layer of material, wherein the first and second pluralities of spacers are positioned above respective first and second regions of the semiconductor substrate and have a same initial width and a same pitch spacing. A masking layer is formed above the layer of material so as to cover the first plurality of spacers and expose the second plurality of spacers, and a first etching process is performed through the masking layer on the exposed second plurality of spacers so as to form a plurality of reduced-width spacers having a width that is less than the initial width, wherein the first plurality of spacers and the plurality of reduced-width spacers define an etch mask.
US09466503B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a second insulating layer over a first insulating layer, forming a mask over the second insulating layer, after the forming the mask, a first etching of the second insulating layer which is not covered by the mask, and after the first etching, a second etching of the second insulating layer and the first insulating layer which are not covered by the mask. At the first etching, the second insulating layer left over the first insulating layer and the first insulating layer is not exposed. At the second etching, the left over second insulating layer and the first insulating layer are etched. The first insulating layer has a lower dielectric constant than the second insulating layer. A second etching condition of the second etching includes a larger flow rate of oxygen than a first etching condition of the first etching.
US09466501B2
Provided is a method of planarizing a semiconductor device. A dielectric layer is formed over a substrate. A plurality of openings is formed in the dielectric layer. The openings have varying distribution densities. The openings are filled with a metal material. A first chemical-mechanical-polishing (CMP) process is performed to remove portions of the metal material over the dielectric layer. Thereafter, a sacrificial layer is formed over the dielectric layer and the metal material. The sacrificial layer has a planar surface. The sacrificial layer is formed through one of: a spin-on process or a flowable chemical vapor deposition (FCVD) process. A second CMP process is then performed to remove the sacrificial layer and portions of the dielectric layer and the metal material therebelow. The second CMP process uses a slurry configured to have a substantially similar polishing selectivity between the sacrificial layer, the dielectric layer, and the metal material.
US09466497B1
The invention provides a method for fabricating a silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon (SONOS) non-volatile memory cell, comprising: (S1) forming a pad oxide pattern on a silicon substrate having a recess exposing a tunnel region of the silicon substrate; (S2) forming a bottom oxide layer, a nitride layer, a top oxide layer covering the recess and the pad oxide pattern to form a first ONO structure; (S3) forming a photoresist on the first ONO structure covering the recess and a peripheral region of the pad oxide pattern; (S4) removing a part of the first ONO structure exposed by the photoresist to form an U-shaped ONO structure; (S5) trimming the photoresist to exposed a part of the U-shaped ONO structure above the recess; (S6) removing the part of the U-shaped ONO structure; (S7) removing the photoresist; (S8) removing the pad oxide pattern and the top oxide layer; and (S9) forming a gate structure.
US09466495B2
Systems and methods are provided for fabricating semiconductor devices. For example, a substrate is provided. A polymer layer is formed on the substrate. An oxygen-based plasma is applied to remove the polymer layer. An oxidizing solution is applied to generate a dielectric layer. A conductive layer is formed on the dielectric layer.
US09466494B2
An improved conductive feature for a semiconductor device and a technique for forming the feature are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a substrate having a gate structure formed thereupon. The gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer disposed on the substrate, a growth control material disposed on a side surface of the gate structure, and a gate electrode fill material disposed on the growth control material. The gate electrode fill material is also disposed on a bottom surface of the gate structure that is free of the growth control material. In some such embodiments, the gate electrode fill material contacts a first surface and a second surface that are different in composition.
US09466489B2
A process for forming tilted edge wordline implants is disclosed. The process includes forming a first drain implant in a substrate, forming a first tilted implant in a substrate adjacent a first edge wordline to supplement said first drain implant where the first tilted implant is provided at a tilt angle from a first direction and forming a second tilted implant in the substrate adjacent a second edge wordline to supplement another first drain implant where the second tilted implant is provided at a tilt angle from a second direction. A second drain implant is formed in the substrate.
US09466486B2
A method of forming a target pattern includes forming a first trench in a substrate with a cut mask; forming a first plurality of lines over the substrate with a first main mask, wherein the first main mask includes at least one line that overlaps the first trench and is thereby cut into at least two lines by the first trench; forming a spacer layer over the substrate and the first plurality of lines and over sidewalls of the first plurality of lines; forming a patterned material layer over the spacer layer with a second main mask thereby the patterned material layer and the spacer layer collectively define a second plurality of trenches; removing at least a portion of the spacer layer to expose the first plurality of lines; and removing the first plurality of lines thereby resulting a patterned spacer layer over the substrate.
US09466481B2
The present invention discloses an electronic device using a group III nitride substrate fabricated via the ammonothermal method. By utilizing the high-electron concentration of ammonothermally grown substrates having the dislocation density less than 105 cm−2, combined with a high-purity active layer of Ga1-x-yAlxInyN (0≦x≦1, 0≦y≦1) grown by a vapor phase method, the device can attain high level of breakdown voltage as well as low on-resistance. To realize a good matching between the ammonothermally grown substrate and the high-purity active layer, a transition layer is optionally introduced. The active layer is thicker than a depletion region created by a device structure in the active layer.
US09466479B2
A process for epitaxial deposition of compound semiconductor layers includes several steps. In a first step, a substrate is removably attached to a substrate holder that may be heated. In a second step, the substrate is heated to a temperature suitable for epitaxial deposition. In a third step, substances are vaporized into vapor particles, such substances including at least one of a list of substances, comprising elemental metals, metal alloys and dopants. In a fourth step, the vapor particles are discharged to the deposition chamber. In a fifth step, a pressure is maintained in the range of 10^−3 to 1 mbar in the deposition chamber by supplying a mixture of gases comprising at least one gas, wherein vapor particles and gas particles propagate diffusively. In a sixth optional step, a magnetic field may be applied to the deposition chamber. In a seventh step, the vapor particles and gas particles are activated by a plasma in direct contact with the sample holder. In an eighth step, vapor particles and gas particles are allowed to react, so as to form a uniform epitaxial layer on the heated substrate by low-energy plasma-enhanced vapor phase epitaxy.
US09466478B2
A method of forming an oxide film on an object to be processed, includes: supplying a film-forming raw material gas into a processing chamber; performing at least one of exhausting the processing chamber and supplying a purge gas into the processing chamber to remove gas remaining in the processing chamber; supplying an oxidant gas into the processing chamber; and performing at least one of exhausting the processing chamber and supplying the purge gas into the processing chamber to remove gas remaining in the processing chamber, wherein supplying an oxidant gas includes: supplying a first oxidant gas into the processing chamber at a first concentration; and supplying a second oxidant gas into the processing chamber at a second concentration higher than the first concentration.
US09466467B2
An ion implantation apparatus includes: a plurality of units for accelerating an ion beam generated in an ion source; and a plurality of units for adjusting a scan beam and implanting ions into a wafer. A horizontal U-shaped folder type beamline having opposite long straight portions includes the plurality of units for adjusting the scan beam in a long straight portion to have substantially the same length as the ion source and the plurality of units for accelerating the ion beam.
US09466464B1
Methods, devices and systems for patterning of substrates using charged particle beams without photomasks and without a resist layer. Material can be removed from a substrate, as directed by a design layout database, localized to positions targeted by multiple, matched charged particle beams. Reducing the number of process steps, and eliminating lithography steps, in localized material removal has the dual benefit of reducing manufacturing cycle time and increasing yield by lowering the probability of defect introduction. Furthermore, highly localized, precision material removal allows for controlled variation of removal rate and enables creation of 3D structures or profiles. Local gas injectors and detectors, and local photon injectors and detectors, are local to corresponding ones of the columns, and can be used to facilitate rapid, accurate, targeted substrate processing.
US09466461B2
According to one aspect of the present invention, a rotation angle measuring method of a multi-charged particle beam image includes two-dimensionally scanning a mark arranged on a stage in a multi-charged particle beam writing apparatus using, among multi-charged particle beams that can be used for exposure, a plurality of representative beams of which number is smaller than the number of beams constituting the multi-charged particle beams, creating a two-dimensional image of the plurality of representative beams based on signals obtained by two-dimensional scanning, and acquiring a rotation angle of the multi-charged particle beam image using the two-dimensional image.
US09466454B2
A spin device includes: a first condenser lens which focuses a spin polarized electron beam discharged from an electron gun or reflected on a sample; a spin rotator which includes a multipole having a point to which the electron beam is focused by the first condenser lens at a lens center or in the vicinity of the lens center and being capable of generating an electric field and a magnetic field; a Wien condition generating means which applies a voltage and a current which satisfy the Wien condition for rotating spin of the electron beam by a designated angle and making the electron beam advance straightly to the multipole which constitutes the spin rotator; and a second condenser lens which focuses the electron beam whose spin is rotated by the spin rotator.
US09466453B2
The invention relates to a cathode arrangement comprising: a cathode body housing an emission surface for emitting electrons in a longitudinal direction, wherein the emission surface is bounded by an emission perimeter; a focusing electrode at least partially enclosing the cathode body in a transversal direction and comprising an electron transmission aperture for focusing the electrons emitted by the emission surface, wherein the aperture is bounded by an aperture perimeter, wherein the cathode body is moveably arranged within the focusing electrode over a maximum transversal distance from an aligned position, and wherein the aperture perimeter transversally extends over the emission surface and beyond the emission perimeter over an overlap distance that exceeds the maximum transversal distance.
US09466451B2
A trip and reset assembly is provided. The trip and reset assembly includes a trip and reset actuator mounting and a trip and reset actuator. The trip and reset actuator is structured to move the plunger from the first position to the second position. The trip and reset actuator mounting includes a body defining a trip and reset actuator pivot coupling first component. The trip and reset actuator includes an elongated body with a pivot coupling second component, an actuator interface, a trip bar interface and a reset interface. The trip and reset actuator body is movably coupled to the trip and reset actuator mounting and is movable between a first position, wherein the trip bar interface engages the trip bar, and a second position, wherein the actuator interface engages the plunger.
US09466440B2
A switch device with an erroneous operation preventer, including: a switch main body having a switch member supported by a shaft with respect to a casing and configured such that pushing a first end portion of the switch member causes a second end portion thereof to protrude and such that an on state and an off state of the switch main body are changed by pushing one of the first and second end portions; and a frame-shaped erroneous operation preventer disposed around the switch member for preventing an erroneous operation on the first end portion that takes a protruding posture when the switch main body is in one of the on and off states, the preventer having side protective walls extending in a longitudinal direction of the switch member so as to cover a surface of a flange portion of the casing on both sides of the first end portion.
US09466436B2
The present invention provides an aligned carbon nanotube assembly constituted of carbon nanotubes each having a defective pore on its side surface, a method of manufacturing the aligned carbon nanotube assembly, a carbon-based electrode, and a power storage device. The aligned carbon nanotube assembly is formed by aggregating a large number of carbon nanotubes aligned in parallel along the same direction and having parallel orientation. In such a state that the aligned carbon nanotube assembly remains grown, the carbon nanotube constituting the aligned carbon nanotube assembly has a defective pore on its side surface. In a raman spectrum of the aligned carbon nanotube assembly in a Raman spectrometric method, when intensity of scattered light in D-band is represented by ID and intensity of scattered light in G-band is represented by IG, an ID/IG ratio is not less than 0.80.
US09466421B2
A resonance coupler according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes first resonance wiring and second resonance wiring. The first resonance wiring includes first open loop wiring, first input/output wiring extending outwardly from a first connection portion of the first open loop wiring, and first stub wiring extending inwardly from a second connection portion of the first open loop wiring. The second resonance wiring includes second open loop wiring, and second input/output wiring extending outwardly from a third connection portion of the second open loop wiring. The first stub wiring includes a first connection end connected to the second connection portion and a first open end on an opposite side. A wiring length from the first connection portion to the first open end is one-quarter of a wavelength of an nth-order harmonic of a radio-frequency signal, where n is an integer not less than 2.
US09466416B2
A multilayer inductor device in which parasitic inductance is made smaller while preventing increase in a mounting area of the device and complexity of a wiring pattern, and a manufacturing method of the stated multilayer inductor device. An outer electrode and a terminal electrode are connected to each other through a via hole. A side surface of a non-magnetic member forms a part of an end surface of the device, while the other side surface thereof being in contact with the via hole. A side surface of the via hole that makes contact with the non-magnetic member is opened, which prevents the parasitic inductance from being increased. The via hole being provided in an arbitrary position makes it possible to prevent the wiring pattern from being complicated and a mounting area of the device from being increased.
US09466415B2
A reactor provided with a cooler, comprising: a coil, a core formed of a soft magnetic material, the core covers an inside of the coil and an outer periphery of the coil; the cooler being arranged on both sides of the core, the core and the cooler being pressed in a stacking direction of the core and the cooler; a thickness of the core in the stacking direction being smaller than a length of a height of a surface of the core that faces the stacking direction; and the thickness of the core in the stacking direction being smaller than a length of a width of the surface of the core that faces the stacking direction.
US09466413B2
Embodiments of inductive communication devices include first and second galvanically isolated IC die and a dielectric structure. Each IC die has a coil proximate to a first surface of the IC die. The IC die are arranged so that the first surfaces of the IC die face each other, and the first coil and the second coil are aligned across a gap between the first and second IC die. The dielectric structure is positioned within the gap directly between the first and second coils, and a plurality of conductive structures are positioned in or on the dielectric structure and electrically coupled with the second IC die. The conductive structures include portions configured to function as bond pads, and the bond pads may be coupled to package leads using wirebonds. During operation, signals are conveyed between the IC die through inductive coupling between the coils.
US09466404B2
Electrical harnesses and methods of manufacturing electrical harnesses are disclosed. Electrical harnesses may comprise an electrically conductive wire, and a resin infused braided shield surrounding a portion of the electrically conductive wire, wherein at least a portion of the braided shield is infused with a curable resin. Electrical harnesses may comprise an electrically conductive wire, and a braided shield surrounding a portion of the electrically conductive wire, wherein at least a first portion of the braided shield comprises a first cured resin imparting rigidity to the first portion of the braided shield and at least a second portion of the braided shield that is pliable.
US09466401B1
A device for producing electricity. The device comprises an indium gallium phosphide semiconductor material comprising a plurality of indium gallium phosphide material layers each layer having different dopant concentrations and doped with either n-type dopants or p-type dopants, a first terminal on a first surface of the semiconductor material, a beta particle source proximate the first surface for emitting beta particles that penetrate into the semiconductor material, and a second terminal on a second surface of the semiconductor material; the semiconductor material for producing current between the first and second terminals responsive to the beta particles penetrating into the semiconductor material.
US09466394B1
Circuits and methods are provided for compensating an offset voltage measured between a first transistor and a second transistor of a sense amplifier circuit that is configured to sense a bit line signal during a sensing phase. The first transistor and the second transistor are cross-coupled. The first transistor is coupled to a first capacitor and the second transistor is coupled to a second capacitor. The first capacitor is further coupled to the second capacitor, and the first and second capacitors are coupled to a third transistor. The first capacitor applies a first bias voltage to the first transistor during a pre-sensing phase prior to the sensing phase, and the second capacitor applies a second bias voltage to the second transistor during the pre-sensing phase.
US09466389B2
A semiconductor device includes a memory block including memory cells connected to a word line, and an operation circuit suitable for consecutively applying a main program pulse and a sub program pulse to the word line to perform a program operation of the memory cells, and suitable for performing a program verification operation of the memory cells, wherein the sub program pulse has a lower voltage level than the main program pulse.
US09466386B2
A method of programming a storage device comprises determining whether at least one open page exists in a memory block of a nonvolatile memory device, and as a consequence of determining that at least one open page exists in the memory block, closing the at least one open page through a dummy pattern program operation, and thereafter performing a continuous writing operation on the memory block.
US09466380B2
Semiconductor memory devices and methods include a flash memory cell array fabricated in a well, with memory cells in the same column connected to each other in series and connected to a respective bit line. The memory devices also include a column decoder, a data register buffer unit, a row decoder, an erase control unit, and an input/output buffer unit. In one or more embodiments, the erase control unit applies voltages to the well to erase the memory cells in a manner that avoids breaking down p-n junctions formed by transistors fabricated in the well. In another embodiment, high voltage transistors are used to selectively isolate the bit lines from and couple the bit lines to a peripheral circuit in pairs so that each high voltage transistor is shared by two bit lines.
US09466372B2
The present invention relates to a semiconductor memory device and an operating method thereof. The semiconductor memory device may include at least two memory blocks sharing a row decoder, and a peripheral circuit performing a read operation on a selected memory block, between the at least two memory blocks, wherein the peripheral circuit applies a discharge voltage to an unselected memory block, between the at least two memory blocks, for a preset time after a period in which a read voltage is applied to the selected memory block is terminated.
US09466358B1
A design structure can include elements that, when processed in a semiconductor manufacturing facility, produce an SRAM that includes a first local evaluator coupled to a first global bit line (GBL) and a first set of local bit lines (LBLs). The SRAM can also include a second local evaluator communicatively coupled to the first local evaluator. The second local evaluator is coupled to a second GBL and second set of LBLs. The second GBL is consecutive to the first GBL. The first and second evaluators are to generate signals from the LBLs such that one GBL of a combined first and second GBLs is active at any point in a read or write cycle.
US09466356B2
A method of screening complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor CMOS integrated circuits, such as integrated circuits including CMOS static random access memory (SRAM) cells, for transistors susceptible to transistor characteristic shifts over operating time. For the example of SRAM cells formed of cross-coupled CMOS inverters, separate ground voltage levels can be applied to the source nodes of the driver transistors, or separate power supply voltage levels can be applied to the source nodes of the load transistors (or both). Asymmetric bias voltages applied to the transistors in this manner will reduce the transistor drive current, and can thus mimic the effects of bias temperature instability (BTI). Cells that are vulnerable to threshold voltage shift over time can thus be identified.
US09466353B2
A memory controller receives data and phase-providing signals from a memory device. The phase-providing signal is not a clock signal, but is used by the memory controller to phase align a local data-sampling signal with the incoming data. The memory controller samples the data signal with the data-sampling signal. The memory controller can perform maintenance operations to update the phase relationship between the phase-providing and data-sampling signals.
US09466351B2
A semiconductor memory device is provided. The semiconductor memory device includes a memory block including a plurality of memory cells; a default refresh controller configured to receive a refresh command from a host, to generate a default refresh signal, and to control the memory cells to be refreshed; and a weak cell refresh controller configured to receive the default refresh signal, to generate a weak cell refresh signal, and to control a weak cell among the memory cells to be refreshed. The weak cell may be refreshed at least one more time during a refresh period during which all of the memory cells are refreshed by the default refresh controller. The semiconductor memory device performs at least one more refresh on a weak cell having a data retention time shorter than a refresh period apart from a normal default refresh, thereby preventing data loss.
US09466349B1
A semiconductor system includes a controller and a semiconductor device. The controller generates a clock signal and updates external count signals in response to an external update signal. The semiconductor device generates count signals by counting pulses of a strobe signal during a period when a section signal is in an active state. The section signal is generated in response to a first control signal including pulses that are periodically generated. The semiconductor device also generates the external update signal and the external count signals if a combination of the count signals is changed.
US09466346B2
A semiconductor device has a plurality of units, each of which includes a first memory cell that stores a value indicating a state of one node of an interaction model, a second memory cell that stores an interaction coefficient indicating an interaction from a node connected to the one node, and a third memory cell that stores a bias coefficient of the one node. Furthermore, the semiconductor device has a computing circuit that determines a value indicating a next state of the one node based on a value indicating a state of the connected node, the interaction coefficient and the bias coefficient. Also, each of the second memory cell and the third memory cell in the plurality of units includes multi-valued memory cells.
US09466334B1
A monolithic tape head module for high density recording. The module includes an actuator rail, and a tape head transducer array coupled to the actuator rail that includes a plurality of tape head transducer elements. A flex circuit is electrically coupled to the tape head transducer array, and includes first electrical conductors in a first flex circuit path that are coupled to a portion of the tape head transducer elements, and second electrical conductors in a second flex circuit path that are coupled to the remainder of the tape head transducer elements. An actuator shaft is connected to the actuator rail and coupled to a motor that is operated to move the actuator shaft. A plurality of flexures are mechanically coupled to the actuator rail and operated to restrict movement of the actuator rail to a direction aligned with the longitudinal axis of the actuator rail.
US09466329B1
Methods for determining a variable data frequency for recording data on a zone of a magnetic storage disc, each zone including a plurality of tracks and each track including a plurality of sectors, the method includes measuring a signal to noise ratio (S/N) around at least a first track in a first zone; and modulating a data frequency based on the measured S/N around the first track.
US09466326B2
A holographic storage disk includes a reflective layer, a storage layer, and quarter-wave plate. A storage layer is disposed on the reflective layer and includes a reflection-structure layer and photosensitive units. The reflection-structure layer has cavities, in which the reflection-structure layer is grid-shaped. The cavities penetrate the reflection-structure layer. The photosensitive units are disposed in the cavities. The quarter-wave plate is disposed between the reflective layer and the photosensitive units.
US09466319B1
A Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) writer is disclosed with an all wrap around (AWA) shield design in which one or more of the leading shield, second trailing shield, and side shields consist of a high damping (HD) magnetic material having a damping constant ≧0.04. A first trailing shield between the write gap and second trailing shield is a 19-24 kG hot seed layer. The HD magnetic layer may be FeNiRe with a Re content of 3 to 15 atomic %. Preferably, the HD magnetic layer has a coercivity <50 Oe and is a 10-19 kG material. One or both of the main pole leading and trailing sides may be tapered. Wide adjacent track erasure is minimized while area density capability is maintained. In other embodiments, the HD magnetic material may be one of FeNiM, FeNM, FeCoM, or FeCoNiM where M is a 3d, 4d, or 5d transition metal.
US09466318B2
Some embodiments described herein are directed to reducing or eliminating latency caused by data zone switches in a rotating magnetic storage device. More specifically, some embodiments described herein are directed to storing parameters associated with different zones in a parameter register in response to one or more received commands.
US09466311B2
An audio signal processing circuit and an electronic device are provided. A noise detection circuit determines if the first input audio signal and a second input audio signal contain noise. The noise cancellation circuit (i), when no noise is detected, outputs a first intermediate audio signal corresponding to the first input audio signal and a second intermediate audio signal corresponding to the second input audio signal without detected noise; (ii) when noise is detected, generates a third intermediate audio signal after performing a specific noise modification process upon the first input audio signal and the second input audio signal, and outputs the first intermediate audio signal including the third input audio signal and the second intermediate audio signal including the third input audio signal. A beamforming circuit performs a beamforming process according to a differential signal of the first intermediate audio signal and the second intermediate audio signal.
US09466302B2
In general, techniques are described for coding of spherical harmonic coefficients representative of a three dimensional soundfield. A device comprising a memory and one or more processors may be configured to perform the techniques. The memory may be configured to store a plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients. The one or more processors may be configured to perform an energy analysis with respect to the plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients to determine a reduced version of the plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients.
US09466296B2
Apparatus, computer-readable storage medium, and method associated with orienting a display image are described. In embodiments, a computing device may include a speech recognition module to process and recognize a voice command and a voice command module coupled with the speech recognition module. The voice command module may be configured to select, in response to recognition of an initial portion of the voice command, a plurality of voice commands having the same initial portion. The voice recognition module may be further configured to initiate execution of or stage for execution individual voice commands of the plurality of voice commands. On recognition of the entire voice command, the voice command module may be configured to select a result of the execution of an individual voice command or initiate execution of a staged for execution voice command.
US09466293B1
A speech processing system which exploits statistical modeling and formal logic to receive and process speech input, which may represent data to be received, such as dictation, or commands to be processed by an operating system, application or process. A command dictionary and dynamic grammars are used in processing speech input to identify, disambiguate and extract commands. The logical processing scheme ensures that putative commands are complete and unambiguous before processing. Context sensitivity may be employed to differentiate data and commands. A multi faceted graphic user interface may be provided for interaction with a user to speech enable interaction with applications and processes that do not necessarily have native support for speech input.
US09466291B2
A voice retrieval device includes a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute: setting detection criteria for a retrieval word, based on a characteristic of the retrieval word, such that the higher the detection accuracy of the retrieval word or the lower the pronunciation difficulty of the retrieval word or the lower the appearance probability of the retrieval word, the stricter the detection criteria; performing first voice retrieval processing on voice data according to the detection criteria and detecting a section that possibly includes the retrieval word as a candidate section from the voice data; and performing second voice retrieval processing different from the first voice retrieval processing on each candidate section and determining whether or not the retrieval word is included in each candidate section.
US09466277B1
An acoustic pickup transducer device for converting sounds produced by a musical instrument into electrical signals proportional in amplitude and frequency to the instrument sounds includes a housing which has protruding therefrom a suction cup for removably attaching the device to an instrument, and a microphone interconnected through interface circuitry including a volume control potentiometer within the housing to an audio output signal jack. In a preferred embodiment, the microphone is fastened to the outer end of a flexible “gooseneck” stalk which extends from the housing at an angle adjustable by manually bending the stalk to a desired shape, which is retained by a bent wire within the stalk, thus enabling adjustment of the direction of peak sound responsivity or directivity over a wide range of angles. Preferably, the microphone is an electret type supplied with a D.C. bias voltage by a coin-cell battery within the housing.
US09466274B1
A musical instrument comprises a traditional musical instrument such as a guitar is joined to a chain saw so that the saw blade of the chain saw is mounted next to the body of the guitar. The saw chain of the chain saw is spaced from the body of the guitar so that it can rotate freely without contacting the guitar. A shield prevents the operator from contact with the saw chain.
US09466272B1
A cajón playing device consists essentially of a bottom plate, a mallet assembly, and a pedal lever. The mallet assembly is mounted on the bottom plate and has a rotating shaft, a mallet fixedly connected to the rotating shaft so as to pivot simultaneously with the rotating shaft when the rotating shaft is rotated, and a transmission member fixedly connected to the rotating shaft and extending toward the bottom plate. The pedal lever has a middle section pivotally provided on a lateral side of the bottom plate, one end connected to the extending end of the transmission member, and the opposite end bent into a curved foot-operated portion. When the foot-operated portion is operated, the pedal lever is pivoted and drives the transmission member to rotate the rotating shaft such that the mallet fixedly connected to the rotating shaft is pivoted and strikes the striking surface of a cajón.
US09466268B2
A folding stringed instrument has a narrow body, a neck with a fret board and strings. Tuning pegs and a bridge are on a front face of the body, with an optional microphone pick-up and a stand at the end of the body. The neck and body are connected about a pivot set back from the face.The pivot comprises a pin between the opposite sides of the flange and a secondary roller. The neck is formed of an aluminum channel, with the fret board secured to one side and a closure plate closing the channel. Trunnions extend from the channel at the body end of the neck for connection to the pin. At the head end, the web of the channel is cut away and the flanges bent inwards in a lazy Z manner to support a further pivot pin for a primary roller around which the strings pass.
US09466256B2
The present disclosure relates to a gamma voltage generating circuit, a controlling method thereof and a liquid crystal display. The gamma voltage generating circuit comprises an output end, a first reference voltage input end, a second reference voltage input end, a pre-stage voltage-dividing circuit, and a post-stage voltage-dividing circuit. A first pre-stage output end of the pre-stage voltage-dividing circuit is coupled to a first post-stage input end, and a second pre-stage output end is coupled to a second post-stage input end, so as to divide reference voltages input from the first and second reference voltage input ends, thereby to generate a primary gamma voltage. A post-stage output end of the post-stage voltage-dividing circuit is coupled to the output end of the gamma voltage generating circuit, so as to divide the primary gamma voltage, thereby to generate a secondary gamma voltage.
US09466255B2
A display apparatus includes a first pixel, a second pixel, a first selector, and a second selector. The first pixel includes first sub-pixels connected to a first gate line and respectively connected to corresponding data lines included in a first data line group and the second pixel includes second sub-pixels connected to a second gate line adjacent to the first gate line and respectively connected to corresponding data lines, one of which is included in a second data line group different from the first data line group. The first selector applies first data signals to one of odd-numbered data lines, and the second selector applies second data signals having a different polarity from the second data signals to one of even-numbered data lines.
US09466248B2
A LCD and a method of driving the LCD are provided. The LCD includes first and second gate lines extending in a first direction, a data line insulated from the first gate line and crossing the first gate line, a pixel electrode including first and second sub-pixel electrodes, the pixel electrode being disposed in a pixel having a long side in the first direction, a first thin film transistor (TFT) connected to the first gate line, the data line, and the first sub-pixel electrode, a second TFT connected to the first gate line, the data line, and the second sub-pixel electrode, and a third TFT connected to the second gate line, the second sub-pixel electrode, and a charge-sharing capacitor, the charge-sharing capacitor sharing a data voltage applied to the second sub-pixel electrode.
US09466245B2
The present invention provides a pixel driving circuit and a driving method thereof, and a display apparatus, which can raise starting point for writing a data, ensure time for writing the data, and avoid distortion of the written data. The pixel driving circuit comprises a reset module, a data write module, an output module and a pre-charging module, wherein during a period after a reset stage and before inputting of a row driving signal, the pre-charging module performs a step of pre-charging.
US09466244B2
An EL display device includes an EL display panel including a plurality of pixels each having an EL element. Each of the pixels has: driving transistor that supplies a current to EL element; first switching transistor; and second switching transistors that supply video signals to the pixel. The EL display device also includes: gate driver circuit that is formed and disposed along with pixels on the EL display panel; and gate driver IC that is externally connected to gate signal lines. Gate driver circuit is connected to a gate terminal of first switching transistor, and gate driver IC is connected to gate terminals of second switching transistors.
US09466242B2
A pixel circuit, a driving method for driving the pixel circuit and a display device comprising the pixel circuit. The pixel circuit insulates the electric connection between the drain of the driving transistor and the organic light-emitting diode by the insulating transistor when the data is written into the storage capacitor, and the threshold voltage of the driving transistor and the data voltage signal are pre-stored by the storage capacitor, which can compensate the shift in the threshold voltage effectively and in turn can ensure the uniformity and stabilization of the driving current. Additionally, the touch control circuit in the embodiments of the present disclosure multiplexes the scan signal of the pixel circuit, and the coupling capacitor in the touch control circuit is charged through the charging transistor while the storage capacitor is charged, therefore an integration of the touch control circuit into the pixel circuit is achieved perfectly.
US09466238B2
A display device includes: a control board on which a timing controller (TCON) and a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) are installed; a first source board on which a driving integrated circuit (IC) is installed; and a first connection cable that connects the control board and the first source board. The control board includes a first sensing line that connects the PMIC to the first connection cable and a third feedback line that connects the first connection cable to the TCON, the first connection cable includes a second sensing line that connects the first sensing line to the first source board and a second feedback line that connects the third feedback line to the first source board, and the first source board includes a third sensing line connected to the second sensing line and a first feedback line connected to the second feedback line.
US09466236B2
Embodiments of the present invention generally provide a method for processing an image. The method includes receiving a plurality of input pixel values associated with a video frame and determining that a first portion of pixel values included in the plurality of input pixel values is within a first set of excluded values. The method further includes dithering the first portion of pixel values to generate a first plurality of dithered values. Each dithered value included in the first plurality of dithered values is not within the first set of excluded values. Additionally, a first average pixel value associated with the plurality of input pixel values is substantially similar to a second average pixel value associated with both the first plurality of dithered values and a plurality of pixel values that are spatially proximate to the first plurality of dithered values.
US09466226B1
An approach to notifying a person who is hard of hearing of audible events based on a configurable device. The device has microphones and associated buttons mounted on its surface. The user programs the device by depressing a selected button longer than a preconfigured time to place the device in listen mode. The user generates the desired audible event and the device records the audible event. The selected button is depressed again to instruct the device to associate the audible event with a visual alarm indicator of colored/flashing lights and/or a text projection. The device listens for the audible event and activates the visual alarm indicator when the device detects the audible event.
US09466223B2
A motion platform for use in a simulator comprising linear slides providing surge and sway, and a rotary table providing yaw. A payload carrying platform is mounted on the rotary table via three bell cranks to provide heave, pitch and roll.
US09466222B2
Systems and methods related to providing an electronic presentation to both in-class attendees and remotely located out-of-class attendees, in which video and audio associated with the presentation is provided to the remote attendees, and out-of-class programmable systems are programmed to execute an educational exercise associated with the presentation and be remotely operated by the remote attendees.
US09466218B2
A computer-implemented method of communicating with an unmanned aerial vehicle includes transmitting a first message via a communications transmitter of a lighting assembly for receipt by an unmanned aerial vehicle. The first message includes an identifier associated with the lighting assembly, and the lighting assembly is located within a proximity of a roadway. The method also includes receiving a second message from the unmanned aerial vehicle via a communications receiver of the lighting assembly. The second message includes an identifier associated with the unmanned aerial vehicle. The method further includes transmitting a third message via the communications transmitter of the lighting assembly for receipt by the unmanned aerial vehicle. The third message includes an indication of an altitude at which the unmanned aerial vehicle should fly.
US09466216B2
The invention relates to a complex proximity safety and warning system. The invention provides a safety system comprising a generator that generates a magnetic field that establishes a boundary, where the generator is capable of receiving radio frequency signals. Also provided is a radio frequency device that sends radio frequency signals, the radio frequency device being capable of sensing the magnetic field and generating a radio frequency response. In the safety system, the generator generates the magnetic field for a first predefined time period, and thereafter senses for a radio frequency response signal from the radio frequency device within a second predefined time period. The invention also provides for shaping safety zones by overlaying magnetic field boundaries to produce a different boundary. The invention also provides for varying the strength of magnetic fields by adjusting a width of a timed pulse.
US09466211B1
An early warning system for alerting traffic which comprises a plurality of roadside signals, a computer, and a communications network. Each roadside signal comprises LED illumination devices, solar power sources, battery energy storage, a flexible backing, and attachment straps. The signals are activated to alert traffic to stopped responder vehicles, and can be automatically activated when a responder vehicle performs such actions as stopping or turning its emergency lights on. The system also allows for centralized user control.
US09466210B2
A stop violation detection system and method includes at least one sensor mounted to establish a light shield adjacent a first vehicle, at least one image capture device mounted to record at least one image adjacent the first vehicle, and a control unit operatively coupled with the at least one sensor and the at least one image capture device to detect breach of the light shield by a second vehicle and record the breach of the light shield by the second vehicle with the at least one image capture device.
US09466204B2
A personal monitoring system includes a pad for positioning under a patient. A sensor in the pad detects when the patient gets off of the pad. A radio in communication with the sensor transmits a radio frequency event signal to a monitor positioned away from the pad that provides an alarm signal in response to the patient getting off of the pad. The monitor transmits a confirmation signal to the pad to inform the pad to cease transmitting the event signal.
US09466194B1
Systems, methods, and devices are included for providing hazard detection. For example, a hazard detection device may include a printed circuit board. The hazard detection device may further include a chassis that provides a housing for components of the hazard detection device; a smoke chamber that at least partially houses a photoelectric diode; a carbon monoxide sensor that at least partially encased in a metallic covering; a first wireless interface component that comprising a first radio antenna configured to transmit and receive data according to a first wireless communication protocol; and a second wireless interface component that comprises a second radio antenna configured to transmit and receive data using a second wireless communication protocol.
US09466189B2
Embodiments of intrusion detection systems are described and which include an intrusion detection panel that receives binary and metadata sensor data from which the presence of an alarm condition is detected. In addition sensor devices analyze sensor data received from other sensor devices that are in a peer to peer relationship with the corresponding sensor device to validate whether the indicated alarm condition is a valid alarm or a false alarm.
US09466188B2
One illustrative computing device disclosed herein includes a processor configured to receive a signal from an alarm device, wherein the signal is associated with an event. The processor is also configured to determine a haptic effect associated with the signal and transmit a haptic signal associated with the haptic effect. The illustrative computing device also includes a haptic output device in communication with the processor. The haptic output device is configured to receive the haptic signal and output the haptic effect.
US09466184B2
A gaming system is disclosed which includes a plurality of spinners, each spinner being associated with a plurality of display positions and having a plurality of symbols disposable at the display positions. A spinner controller is arranged to select the symbols to appear at the display positions for each spinner, and an outcome evaluator is arranged to determine whether the symbols shown at the display positions correspond to at least one winning outcome by reference to at least one defined win condition. Each win condition comprises a win line having at least three display positions from two adjacent spinners. A corresponding method of gaming is also disclosed.
US09466173B2
A gaming system is described. The gaming system can include one or more host devices and EGM clients that communicate with one another over a network. Various non-gaming applications can be maintained on the host device. In response to a request received from an EGM client, a non-gaming application program can be executed on the host device. Content from the non-gaming application can be converted to a media stream that is sent to the EGM client for output. The media stream can be processed using a codec executed on the EGM. Input data associated with the content can be received at the EGM and sent to the host device. The content from the non-gaming application executed on the host can be adjusted in response to the input data received from the EGM.
US09466168B2
A gaming system and method of rewarding players of electronic gaming machines connected by a network to a host computer which stores player-useable points at a network-accessible location, awards a personal points multiplier to a player, and applies the personal points multiplier to at least some of the points.
US09466159B1
Apparatuses, methods, and systems installed in a vehicle. One method includes identifying, with a processing unit installed in a vehicle, one of a plurality of data sources providing vehicle data over a communication interface in the vehicle, wherein the plurality of data sources provide vehicle data from at least two different vehicle control modules. The method also includes incrementing, with the processing unit, a counter associated with the one of the plurality of data sources, comparing, with the processing unit, the counter to a threshold, setting, with the processing unit, the one of the plurality of data sources as an active data source for receiving vehicle data when the counter exceeds the threshold, and processing the vehicle data received provided by the one of the plurality of data sources.
US09466155B2
A system has a Link device coupled to an on-board diagnostics (OBD) system of a vehicle, the Link device enabled to monitor trouble codes presented by the OBD system, and having a port enabled to transmit to and receive from external devices, a mobile communication device, the device having a display screen, and an application (App) executing on the mobile communication device from a non-transitory medium. The Link device receives trouble codes from the vehicle OBD system and transmits them to either to the App or to an Internet-connected server, where the trouble codes are associated with the issues they represent, and wherein the App, having associated the trouble codes with the issues or having received the association data from the server, presents a display to the driver comprising at least the problem represented by the problem code and suggested action to correct the problem.
US09466152B2
A method for determining a suction mass flow of a gas turbine is provided. A turbine inlet pressure, a combustion chamber pressure loss and a pressure loss between an environment and a compressor inlet are determined as input parameters. For each input parameter a provisional value for the suction mass flow is ascertained and for each provisional value a validated value by cross-balancing with the other provisional values is ascertained. A characteristic quantity of the suction mass flow of the gas turbine is generated as an average value from the validated values. The suction mass flow is determined without solving energy balances, without information relating to a fuel calorific value, and without information relating to a fuel mass flow.
US09466148B2
According to some embodiments, information about dynamic adjustments being made to a video feed may be received from an instrumented video camera, the video feed including a representation of a display monitor. An image to be displayed on the display monitor represented in the video feed may also be received. The image to be displayed on the display monitor may then be automatically adjusted based on the information received about dynamic adjustments to the video feed. The adjusted image may then be output to the display monitor.
US09466147B2
Disclosed is a three-dimensional projection binding point rendering method, which comprises: obtaining a 3D coordinate of a binding point in a three-dimensional character model, and calculating a 2D coordinate of the binding point in a 2D picture which is projected in the same projection manner as the three-dimensional character model according to the 3D coordinate of the binding point; calculating a binding point coordinate for each frame of a 2D projection picture in a character animation series to obtain all binding point coordinates corresponding to the character animation series; judging all the binding point coordinates in the character animation series and modifying a binding point coordinate with position mutation; and outputting all the binding point coordinates in a textual manner to obtain a binding point information text corresponding to the character animation series. Also disclosed is a three-dimensional projection binding point rendering device.
US09466141B2
A method for providing a three-dimensional (3D) digital cartoon viewer comprises the steps of: converting a specific, user-selected 2D digital cartoon into a 3D digital cartoon and storing the 3D digital cartoon; producing a camera-directed 3D digital cartoon by storing user-generated camera walking data in corresponding frames of the 3D digital cartoon; and displaying the camera-directed 3D digital cartoon on the user terminal. The user can freely adjust a rotation angle and store live camera walking data in respective frames. Camera walking data directed by the user's experiences can be stored and shared with, or recommended to, a third party, and the degree of immersion and the degree of realism in the 3D digital cartoon can be improved using visual effects.
US09466135B2
A method and system to perform region-of-interest (ROI) reconstruction is provided, even if the original projection data are truncated. The reconstruction is performed on a superset of the ROI, including the ROI as well as other areas which are outside the scan field-of-view of the imaging system but still within the imaging bore.
US09466132B2
Emission event data of an object of interest is acquired with a detector comprising a plurality of rings defining corresponding slices. Also, an amount of motion for each of a plurality of segments is determined with one or more processing units, wherein each segment corresponds to less than an axial field of view (AFOV) of the detector. Further, motion mitigation is performed for segments for which the amount of motion satisfies a threshold to provide motion mitigated data, and not performed for segments for which the amount of motion does not satisfy the threshold to provide non-mitigated data. An image is reconstructed using the motion mitigated data and the non-mitigated data, and the image is displayed on a display.
US09466127B2
Various techniques relating to the alteration of image data are provided herein. An electronic device capable of carrying out such techniques may include data processing circuitry configured to receive image data and detect the occurrence of a device operation event (e.g., an audio event, a motion event, a location event, or an image event, and so forth). The data processing circuitry may alter the image data using a full-quality version or a reduced-quality version of an image alteration effect associated with the device operation event, depending on currently available resources.
US09466126B2
Techniques for compressing images based on context are provided. A first image and a second image may be identified for display on a client device. One or more contexts of the first image may be identified. One or more contexts of the second image may be identified. A first image quality for the first image may be determined based on the one or more contexts of the first image. A second image quality for the second image may be determined based on the one or more contexts of the second image. The first image may be compressed at the first image quality and the second image at the second image quality. The compressed first image and the compressed second image may be transmitted to the client device.
US09466125B2
In an image-encoding scheme, an input image is decomposed into several image blocks comprising multiple image elements. The image blocks are encoded into encoded block representations. In this encoding, color weights are assigned to the image elements in the block based on their relative positions in the block. At least two color codeword are determined, at least partly based on the color weights. These codewords are representations of at least two color values. The original colors of the image elements are represented by color representations derivable from combinations of the at least two color values weighted by the assigned color weights.
US09466118B2
An image segmentation method includes displaying, through a display component, an image; receiving, through a user input component, a user command relative to an original designation region of the image; shrinking the original designation region according to first depth information corresponding to the image to generate a shrunk designation region of the image; generating a plurality of seeds according to the shrunk designation region and the user command; and segmenting the image according to the seeds to obtain at least one segmented region.
US09466103B2
A method for determining whether a test biomarker is a stain for a type of cell component, such as membrane or nucleus, involves performing various segmentation processes on an image of tissue stained with the test biomarker. One segmentation process searches for a first cell component type, and another segmentation process searches for a second cell component type by segmenting only stained pixels. The test biomarker is identified as a stain for each component type if the process identifies the component based only on stained pixels. Whether the test biomarker is a membrane stain or nucleus stain is displayed on a graphical user interface. In addition, the method identifies stained pixels corresponding to a second cell component using pixels determined to correspond to a first cell component. An expression profile for the test biomarker is then displayed that indicates the proportion of stained pixels in each type of cell component.
US09466102B2
A system for performing image reconstruction in a multi-threaded computing environment includes one or more central processing units executing a plurality of k-space components and a plurality of graphic processing units executing a reconstruction component. The k-space components executing on the central processing units include a k-space sample data component operating in a first thread and configured to receive k-space sample data from a first file interface; a k-space sample coordinate data component operating in a second thread and configured to receive k-space sample coordinate data from a second file interface; and a k-space sample weight data component operating in a third thread and configured to retrieve k-space sample weight data from a third file interface. The reconstruction component is configured to receive one or more k-space input data buffers comprising the k-space sample data, the k-space sample coordinate data, and the k-space sample weight data from the one or more central processing units, and reconstruct an image based on the input data buffers using an iterative reconstruction algorithm.
US09466098B2
A global image adjustment, such as dynamic range adjustment is established based on image characteristics. The image adjustment is based more heavily on pixel values in image areas identified as being important by one or more saliency mapping algorithms. In one application to dynamic range adjustment, a saliency map is applied to create a weighed histogram and a transformation is determined from the weighted histogram. Artifacts typical of local adjustment schemes may be avoided.
US09466096B2
A computer-implemented method and system are described for deblurring an image. The method may include accessing an image having a first blurred region and a second blurred region, and generating a first blur kernel for the first blurred region and a second blur kernel for the second blurred region. Thereafter, the first blur kernel is positioned with respect to the first blurred region, and the second blur kernel is positioned with respect to the second blurred region based on the position of the first blur kernel. The image is then deblurred by deconvolving the first blurred region with the first blur kernel, and deconvolving the second blurred region with the second blur kernel.
US09466085B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium to facilitate treatment of a damaged vehicle by gathering crash information, estimating an extent of vehicle damage, and requesting transport of the damaged vehicle from the crash site to a treatment facility.
US09466083B1
A technology is described for making a recommendation for an item. An example method may include identifying a user interest in an item and identifying individuals that may have an interest in the item. The individuals may be presented to a user via a recommendation interface control that allows a name of the item to be added to a recommendation list for an individual selected from the individuals. An individual selected from the individual list to receive the recommendation may be identified and the name of the item may be added to the recommendation list for the individual.
US09466082B1
A system, method and computer program product offers vending machine merchandise located within a vending machine network by performing the following process: a host server of the vending machine network receiving from a first user, located at a primary keen merchandise vending machine, a request to purchase a merchandise; in response to receiving the request, the host server locating the merchandise at a secondary keen merchandise vending machine remotely located from the primary keen merchandise vending machine; the host server communicating the request to a second user belonging to a friendship network of the first user; upon receiving from the second user an acceptance to the offer, the host server notifying the first user that the acceptance of the offer was received; and the host server receiving confirmation that the second user delivered the merchandise to the first user at the pre-defined location.
US09466079B2
Illustrative embodiments may generally be directed to, among other things, a platform for providing information to one or more consumers to facilitate the purchase of one or more vehicles. In one embodiment, the platform may provide information associated with one or more OEMs and their vehicle product lines. In another embodiment, the platform may facilitate selecting, building, modifying, comparing, and/or purchasing one or more vehicles. In yet another embodiment, the platform may determine inventory data corresponding to actual available inventory at one or more dealerships.
US09466074B2
Systems and methods for defining and tracking advertising campaigns across a channel video game network are disclosed. The system allows advertisements to be dynamically activated in video games. Advertisements are tracked to determine user impressions and user exposure to the advertisement. In the system, an impression area is defined relative an advertisements in the game. Methods for redefining the impression area or for accounting for the existence of obstructions that distort the view of the advertisement are also provided.
US09466072B1
Systems, methods, and media for controlling the presentation of search results with advertisement indications are provided. In some embodiments, systems for controlling the presentation of search results with advertisement indications are provided, the systems comprising: at least one hardware processor configure to: receive a search request; identify a plurality of pieces of media content corresponding to the search request; for each of the plurality of pieces of media content, determine if an advertisement is configured to be presented with a presentation of the piece of media content; generate search results identifying the plurality of pieces of media content; and generate presentation data that specifies the manner in which the search results are to be presented based on the determination.
US09466057B2
A presentation instrument is described which includes an input sensor, a memory unit, and an antenna configured to wirelessly transmit and receive data. The antenna is configured to receive a request for data stored on the memory unit, and may also be configured to induce a voltage from a magnetic field to power the presentation instrument. The input sensor may control whether the presentation instrument can be so powered from the magnetic field. Alternatively, input from the input sensor may otherwise control the functionality of the presentation instrument. By way of example, an input received by the input sensor may be transmitted in addition to the requested data. Additionally, a system is described to process the requested data and additional input data, in accordance with a rules data store.
US09466055B2
Systems and methods for facilitating online to offline commerce are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system configured to receive a request to check-in a customer at a merchant facility is disclosed. The system receives a request to access real-time pre-sale transaction data associated with a first customer and transmits the real-time pre-sale transaction data associated with the first customer to a mobile client device. The request to check-in and the request to access the real-time pre-sale transaction data are transmitted by the first mobile client device. The system is configured to authenticate the request to check-in at the merchant facility, process the request to access the real-time pre-sale transaction data, and responsively access the real-time pre-sale transaction data associated with the first customer from a point of sale device located at the merchant facility.
US09466053B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for receiving a customization that will be displayed on the screen of an ATM based on a customer initiating a session with the ATM. The customization is associated with a function to perform a financial transaction. The function is performed as a result of the customer interacting with the customization on the screen of the ATM. The customization may be altered based on a handicap impairment of the customer. The displaying of the customization may be restricted for security purposes or as a request of the customer.
US09466045B1
Shipments of ordered items may be optimized by minimizing geographic and time constraints, thereby improving efficiencies and reducing costs. Geographic locations of items included in an order may be considered when generating an optimal path for retrieving such items and for processing the order. Upon identifying the items included in an order, locations of an origin, a destination and each of the items may be determined by any means, such as through a photogrammetric analysis of one or more images, and an optimal path for picking each of the items may be determined based on the respective locations of each of the items. Additionally, orders for items for delivery to a common destination may be combined into a single shipment if the orders are received within a window of time, and if the items are sufficiently compatible with one another.
US09466042B2
A method includes determining an anticipated usage pattern for an information technology system and a desired service level for the information technology system. The method includes determining a utilization saturation point for the information technology system and selecting a number of servers in the information technology system. The method also includes calculating one or more performance characteristics for the information technology system based on the anticipated usage pattern, the desired service level, the utilization saturation point, and the number of servers and comparing the one or more performance characteristics for the information technology system with one or more desired performance characteristics for the information technology system.
US09466041B2
A computer implemented method and apparatus display an information integration flow graph, receive user input selecting a modification to apply to the displayed information integration flow graph and modify the information integration flow graph based on the selected modification to form a modified information integration flow graph, wherein the modified information integration flow graph is displayed.
US09466038B2
A platform comprising sensing devices, servers and mobile devices for monitoring conditions of objects on worksites. Potential violations of operation rules are alarmed to avoid damage, collision, and disaster. Emergency is detected and responded to operating staff members in charge.
US09466034B2
Embodiments for determining an optimal configuration for a renewable energy power plant are provided. The power plant, which may be a virtual power plant, includes one or more generator devices and one or more energy storage devices that may be operated to undertake one or more operating applications. Data indicative of the power output of the power plant and the voltage level at the energy storage system connection point is received as an input. Using this data, combinations of energy storage devices and operating applications stored on a database are processed and, for each energy storage and operating application pair, a value indicative of the profitability of undertaking the operating application is determined. These values are used to rank the combinations of energy storage devices and operating applications according to their profitability, which in turn is used to select the most efficient or profitable application/energy storage pair.
US09466013B2
A computer vision service includes technologies to, among other things, analyze computer vision or learning tasks requested by computer applications, select computer vision or learning algorithms to execute the requested tasks based on one or more performance capabilities of the computer vision or learning algorithms, perform the computer vision or learning tasks for the computer applications using the selected algorithms, and expose the results of performing the computer vision or learning tasks for use by the computer applications.
US09466012B2
A computing device uses image metadata to perform a first sub-classification of an image, wherein the first sub-classification is deterministic, then uses a combination of image data and the image metadata to perform a second sub-classification, further in a third sub-classification, uses image data to make a probabilistic classification of an image according to a likely phantom type. Alternatively or additionally, a computing device receives a set of image analysis data, identifies an image analysis model to be trained, using the image analysis data, determines that the image analysis model can include an image permutation, and trains a new image analysis model including the image permutation.
US09466008B2
An image processing device includes a line gain calculator, a line gain corrector, and a gain adjustor. The line gain calculator calculates an absolute value of Gradient and an absolute value of Laplacian of the input image, and calculates a line gain based on the absolute value of the Gradient and the absolute value of the Laplacian. The line gain corrector calculates a blend coefficient based on the input image and the line gain and to correct the line gain based on the blend coefficient. The gain adjuster processes the input image based on the corrected line gain to generate an output image.
US09466007B2
Embodiments provide a method for processing an input image having a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel has a pixel position. The method may include determining, for each pixel position, a vector based on the input image; and determining, for each pixel position, a detail value for the pixel position based on the determined vectors at a plurality of neighboring pixel positions within a predetermined neighboring block of the pixel position.
US09465994B1
Where a plurality of machine learning algorithms is available to process information or data in the furtherance of a task, one of the algorithms may be identified as particularly well-suited or appropriate based on attributes of the information or data. Such attributes of the imaging data may be determined by any means, and a prediction as to the performance (e.g., one or more metrics) or success of each of the algorithms may be made. One of the algorithms may ultimately be selected based on such predictions, as well as the computing resources that are available for executing the algorithms, and any other relevant constraints.
US09465988B1
An electronic device including an illuminator and a camera configured for performing iris recognition while the user holds the device. The lens of the camera comprises four molded plastic elements with eight aspheric surfaces at a total thickness of only 3.4 mm that provides a mildly distorted image 1.2 mm across. The relative aperture is 3.5 with a fixed focal distance, providing a depth-of-field spanning a fixed focus region of at least 10 cm in depth that is 25 to 35 cm (centimeters) from the eye. The illuminator comprises a near-IR LED in a Cassegrain telescope configuration for efficient directing of flux toward the eye, thereby conserving device volume and electric energy use.
US09465987B1
A weather control station receives from a communication network data packets transmitted wirelessly to the network by a mobile platform separated from the control station. The data packets carry images captured by an image sensor aboard the mobile platform and show one or more weather conditions local to the mobile platform. The control station recovers the images from the data packets and processes the recovered images according to one or more weather condition detection algorithms to detect the one or more weather conditions, respectively. The weather station reports the one or more detected weather conditions.
US09465986B2
An information processing apparatus includes a reading unit, a recognition unit, a table-of-contents analysis unit, a main-body analysis unit, and a creation unit. The reading unit reads a table of contents page and a main body page as images. The recognition unit performs character recognition on the images of the table of contents and main body pages. The table-of-contents analysis unit analyzes the image of the table of contents page, and acquires at least a heading item in accordance with a result of character recognition. The main-body analysis unit analyzes the image of the main body page, and associates an image including the heading item with the heading item in accordance with a result of character recognition. The creation unit creates electronic bookmarked information in which bookmark information for associating the heading item with the image of the main body page is added to electronic information of the read images.
US09465983B2
In a method and apparatus to automatically display and/or measure bone variations in medical image data, an image data set of an examination region is acquired and the bone regions in the image data set are automatically segmented in a first segmentation followed by a second segmentation in which bone variation regions in the image data set are automatically segmented on the basis of the results of the first segmentation. The results of the first and/or second segmentations are stored and/or displayed.
US09465982B2
A user can be identified and/or authenticated to an electronic device by analyzing aspects of a motion or gesture made by that user. At least one imaging element of the device can capture image information including the motion or gesture, and can determine time-dependent information about that motion or gesture in two or three dimensions of space. The time-dependent information can be used to identify varying speeds, motions, and other such aspects that are indicative of a particular user. The way in which a gesture or motion is made, in addition to the motion or gesture itself, can be used to authenticate an individual user. While other persons can learn the basic gesture or motion, the way in which each person makes that gesture or motion will generally be at least slightly different, which can be used to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive information, protected functionality, or other such content.
US09465962B2
A method and system for applying a two dimensional mark on a first surface of a component and assessing mark quality, the method comprising the steps of positioning a component with a first surface at a first station, applying a two dimensional mark to the first surface at the first station wherein the applied mark is intended to codify a first information subset, obtaining an image of the applied two dimensional mark at the first station using a stationary camera that has a field of view that is centered along a trajectory that forms an obtuse angle with at least a portion of the first surface and that includes at least a portion of the first surface, performing a mark quality assessment on the obtained image and performing a secondary function as a result of the mark quality assessment.
US09465960B2
In some examples, a controller is configured to generate a key based on a physics-based output of a component. The controller may, for example, use the key to authenticate communication between at least two nodes, to encrypt data, or to decrypt data. In some examples, the component includes one or more subcomponents, each subcomponent including a cell filled with a gas, a light source configured to transmit a light through the gas cell, and a photodetector configured to sense light transmitted through the gas cell. The photodetector of each subcomponent is configured to generate an electrical signal that changes as a function of one or more properties of the light sourced by the light source, transmitted through the gas cell. The output of the component can is based on the signals generate by the one or more photodetectors.
US09465952B2
Systems and methods are provided for transmitting data for secure storage. For each of two or more data sets, a plurality of shares are generated containing a distribution of data from an encrypted version of the data set. The shares are then stored in a shared memory device, wherein a data set may be reconstructed from a threshold number of the associated plurality of shares using an associated key. Also provided are systems and methods for providing access to secured data. A plurality of shares containing a distribution of data from an encrypted version of a data set are stored in a memory device. A client is provided with a virtual machine that indicates the plurality of shares, and the capability to reconstruct the data set from the plurality of shares using an associated key.
US09465951B1
Systems for managing access to a plurality of resources for an organization are disclosed, and may include a plurality of resources associated with an organization and having an access restriction; an interface for onboarding each resource to a resource inventory; a human resources data feed that identifies a status for a plurality of individuals within the organization; a termination and transfer service that changes an individual's access to a resource based on a change in the individual's status; an ownership service that assigns at least one of the individuals to be a default owner for each resource; an evergreen service that modifies the default owner for a resource based on a change in the owner's status; a policy service that monitors ownership for compliance with at least one policy; a certification service that certifies each individual's access to the plurality of resources; and a reporting service.
US09465949B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a first acquisition unit that acquires, as a first mode, a security mode of a first execution process regarding a print preview application called from a first application; a second acquisition unit that acquires a security mode of a printer driver as a second mode, when a print preview is executed through the printer driver, based on a print preview instruction given in a second application; a determination unit that determines identity of security levels regarding both the modes of the first mode and the second mode; and an operation control unit that, when the security levels of both the modes are different from each other, activates a second execution process which is different from the first execution process and is an execution process of the print preview application, to execute the print preview.
US09465947B2
A cloud storage system includes an encryption server configured to encrypt a plurality of data by using encryption keys having a hierarchy, the hierarchy of encryption keys corresponding to a relationship among the plurality of encrypted data, and a cloud storage server configured to store the plurality of encrypted data.
US09465940B1
A plurality of data files is received. Thereafter, each file is represented as an entropy time series that reflects an amount of entropy across locations in code for such file. A wavelet transform is applied, for each file, to the corresponding entropy time series to generate an energy spectrum characterizing, for the file, an amount of entropic energy at multiple scales of code resolution. It can then be determined, for each file, whether or not the file is likely to be malicious based on the energy spectrum. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US09465939B2
Systems and methods are provided in example embodiments for mitigating malicious calls. The system can be configured to determine a series of checksums for a file, compare the series of checksums to a checksum tree, where the checksum tree includes a plurality of nodes that each include a fuzzy checksum of known malware, and assign one or more classifications to the file, where each of the one or more classifications is based on each node of the checksum tree that matches a checksum in the series of checksums and includes whether the file includes malware or benign checksums.
US09465927B2
Techniques are disclosed for validating input on a handheld device. In response to receiving an input and a request to access a computing resource, an application running on the handheld device may collect data from one or more sensors of the handheld device. The application may then determine, based on the collected sensor data, if an individual is interacting with the device and recognize the input as valid if such is the case. In one embodiment, the application may present a challenge to a user which is difficult for computer programs to perform, and determine whether an individual is interacting with the device based on successful completion of the challenge. In an alternative embodiment, the application may collect data and determine whether an individual is interacting with the device without presenting an explicit challenge to the user.
US09465926B2
A method of obfuscating a code is provided, wherein the method comprises performing a first level obfuscating technique on a code to generate a first obfuscated code, and performing a second level obfuscating technique on the first obfuscated code. In particular, the code may be a software code or a software module. Furthermore, the first level obfuscating technique and the second obfuscating may be different. In particular, the second level obfuscating technique may perform a deobfuscation.
US09465925B2
There is provided a system for regulating access and managing distribution of content in a network, such as the Internet. The system includes communication gateways, installed at a subscriber site, internet control points, installed remotely, and various network elements installed throughout the network. The communication gateways and network elements operate in conjunction with the internet control points to restrict or allow access to specified Internet sites and to manage efficient distribution of content such as music, video, games, broadband data, real-time audio and voice applications, and software to subscribers.
US09465919B2
A pill dispenser is disclosed that includes a housing defining an opening, a pill-dispensing mechanism disposed within the housing and operatively coupled to the opening, a receptacle operatively coupled to the housing, a first pill-viewing camera positioned to capture an image of the receptacle, an identifying camera positioned to capture an image of an area adjacent to the housing, at least one processor in operative communication with the pill-dispensing mechanism, the first pill-viewing camera, and the identifying camera, and a storage medium.
US09465912B2
An apparatus and a method for mining temporal pattern are provided. A method for mining temporal pattern includes generating a data pattern group comprising data patterns from sequential data, generating a candidate pattern group comprising candidate patterns from the data pattern group, calculating a support value for a candidate pattern in a candidate pattern group based on a discrepancy value of the candidate pattern, and determining whether the candidate pattern satisfies a predetermined pattern requirement, based on the calculated support value.
US09465910B2
Computer apparatus, non-transitory computer readable media and methods for receiving daily vectors of measured blood glucose level values ordered by daily-defined time points over multiple days distributed over a predefined time period; calculating a vector average; calculating a chronic glycemia value based on the vector average modified by a universal term based on the centroid of an attractor basin; receiving subsequent daily vectors of blood glucose level values measured at subsequent defined time points after the predefined time period; calculating an updated vector average; calculating a subsequent chronic glycemia value based on the updated vector average modified by the universal term based on the centroid of the attractor basin estimated from the orbit; and outputting the chronic glycemia value and subsequent chronic glycemia value.
US09465907B2
One illustrative method disclosed herein involves, among other things, decomposing an initial circuit layout into first and second mask patterns, for the first mask pattern, identifying a first four-polygon pattern in the first mask pattern that violates a multi-polygon constraint rule, wherein the first four-polygon pattern comprises four polygons positioned side-by-side in the first mask pattern, and recoloring one or two of the polygons in the first four-polygon pattern in the first mask pattern to the second mask pattern to eliminate the first four-polygon pattern from the first mask pattern without introducing any design rule violations in the initial circuit layout.
US09465906B2
Provided is an integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing method. The method includes receiving a design layout of an IC, the design layout having a main feature; performing a process correction to the main feature thereby generating a modified main feature; using a computer, generating a simulated contour of the modified main feature, the simulated contour having a plurality of points; generating a plurality of assistant data in computer readable format, wherein each assistant data includes at least one process performance factor associated with one of the points; and keeping the simulated contour and the assistant data for use by a further process stage, such as mask making, mask inspection, mask repairing, wafer direct writing, wafer inspection, and wafer repairing.
US09465901B2
A method embodiment includes identifying, by a processor, an empty region in an integrated circuit (IC) layout, wherein the empty region is a region not including any active fins. The method further includes providing a standard dummy fin cell and forming an expanded dummy fin cell. The standard dummy fin cell includes a plurality of partitions. The expanded dummy fin cell is larger than the standard dummy fin cell, and the expanded dummy fin cell includes integer multiples of each of the plurality of partitions. The empty region is filled with a plurality of dummy fin cells, wherein the plurality of dummy fin cells includes the expanded dummy fin cell. The plurality of dummy fin cells is implemented in an IC.
US09465900B2
A system for designing a semiconductor package using a computing system, comprising: a virtual stacking module configured to receive a layout parameter for a first chip, a layout parameter for a second chip, and a layout parameter for a package substrate, and in response to the layout parameters of the first chip, the second chip, and the package substrate, generate a plurality of virtual layouts in which the first and second chips are stacked, on the package substrate; a modeling module configured to model operating parameters for the first and second chips and the package substrate in response to the virtual layouts; and a characteristic analyzing module configured to analyze operating characteristics of the virtual layouts in response to the modeled operating parameters.
US09465890B1
This disclosure relates generally to the field of content sharing over a network using geographical tags, particularly multimedia content relating to community, genealogical and historical information. The content that can be shared via preferred embodiments may take many forms, such as images, genealogical data, video, audio, etc. Preferably, the content comprises personalized content (such as family tree information, family photographs, neighborhood photographs, home video, home audio, etc.).
US09465887B2
Systems and methods for optimizing content layout using behavior metrics are provided. Behavioral data is collected for a content item presented on a client device. The behavioral data indicates various locations within a display area of the content item at which a user action (e.g., clicking) occurs. The behavioral data is used to assign weights to various components of a layout scheme for the content item. A user action that occurs within an area of the content item associated with a particular component of the layout scheme contributes to the weight of the corresponding component. The weights associated with each component of the layout scheme are used to optimize the layout for the content item. Components with greater assigned weights are highlighted or emphasized. The display sizes of components in the optimized layout scheme may correspond to the weights associated with the components.
US09465880B2
Creating message files in a publication subscription computer system by: (i) receiving data corresponding to a first message; (ii) receiving a list of subscribers that subscribe to a topic of the first message; and (iii) creating a digital data file that includes a payload data and a consumption metadata. The payload data includes content data corresponding to the first message. The consumption metadata includes data relating to whether one or more subscribers of the list of subscribers will potentially consume the first message at a later period in time from the time of receiving the content data corresponding to the first message.
US09465871B1
A system and method for externally verifying content popularity served via a content sharing service, including an access analyzer to create a list based on a number of accesses associated with content items served via the content sharing service, an external source interface module to monitor external sources for content items being served via the external sources, a list verifier to determine if the content items from the list match any of the content items from the external sources, and a list generator to create an externally verified list based on the determination from the list verifier.
US09465855B2
A system for maintaining a two-site configuration for continuous availability over long distances may include a first computing site configured to execute a first instance associated with a priority workload, the first instance being designated as an active instance; a second computing site configured to execute a second instance of the priority workload, the second instance being designated as a standby instance; a software replication module configured to replicate a unit of work data associated with the priority workload from a first data object associated with the active instance to a second data object associated with the standby instance, and a hardware replication module configured to replicate an image from a first storage volume to a copy on a second storage volume, wherein the first storage volume is associated with the first computing site, and the second storage volume is associated with a third computing site.
US09465846B2
A data stream is stored in a database. An event pipe stores a sliding window of events from the data stream. A query is responded to by utilizing the sliding window of events stored in the event pipe.
US09465832B1
A computer-implemented method includes receiving a transaction, where the transaction includes a plurality of operations and is applicable to a graph database. The transaction is represented by a transaction graph, which is a dependency graph representing dependencies among the plurality of operations of the transaction. The transaction graph is partitioned, by a computer processor, into two or more transaction subgraphs. Each of the two or more transaction subgraphs includes two or more operations of the transaction, and each of the two or more transaction subgraphs is a dependency graph representing dependencies among the two or more operations of the transaction subgraph. The two or more transaction subgraphs are independent of one another. The two or more transaction subgraphs are applied to the graph database in parallel, where applying each transaction subgraph to the graph database includes applying the two or more operations of the transaction subgraph to the graph database.
US09465831B2
This technology relates to method and optimization systems for optimizing storage of multi-dimensional data in data storage. The method comprises analyzing a plurality of queries received over period of time from one or more client machines. Then, a query pattern is determined from plurality of queries. Based on query pattern dimensionality of data is identified for determining data storage strategy. The dimensionality is characterized into 11 dimensions comprising 4 standard level dimensions and 7 higher level dimensions. A highest dimension out of 7 higher dimensions is parallel data storage dimension. Based on storage strategy, at least one of data and columns of a table is segmented in data storage. Next, data is stored in remote data storage when data is an element of last higher level dimension. Then, higher level dimensions are fragmented into one or more smaller level dimensions when data is element greater than 11 dimensions.
US09465825B2
A computer implemented method, computer program product and system for data quality monitoring includes measuring a data quality of loaded data relative to a predefined data quality metric. The measuring the data quality includes identifying delta changes in at least one of the loaded data and the data quality rules relative to a previous measurement of the data quality of the loaded data. Logical calculus defined in the data quality rules is applied to the identified delta changes.
US09465822B2
Systems, devices, and methods for providing data model generation based on user interface specifications are presented. On a client device, an execution platform may provide a graphical user interface (GUI) through which a software designer can visually develop an application. The execution platform may represent the application as pages with each page containing zero or more widgets. From this representation, a database schema is automatically created and populated, and then stored on a server device.
US09465800B2
A method for sharing verified identity documents is disclosed. The method is performed at one or more electronic devices. The client device obtains identity information of a user and a document. The client device extracts identity information from the document. The client device determines that the identity information of the user and the extracted identity information substantially match, and generates at least one verification rating for the document. The client device sends the document, the data extracted from the document, and the at least one verification rating to a server system remote from the client device. This information is then provided by the server system to another party upon approval by the user to share the information with that party.
US09465795B2
A method is provided in one example and includes receiving network traffic associated with a particular user; developing a personal vocabulary for the particular user based on the network traffic; determining areas of interest for the particular user based on the personal vocabulary; determining associations for the particular user in relation to additional users; and generating a feed based on a portion of the network traffic. The feed is delivered to a subset of the additional users.
US09465780B2
Disclosed is a user terminal device and a scroll method supporting high-speed web scroll of a web document. According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a web scroll system including a user terminal device, the system including: a web document providing apparatus for storing the web document configured to include HyperText Markup Language (HTML) and providing the web document to the user terminal device according to connection of the user terminal device; and the user terminal device having a processor for connecting to the web document providing apparatus and receiving the web document, parsing the provided web document and converting into data having a structure formed in a shape of a tree, loading data that will be output on a display means among the converted data on video output memory as display output tree data, and providing the converted data to a web application process.
US09465775B2
Various embodiments evaluate content that is to be printed and ascertain whether the content is going to overflow or be “orphaned” onto a second page when printed. If some content will create an orphan when printed, then the content is scaled to fit onto a single page when printed. In some embodiments, the content is simply proportionally scaled to fit onto a single page. In other embodiments, the content is further processed to scale it in a manner that makes intelligent use of the white space on the printed page.
US09465765B2
An all-in-one SATA interface storage device comprising: an interface board installed on a motherboard; a first memory card slot which is a CFast slot fixed on the interface board for installation of a CFast card; a second memory card slot fixed on the interface board and available to CF-SATA and CFEX cards for installation of either a CF-SATA card or a CFEX card. As such, the present invention facilitates applications of multiple storage devices via its SATA interfaces linking a host system, providing a user more convenient new storage devices, and creating higher value-added services by lowering costs.
US09465763B2
A bridge circuit may be used to interface between dynamically reconfigurable circuitry and dedicated circuitry or other circuitry having static configurations during normal operation of the device. The bridge circuit may include interface circuitry coupled between first and second interfaces that communicate with the dynamically reconfigurable circuitry and the dedicated circuitry. Control circuitry may control the interface circuitry based on variable communications requirements of the second interface without interrupting communications with the dedicated circuitry at the first interface. The variable communications requirements may be dependent on which configuration of the dynamically reconfigurable circuitry is currently implemented.
US09465762B2
A communications control system is disclosed that includes a serial communications interface and a parallel communications interface for coupling a plurality of input/output modules with a control module. The serial communications interface is configured for connecting the plurality of input/output modules to the control module in parallel to transmit information between the plurality of input/output modules and the control module, and the parallel communications interface is configured for separately connecting the plurality of input/output modules to the control module to transmit information between the plurality of input/output modules and the control module, and to transmit information between individual ones of the plurality of input/output modules. The serial communications interface may comprise a multidrop bus, and the parallel communications interface may comprise a cross switch.
US09465759B2
Systems and methods for a universal Serializer-Deserializer (SerDes) architecture are described. In various implementations, a transceiver may include: a first plurality of data flip-flops coupled to a data lookup circuit of a SerDes interface; a second plurality of data flip-flops coupled to the data lookup circuit; a plurality of latches, each latch of the plurality of latches coupled to a corresponding data flip-flop of the second plurality of data flip-flops; and a plurality of multiplexers coupled to the plurality of latches, to the first plurality of data flip-flops, and to a transmitter circuit.
US09465748B2
Instruction fetch translation lookaside buffer management to support host and guest O/S translations
A translation lookaside buffer (TLB) configured for use in a multiple operating system environment includes a plurality of storage locations, each storage location being configured to store a page translation entry configured to relate a virtual address range to a physical address range, each page translation entry having an address space identifier (ASID) associated with an operating system. The TLB also includes flush logic configured to receive a TLB flush request from an operating system having an operating system ASID and flush only TLB page translation entries having a stored ASID that matches the operating system ASID.
US09465744B2
A technique for data prefetching for a multi-core chip includes determining memory utilization of the multi-core chip. In response to the memory utilization of the multi-core chip exceeding a first level, data prefetching for the multi-core chip is modified from a first data prefetching arrangement to a second data prefetching arrangement to minimize unused prefetched cache lines. In response to the memory utilization of the multi-core chip not exceeding the first level, the first data prefetching arrangement is maintained. The first and second data prefetching arrangements are different.
US09465737B1
A memory system includes a cache module configured to store data. A duplicate removing filter module is separate from the cache module. The duplicate removing filter module is configured to receive read requests and write requests for data blocks to be read from or written to the cache module, selectively generate fingerprints for the data blocks associated with the write requests, selectively store at least one of the fingerprints as stored fingerprints and compare a fingerprint of a write request to the stored fingerprints.
US09465736B2
A method, system, and computer program product to verify management of real storage via multi-threaded thrashers in multiple address spaces are described. The method includes dynamically scaling a number of units of work and a number of address spaces based on a number of available processors and dynamically scaling an amount and page size of storage pages representing virtual storage accessed by each of the number of units of work based on a total available memory. The method also includes obtaining, at each of the units of work, different types of storage frame sizes and attributes, accessing the storage pages corresponding with the respective different types of storage frame sizes and attributes and performing a respective function, and verifying, for each of the units of work performing the respective function, a location of the storage pages and content of the storage pages based on the respective function.
US09465721B2
A tracing and debugging system may take a snapshot of an application in response to an event, and may continue executing the program after the snapshot is captured. The snapshot may be stored and retrieved later in a debugging tool where a programmer may browse the snapshot or the snapshot may have some other analysis performed. The snapshot may contain a subset of the state of the application, such as call stacks, portions of source code, the values of local and global variables, and various metadata. The snapshot may be defined in a snapshot configuration that may include an event description and data to be collected.
US09465720B2
A remote debug session for a server group is provided. A server group including multiple servers that perform workload sharing receives a request to debug code executed at the server group. The code is executed on behalf of a client of a database associated with the server group. One of the servers of the group initiates a debugging session and establishes a communication connection with the client. The one server maintains the connection open with the client for the duration of the debugging session. Subsequent requests related to the debug session can be handled in a number of ways by the server group, and all communication to the client about processing the requests is through the connection by the one server.
US09465712B2
A method and computer program product for testing a high performance computing application performing a computation within a clustered computer arrangement is disclosed. The high performance computing arrangement performances computations across processors in parallel wherein the processors cooperate to perform the computation. The application can be tested by adding delay and therefore latency to one or more commands inside of the precompiled application. The addition of delay can be used to simulate the performance of different interconnects that are used within the high performance computing arrangement.
US09465710B1
A computer-implemented method for predictively preparing restore packages may include (1) monitoring a computing system for evidence of potential data failures within the computing system, (2) detecting evidence that indicates a potential data failure within the computing system while monitoring the computing system, (3) predicting a scope of the potential data failure based at least in part on the evidence that indicates the potential data failure, and then (4) preparing a restore package configured to restore at least a portion of data implicated by the predicted scope of the potential data failure prior to detecting a request to initiate a restore operation in connection with the potential data failure. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09465708B2
A system and method for proactively and intelligently scheduling Disaster Recovery (DR) drill(s)/test(s) for application, a set of applications or entire site in a computing system environment, the system comprising: one or more Drill Intelligence Modules logically connected to one or more Production Sites and one or more Disaster Recovery Sites, one or more Replication Systems logically connected to said Drill Intelligence Module, said Production Site and said Disaster Recovery Site, a Network connecting said Drill Intelligence Module with the Production Site, said Disaster Recovery Site and said Replication system wherein said Drill Intelligence Module is provided with at least one Configuration Monitoring Module, at least one Application Load Monitoring Module, at least one Drill Tracker Module and at least one Drill Advisor Module.
US09465703B2
According to an example, an Edge Virtual Bridging (EVB) station is configured with a VM, an ER and multiple physical network cards. The VM is configured with multiple virtual network cards and each virtual network card has one VSI. Each VSI is connected with one of the physical network cards via the ER. One of the physical network cards is configured as a primary physical network card, and another is configured as a secondary physical network card. A VSI corresponding to the primary physical network card is configured as a primary virtual interface, and a VSI corresponding to the secondary physical network card is configured as a secondary virtual interface. After determining the primary physical network card failed, the secondary physical network card is configured as a new primary physical network card, and the secondary virtual is configured as a new primary virtual interface.
US09465694B2
A method and apparatus for recovering a partition based on file system metadata, which calculate core information necessary for the recovery of a partition using only the MFT entry information of $MFT and recover a deleted partition when an MBR and a GPT that correspond to the partition configuration information of a disk and a BR and a BBR that store the configuration information of a volume are deleted or destroyed. The method includes determining an unallocated area in a disk or an evidence image, collecting MFT entries from the unallocated area, generating MFT partition candidate information by analyzing the MFT entries, and creating information enabling a layout of a partition to be reconfigured based on the MFT partition candidate information, and creating a tree structure using the created information and the MFT entries.
US09465690B2
Circuitry for providing error check values for indicating errors in data portions within a data stream. The circuitry comprises error detecting code generation circuitry configured to apply an error detecting code algorithm to the data stream and to thereby generate and periodically update a multi-bit check value as the data stream is processed, each update of the multi-bit check value being indicative of the error detecting code generation circuitry receiving a further item of the data stream. An output for periodically outputting a fragment of the multi-bit check value from the error detecting code generation circuitry during the processing of the data stream, the fragments output each corresponding to a data portion of the data stream. Wherein each of the fragment of the multi-bit check value provides a value indicative of an error occurring either in the corresponding portion of the data stream or in an earlier portion of the data stream.
US09465687B2
A computer obtains, from a device having software installed therein, a software identifier for identifying the software, an error identifier for identifying an error which occurs during installation of the software, prior configuration data of the device at a time when the error occurs, and posterior configuration data of the device at a time when the error is resolved. The computer generates new handling data on basis of a difference between the prior configuration data and the posterior configuration data. The computer updates the new handling data on basis of existing handling data, the prior configuration data, and the posterior configuration data to store the updated handling data in a storing unit in association with the software identifier and the error identifier. The existing handling data is stored in the storing unit in association with the software identifier and includes a handling item to be performed for installing the software.
US09465676B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for obtaining data specifying a plurality of native applications for a particular resource; generating, for each of the native applications, a respective corresponding deeplink for the native application, wherein selection of the respective deeplink causes the native application to display a display environment comprising the particular resource; ranking the respective deeplinks based on a respective rank score for each native application to which the respective deeplink corresponds; and generating metadata that associates the respective deeplinks and their corresponding rankings with the particular resource.
US09465674B2
Hosting, by a virtual machine manager of a local machine, a virtual machine having a device driver. The method may include obtaining, by the virtual machine manager, from a stub driver on the remote machine, information about the I/O device on the remote machine. The I/O device on the remote machine may be bound to the stub driver on the remote machine. The method may include instantiating, by the virtual machine manager, a virtual I/O device on the local machine corresponding to the I/O device on the remote machine. The method may include collaborating, by the virtual machine manager, with the stub driver on the remote machine to effectuate a real access to the I/O device on the remote machine for an access to the virtual I/O device by the device driver on behalf of a program on the local machine. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US09465663B2
Some embodiments provide a system for allocating resources in a compute farm. During operation, the system can receive resource-requirement information for a project. Next, the system can receive a request to execute a new job in the compute farm. In response to determining that no job slots are available for executing the new job, and that the project associated with the new job has not used up its allocated job slots, the system may execute the new job by suspending or re-queuing a job that is currently executing, and allocating the freed-up job slot to the new job. If the system receives a resource-intensive job, the system may create dummy jobs, and schedule the dummy jobs on the same computer system as the resource-intensive job to prevent the queuing system from scheduling multiple resource-intensive jobs on the same computer system.
US09465657B2
An entitlement vector may be used when selecting a thread for execution in a multi-threading environment in terms of aspects such as priority. An embodiment or embodiments of an information handling apparatus can comprise a library comprising a plurality of functions operable to handle a plurality of objects. The information handling apparatus can further comprise an entitlement vector operable to assign entitlement to at least one of a plurality of resources to selected ones of the plurality of functions.
US09465656B2
Methods, systems and computer program products for scheduler penalty for swapping activity. Exemplary embodiments include a memory management method, including identifying a first process from an active queue, identifying a second process from the active queue, tracking attributes associated with the first and second processes, determining whether at least one of the first and second processes are constraining system memory and penalizing at least one of the first and second processes in response to at least one of the first and second processes constraining the system memory.
US09465653B2
A computing system can provide user interfaces and back-end operations to facilitate review and invalidation of executed jobs. The system can provide an interface that allows the operator to review quality-control information about a completed job. Once the operator identifies a job as invalid, the operator can be presented with further options, such as whether to invalidate only the reviewed job or the job and all its descendants. The operator can also review antecedent jobs to an invalid job (e.g., in order to trace the root of the problem) and can selectively invalidate antecedent jobs.
US09465647B2
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a processor that has an on-die storage such as a static random access memory to store an architectural state of one or more threads that are swapped out of architectural state storage of the processor on entry to a system management mode (SMM). In this way communication of this state information to a system management memory can be avoided, reducing latency associated with entry into SMM. Embodiments may also enable the processor to update a status of executing agents that are either in a long instruction flow or in a system management interrupt (SMI) blocked state, in order to provide an indication to agents inside the SMM. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09465642B1
Embodiments of systems and methods are described for instant provisioning (e.g., cloning, copying, replicating, migrating, backing up, restoring, etc.) of virtual machines, virtual machine files, or other types of files (e.g., database files). In some implementations, a cloned virtual machine file can present an illusion to multiple applications accessing the cloned file that the cloned file contains all the appropriate data (e.g., a file system volume), even while the clone file is still being filled with relevant data. In some embodiments, the systems and methods use a file system filter driver to intercept and redirect certain input/output (I/O) requests to the cloned file. The file system filter driver may use a data structure (e.g., a bitmap) to determine which logical units of the clone file have already been filled with data. In some embodiments, the systems and methods use the operating system to handle cached I/O requests, which may improve efficiency.
US09465639B2
A resource adjustment system and method for virtual machines (VMs) are provided. The method includes: obtaining, by a monitoring module, performance and status information of a first server and at least one VM of the first server; estimating, by an estimating module, the first server and each VM according to the performance and status information and an evaluation index and obtaining a server estimation score of the first server and a virtual machine estimation score of every VM; and finding, by a moving module, a second server according to the performance and status information and the evaluation index when a virtual machine estimation score of at least one first VM of the first server or the server estimation score exceeds a threshold, finding at least one VM suitable to be moved according to a moving order, and moving the at least one VM to the second server.
US09465633B2
One or more embodiments of the invention facilitate displaying application icons of a guest environment in a host environment of a mobile device, wherein the guest environment is running in a virtual machine supported by a hypervisor running within the host environment. One method comprises forwarding, by a hypervisor-aware service running in the virtual machine to the hypervisor, a list of applications installed in a guest operating system (OS) of the virtual machine. For each of the installed applications, the hypervisor provides metadata to a host OS running in the host environment, wherein the metadata comprises an application icon and an instruction to launch a proxy application installed in the host environment. Upon a launch of the proxy application when a user selects the application icon, the proxy application requests the hypervisor to communicate with the hypervisor-aware service to launch the installed application in the guest environment.
US09465626B2
A method for determining time spent on system shutdown is provided. The method may involve identifying a time at which a shutdown instruction is initiated during the system shutdown. Further, an exit time of an object that is the last to exit during the system shutdown may be identified. The time spent on the system shutdown may be determined based on the time at which the shutdown instruction is initiated and the exit time of the object that is the last to exit. The method for determining time spent on system shutdown may obtain the system time spent on the previous system shutdown regardless of the reason that the system was shut down. Further, the user may be instructed to optimize the system according to the time spent on system shutdown.
US09465625B2
A computer deploys an operating environment onto a provisionable server. The computer assigns an operating environment from an operating environment configuration management database to the provisionable server in response to detecting a provisioning event. The computer stores a record of the assignment in a deployment configuration management database and updates a management server with a designated operating environment identifier of the assignment.
US09465623B2
A computer system is partitioned during a pre-boot phase of the computer system between a first partition and a second partition, wherein the first partition to include a first processing unit and the second partition to include a second processing unit. An Input/Output (I/O) operating system is booted on the first partition. A general purpose operating system is booted on the second partition. Network transactions are issued by the general purpose operating system to be performed by the I/O operating system. The network transactions are performed by the I/O operating system.
US09465619B1
Systems and methods are provided for a multi-core processor for processing different types of data units. A system includes a classifier configured to classify incoming data units into different type data units. A plurality of processing cores are selectably configurable into plural processing pipelines, respective processing pipelines including connected processing cores, ones of the processing cores being selectably programmed to execute a respective processing operation on a received incoming data unit, different ones of the processing pipelines defined by a selectable number of processing cores. A distributor is configured to distribute the different types of data units to one of the pipelines among the plural pipelines at least as a function of the classified type of the data units and the programmed processing operations of processing cores in the pipelines.
US09465615B2
A branch prediction unit BPU (500) for prediction of a next taken branch instruction in a processing unit (100). The BPU (500) comprises a pattern history memory (504) comprising branch source addresses and branch indicators; a branch target buffer (506) comprising branch targets; and branch prediction logical circuit (502). By means of a search PC, the circuit finds in the memory a branch indicator indicating a predicted taken branch instruction. The circuit selects a first found branch indicator as an indication of a first predicted taken branch instruction. Using the first found branch indicator, the circuit retrieves from the memory, a branch source address of the first predicted taken branch instruction. When the retrieved branch source address is the branch source address nearest to the search PC, the circuit outputs as next PC a branch target retrieved from the buffer. Then the prediction stops.
US09465605B2
An image forming apparatus having a firmware update technology that realizes updating of firmware using an encrypted file and reduces a downtime using a differential update. When a first update instruction to perform an update using a first firmware including an encrypted plurality of files is accepted, a content list file is downloaded from an external apparatus, an update file to be updated is identified based on the content list file, and the identified update file is further downloaded from the external apparatus. Then, the update file is decrypted and installed in the image forming apparatus. When a second update instruction to perform an update using a second firmware including an encrypted plurality of files and content list files is accepted, the second firmware is downloaded in a single batch from the external apparatus. Then, the second firmware is decrypted, and the plurality of files is installed in the image forming apparatus.
US09465600B2
A method and apparatus for dynamic retrieval of installation packages when installing software is described herein. In one embodiment, a process can be provided to determine a specific installation package to be installed for software having one or more packages to be installed. A repository can be automatically identified from a plurality of repositories from which to obtain the specific installation package, based on priority criteria. The priority criteria can be based on dynamically changing parameters. The specific installation package can be obtained from the identified repository.
US09465598B2
A system for branding and deploying backup software includes a branding interface, a branding database, and an installer-generating server. The branding interface receives branding data from a partner associated with a partner machine. The branding database stores the received branding data. The installer-generating server generates a generic full installer capable of installing a software program and generates a branded installation shell in response to a request from the partner and using the stored branding data. The branded installation shell, when executed by the partner machine, retrieves the generic full installer from the installer-generating server. The branded installation shell causes the generic full installer to install in a branded location on the partner machine to make it appear as if the partner generated the software program installed by the generic full installer. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described.
US09465582B1
A system, method, and apparatus for a significant random number generator are disclosed. The method involves sensing, with a sensor on a spacecraft, a physical phenomenon. In one or more embodiments, the system utilizes a Lower Earth Orbiting (LEO) Iridium satellite for the spacecraft. The method further involves outputting, from the sensor, a value for the physical phenomenon. Also, the method involves inputting the value of the physical phenomenon into a pseudo-random number generator (PRNG). In addition, the method involves generating, with the PRNG, a sequence of random numbers using the value of the physical phenomenon as a seed for the PRNG. In some embodiments, the disclosed significant random number generator is employed by a spot beam based authentication system that is used to authenticate a claimant. In other embodiments, the disclosed significant random number generator is used for cryptology, routing network traffic, anti-jamming, certified time stamping, and secure identification applications.
US09465579B2
Provided is a method for processing pipelined data using a variable-latency speculating booth multiplier (VLSBM), including a first operation and a second operation. The first operation has the steps of partitioning partial products into a least significant part (LSP) and a most significant part (MSP), estimating a carry of the LSP, computing the MSP based on the estimated carry, computing the LSP independently to obtain a true carry and detecting a computation error by comparing the estimated carry with the true carry. Also, the second operation has the step of correcting the computation error based on the difference between the estimated carry and the true carry. Further, a VLSBM for processing pipelined data is also provided.
US09465577B1
A touch sensitive device is configured to determine commands based on a plurality of touch events on the touch sensitive device. At least a first predetermined number of touch events is detected on the touch sensitive device. At least a second predetermined number of control points is determined based on the detected at least first predetermined number of touch events. A command is determined based on a change in value of at least one parameter related to at least two of the control points. A first data object and a second data object are processed based on a preselected common attribute tag using the determined command.
US09465571B2
This invention provides an apparatus use environment with higher flexibility and convenience. To achieve this, based on information acquired by an apparatus on which a program including a first program layer with an instruction set to be interpreted and executed by a processor and a second program layer with an instruction set compiled in advance by a unit other than the processor operates, display contents of a display screen for using a function of the apparatus, which are displayed in the first program layer, are controlled.
US09465570B2
An information processing apparatus includes a first acquiring unit, an identifying unit, and a transmitting unit. The first acquiring unit acquires image data including color values each of which denotes a corresponding one of multiple pixels in one or multiple pages. The identifying unit identifies, from the color values, color regions to which pixels constituting at least part of the multiple pixels belong in a predetermined color model. The transmitting unit transmits the number of pages in which the color regions identified by the identifying unit correspond to a predetermined color region combination.
US09465569B2
Provided is a cloud print method using an automatic response system, the cloud print method including: receiving a call, by the automatic response system, from a user terminal; providing the user terminal, by the automatic response system, with an automatic response voice guidance message regarding a printable document via the automatic response system; selecting, by the automatic response system, a document to be printed via the user terminal; identifying, by the automatic response system, a destination phone number to which the selected document is to be transmitted; transmitting, by the automatic response system, the selected document and destination phone number from the automatic response system to a cloud print server; and transmitting, by the cloud printer server, the selected document from the cloud print server to an image forming apparatus corresponding to the destination phone number.
US09465557B2
A load reduction dual in-line memory module (LRDIMM) is similar to a registered dual in-line memory module (RDIMM) in which control signals are synchronously buffered but the LRDIMM includes a load reduction buffer (LRB) in the data path as well. To make an LRDIMM which appears compatible with RDIMMs on a system memory bus, the serial presence detector (SPD) of the LRDIMM is programmed with modified latency support and minimum delay values. When the dynamic read only memory (DRAMs) devices of the LRDIMM are subsequently set up by the host at boot time based on the parameters provided by the SPD, selected latency values are modified on the fly in an enhanced register phase look loop (RPLL) device. This has the effect of compensating for the delay introduced by the LRB without violating DRAM constraints, and provides memory bus timing for a LRDIMM that is indistinguishable from that of a RDIMM.
US09465553B2
A non-volatile memory system and a method of managing the power of the same are provided. The non-volatile memory system includes a non-volatile memory configured to store a first mapping table comprising a list of a logical address and a physical address corresponding to the logical address with respect to a code region and a list of a logical address and a physical address corresponding to the logical address with respect to a general purpose (GP) region, and a controller configured to load the first mapping table from the non-volatile memory to a first memory and load the second mapping table from the non-volatile memory to a second memory. Power-up of the second memory is delayed with respect to power-up of the non-volatile memory system and the first or second memory is powered down if a condition is satisfied, so that power consumption of the non-volatile memory system is reduced.
US09465550B1
Described are techniques for achieving service level objectives. A first service level objective for a first tenant of a data storage system may be received. The first tenant may have data stored in a first set of devices of the data storage system. The first service level objective may include a first value for a first metric. The first tenant may be located on a first host and may issue I/O operations directed to the first set of devices. A first calculated value for the first metric may be determined using one or more measured values obtained at the first host. It may be determined, using the first calculated value for the first metric, whether the first service level objective for the first tenant is violated. Responsive to determining the first service level objective for the first tenant is violated, first processing may be performed to selects a remediation action.
US09465544B2
A host generates an address array including a header and each start address to perform a data processing operation, which may for example be 4 Kbytes of a random read operation or a random write operation, and transmits a generated address array to a data storage device through a data bus. The data storage device, in the case of a random read operation, outputs each data corresponding to the each start address to the host successively by using the address array. In the case of a random write operation, the data storage device receives each data corresponding to each start address from the host and stores it in a memory core.
US09465538B2
A flash memory control method, storing a logical-to-physical address mapping relationship between a host and a flash memory and a root table in the flash memory and providing a non-volatile storage area storing a root table pointer. A mapping relationship pointer is set forth in the root table to show where the logical-to-physical address mapping relationship is stored in the flash memory. The root table pointer points to the root table stored in the flash memory. In response to a power restoration request issued from the host, the flash memory is accessed based on the root table pointer and thereby the root table is read and the logical-to-physical address mapping relationship is retrieved from the flash memory based on the mapping relationship pointer set forth in the root table.
US09465534B2
A method for automatic computerized process control includes: establishing a record of at least two pieces of data to respectively serve as at least two data codes, and at least one linking relationship between the data nodes, and performing an automatic process associated with the specific event according to the data nodes and the linking relationship in the record thus established. The data nodes and the linking relationship correspond to a specific event triggered by a user via a computerized system.
US09465530B2
Methods, systems, and devices for designing and manufacturing flank millable components. In one embodiment, devices, systems, and methods for designing a flank millable component are provided, in which a user is notified when a component geometry option is selected that will result in the component not being flank millable. In another embodiment, the user is prevented from selecting a geometry option that would result in the component not being flank millable. In yet another embodiment, devices, systems, and methods are provided for manufacturing a component with a flank milling process, in which optimized machine instructions are determined that minimize milling machine motion.
US09465529B1
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that provides a user interface of a native application for a portable electronic device. During operation, the system provides an environment for customizing the user interface using one or more custom views. The one or more custom views may include a set of user-interface components, a layout of the user-interface components, and a configuration of a user-interface component from the set of user-interface components. Next, the system enables use of the one or more custom views with the native application through the environment independently of a platform of the native application.
US09465523B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for displaying multidimensional data in a decomposition tree. The decomposition tree may include a plurality of levels, with the first level including a parent node representing the multidimensional data and the subsequent levels including one or more nodes representing a subset of the data repressed by the parent node along dimensions selected by a user. The decomposition tree may include nodes belonging to the same dimension in different levels of the decomposition tree. A node in the decomposition tree may be split by more than one dimension inside a same subsequent level.
US09465522B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system for presenting navigation options to a user of a mobile application. During operation, the system receives usage data comprising a record of actions performed while the user was interacting with the mobile application. Next, the system analyzes the usage data to identify areas of interest within the mobile application that the user is likely to access. The system then constructs a set of personalized navigation options for the user based on the identified areas of interest, and possibly other areas of the application based on promotional considerations. Finally, the system outputs the set of personalized navigation options to be presented to the user through a navigation pane in the mobile application, wherein the navigation pane includes shortcuts to the set of personalized navigation options.
US09465520B2
A portable messaging device is provided that can display visual messages and communicate with additional messaging devices via a local area network. The portable messaging device can include a display panel having an LED array, and a control unit. Lateral side walls, and the inner surface of the display panel can define at least part of a recessed opening configured to receive an electronic device such as a smartphone. The control unit can receive input via a user interface of the portable messaging device and, responsive to the input, provide a visual message to the LED array for display from the outer surface of the display panel.
US09465518B1
A method for generation of virtual images on a computer system having a Virtual Machine (VM), including (a) generating a virtual image of the VM that includes a state of the VM's disk at a particular moment in time; wherein the virtual image is viewable via a host-side graphical representation component for viewing a history of virtual images representing states of the VM's disk at prior moments in time; (b) storing the virtual image as multiple chunks or partitions; (c) from the host side, acquiring a state of the VM's memory and adding the state of the VM's memory to the virtual image; (d) configuring the graphical representation component to display only selected virtual images based on user selection, and (e) in the graphical representation component, displaying a representation of differences between at least two of the virtual images.
US09465511B1
A graphical user interface for managing hierarchical systems is provided. A graphical user interface that includes a navigation bar having a domain element and a plurality of object elements is presented. The object elements are associated with different object types in a hierarchical system and are arranged based, at least in part, on the hierarchical system. A first menu that includes a list of objects of a first object type is presented in response to detecting an interaction with a first object element. Information presented on a second object element is filtered in response to a selection of a specific object via the first menu. A second menu that includes a list of all objects that are associated with the plurality of object elements is presented in response to detecting an interaction with the domain element while continuing to filter the information presented on the second object element.
US09465508B1
A method for indicating the security level of a selected element on a multi-level security display includes determining a security level of a selected element and modifying the visual representation of the selected element to indicate the security level and/or providing an audible tone. Visual distinction may include a security tag, color variation or flashing pattern.
US09465495B2
A display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the display device comprises first and second substrates including a display area and a non-display area, a sealant material interposed between the first and second substrates and formed in the non-display area, and a plurality of touch electrodes formed in the display area of the second substrate. The display device further comprises a plurality of touch signal lines formed in the non-display area of the second substrate and respectively electrically connected to the touch electrodes, wherein the touch signal lines are configured to transmit/receive touch signals to/from the touch electrodes. The touch signal lines include one or more first signal lines not overlapping the sealant and one or more second signal lines at least partially overlapping the sealant.
US09465488B2
A motion detection and interpretation system comprising a camera plus an infrared transmitter/receiver paired with a single reflective surface that records image data from two vantage points. The camera is connected to a computer and a display screen. The system creates a virtual touch screen for interaction with the display screen. The components of the system can be protected behind a transparent barrier while the virtual touch screen is provided for user interaction thus preventing user interference with, deterring vandalism and theft of, and prolonging the usable life of the equipment. In addition to finite hand movements detected by the virtual touch screen, the system can also simultaneously perform facial recognition and body movement recognition. The system is capable of interpreting multi-touch inputs. All recognitions are defined in the computer to carry out preprogrammed responses.
US09465484B1
A vision system associated with a projection system includes multiple optical pathways. For instance, when the projection system projects an image onto a generally vertical surface, the vision system may operate in a rear sensing mode, such as for detecting one or more gestures made by a user located behind the projection system. Alternatively, when the projection system projects the image onto a generally horizontal surface the vision system may operate in a front sensing mode for detecting gestures made by a user located in front of the projection system. One or more thresholds may be established for switching between the front sensing mode and the rear sensing mode based on orientation information. As another example, the vision system may be operated in both the front sensing mode and the rear sensing mode contemporaneously.
US09465482B2
Embodiments described herein mitigate the effect of a coupling capacitance between a sensor electrode in a touch sensor and a display electrode in a display screen. An input device, which includes the touch sensor and display screen, may transmit a guarding signal on the display electrodes when performing capacitive sensing. In one embodiment, the guarding signal may have similar characteristics as a modulated signal (e.g., similar amplitude and/or phase) driven on the sensor electrode to detect interaction between the input device and an input object. By driving a guarding signal that is similar to the modulated signal onto the display electrodes, the voltage difference between the sensor electrode and display electrode remains the same. Accordingly, the coupling capacitance between the sensor electrode and the display electrode does not affect a capacitance measurement used to detect the user interaction.
US09465481B2
A method and apparatus for performing touch detection within a touch sensing application is described. Touch sensor signal data is received, a first filtering of the received touch sensor signal data to create a first filtered data signal is performed, a second filtering of the received touch sensor signal data to create a second filtered data signal is also performed, a difference between the first and second filtered data signals to determine a delta value is calculated, and an occurrence of a touch based at least partly on the determined delta value is determined.
US09465474B2
An apparatus and method for determining a key input in computing equipment having a touch screen are provided. The method for determining the key input in the computing equipment includes, upon occurrence of a touch input on the touch screen, determining an input type of the touch input, expanding a key input recognition region of at least one key when the input type is a finger touch input, and detecting the key input according to the expanded key input recognition region.
US09465464B2
A custom-tailored widget providing device comprises a first widget management unit for receiving registration of information on various kinds of widgets and storing and managing the widget information; a first execution command registration unit for registering execution commands for executing the widgets stored through the first widget management unit; a first open page confirmation unit for selecting, if a browser is displayed on the client of a user, an execution keyword related to a web site opened in the browser; a first widget selection unit for selecting, if the execution keyword of the client is confirmed by the first open page confirmation unit, widgets having an execution command the same as the execution keyword by comparing the execution keyword of the client with the execution commands of the stored widgets; and a first widget display unit for displaying the widgets selected by the first widget selection unit at one side of the client.
US09465458B1
Presentation by a display is enhanced by placing the active elements of the display at or substantially proximate to the surface of an electronic device. Such placement improves image quality, reduces shadow on the display, improves spill resistance, and minimizes the overall profile of the device.
US09465444B1
The accuracy of object tracking using relatively low power gesture cameras can be improved by adjusting camera settings to ensure a sufficient level of contrast or texture to enable stereo disparity calculations for the representations of the object in the captured images. For general gesture input, for example, a user might use a variety of objects in various orientations, such that conventional face or object recognition processes may not be sufficient. Further, such processes are very resource intensive. By adjusting the camera settings (e.g., exposure, gain, and/or aperture) to ensure an adequate level of contrast, objects of an appropriate size and location can be tracked for purposes such as gesture input. Once such an object is identified, coordinates for a bounding box or other indicator can be transferred to any camera or sensor to be used for the tracking.
US09465439B2
An electronic device includes a tactile sensation providing unit 30 configured to provide a tactile sensation to a contact object being in contact with a panel 10 and a controller 50 configured to control the tactile sensation providing unit 30 on the basis of data based on press to the panel 10 and data threshold corresponding to the data. After the tactile sensation providing unit 30 provides a tactile sensation, the controller 50 changes the data threshold in response to the data based on press to the panel 10.
US09465435B1
Systems and methods for segmenting a video based on user engagement in respective segments of the video are presented. In one or more aspects, a system is provided that includes an engagement component configured to receive information regarding respective engagement of a plurality of users in connection with respective segments of a video. The system further includes an analysis component configured to analyze the information and calculate user engagement scores for the respective video segments, wherein the user engagement scores reflect level of the plurality of users' interest regarding the respective video segments, and an identification component configured to identify a subset of the video segments associated with relatively higher user engagement scores in comparison to other video segments.
US09465432B2
A microprocessor includes a control unit configured to selectively control a respective clock signal to each of a plurality of processing cores. Each of the processing cores is configured to separately write a value to the control unit. For each core of the plurality of processing cores, the control unit is configured to turn off the respective clock signal to the core in response to the core writing a value to the control unit. The control unit is configured to detect a condition has occurred when all of the processing cores have written a value to the control unit and the control unit has turned off the respective clock signal to all of the processing cores. The control unit is configured to simultaneously turn on the respective clock signal to all of the processing cores in response to detecting the condition has occurred.
US09465431B2
A power management method in a user terminal receives a power from a power supply unit to charge a system voltage, compares the system voltage with a preset voltage, and controls a power input from the power supply unit according to the comparison result.
US09465427B2
A trigger can relate to power usage of a computing device that a computer program to be run or running on the computing device causes. Detection of the trigger causes performance of a power-saving action. The power-saving action relates to the computer program to reduce the power usage of the computing device. The power-saving action is a strictly software-oriented action. An amount of power of the computing device used in detecting the trigger and performing the power-saving action is less than a reduction of the power usage of the computing device that results from performing the power-saving action, resulting in a net power usage reduction.
US09465425B2
A power sourcing equipment (PSE) device including a power over Ethernet (PoE) interface. A processor is coupled to the PoE interface. A memory is coupled to the processor and includes instruction that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a number of functions. The processor may supply power at a first power level to a PD that is coupled to the PoE interface. The processor may then determine an actual power consumption of the PD. The processor may then send a first Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) packet to the PD over the PoE interface that includes first proposed power level information that is based on the actual power consumption of the PD. Then processor may then supply power to the PD at a second power level that is different from the first power level.
US09465419B2
A method for locking a control device, the control device to be wakened by a wake-up signal, in which the wake-up signal is blocked by an excess-temperature circuit.
US09465415B2
A portable device, e.g. a laptop, includes a first part (110), e.g. a base element, and a second part (120), e.g. a lid element. The second part (120) contains an optical remote sensing system (300). The second part (120) is pivotably attached to the first part (110) via a hinge means (115), such that the portable device may be arranged in an open and a closed position respectively. The optical remote sensing system (300) is configured to track at least one distinctive feature of a user of the portable device when arranged in the open position. The first and second parts (110; 120) have a respective essentially flat inner surface (111; 121), which when the portable device is arranged in the closed position are parallel and face one another. The first part (110) further includes a recess (112a) which is arranged relative to a position of the optical remote sensing system (300) such that, in the closed position, the optical remote sensing system (300) is at least partly contained in the recess (112a).
US09465413B2
Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device, such as a notebook computer or laptop, that includes including a base portion and a keyboard assembly at least partially disposed in the base portion. The keyboard assembly may include a first portion having at least a first key of a first thickness, and a second portion having at least a second key of a second thickness. The first thickness is different than the second thickness. In a particular embodiment, the first thickness is less than the second thickness. In a particular embodiment, the first portion includes a key row of the keyboard assembly. In still another more particular embodiment, the first portion is a top key row of the keyboard assembly. In still another more particular embodiment, the first portion is a bottom key row of the keyboard assembly. In particular embodiments, a reduced thickness of the first portion may provide for additional space within the base portion to allow other components to be located therein.
US09465410B2
An electronic device housing includes a first housing, a second housing, a limiting member, and a fastening member. The first housing includes a bottom wall, a top wall, and a sidewall coupling the bottom wall and the top wall. The bottom wall, the sidewall, and the top wall cooperatively define a receiving chamber. The top wall of the first housing defines a limiting hole. The second housing is adhered to the first housing and received in the receiving chamber. The second housing includes a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface and the bottom surface are adhered to the corresponding top wall and bottom wall. The limiting member is inserted in the limiting hole and resists against the top surface of the second housing. The fastening member couples the top wall of the first housing and the top surface of the second housing.
US09465404B2
A transmission node includes a digital front-end device that provides functional clocks for JESD204B based data transmission. The front-end device includes a PLL for generating a phase locked clock based on a device clock of the front-end device, a clock dividing unit for generating the functional clocks by dividing the phase locked clock, a clock gating unit connected between the PLL and the clock dividing unit, and a system reference signal sampling unit for timing radio frame boundaries. The clock gating unit gates the phase locked clock to align the functional clocks with the device clock within a predetermined number of cycles of the phase locked clock, upon locking of the PLL or receipt of a system resynchronization request. The system reference signal sampling unit samples the system reference signal with zero-cycle latency between device clock and phase locked clock.
US09465401B2
Systems and methods for magnetic shielding are described. A magnetic shield formed of a material having a high magnetic permeability may be degaussed using a toroidal degaussing coil. The toroidal degaussing coil may enclose at least a portion of the shield. Magnetic field gradients may be actively compensated using multiple magnetic field sensors and local compensation coils. Trapped fluxons may be removed by an application of Lorentz force wherein an electrical current is passed through a superconducting plane.
US09465392B2
Optimum temperature in a room is controlled by directly and dynamically sensing the body temperatures of one or more people in the room and storing a set of parameters to be correlated with the sensed body temperatures in determining a selected optimum room temperature. The sensed body temperatures are wirelessly transmitted to be correlated with the set of parameters wherein optimum room temperature is determined based on those parameters. In response to this correlation, a selected optimum room temperature may be provided by appropriate heating or cooling.
US09465368B1
A haptic-based identification, authentication, authorization, and context aware authorization system usable with a touch-enabled device having a touch screen haptic interface, touch-enabled device receiving a plurality of inputs during interaction with a user which includes a storage space to store a first plurality of inputs corresponding to an authenticated user and a central processing unit (CPU) in communication with the storage space and the touch-enabled device to compare the first plurality of inputs with a second plurality of inputs inputted by the user, wherein the CPU authenticates the user to the touch-enabled device when the inputted second plurality of inputs is determined to be similar to the first plurality of inputs.
US09465361B2
Algorithms for improved and more efficient rendering of three-dimensional images for use with holographic display systems. These algorithms include creating layers orthogonal to a viewing direction, the separate layers representing different depths in the image. The layers are created based on knowing the color and depth of each point in the image. Each layer then goes through an FFT process until the information for each layer is represented as a diffraction pattern. A holographic lens is then applied to the diffraction pattern of each layer. This lens will cause that layer to appear, in a hologram based thereon, at a different depth than the other layers. The layers, each with their separate lenses, are then coherently summed up and when applied to a suitable portion of a holographic display system (e.g., an SLM), a hologram can be created for that view. A tiled array of such holograms can be combined together by the holographic display system.
US09465359B2
Disclosed is an air blowing system including: an air blowing device; a duct that guides air blown by the air blowing device; and a ventilation section disposed downstream of the duct in terms of an air blowing direction in which air is blown by the air blowing device so that the air blown by the air blowing device strikes and passes through the ventilation section, wherein the duct has a distorted portion where a part of an inner wall face of the duct located between the air blowing device and the ventilation section is distorted perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the air blowing direction so that the air blown by the air blowing device flows perpendicularly or substantially perpendicularly to the air blowing direction. Also disclosed is an air blowing system including: an air blowing device; and a duct that guides air blown by the air blowing device, wherein the duct has an outer surface on at least a part of which there is provided a surface area reducing portion for reducing a surface area of a continuous face.
US09465358B2
A recording-material cooling device includes a first cooling member, a second cooling member, an approach-and-separation member, and a positioning member. The first cooling member is disposed at a first face side of a recording material to absorb heat of the recording material. The second cooling member is disposed at a second face side of the recording material to absorb heat of the recording material. The approach-and-separation member brings the first cooling member and the second cooling member close to and away from each other. The positioning member positions the first cooling member and the second cooling member relatively brought close to each other by the approach-and-separation member.
US09465356B2
An image forming apparatus includes a main assembly to which a cartridge is detachably mountable. The cartridge includes an image bearing member and a supporting member. The cartridge is mountable to the main assembly in the direction of the axis of the image bearing member. An opening is provided in the main assembly for receiving the supporting member and for positioning or regulating the supporting member, with the opening having a V-shaped portion. An urging member is provided for urging the supporting member in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the image bearing member.
US09465352B2
A developer container includes a frame configured to store developer, a conductive member provided on the frame, and a conductive contact member formed of resin on an outer side of the frame so as to be in contact with a part of the conductive member that is exposed from the frame to establish conduction. The contact member includes a protruding portion that is disposed at a portion to be in contact with the conductive member and protrudes toward the conductive member. The conductive member includes an engaging portion that is formed to fit with the protruding portion and configured to engage with the protruding portion. As a result, stable conductivity is secured by simplifying the configuration of the contact member for electrically connecting the conductive member provided on the frame, to an image forming apparatus main body.
US09465350B2
A toner cartridge and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus are provided. The toner cartridge attachable to, or detachable from a main body of an image forming apparatus includes a toner containing unit, a waste toner containing unit that is disposed below the toner containing unit in a gravitational direction and comprises a waste toner inlet through which waste toner flows, a first waste toner transporting member that transports the waste toner from the waste toner inlet in a length direction of the waste toner containing unit, and a second waste toner transporting member that transports the waste toner that is transported in the length direction of the waste toner containing unit in a width direction of the waste toner containing unit to disperse the waste toner in an inner portion of the waste toner containing unit, wherein a rotational center of the second waste toner transporting member is lower than a rotational center of the first waste toner transporting member.
US09465347B2
A transport device includes a driving roller that drives an endless belt so that the belt rotates, a transfer roller that presses the belt from an inner side of the belt toward an image carrier, which carries a toner image, and transfers the toner image onto the belt, a first stretching roller that stretches the belt, a second stretching roller that stretches the belt, wherein the second stretching roller is disposed at a position between the driving roller and the first stretching roller, and wherein the second stretching roller is disposed on a side on which the transfer roller is in contact with the belt, and an adjusting mechanism that adjusts a direction of a rotary shaft of the second stretching roller.
US09465343B2
An image processing device includes a detector for detecting at least one characteristic associated with a toner container installed in the image processing device. A counter is provided for selectively incrementing count data indicative of a number of pages having toner applied thereto that have been output by the image processing device. One or more processors and one or more computer-readable media coupled to the one or more processors are provided. The one or more computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to use the at least one characteristic detected by the detector and the count data to calculate a usage ratio representing an expected number of used toner bottles and an actual number of used toner bottles to determine whether the usage ratio exceeds a usage threshold, and communicating a result of the determination when the usage ratio exceeds the usage threshold.
US09465342B2
An image forming apparatus includes: an image formation section, a display section, an abnormal image information reception section, a cause specification section, and an operation control section. The abnormal image information reception section causes display of the image data at an operation section and also receives, from a user, specification of a position and a kind of an abnormal image appearing on recording paper on which an image has been formed by the image formation section. The cause specification section specifies a cause of the appearance of the abnormal image based on the position and the kind of the abnormal image received by the abnormal image information reception section. The operation control section controls a cleaning section cleaning each driving section of the image formation section to make the cleaning section perform a predefined cleaning operation in correspondence with the cause specified by the cause specification section.
US09465335B2
An image formation apparatus includes a fixation unit supported by a support member and configured to be heated by a heater and thereby fix an image attached on a print medium onto the print medium; a first temperature detector attached to the support member to detect a temperature of a vicinity of the fixation unit and output a first detection temperature; a second temperature detector attached to the support member to detect a temperature of the support member and output a second detection temperature; a medium width detector provided to detect a width of the print medium and output a detected width; and a heat controller configured to change a control condition in accordance with the second detection temperature, a calorific value of the heater and the detected width, and to thereby control a temperature of the fixation unit.
US09465328B2
A transfer member having high durability while having an excellent transfer function is provided. An image formation apparatus in which high quality images can be obtained for an extended period of time is also provided. A transfer member having an endless belt shape and constituting an image formation apparatus of an electrophotographic system includes an elastic body layer and a surface layer formed thereon. The surface layer contains metal oxide fine particles subjected to a surface treatment, in a cured resin obtained by curing an active energy ray-curable composition that contains three ingredients of a multifunctional (meth)acrylate, a polyurethane acrylate and a polymerizable component having a low surface energy group.
US09465315B2
A semiconductive roller is provided which includes a roller body formed from a highly extrudable rubber composition containing an SBR and an epichlorohydrin rubber in combination as a rubber component, the roller body having a higher production yield and higher toner imaging durability, and unlikely to suffer from reduction in image density due to adhesion of toner and a contact mark on an outer peripheral surface thereof with a smaller compression set. In the rubber component, the SBR and the epichlorohydrin rubber are present in an SBR excess state. In the rubber composition, a crosslinking component for crosslinking the rubber component includes a sulfur crosslinking agent and 0.75 to 3 parts by mass of a thiazole accelerating agent based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component. The roller body (2) of the semiconductive roller (1) is made of a crosslinking product of the rubber composition.
US09465314B2
A light scanning unit includes a light source unit emitting a light beam according to an image signal, a light deflector scanning the light beam that is deflectively emitted by the light source unit, a housing having a side portion where the light source unit is provided and a base surface on which the light deflector is provided, and a deformation prevention member connecting opposite sides of the housing across an upper side of the base surface. The light scanning unit is employed by an image forming apparatus.
US09465309B2
An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes a plurality of toner particles. Each of the toner particles includes a toner mother particle and an external additive. The external additive includes cores and coating layers that are each disposed over a surface of a corresponding one of the cores. The cores contain silica. The coating layers contain a nitrogen-containing resin and a water-soluble positive charge control agent. The nitrogen-containing resin is a thermosetting resin.
US09465305B2
A method for determining a commutation offset for a mover (250A) of a mover assembly (220C) that moves and positions a stage (220A) relative to a stage base (220B) includes controlling the mover assembly (220C) in a closed loop fashion to maintain the position of the stage (220A) along a first axis and along a second axis with the stage (220A) levitated above the stage base (220B). The method also includes the steps of (i) directing current to a coil array (240) of the mover assembly (220C) so that the mover assembly (220C) imparts a disturbance on the stage (220A); and (ii) evaluating one or more forces generated by the mover assembly (220C) as a result of the disturbance on the stage (220A) created by the mover (250A). Further, a method for generating a compensation map (1402) includes sequentially directing a plurality of excitation signals to the control of the mover assembly (220C) and determining the control commands that result from the plurality of excitation signals.
US09465295B2
According to one embodiment, first a guide pattern is formed above an object to processing, and then surface modification is performed on the guide pattern. Then a solution including a block copolymer is coated over the object to processing having the guide pattern formed thereon, and the block copolymer is made to phase separate over the object to processing. Subsequently, one component of the phase-separated block copolymer is removed by development. And with the guide pattern coated with other component of the block copolymer as a mask, the object to processing is patterned.
US09465288B2
Provided is a sulfonium salt compound represented by the following general formula (I): where R1 and R2 each denote the same or a different alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, R3 and R4 each denote the same or a different alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and X− denotes a sulfone imide anion or a perfluoroalkanesulfonic acid anion, wherein the substituents denoted by R3O and R4O are each located at an arbitrary position selected from the 2-position to the 8-position of the naphthyl group.
US09465282B2
An optical projecting apparatus is used for providing a projecting light to a screen via a projecting lens, the optical projecting apparatus and the projecting lens collectively form an optical projecting system. The optical projecting apparatus includes a first solid state light generator generating a first light beam, a second solid state light generator generating a second light beam, a first wavelength-converting module, and a spatial light modulating module. The first wavelength-converting module converts the first light beam into a wavelength-converted light. The spatial light modulating module splits the wavelength-converted light into a third light beam and a fourth light beam, and transmits the second light beam, the third light beam, and the fourth light beam to the screen via the projecting lens.
US09465279B2
An image pickup apparatus where a grip mounting portion to detachably mount a grip is formed, the image pickup apparatus includes a locking member configured to move between a locking position where the grip attached to the grip mounting portion is locked and a release position where locking to the grip is released, and a holding member partially arranged in a projection surface of the grip mounting portion and configured to engage with the locking member so as to hold the locking member at the release position. Mounting the grip to the grip mounting portion releases engagement between the holding member and the locking member so that the locking member moves from the release position to the locking position.
US09465276B2
A webcam privacy shield is magnetically attached to a bezel of an electronic display that includes a webcam. The webcam privacy shield is positioned in either a shielded position where light is blocked from entering the lens of the webcam by positioning an opaque portion of the webcam privacy shield over the lens of the webcam, or an operating position where light is allowed to enter the lens of the webcam by positioning a transparent portion of the webcam privacy shield of the lens of the webcam. Sliding the webcam privacy shield between the shielded position and the operating position allows the user to selectively maintain their privacy from the webcam, or use the webcam.
US09465274B1
The various technologies presented herein relate to utilizing photons at respective idler and signal frequencies to facilitate generation of photons at a pump frequency. A strong pump field can be applied at the ωi and the ωs frequencies, with the generated idler and signal pulses being utilized to generate a photon pair at the ωp frequency. Further, the idler pump power can be increased relative to the signal pump power such that the pump power Pi>pump power Ps. Such reversed operation (e.g., ωi+ωs→ωp1+ωp2) can minimize and/or negate Raman scattering effects. By complying with an energy conservation requirement, the ωi and ωs photons interacting with the material through the four-wave mixing process facilitates the entanglement of the ωp1 and ωp2 photons. The ωi and ωs photons can be respectively formed in different length waveguides with a delay utilized to facilitate common timing between the ωi and ωs photons.
US09465269B2
An array substrate, a method for fabricating the same and a display device comprising the array substrate are disclosed. The array substrate includes: a base substrate; a plurality of gate lines (s1, s2, s3) and a plurality of data lines (d1, d2, d3) disposed on the base substrate as intersecting with each other to define a plurality of pixel regions (A, B, C, D); a first transparent electrode disposed in each of the pixel regions (A, B, C, D). The array substrate further includes: an insulation element, wherein the insulation element is disposed between two adjacent first transparent electrodes, a top surface of the insulation element is higher than a top surface of the first transparent electrode, and a bottom surface of the insulation element is lower than the top surface of the first transparent electrode. The array substrate may reduce the electric field interference between adjacent first transparent electrodes.
US09465254B2
In the first substrate of a liquid crystal display device, a plurality of gate lines that extend along the row direction, a plurality of data lines that extend along the column direction, a plurality of pixel electrodes and a plurality of thin film transistors that are placed respectively in association with a plurality of pixels that are formed in the row direction and the column direction, and an alignment film, are formed, and the thickness of the alignment film in an edge-part area, which is an area of a predetermined width from an edge part of an image display area that is formed with the plurality of pixels, is thinner than the thickness of the alignment film in the center part of the image display area.
US09465253B2
A liquid crystal display apparatus of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal cell including a pair of substrates provided with a color filter on one substrate, and a liquid crystal layer as a display medium arranged between the substrates; and an optical compensation element including at least an optical compensation layer. The substrate provided with the color filter has a haze value of more than 10%, and the optical compensation element and the liquid crystal layer are arranged on the same side with respect to the color filter.
US09465240B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward techniques and configurations for an optical absorption based device using a semiconductor-dielectric-semiconductor structure. In one embodiment, the device may include an optical waveguide to transmit light inputted by a light source. The waveguide may include a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer disposed above the first semiconductor layer, a dielectric layer disposed between the first and second semiconductor layers, and an absorptive material layer disposed between the dielectric layer and the first or second semiconductor layer. The absorptive material layer may have a variable light absorption coefficient to allow intensity of light to be modulated through modulation of the absorption coefficient. The light may be substantially confined between the first and second semiconductor layers of the waveguide. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09465233B2
Ophthalmic lenses for correcting refractive error of an eye are disclosed. Ophthalmic lenses include an inner optic portion configured to be disposed over the optical region of the cornea and having a central portion disposed between an anterior portion and a posterior portion. The inner optic portion is configured to at least partially diverge from the shape of the cornea to provide at least one lenticular volume between a posterior surface of the inner optic portion and the cornea. The central portion may be characterized by a thickness from 50 μm to 900 μm and a modulus form 20 MPa to 1500 MPa.
US09465221B2
A digital camera component is described that has a light splitter cube having an entrance face to receive incident light from a camera scene. The cube splits the incident light into first, second, and third color components that emerge from the cube through a first face, a second face, and a third face of the cube, respectively. First, second, and third image sensors are provided, each being positioned to receive a respective one of the color components that emerge from the first, second, and third faces of the cube. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US09465212B2
User-controllable defocus blur for a stochastic rasterizer may be implemented by modifying circle of confusion coefficients per vertex to express more general defocus blur. The method can be applied to limit the foreground blur, extend the in-focus range, simulate tilt-shift photography, and specify per-object defocus blur. Furthermore, with two simplifying assumptions, existing triangle coverage tests and tile culling tests can be used with very modest modifications.
US09465211B2
A microscope includes a first imaging optical system that images sample transmitted light transmitted through a sample provided on a stage, and a second imaging optical system that images a part of the sample transmitted light branched from the first imaging optical system. Here, the second imaging optical system includes a light beam branching element that branches the part of the sample transmitted light from the first imaging optical system, and has a thickness of a predetermined threshold or more, an imaging element that images a phase difference image of the branched sample transmitted light, one or a plurality of optical elements that images an image of the phase difference image of the branched sample transmitted light on the imaging element, and a filter that shields a part of the branched sample transmitted light imaged on the imaging element.
US09465198B2
An optical imaging lens set includes an aperture stop, a first lens element to a sixth lens element from an object side toward an image side along an optical axis. The first lens element has an image-side surface with a convex portion in a vicinity of its periphery. The second lens element has an image-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis and a convex portion in a vicinity of its periphery. The third lens element is made of plastic. The fourth lens element has an image-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of its periphery. The fifth lens element is made of plastic. The sixth lens element is made of plastic and has an object-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis.
US09465184B2
A lens module includes a lens holder having a top wall that has a bottom surface, and a lens unit received by the lens holder. The lens unit includes a first lens adjacent to the top wall and a second lens attached to the first lens. A first complementary configuration is arranged between the first lens and the top wall of the lens holder for ensuring a concentricity between the lens unit and the lens holder, and a second complementary configuration is arranged between the first lens and the second lens for ensuring a concentricity between the first lens and the second lens.
US09465179B2
An optical base layer (OBL) (102) comprises a number of waveguides (124) disposed inside the OBL (102), and a number of socket connectors (116, 120) formed on the optical base layer and extending through a motherboard (104) to optically couple the OBL (102) to a number of components disposed on the motherboard (104). An optical base layer (OBL) (102) comprises a number of adjustable arms (1105), and a number of waveguides disposed within the adjustable arms (1105), in which the position of the adjustable arms (1105) are altered to accommodate different motherboard (104) configurations.
US09465178B2
An optical transceiver adapted to an optical connector having an angled physical contact (APC) is disclosed. The optical transceiver installs an optical sub-assembly to receive an external connector. The optical sub-assembly provides an index surface that indexes the inclined direction of the end of the stub abutting against the end surface of the external connector of the type of the APC. The housing provides a saddle with a flat surface on which the index surface of the optical sub-assembly is set.
US09465177B2
Optical bench structure provides a platform for integrating optical transmitters, particularly Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs), with monitor photodetectors. A substrate with photodetectors on the front side is aligned with flip-chip bonding bumps so the emission of the transmitters is aligned with the monitor photodetectors and passes through the monitor photodetectors with a portion of the transmitted light absorbed by the monitor photodetectors. The photodetectors have a thin absorption region so the percentage of light absorbed may be relatively small, providing sufficient photocurrent to monitor the transmitted power having a minimal effect on the transmitted power. Microlenses are integrated on the backside of the substrate focus, steer and/or collimate the emitted optical beams from the transmitters. The structure enables photodetectors to be integrated on the optical bench allowing the received optical power to be monitored. The receiver photodetectors are integrated on the optical bench alone and/or in combination with the transmitters.
US09465174B2
A fiber optic connector assembly jig may comprise a base configured to carry a set of fiber optic connectors. A set of alignment elements may be carried by the base, where each alignment element of the set of alignment elements may define an opening, where each opening may be configured to center a corresponding fiber optic connector of the set of fiber optic connectors with a longitudinal axis of the opening.
US09465170B1
A unitary multi-fiber ferrule has micro-holes for optical fibers, and a plurality of lenses disposed adjacent the front end, each of the plurality of lenses optically aligned with one of the micro-holes and exposed to air. Multiple rows of optical fibers and lenses may also be used in the unitary multi-fiber ferrule. The lenses have a divergence half angle of between about 2 and 20 degrees and may also have protrusions on them acting as an antireflective coating.
US09465166B2
A fiber optic splice protecting system and method includes a tubular sized to fit around spliced ends of optical fibers, and a sealant positioned in an annular space defined between the optical fibers and the tubular. The sealant is configured to cure from a liquid to a solid. The tubular is at least partially formed of a material that is gas permeable.
US09465163B2
A high-order-mode (HOM) filter for thick silicon waveguides has a shoulder slab, a waveguide ridge, a first filter ridge, and a second filter ridge. The first filter ridge and the second filter ridge help attenuate higher-order modes from the waveguide ridge while the waveguide ridge guides a fundamental mode.
US09465155B2
A spread illuminating apparatus includes a point light source with a light-emitting surface, a circuit board with a mounting surface on which the point light source is mounted, and a light guide plate with an incident light surface and an emitting surface. The circuit board is arranged as that at least a partial portion of the circuit board extends beyond an area where the point light source is mounted so as to be superposed on the light guide plate, a light-reflecting member is arranged on the mounting surface, and a region of the mounting surface in which the light-reflecting member is arranged includes a first region that extends forward from a position corresponding to the center of the light-emitting surface of the point light source.
US09465149B2
Provided is an immersion diffraction element that prevents decrease of diffraction efficiency thereof so as to satisfy optical performance. A reflection type diffraction element is made of a material transmitting a light, beam having a predetermined wavelength. An echelle diffraction grating covered with a reflecting film that prevents transmission of the light beam is formed on one surface of the material. A diffraction grating is formed off in a repeated manner, a blazed surface facing incident light and a non-blazed surface connecting the blazed surface to a neighboring blazed surface. An angle formed between the blazed surface and the non-blazed surface is an acute angle. A defect generated at a grating vertex of the blazed surface fails in a shadow of the neighboring blazed surface so as to prevent the incident light from becoming scattered light due to the defect portion.
US09465144B2
In one embodiment, an optical imaging system is disclosed incorporating at least two gradient refractive index optical elements of a plurality of gradient refractive index optical elements made from at least one bulk material having a gradient refractive index and at least one diffractive optical element of a plurality of diffractive optical elements integrated within at least one of the plurality of gradient refractive index optical elements. Various embodiments disclosed incorporate at least one diffractive optical element configured as a surface relief structure patterned on at least one surface of the at least one gradient refractive index optical element. The surface relief structure includes at least one of a diffraction grating structure, a diffractive lens structure, and a kinoform structure. The at least one bulk material includes at least one of a radial gradient refractive index, an axial gradient refractive index, and a spherical gradient refractive index.
US09465140B2
Method and system is described for modeling one or more geophysical properties of a subsurface volume. In one example, a method for predicting strength anisotropy in subsurface formations along a wellpath comprises receiving a stress model of the subsurface formation in the area of the wellpath. Bulk strength properties of target rock are obtained and used to develop anisotropic failure criteria. The stress model may then be combined with the anisotropic failure criteria to develop an anisotropic wellbore stability model which is used to enhance hydrocarbon recovery.
US09465137B2
Techniques and apparatus are provided for downhole sensing using optical couplers in a downhole splitter assembly to split interrogating light signals into multiple optical sensing branches. Each optical branch may then be coupled to an optical sensor (e.g., a pass-through or an optical single-ended transducer (OSET)) or to another optical coupler for additional branching. The sensors may be pressure/temperature (P/T) type transducers. Some systems may exclusively use OSETs as the optical sensors. In this manner, if one of the OSETs is damaged, it does not affect light traveling to any of the other sensors, and sensing information from remaining sensors is still returned.
US09465121B2
A system and method instantly on-site analyze seismic acceleration signals measured from a primary wave of an earthquake and at a detecting site. The system includes an embedded computing host and a signal preprocessing module. Hardware preprocessing is executed on the seismic acceleration signals; and whether the earthquake is a seismic event is able to be determined according to a seism determining logic. Seismic acceleration signals are converted into ground velocities and ground displacements to obtain a peak ground displacement. A seismic fracture time parameter is calculated through the ground velocities and ground displacements and then a seismic magnitude of the earthquake is obtained. According to the peak ground displacement and the seismic magnitude, an epicentral distance is further calculated. Then a peak ground acceleration of the earthquake's shear wave at the detection site is able to be obtained through the seismic magnitude and the epicentral distance.
US09465120B1
A neutron detection system includes a plurality of neutron detector assemblies, the neutron detector assemblies including a plurality of neutron detection devices, wherein the neutron detection devices are configured to detect one or more characteristics of neutrons emanating from one or more neutron sources and impinging on one or more neutron detection devices; a plurality of discrete moderating elements, wherein each of the discrete moderating elements is disposed proximate to at least one neutron detector assembly, the plurality of neutron detector assemblies and the plurality of discrete moderating elements disposed along a common axis, wherein the discrete moderating elements are configured to moderate the energy of neutrons impinging on one or more of the neutron-photon detector assemblies; and a control system configured to: determine one or more characteristics associated with the one or more neutron sources based on the received one or more measured response signals.
US09465116B2
A monocoque-structured housing accommodates a photoelectric conversion panel, a scintillator, and a circuit board in this order from an X-ray incidence side. The scintillator contains cesium iodide and converts X-rays into visible light. The scintillator is vapor-deposited on the photoelectric conversion panel. A plurality of pixels that photoelectrically convert the visible light into charges are formed in the photoelectric conversion panel. A signal processor, which reads out the charge from each pixel and generates image data, is mounted on the circuit board. A gap layer is formed between the scintillator and the circuit board.
US09465095B2
A method of collecting information for supplementing a trusted estimate of position. The method comprises: receiving first information sufficient to derive a trusted estimate of a first position; receiving an indication that a supplementary estimate of a second position in the vicinity of the first position may be required; in response to the indication, sensing information comprising the identity of at least one terrestrial wireless source observable in the vicinity of the first position; and storing the sensed information in association with the first position. The method enables the trusted estimate of the first position to subsequently be used to estimate any said second position from which the at least one wireless source is observable.
US09465090B2
An MRI method (10) to map the temperature of a bodily tissue using measurements of the tissue density.
US09465089B2
Processes and apparatuses are provided for contactless Nuclear magnetic resonance (“NMR”) spectrum acquiring and spectroscopic analysis and/or measuring or monitoring, in-line, in-situ and/or in real time, at least one composition or object under test of one or more solid, liquid, and/or gaseous substances and/or one or more bulk materials. One or more apparatus may include a resonance type impedance sensor having at least two coils, at least one coil of the at least two coils being at least one excitation coil, at least one other coil of the at least two coils being at least one sensing coil. The method(s) involve acquiring an NMR spectrum of an object under test while changing at least one of the frequency of an IR sensor and the intensity of the magnetic field applied to an object under test and/or sweeping intensity of the magnetic field applied to the object under test.
US09465085B2
The present invention relates to a test system for high-voltage technology devices, in particular shunt reactors, as defined in the preamble of independent patent claim 1. The invention also relates to a method which can be carried out with this test system and is intended to test high-voltage technology devices according to coordinate patent claim 5. The general idea of the test system according to the invention is to provide a continuously adjustable inductance and a capacitance, which can be adjusted in discrete steps, on the secondary side of the test transformer in such a manner that said components form a series resonant circuit together with the test object in the form of an inductance. In the method which can be carried out with the test system according to the invention, a rough adjustment of the test system is carried out using the discretely adjustable capacitances of the capacitor bank by connecting individual capacitances of the capacitor bank via an iterative process if an undercapacitance is measured in the test system by means of a measuring device or by disconnecting individual capacitances if an overcapacitance is measured by means of the measuring device until a predefined threshold value of an overcapacitance prevails, with the result that fine tuning of the test system is then carried out by means of the continuously adjustable inductance in such a manner that said components form, together with the test object in the form of an inductance, a series resonant circuit which can be tuned to the point of resonance thereof.
US09465080B2
In accordance with one aspect of the present technique, a method is disclosed. The method includes identifying a first change in an excitation direction of a group of cells and determining a first set of characteristics of the group of cells corresponding to the first change. The method also includes identifying a second change in the excitation direction of the group of cells and determining a second set of characteristics of the group of cells corresponding to the second change. The second change in the excitation direction is opposite to the first change in the excitation direction. The method further includes determining a number of functional cells from the group of cells based on the first and the second set of characteristics.
US09465067B2
A time reversal process for determining a fault location in an electrical power network comprising multi-conductor lines, comprises measuring at an observation point located anywhere along one of the multi-conductor lines, for each of the conductors of the multi-conductor line, respectively a fault-originated electromagnetic transient signal; defining a set of guessed fault locations each having a different determined location in the electrical power network, and each of the guessed fault locations is attributed a same arbitrary fault impedance; defining a network model for the electrical power network, based on its topology and multi-conductor lines electrical parameters capable of reproducing in the network model the electromagnetic traveling waves; and computing for each conductor a time inversion of the measured fault-originated electromagnetic transients signal. The time reversal process method further comprises, as detailed herein, back-injecting a computed time inversion; calculating fault current signal energy; and identifying the fault location.
US09465063B2
A method and system for the estimation and correction of the multipath delay is described. The method comprising analyzing the distortion of the autocorrelation function of each single impulse received with that of an ideal impulse, deriving back the variation of the impulse parameters and estimating the effect of the multipart to be taken into account for compensation on the estimation of the time of arrival (TOA) of the electromagnetic signal.
US09465058B2
A test circuit includes a through via test unit configured to be set to a first resistance value in response to a first test control signal and to a second resistance value in response to the first test control signal and a second test control signal, and form a current path including a through via that electrically connects a first chip and a second chip; and a test measurement unit configured to supply a test voltage to the through via and measure a current flowing through the through via.
US09465054B2
A current sensor to be provided in a current path through which current flows includes a housing, a substrate accommodated in the housing, a plurality of magnetic detection elements mounted on the substrate, and a pair of shields respectively disposed on both sides of each magnetic detection element. The shields are accommodated in the housing so as to surround the current path on both sides of the current path and the shields are held so that respective end portions of the shields have a predetermined interval. The magnetic detection elements and the shields are disposed in each phase current path for three-phase AC.
US09465052B2
A system is provided. The system includes a fiber optic current sensor, and a fiber optic current transducer optically coupled to the fiber optic current sensor and configured to receive polarized light from the fiber optic current sensor, generate an electrical signal from the polarized light, and isolate a direct current (DC) component of the electrical signal. The system further includes a monitoring circuit communicatively coupled to the fiber optic current transducer and configured to receive the DC component from the fiber optic current transducer, and generate an output signal based on the DC component, wherein the output signal is indicative of an operational state of the fiber optic current sensor and the fiber optic current transducer.
US09465050B2
An assembling method for a vertical probe device includes steps of disposing a lower die on a jig by inserting supporting columns through jig holes of the lower die, fastening a positioning film on the supporting columns, installing probe needles and an upper die in a way that the positioning film is located between the upper and lower dies without contacting the upper die, unfastening the positioning film, and removing the jig so that the upper and lower dies, positioning film and probe needles constitute the device. A maintaining method for the device includes steps of inserting the supporting columns through the jig holes, fastening the positioning film to the jig, and removing the upper die. The probe needles and upper die are easily removed and installed and the probe needles are reliable. The vertical probe device is applicable for accommodating electronic components on the top thereof.
US09465049B2
A method and apparatus for preparing electronic samples for a subsequent treatment, e.g., application of a failure analysis treatment. In one embodiment, an electronic device is mounted on a thermally controlled plate and a select temperature is applied thereto. While maintaining the select temperature applied to the thermally controlled plate, a sample preparation process is performed on the electronic device, such as, e.g., performing polishing, thinning, milling, lapping or extracting one or more semiconductor dies that form the electronic device.
US09465037B2
The present invention is concerned with the specific and highly sensitive detection of specific CHO-MIF (macrophage migration inhibitory factor from Chinese Ovarian Hamster cell line) complexes in the production of anti-MIF antibodies. The present invention is further concerned with the provision of specific antibodies which can be used for a CHO-MIF detection method. The present invention is also concerned with a CHO MIF knockout cell line and use thereof. The present invention also provides preparations obtained from recombinant production in CHO cell lines which are essentially free of CHO-MIF.
US09465036B2
The invention relates to a new type of element encoded particles suitable for the attachment of bio molecules to enable massively multiplex bio-analytical methods, and to calibrate and tune the elemental flow cytometer mass spectrometer (FC-MS).
US09465031B2
According to the method of evaluating prostatic disease of the present invention, amino acid concentration data on concentration values of amino acids in blood collected from a subject to be evaluated is measured, and the state of prostatic disease including at least one of prostatic cancer and prostatic hypertrophy in the subject is evaluated based on the concentration value of at least one of Tau, Thr, Ser, Asn, Glu, Pro, Gly, Ala, Cit, ABA, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, and Cys2 contained in the measured amino acid concentration data of the subject.
US09465030B2
Provided is a kit for diagnosing at a high reproducibility, said kit being produced by preparing a monoclonal antibody against GPC3 and a monoclonal antibody against SPARC that are superior in quality stability to commercially available and commonly employed antibodies, and using these antibodies.
US09465027B2
The present invention provides assays for detecting and measuring the presence or level of neutralizing and non-neutralizing autoantibodies to biologics such as anti-TNFα drug therapeutics in a sample. The present invention is useful for monitoring the formation of neutralizing and/or non-neutralizing anti-drug antibodies over time while a subject is on biologic therapy. The present invention is also useful for predicting and/or determining the cross-reactivity of neutralizing anti-drug antibodies in a subject's sample with alternative biologic therapies. As such, the present invention provides information for guiding treatment decisions for those subjects receiving therapy with a biologic agent and improves the accuracy of optimizing therapy, reducing toxicity, and/or monitoring the efficacy of therapeutic treatment to biologic therapy.
US09465024B2
A method to measure all relevant biologic hydrogen sulfide pools, namely free hydrogen sulfide, acid-labile sulfide, and bound sulfane sulfur, has been developed. This new method involves selective liberation, trapping and derivatization of labile hydrogen sulfide. The total labile sulfide, including the contribution of the bound sulfane sulfur pool, the acid-labile pool, and free H2S, was measured by incubating the sample with a reducing agent, TCEP (Tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine hydrochloride), to reduce disulfide bonds in an acid solution. This method was used to measure the three sulfide pools in blood samples from mice and from humans. This method can be used for research, environmental, and clinical diagnostic purposes in determining hydrogen sulfide bioavailability in biological or other samples.
US09465023B2
An analyte testing material web, method of making the analyte testing material web, and an analyzer are disclosed. The analyte testing material web has a material web and a plurality of distinct sample testing devices. The material web has a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, a first side, and a second side. The plurality of sample testing devices are positioned on the first surface of the material web. Each of the plurality of sample testing devices has an inlet, an outlet, a fluid channel, and one or more testing elements within the fluid channel and configured to analyze one or more analyte within a sample applied to the inlet of one of the plurality of sample testing devices.
US09465019B2
A sensor system runs real-time software on the processor to receive and log temperature and humidity data from the sensors. A processor processes the data, reformats the data packaged with GPS information provided by the centralized sensor control system for transmission to the platform receiver (including error checking), and provides a diagnostic interface for displaying logged data and status information. This data is time stamped and transmitted to the centralized sensor control system across the external control/data interface.
US09465016B2
A method is provided for isolating a compound in a sample by chromatography. The method includes determining an analytical gradient of an analytical system; performing an analytical run using the analytical gradient; identifying a target compound in the sample and determining an analytical retention time of the target compound using chromatographic results of the analytical run; determining an elution point of the target compound using the analytical retention time, the analytical gradient and characteristics of the analytical system; determining automatically a focusing gradient of a preparative system, including a slope segment; and performing a preparative run using the focusing gradient to separate the target compound from the sample. The slope segment includes a slope determining a concentration of solvent in a solvent mixture, which linearly increases from a first offset below the elution point of the target compound to a second offset above the elution point of the target compound.
US09465015B2
An efficient absorption spectroscopy system is provided. The spectroscopy system may be configured to measure solid, liquid or gaseous samples. Vacuum ultra-violet wavelengths may be utilized. Some of the disclosed techniques can be used for detecting the presence of trace concentrations of gaseous species. A preferable gas flow cell is disclosed. Some of the disclosed techniques may be used with a gas chromatography system so as to detect and identify species eluted from the column. Some of the disclosed techniques may be used in conjunction with an electrospray interface and a liquid chromatography system so as to detect and identify gas phase ions of macromolecules produced from solution. Some of the disclosed techniques may be used to characterize chemical reactions. Some of the disclosed techniques may be used in conjunction with an ultra short-path length sample cell to measure liquids.
US09465011B2
A sensor for use in magnetostrictive testing of a structure. An array of sensor elements is attached to a flexible backing. Each sensor element has a thin strip made from magnetostrictive material, a first coil wrapped around the width of the strip and operable to provide a DC bias magnetic field, and a second coil wrapped around the width of the strip and operable for MsS generation and detection. Typically, the first coils of all strips are electrically connected to each other and the second coils of all strips are electrically connected to each other, to form two separate coil circuits. The probe may be wrapped around the circumference of a cylindrical structure, and used for magnetostrictive testing.
US09464995B2
Methods and devices for magnified imaging of three-dimensional samples are disclosed. The methods include imaging sample sections of a sample section series using a first particle-optical device. Coordinates of the imaged sample point are acquired and stored in such a way that the coordinates of the imaged sample point can be associated with the respective image of this sample point. The method also includes selecting a volume of interest (VOI), and transmitting the coordinates of the selected VOI to a second particle-optical device. In addition, the method includes imaging the selected VOI by means of the second particle-optical device. A plurality of planes of a sample section are imaged in order to obtain a 3D image of the selected VOI.
US09464994B2
Highly sensitive and tunable RF sensors that provide detection and analysis of single cells and particles are provided. The tunable RF sensors are configured as tunable interferometers, wherein cells or particles to be analyzed are passed through a channel, such as a microfluidic channel, across waveguides corresponding to reference and test branches of the interferometers. A network analyzer coupled to the interferometers can be configured to measure a plurality of scattering parameters, such as transmission scattering coefficients (S21) of the reference and test branches, to evaluate characteristics of cells passing through the channel. A plurality of tunable interferometers may be employed, each interferometer operating in different frequency bands such that information obtain from the plurality of interferometers may be combined to provide further information.
US09464977B2
A system for deforming and analyzing particles includes a substrate defining an inlet, and an outlet; a fluidic pathway fluidly coupled to the inlet and the outlet and defining a delivery region upstream of a deformation region configured to deform particles, wherein the fluidic pathway comprises a first branch configured to generate a first flow, and a second branch configured to generate a second flow that opposes the first flow, wherein an intersection of the first flow and the second flow defines the deformation region; a detection module including a sensor configured to generate a morphology dataset characterizing deformation of the particles, and a photodetector configured to generate a fluorescence dataset characterizing fluorescence of the particles; and a processor configured to output an analysis of the plurality of particles based at least in part on the deformation dataset and the fluorescent dataset for the plurality of particles.
US09464972B2
An apparatus (100) and method for measuring an extract (1000) released from a product sample (330) in vitro. The apparatus (100) comprising an in vitro environment which simulates an in vivo environment. The apparatus (100) contains a product sample (330) with the product sample (330) exposed to the in vitro environment. An extract (1000) is produced from the product sample (330) when the product sample (330) is subjected to the in vitro environment. The extract (1000) is analyzed to determine the amount of at least one element in the extract and the rate of release of at least one element in the product sample (330). The product sample is a smokeless tobacco product. An element analyzed for is nicotine.
US09464966B2
The present invention is a device (14) for sampling a solid from a sealed enclosure (12). The device comprises a body (18) carrying a sampling head (16) with a solid collection recess (28), a collected solid transfer recess (28′) and an angular-displacement shutter means (30) for the recesses controlled by the control means (48). The device also comprises means (78, 80) for limiting the angular clearance of the shutter means for no-load displacement (c) of the means.
US09464963B2
A method for positioning an impact detection device on a fork of a vehicle supporting a wheel of the vehicle, in which the fork has a right-hand rod-shaped member and a left-hand rod-shaped member is described. The impact detection device has at least one first sensor unit associated with the right-hand rod-shaped member and a second sensor unit associated with the left-hand rod-shaped member. The second sensor unit is mounted inverted or rotated by an angle of 180 degrees around a steering axis of the wheel.
US09464961B2
An inspection probe includes a vibration transmission portion transmitting an ultrasonic vibration along a longitudinal axis, and a vibration damping portion continuous with a distal direction side of the vibration transmission portion. the vibration damping portion damps the ultrasonic vibration by causing vibration energy of the ultrasonic vibration to be lost and converting the lost vibration energy to heat energy in a state that the vibration damping portion vibrates in a manner to follow the vibration transmission portion. An index section of the inspection probe serves as an index indicating a conversion amount to the heat energy in the vibration damping portion.
US09464955B2
A structure comprising: a base; a diaphragm; a peripheral wall member of which one end surface is attached to a circumferential edge part of the diaphragm and the other end surface is attached on the top surface of the base to form an internal space together with the base and the diaphragm; a protruding part that protrudes from the top surface of the base; and a communicatively connecting path that extends from a bottom surface side of the base toward the diaphragm, and communicatively connects the internal space and the outside to each other to flow fluid, wherein on an outer lateral surface of the protruding part, an opening is formed in a part intersecting with an inner lateral surface of the communicatively connecting path, and a part of a fore end inner surface of the communicatively connecting path is formed in the protruding part.
US09464952B2
The integrated electronic device is for detecting a local parameter related to a force observed in a given direction, within a solid structure. The device includes at least one sensor configured to detect the above-mentioned local parameter at least in the given direction through piezo-resistive effect. At least one damping element, integrated in the device, is arranged within a frame-shaped region that is disposed around the at least one sensor and belongs to a substantially planar region comprising a plane passing through the sensor and perpendicular to the given direction. Such at least one damping element is configured to damp forces acting in the planar region and substantially perpendicular to the given direction.
US09464945B2
A probe sensor has a probe structure having a probe body inserted into an experiment subject, a block body disposed on the probe body to transmit or reflect an incident light, and a light irradiation body for inputting a first incident light to the block body; a first light source for generating the first incident light and transmitting to the light irradiation body; and a light analyzer for analyzing a first reflection light which is a reflection light of the first incident light reflected by the block body, wherein the length of the block body changes according to a temperature change, and wherein the light analyzer measures a temperature change of the experiment subject by detecting a wavelength change of the first reflection light according to the length change of the block body.
US09464935B2
A spectrometer comprises a plurality of isolated optical channels comprising a plurality of isolated optical paths. The isolated optical paths decrease cross-talk among the optical paths and allow the spectrometer to have a decreased length with increased resolution. In many embodiments, the isolated optical paths comprise isolated parallel optical paths that allow the length of the device to be decreased substantially. In many embodiments, each isolated optical path extends from a filter of a filter array, through a lens of a lens array, through a channel of a support array, to a region of a sensor array. Each region of the sensor array comprises a plurality of sensor elements in which a location of the sensor element corresponds to the wavelength of light received based on an angle of light received at the location, the focal length of the lens and the central wavelength of the filter.
US09464933B1
The present disclosure concerns a high frequency imager including a pixel matrix, each pixel including a high frequency oscillator, a transmission line positioned at a distance from an active surface of the imager smaller than the operating wavelength of the oscillator, a first end of the line being coupled to the oscillator, and a read circuit coupled to a second end of the line.
US09464925B2
The present invention relates to a method for determining a flow rate indicator relating to the output flow rate of one or more activated pumps of a pumping station. The pumping station includes a well configured to receive or supply fluid flow. The method includes the step of determining, using a computational device, an operating condition relating to the activated pumps. The activated pumps are temporarily deactivated and a well flow rate relating to the fluid flow is determined, responsive to the determination of the operating condition. The method further includes the step of determining the pump output flow rate indicator using the determined well flow rate. The step of temporarily deactivating the activated pumps involves deactivating the activated pumps for a predetermined period of time and determining the well flow rate over that period of time.
US09464899B2
A gyroscope device and method of operation therefor. The gyroscope device can include a power input, a charge pump portion coupled to the power input, a selection mechanism, a switching mechanism, an oscillator driving mechanism coupled to the switching mechanism, and an oscillator coupled to the charge pump portion and to the oscillator driving mechanism. The method of operation can include providing a first or second selection signal from a selection mechanism associated with the outputting of a DC input power or DC output power from a switching mechanism, respectively. These signals, along with an oscillator driving signal from an oscillator driving mechanism, can be used to initiate and maintain oscillation of an oscillator at a steady-state frequency within a predetermined range of frequencies.
US09464896B2
In a case where (i) accelerations except a specific angular acceleration cause a problem of noise and (ii) low-cost production is required, the present invention provides a device for measuring an angular acceleration which device has reduced noise that is caused by accelerations except the specific angular acceleration, by having an arrangement in which an oscillator is supported by a spring structure capable of greatly restraining movement in directions except a specific rotation direction.A device for measuring an angular acceleration integrally fabricated by a semiconductor microfabrication technology, the device including: an oscillator rotating around a rotating shaft as a center; a plurality of nodes for supporting the oscillator, the plurality of nodes each being provided at a point on a circle whose radius is r and whose center is the rotating shaft; a plurality of parallelogram links each having arms whose length is r, the arms making movement of the plurality of nodes supporting the oscillator become circular movement around the rotating shaft as a center; a supporting section for supporting fixed nodes of the plurality of parallelogram links; a rotation angle detecting section for detecting a rotation angle; and a calculation section for calculating an angular acceleration from the rotation angle.
US09464894B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed for localizing a vehicle along a route. The method comprises initially surveying the route to be traversed by the vehicle by creating a plurality of orthographic images of the route, at a plurality of locations along the route and subsequently passing the vehicle along the route while obtaining a current view of the route. The method further comprises resolving a pose of the vehicle relative to a survey trajectory by maximizing a relation between the orthographic images and the current view.
US09464893B2
A power tool includes a housing, an output shaft having a tool axis, and a motion sensor that senses motion of the tool housing. A control circuit receives an input signal from the motion sensor, to make a first determination, based on the input signal, whether the tool is being operated in a horizontal mode or a vertical mode. The control circuit makes a second determination, based on the input signal, whether the tool axis is substantially level when the tool is being operated in the horizontal mode or the tool axis is substantially plumb when the tool is being operated in the vertical mode. An indicator receives an output signal from the control circuit that causes the indicator to indicate whether the tool axis is level when being operated in the horizontal mode or plumb when being operated in the vertical mode.
US09464892B2
A vehicle integrated wheel alignment monitoring system for monitoring and testing a dynamic roadwheel for misalignment as the vehicle is being operated. The monitoring system includes a synchronous position sensing apparatus and a synchronous verifier device for initiating a test for roadwheel misalignment at the time and position that a predetermined vehicle body height position is achieved during a suspension stroke and subsequently deactivating the test when the predetermined vehicle body height position is surpassed. The test includes determining if a predetermined roadwheel alignment value is in synchronization relative to the predetermined vehicle body height position at the time and position that the predetermined vehicle body height position is achieved. Detecting an in sync condition represents proper roadwheel alignment and detecting an out of sync condition represents roadwheel misalignment. In this manner, roadwheel positions above or below the predetermined vehicle body height position can be disregarded as roadwheel alignment factors.
US09464887B2
A lighting system for a trailer assembly is provided herein. The lighting system includes a hitch angle detection component having a predefined pattern thereon. A light source is disposed within the hitch angle detection component. A photoluminescent structure is disposed on the light source. The photoluminescent structure is configured to luminesce in response to excitation by light output from at least a portion of the light source.
US09464886B2
A lighting system for a trailer is provided herein. The lighting system may include a hitch angle detection component disposed on the trailer. A light source is disposed on the vehicle. A photoluminescent structure is disposed on the hitch angle detection component and configured to luminesce in response to excitation by the light source. The hitch angle detection component may further include a predetermined image pattern of a certain size and shape provided on the top surface thereof for capture by an imaging device and recognition by an image processing unit.
US09464885B2
A system and method for package dimensioning is provided. The package-dimensioning system includes an image capturing subsystem for acquiring information about an object within the image-capturing subsystem's field of view. A features-computation module analyzes object information and compiles a feature set describing the object's surface features. A classification module analyzes the feature set and categorizes the object's shape. A shape-estimation module estimates the dimensions of the object.
US09464882B2
Interferometer with continuously varying path length measured in wavelengths to the reference mirror
An interferometer in which the path length of the reference beam, measured in wavelengths, is continuously changing in sinusoidal fashion and the interference signal created by combining the measurement beam and the reference beam is processed in real time to obtain the physical distance along the measurement beam between the measured surface and a spatial reference frame such as the beam splitter. The processing involves analyzing the Fourier series of the intensity signal at one or more optical detectors in real time and using the time-domain multi-frequency harmonic signals to extract the phase information independently at each pixel position of one or more optical detectors and converting the phase information to distance information.
US09464878B1
A three-dimensional coordinate measuring machine includes a base, a moving mechanism provided on the base, and a probe moved by the moving mechanism, the three-dimensional coordinate measuring machine measures coordinates of a surface position of an object to be measured by using the probe, the moving mechanism includes: a linear guide using a mechanical bearing; and an air bearing mechanism provided in parallel to the linear guide, one of ends of the moving part is attached to a linear moving unit that moves by the linear guide and the other is attached to the air moving part so that the other end can swing with respect to the air moving part, and the air bearing mechanism absorbs a difference in the height change between the linear guide and the air bearing mechanism by the air bearing.
US09464871B2
Disclosed embodiments, as well as features and aspects thereof, are directed towards providing a system, device and method for calculating comprehensive ballistic solutions, or portions thereof, via a varying magnification optical range determining and ballistic trajectory calculating apparatus referred to as a ballistic solutions device. Advantageously, embodiments of a ballistic solutions device may drastically reduce marksman error in milling targets by employing a measurement component configured to measure angular movement of a projectile launching device, such as a rifle, thus delivering consistently accurate distance to target estimations. Additionally, embodiments of a ballistic solutions device may also comprise features and aspects that enable a user to leverage available real-time field data such that error associated with the measurement of those variables is minimized prior to calculating and rendering a comprehensive ballistic solution derived from stored DOPE.
US09464870B2
A firearm sight adjustment and installation tool is described. The tool serves to facilitate and expedite the accurate adjustment and/or installation of sights on the slides of a firearm, whenever the sights allow this adjustment. The tool includes a plate, a plate with nuts, tightening screws, a spacer block, at least one adapter, a drift screw, an interchangeable pushing element and quick reference featured on one of the plates. With the tool and little expertise, an individual may manually adjust both the front and rear sights of a firearm to increase the accuracy of the firearm without additional tools.
US09464865B2
A hand guard installation mechanism for securing a hand guard over the barrel of a firearm includes a tapered locking element that extends at least partially through the hand guard and interfaces with a surface of the barrel nut of the firearm. A fastener mates with the locking element, drawing the locking element at least farther into the hand guard and against the surface of the barrel nut. As the locking element is drawn against the barrel nut, the hand guard is tightened against the barrel nut such that the hand guard is secured in place against the receiver of the firearm.
US09464857B2
A sound suppressor for a firearm is disclosed. In accordance with some embodiments, the disclosed sound suppressor may include a thread and taper arrangement and a latching mechanism configured, for example, to secure the sound suppressor to a flash suppressor and/or the muzzle of a host firearm. Such features can help, in accordance with some embodiments, to prevent or otherwise reduce the opportunity for the sound suppressor to inadvertently back off of the host weapon during firing. Also, the disclosed sound suppressor may be configured, in accordance with some embodiments, such that application thereto of a wrench or other suitable torquing device automatically disengages the latching mechanism. In some instances, this may allow an operator to apply torque to rotate the sound suppressor while simultaneously disengaging the locking/retention feature. The mechanical advantage provided by the wrench can help to break fused areas resulting from copper and/or carbon fouling.
US09464837B2
A method of controlling an air conditioning compressor in a heating ventilation and air conditioning system having a evaporator including a phase change material is presented. The method includes the steps of measuring an evaporator output air temperature, determining a state of charge value by calculating a difference between an estimated refrigerant temperature based on the evaporator output air temperature and a phase change material freeze temperature and integrating this difference over time and operating the air conditioning compressor to maintain the state of charge value between an upper and lower limit. A method of recovering braking energy in a vehicle containing a heating ventilation and air conditioning system having the evaporator including the phase change material is also presented.
US09464835B2
A refrigerant system control software upgrades are remotely downloaded over information carrying media. The software upgrades can be timed to occur when the Internet traffic is low. Once the upgrade has been received, a verification test may be performed for the refrigerant system components affected by the software upgrade. The test is monitored, and the results are sent back to the remote location such that the remote location can ensure the software upgrade was successful.
US09464832B2
A refrigeration cycle device includes: a compressor that constitutes a refrigeration cycle and compresses a supplied refrigerant; a refrigerant-retaining container that retains the refrigerant into which lubricating oil for the compressor is mixed, and which separates the gas refrigerant from the liquid refrigerant, and sends out the gas refrigerant to the compressor; a refrigerant conveying pump that conveys a fluid mixture including the liquid refrigerant and the lubricating oil retained in the refrigerant-retaining container; and an internal heat exchanger that changes the liquid refrigerant conveyed out from the refrigerant-retaining container by the refrigerant conveying pump to the gas refrigerant, and provides the compressor with the gas refrigerant together with the lubricating oil. Since the refrigerant conveying pump conveys the fluid mixture containing the liquid refrigerant and the lubricating oil retained in a refrigerant-retaining container, stable operation is possible.
US09464826B2
A hybrid system including an absorption heat pump and a compression chiller is provided. The absorption heat pump includes a generator, a first condenser, a first evaporator and an absorber connected in series. A first refrigerant is cooled by the first condenser and releases a first heat capacity, evaporated in the first evaporator and receives a second heat capacity, and mixed with a sorbent in the absorber and releases a third heat capacity. The compression chiller includes a compressor, a condensing module and a second evaporator connected in series. A second refrigerant is cooled by the condensing module and releases the second heat capacity, and evaporated in the second evaporator and receives a fourth heat capacity, wherein the condensing module is connected to the first evaporator, so that the second heat capacity released by the second refrigerant is transmitted to the first refrigerant in the first evaporator.
US09464818B2
A method and a system for controlling ventilation of an indoor area of a building, comprising the steps of: ventilating the indoor area by means of mechanical ventilation and natural ventilation according to a ventilation mode selected among a plurality of ventilation modes, a set of adjustable control parameters (31; 32; 33; 34; 35) and at least one measurement value from a sensor, wherein each ventilation mode is associated with the set of adjustable control parameters (31; 32; 33; 34; 35), each having an adjustable value selected among a group of mode dependent adjustable values, and/or a set of fixed control parameters (34) each having a mode dependent fixed value, and controlling the mechanical ventilation and the natural ventilation by comparing the measurement value from the sensor with a corresponding value of the control parameters of the ventilation mode such that a desired indoor climate defined by the ventilation mode is obtained.
US09464817B2
A humidifier may be provided that includes a tray in which water is stored, a detection plate disposed on the tray to contact the water stored in the tray, and a case assembly including a contact plate contacting the detection plate and a water level detection part connected to the contact plate to detect a water level within the tray based on capacitance of the detection plate.
US09464816B1
A housing has a base and upstanding interior and exterior side walls and end walls. A plurality of apertures are in the interior wall. The side walls are formed with outwardly facing flanges positionable upon a roof. A plurality of fans are coupled to the interior side wall in alignment with associated apertures. A power assembly includes cables coupling the fans to a source of potential whereby the fans when activated cause a flow of warm air from the attic and through the housing and through the fan and into the ridge vent and through the holes of the intermediate section and to atmosphere.
US09464810B2
The burner includes a swirl chamber. The swirl chamber has a substantially conical shape defining a central axis. The swirl chamber is defined by a plurality of wall elements. A combination of nozzles at the pressure, suction side and trailing edge of the wall element are placed for fuel injection. The wall elements define slots between each other. The slots have different widths (w) in consecutive planes in the axial direction, wherein said planes are perpendicular to the central axis.
US09464805B2
A modulating burner apparatus includes a variable speed blower feeding a multi-chamber burner having first and second burner chambers. A manifold system communicates the blower with the burner, and a flow control valve member is located between the blower and the second chamber of the burner. The flow control valve is configured to provide fuel and air mixture from the blower to only the first burner chamber at lower blower speeds of the blower and to both the first and second burner chambers at higher blower speeds of the blower.
US09464798B2
The invention is a household lamp switch extension apparatus that makes it easy for a user to reach across the top of the lamp shade to turn on the lamp. This keeps the user from having to bend over and awkwardly look for or blindly grope for the lamp switch that to the typical user appears hidden within the lamp shade. Various embodiments of the apparatus can work with standard on and off switches that operate by rotation of a knob, by pulling a chain, or by pushing a small button. The apparatus has a vertical member that extends a twist knob to a position at or near the top of the typical lamp shade and that connects to a horizontal member that interacts with the on and off switch for the lamp.
US09464796B2
The illumination device generally has a light source and an attachment assembly that connects the light source to the computing device. The light source may be a plurality of LEDs or a light panel using electroluminescent lighting. The illumination device may further comprise power source and at least one touch sensitive switch. The illumination device may also be integrally connected to the computing device and uses the power source of the computing device and being controlled by buttons or switches of the computing device. The illumination device may also provide additional signals for incoming calls or ongoing calls by displaying different light intensity, pattern, or color. In some instances, a light cover is implemented to cover the light sources and diffuse light emanating therefrom.
US09464795B2
A cover for an electrical receptacle including a faceplate. The cover also includes a first transmission tab configured to be electrically connected to a first power line of the electrical receptacle and a second transmission tab configured to be electrically connected to a second power line of the electrical receptacle. Additionally, the cover includes a device (such as a light source, circuit, port, or sensor) in communication with the first transmission tab and the second transmission tab.
US09464786B2
A lens having a first surface (1) and a second surface (2). The first surface (1) and the second surface (2) are mirror symmetric to a first symmetric plane (A) passing through an optical axis (Y) of the lens and extend in a first direction (X) perpendicular to the optical axis (Y). The curve profiles of the first surface (1) and the second surface (2) on the cross sections perpendicular to the first direction (X) are configured in such a way that light emitting from a light source (3) arranged at a predetermined position of a second surface side is refracted by the first surface (1) and the second surface (2) to be emitted in a direction which is offset from the optical axis (Y) by more than a predetermined angle.
US09464783B2
A concentrated photovoltaic panel comprises at least one rigid sheet, one or more first optical elements disposed adjacent a first side of the at least one rigid sheet, one or more second optical elements disposed adjacent a second side of the at least one rigid sheet, and one or more photovoltaic elements. Each photovoltaic element is disposed between a respective first optical element and a respective second optical element. Each first optical element comprises at least one lens configured to focus light impinging thereon onto a corresponding reflecting surface of the respective second optical element. Each second optical element is configured to reflect light focused by the first optical element to the photovoltaic element disposed therebetween.
US09464778B2
According to one aspect, an optical lens includes a substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The optical lens includes a first pattern of Fresnel features having a first focal length disposed on the first side and a second pattern of Fresnel features having a second focal length disposed on the second side. The first pattern of Fresnel features is disposed perpendicular to the second pattern of Fresnel features, and the first focal length is different from the second focal length.
US09464777B2
Embodiments of the invention include head and tail lights with and without heat sinks and kits made therefrom for golf carts.
US09464776B2
An illumination apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The illumination apparatus comprises a photoluminescent portion disposed on a surface of a vehicle exhaust system component. The illumination apparatus further includes a light source located proximate the component. The light source is configured to emit light at a first wavelength directed toward the photoluminescent portion. The photoluminescent portion is configured to convert the first wavelength to at least a second wavelength to illuminate the exhaust system component and/or an area proximate the vehicle exhaust system.
US09464775B2
A lighting apparatus includes: a base that is open toward a front and includes a low beam light-distribution pattern forming component; a lens body disposed forward of the base; a first light-emitting device; and a second light-emitting device. A refractive portion is provided in a lower portion of the lens body, and a non-refractive portion is provided in an upper portion of the lens body. The first light-emitting device is disposed behind the refractive portion of the lens body, the second light-emitting device is disposed further forward than the first light-emitting device and behind the non-refractive portion of the lens body, and the low beam light-distribution pattern forming component is disposed in front of the first light-emitting device.
US09464768B2
A light head includes a heat sink, a circuit board in heat transfer communication with the heat sink, a light source mounted on the circuit board such that heat generated by the light source when energized is transferred to via the circuit board to the heat sink, a collimating base having a cavity for receiving the light source, and a collimating lens structure on the outer surface of the base projecting outward from the outer surface of the base for transmitting substantially collimated light from the base. A light bar including one or more such light heads is also described.
US09464766B2
A facade light having a housing for accommodating a lighting device, operating devices and terminals, including light-emitting diodes as the lighting device and lenses for distributing the light emitted by the light-emitting diodes, wherein at least two light-emitting diodes are combined to form LED clusters (1) and a lens (2) is assigned to each LED cluster. The light emitted by the light-emitting diodes of the LED cluster passes through the lens, which is configured in such a way that it generates an elliptical distribution of light. The housing is divided into at least two sections, the first section having space for operating devices and a second section, to the side, containing at least one LED cluster and each LED cluster being coupled to a device for dissipating the heat that arises during operation.
US09464753B2
A camera support bowl clamp device comprises a bowl member of a pan tilt head suitable for supporting a broadcast or motion picture camera arranged within a recessed member of a camera support, whereby said bowl member is attached at one end of a shaft and a clamping cup arranged at an opposite end of said shaft, whereby said opposite end extends through said recessed member of a camera support; wherein said clamping cup located at a first limit position applies a clamping force to a surface of said recessed member of a camera support which subsequently pulls said bowl member, via said shaft, down into said recess and applies a second clamping force from a surface of said bowl to a cooperating surface of said recessed member, and at a second limit position releases said clamping force to said recessed member which subsequently releases said second clamping force by separating said surface of said bowl from said cooperating surface of said recessed member; characterized in that said clamping cup further comprises a clamp adjustment member, a resilient member, and a lever pivotally attached to said clamp adjustment member whereby the movement of said lever to a first position compresses said resilient member to locate said clamping cup at said second limit position, and at a second position said lever allows the resilient member to decompress to locate said clamping cup at said first position.
US09464751B2
A vacuum insulation material having bending formability while restraining reduction in a gas barrier property of a sheathing material. The vacuum insulation material includes a pouch-shaped sheathing material having a gas barrier property and a core received in the sheathing material as a spacer, the vacuum insulation material having a bendable region, a first surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein at least one of the first and second surfaces in the bendable region is provided with a plurality of grooves extending at intervals, the grooves include a pair of outer grooves formed in the bendable region and a plurality of inner grooves formed inside the outer grooves, and an interval between each outer groove and a corresponding one of the inner grooves adjacent to each outer groove is greater than an interval between the inner grooves.
US09464748B2
A tubular occlusion and pressure damping system includes, a tubular, an occlusion configured to block flow through the tubular, the occlusion having, a first chamber in pressure communication with an inside of the tubular, a second chamber in fluidic communication with the first chamber, and a flow restrictor in operable communication with the first chamber and the second chamber. The flow restrictor configured to throttle flow between the first chamber and the second chamber such that pressure increases within the second chamber lag behind pressure increases in the inside of the tubular at least until the second chamber has reached a selected volume after which pressure within the second chamber increases toward the pressure in the inside of the tubular.
US09464747B2
A connector for a heatable fluid line, includes a housing, a pipe connection structured and arranged for connection to a pipe, a connection geometry structured and arranged for connection to a connecting element, a through-channel extending through the pipe connection to the connection geometry, a heater outlet channel being arranged at an angle α≠0° relative to the through-channel, and a ramp element having a guide surface arranged in the through-channel, and oriented to point toward the heater outlet channel.
US09464744B2
A leakage-proof pipe fitting of quick connection for a Reverse Osmosis Membrane (RO) household water treatment unit comprises a pipe fitting, a sealing O-ring, an annular cooperative bushing collar, an accessory latching clip and an adapted cylindrical elastic sleeving collet with an elongated annular delimiting flange, whose longitudinal thickness is lengthened into at least a double length for the original longitudinal thickness of the conventional annular delimiting flange to extend the embracing distance from the top surface of the adapted cylindrical elastic sleeving collet to the bottom surface of a cylindrical retainer in the pipe fitting so that the curvature for the bent water pipe/tube covered by the embracing distance is reduced.
US09464735B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods for supporting tubular members are provided. A support structure can include at least one body having a plurality of openings disposed therethrough. Each opening can have an inner surface that includes at least one circular portion and at least one elliptical portion.
US09464732B2
Substrate supports for use in process chambers having limited physical space for configuring chamber components are disclosed. In some embodiments, a substrate support may include a body having a support surface; a utilities feed coupled to the body and comprising a second portion coupled to and extending laterally away from the body beyond a diameter of the body, and first portion coupled to the second portion and extending perpendicularly away from the body; and a cover plate movably disposable beneath and with respect to the body between a first position disposed completely beneath the body, and a second position wherein the cover plate is disposed over the first portion of the utilities feed and includes a first portion disposed beneath the body, and wherein the first portion has a curved edge having a radius equal to the distance from a central axis of the support surface to the curved edge.
US09464728B2
The invention relates to a solenoid valve (100), which has a valve rod (141), an electromagnetic actuation device (131, 135, 139) for deflecting the valve rod (141) starting from a first switching position into a second switching position, and a support device (110, 210, 310, 410) for supporting the valve rod (141). The support device (110, 210, 310, 410) has a different form depending upon the deflection of the valve rod (141). The solenoid valve (100) further comprises a locking device (121, 122, 123, 125), which is designed to move a moveable holding element (121) into a locking position upon activation of the electromagnetic actuation device (131, 135, 139) in order to deflect the valve rod (141) into the second switching position, in which locking position the holding element (121) lies against the support device (110, 210, 310, 410), and is designed to move the holding element (121) away from the locking position upon deactivation of the electromagnetic actuation device (131, 135, 139).
US09464716B2
A cylinder assembly may include a cylinder end having a cylinder end opening, a cylinder barrel, a piston, a rod, and a shaft. An opening through the piston forms a sleeve passing through a portion of the piston. The rod extends out of the cylinder barrel and is configured to rotate with respect to the cylinder barrel and the cylinder end. An opening in the rod further forms the sleeve passing through an interior portion of the rod. A protruding end of the shaft passes through the cylinder end opening. A portion of the shaft has a cross-sectional shape corresponding to the cross-section of the sleeve. The protruding end of the shaft is free to rotate within the cylinder end opening in response to a rotation of the rod. The shaft is free to slide within the sleeve in response to an extension or retraction of the rod.
US09464710B2
A switching device has a substrate having a fixed contact portion, a slider, a first moving member having an inclined portion and a first engagement portion and being reciprocable on a first imaginary axis line, a first biasing member, a second moving member having a contact portion and a second engagement portion and being reciprocable on a second imaginary axis line, and a second biasing member biasing the second moving member, in which the first and second moving members are supported to be reciprocable in a state of bringing the inclined portion and the contact portion into sliding contact with each other, the slider comes into contact with and is separated from the fixed contact portion according to the reciprocation of the first moving member, and the first and second moving members are connected by the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion so as to be reciprocable.
US09464707B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide improved overrunning pulleys that overcome one or more of the deficiencies in the prior art as discussed herein. Embodiments of the present invention provide pulleys that are “springy” in the torque direction, yet have a lower effective spring constant (e.g., are less stiff) over a greater angular range. Further, in at least some embodiments, the inventive pulleys use a low cost and simple torque transfer geometry. Further, in at least some embodiments, the inventive pulleys afford significant overrun. Further, in at least some embodiments, the inventive pulleys are radially small in an overall envelope, for example, in order to allow an alternator to reach its highest possible rotational speed, and thus output, during engine idle. Further, in at least some embodiments, the inventive pulleys are more durable, as they offer the aforementioned dynamics in both directions (torque and counter-torque).
US09464703B2
A ball screw capable of sensing a preload is formed of a nut having an internal thread surrounding an imaginary central axis, a screw inserted into the nut and having an external thread surrounding the imaginary central axis, and a plurality of balls are mounted between the internal and external threads in a way that the balls roll therebetween. A mounting hole having a mounting surface therein is formed in the nut. The mounting surface corresponds to the internal thread in a way that it is substantially perpendicular to the imaginary central axis. A force sensor is mounted to the mounting surface. The force sensor can directly sense the preload in real time, so it is uneasily adversely affected by any environmental factor to have more accurate sensing result relatively.
US09464699B2
A chain guide includes a guide base (21) disposed to face one side of a timing chain (5) that transmits torque, the chain guide having an opposed pair of side plates (22) each formed with a plurality of shaft engaging portions (25) arranged along a circular arc. Roller shafts (31) have their ends supported by the respective shaft engaging portions (25). Rollers (41) for guiding the chain are rotatably supported by the respective roller shafts (31). Noncylidrical surface engaging portions are formed on the ends of the roller shafts (31) and on closed ends of the shaft engaging portions (50) to rotationally fix the roller shafts (31), thereby preventing the roller shafts (31) from rotating under drag torque applied from the rollers (41).
US09464696B2
The invention provides a continuously variable transmission (CVT) system comprising a transmission means, connected to an input shaft and comprising at least a driving gear capable of rotating around its center, said center capable of rotating around a center of a virtual trajectory; a gear ring, engaged with said driving gear, capable of eccentrically rotating around said center of said virtual trajectory; a blocking means, engaged with said gear ring, comprising a set of blocking elements adopted to block the rotation of said gear ring and which elements are suitable to move; and an output shaft, connected with said driving gear. The invention further provides the use of such a CVT system in large vehicles and windmills.
US09464687B2
A continuously variable transmission belt includes rings each superimposing annular component pieces on each other's inner and outer peripheries, and plural elements attached to the rings side by side in a circumferential direction. Each element includes a neck portion. The rings are disposed on opposite sides of the neck portion. The elements contact a driving pulley and a driven pulley. A lubrication oil discharge mechanism discharges out a lubrication oil in at least one of a gap between the component pieces, and a gap between each ring and the elements. A function of discharging the lubrication oil present in a region remote from the neck portion is higher than a function of discharging the lubrication oil present in a region near the neck portion. Thereby, the rings to which the elements are attached or the component pieces of the rings restrain decline in the centering characteristic in the width direction.
US09464685B2
A dome connector for a flywheel rim to shaft attachment is provided. The dome connector includes a helically wound composite band that extends from a first port to a second port. The helically wound composite band has a helical angle in relation to a line perpendicular to a center of axis of the dome connector. The helical angle is selected to at least in part achieve a desired stiffness in the dome connector.
US09464682B2
The non-asbestos frictional material composition containing a binder, an organic filler, an inorganic filler, and a fiber base material includes: copper in a content of 5 mass % or less as a copper element; a metal fiber other than a copper fiber and a copper alloy fiber in a content of 0.5 mass % or less; iron powder and tin powder as the inorganic filler in a total content of 1-12 mass %. The non-asbestos frictional material composition can provide a frictional material with excellent friction coefficient, anti-crack properties, and abrasion resistance even with the reduced content of copper and a copper fiber that possibly cause environmental pollution. The frictional material and the friction member are formed by using the above-mentioned non-asbestos frictional material composition.
US09464680B2
Discs for disc brakes arranged around a rotational axis, comprising: a braking band and a drum, said drum comprising an edge arranged radially outside a portion for connecting the drum to a hub, said drum further comprising a drum body connecting said edge to the braking band and being suitable to create an interspace between the drum and the hub accommodated therein, said edge delimiting at least one opening with communicates the interspace present between the drum body and the hub with the external of the drum, said opening being arranged radially outside said housing for the hub, and said openings delimited by walls having at least one section inclined with respect to the axial direction are provided.
US09464677B2
A center-pull hydraulic brake caliper structure for a bicycle is disclosed. The movable tube is rotated by the outer convex ring and then one end of the movable tube distant from the outer convex ring is distant from or against the first flange to adjust the position of the flowing openings and to make the pressure of oil and air not influence the use of brake.
US09464672B2
A rolling bearing assembly with electrical discharge damage protection is provided. The rolling bearing assembly includes radially inner and outer bearing rings that each have a race. A roller assembly including a plurality of rolling elements that are supported to roll on the races is provided. A shield extends radially between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring. The shield includes a body portion with one radial end that is fixed to one of the radially inner or outer rings, at least one electrically conductive seal on a surface of the body portion, and a plurality of filaments extending on an opposite radial end of the body portion from the fixed radial end that contacts the other of the radially inner or outer rings.
US09464666B2
A bushing for the force-fitting connection to a force-fitting partner, with a hollow-cylindrical basic body, with the basic body defining a primary axis, with the basic body comprising at least one coupling section with at least one radially extending penetrating opening for a fluidic communication with a fluid section in the force-fitting partner, and with the wall thickness in the coupling section being greater than the wall thickness in the neighboring section of the basic body abutting the coupling section with the basic body showing a track section, extending in the circumferential direction, for supporting a radial guidance of a bearing partner, and a transmission arrangement comprising the bushing.
US09464664B2
The present invention relates to a polypropylene which has—a melt flow rate MFR(230° C., 2.16 kg) of at least 13 g/10 min,—an amount of xylene solubles XS of 6.0 wt % or less, and—a crystalline fraction, wherein at least 10% of the crystalline fraction melts the temperature range of from 160 to 170° C., as determined by the stepwise isothermal segregation technique (SIST).
US09464662B2
A ball joint unit is provided and can include a ball member, a plurality of lubricant reception recesses formed on a surface of the ball member, each having a predetermined depth, a rod member connected to a first element to be integrally formed with the ball member, and a retainer connected to a second element and formed with a spherical ball member receptor corresponding in shape to the ball member, wherein the lubricant is accommodated and coated in an interior of the lubricant recesses and a surface of the ball member.
US09464648B1
A device for securing curtain ends to walls preferably includes a curtain retention device and a magnet. The curtain retention device could be a curtain retention clip or a butterfly clutch pin. The curtain retention clip includes a spring-loaded clip and a decorative fascia. Alternatively, a clip magnet may be secured to a rear of the spring-loaded clip and used with a wall mounted ferrous wall plate. The butterfly clutch pin includes a decorative tack pin and a butterfly retention clutch. The magnet may be attached to a wall with any suitable method. If the curtain retention clip is used, the spring-loaded clip is secured to the curtain and the spring-loaded clip is secured to the magnet. If the butterfly clutch pin is used, a pin portion of the decorative tack pin is inserted through the curtain and into the butterfly retention clutch.
US09464647B2
A pillar garnish mounting structure includes a tether clip and a pillar garnish. The tether clip has a tether portion. The pillar garnish is attached to a pillar by the tether clip and has a tether housing portion. The tether housing portion has side walls that extend in a longitudinal direction of the pillar garnish. The tether portion has a connecting portion and an anchor portion. The connecting portion is inserted through a space between the side walls and extends in the longitudinal direction of the pillar garnish. The anchor portion is formed on a tip end of the connecting portion, and is positioned to an outside of the tether housing portion. The anchor portion catches on end surfaces of the side walls in the longitudinal direction of the pillar garnish, when the pillar garnish moves in a direction away from the pillar.
US09464644B2
A four-chamber cylinder comprises a first piston device including a first piston and a first piston rod, the first piston delimiting a first chamber and a second chamber, a second piston device including a second piston and a second piston rod aligned with the first piston rod, the second piston delimiting a third chamber and a fourth chamber, and a compressive-elastic emergency element. The first piston, via the first chamber, and the second piston, via the fourth chamber, are configured to move towards each other and held with each other to tension the compressive-elastic emergency element. With the four-chamber cylinder according to the disclosure, an actuating movement is possible via the emergency spring even in the case of a supply failure, wherein the four-chamber cylinder can be installed and operated bi-directionally.
US09464643B2
This invention relates to a novel helical dual-center engagement converting mechanism and its applications in fluid-powered actuation system, more particularly to a highly reliable, simple, powerful and balanced and less expensive helical rotary actuator. This actuator comprises a self-balanced linear/rotary dual-center engagement converter, compact porting systems and easy manufacturing modules and various bodies and shaft interface with other components. This actuator also provides a rotary position control and backlash eliminating mechanism to meet various requirements with lighter weight, smaller size and higher accuracy of position and can be interfaced with different machines, such as subsea valves, earthmoving equipment, construction equipment, lifting equipment, landing gears, militarily equipment and medical devices, robotic and artificial leg and arm joints.
US09464639B2
A turbocharger having a cooling structure may include a center housing on which a shaft is rotatably fitted, a turbine impeller disposed at one end of the shaft, a compressor impeller disposed at the other end of the shaft, a turbine housing fastened to the center housing and covering the turbine impeller such that an exhaust gas flows into the turbine impeller, a compressor housing fastened to the center housing and covering the compressor impeller such that an intake air flows into the compressor impeller, and a coil type heat exchanger formed in a rotational direction of the shaft and in a space between the center housing and the turbine impeller.
US09464633B2
A mechanical expelling mechanism for an axial pump system in a loop reactor includes straight or curved repelling vanes mounted to a vertical or tapered rear face of the impellor hub and a tapered wall provided in the adjacent seal housing. In combination, these elements exclude and eject process slurry, especially polymer solids, away from the seals and bearings, and thereby prevent damage to the seals and bearings, at least until a flow of flushing fluid can be restored. The repelling vanes further serve to circulate and exchange any process fluid and catalyst that remains in the space between the impellor and the seals, so that localized warming and run-away formation of polymer solids near the seals is avoided. The repelling vanes can be curved or straight. In embodiments, the repelling vanes reduce pump efficiency by less than 1%.
US09464631B2
A high-pressure fuel pump for an internal combustion engine. The high-pressure fuel pump includes an improved configuration that beneficially simplifies certain features of the high-pressure fuel pump. The fuel pump possesses an inlet check valve positioned along an inlet fuel circuit and an outlet fuel circuit of the high-pressure pump that provides a path for a low-pressure inlet fuel flow to and a path for a high-pressure output fuel flow from a pumping chamber of the fuel pump. Because of the configuration of the inlet check valve and the outlet check valve, the complexity of high-pressure fuel pump is beneficially reduced, decreasing the cost of components and assembly and improving the life and reliability of high-pressure fuel pump.
US09464629B2
A servo regulator that causes a servo piston to move on the basis of working fluid pressure in two pressure chambers includes: a sleeve that is inserted into an insertion hole formed in a case and has a supply port capable of supplying a working fluid from a fluid pressure source to one of the pressure chambers; a spool valve disposed in the sleeve so as to be biased by a biasing member; and a solenoid that is attached to the case in order to drive the spool valve via a plunger. The sleeve includes a pressure receiving portion on which a fluid pressure of the working fluid from the fluid pressure source is exerted, and is pressed against an end surface of the solenoid by a biasing force acting on the pressure receiving portion.
US09464617B2
A glow plug driving control apparatus. The glow plug driving control apparatus includes a glow switch 2 and a glow plug 1 which are connected in series between a power supply and ground, and an electrical controlling unit 101 which controls opening and closing of the glow switch 2, and that can perform energization driving of the glow plug 1. The glow plug driving apparatus also includes an energization path switching switch 5 that connects in series a stability coil 3 in a serial connection path of the glow switch 2 and the glow plug 1 at the time of an energization start of the glow plug 1, and after the energization start, causes both the glow switch 2 and the glow plug 1 to return to a serial connection state between the power supply and the ground.
US09464616B2
An engine preheating system supports starting industrial and/or diesel engines in cold weather, eliminating the need for cold weather idling. The system preheats the engine coolant, bringing the entire machine up to a warm starting condition. This provides good lubrication and immediate heat availability. The system is fully portable and does not rely on commercial power, operable at any location. The system utilizes propane fuel, which is widely available. The propane fuel burns quietly and cleanly as opposed to fuel oil. The system includes numerous safety features, such as flow indicators and modern microprocessor technology to ensure safe operation.
US09464611B2
This invention relates to a method producing a common rail excellent in fatigue strength from an inexpensive steel which uses as the material of the common rail a steel for high-strength liquid phase diffusion bonding having good toughness and fatigue strength, which steel contains, in mass %, C: 0.01 to 0.3%, Si: 0.01 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.01 to 3.0%, Cr: 1.0 to 12.0% and Mo: 0.1 to 2.0%, further contains, in mass %, V: 0.01 to 1.0%, B: 0.0003 to 0.01%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.05% and N: 0.001 to 0.01%, has P content limited to 0.03% or less, S content to 0.01% or less and O content to 0.01% or less, further has total content of grain boundary segregated embrittling elements As, Sn, Sb, Pb and Zn limited to 0.015% or less, and a balance of unavoidable impurities and Fe.
US09464606B2
A handheld work apparatus has at least one tool which is driven by a combustion engine. A portion of an intake channel of the combustion engine is formed by an elastic connecting piece which has a first section and a second section between which an expansion fold is arranged. The expansion fold has a first side wall and a second side wall arranged downstream of the first side wall. A peripheral wall, which extends in the region of the largest outside diameter (a) of the expansion fold, is arranged in flow direction between the first side wall and the second side wall. The connecting piece has a stop for the expansion fold which prevents a segment of the first side wall adjoining the peripheral wall from bearing against the second side wall.
US09464605B2
A wing (1) including a vertical plate (2) and a horizontal plate (3) is placed in the throat of a carburetor (41) or throttle body (93). The wing (1) is located adjacent to and downstream from the throttle valve (46, 94). The edges (6, 7, 13, and 131) are held in a spaced apart relationship from the carburetor wall (44) by locating tabs (4, 14, 15 and 16) which abut the wall (44). Securing tabs (5, 24) extend from the edges and grip a gasket or boot associated with an existing intake manifold. The wing (1) causes the air/fuel mixture exiting a carburetor to follow channelized parallel paths (78, 81 and 84) into the intake manifold.
US09464603B2
A motor vehicle has an engine compartment which can be closed by at least one hood, and in which there is an air intake line that can be indirectly or directly fluidically connected to an intake manifold of an internal combustion engine. The air intake line includes a fiber composite element made of an air-permeable fiber composite material.
US09464602B2
An exhaust flap device for an internal combustion engine includes a flap housing and an actuator. The flap housing comprises an exhaust gas duct arranged in the flap housing. The exhaust gas duct is configured to have an exhaust gas flow there-through. An exhaust flap is arranged in the exhaust gas duct and is mounted in the flap housing. The exhaust flap is configured to rotate. A coolant duct is arranged in the flap housing so as to at least partially surround the exhaust flap. The actuator comprises an electric motor and an actuator housing which comprises an actuator coolant duct. The actuator is configured to drive the exhaust flap. The coolant duct arranged in the flap housing is configured to be in a direct fluid communication with the actuator coolant duct.
US09464601B2
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting and diagnosing a position of a fuel tank isolation valve of a fuel system. In one example, a method may include adjusting the fuel tank isolation valve via electrical pulses and tracking a position of the FTIV by counting each of the electrical pulses. When a vacuum is created in the fuel system, the method may include verifying the position of the FTIV based on resulting fuel system pressures.
US09464600B2
A pump casing has two external communication holes communicating with an outside. A partition member partitioning an interior of the pump casing into a first space and a second space. The first space communicates with the two external communication holes. The partition member have two internal communication holes communicating the first space with the second space. A first rotor member is rotatably accommodated in the first space. A second rotor member is rotatably accommodated in the second space. A torque switching unit is configured to switch between transmission of a running torque selectively to the first rotor member and transmission of the running torque to both the first rotor member and the second rotor member.
US09464588B2
Systems and methods for electronically controlling the fuel-to-air ratio of a fuel mixture supplied to an internal combustion engines are disclosed. In one aspect, electronic control systems and methods are provided that determine and automatically move a choke valve in accordance with a first ramp having a first characteristic that is dependent on engine temperature and ambient air temperature. In another aspect, an integrated ignition and electronic auto-choke module is provided. In yet another aspect, electronic control systems and methods are provided that dynamically control a movement characteristic of a choke valve using a feedback loop.
US09464574B2
A method for running up a stationary gas turbine is provided. The turbine has a combustion chamber, the burners of which have a pilot burner and a main burner and by which various types of fuel are introduced into the combustion chamber for burning. The method, carried out while a rotor of the gas turbine is accelerating from a standstill to a nominal speed, includes feeding fuel of a first type of fuel to the pilot burners and feeding fuel of the first type of fuel to the main burners. In order to provide a method in which a comparatively low supply pressure is required in the fuel supply system and in which combustion vibrations that put the machine at risk are avoided during the running-up process, it is proposed that fuel of a second type of fuel is fed to the burner before the nominal speed is reached.
US09464569B2
Digital hydraulic opposed free piston internal combustion engines having a pair of free pistons in a pair of cylinders defining a combustion chamber above each free piston. The pair of free pistons is arranged to move within the pair of cylinders with parallel axes of free piston motion, and preferably co-linear axes of free piston motion. At least one hydraulic plunger is under each free piston with each hydraulic plunger in a respective hydraulic cylinder. The hydraulic cylinders are coupled to electronically controlled hydraulic cylinder valving. A controller controls the electronically controlled hydraulic cylinder valving to control the pair of free pistons to have substantially equal and opposite motions.
US09464563B2
A turbocharger wastegate is provided. The turbocharger wastegate comprises a cover plate actuatable in an open and closed position, the open position enabling exhaust gas flow through a turbine bypass conduit and the closed position inhibiting exhaust gas flow through the turbine bypass conduit and a vibration-dampening extension coupled to the cover plate radially extending beyond a radial periphery of the cover plate. Exhaust gas flow acting on the extension thus reduces vibration of the wastegate, thereby improving durability and reducing unwanted noise.
US09464550B2
An aftertreatment system and method treats exhaust gasses produced by an internal combustion process or similar process. The system includes an aftertreatment module having at least one sleeve extending between a first end and a second end. One or more aftertreatment bricks may be axially inserted through an opening disposed in the first end of the sleeve. The aftertreatment brick may include an substrate matrix surrounded by a tubular, protective mantle. To prevent the aftertreatment bricks from unintentionally exiting the sleeve, a retention ring is releasably engaged with the first end of the sleeve. The retention ring may include a dimension that is less than a dimension of the opening in the first end so that at least a portion of the retention ring contacts the mantle of the aftertreatment brick.
US09464542B2
A variable valve timing apparatus includes: a variable valve timing mechanism; an intermediate locking mechanism that locks the valve timing at an intermediate timing; and a hydraulic pressure supply device that hydraulically actuates these mechanisms. The hydraulic pressure supply device uses a single oil control valve to control a state where lubricating oil is supplied to or drained from each of an advance chamber, a retard chamber and an intermediate chamber of an intermediate locking mechanism. The oil control valve has first to fourth modes. The oil control valve advances the valve timing and actuates the intermediate locking mechanism in a projecting direction in the third mode, and, under a situation that the amount of lubricating oil supplied to the variable valve timing mechanism is smaller than that in the third mode, advances the valve timing and actuates the intermediate locking mechanism in a release direction in the fourth mode.
US09464540B2
A transfer assembly for a mechanically controllable valve train includes a transfer member in which a valve lift adjusting device is integrated. The transfer member is configured to be operatively connected to at least one gas exchange valve directly or indirectly via a coupling element, to be movably supported in a cylinder head via a bearing, and to be operatively connected to a camshaft and to the valve lift adjusting device so that different maximum lifts of the gas exchange valve can be set.
US09464533B2
An inlet guide vane actuation apparatus is provided. The inlet guide vane actuation apparatus comprises an actuation ring with a first connector for connecting an actuator rod, wherein the first connector positions the actuator rod over the rotational axial center of the actuation ring, a plurality of crank rods with a first end connected respectively to a plurality of second connectors located on the rotational axial center of the actuation ring; and a plurality of cranks with each having a third connector connected respectively to a second end of the plurality of crank rods and respectively to vanes associated with a nozzle, wherein the third connector located on the rotational axial center of the actuation ring.
US09464531B2
Locking spacer assemblies, rotor assemblies and turbomachines are provided. In one embodiment, a locking spacer assembly includes a first end piece and a second end piece each configured to fit into a space between platforms of adjacent rotor blades, the first end piece and second end piece each comprising an outer surface and an inner surface, the outer surface having a profile adapted to project into an attachment slot, wherein the inner surfaces of the first and second end pieces generally face each other. The locking spacer assembly further includes an actuator movable between the inner surfaces, the actuator comprising a projection configured to engage the inner surface, the actuator further comprising a plurality of locating protrusions extending from the projection, the locating protrusions configured to fit within locating channels defined in the first end piece and the second end piece.
US09464528B2
A turbine blade for a gas turbine engine. The turbine blade includes a base having a blade root, a platform, a cooling air inlet, and a base air passageway. The turbine blade also includes an airfoil section adjoined to the base and having an outer wall, an airfoil air passageway, a plurality of trailing edge slots in fluid communication with the airfoil air passageway and a plurality of directional film holes through the outer wall in fluid communication with the airfoil air passageway. The plurality of directional film holes includes a first portion configured to discharge the cooling air toward a tip end, and a second portion configured to discharge the cooling air toward the platform.
US09464524B2
An anchor rod is disclosed. The anchor rod includes an attachment region and an anchoring region which is insertable into a borehole and which has a profiled section. The profiled section interacts with a curable organic and/or inorganic mortar compound filled into the borehole. The profiled section includes a plurality of expansion sections disposed axially in a row which are conically shaped. For each of the plurality of expansion sections, a diameter of the expansion section increases in a direction toward a free front end of the anchor rod, a ratio of a distance of the expansion section to a mean borehole diameter is 0.40 to 0.60, a ratio of an outer diameter to a core diameter of the expansion section is 1.35 to 1.55, and a cone angle of the expansion section is 22.5° to 27.5°.
US09464494B2
A track guiding system includes a first track segment having a first end and a second end, the first track segment including a first linear beam segment operatively coupled to a first linear plate segment. The track guiding system further includes and a second track segment having a first end and a second end, the second track segment including a second linear beam segment operatively coupled to a second linear plate segment, wherein the first end of the first track segment is adapted to be operatively coupled to the second end of the second track segment, a first end of the first linear beam segment proximate the first end of the first track segment being adapted to overlap a second end of the second linear plate segment proximate the second end of said second track segment when the second track segment is operatively coupled to the first track segment.
US09464485B2
A drill bit with fixed cutter elements with a hollow upper conical pin connector connectable to the lower module of a drill string, where the upper conical pin connector has a transition to an upper cylindrical module with a central channel for supplying bore fluid from the drill string, equipped with, a lower bore holding a cylindrical socket from the lower module, connecting the upper and lower modules of the drill bit, where the central channel continues down through the lower module and branches out into nozzle channels with nozzles ending in the recesses in between the wings with fixed PDC-cutters, wherein elastic shock-absorber elements are arranged in recesses in the cylindrical wall of the bore, in the upper cylindrical module, and the elastic shock-absorbers are assembled on the bolts extending into the cylindrical socket of the lower module.
US09464473B2
An actuator for a flap on an item of furniture includes at least one actuating arm that is mounted to pivot between a closed position and an open position in order to move the flap, a spring device for acting on the actuating arm, and a transmission mechanism for transmitting the force of the spring device onto the actuating arm. An adjustment device allows the transmission mechanism to be shifted between at least two operating positions. In a first operating position, the spring device applies a closing force, in the direction of the closed position, onto the actuating arm which is in an opening position immediately upstream of said closed position. In a second operating position, when said actuating arm is in the aforementioned, immediately-upstream opening position, the spring device exerts a force which acts in the direction of the open position.
US09464472B2
A blind hinge used for furniture, comprising a movable cup holder provided on the furniture door body, an adjusting base provided on the furniture body, a rotary arm connected between the movable cup holder and the adjusting base as well as an elastic element designed to generate opening/closing acting force on the movable cup holder. The adjusting base is designed as L-shape or bent shape to realize three-dimensional or two-dimensional adjustment to the hinge; a convex step used to support the elastic member is formed on the bottom base of the movable cup holder; the elastic member is a torsion spring, with its section on at least one of its end parts being square or circular; the connecting piece is provided with a boss and a convex part.
US09464461B2
The present invention, and inventive system, describes a locking system that reinforces an existing recessed cover or tubular. In many embodiments of the present invention, the present invention reinforces an existing recessed cover by preventing the recessed covers from being easily removed by unauthorized persons and prevents any unauthorized personnel from accessing a locked down tubular. In one embodiment of the present invention, the inventive system is designed to maximize the overall strength of the locking unit for recessed covers or tubulars by using applied force on both the recessed cover and the circumference, curves, or straight, edge of the recessed unit or tubular interior.
US09464456B2
A system for protecting stored goods in a storage room, having one or more storage constructions formed by one or more pesticide treated nets (30, 31), capable of enclosing the stored goods, where the storage construction further includes a support frame, means for suspending the support frame, means for opening and closing at least one section of the storage construction while the support frame is in a suspended state, and means for avoiding an overall structural collapse if a net gets entangled. The system is particularly useful for the storage of tobacco, coffee, dried fruits, cocoa, nuts, tea, cereals and spices.
US09464449B1
This invention is an electric ladder. It is like no other ladder you have ever seen. It has no rungs or steps but instead has a spacious work platform which traverses up or down at the command of the operator. It is powered by a rechargeable battery feeding an electric motor. The direction of rotation of the motor acting through a series of pulleys and cables moves the platform up or down. Fabricated from high strength graphite composites and utilizing the latest technology in batteries and small high output motors it is lightweight and easily portable for home or professional use.
US09464435B2
Disclosed are a metal curtain wall system of a monolayer structure and a construction method thereof. The metal curtain wall system comprises a plurality of composite material curtain wall units (1) that are produced in a numerical control manner and have complex models. The plurality of composite material curtain wall units (1) is spliced to form an inner-outer wall body model. Embedded members (2) are arranged in the composite material curtain wall units (1). Lead-out parts of the embedded members are oriented towards the inner and outer wall bodies and are fixed to inner and outer wall bodies. The composite material curtain wall units (1) in vertical adjacency are arrayed in a staggered manner. An elastic structural adhesive (3) is coated on surfaces of the composite material curtain wall units (1). Thin-type metal sheets (4) are covered on the elastic structural adhesive (3). The metal curtain wall system can be produced continuously in a numerical control manner in the production and manufacturing process. The precision of hyperbolic metal is improved in the environment-friendly and energy-saving manufacturing process. With a simple and mature process, the construction difficulty and the construction cost are reduced; resources or space is saved; and the complex digital building project is improved to the rank of the modern scientific and technical industry.
US09464432B2
In one aspect, the present invention relates to a plug of the type utilized for sealing a junction between a horizontal member and a vertical mullion of a curtain wall. The plug may include a plug body. The plug body may include a front body portion, a rear body portion, a left body portion, a right body portion, a top surface disposed between the left body portion, the right body portion, the front body portion, and the rear body portion. A rabbet is disposed across the front body portion. A spacer flange extends from the front body portion. A plurality of chamfers are disposed between the top surface and the left body portion, the right body portion, and the rear body portions. The plug is sized to occupy a gap formed in the junction between the horizontal member and the vertical mullion of the curtain wall. The rabbet and the plurality of chamfers form a plurality of large crevices between the plug, the horizontal member, and the vertical mullion. The large crevices allow penetration of a sealant therein.
US09464430B2
A vacuum insulation includes a core material and a gas adsorption agent interposed between a first gas barrier material and a second gas barrier material, wherein the first and the second gas barrier materials sealingly enclose the core material and the gas adsorption agent, and wherein at least one of the first and the second gas barrier materials includes a laminate including a copper alloy foil and a polymeric material.
US09464428B2
A self-contained structure configurable as a shipping container and as a dwelling is provided. The self-contained structure configurable as a shipping container and as a dwelling includes a lower section including a platform and a floor, said lower section forming a first portion of a foundation of said dwelling; an upper section including a ceiling and connected to the lower section to define a cavity, said upper section forming a first portion of a roof of said dwelling; a plurality of wall components attached to said lower section and said upper section within said cavity to form subcavities within said cavity; a plurality of panels attachable to said lower section and said upper section to enclose said cavity when the structure is configured as the shipping container and attachable to said upper section to form a second portion of said roof of said dwelling extending from said first portion of said roof to define an approximate area of said dwelling when the structure is configured as the dwelling; and a plurality of extension walls storable within said subcavities when the structure is configured as the shipping container and configurable to enclose said approximate area of said dwelling when the structure is configured as the dwelling.
US09464422B2
A flush valve system is provided having an inlet and an outlet, and a main valve element adapted for transition between a closed position and an open position is disclosed. The flush valve further includes a control chamber in communication with the inlet, and a vent outlet in communication with the outlet. The system includes a solenoid for establishing communication between the control chamber and the vent outlet to establish a pressure differential across a portion of the main valve element. The system also includes a power supply for energizing the solenoid, a deployable actuator in communication with the power supply, and a microprocessor in electrical communication with the main valve element. The microprocessor is adapted to determine a valve opening time, calculate fluid pressure based on the valve opening time, and deliver a predetermined quantity of fluid through the valve based on fluid pressure.
US09464419B2
The invention relates to a jet regulator (1) with a sleeve-shaped jet regulator housing (2), which (2) can be mounted on the water outlet of a plumbing outlet armature, and with a sealing ring (5) made of elastic material, which (5) seals in an axial direction against an adjoining annular flange at the water outlet of the outlet fixture. On the front inner peripheral area (6) of the jet regulator housing (2) on the inflow side, there is provided at least one housing undercut (7), which secures, on the jet regulator housing (2), the sealing ring (5), inserted into the housing interior (8) of the jet controller housing (2). In the jet controller (1) according to the invention, the sealing ring (5) is effectively secured against unintended loss, for example, during transport or storage.
US09464415B2
A faucet includes a spout base having a first end mounted to a mounting surface and a second end opposite the first end that includes an elbow, more than one water supply line within the spout base, and a hub containing a mixing valve. The hub includes an inlet end and an outlet end. The second end of the spout base and the inlet end of the hub connect together. The inlet end of the hub connects to the water supply lines. The mixing valve is approximately midway between the elbow and a dispensing end of the faucet.
US09464410B2
Control of a vehicle to perform a task employs first control input provided by a human operator and second control input provided by an automated controller. A relationship between the first control input and the second control input is determined. Either the first control input or the second control input is used to control the vehicle to perform the task based on the determined relationship. An indicator may be used to indicate to the operator when the control input provided by the human operator is being used to control the vehicle.
US09464399B2
A remotely controlled pile cutter for insertion to a desired position within a tubular piling comprises an insertion cable attached to a lifting sub, radially extendable centralizer arms, an extendable rotatable cutter, a camera, and monitors and sensors in communication with a control panel and computer processor where information and control signals are received and generated. The radially extending centralizer arms hold the pile cutter in place at the internal piling wall. Radial extension of the rotatable cutter positions a fluid nozzle to direct high pressure cutting fluid against the internal piling wall as the cutter is rotated around the internal piling wall to sever the piling. The location and position of the rotatable cutter, the fluid steam, and the physical properties of the cutter environment may be continually and remotely monitored at the control panel.
US09464398B2
A pile-driving apparatus and a method for driving a pile element into the ground, wherein a head region of the pile element is arranged in a driving helmet on an underside of a driven hammer unit, which is moved by a main winch and a main rope along a mast and drives the pile element in a vertical driving position into the ground. The pile element is hoisted by an auxiliary winch with auxiliary rope from a lying position into the approximately vertical driving position, in which the head region of the pile element is received in the driving helmet of the hammer unit.
US09464393B2
A two stage snow thrower comprises an auger, and a snow discharge housing. The snow discharge housing comprises a one piece deep drawn auger housing.
US09464370B2
The present invention concerns methods for removing sulfur from a fiber made from a polymer comprising imidazole groups, said method comprising: contacting never-dried sulfate anion-containing polymeric-fiber with an aqueous acid having a pKa of less than 5 to displace at least a portion of the sulfate anions; and b) rinsing the fiber to remove the displaced sulfate ions.
US09464366B2
A method for reducing/eliminating basal plane dislocations from SiC epilayers is disclosed. An article having: an off-axis SiC substrate having an off-axis angle of no more than 6°; and a SiC epitaxial layer grown on the substrate. The epitaxial layer has no more than 2 basal plane dislocations per cm2 at the surface of the epitaxial layer. A method of growing an epitaxial SiC layer on an off-axis SiC substrate by: flowing a silicon source gas, a carbon source gas, and a carrier gas into a growth chamber under growth conditions to epitaxially grow SiC on the substrate in the growth chamber. The substrate has an off-axis angle of no more than 6°. The growth conditions include: a growth temperature of 1530-1650° C.; a pressure of 50-125 mbar; a C/H gas flow ratio of 9.38×10−5-1.5×10−3; a C/Si ratio of 0.5-3; a carbon source gas flow rate during ramp to growth temperature from 0 to 15 sccm; and an electron or hole concentration of 1013-1019/cm3.
US09464357B2
The invention relates to a method for operating a high-pressure electrolysis system (2), wherein a hydrogen stream (6) and an oxygen stream (8) are produced in a high-pressure electrolyzer (4), and these are passed out of the high-pressure electrolyzer (4) under high pressure. In order to increase the efficiency of the high-pressure electrolysis system (2) with respect to cooling of the hydrogen produced in the high-pressure electrolysis system (2), the oxygen stream (8) is passed into a vortex tube (20) for decompression, in which the pressure energy of the oxygen is converted to refrigeration. This produces a cold oxygen stream (22) which is used to cool the hydrogen stream (6).
US09464350B2
An apparatus for depositing a coating on one or more parts (21) has: a chamber (22); a part holder (64) for carrying the part(s); a bias voltage source (94) coupled to the part(s) to apply a bias voltage to the part(s); a source (34) of the coating material; a plurality of temperature sensors (76); and a plurality of leads (90) passing outputs of the temperature sensors out from the chamber. A temperature monitoring system (150) has a temperature data processor (300). At least one fiber optic link (223) couples the temperature data processor to the temperature sensors so as to electrically isolate the temperature data processor from the bias voltage.
US09464346B2
Before the end of the treatment of metal parts in a molten salt bath nitriding/nitrocarburizing station, a chamber, arranged so that the oxygen contained in the chamber can be discharged in order to create an inert atmosphere, is filled with a refrigerant in liquid form and with a strong capacity for volume expansion as it evaporates. All the parts treated are transferred into the chamber. The chamber is closed, and the parts are left in the chamber for a preset length of time to reach a temperature at which the salt congeals and forms a protective barrier. The parts are then removed and subjected to a rinsing operation.
US09464343B2
To provide, in producing a large product through casting, a Ni-based alloy with a composition that minimizes variations in strength at different locations even when the solidification rate becomes slow and the amount of micro segregation increases. The Ni-based casting alloy of the present invention has a composition of, in mass %, 0.001% to 0.1% C, 15% to 23% Cr, 0% to 11.5% Mo, 3% to 18% W, 5 or less % Fe, 10 or less % Co, 0.4 or less % Ti, 0.4 or less % Al, and Nb and Ta (where 0.5%≦Nb+Ta≦4.15%), in which 7%≦Mo+1/2W≦13% is satisfied, and the composition also contains inevitable impurities and Ni.
US09464339B2
A process for the inhibition of particulate emission during friction of heat-treated iron ore pellets includes the following steps: a) removal of heat-treated iron ore pellets at a temperature of 200° C.; and b) spraying of an alcohol by-product on pellets. The use of an alcohol by-product as an inhibitor of particulate emission is further described, with the alcohol by-product being sprayed on heat-treated iron ore pellets, which can partially or completely replace water during the handling, stacking, loading, and unloading of materials such as pellets, granules, fines, and other products from iron ore and other minerals. This process significantly reduces the emission of particulates in the an operational area.
US09464330B2
Various methods and compositions are provided for identifying and/or selecting soybean plants or soybean germplasm with improved resistance to soybean cyst nematode. In certain embodiments, the method comprises detecting at least one marker locus that is associated with resistance to soybean cyst nematode. In other embodiments, the method further comprises detecting at least one marker profile or haplotype associated with resistance to soybean cyst nematode. In further embodiments, the method comprises crossing a selected soybean plant with a second soybean plant. Further provided are markers, primers, probes and kits useful for identifying and/or selecting soybean plants or soybean germplasm with improved resistance to soybean cyst nematode.
US09464323B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for detecting mutations in WD repeat domain 62 (WDR62).
US09464315B2
The invention relates to methods of separating polynucleotides, such as DNA, RNA and PNA, from solutions containing polynucleotides by reversibly binding the polynucleotides to a solid surface, such as a magnetic microparticle.
US09464312B2
A composition, method and kit for performing a two-reagent enzymatic homocysteine assay, wherein a single homocysteinase enzyme and a Schiff-based conjugate of N,N-dibutyl-p-phenyldiamine (DBPDA) with pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP) are used to measure total homocysteine in plasma or serum. The assay measures a chromophore reaction product of H2S and the DBPDA released from the Schiff-base conjugate in the presence of a Fe+3 containing compound. The resulting chromophore may be measured absorbance or fluorescence spectrophotometry.
US09464311B2
The present invention provides a screen which exploits mechanism-based activity probes that specifically and covalently modify the active site cysteine thiol residue of E3 Ub ligases including, but not limited to the HECT and RBR family. The activity probes are used to screen for activators and inhibitors of E3 Ub ligases, and to interrogate the functional state of E3 Ub ligases in human disease.
US09464307B2
The present invention provides a double-stranded DNA constructed specifically for high speed gene amplification, a method for gene amplification and a method for synthesizing protein. The gene amplification system of the present invention used a site-specific recombinase such as Cre-lox system and target sequence thereof to efficiently induce a type of replication referred to as a double rolling-circle replication (DRCR). Amplification unit, whose structure is shown in FIG. 2 (a), is constructed in animal and other cells. DRCR is induced by two recombination events triggered by a site-specific recombinase (Cre) when each replication folk progresses between each pair of target sequences (lox sequences).
US09464293B2
In some embodiments, aptamers that specifically bind pancreatic cancer cells are provided. Such aptamers may include an RNA molecule that specifically binds a pancreatic cancer cell surface protein. In certain embodiments, the RNA molecule that is used as an aptamer may include a nucleotide sequence of GAAUGCCC (SEQ ID NO: 8). In other embodiments, the RNA molecule may include a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:5, or SEQ ID NO:6. In certain embodiments, the aptamer may be conjugated to one or more therapeutic agents (e.g., an shRNA molecule, an siRNA molecule, an mRNA molecule, or an miRNA molecule), one or more diagnostic agents, or a combination thereof. The aptamers and their conjugates may be used to deliver therapeutic agents to a pancreatic cancer cell, and/or in methods for treating or diagnosing pancreatic cancer.
US09464288B2
Non-naturally occurring tRNASec and methods of using them for recombinant expression of proteins engineered to include one or more selenocysteine residues are disclosed. The non-naturally occurring tRNASec can be used for recombinant manufacture of selenocysteine containing polypeptides encoded by mRNA without the requirement of an SECIS element. In some embodiments, selenocysteine containing polypeptides are manufactured by co-expressing a non-naturally occurring tRNASec a recombinant expression system, such as E. coli, with SerRS, EF-Tu, SelA, or PSTK and SepSecS, and an mRNA with at least one codon that recognizes the anticodon of the non-naturally occurring tRNASec.
