US09464286B2
Compositions, methods, and kits are provided for efficiently generating and screening humanized antibody with high affinity against a specific antigen. The library of humanized antibody is generated by mutagenizing a chimeric antibody template that combines human antibody framework and antigen binding sites of a non-human antibody. Alternatively, the library of humanized antibody is generated by grafting essential antigen-recognition segment(s) such as CDRs of the non-human antibody into the corresponding position(s) of each member of a human antibody library. This library of humanized antibody is then screened for high affinity binding toward a specific antigen in vivo in organism such as yeast or in vitro using techniques such as ribosome display or mRNA display. The overall process can be efficiently performed in a high throughput and automated manner, thus mimicking the natural process of antibody affinity maturation.
US09464285B2
The present invention relates in part to nucleic acids encoding proteins, therapeutics comprising nucleic acids encoding proteins, methods for inducing cells to express proteins using nucleic acids, methods, kits and devices for transfecting, gene editing, and reprogramming cells, and cells, organisms, and therapeutics produced using these methods, kits, and devices. Methods and products for altering the DNA sequence of a cell are described, as are methods and products for inducing cells to express proteins using synthetic RNA molecules. Therapeutics comprising nucleic acids encoding gene-editing proteins are also described.
US09464283B2
Bio-regulators from a group of quaternary ammonium moieties modify a gene expression in a plant to induce enhanced growth and robustness. Such bio-regulator may be applied to seeds through coating or encapsulating, to plants through root drenching, spraying and dusting. Bio-regulators may be duel-acting; causing beneficial modification to gene expressions in desirable plants while modifying gene expression in undesirable plants, making them more susceptible to herbicides. Bio-regulators are Ester Compounds, BMIA Compounds or related salts, BMIA Compounds or related salts of those compounds.
US09464282B2
There are provided a radiofrequency device for increasing amount of a bioactive substance in a plant cell and a plant cell culture method for increasing amount of useful intracellular secondary metabolites by using the radiofrequency device. The cell culture method of the present invention makes it possible to increase specific secondary metabolites such as daidzein, equol, and the like in a cell and thus can be used for development into various medicines, agricultural pesticides, spices, pigments, food additives, and cosmetics containing bioactive substances. Further, the cell culture method of the present invention improves conventional cell culture methods limitedly used for specific cells or specific metabolites for increasing amount of intracellular bioactive substances and thus can be widely applied to production of cells and secondary metabolites.
US09464277B2
5-methylpyrimidine oxygenases and their use in the modification of nucleic acids are described.
US09464274B2
Provided herein are methods of producing natural killer cells using a two-step expansion and differentiation method. Also provided herein are methods of suppressing tumor cell proliferation, of treating individuals having cancer or a viral infection, comprising administering the NK cells produced by the method to an individual having the cancer or viral infection.
US09464267B2
A process for remediation of target bacteria, particularly sulfur reducing bacteria (SRB), in waters (“target water”) having a multiplicity and diverse host target bacteria by employing serial or staged bacteria culturing and lysing of dominant bacteria. Remediation of sulfur reducing bacteria (SRB) is effected by application of a series of bacteriophage isolated from the staged culturing and bacteriophage lysing of successive aliquots of waters containing a multiplicity of SRB.
US09464266B2
In order to enable the inside of a constant-temperature device to be sterilized using sterilization gas and prevent contamination during incubation, even when provided with an atmosphere measuring means having a CO2 sensor and an oxygen concentration sensor, a sensor unit (100) is arranged inside or close to an incubation chamber, and the internal atmosphere is measured by sucking-in the atmosphere of the incubation chamber (2) by means of an air-flow generation means (20). Furthermore, high-precision filters (23, 24) are arranged in the flow channel through which the atmosphere within the incubation chamber (2) is taken-in/discharged, preventing bacteria and/or cells from flowing in, and also preventing the diffusion of sterilization gas to the inside of a sensor unit (100) during sterilization.
US09464265B2
There is provided an incubator for an isolator, which is capable of reliably sterilizing a cultivation room of the incubator, a gas supply pipe and a sampling pipe. An incubator 1 for an isolator 40 includes a gas concentration control pipe 16 provided to communicate to a cultivation room 4 for control of concentration of cultivation gas in the cultivation room 4, a sterile gas circulation pipe 26 for circulating sterile gas from the cultivation room 4 to the gas concentration control pipe 16, and a circulation pump 24 provided in the sterile gas circulation pipe 26.
US09464254B2
A two-stroke, cross-head, slow-speed, compression-ignited marine engine is operated by (i) fuelling it with a diesel fuel, as a pilot fuel, and with a low sulphur fuel, as a main fuel; and (ii) lubricating the engine cylinder(s) with a lubricant having a BN of 20 or less and having a detergent additive system comprising at least two different metal detergents each having one surfactant group selected from phenate, salicylate and sulphonate, or one or more complex metal detergents containing two or more different surfactant soap groups selected from phenate, salicylate and sulphonate.
US09464250B2
The present invention provides a process of producing an aviation fuel base oil having excellent combustibility, oxidation stability and life cycle characteristics, hydrotreating in the presence of hydrogen a feedstock comprising an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon compound originating from an animal or vegetable fat (preferably an animal or vegetable fat that contains fatty acids each having 10 to 14 carbon atoms in the fatty acid carbon chain in the total amount of 60 percent by mass or more) and a sulfur-containing hydrocarbon compound. The present invention also provides a process for producing an aviation fuel base oil by blending such an aviation fuel base oil and an aviation fuel base oil produced by refining crude oil.
US09464242B2
A system for characterizing and optimizing refinery feedstock blends according to their corrosivity is provided. Refinery feedstocks can be characterized based on any of: dissociation of acids in the crude, breakup of naphthenic acid molecular associations, mass changes of carbon steel samples, and/or dissociation of sulfur compounds in the feedstocks. The characterization can be carried out via any of impedance, spectroscopic measurements, and continuous measurements of mass changes of carbon steel samples with a crystal microbalance over a range of temperature, e.g., from ambient to 750° F. The system can be employed in any of refinery, terminal, and laboratories, using models and/or hardware to optimize the usage of refinery feedstocks in the blending and valuation of the feedstocks.
US09464241B2
A system and process for desulfurizing a hydrocarbon feed stream containing organosulfur compounds is provided. In general, the system includes a conventional hydrotreating unit through the high pressure cold or hot separator. Aqueous oxidant and an oxidative catalyst are mixed with the hydrotreated hydrocarbon effluent from the high pressure cold or hot separator, and oxidative desulfurization reactions occur in the low pressure separation zone, thereby minimizing or eliminating the requirement of additional oxidative desulfurization reactors.
US09464240B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods for producing aromatic products, the methods including separating a crude oil and condensate feed into at least a light naphtha stream, a heavy naphtha stream, and a bottoms stream, reforming at least a portion of the heavy naphtha stream to produce a reformate stream, feeding a cracker feed stream, comprising the light naphtha stream, the bottoms stream, and a reformate extraction raffinate, to an olefins cracker to produce cracker products comprising pyrolysis gasoline, and introducing an extractor feed stream comprising the pyrolysis gasoline and the reformate to an aromatic extraction unit to produce an aromatic product and the reformate extraction raffinate.
US09464233B2
Provided is a siloxane-containing trianhydride having a structure shown in formula 1: wherein R1 to R7, D1 to D3, and each G are as defined in the specification.
US09464224B2
A transformative wavelength conversion medium is provided, comprising: a phosphor; and, a curable liquid component, wherein the curable liquid component, comprises: an aliphatic resin component, wherein the aliphatic resin component has an average of two epoxide groups per molecule; and, a curing agent; wherein the curable liquid component contains less than 0.5 wt % of monoepoxide molecules (based on the total weight of the aliphatic resin component); and, wherein the curable liquid component is a liquid at 25° C. and atmospheric pressure; and, wherein the phosphor is dispersed in the curable liquid component.
US09464222B2
A well servicing fluid for reducing polymer degradation is disclosed. The well servicing fluid is formulated with components comprising: at least one free radical scavenger, with the proviso that the free radical scavenger is not erythorbate, lignin or lignin derivatives; at least one polymer and an aqueous based solvent. Methods for servicing a well employing well servicing fluids of the present disclosure are also disclosed.
US09464217B2
A composition is provided that consists essentially of a first polymer system and a second polymer system. The first polymer system has a first modulus of about 180 ksi to about 335 ksi. The first polymer system consists essentially of a thermosetting acrylate. The second polymer system consists essentially of a thermosetting epoxy system and an epoxy curing agent. The thermosetting epoxy system comprises a first epoxy.
US09464200B2
A pigment for ink-jet recording contains a porous particle, a sealing agent, and an inorganic pigment layer containing an inorganic pigment. The sealing agent is arranged in a pore opening of the porous particle. The inorganic pigment layer is formed on the surface of the porous particle.
US09464199B2
A liquid ejection apparatus includes an ejection head having nozzles that eject liquid, a strap member that holds the liquid ejected from the ejection head, a feeding roller and a winding roller around which the strap member is wound, and a driving source that rotates the winding roller, wherein a flash point of the liquid that is held in the strap member is 95 degrees Celsius or more, and the driving source is disposed at a position closer to the winding roller than to the feeding roller.
US09464193B2
Modified polyphenol binder compositions and methods for making and using same are provided. In at least one specific embodiment, the binder composition can include at least one unsaturated monomer and at least one polyphenolic compound. The polyphenolic compound can include a lignin, a tannin, a novolac resin, a modified phenol formaldehyde resin, bis-phenol A, humic acid, or any mixture thereof.
US09464191B2
A silicon-containing curing composition including a specific amount of a silicon-containing polymer having an Mw of 300 to 100,000 obtained by hydrolysis and condensation of an organosilane mixture containing specific amounts of organosiloxanes of formulae (1-1) through (1-5); a specific amount of a prepolymer containing at least two Si—H groups per molecule obtained by hydrosilylation between a cyclic siloxane compound of formula (2) and a compound of formula (3-1), (3-2), or (3-3); a specific amount of a linear siloxane compound containing more than one carbon-carbon double bond reactive with Si—H or Si—CH3 per molecule; specific amounts of an organic peroxide and a metal catalyst; and a specific amount of a filler. The details for the formulae (1-1) to (1-5), (2), (3-1) to (3-3) are as described in the specification.
US09464190B2
A bonding base for electronic components, and a method. The bonding base comprises: a dielectric basic layer formed of a mixture comprising thermoplastic polymer, the polymer part of which mixture comprises 75 to 95% by weight of thermoplastic PPO, the polymer part further comprising 5 to 20% by weight of elastomer which is incompatible with PPO.
US09464188B2
A continuous process for manufacturing a blended polymer includes mixing a native starch, a polyolefin, and a compatibilizer; and forming the blended polymer from the resulting mixture using an extruder. The process can also include mixing the native starch, the polyolefin, and the compatibilizer in the extruder. The polyolefin can be a petroleum- or bio-based polyethylene, and the compatibilizer can be a maleic anhydride grafted polyolefin. The process can further include mixing a processing aid such as glycerin, and forming the blended polymer into a film.
US09464180B2
There is provided a method of fabricating a composite material, the method comprising providing borehole solids originating from a borehole in the earth and embedding the borehole solids in a base material thereby forming the composite material, wherein the base material comprises a polymer. According to an embodiment, the borehole solids contain oil, e.g. on a surface thereof. The oil containing borehole solids may be preprocessed before embedding or may be directly embedded in the base material without preprocessing. Such embodiments allow for a recycling of oil contaminated borehole solids while providing a resource for a filler for polymers.
US09464174B2
The present invention provides a method for producing a rubber composition containing a rubber component (A) of at least one selected from natural rubbers and synthetic dienic rubbers, an inorganic filler (B), a silane coupling agent (C) and an acidic compound (D), wherein the rubber composition is kneaded in multiple stages, and in the final stage of kneading, the acidic compound (D) is added, and the highest temperature of the rubber composition in the final stage of kneading is from 60 to 120° C. The production method enables production of a rubber composition having a low-heat-generation property while successfully preventing the coupling function activity of the silane coupling agent from lowering.
US09464173B2
A process for making a latex by phase inversion emulsification in an agitated reactor column is described.
US09464169B2
The present invention provides polyurethanes including a reaction product of components including: (a) at least one isocyanate functional prepolymer including a reaction product of: (1) about 1 equivalent of at least one polyisocyanate; and (2) about 0.01 to about 0.5 equivalent of at least one polycarbonate polyol; and (b) about 0.01 to about 1 equivalent of at least one branched polyol having at least 3 hydroxyl groups; compositions, coatings and articles made therefrom and methods of making the same.
US09464168B2
A method for preparing a modified copolyester includes the steps of: i) subjecting a mono(2-hydroxylalkyl)dicarboxylate to an esterification reaction with an isosorbide to form an intermediate; and ii) subjecting the intermediate to a condensation polymerization in the presence of a condensation polymerization catalyst. The method may enhance the reactivity of isosorbide, reduce the amount of water by-product, and raise the glass transition temperature and the color stability of the copolyester thus obtained.
US09464167B2
Ferroelectric memory elements which contain a poly α-amino acid which is a copolymer containing a glutamic acid-γ-ester unit represented by the formula (I), defined herein, and a glutamic acid-γ-ester unit represented by the formula (II), defined herein, in a molar ratio of units of formula (I) to units of formula (II) of 10/90-90/10 are useful as recording elements such as RFID and the like.
US09464166B2
In a process for producing 3,4′ and/or 4,4′ dimethyl-substituted biphenyl compounds, a feed comprising toluene is contacted with hydrogen in the presence of a hydroalkylation catalyst under conditions effective to produce a hydroalkylation reaction product comprising (methylcyclohexyl)toluenes. At least part of the hydroalkylation reaction product is dehydrogenated in the presence of a dehydrogenation catalyst under conditions effective to produce a dehydrogenation reaction product comprising a mixture of dimethyl-substituted biphenyl isomers. The dehydrogenation reaction product is then separated into at least a first stream containing at least 50% of 3,4′ and 4,4′ dimethylbiphenyl isomers by weight of the first stream and at least one second stream comprising one or more 2,x′ (where x′ is 2′, 3′, or 4′) and 3,3′ dimethylbiphenyl isomers.
US09464160B2
The present invention comprises fluorinated ethoxylated polyurethanes of formula [Rf—(X)n—(CH2CHR1—O)m—CH2CH2—O—C(O)—NH]p-A, wherein Rf is a C1 to C6 perfluoroalkyl; X is a divalent radical; n is 0 or 1; R1 is H or C1 to C4 alkyl; m is 1 to 20; p is a positive integer of at least 2; and A is the residue of a polyisocyanate, and methods for altering surface behavior of liquids using such compounds.
US09464156B2
The thermoset, phase-separated polyurethane material of the flexible skin layer is produced from a reactive mixture which is made of one or more isocyanate compounds and isocyanate reactive compounds which include one or more polyol compounds, flexibilizers, chain extenders and/or crosslinkers and amine-initiators. Apart from at least one crosslinking amine-initiator, these amine-initiators further include at least one extender amine-initiator.
US09464155B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a moisture-curable polyurethane hot-melt resin composition with superior properties such as water resistance, fast-curing properties, and flexibility. The present invention provides a moisture-curable polyurethane hot-melt resin composition containing an isocyanate-containing urethane prepolymer (i) that is a reaction product of polyols (A) including a polyether polyol (A-1), a crystalline polyester polyol (A-2), an amorphous polyester polyol (A-3), and an acrylic polyol (A-4) with a polyisocyanate (B); and a curing catalyst (ii) represented by general formula (1) below, and also provides an adhesive and article produced using the resin composition. The adhesive produced using the moisture-curable polyurethane hot-melt resin composition according to the present invention is suitable not only for the bonding of fibers and the lamination of construction materials, but also for the lamination of optical elements.
US09464131B2
The invention provides a method for obtaining a broadly neutralizing antibody (bNab), including screening memory B cell cultures from a donor PBMC sample for neutralization activity against a plurality of HIV-1 species, cloning a memory B cell that exhibits broad neutralization activity; and rescuing a monoclonal antibody from that memory B cell culture. The resultant monoclonal antibodies may be characterized by their ability to selectively bind epitopes from the Env proteins in native or monomeric form, as well as to inhibit infection of HIV-1 species from a plurality of clades. Compositions containing human monoclonal anti-HIV antibodies used for prophylaxis, diagnosis and treatment of HIV infection are provided. Methods for generating such antibodies by immunization using epitopes from conserved regions within the variable loops of gp120 are provided. Immunogens for generating anti-HIV1 bNAbs are also provided. Furthermore, methods for vaccination using suitable epitopes are provided.
US09464128B2
The present invention relates to site-specific PEGylated linear salmon calcitonin analogs, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and their use for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of diseases associated with bone metabolism, e.g., osteoporosis.
US09464127B2
The instant invention provides soluble fusion protein complexes and IL-15 variants that have therapeutic and diagnostic use, and methods for making the such proteins. The instant invention additionally provides methods of stimulating or suppressing immune responses in a mammal using the fusion protein complexes and IL-15 variants of the invention.
US09464122B2
Tau protein has a causative role in Alzheimer's disease and multiple other neurodegenerative disorders exhibiting tau histopathology collectively termed tauopathies. The primary function of tau protein is to facilitate assembly and maintenance of microtubules in neuronal axons. In the disease process tau protein becomes modified, loses its affinity to microtubules and accumulates in the cell body where it forms aggregates. The large neurofibrillary tangles formed from tau protein assembled into filaments were thought to be the pathological structure of tau. However, more recent work indicates that smaller, soluble oligomeric forms of tau are best associated with neuron loss and memory impairment. Here, novel compositions of tau oligomers and novel mechanisms for tau oligomer nucleation, extension and termination are taught. Methods for producing and purifying these structures for the development of small molecule and immunotherapeutics as well as antibodies for biomarkers of neurodegenerative diseases are taught.
US09464120B2
The invention provides agents and vaccines for treating and diagnosing celiac disease. In particular, the present invention provides a combination of three peptides that are useful for treating and diagnosing celiac disease in a large proportion of patients.
US09464109B2
A method for the introduction of a labeling structure such as fluorescent molecules or a Raman tag to a compound is described. Imidazole functionalized resins or polymers are used to selectively immobilize phosphocompounds without protecting the carboxylic groups is described. Relying on the pKa difference between amines and hydrazides and carrying out the reaction in a slightly acidic buffer, all of the amines are protected by protonation while the hydrazides react with the phosphate imidazolide to form a phosphoramidate bond.
US09464108B2
The present invention relates to a synthesis route and to steroid derivatives of general formula VI and VII useful in the synthesis of desogestrel and etonogestrel.
US09464102B2
The invention relates to prodrug compounds of formula I: wherein R2, R3, R5, R7 and X are as defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including pain. The compounds of formula I possess advantageous solubility and physicochemical properties.
US09464096B2
The invention provides compounds of formula I: or a salt thereof as described herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula I, processes for preparing compounds of formula I, intermediates useful for preparing compounds of formula I and therapeutic methods for treating the proliferation of the HIV virus, treating AIDS or delaying the onset of AIDS or ARC symptoms in a mammal using compounds of formula I.
US09464095B2
A method for producing a high-purity nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound includes: a process (a) and a process (b): (a) a process of mixing a mixture containing a compound and as an impurity compound with a solvent and a metal salt, and (b) a process of obtaining a mixture in a solution state in which the content of the compound has decreased compared to that in the mixture in the process (a) by filtering a mixed solution obtained in the process (a), or a process of obtaining a mixture in which the content of the compound has decreased compared to that in the mixture in the process (a) by further evaporating the solvent or crystallizing following the filtering; (where R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, etc., R3 is a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, etc., X is a hydrogen atom, etc.).
US09464094B2
Stable crystalline forms of a compound represented by the formula (IA): an acid addition salt, and/or a solvate thereof are provided by the present invention. Said crystalline forms are extremely useful as materials for preparing medicines. Novel processes for preparing 6,7-unsaturated-7-carbamoyl morphinan derivatives are also provided by the present invention.
US09464088B2
The present invention provides piperidin-4-yl azetidine derivatives, as well as their compositions and methods of use, that modulate the activity of Janus kinase 1 (JAK1) and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of JAK1 including, for example, inflammatory disorders, autoimmune disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
US09464086B2
Crystalline form, Form N-2, of N,Ndicyclopropyl-4-(1,5-dimethyl-1Hpyrazol-3-ylamino)-6-ethyl-1-methyl-1,6-dihydroimidazo[4,5-d]pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine-7-carboxamide (Compound I) is provided. Also provided are a pharmaceutical composition and an oral dosage form comprising Form N-2 of Compound I as well as a method of using the Form N-2 of Compound I in the treatment of myeloproliferative disorders, which include polycythaemia vera, thrombocythaemia and primary myelofibrosis.
US09464080B2
The present invention relates to the cosmetic use, as agent for preventing and/or treating an aesthetic defect in the skin and/or its appendages that is associated with an imbalance in the differentiation and/or proliferation of the cells of an epidermis, of an effective amount of at least one compound represented by one of the general formulae, (Ia) or (Ib)
US09464074B2
There is provided a method for producing an epoxy compound having an epoxy ring bonded to a triazinetrione ring via a long chain alkylene group, an olefin compound having a specific structure is used to efficiently obtain an epoxy compound of which an olefin moiety is epoxidized in high yield. A method for producing an epoxy compound of Formula (2): including reacting a triolefin compound of the following Formula (1): (In the above-mentioned Formulae, R1 to R9 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and n1 to n3 are each independently an integer of 1 to 4) with hydrogen peroxide, a nitrile compound, and an alkaline substance in a solvent. The nitrile compound is an aliphatic nitrile compound or an aromatic nitrile compound. The alkaline substance is phosphate, carbonate, or an alkaline metal hydroxide.
US09464069B2
The invention refers to compounds of general formula (I) wherein the variables take various meanings, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in medicine, particularly in pain therapy.
US09464065B2
The present invention provides compounds and compositions for the amelioration of arthritis and joint injuries by inducing mesenchymal stem cells into chondrocytes.
US09464056B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein R1 is F, Cl or Br; R2 is H, F, Cl or Br; and R3 is F, Cl or Br. This invention also relates to a fungicidal composition comprising (a) a compound of Formula 1 including all stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof (i.e. in a fungicidally effective amount); and (b) at least one additional fungicidal compound (e.g., at least one other fungicide having a different site of action). Also disclosed are process intermediate compounds of Formulae 22, 18 and 20 which are useful for preparing a compound of Formula 1.
US09464053B2
Novel small molecule compounds for reduction of Aβ 42 production and for treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, methods of making them and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are described.
US09464043B2
Methods for preparing intermediates of SGLT2 inhibitors are provided, including crystalline forms and methods of crystallizing intermediates.
US09464042B2
A biguanide derivative compound with N4-N5 substitution, which is represented by Formula 1, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a method of preparing the same, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same as an active ingredient are provided. The biguanide derivative may exhibit excellent effect on activation of AMPK and inhibition of cancer cell proliferation in a low dose, compared with conventional drugs, and thus, may be useful to treat diabetes mellitus, obesity, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, fatty liver, coronary artery disease, osteoporosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome, metabolic syndrome, cancer, etc.
US09464041B2
The present invention relates to the use of compounds of the invention for treatment and/or prevention of fatigue, including fatigue associated with diseases or treatments.
US09464033B2
Provided are alkynyl phenyl derivative compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treating ophthalmic diseases and disorders, such as age-related macular degeneration and Stargardt's Disease, using said compounds and compositions.
US09464031B2
The present invention provides a process for producing alkyl amines by dehydroxylation of aminoalcohols. This provides an alternate reaction route for making alkyl amines, such as 2-methylpropane-2-amine and its derivatives.
US09464029B2
The invention relates to a process for preparing nitroalkanes by reaction of at least one alkane with at least one nitrating agent in the gas phase, wherein the nitration is carried out in a microstructured reaction zone having parallel channels having hydraulic diameters of less than 2.5 mm and a total specific internal surface area of more than 1600 m2/m3 and the alkane and the nitrating agent are conveyed under a pressure of from 1 bar to 20 bar through the reaction zone and reacted at a temperature of from 150° C. to 650° C. and the reaction products are cooled downstream of the reaction zone and discharged and the at least one nitrating agent is introduced over from two to ten introduction points along the reaction zone.
US09464027B2
Diesters are prepared by first hydrolyzing dinitrile compounds into imide compounds and then reacting such imide compounds with at least one alcohol.
US09464017B2
Provided is a process for the preparation of diaryl oxide compounds. The process uses a mixed metal oxide catalyst containing oxides of aluminum and magnesium to decarboxylate a diaryl carbonate compound to yield the diaryl oxide compound.
US09464013B2
Provided are azeotropic and azeotrope-like compositions of 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (HCFO-1233xf) and hydrogen fluoride (HF). Such azeotropic and azeotrope-like compositions are useful as intermediates in the production of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf).
US09464010B2
Systems, methods, and devices for producing hydrogen and capturing CO2 from emissions combine both H2 production and CO2 capture processes in forms of thermochemical cycles to produce useful products from captured CO2. The thermochemical cycles are copper-chlorine (Cu—Cl) and magnesium-chlorine-sodium/potassium cycles (Mg—Cl—Na/K—CO2). One system comprises a Cu—Cl cycle, a CO2 capture loop, and a hydrogenation cycle. Another system comprises an Mg—Cl—Na/K—CO2 cycle and a hydrogenation cycle. Devices for hydrogen production, CO2 capture, hydrogenation, and process and equipment integration include a two-stage fluidized/packed bed, hybrid two-stage spray-fluidized/packed bed reactor, a two-stage wet-mode absorber, a hybrid two-stage absorber, and a catalyst packed/fluidized bed reactor.
US09464009B2
The invention relates to a method for recovery of urea dust and ammonia from a gas stream by contacting said gas stream with an aqueous sulphuric acid solution, thus forming an acid solution of ammonium sulphate and urea, characterized in that the acid solution is concentrated to a melt comprising less than 5 wt % of water, which melt is subsequently transferred into solid particles comprising urea and ammonium sulphate.
US09464007B2
The present invention relates to, inter alia, methods for the treatment of wallboards with fungicides and the treated wallboards. In particular, the invention relates to the treatment of wallboards with a fungicidally effective amount of difenoconazole. The invention also provides for the treatment of wallboards with synergistic combinations of difenoconazole and other fungicides. The invention also provides the treatment of building materials with difenoconazole and synergistic mixtures containing difenoconazole.
US09463999B2
A glass sheet has an electrically conductive film having a sheet resistance in the range of 9.5 to 14.0 ohms/square; an emissivity in the range of 0.14 to 0.17 and an absorption coefficient of greater than 1.5×103 cm−1 in the wavelength range of 400-1100 nanometers, and a surface roughness of less than 15 nanometers Root Means Square. A glass sheet of another embodiment of the invention has an electrically conductive film having a phosphorous-fluorine doped tin oxide pyrolytically deposited film on the surface of the glass sheet, wherein the ratio of phosphorous precursor to tin precursor is in the range of greater than 0-0.4. The coated glass sheets of the invention can be used in the manufacture of multi sheet insulating units, OLEDs and solar cells.
US09463994B2
A device for manufacturing an optical preform by means of an internal vapor deposition process including an energy source, a hollow substrate tube having a supply side and a discharge side and the energy source being moveable along a length of the hollow substrate tube, and an elongation tube connected to the hollow substrate tube at the discharge side thereof, wherein the hollow substrate tube extends into an interior of the elongation tube and an internal diameter of the elongation tube is at least 0.5 millimeters larger than an external diameter of the hollow substrate tube.
US09463989B2
The use of a dialdehyde (e.g. glyoxal) and a nitrogen-containing scavenger (e.g. a triazine) when injected separately in media containing hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and/or mercaptans to scavenge H2S and/or mercaptans therefrom gives a synergistically better reaction rate and overall scavenging efficiency, i.e. capacity, over the use of the dialdehyde or the nitrogen-containing scavenger used alone, but in the same total amount of the dialdehyde and nitrogen-containing scavenger. The media may include an aqueous phase, a gas phase, a hydrocarbon phase and mixtures of a gas and/or hydrocarbon phase with an aqueous phase.
US09463984B2
The present invention relates to an anode active material with whole particle concentration gradient for a lithium secondary battery, a method for preparing same, and a lithium secondary battery having same, and more specifically, to a composite anode active material, a method for manufacturing same, and a lithium secondary battery having same, the composite anode active material having excellent lifetime characteristics and charge/discharge characteristics through the stabilization of crystal structure as the concentration of a metal comprising the anode active material shows concentration gradient in the whole particle, and having thermostability even in high temperatures.
US09463970B2
A system and method are provided for automated intake and discharge of fluids to and from specified inclusion zones at a drilling site and related sites. A surface map is annotated with shapes designating at least inclusion zones for managed control of permitted intake and discharge of fluids tt and from permitted zones. For specified water sources, the inclusion zone is a loading zone associated with specified conditions and another inclusion zone is an unloading zone also having specified conditions. A control system in a vehicle uses the annotated map and GPS to assist the operator of the vehicle avoid restricted intake from and discharge to restricted zones and limit volumes and rates based on monitored parameters. Records are maintained to confirm the fluid, fluid location and volumes.
US09463967B1
An improved small vehicle lift having an automatically engaging ratchet mechanism that functions to fix the lift at one of a plurality of lift height positions. A pair of generally identical toothed ratchet plates are affixed to lower link members which form the parallelogram linkage, and which that are pivotally connected to the center support post. The support comprises a generally hollow ember having opposing sides each defining longitudinally disposed slotted apertures. A catch is retained by a carrier riding within the support and is received within said slotted apertures and projects laterally from the center support post. The catch is spring biased to an upper position such that the catch will automatically engage the toothed ratchet plate.
US09463964B2
Methods and systems are provided for remotely controlling winch operation via a user interface of a remote. In one example, a user interface of a remote for a winch includes a menu display including a plurality of menu items, the menu items navigable and selectable with a series of buttons of the remote. The user interface further includes a plurality of control displays, each of the plurality of control displays generated upon selection of a corresponding menu item of the plurality of menu items, each of the plurality of control displays including selectable icons for controlling one of an operation of a winch, an operation of one or more auxiliary devices, or settings of the remote.
US09463961B2
A device for moving construction tables from under poured concrete is disclosed. A spreader bar is suspended from a crane and it incorporates two cables used to connect to the table to be moved at points between the center of the gravity of the table and it's captive end. A hoist is suspended from the spreader bar and it includes two additional cables or chains also used to connect to the table between the center of gravity and the free end of the table. The two sets of cables or cables and chains are kept separate from each other.
US09463954B2
A system and method for an access control system for an elevator system that overrides landing matrices that define the access to the floors in the elevator system. The system overrides the landing matrices of the access control system in response to conditions defined by security system operators, such as emergency situations, and sends the landing matrices to elevator controllers for controlling the access to the floors. In examples, the system supports configuration of vendor-neutral landing matrix objects sent to the access control system over a security network for creating new landing matrices, and overriding the contents of the existing landing matrices.
US09463953B2
A control system for elevators includes a capture apparatus, a processor and a storage apparatus. The capture apparatus captures images of each floor. The processor performs human detection on images of each floor to calculate the number of waiting passengers of each floor. The processor further calculates waiting time of each floor. The processor calculates weight of each floor based on the number of the waiting passengers and waiting time, and controls the elevator to the floor with maximum weight.
US09463945B2
According to exemplary systems and methods, signs are created using a document-processing device. The signs are removed from a processing path of the document-processing device using a transport device to move the signs to a compiler. Ordered stacks of the signs are compiled in the compiler. The signs are temporarily held in the compiler during a first operation of a collating system. Following actuation and reset of the collating system, the signs are moved to the collating system. The collating system includes a ramped collator that moves interim stacks of signs received from the compiler from the ramps of the ramped collator toward a final collated stack according to job-specific instructions.
US09463944B2
In accordance with one embodiment, a paper processing apparatus comprises a perforation unit configured to include a rotary blade for perforating conveyed paper in a direction parallel to a conveyance direction and be capable of moving the rotary blade in a direction orthogonal to a conveyance path of the paper; a skew detection section configured at the upstream side of the perforation unit to detect the skew of the paper; a skew correction mechanism configured to incline the perforation unit and the rotary blade according to the detected skew amount of the paper; and a control section configured to control the position of the rotary blade and move the rotary blade to a perforation processing position before the paper is conveyed to the perforation unit.
US09463940B2
A method for producing a fiber preform by winding at least one thread in a groove of a mold. The method involves using a flexible element which is capable of becoming deformed by means of flexion, in a plane which contains the winding axis, in order to penetrate into the groove in order to push the sections of the thread(s) towards the base of the groove and/or towards zones which cannot be accessed directly by the thread(s). A set of tools for implementing the method is also provided.
US09463932B2
A conveying apparatus has a conveying traveling body traveling below a floor board and supporting a carriage main body by column portions penetrating a slit provided in the floor board. The conveying traveling body is composed of a plurality of trolleys. A load bar couples the trolleys, and a strip cover plate covers the load bar below the slit. The strip cover plate has a length longer than the conveying traveling body and has one end portion in the traveling direction provided with a movable plate portion higher than the other end portion. The movable plate is pivotally supported so as to be swingable upward from a horizontal posture.
US09463927B1
Mobile robots and methods involving mobile robots are provided. In one method, one or more items are manually loaded with one or more mobile robots. Operation of the mobile robots is coordinated, by a remote computer system and/or by one or more of the mobile robots, to sort and transport the items. The coordinated operation includes autonomously moving the mobile robots within their operating environment between respective locations.
US09463924B1
A unique eight-stacked-reinforced-handle eight-stacked-and-reinforced-latch biodegradable bag comprises top sections, body sections attached to the top sections, and bottom sections attached to the body sections, respectively. The bottom sections are attached together. The unique eight-stacked-reinforced-handle eight-stacked-and-reinforced-latch biodegradable bag has a plurality of openings mechanically punched in the top sections, to form eight handles and two locking braces next to the openings, to form eight locking latches and two locking doors inside the openings, and to form eight locking walls around the openings, respectively. The top sections are folded to stack and reinforce the eight handles, the eight locking latches, the two locking doors, the two locking braces, and the eight locking walls, respectively. The eight locking latches are pushed through the openings to lock together the eight handles, the eight locking latches, the two locking doors, the two locking braces, and the eight locking walls, and to lock together the top sections, respectively, to seal the unique eight-stacked-reinforced-handle eight-stacked-and-reinforced-latch biodegradable bag, securely.
US09463922B2
An intermodal transport container comprising a rectangular frame having enclosed sides, a floor, a top-access roof cover including a retractable roof panel assembly, a first end closure, and an opposing end closure collectively forming an enclosed interior volume for transporting bulk material. The top-access hinged roof cover includes a robust roof panel hinge system that engages with the roof panel assembly. The roof panel opens in accordance with a two stage process: initially having a linear motion where a member of the roof panel hinge system engages with a support beam of the roof panel assembly and a second stage where the roof panel rotates in accordance with the pivotal motion of the hinge of the roof panel hinge system.
US09463908B2
Disclosed herein are food pouch containers comprising a body having an interior cavity; a door; a hole; and a surface for contouring the bottom of the food pouch. Also disclosed are food pouch containers comprising a back portion having an interior cavity; a cover; a hole; means for contouring the food pouch from a bottom thereof; and means for contouring the food pouch from at least a side thereof. In some embodiments, a surface divides the interior cavity into an upper cavity and the lower cavity.
US09463904B2
The present invention relates to a thermoplastic film having improved tear and puncture resistance. The thermoplastic has a plurality of embossed regions that are comprised of a plurality of parallel, linear embosses. The plurality of embossed regions is arranged so that a straight line cannot traverse the thermoplastic film without intersecting at least one of the plurality of embossed regions.
US09463900B2
A bottle including a bottom portion including a heel portion, and a bottom wall portion, wherein the bottom wall portion includes a rising circumferential wall portion continuing into the ground portion and extending upward, a movable wall portion having an annular shape and protruding toward the inside in the radial direction of the bottle, and a recessed circumferential wall portion extending upward from an inner edge portion of the movable wall portion in the radial direction of the bottle. The movable wall portion is freely rotatably provided having a connected portion with the rising circumferential wall portion as a center so as to move the recessed circumferential wall portion upward. A lower heel edge portion continuing into the grounding portion is formed in a smaller diameter than an upper heel portion continuing into the lower heel edge portion from an upper side.
US09463899B2
The present disclosure discloses a snack container adapted for use with a beverage container comprising a lid, a beverage container engaging portion shaped to engage a rim portion of a beverage container, at least one sidewall, and a floor, wherein the lid is adapted to open and close for a user thereof.
US09463897B2
The invention provides a box for food products having a prismatic body provided with a bottom base, sidewalls and a top opening, and a closure cover of the top opening. The body and the cover are formed from a sheet of corrugated cardboard having an outer face covered with water-proof and water-repellent paint or varnish and an inner face covered with waterproof sheets or films of polyethylene (PE) or vinyl polymer. The box of the invention is water-proof and resistant for transporting food products.
US09463894B2
A package includes a lid adapted to mate with the brim of a container. An interior chamber of the package is bounded by the container and the lid when the lid is mounted on the container brim.
US09463893B2
A packaging laminate for a packaging container, which includes a paper or paperboard layer and outer, liquid-tight, heat-resistant layers of plastic on both sides of the paper or paperboard layer. Between the paper or paperboard layer and the outer plastic layer, the packaging laminate has at least one additional layer of a material possessing tightness properties vis-à-vis gases. In order to improve the preconditions for being able to provide the packaging laminate with decorative artwork of printing ink with good print quality, the paper or paperboard layer has, on both sides, a coating of pigment, adhesive and a substance capable of modifying the rheological properties of the coatings.
US09463891B2
Apparatus (10) for separating individual sealed tubes (42) from an array has rack support (30) for supporting an array of tubes with their upper rims (43) disposed in a horizontal plane and all sealed with a sealing membrane (90), and a punch station (60) comprising a punch tool (62) with cutting edge (66). Cutting edge (66) pierces through membrane (90) from above to separate an individual sealed tube (42) from the remainder of the membrane. The tool has multiple cutting edges (66) in a linear array corresponding to a column of a tightly-packed x by y array of tubes in the rack (40) to simultaneously separate the tubes (42) of a whole column. The cutting edge (66) starts piercing membrane (90) at the corners (43a) of each tube rim and progressively shears through the membrane. Ejector pins (68) retain the separated tubes within the rack (40).
US09463889B2
Prefilled reservoir apparatuses for use in ambulatory infusion devices include a rigid top and a flexible bag that forms at least a portion of a reservoir containing a liquid medicament composition. The reservoir apparatuses include a septum assembly that includes a fluid flow path in communication with the reservoir and a self-sealing septum disposed in or over the fluid flow path. The septum is positioned and configured to be pierced by a cannula of a base of an infusion device when the reservoir apparatus is received by the base.
US09463886B2
The present invention provides a former assembly. The former assembly can include a base plate having an aperture that extends from a first surface to a second surface thereof. A bracing post can be attached to the base plate on the first surface proximate the aperture. The bracing post can have a receiving orifice formed therein. A substantially rigid tube can be adapted to extend through the aperture in the base plate. An annular space can be formed between the tube and the base plate. The annular space can be sized for the passage of the flexible sheet material.
US09463880B2
There is provided in an embodiment a method of making a composite structure. The method includes the step of applying chopped fiber material in varying thicknesses onto a first ply surface of a first composite charge to form a layered composite charge. The method further includes the step of folding the layered composite charge. The method further includes the step of assembling a second composite charge and the folded layered composite charge to form a composite structure. The chopped fiber material forms a gap filler in the composite structure. The gap filler conforms to a shape of the composite structure surrounding the gap filler. The method further includes processing the composite structure.
US09463879B2
A system and method for operating an ice detection and deicing system are provided herein. The ice detection and deicing system may use changing magnetic properties of various components caused by temperature changes to detect conditions conducive to, or indicating, ice formation. The ice detection and deicing system may further use eddy currents induced in one or more layers of the system to increase the temperature of the one or more layers to reduce the amount of ice formation or reduce the probability of ice being formed.
US09463871B2
A winglet system for an aircraft wing includes an upper winglet and a lower winglet mounted to a wing. The lower winglet has a static position when the wing is subject to an on-ground static loading. The lower winglet may be substantially straight in the static position. The lower winglet is configured such that upward deflection of the wing under an approximate 1-g flight loading causes the lower winglet to move upwardly and outwardly from the static position to an in-flight position resulting in an effective span increase of the wing under the approximate 1-g flight loading relative to the span of the wing under the on-ground static loading.
US09463868B2
Systems and methods are described for automatically counteracting undesirable aircraft movement caused by malfunctioning fly-by-wire aircraft control surfaces, hardover events, control surface disconnection, and other control surface failure events. The systems and methods include control law algorithms for reacting to such events to counteract the undesired aircraft movement. An expected roll rate is generated based on control input and compared to the actual roll rate of the aircraft.
US09463865B2
A fuselage cell for an aircraft includes at least two shell segments forming a fuselage cell. The shell segments are provided with a plurality of longitudinal and/or circumferential reinforcements that are integral with a skin panel of the respective shell segment. The reinforcements at least sectionally form a closed cross-sectional geometry together with at least the skin panel of the corresponding shell segment in order to create at least one hollow space, wherein at least one system component at least sectionally extends and/or at least one system medium is at least sectionally routed in the at least one hollow space. The reinforcements also fulfill the function of accommodating at least part of the system components and system mediums of the technical equipment of the aircraft. This results in weight savings and a simplified installation because the number of required mountings and connectors for the system components is reduced.
US09463859B1
An outboard motor adapter plate couples a marine engine to a driveshaft housing, and includes an upper rim configured to be coupled to a lower surface of a cylinder block of the engine. A lower rim of the adapter plate is configured to be coupled to an upper surface of a sump located in the driveshaft housing. A wall defines a passageway having an inner perimetral surface, and the inner perimetral surface extends from the upper rim to the lower rim. A mounting area is configured for coupling a mount to the adapter plate. A shield covers at least a portion of the inner perimetral surface adjacent the mounting area, so as to at least partially thermally isolate the mount from heated fluid that drains from the cylinder block, through the passageway, and into the sump. A method and a shield for thermal isolation are also described.
US09463858B1
A method for controlling a trim position of a marine propulsion unit for propelling a watercraft has the steps of: sensing an engine speed; positioning the propulsion unit at a first trim angle when the engine speed is less than or equal to a first predetermined engine speed, the first trim angle being constant; positioning the propulsion unit at a second trim angle when the engine speed is greater than the first predetermined engine speed and less than the second predetermined engine speed; and positioning the propulsion unit at a third trim angle when the engine speed is greater than or equal to the second predetermined engine speed, the third trim angle being constant. A system for controlling a trim position of a marine propulsion unit for propelling a watercraft is also disclosed.
US09463857B1
A human powered watercraft has a bicycle type pedal and crank drive system linked to a propeller on a vane which positions the propeller below the water line, when in use. The propeller is driven via the crank drive system which may include gears, pulleys or sprockets linked to the propeller via belts or chains, and one or more reduction systems. A handle bar supported on the hull has a steering system connected for steering the vane, or the propeller on the vane, via cables.
US09463848B2
A semi-submersible platform that is suitable to serve as a logistics hub at a remote offshore location. The semi-submersible platform is configured in a V-shape to reduce motion of the semi-submersible platform caused by rough sea conditions. The semi-submersible platform has a vessel docking area within the platform and a balancing unit to balance the unsymmetrical load of the platform that protects a vessel in the docking area from rough sea conditions.
US09463841B2
A bicycle brake and shift operating device is provided with a bicycle mounting bracket, a brake lever, a gear shifting mechanism, a first gear shift member and a connecting structure. The brake lever is pivotally connected to the mounting bracket about a first axis between a rest position and a brake operating position. The gear shifting mechanism is configured to operate a bicycle gear changing device to any one of a plurality of gear positions. The first gear shift member is pivotally mounted relative to the bicycle mounting bracket about a second axis. The first gear shift member is connected to the gear shifting mechanism to actuate the gear shifting mechanism. The connecting structure interconnects the brake lever and the first gear shift member together such that the first gear shift member pivots about the second axis in response to the brake lever being pivoted about the first axis.
US09463839B2
The invention provides structural elements comprising an elongated internal member and an elongated external member enclosing said internal member, in which a mid-portion enveloping the internal member and being in tight association with the external surface of the internal member, defines, jointly with said internal member, a first, core-envelope sub-structure, while two flanking portions extending from and integral with the mid-portion and facing and contacting one another to jointly define a second, layered sub-structure. The invention further provides methods for manufacturing such structural elements.
US09463829B2
In one aspect, an elastically averaged alignment system includes a first component having an interior cavity and an alignment member positioned at least partially within the interior cavity, a second component having an inner wall defining an alignment aperture, the alignment aperture configured to receive the alignment member to couple the first component and the second component, and a third component seated within the interior cavity. The alignment member is an elastically deformable material such that (a) when the third component is inserted into the interior cavity, the alignment member elastically deforms to an elastically averaged configuration to facilitate aligning the third component and the first component in a desired orientation, and (b) when the alignment member is inserted into the alignment aperture, the alignment member further elastically deforms to an elastically averaged final configuration to facilitate aligning the first component and the second component in a desired orientation.
US09463824B2
A first spoke connects a first point of a boss and a first joining point of a rim. A second spoke connects a second point of the boss different from the first point of the boss and a second joining point of the rim opposite to the first joining point of the rim to the boss. Each of the first and second spokes is in a plate shape. The first spoke has a circular first hole in a portion of the first spoke located at a middle in a longitudinal direction of the first spoke and at a center in a widthwise direction of the first spoke. The second spoke has a circular second hole in a portion of the second spoke located at a middle in a longitudinal direction of the second spoke and at a center in a widthwise direction of the second spoke.
US09463818B2
A system includes a weight determination device and a trip control system. The weight determination device is configured to receive weather data of weather at least one of encountered or to be encountered by one or more vehicles in a vehicle system traveling on a trip along a route, and to determine a first estimated weight of the vehicle system based at least in part on the weather data. The first estimated weight accounts for mass attributable to the weather. The trip control system is configured to control the vehicle system for movement along the route based at least in part on the first estimated weight and/or display information of the first estimated weight on a display device for an operator to control the vehicle system for movement along the route based at least in part on the information of the first estimated weight that is displayed.
US09463817B2
A method for detecting a slipped traction motor pinion in a locomotive is disclosed. The locomotive may have a traction system and a controller in communication with the traction system. The traction system may have a wheel axle, a traction motor operatively connected to the wheel axle, a speed sensor associated with the traction motor, an inverter coupled to the traction motor, and a current sensor associated with the inverter. The method may include monitoring signals indicative of a speed of the traction motor received from the speed sensor, receiving current feedback associated with the inverter received from the current sensor, comparing the signals from the speed sensor to the current feedback, and determining that the traction motor is decoupled from the wheel axle based on the comparison of the signals from the speed sensor to the current feedback.
US09463816B2
A trainline communication network access point has an intra-consist electrical cable connection point coupled to a transmission path and an intra-consist electrical cable, a processor, and a filter arrangement. The processor generates a data signal capable of transmitting network data over the intra-consist electrical cable. The processor determines from a plurality of possible transmit frequencies masked frequencies and non-masked frequencies and communicate the data signal on the transmission path on at least one of the non-masked frequencies and prevents communication of the data signal on the transmission path at the masked frequencies. The filter arrangement is disposed on the transmission path between the processor and the intra-consist electrical cable connection point and filters at least one of the masked frequencies from the transmission path.
US09463811B2
A cable transportation system has rails and a draw cable, both extending along a transportation path, a drive member for driving the draw cable; at least one vehicle, which moves along the transportation path and has wheels which roll along the rails, and a coupling device for connecting the vehicle to the draw cable, at least one passenger station where the vehicle is stopped and an electric machine located on the vehicle and driven by the wheels to generate electric power.
US09463810B2
In a method for determining and displaying a remaining range of a motor vehicle that can be driven electrically, an instantaneous remaining range of the motor vehicle that can be attained by purely electric driving of the motor vehicle is determined continuously and a display of the determined remaining range on a display unit is controlled, wherein a range preservation mode is activated with the control unit; and the display unit is activated with the control unit. A remaining range determined before the activation of the range preservation mode is displayed with the display unit while the range preservation mode is activated. A device for determining and displaying a remaining range of a motor vehicle that can be driven electrically and a motor vehicle having a device for determining and displaying a remaining range are also disclosed.
US09463799B1
A method and apparatus for controlling a highly automatic or fully automatic driving function of a motor vehicle that is traveling. The method and apparatus determines the position, speed and direction of travel of the motor vehicle; receives driving data from further vehicles surrounding the motor vehicle; evaluates the received driving data from the further vehicles with respect to position and direction of travel to ascertain vehicles that are traveling ahead; compares the vehicle speeds of the ascertained vehicles that are traveling ahead with a prescribed speed range based on the speed of the motor vehicle; approves or prevents activation of the highly automatic or fully automatic driving function based on the speeds of the vehicles that are traveling ahead.
US09463796B2
A driving assistance apparatus includes: a moving-body-information acquiring unit configured to acquire moving-body information including a position and a speed vector of a moving body existing laterally ahead of own vehicle; an assistance-target determining unit configured to determine an assistance target approaching from a lateral direction with respect to a travelling direction of the own vehicle; a movement-point predicting unit configured to use the speed vector of the moving body to predict a future movement point; a detection-range changing unit configured to change the detection range by adding a change region to include the movement point along a moving direction indicated by the speed vector at a time the movement point is out of the detection range; and an assistance performing unit configured to perform driving assistance on an assistance target including the moving body determined as the assistance target within a changed detection range.
US09463795B2
A driving support apparatus installed in a host vehicle calculates an overlap ratio relating to a target object positioned ahead of the host vehicle within the same traffic lane, as the ratio of the width of the target object to its lateral distance from a lane marker line of the traffic lane, and also detects the motion condition of the object (i.e., stationary, moving towards, or in the same direction as the host vehicle, or moving laterally with respect to the forward direction of the host vehicle). An amount of compensation for retarding or advancing the commencement of a collision avoidance operation by the driving support apparatus is determined based on the overlap ratio and/or the motion condition of the target object.
US09463793B2
A method for transition between driving modes of a vehicle is disclosed. The driving modes include an autonomous driving (AD) mode, a partly autonomous driving (PAD) mode and a manual driving (MD) mode. A transition from the PAD mode to the AD mode is performed by enabling the AD mode. A transition from the AD mode to the PAD mode is performed by releasing a steering wheel lock when the PAD mode is in an enabled state. A transition from the MD mode to the AD mode is performed by enabling the AD mode. A transition from the AD mode to the MD mode is performed by releasing the steering wheel lock when the PAD mode is in a disabled state. A system for performing the method and a vehicle including the system are also disclosed.
US09463792B2
A method for monitoring a torque in a hybrid electric vehicle includes calculating an output torque of a motor based on a discharging power of a high voltage battery, a consumption power of a plurality of electric loads, and a motor speed. A first difference value between a motor torque command and the calculated output torque of the motor is calculated. The first difference value is compared with a first reference value. When the first difference value is larger than the first reference value, the hybrid electric vehicle is entered in a fail safe mode.
US09463790B2
Systems and methods for cranking an engine of a hybrid vehicle that includes an electric machine to crank the engine and propel the vehicle are disclosed. In one example, engine cranking speed and engine cranking source are selected in response to vehicle operating conditions that may affect whether or not an electrical power source has sufficient energy to crank the engine.
US09463787B2
A start clutch device transmits rotational power of an engine to a side of a transmission via a damper through a clutch inside a housing. The start clutch device includes a transmission input shaft, an output hub and a fixed hub unit. The transmission input shaft is connected to the transmission, and the output hub surrounds the transmission input shaft inside the housing such that rotation relative to the transmission input shaft is restrained. The output hub is coupled with the damper such that the output hub transmits the rotational power to the transmission input shaft. A fluid passes through the fixed hub unit, in which one end portion divides a space between an inner circumference of the housing and an outer circumference of the transmission input shaft, thereby defining a flow path, and the other end portion supports the output hub in the axial direction.
US09463784B2
Disclosed is an electronic parking brake (EPB) system including an EPB actuator, having a motor, to operate the motor to generate parking brake force with respect to a wheel. The EPB system includes a test device connected to the EPB actuator to test a function, performance, or breakdown of the EPB actuator. The test device includes a connection cable provided at one side of a main body of the test device such that the connection cable is electrically connected to the EPB actuator, a diagnosis switch provided at a front of the main body to allow a user to input a diagnosis command for the EPB actuator, a diagnosis lamp provided at the front of the main body to indicate whether the EPB actuator has broken down, and a battery mounted in the main body to supply power for diagnosis to test the EPB actuator. When the diagnosis switch is input, the test device supplies power from the battery to the EPB actuator to diagnose whether the EPB actuator is abnormal and the diagnosis lamp is turned on or off based on the diagnosis result.
US09463780B2
A vehicle braking system includes a master cylinder coupled to a brake pedal and establishing fluid communication to wheel cylinder(s) of primary and secondary circuits via respective outputs. A pressure sensor detects actual, non-boosted demand pressure. Each circuit includes a motor-driven pump defining pressure and suction sides, inlet and outlet valves, a normally-open isolation valve, and a normally-closed apply pressure control valve. A pedal feel simulator receives hydraulic fluid from the master cylinder when the isolation valves are closed. A controller receives a signal from the pressure sensor and generates corresponding control signals for the motor-driven pump and the apply pressure control valve of each circuit to pressurize the pressure side of each circuit equal to the sensed demand pressure plus a predetermined boost factor, and the actual pressure at each wheel cylinder is configured for individual manipulation by selective opening and closing of the inlet and outlet valves.
US09463779B2
A wiper assembly for sweeping a glass surface on a vehicle. The wiper assembly includes a windshield washer assembly connected to the windshield wiper drive arm of the vehicle for controllably dispensing washer fluid onto the glass surface of the vehicle. The wiper assembly includes a pivotally mounted wiper blade and a washer liquid feed conduit carried by the body of the wiper blade that is connected to the fluid reservoir of the vehicle for supplying a washing liquid directly upon the glass surface of the vehicle via the wiper assembly. Uniquely, the flow of fluid onto the glass surface of the vehicle is determined by the position of the wiper blade relative to the glass surface. Advantageously, the washer liquid feed conduit and blade assembly can be interconnected with the supporting structure of the windshield wiper assembly without the need for special tools and without the need for any substantial modification to the conventional wiper assembly.
US09463778B2
The invention is based on a wiper device for a motor vehicle window, with a wiper arm adaptor unit (10a-10f) and a wiper blade adaptor unit (12a-12f), which, in a fitted state, form a form-fitting connection. It is proposed that the wiper device has a housing means (18a-18f) which is arranged fixedly on the wiper blade adaptor unit (12a-12f) for receiving the wiper arm adaptor unit (10a-10f) in a linear push-in movement.
US09463761B2
A resin impact energy absorber is for a vehicle and has a single wall solid plate structure. The resin impact energy absorber includes a rectangular planar portion including one plate surface and another plate surface, at least one of which including an impact load receiving surface, a plurality of first protrusions formed by forming a plurality of long grooves parallel to one another at a predetermined interval in the planar portion, and a second protrusion formed by forming a long shallow groove that extends in a direction intersecting with the plurality of first protrusions in the planar portion.
US09463760B2
A system for protecting one or more occupants in a vehicle includes a seat posture sensor configured to detect seat posture data, a collision detector configured to detect collision data of the vehicle, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive the collision data from the collision detector, determine a collision generation direction, and selectively deploy one or more airbags provided around the one or more occupants according to the collision generation direction and the seat posture data detected by the seat posture sensor.
US09463754B2
A cavity system that tends to increase the thickness (28) of the shear layer (22), comprising: a cavity (2) and a plurality of rods (4) extending away from the cavity base (3) to a height extending beyond the leading edge (14); the rods (4) being positioned downstream of and in the proximity of the leading edge (14). The rods (4) may extend to different heights and/or be positioned longitudinally offset (e.g. in a zig-zag pattern). The rods may be reversibly movable to a configuration in which they are fully enclosed in the cavity (2) when the cavity (2) is closed. Flow alteration elements (34, 38), for example channels (34) passing through the rods (4) and/or protrusions (38) extending from the rod (4) may be provided on the rods (4).
US09463750B2
A tailgate assembly for a vehicle includes a structure that defines a compartment, and a cover that is moveably attached to the structure to cover the compartment. A compartment latch mechanism is attached to the structure for latching the cover to the structure. A compartment release mechanism is coupled to the compartment latch mechanism for actuating the compartment latch mechanism. The compartment release mechanism is disposed on one of a first lateral edge surface or a second lateral edge surface of the structure. When the tailgate assembly is disposed in a first position, the body of the vehicle conceals the compartment release mechanism to prevent access to the compartment release mechanism, thereby preventing actuation of the compartment latch mechanism and securing the cover relative to the structure.
US09463746B2
An endgate assembly includes a first panel that has a first hinge axis, a second panel hinged to the first panel at a second hinge axis that is spaced from and generally parallel with the first hinge axis, and a third panel hinged to the second panel at a third hinge axis and pivotable about the third hinge axis from a stowed position generally parallel with the second panel to a use position generally perpendicular to the second panel. The third panel has a proximal portion and a distal portion. The proximal portion and the distal portion are divided by the third hinge axis. The second panel has a recess adjacent the third hinge axis that receives the proximal portion and has a first surface at the recess positioned to establish the use position of the third panel by contacting the proximal portion and reacting loading of the distal portion.
US09463744B2
A driver assistance system for a vehicle includes a forward facing camera and a control comprising an image processor that processes image data captured by the forward facing camera. The control receives vehicle data relating to the vehicle, including vehicle speed and vehicle steering angle, via a vehicle bus of the vehicle. Via processing by the image processor of image data captured by the forward facing camera, the control is operable to detect a road marking on the road being traveled by the vehicle and to the left of the vehicle. Responsive at least in part to processing of captured image data by the image processor, the control determines a driving condition of the vehicle, such as the type of lane markers present ahead of the vehicle, a traffic condition at or ahead of the vehicle, and/or a hazardous condition at or ahead of the vehicle.
US09463735B1
A visor assembly of a vehicle is provided herein. A visor body is pivotally coupled to a vehicle roof structure and has a securing portion. A bracket of a check assembly is coupled to the vehicle roof structure and has a clasp for removably engaging the securing portion. A tab of the check assembly extends from the bracket for holding an informational item and has a luminescent portion adapted to luminesce in response to excitation light.
US09463734B2
An illuminated vehicle seatbelt assembly is provided herein. The vehicle seatbelt assembly includes a buckle having a housing and a latch mechanism. A light source is disposed within the housing. A light guide directs light from the light source to a top portion of the housing. A first photoluminescent structure is disposed within the buckle and is configured to luminesce in response to excitation by the light source.
US09463733B1
A lamp device for a heavy duty vehicle includes a lamp housing unit having a base plate and a surrounding wall which cooperatively define an opening facing laterally, a light-transmissive lampshade cooperating with the base plate and the surrounding wall to define a chamber which is in communication with the opening, a low beam unit and a high beam unit mounted in the chamber, and a turning lamp unit including a plurality of turning lamps which are mounted on the base plate such that light emitted therefrom is visible through the opening.
US09463730B2
A two-wheeled wheelbarrow, cart or transporter has an assisted lift dumping barrow providing continuously biased forward tilting of the barrow relative to the frame thereof through two gas springs while maintaining the legs and wheels on the ground. A first gas spring is connected to a right side handle of the frame of the wheelchair and to a right rear underside of the barrow. A second gas spring is connected to a left side handle of the frame of the wheelbarrow and to a left rear underside of the barrow. Each gas spring provides a continuous bias or pressure against the rear of the barrow for assisting in pivoting and lifting the rear of the barrow for dumping its contents. A latch keeps the barrow from raising until released. A separate rear barrow handle aids in overcoming bias of the gas springs for lowering the rear of the barrow.
US09463717B2
A rotatable vehicle seat frame assembly has a main frame, at least one first seat frame, at least one second seat frame, and at least one elevatable desk. Each seat frame has a bottom sliding mechanism, a top sliding mechanism, and an angle-adjusting mechanism. The second seat frame further has a leg rest assembly. The bottom sliding mechanisms, the top sliding mechanisms, the angle-adjusting mechanisms, and the leg rest assembly enable the seat frame to be rotated into a flattened status in a limited inner space of a vehicle, enable the seat frame to be transformed between a passenger-mode and a cargo-mode, and enable the seat frame to be used as a bed during a long trip. When in the passenger-mode, the position of the seat bracket and the angle of the back support bracket may be adjusted to facilitate convenience, and to provide more use modes in a limited inner space with the elevatable desk.
US09463714B2
A vehicle seat suspension mat (10) comprises one or more suspension springs (16) for supporting a seat cushion (22) and an occupancy sensor module (24) supported by at least one suspension spring. The module includes a first plate (26) having a switch element (38) arranged thereon and a second plate (28) mounted in a cantilevered manner to the first plate, in such a way that the first and second plates form together a pair of jaws, which the switch element is arranged between. The first and second plates are configured so as to move closer together against their resiliency in response to compressive forces acting on the first and second plates.
US09463710B2
A method and system of balancing battery cells are provided that use a data map that includes a balancing duty ratio based on an environment temperature of a battery and the number of balancing target-cells. The method includes measuring, by a temperature sensor, the environment temperature of a battery. In addition, a controller is configured to identify the number of the balancing target-cells and calculate a balancing duty ratio by substituting the environment temperature and the number of the balancing-target cells to the data map. A balancing time is deducted by the controller based on the calculated duty ratio and the corresponding battery cells are balanced by the controller with the calculated duty ratio for the balancing time.
US09463703B1
The cigarette lighter adaptor includes a housing having a first end and a second end. The first end of the device is a conventional plug that is adapted to plug into a power outlet disposed on a vehicle's dashboard. The first end of the device has a pair of exposed electrical contacts to complete the circuit to the automobile's 12 V DC electrical power source, thereby providing the present invention with power. The second end of the present invention comprises a DC cigarette lighter and a power outlet.
US09463701B2
An exemplary assembly includes a cord and a lockable charger housing, which has a surface that is shaped to correspond with a shape of a portion of an electrified vehicle. An exemplary method includes positioning a surface of a lockable charger housing against a portion of an electrified vehicle. The surface has a shape corresponding to a shape of a portion of the electrified vehicle. The method includes securing the lockable charger housing relative to the portion after the positioning.
US09463697B1
A traction control system is provided that is applicable to both two wheel drive and four wheel drive electric vehicles, and which is capable of handling both low frequency and high frequency control duties. The system uses proportional gains in order to minimize controller delays and insure a natural feeling traction control system.
US09463690B2
A neck assembly of a fuel system component comprises a housing. The housing comprises a sleeve having a first end portion positioned exterior to the fuel system component and a longitudinally opposed second end portion. The housing further comprises an encapsulation ring extending radially outwardly from the second end portion of the sleeve and encapsulated within a wall of the fuel system component. The neck assembly further comprises a valve cartridge at least partially received within the sleeve and secured thereto. The valve cartridge comprises a conduit having a first end portion positioned exterior to the fuel system component and a longitudinally opposed second end portion.
US09463674B1
A computer-implemented method includes receiving, by one or more sensors, data for one or more cycles, each of the one or more cycles including one or more slots. The computer-implemented method further includes combining the one or more slots from each of the one or more cycles into a combined slot group. The computer-implemented method further includes converting the combined slot group into a converted slot group. The computer-implemented method further includes monitoring the converted slot group for an anomaly. The computer-implemented method further includes, responsive to the anomaly: Comparing the anomaly to one or more known anomalies to determine a correlation between the anomaly and the one or more known anomalies, and determining the anomaly location. The computer-implemented method further includes reporting a problem condition based on at least one of the correlation and the anomaly location. A corresponding computer system and computer program product are also disclosed.
US09463669B2
Provided is a tire whose durability is improved by using, as a reinforcing member, a polyester cord having an improved heat resistant adhesive property to rubber. Provided is a tire in which a rubber-cord complex composed of a polyester cord and a rubber is used as a reinforcing member. The polyester cord is formed by twisting polyester filaments, and then subjecting the twisted filaments to an adhesive agent treatment. The polyester filament is made of a polyester fiber which is composed of a polyester having ethylene terephthalate as a main repeating unit and having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.85 or higher, wherein the amount of terminal carboxy group in the fiber is 20 equivalent/ton or larger, the long period according to small-angle X-ray diffraction is 9 to 12 nm, and a surface treatment agent having an epoxy group is attached to the surface of the fiber.
US09463661B2
A method for activating a transfer film for a water pressure transfer by using a coating agent of an ultraviolet ray hardening resin composite type to restore an adhesion, the ultraviolet ray hardening resin composite having a viscosity of 10-500 CPS (25° C.) and an ink solubility of SP value of 7 or more and including a photo-polymerization oligomer of 25 to 56 weight percent, a photo-polymerization monomer of bi-functional monomer of 33 to 65 weight percent and a photo-polymerization initiator of 5 to 10 weight percent for accomplishing both of membrane strength and adhesion, the photopolymerization oligomer including a compound of multi-functional oligomer having a blend rate of 12 to 40 weight percent and bi-functional oligomer having a blend rate of 7 to 16 weight percent, the coating agent including a non-reactive resin of 2 to 10 weight percent added to the ultraviolet ray hardening resin composite.
US09463656B2
A printing device includes an image recording portion which records an image on a sheet, an image defect detection unit which detects the sheet on which image defects occur, a setting unit by which a sorting number of copies of the sheets is set, a first stamper unit which attaches ink to a leading end edge of the sheet on which the image defects occur, and a second stamper unit which is disposed so as to be arranged with the first stamper unit in a sheet width direction and attaches ink to the leading end edge of the sheet corresponding to the sorting number of copies.
US09463652B2
On a sheet of paper on which an image has already been formed, a first registration mark pair and a second registration mark pair are printed. The first registration mark pair and second registration mark pair each consist of a pair of registration marks that are arranged to be spaced apart in a paper-width direction, the second registration mark pair located posterior to the first registration mark pair in the paper-conveying direction. Based on the actual positional relationship between the first registration mark pair and the second registration mark pair that are read by a reading unit, a correction unit corrects discharge data that corresponds to an image formation area located between the first registration mark pair and the second registration mark pair.
US09463639B1
A method of printing a two-dimensional bit-mapped image having a number of pixels per row for printing using a plurality of overlapping printheads or a printhead or printheads indexed through overlapping positions, the or each printhead having a row of ejection channels, each ejection channel having associated ejection electrodes, the method comprising: applying a voltage to the ejection channels sufficient to cause concentration of particles in the printing fluid at the ejection channels, applying voltage pulses of respective predetermined amplitude and/or duration, as determined by respective image pixel bit values, to the electrodes of the selected ejection channels in order to cause volumes of printing fluid to be ejected from selected ejection channels of the overlapping printheads, thereby forming a pixel of a predetermined optical density, adjusting, for each row of the image, the values of the voltage pulses to be applied to the overlapping printheads to form pixels printed by overlapped ejection channels in dependence on the position of the pixel within an overlapped region of the printheads and in dependence on the predetermined optical density of the pixel, wherein, for at least one pixel in the overlapped region, the total volume of ink ejected by the overlapped channels is greater than that required if that pixel were formed by a single ejection channel.
US09463620B2
In a liquid ejection control device, an operation unit includes a momentum dial for inputting a momentum instructing value related to momentum of a pulsed liquid jet ejected from a liquid ejection device, and a repetitive frequency dial for inputting a repetitive frequency instructing value related to the number of times ejection of the pulsed liquid occurs per unit time. In addition, a controller includes a rising frequency setting section that sets a rising frequency as a rising index value related to rising of a drive voltage waveform such that the momentum becomes the momentum instructing value, based on voltage magnitude of the drive voltage waveform and the repetitive frequency instructing value.
US09463617B2
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the photopolymerization and the washing in series of digital printing plates for flexography. The method according to the present invention is characterized in that it implements in series the exposure and washing steps of the printing plate, which is continuously moved. The present invention further concerns an apparatus adapted to implementing said method.
US09463615B2
A method of producing a high quality image on a blanket, including providing an image, a first piece of material having a substantially zero-nap upper surface configured to receive the image thereon, and a lower coupling surface. The method may include providing a second piece of material different than the first piece of material, the second piece of material having an upper coupling surface including a non-zero nap and a lower surface of a soft material. The method may include coupling the lower coupling surface of the first piece of material to the upper coupling surface of the second piece of material to form a single unit, while leaving the soft material of the second piece of material substantially exposed to an outside ambient environment, and incorporating the image within the substantially zero-nap upper surface of the first piece of material using a printing process.
US09463612B2
The present disclosure is a joining method that joins a target substrate and a support substrate, wherein the method has: a joining operation that includes pressing and joining the target substrate and the support substrate by interposing an adhesive therebetween; and an adhesive removing operation that includes supplying a solvent of the adhesive to the outer adhesive that is the adhesive between the target substrate and the support substrate protruding in the joining operation from the outer lateral surface of the stacked substrate made by joining the target substrate and the support substrate, and to remove the surface of the outer adhesive so that the outer adhesive is formed at a predetermined size.
US09463610B2
A method of making a coated polymer-matrix composite (PMC) having high-temperature oxidation protection includes bonding a first surface of a flexible sublayer that is free of water to a first surface of a dry PMC substrate having a first coefficient of thermal expansion. The flexible sublayer includes an electrically conductive material in an effective amount to enable electrical conductivity of the flexible sublayer, and includes a low-modulus-of-elasticity material. The method includes heating the bonded flexible sublayer and the PMC substrate, and bonding a first surface of an oxygen-impervious, dense barrier-coating layer to a second surface of the flexible sublayer to form the coated PMC having high-temperature oxidation protection. The dense barrier-coating layer includes metallic materials and ceramic materials, each having a respective second coefficient of thermal expansion, and flexibility of the flexible sublayer protects the respective bonds when the first and second coefficients of thermal expansion are unequal.
US09463609B2
Process for producing by blown film process a multilayer film containing at least one copolyamide layer and at least one polyolefin layer, in which the copolyamide comprises monomeric units of: •aliphatic non-cyclic diamines X and aliphatic non-cyclic dicarboxylic acids Y or aliphatic non-cyclic α,ω-amino acids Z, and •diamines M and diacids N in an amount between 0.1 to 2 wt % based on the total amount of copolyamide, and in which M and N are cyclic. The invention also relates to a multilayer blown film containing at least one copolyamide layer and at least one polyolefin layer, in which the copolyamide comprises monomeric units of: •aliphatic non-cyclic diamines X and aliphatic non-cyclic dicarboxylic acids Y or aliphatic non-cyclic α,ω-amino acids Z, and •diamines M and diacids N in an amount between 0.1 to 2 wt % based on the total amount of copolyamide, and in which M and N are cyclic.
US09463602B2
A production apparatus includes the following stations juxtaposed in the following sequence: a parison forming station for forming a parison; a built-in part attachment station where opposite sides of a center die provided with a built-in part are held between a pair of molding dies to locate the center die in the molding dies with the parison between the center die and the molding dies, and the built-in part being attached to the parison transferred to the molding dies; a molding station where the molding dies are closed to mold the hollow molded product; and a conveyance station for taking the hollow molded product out of the molding dies and conveying the hollow molded product. The center die is fixed at the built-in part attachment station, and the molding dies are configured to be movable back and forth between the built-in part attachment station and the molding station.
US09463599B2
The present invention provides a connecting device for connecting an unhardened fiber layer which is arranged on a surface section of a fiber compound structure to the fiber compound structure. The connecting device comprises pressure cushion comprising a pressure cap for being arranged above the surface section and a pressure tight cap mat which is pressure tightly connected to a circumferential border of the pressure cap, thereby forming a pressure area which is limited by the pressure cap and by the cap mat. The connecting device further comprises a pressure inducing means for inducing an overpressure which presses the cap mat against the fiber layer into the pressure area. According to a further aspect the invention provides a processing method for processing a fiber compound structure. In a first step at least one unhardened fiber layer is arranged on a surface section of the fiber compound structure.
US09463595B2
The invention relates to a processing apparatus for processing a flexographic plate. The apparatus comprises a supporting unit for supporting a flexographic plate including a relief layer containing a photosensitive material, the plate further including, on the relief layer, a carbon layer that is impenetrable for UV light. The apparatus also comprises an optical system for locally ablating the carbon layer for forming a pattern in the carbon layer that is penetrable for UV light, and for polymerizing at least a top part of the relief layer under the carbon pattern layer. Thereto, the optical system includes a single radiation source for both locally ablating the carbon layer and for polymerizing at least a top part of the relief layer.
US09463594B2
An apparatus for corrugating filter media includes upstream and downstream rollers. The upstream roller has an exterior surface including a corrugation pattern defining a plurality of circumferential channels. A heating source heats the filter media so that the filter media is within its elastic temperature range when the filter media engages the upstream roller. A motor drives rotation of the upstream and downstream rollers. A controller controls the motor so that the downstream roller rotates at a rotational speed greater than the upstream roller to impart tension to the filter media at the upstream roller. The heated filter media at least partially enters the channels of the corrugating pattern on the upstream roller to form corrugations on the filter media. A method of forming corrugations on filter media may be performed using the apparatus.
US09463593B2
Methods of producing toothbrush handles having an inner cavity are provided.
US09463590B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a plastic foil tube with an intended cross-section that derives from a circular cross-section as a means for the production of fiber compound components for aviation or aerospace. It comprises the following method steps: mounting a semi-finished tube on a core tool; charging the mounted semi-finished tube with a predetermined force to press the semi-finished tube on a core cross section of the core tool, wherein while charging the mounted semi-finished tube with the force crinkles are formed in longitudinal direction of the semi-finished tube; heating the semi-finished tube to a predetermined forming temperature for a predetermined time period for the production of the plastic foil tube with the intended cross-section and stripping the plastic foil tube which is formed in such a manner and cooled down off the core tool.
US09463588B2
A fin for a water sports board including leading and trailing edges, and a base extending therebetween along a longitudinal base axis. A fin axis extends generally perpendicular to the longitudinal base axis, both axes residing within a longitudinal plane. First and second opposed side faces are formed on generally opposed sides of the longitudinal plane. First and second insert pre-preg sheets formed of structural strands bonded by a resin material are disposed adjacent respective ones of the first and second side faces on generally opposed sides of the longitudinal plane. An injection molded resin material is disposed between the first and second insert pre-preg sheets. A core is positioned between the first and second insert pre-preg sheets and is of a density less than the injection molded resin material.
US09463581B2
The degree of kneading of a material to be kneaded is to be capable of being adjusted with a high accuracy.A kneading degree adjusting mechanism is installed in a processing apparatus having a barrel and a kneading screw inserted into the barrel rotatably, the kneading screw having a kneading section and rotating within the barrel to knead a material continuously while feeding the material from an upstream side toward a downstream side. The kneading degree adjusting mechanism includes a push-back section for pushing back the material to the upstream side and thereby making the material stay around the kneading section, the push-back section being disposed downstream of the kneading section in the kneading screw; a kneading degree adjusting member having an opposed surface opposed to an outer periphery surface of the push-back section; and a drive section for actuating the kneading degree adjusting member so that the opposed surface moves toward and away from the push-back section.
US09463576B2
A guided cutting retainer for an elongated stack set is provided. During a cutting process of an end length of the stack set, the guide cutting retainer keeps end sides of layers of the stack neat and aligned. The guide cutting retainer includes a capped sleeve having a cross-section of a frame and formed with an internal longitudinal through opening. One end of the opening is combined to a U-shaped pedestal. A cut groove is reserved between the U-shaped pedestal and the opening. The U-shaped pedestal can be wedged and fastened with a pressing and positioning frame to provide a wedging effect. Thus, the pressing and positioning frame secures the stack set to fix its end side to form a complete blade-feeding guide groove for guiding the cutting process. The cutting process yields an aligned result further with intervention of a ruler board of an end sealing ruler.
US09463567B2
An adjustable handle assembly for adjusting height and/or rotational position of the handles on a stroller wherein the stroller has two vertical posts. The adjustable handle assembly includes predetermined internal grooves on the inner surface of the handle corresponding to the holes along the post and combination spring pins which protrude from holes along the post such that the pin engages with the holes when the pin encounters a corresponding hole in the handle. When slightly compressed the pin will travel along the internal grooves inside the handle. In an alternative embodiment the adjustable handle assembly includes a connector for vertical and/or rotational adjustment of the handle about a vertical post.
US09463563B2
It is an object of the invention to provide an improved impact tool in which a biasing member is not affected by dust.An impact tool according to the invention has a driving mechanism 120 for driving a tool bit 119, housing parts 105, 106 that form a housing space 105a in which at least part of the driving mechanism 120 is disposed, and a switching member 160 for switching a drive mode of the impact tool. The switching member 160 has an operating member 161 that is operated by a user for mode switching, and a biasing member 175 that is disposed between the operating member 161 and the housing part 106 and biases the operating member 161 so as to hold the operating member 161 in a selected position. The biasing member 175 is disposed in the housing space 105a.
US09463558B2
A hand tool has a tool shaft, an inner sliding sleeve, an engagement module, and an outer sliding sleeve. The inner sliding sleeve is mounted around the tool shaft and is selectively engaged with the tool shaft. The engagement module has a spring mounted around the inner sliding sleeve. The outer sliding sleeve is mounted around the inner sliding sleeve, abuts the spring and selectively engaged with the inner sliding sleeve. The hand tool is applied for connecting with an inner polygonal bolt or an outer polygonal bolt.
US09463555B1
A linear ratchet drive mechanism operable single handedly for pivotally actuating one or more plier jaws in a diverging or converging direction for gripping objects under extreme pressure. A drive rod is received in a handle body for axial movement with one end of the drive rod pivotally linked to the jaw or jaws in order to actuate the jaws. An actuating lever is pivotally connected at one end to the handle body and extends from the handle body for single hand actuation by squeezing the lever against spring biased towards the handle body. The actuating lever is provided with a leverage arm that extends from the pivoting end of the actuating lever and is pivotally connected to a drive grip lever having an aperture surrounding the drive rod for binding against the drive rod for thereby driving the drive rod in one direction when the drive grip lever is canted and moved by squeezing the actuating lever.
US09463550B2
A method of making a polishing layer for polishing a substrate selected from at least one of a magnetic substrate, an optical substrate and a semiconductor substrate is provided, comprising: providing a liquid prepolymer material; providing a plurality of hollow microspheres; exposing the plurality of hollow microspheres to a carbon dioxide atmosphere for an exposure period to form a plurality of treated hollow microspheres; combining the liquid prepolymer material with the plurality of treated hollow microspheres to form a curable mixture; allowing the curable mixture to undergo a reaction to form a cured material, wherein the reaction is allowed to begin ≦24 hours after the formation of the plurality of treated hollow microspheres; and, deriving at least one polishing layer from the cured material; wherein the at least one polishing layer has a polishing surface adapted for polishing the substrate.
US09463545B2
Reference phase variation values σk1 to σKn, each of which is a variation among a plurality of phases that occur during non-machining and phase variation values σ1 to σn, each of which is a variation among a plurality of phases that occur during machining are detected from measured vibration with the use of a chattering detector that is used to calculate phases of a desired number (n) of frequencies. If σKi−σi is smaller than a determination value TK, it is determined that chattering having a frequency i is occurring.
US09463539B2
This system is a tool and monitor assembly that verifies clamps have been activated properly with the tool. The radio controlled clamp tool provides accountability and control with a strain gauge operation. The radio tool is designed to perform the operation of clamp tool, retain the signature and transmit the signal with data to an interface box for error proofing or tool analysis.
US09463537B2
For positioning a workpiece when a pin is to be press-fit, via a press-fitting device, into a pin hole formed in advance radially through the thickness of a cylindrical section of the workpiece, a workpiece positioning apparatus includes: a center axially movable toward the workpiece in such a manner that a distal end section of the center is introduced into the cylindrical section of the workpiece; and a projecting member accommodated in the center. With the distal end section of the center introduced in the cylindrical section of the workpiece, the projecting member projects through a through-hole of the center into engagement with the pin hole, and the projecting member is retracted from the pin hole when the pin is to be press-fitted into the pin hole.
US09463528B2
Laser output (114) is employed to mark an article (100) including a layer (104) supported by a substrate (102), wherein the layer (104) has a thickness (t) that is less than or equal to 50 microns. The laser output (114) is focused to a numerical aperture diffraction-limited spot size (32) of less than or equal to 5 microns at a focal point (80) of the beam waist (90) and directed into the layer (104) to form a plurality of structures comprising a plurality of laser-induced cracks within the layer (104) and within a region of the article (100), wherein the laser-induced cracks terminate within the layer (104) without extending to the substrate (102) or an outer surface (108) of the layer (104), and wherein the plurality of structures are configured to scatter light incident upon the article (100).
US09463527B2
In a first embodiment, at a time of magnetic pulse welding, a stepped tube profile machining process axially bores a walled tube from an end inward to a transition depth to form a section with a reduced wall thickness and then axially bores the walled tube from the transition depth to a fall off depth, thereby forming a section with a maximized welding wall section. In a second embodiment, also at a time of magnetic pulse welding, a surface angle tube profile machining process axially bores at a surface angle a walled tube from an end to a bore length to form an angular welding wall thickness inward to a maximized wall section. For both embodiments, the bored surfaces are virgin with no pits, oil, residue, or oxidation thereon, thus making the machined walled tubes available for immediate magnetic pulse welding.
US09463525B2
The present invention is an enclosure for a laser, the enclosure having positive pressure in the line to generate a positive gas flow within the enclosure so as to keep welding fumes, welding spatter and other contaminants off a laser beam lens.
US09463518B2
A saw blade is provided including a circular metal disc including a circular metal disc including a central aperture and a plurality of teeth spaced around a periphery of the circular metal disc. A first plurality of fully enclosed body slots are generally equally spaced from a center of the circular metal disc by a first distance and a second plurality of fully enclosed body slots are each disposed directly radially outward from a respective one of the first plurality of body slots. The second plurality of slots are generally equally spaced from the center of the circular metal disc by a second distance greater than the first distance. The saw blade design provides a blade with no modal frequencies in the operating frequency range.
US09463516B2
A tensioning mechanism for a hack saw blade extends through a pin holder mounting slot of a hack saw frame and applies tension to a hack saw blade attached thereto. The tensioning mechanism includes a first portion having a configuration that, with respect to a configuration of the slot, permits rotation of the tensioning mechanism when the first portion extends through the mounting slot. The tensioning mechanism also includes a second portion having a configuration that, with respect to the configuration of the slot, engages into the slot only in select rotational orientations thereof relative to the slot, wherein one of said orientations is angularly separated from another orientation by a substantially set rotational angle of the second portion. The tensioning mechanism further includes first and second mechanisms configured to prevent removal of the tensioning mechanism from the mounting slot once extended therethrough.
US09463505B2
A die casting piston (1) for die casting nonferrous metals has at least one outer part such as a piston body (11), an intermediate ring (9), a sealing ring (7) etc. that is generally ring-shaped so as to surround a piston carrier (3) and provided with an axial slot (41, 59, 117) so that the part can expand and contract tangentially during a temperature change, e.g. from ambient temperature to operating temperature. Due to this design of the outer parts of the piston, cooling can be limited to a smaller portion of the piston, preferably substantially to the rear side of the piston cover (5; 154). The result is a substantially shortened overall construction of the die casting piston (1) that is reflected by reduced production costs. In accordance with the smaller dimensions of the cooled zone, a reduced coolant flow is required. In a preferred embodiment at least two parts, namely the piston body (11) and the piston cover (5; 154), are fastened to the piston carrier (3) by means of two bayonet locks (27, 33) of different diameters, thereby allowing an easy assembly from the front face without special tools.
US09463489B2
A method for preparing a protective coating against oxidation on at least one surface of at least one part made of at least one material capable of being oxidized, wherein the following successive steps are carried out: a) each of the particles of a powder made of a first ceramic selected from refractory ceramics and ceramics which resist oxidation, is coated with at least one layer selected from layers made of a refractory ceramic, layers made of a ceramic which resist oxidation, and layers made of a refractory metal, provided that the coating comprises at least one ceramic which resists oxidation, and at least one refractory ceramic or metal; b) the powder is deposited onto the surface to be coated of the part; c) sintering of the powder is achieved on the surface of the part by a Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) Method; d) the part is cooled; e) the cooled part, coated on at least one of its surfaces with a protective refractory monolayer coating against oxidation, with a three-dimensional microstructure, is recovered.
US09463488B2
This document describes a process and a device for applying fluids, specifically particle material, on an area to be coated, which is viewed in forward moving direction of the coater, chat fluid is applied on the area to be coated and then a levelling element is run over the applied fluid, whereby the fluid is led from a metering system provided with an opening, which oscillates when applying the fluid. The opening shall be designed in such a way that when the metering system is at a standstill this is closed by forming an angle of repose of the fluid.
US09463487B2
The adhesion of a fluid to a connecting device for connecting a discharge device and a filling device to each other so as to fill the fluid into the discharge device is suppressed. A discharge system includes a discharge device capable of being filled with a fluid for discharge and discharging the fluid, a filling device for filling the fluid into the discharge device, a connecting device for connecting the discharge device and the filling device to each other in a separable manner, and a control device. The control device of the discharge system controls an operation speed during a separating operation of separating the discharge device from the filling device to be equal to or less than an operation speed during a connecting operation of connecting the discharge device to the filling device.
US09463485B2
A method of forming a substrate for a fluid ejection device includes forming an opening through the substrate, with the opening having a long axis profile and a short axis profile, and with the long axis profile including a first portion extending from a minimum dimension of the long axis profile to a first side of the substrate, and a second portion including and extending from the minimum dimension of the long axis profile to a second side of the substrate opposite the first side. The method also includes forming a protective layer on sidewalls of the second portion of the long axis profile of the opening and excluding the protective layer from sidewalls of the first portion of the long axis profile of the opening.
US09463476B2
Dispenser with a liquid storage unit, a dispensing head with a perforated plate component which has at least 25 dispensing openings in a dispensing opening region, with a pre-chamber connected upstream of the dispensing openings of the perforated plate component and from which the dispensing openings are supplied, and a connecting channel which connects the liquid storage unit to the pre-chamber. The perforated plate component is fastened on the dispensing head in an edge region and the dispensing opening region is pressed into a curved form by means of a curvature body which is arranged in the pre-chamber and acts with force upon the perforated plate.
US09463462B2
A nucleic acid amplification reaction apparatus includes (A) a rotating body mounted with a nucleic acid amplification reaction container including reaction liquid in which nucleic acid is eluted and oil phase-separated from the reaction liquid, (B) a control section for rotating the rotating body and moving the reaction liquid back and forth between a first region and a second region, and (C) a fluorescence measuring device for performing fluorescence measurement of the reaction liquid in a position along a rotation track of the nucleic acid amplification reaction container at the time when the rotating body rotates.
US09463455B2
Methods and systems for acid regeneration of ion exchange resins are disclosed. Acid resins designed for use in a variety of cleaning application using a water source use a treated, softened, acidic water source according to the invention. Various methods of using the softened acidic water generated by acid regenerate-able ion exchange resins are disclosed to beneficially reduce spotting, filming and scale buildup on treated surfaces, reduce and/or eliminate the need for polymers, threshold reagents and/or rinse aids, and using protons generated in the acidic water effluent for triggering events useful in various cleaning applications.
US09463454B2
Amino-containing polymeric materials and methods of making these materials are provided. More specifically, the amino-containing polymeric materials are prepared by treating a precursor polymeric material with an amine compound. The precursor polymeric materials are formed from a polymerizable composition that contains a rigid and contorted divinyl crosslinker. The amino-containing polymeric materials can be used as anion exchange resins.
US09463450B1
A highly fluorinated polymer is very useful as an acid catalyst. The highly fluorinated polymer has at least two repeating unit types that are the polymerized derivatives of a perfluorinated cyclic or cyclizable compound and a highly fluorinated vinyl ether compound having a sulfur containing functional group. The polymer can be formed by radical copolymerization of the fluorinated monomers with the sulfur-containing functional group in sulfonyl fluoride form (—SO2F) that is subsequently converted to sulfonic acid form (—SO3H). The highly fluorinated polymer can be used to advantage in a solution comprising an aprotic, polar organic solvent that has a dielectric constant of at least 15 and preferably is free of hydroxyl functional groups. Suitable solvents are those in which the polymer is soluble to at least 1 wt %. Hydroxyl group-containing protic, polar organic solvents are less preferred. The highly fluorinated polymer can be an effective heterogeneous catalysts when used in form of solid, fine particles insolubly suspended in or in contact with a fluid reaction mass.
US09463445B2
Provided is a process for preparing a diaryl ether compound through the dehydration of an aromatic alcohol compound in the presence of a halogenated rare earth element oxide catalyst, providing a reaction vessel having loaded therein a rare earth element oxide; halogenating the rare earth element oxide with a halogen source to form an activated catalyst; and dehydrating an aromatic alcohol compound over the activated catalyst to form the diaryl ether compound, where the halogenating and dehydrating steps occur in the same vessel. The rare earth element oxide is an oxide of a light rare earth element, an oxide of a medium rare earth element, an oxide of a heavy rare earth element, an oxide of yttrium, or a mixture of two or more thereof.
US09463436B2
A method for manufacturing a microparticulate anatase or rutile titanium oxide dispersion from a peroxotitanic acid solution optionally containing tin, wherein the method for manufacturing an anatase or rutile titanium oxide dispersion is characterized in that the peroxotitanic acid solution is fed continuously to a flow reactor and subjected to hydrothermal treatment at 150 to 250° C. and 0.5 to 10 MPa. The invention makes it possible to provide a method for manufacturing a microparticulate anatase or rutile titanium oxide dispersion having excellent stability in regard to the titanium oxide microparticles and enabling a high-transparency photocatalytic thin film to be produced, and to provide a member having a photocatalytic thin film formed on the surface using this dispersion.
US09463434B2
A system for regenerating an adsorbent in an off-line adsorption chamber including: a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat from a first fluid coming from a compressor and a second fluid, wherein only a portion of the first fluid flows through the heat exchanger when the first fluid is gas; a conduit providing fluid communication between the second fluid exiting the exchanger and an off-line adsorption chamber; an adsorbent in the off-line adsorption chamber; and an outlet to the off-line adsorption chamber configured to outlet the second fluid from the off-line adsorption chamber.
US09463426B2
Methods and systems for coating particles are disclosed.
US09463408B2
A filter assembly for a vehicle can be configured to be in fluid communication with a source of compressed natural gas and coolant for an engine. The filter assembly, when so arranged, filters the compressed natural gas and routes the coolant there through to warm the filter assembly.
US09463406B2
An apparatus and method for monitoring reduced fluid flow through a filter. A filter, more particularly a fluid flow filter or an air filter when contaminated can suffer from a reduced fluid flow, which will often deform to match the fluid flow or more particularly in the case of an air filter—the air flow.
US09463405B2
A filter element has a filter medium with a first end and a second end in an axial direction of the filter medium. A first end disk is connected to the first end and has an outflow opening. A second end disk is connected to the second end and has an engaging section, wherein the engaging section engages a counter engaging section of a filter housing of the filter element such that the filter element is received, secured against rotation, in the filter housing. The second end disk is provided with an aperture.
US09463399B2
A liquid filter construction comprising a filter housing is disclosed. The filter housing contains a filter element for filtration of liquids using a urea aqueous solution. A compressible element is positioned within the filter housing, the compressible element comprising an enclosure containing a gas-filled volume. This compressible element compresses in response to the generation of pressure from freezing of liquid within the filtration housing. The compression of the compressible element thereby avoids damage to the filter element, the filter housing, and adjacent equipment.
US09463396B1
A system for transferring heat from an ethanol and water vapor stream is disclosed as having a first heat exchanger, a valve system coupled to first heat exchanger and a first tank, a second tank coupled to the valve system, a second heat exchanger coupled to first tank and second tank, and a pipe line connecting the second tank to the first heat exchanger. A method for transferring heat is provided and involves intermittently cooling a first media, transferring heat from the first media to a second media, and directing the second media to a valve system. The valve system directs a flow of the second media to the first tank when a temperature of second media is above a temperature set point and directs the flow of the second media to the second tank when the temperature of second media is below the temperature set point.
US09463380B2
An interactive treasure hunt game is provided. Game participants receive a card, map and/or identification badge configured with an RFID tag, bar-code or a magnetic “swipe” strip or the like. The RFID tag or other identifying device is used to store certain information identifying each play participant and/or describing certain powers or abilities possessed by an imaginary character that the card may represent. Players advance in the game by finding clues and solving various puzzles presented by the game. Players may also gain (or lose) certain attributes, such as magic skills, magic strength, fighting ability, various spell-casting abilities, etc. All of this information is preferably stored on the RFID tag or card so that the character attributes may be easily and conveniently transported to other similarly-equipped play facilities, computer games, video games, home game consoles, hand-held game units, and the like. In this manner, the game can seamlessly transcend from one play environment and/or entertainment medium to the next.
US09463379B1
A unique combination of amusement park attraction ride vehicles with gesture-based game controllers to create a new form of interactive amusement ride, where on-board game displays, cameras and gesture recognition software for each of a plurality of riders, capture rider gestures and convert those gestures into signals that are inputs to, and affect, the interactive experience or game elements of the attraction.
US09463373B2
A system for pre-fabricating a plurality of synthetic turf strips at an indoor facility. The indoor facility is separate from an installation facility for assembling the plurality of strips into a synthetic field. The system includes a plurality of strips for creating the synthetic field and equipment at the indoor facility for prefabricating the plurality of strips. The indoor facility is capable of storing the equipment performing the prefabrication. A floor at the indoor facility is provided, the floor including dimensions that correspond to locations on a field at the installation facility. The dimensions correspond to markings on an underside of each of the plurality of strips.
US09463371B1
A ski hold-down clamp is comprised of a clamp head assembly, a clamping device, a cable and the actuation pedal. A pair of counterpoised clamp plates retains the orientation of an engaged ski by actively engaging the ski side walls. The clamp head assembly is comprised of clamp plates, a clamp ski support, a plurality of spring assemblies, a cable, and a vertical support bolt. The clamp head assembly is connected to the clamping device by the vertical support bolt. The ski clamp support is transversely bisected by a pair of through-bolts are a fulcrum for the movement of the clamp plates. The cable passes through the clamp plates and is retained by cable retainer. When the foot pedal is actuated, the cable is retracted. This movement causes a force to be applied to clamp plate, creating a compression of the clamp plate against a spring assembly.
US09463368B2
An illumination management device intended for an artificial climbing wall having at least one emission loop arranged so as to be fixed to the rear of the wall and able to emit an electromagnetic field through the wall, at least one luminous grip arranged so as to be fixed to the front of the wall and being able to receive an electronic card includes at least one light source and a reception loop able to receive said electromagnetic field emitted by the associated emission loop so as to convert it into electric current in order to power the light source, and a control housing for the light source being arranged so as to be connected to an electrical network so as to power the emission loop with electric current and able to send commands to manage the illumination of the light source.
US09463367B2
A goal apparatus for soccer (football) and the like has a frame, a first pliable goalpost member, a second pliable goalpost member and a pliable crossbar member. The frame presents net connection points and is configured to support each of the pliable goal members in tension between two net connection points such that the goal apparatus presents a substantially rectangular goal mouth.
US09463363B2
A golf club grip for a golf club includes an elongated member having a first end, a second end, an inner surface and an outer surface. The first end is configured to receive a golf club shaft. The second end includes an opening that comprises an insert having a first threaded portion therein. The elongated member comprises a stopper extending inward from the inner surface a predetermined distance. The stopper separates the golf club shaft and insert.
US09463354B2
A wrist exerciser including a housing and a gyroscopic member is disclosed. The housing is structured to include a casing structure, a rail, and one or more channels along a direction of the casing structure, in which the channels penetrate through the casing structure forming an empty space to buffer a force caused by an impact to the housing. The gyroscopic member is moveably disposed at the rail and includes a ring being inside the housing and slidably disposed at the rail; and a rotor being inside the housing and comprising a ball and a shaft, the shaft penetrating the ball, with its two opposite ends connected to the ring for the shaft to rotate relatively to the ring. The housing is structured to absorb an impact force to protect the structure and functionality of the wrist exerciser.
US09463351B2
This invention discloses an elliptical exercise apparatus that is characterized in having left and right tracks disposed in a guider frame which is pivotally coupled to a rear portion of the elliptical exercise apparatus. When a user uses the elliptical exercise apparatus, the guider frame is at a use position. When the user folds the elliptical exercise apparatus, the guider frame is at a storage position. A user can complete folding procedure merely by operating the guider frame without lifting some heavy components of the elliptical exercise apparatus.
US09463349B1
A treadmill includes a two side frames, a support plate disposed above the side frames, two shock-absorbing structures mounted between the support plate and the side frames, a styrofoam layer mounted on the support plate, and a surface layer mounted on the styrofoam layer. Each of the shock-absorbing structures includes an elastic bar mounted between the support plate and one of the side frames, and a plurality of vibration absorbers mounted between the support plate and one of the side frames. Thus, the elastic bar, the vibration absorbers and the styrofoam layer provide multiple shock-absorbing and vibration damping functions to the support plate.
US09463339B2
The cleaning filter includes a gas trapping member (6) and a particle trapping member (5). The gas trapping member (6) or the particle trapping member (5) includes: a trapping material (7) for trapping a predetermined contaminant in the air; and a trapping material holding member (8) for holding the trapping material (7) so as to be opposed to the air flow passage (3) with an air permeability ensured. The trapping material holding member (8) is subjected to, when removed from a cleaning apparatus main body (2), a regeneration process for regenerating trapping performance of the trapping material (7) for the predetermined contaminant under a state in which the trapping material holding member (8) holds the trapping material (7).
US09463333B2
The invention relates to a skin treatment device, a lamp for use in such a skin treatment device, and its use. The skin treatment device according to the invention uses a combination of tanning-effective and/or anti-acne effective amounts of blue light in the spectral range from 400-440 nm in addition to the UV-light known in the art. An important advantage is that a lower UV dose can be used, leading to lower health risks, while the exposure times can be kept within acceptable limits, without compromising the skin treatment result.
US09463331B2
An electrical system controlled, driven by and/or based on one or both of naturally occurring electrophysiological signals in a patient's body and/or digital audio files is used to produce electromagnetic fields to treat a neuropathic disorder of a patient.
US09463328B2
Capacitive charge re-distribution is used to create any desired number of secondary reference voltages from a primary reference voltage. The capacitive charge re-distribution allows reduced current consumption compared to conventional approaches to generating additional reference voltages. The secondary reference voltage or voltages may be greater than or less than the original reference voltage.
US09463327B2
One aspect of the present disclosure relates a method for determining effective stimulation parameters to apply to a patient in order to improve the patient's medical condition. The method can employ functional and/or structural imaging to determine the effective stimulation parameters. As such, the method includes programming a stimulation device with an initial stimulation parameter. An image can be received of at least a portion of the patient that is affected by a stimulation by the stimulation device. Based on the image, the efficacy of the stimulation with the at least one initial stimulation parameter can be assessed. The at least one initial stimulation parameter can be updated based on the assessed efficacy.
US09463325B1
Systems and methods are provided for maintaining a bi-directional communication link between an external device and an implantable medical device (IMD). The systems and methods receive a connection request from an external device at the IMD. The communication request includes one or more communication link parameters based on a wireless protocol, defining a first communication interval. The systems and methods establish a bi-directional communication link between the external device and the IMD based on the one or more communication link parameters, and receive, during the first communication interval, a data packet from the external device along a first data channel, the data packet including an adjusted communication link parameter. The adjusted communication link parameter include a second communication interval.
US09463323B2
A method of providing therapy to a patient using at least one electrode is provided. The patient has a neural tissue region that is relatively close to the at least one electrode, and a neural tissue region that is relatively far from the at least one electrode. The method comprises conveying time-varying electrical energy from the electrode(s) into the relatively close and far neural tissue regions, wherein the electrical energy has a frequency and amplitude that blocks stimulation of the relatively close neural tissue region, while stimulating the relatively far neural tissue region.
US09463322B2
A method and system is described for ensuring a state of an active implantable medical device based on the presence and persistence of a magnetic field. The output of a magnetic field sensor is monitored. The active implantable medical device is maintained in a first state, for so long as the presence of a magnetic field is detected by the magnetic field sensor, until a first interval is surpassed. If the first interval is surpassed, then a determination is made as to whether a second interval has been surpassed. If it is determined that the second interval has not been surpassed, then the active implantable medical device is transitioned into a second state. If it is determined that the second interval has been surpassed, then it is ensured that the active implantable medical device is in a predetermined one of the first and second states.
US09463321B2
A method of stimulating nerve tissue, a tissue stimulation system, and an external control device are provided. The method, system, and control device cause an electrical stimulus to be applied to at least one electrode adjacent the nerve tissue of a patient. The applied electrical stimulus comprises a plurality of pulses defined by a pulse width value and an amplitude value. The pulse amplitude value is increased (e.g., manually), and the pulse width value is automatically decreased in response to increasing the pulse amplitude value in a manner that increases the intensity of the applied electrical stimulus. Alternatively, the pulse width value may be decreased (e.g., manually), and the pulse amplitude value automatically increased in response to decreasing the pulse width value in a manner that increases the intensity of the applied electrical stimulus.
US09463316B2
An electrode assembly for temporary cardioversion/defibrillation and/or for temporary stimulation of the heart after open heart surgery consisting of two defibrillation electrodes with at least one indifferent pole each and an elastic section is disclosed. Each defibrillation electrode in the operating position is positioned on the right and left atrium. The defibrillation electrodes each distally comprise a fixation member and each end in a protective tube to protect the epicardium at a proximal end. The fixation members are elastic and enable reversible fastening of the defibrillation electrodes in the pericardium on the right and left side. The protective tubes are preferably fed together into a guide tube, where the guide tube is slidable along the longitudinal axis. The stimulation electrodes (different electrode poles) for stimulation of the atria are designed appropriately together with the defibrillation electrode in one piece.
US09463315B2
A method of implanting a leadless intra-cardiac medical device. An introducer assembly is introduced into one of an inferior vena cava or a superior vena cava of a heart and maneuvered into a first chamber of the heart. A housing is pushed out of a sheath of the introducer toward a first implant location within the first chamber, and the housing is anchored to the first implant location. The sheath is moved away from the anchored housing, and an electrode is urged to a distal end of the sheath due to the pushing, anchoring, and moving. The sheath is maneuvered to a second chamber of the heart, and the electrode is forced into a second implant location with the second chamber. The electrode is anchored to the second implant location. The sheath is moved away from the electrode after the anchoring, and the sheath is removed from the heart.
US09463312B2
An electrode array and a delivery assembly. The array is wrapped around a flexible core part of the delivery assembly. A sheath, also part of the delivery assembly, is disposed over the array and core. Steering cables extend through the core or sheath. Once the delivery assembly-encased array is inserted in the body, the combination is advanced to the tissue over which the array is to be deployed. By pulling on the steering cables the array and assembly are steered into position. Once the array is in position, the sheath is retracted, the array deploys over the target tissue.
US09463308B2
Disclosed herein is a method of fractional treatment of tissue, the method comprising: creating at least one micro hole in a target tissue; and either a) applying pressure on said target tissue to decrease the patency of said at least one micro hole; administering material and/or fluid and/or drug onto said target tissue; releasing said applied pressure on said target tissue to increase the patency of said at least one micro hole; and propelling said material and/or fluid and/or drug into said at least one micro hole; or b) administering material and/or fluid and/or drug onto said target tissue under sub-atmospheric pressure conditions, the patency of said at least one micro hole being decreased; increasing the atmospheric pressure to atmospheric or above atmospheric conditions to thereby increase the patency of said at least one micro hole; and propelling said material and/or fluid/and/or drug into said at least one micro hole.
US09463303B2
A securement device for retaining medical tubing, catheters, and other medical fixtures proximal a patient's skin. The device has a base, at least one channel formed in the base, a flexible strap for overlying the base, and a coupling assembly for coupling the strap to the base. Embodiments for use with Foley catheters include a plurality of channels of differing diameters. Embodiments for use with a peripheral catheter include a single channel for retaining a spin nut. The coupling assembly includes left and right tracks in left and right sides of the base, and left and right rails on an underside of the flexible strap at left and right ends of a body of the strap. The left rail is removably coupled and held within the left track on the base, and the right rail is removably coupled and held within the right track on the base.
US09463299B2
A patient interface that is comfortable for a user to wear is disclosed. The patient interface includes a forehead rest and cushion. In particular the cushion includes a deformable resilient member that when compressed creates a uniformly and gradually increasing force while evenly distributing the pressure on the forehead of the patient.
US09463298B2
The present invention concerns a plaster for attaching a trachestoma valve or the like in connection with a tracheostoma on a person's neck. The plaster comprises a socket and an annular flange, communicating with a central opening of the flange which is connected with a single-coated adhesive tape which extends radially beyond the edge of the flange. The connection includes a first annular joint at or inwardly of the outer periphery of the flange, and a second annular joint located between the outer periphery of the flange and the inner periphery of the flange spaced radially from the first annular joint. A protecting liner covers the adhesive on the tape.
US09463297B2
Apparatus for aspirating the sputum in tracheotomy patients and inner cannula for a tracheal cannula
In order to make automatic suctioning of sputum in tracheotomy patients possible, the suctioning device includes a tracheal cannula having an external cannula and an internal cannula guided therein. The internal cannula is formed with suction openings for internal suctioning and is spaced apart from the external cannula to form a suction chamber. The suction chamber is connected to a suction connection, by way of which a suction apparatus can be connected. As an alternative, or in addition, the external cannula has additional suction openings for external suction in the region of a cuff. In this way, automated suctioning of sputum in patients, in particular in a gentle manner, is made possible.
US09463295B2
A cushion comprises a substantially triangularly shaped frame from which extends a membrane. The membrane is spaced away from the rim of the frame, and its outer surface is of substantially the same shape as the rim. The seal forming portion thus contacts both the surface of the wearer's nose and a portion of the wearer's face. The shape of the seal forming portion is particularly suited to effectively seal the difficult region of the facial contour that is the crease between the sides of the nose and the face.
US09463291B2
An inhaler is provided that includes a controller, a driver, an atomizer and one or more sensors for detecting information about a velocity of inhalation of a user of the inhaler. The controller is configured to dispense an inhalant from the inhaler during an inhalation of the user based on information about the velocity of inhalation of the user. Such information can include a duration of maximum inhalation velocity or an increase or maximum in the acceleration in inhalation velocity. Embodiments of the inhaler can be used to enhance the delivery of drugs and therapeutic agents for those patients having a weakened respiratory system who are unable to take a deep or full breadth, e.g., patients having asthma or COPD. Embodiments of the inhaler can be used to deliver a variety of drugs and therapeutic agents including agents for the treatment of asthma, diabetes, epilepsy and heart disease.
US09463288B2
A dry powder inhalation apparatus operable by breath of a user which provides for controlled and smooth transfer of medicament during multiple actuations by a user. A mechanism of the apparatus for achieving this controlled and smooth transfer includes a device normally held adjacent a reservoir for receiving medicament in a cup or receptacle and which is generally movable transversely of a longitudinal axis of the apparatus to delivery channels of the apparatus. This bodily shifting of the device is achieved by a yoke acting on an abutment thereof. Spillage of medicament in the apparatus is avoided.
US09463285B2
A medicated module for an injection system to co-deliver at least two medicaments is disclosed where a primary delivery device containing a primary medicament accepts a medicated module containing a single dose of a secondary medicament and where both medicaments are delivered through a hollow needle. The medicated module is initially in a locked state until attached to a drug delivery where interaction of the cartridge holder with the module bypass housing changes the module to a triggerable state. The medicated module does not require the user to manually engage a reservoir containing the secondary medicament. Instead, a biasing member automatically activates the reservoir when the needle guard is retracted when the module is in the triggerable state. The needle guard prevents accidental needle sticks before and after an injection, and locks after removal from the injection site.
US09463282B2
An arrangement for coupling a plunger to either a syringe or a stopper arranged in the syringe. The arrangement includes a syringe holder which is slidably arranged in a housing. The syringe holder is provided with at least one resilient syringe holder arm arranged distally, the syringe holder arm having an inclined surface for bearing against a shoulder, which is arranged at the plunger. The syringe holder arm is supportable by an inner surface of the housing in order to prevent it from being flexed outward in a first position. A widened portion is provided in the housing for allowing the syringe holder arm to flex outwards and disconnect from the plunger when in a more proximal position so as to switch load of the plunger from the syringe to the stopper.
US09463276B2
A computational catheter device including at least one lumen, pressure sensor(s), external sensor(s), a signal modeler, and a signal analyzer is provided. The pressure sensor generates a pressure signal for a dynamic body system, whereas the external sensor determines the fundamental frequency caused by cardiovascular pulsation or external oscillator. The signal modeler uses catheter location and the fundamental frequency to generate a predicted signal. This predicted signal may be compared to the actual pressure signal by the signal analyzer to generate a calibration. This calibration may include any of a measure of perivascular state, a waveform output which causes standing waves within the dynamic body system, a boundary condition for safe operations, and an indication of abnormal physiology for assistance in catheter navigation. The catheter device may also include an actuator which uses the calibration to achieve homeostasis by fluxing fluids and/or guiding catheter movements.
US09463269B2
Exemplary embodiments comprise AV fistulas and other anastomotic devices for creating new or reinforcing existing side-branch vessels, and/or bridging neighboring vessels together. An exemplary embodiment may comprise a sidewall port, such as a flanged sidewall port, and/or flow frame design, such as a partially bare, flexible stent or a whisk, for purposes of creating a transmural flow. Another exemplary embodiment may comprise a compliant vessel support to aid in the transition from device to vessel and/or vessel to device, and to promote vessel dilation.
US09463268B2
Disclosed herein is a cannula assembly for directing the flow of material from an organ chamber, e.g., blood from the left chamber of the heart, and methods of placing the cannula assembly in fluidic communication with the chamber. The cannula assembly includes an elongate tubular member and a coupling assembly disposed at the distal end of elongate tubular member. The elongate tubular member includes a lumen extending from a distal opening at the distal end to a proximal opening at the proximal end. The coupling assembly includes a retaining element and a retention member configured to cooperate with each other and with the portion of the organ wall surrounding the opening in the wall to couple or anchor cannula system to the wall and to provide fluidic communication between the distal opening of the elongate tubular member and the organ chamber.
US09463266B2
Technology for preparing a dialysis fluid capable of flexibly changing bicarbonate ion concentration and maintaining concentrations of electrolytes such as potassium, calcium, and magnesium at constant levels during dialysis according to the disease state of a patient. A three-component dialysate containing an agent S containing sodium chloride, an agent B containing sodium bicarbonate, and an agent A containing electrolyte components other than sodium chloride and sodium bicarbonate, with suitable adjustment of the amount of the agent B during dialysis fluid preparation maintains concentrations of trace metal ions such as potassium ions, calcium ions, and magnesium ions in a dialysis fluid at constant levels and flexibly changes the bicarbonate ion concentration therein. Adjusting the ratio between the amount of the agent S and agent B when the dialysate is used also makes it possible to maintain the sodium ion concentration at a constant level or flexibly change the sodium ion concentration.
US09463257B1
A device is disclosed for sterilizing objects, such as objects used during medical and dental procedures. A high velocity dry hot air sterilization device integrating a closed, sealed air handling system with a closed, sealed sterilization chamber is described. The sterilization device includes a chamber which carries a sealed instrument container. The sterilization device includes an air handling system for heating and adding velocity to the air which is delivered to the instrument container. The instrument container is configured to allow rapidly flowing hot air to enter from and exhaust to the closed air handling system within the high velocity dry hot air sterilization device without any infiltration of external air to the instrument container or to the high velocity dry hot air sterilizer's closed air handling system during the sterilization cycle, thereby preventing infiltration of microbial contaminants to the sterilization device or instrument container during or after sterilization.
US09463256B2
Described is a pretargeting method, and related kits, for targeted medical imaging and/or therapeutics, wherein use is made of abiotic reactive chemical groups that exhibit bio-orthogonal reactivity towards each other. The invention involves the use of [4+2] inverse electron demand (retro) Diels-Alder chemistry in providing the coupling between a Pre-targeting Probe and an Effector Probe. To this end one of these probes comprises an electron-deficient tetrazine or other suitable diene, and the other an E-cyclooctene which has one or more axial substituents.
US09463253B2
Disclosed is a composition immunologically targeted to Alzheimer's disease (AD), the composition containing amine functionalized nanoparticles of Cerium oxide coated with polyethylene glycol and bearing an antibody specific for an amyloid-beta antigen associated with AD. The invention also includes a medication manufactured with the targeted nanoceria particles and methods of treatment by administering the targeted nanoceria particles to patients in need thereof.
US09463246B2
The current invention provides a controlled release oral solid formulation of levodopa comprising levodopa, a decarboxylase inhibitor, and a carboxylic acid. Also provided by this invention is multiparticulate, controlled release oral solid formulations of levodopa comprising: i) a controlled release component comprising a mixture of levodopa, a decarboxylase inhibitor and a rate controlling excipient; ii) a carboxylic acid component; and iii) an immediate release component comprising a mixture of levodopa and a decarboxylase inhibitor.
US09463238B2
The present invention relates to a recombinant poxvirus comprising tetanus toxin fragment C for improved immunogenicity of an antigen and related methods and uses. Specifically, the present invention generally relates to genetically engineered (recombinant) poxvirus vectors comprising a tetanus toxin fragment C (TTC) coding sequence operably linked to a bacterial antigenic determinant as well as to uses thereof, e.g., to affect an immune response in a subject.
US09463237B2
The present invention relates to recombinant viral vectors and methods of using the recombinant viral vectors to induce an immune response to influenza A viruses. The invention provides recombinant viral vectors based, for example, on the non-replicating modified vaccinia virus Ankara. When administered according to methods of the invention, the recombinant viral vectors are designed to be cross-protective and induce heterosubtypic immunity to influenza A viruses.
US09463229B2
Modified protozoa parasites comprising simultaneous expression on its surface of at least two variable surface proteins (VSP). The modified protozoa may also simultaneously express the complete repertoire of variable surface proteins. Protozoa show reduced expression of Dicer, RNA-dependant RNA-polymerase (RdRP) enzymes or both, wherein the RdRP gene and/or the Dicer gene has been silenced. The protozoan may be any protozoan showing an antigenic variation mechanism.
US09463225B2
The present invention provides a therapeutic agent for disc herniation, which has extremely few adverse side effects, can achieve a prolonged pain-ameliorating effect when administered in only a single dose, and can exhibit a high therapeutic effect and high safety in clinical applications. The present invention relates to a therapeutic agent for disc herniation, which is characterized by containing chondroitinase ABC as an active ingredient and being administered in such a manner that the ingredient can be administered into a human disk in an amount of 1-8 units per disk.
US09463223B2
The invention is directed to treatment of systemic DNA mutation diseases accompanied with development of somatic mosaicism and elevation of blood extracellular DNA. The inventive method comprises introducing a DNASE enzyme into the systemic blood circulation of a patient in doses and regimens which are sufficient to decrease average molecular weight of circulating extracellular blood DNA in the blood of said patient.
US09463222B2
Methods for treatment of complications of prematurity comprising administration of IGF-I and IGFBP-3
The present invention relates to a composition comprising Insulin Growth Factor I (IGF-I) or an analog thereof in combination with Insulin Growth Factor Binding Protein (IGFBP) or an analog thereof, said combination having a molar ratio of IGF-I to IGFBP 5 being lower than equimolar, preferably in the range from 1:20 to 1:3.33, for use in the treatment of a patient suffering from complications of preterm birth, very preterm birth and/or extremely preterm birth, as well as a method for treating a patient suffering from complications of preterm birth, very preterm birth and/or extremely preterm birth.
US09463218B2
A method of using a fertility enhancement food to improve human fertility. This fertility enhancement food consists of transfer factor, lactic acid generating bacteria, and/or glucans in appropriate combinations. The fertility food, administered correctly, reduces cortisol levels. High cortisol interferes with conception and stable pregnancies. Dosage amounts are adjusted for client weight. Consumption frequency may be adjusted in response to cortisol measurements. Typically, consumption of the fertility food begins seven or more days before planned conception.
US09463215B2
Provided herein are liquid concentrate formulations of romidepsin. Also provided are methods for producing these formulations and uses thereof. In one embodiment, the formulation comprises romidepsin, polyethylene glycol, etanol and a citrate buffer. In another embodiment, the formulation comprises romidepsin, polyethylene glycol, etanol and an acetate buffer.
US09463214B2
The present invention relates to a peptide derived from the Helicobacter pylori ribosomal protein L1, and the use of this peptide an antibiotic. More specifically, the peptide is derived by making site-specific substitution mutations in a peptide consisting of amino acids 2-20 of the Helicobacter pylori ribosomal protein L1. The resulting peptide has both antibacterial activity and anti-inflammatory activity, but no cytotoxicity.
US09463210B1
A method for alleviating cravings and discomfort of a user due to nicotine addiction upon immediate cessation of tobacco by said user, comprising the steps of inhaling, upon commencement of a nicotine craving episode, for about 10 minutes, between about 3 to 5 drops of rosemary essential oil, wherein said rosemary essential oil is sprinkled on an apposite vaporizer pad, orally ingesting between about 250 mg to 500 mg of niacinamide, orally ingesting between about 200 mg to 300 mg of sarcosine, orally ingesting between about 300 mg to 600 mg of red Korean ginseng extract, and orally ingesting about 500 mg of soy lecithin.
US09463206B2
Described herein are tissue grafts produced by contacting dehydrated placental tissue grafts with a cross-linking agent. The tissue grafts described herein provide barrier and prevent the migration of a bioactive agent from the wound. Thus, the tissue grafts enhance wound healing while preventing the undesirable migration of a bioactive agent from the wound. Methods for making and using the cross-linked grafts are also described herein.
US09463205B2
The present invention provides novel drug discovery platforms and methods for treating type I diabetes.
US09463203B2
Regenerative cells present in adipose tissue are used to treat patients, including patients with musculoskeletal diseases or disorders. Methods of treating patients include processing adipose tissue to deliver a concentrated amount of regenerative cells obtained from the adipose tissue to a patient. The methods may be practiced in a closed system so that the stem cells are not exposed to an external environment prior to being administered to a patient. Accordingly, in a preferred method, regenerative cells present in adipose tissue are placed directly into a recipient along with such additives necessary to promote, engender or support a therapeutic musculoskeletal benefit.
US09463188B2
Disclosed herein is an osteopontin production inhibitor capable of preventing a disease resulting from increased production of osteopontin. The osteopontin production inhibitor contains a dictyopyrone derivative or a dihydrodictyopyrone derivative as an active ingredient. The dictyopyrone derivative is preferably a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 or 2, and the dihydrodictyopyrone derivative is preferably a compound represented by Chemical Formula 3 or 4.
US09463187B2
The present invention provides methods of using compounds of formula I: and salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein n, R1 and R2 are defined herein. The invention also provides certain novel compounds of formula I and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
US09463181B2
The invention relates to use of the cis-(Z) isomer or isomeric mixtures containing specified ratios of the cis-(Z) and trans-(E) isomers of doxepin, metabolites of doxepin, pharmaceutically-acceptable salts of doxepin and prodrugs of the same; compositions containing the same, for the treatment of sleep disorders.
US09463174B2
A composition for the prevention or treatment of type I diabetes in a subject, said composition comprising a GABAergic and incretin exemplified by GABA and GLP-1/Ex4. These are optionally provided together in a single composition to promote beta-cell regeneration prevent beta-cell apoptosis and control autoimmunity for the prevention and treatment of T1D in mammals.
US09463173B2
The present invention relates to the field of obesity. More specifically, the present invention provides methods and compositions useful in treating obesity and obesity-associated conditions. In one embodiment, a method for treating obesity in a subject comprises the step of administering an effective amount of valproic acid (VPA) or an analog, derivative or metabolite thereof to the subject.
US09463172B2
The present invention is directed to a method of treating a subject with autism spectrum disorder by administering an acetylaminopropane sulfonate. The acetylaminopropane sulfonate may have the following formula
US09463156B2
Novel methods and compositions for treating aged and environmentally damaged skin are disclosed which provide improvements in the skin's visual appearance, function and clinical/biophysical properties by activating at least one proteolytic enzyme in the skin's stratum corneum. The disclosed treatment methods involve topical application of a novel cosmetic composition containing a combination of a cationic surfactant such as N,N,-dimethyldodecyl amine oxide (DMDAO), an anionic surfactant such as sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), or monoalkyl phosphate (MAP) and a chelating agent such as ethylene diamine tetraacetate (EDTA) to stimulate a chronic increase in the replacement rate of the skin's stratum corneum by means of corneum protease activation. This chronic, low level stimulation is effective to induce repair and replacement of the stratum corneum, epidermis, and dermis of the skin and improvements in the appearance, function, and anti-aging properties of the skin.
US09463154B2
Disclosed is a method of topically applying Myriophyllum spicatum extract to skin, the method comprising topically applying a composition comprising Myriophyllum spicatum extract to skin.
US09463148B2
The invention relates to a composition for dyeing human keratin fibers such as the hair, in foam form, comprising at least one alkaline agent, at least one oxidizing agent, at least one oxidation dye precursor and at least one polycondensate of ethylene oxide and of propylene oxide of structure (I) below: H—(O—CH2—CH2)a(O—CH(CH3)—CH2)b—(O—CH2—CH2)a′—OH, in which a, a′ range from 2 to 150, and b ranges from 1 to 100. The invention also relates to a process for dyeing human keratin fibers using this composition. A subject of the invention is also a device for dyeing keratin fibers, comprising the composition of the invention in liquid form and a foam dispenser for delivering the composition in the form of a foam.
US09463145B2
Denture adhesive compositions having good hold and improved taste containing a salt of a copolymer of alkyl vinyl ether-maleic acid or anhydride. Compositions containing from about 25% to about 45%, by weight of the composition, of a salt of a copolymer of alkyl vinyl ether-maleic acid or anhydride containing a cationic salt function containing: i) from about 60% to about 72% cations selected from calcium, strontium, magnesium, or combinations thereof; ii) from 0% to about 10% sodium cations; iii) less than 1% zinc cations; and iv) from about 25% to about 40% of a free acid component; and further containing from about 15% to about 25%, by weight of the composition of a carboxymethyl cellulose having a molecular weight of from about 200,000 to about 1,000,000 daltons; and a carrier. Methods of improving the adhesion of dentures to the oral cavity by applying such compositions to dentures, the oral cavity, or both, and thereafter securing the denture to the ridge or palate of the oral cavity.
US09463125B2
A lifting column includes first and second lifting column components, one slidably receivable in the other, each having mutually facing guide surfaces. The first lifting column component has first and second openings in its guide surface, and first and second guide components mounted in these openings. Each of the guide components includes an attachment structure that projects into one of the first and second openings and a substantially planar guide section connected to the attachment structure that overlies a guide surface of the first lifting component and that is configured to abut on the guide surface of the second lifting column component. The first and second guide components are configured such that they are in contact with each other when the attachment structures are mounted the openings.
US09463122B2
The present invention is directed to a wheeled lifting device that is configured for positioning between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration and adapted for attachment to a wheeled or non-wheeled device. In the extended configuration, the wheeled lifting device is configured to allow for multi-directional movement of the wheeled or non-wheeled device. The wheeled lifting device may include an extension mechanism and at least one multi-directional wheel, where the extension mechanism is configured to move the wheeled lifting device between the retracted configuration and the extended configuration. The extension mechanism can include a mechanical mechanism, a hydraulic mechanism or a pneumatic mechanism.
US09463111B2
A portable urinating device includes a cover portion, a contact portion and a main body. The cover portion includes a cover with holes covering a holding portion. The contact portion is located on the opening of the main body, and the contact portion has a curve opening to meet the outer shape of urinary organ of human and the main body can be used to contain urine.
US09463109B2
An adjustable wrist orthotic suitable for the treatment of wrist fractures and similar injuries. The orthotic includes a panel which encircles the hand, the wrist, and a portion of the forearm. An adjustment break is included to allow the adjustment of the circumference of the orthotic. The adjustment break is selectively closed and secured using a plurality of straps secured by VELCRO or other suitable fasteners. Each strap begins on one side of the adjustment break, then passes through a strap ring on the opposite side of the adjustment break, then loops back over itself. Each strap is secured by pressing the looped portion back on the strap itself. The VELCRO then engages to secure the strap in place. A 4-way elastic panel is included in the anchor point of a securing strap. This 4-way panel allows the strap to bend laterally in order to accommodate variations in forearm taper.
US09463097B2
An intervertebral implant includes a three-dimensional body and a securing plate. The three-dimensional body includes a front surface and a rear surface. The three-dimensional body further includes a plurality of boreholes for accommodating fixation elements. The intervertebral implant also includes a front plate disposed at the front surface of the three-dimensional body and has a plurality of boreholes. A securing plate can be fastened to the front plate.
US09463096B2
A fixation device includes a housing, first and second shafts, first blade, and second blade. The housing includes a leading surface and trailing surface. The first and second shafts run from the leading surface to the trailing surface. The first blade has a first extension with a sharp edge extending from the first shaft in a first orientation about the first shaft. The second blade has a second extension with a sharp edge extending from the second shaft in a second orientation about the second shaft. The first blade is rotatable according to the first orientation and the second blade is rotatable according to the second orientation, such that the first extension and the second extension are enabled to break an endplate of a vertebra, hook into the vertebra, and rigidly secure the vertebra to the device to prevent separation of the vertebra from the device during spinal motion.
US09463094B2
A modular acetabular cup assembly (10, 100, 200, 300, 350) for use with multiple bearing liners (32, 110, 212, 310, 354) is disclosed. The acetabular cup assembly includes a shell (12) having a tapered inner wall (28) and two circumferential grooves (24, 26). The shell (12) may be used with polyethylene, ceramic, metal, and other types of liners.
US09463087B2
An expandable mammary tissue implant including a shell having an anterior face and a posterior face, the anterior face having an upper pole portion and a lower pole portion meeting at an apex, and an injection zone for receiving fluid therethrough to inflate the implant. The implant further includes a vertical tether member having first and second ends and a central region therebetween having an aperture therethrough. The central region is coupled to the anterior face of the implant at a location such that the injection zone is positioned within the aperture in the central region. The first and second ends of the vertical tether member are coupled to the posterior face of the implant.
US09463068B2
Devices and methods are provided which shield at least one turbinate from trauma or damage during sinus surgery that could be caused by direct contact with diagnostic and therapeutic devices. The devices and methods provided are particularly useful for protecting nasal turbinates during FESS and FTIS procedures.
US09463062B2
A catheter includes a flexible shaft having a lumen arrangement and a length sufficient to access a target vessel of a patient. A balloon at the distal end of the shaft is fluidly coupled to the lumen arrangement. The balloon body comprises a first material and a second material different from the first material. The second material comprises a hydrophilic polymer that becomes electrically conductive in response to absorption of the conductive fluid. The fluid conductive regions facilitate perfusion of the conductive fluid through the balloon body to an inner wall of the target vessel during ablation of perivascular tissues. A cooling arrangement is configured for one of receiving a thermal transfer fluid from the lumen arrangement or facilitating perfusion of blood passing through the target vessel to cool the balloon body during ablation of the perivascular tissues.
US09463049B2
The present invention generally provides a polyaxial fixation device having a shank with a spherical head formed on a proximal end thereof, and a receiver member having an axial passage formed therein that is adapted to polyaxially seat the spherical head of the shank. The polyaxial bone screw further includes an engagement member that is adapted to provide sufficient friction between the spherical head and the receiver member to enable the shank to be maintained in a desired angular orientation before locking the spherical head within the receiver member.
US09463048B2
The present invention generally is directed toward a spinal fixation system whereby a coupling element allows the physician to selectively lock or unlock either the connection between the coupling element and a fastener, such as to allow for repositioning of the coupling element, or the connection between the coupling element and an elongate rod. The locking or unlocking of these connections may be made independently and as desired by the physician.
US09463045B2
A polyaxial pivot housing for an external fixation system, comprising a first plate; a second plate substantially parallel to the first plate; a spherical member positioned between the first and second plates, the spherical member having a threaded post that is configured to attach to a support member of an external fixation frame; and a pivotably rotatable locking arm, the locking arm being configured to orientationally lock the threaded post with respect to the external fixation frame by compressing the first and second plates against the spherical member.
US09463040B2
The present invention relates to a device for fixing a joint structure. The device for fixing a joint structure, according to one aspect of the present invention, comprises: a first slider for fixing a first directional joint movement state of a joint structure that includes a first joint element and a second joint element; a first locking member included in the first slider; and a first corresponding locking member which operates relative to the first locking member and blocks a forward directional movement and a backward directional movement of the first slider.
US09463027B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to tourniquet devices that have a strap which store an extension in a pocket. The extension can be deployed and wrapped around a ring of the strap to cinch the strap against an appendage to reduce blood flow below the tourniquet device. Some embodiments include a ratchet device that further constricts the appendage to reduce blood flow. These tourniquet devices can be worn in water and out of water and can be associated with various water sport accessories.
US09463025B2
The present invention relates to a hermetic occlusion surgical clamp for the female cervix to be used in case of placenta previa, including compression jaws with a spring (5.1) and semi-conical sections (5.2) and at the end of each jaw a machined semi-cylinder (5.3), and a pull-down cylinder with a machining that generated two arms (6.2) with a hole that is joined by a pin (5.4) that connects the jaws to the pull-down cylinder. The pull-down cylinder also includes a thread (6.4), which allows you to screw on a screw (6.5) to open or close the jaws. Finally, the surgical clamp also includes a shell which is a hollow cylinder along its longitudinal axis, which covers semi-conical sections (5.2) of the jaws to leave a thread length (6.4) free that allows placement of the screw (6.5).
US09463024B2
Disclosed are devices for pericardial access to the heart, including direct access to the left atrium. In certain embodiments, the device may comprise a device and/or an atrial appendage (AA) portal having a configuration such that the distal end of the device and/or the portal can access an atrial appendage while the proximal end of the device and/or portal can extend to outside of the subject. The devices and methods may also include a pericardial portal for emplacement of the device and/or the AA portal. Also, methods for using such devices and/or AA portals and pericardial portals to perform surgery on the heart, and systems (e.g., kits) comprising these devices and/or portals in combination with other therapeutic devices are disclosed.
US09463020B2
A wound closure system and a method of closing a wound are disclosed. The wound closure system includes a plurality of skin anchors mechanically attached to external skin tissue around a periphery of a wound, a line extending between the skin anchors, the line slidably engaged with each skin anchor, and a biasing member that provides tension on the line to draw all of the skin anchors toward the wound. The method of closing a wound includes the steps of attaching a plurality of skin anchors to external skin around a periphery of a wound, extending a line between the skin anchors around substantially the entire periphery of the wound, and providing tension to the line to draw the skin anchors toward the wound.
US09463011B2
Soft anchor constructs and methods for soft tissue to bone repairs. The soft anchors may be knotted or knotless constructs. The soft anchors include a body formed of various soft materials (including, but not limited to, suture) and provided in various shapes and configurations that confer the anchors the ability to be easily inserted within bone tunnels or sockets and be bunched up within the bone tunnels or sockets. At least one closed loop or soft eyelet is attached to the soft anchor to allow additional sliding strands and/or shuttle/pull devices (suture passing devices) to pass through the eyelet and aid in the knotted or knotless fixation of tissue to bone.
US09463008B2
A suture anchoring system includes a mounting sleeve having an open distal end and an open proximal end defining a passageway therethrough. The system also includes a first elongated member with an anchor suture secured thereto and a tissue suture loop. A method for securing tissue includes passing a tissue suture loop through the tissue such that opposed first and second loop sections are formed, passing an anchor suture through first and second openings respectively defined by the opposed first and second loop sections, capturing the anchor suture after passing through the first and second openings with a first elongated member attached to the anchor suture, and securing the first elongated member attached to the anchor suture to a desired anchor hole in an anatomical site.
US09463006B2
The over-the-wire interlock attachment/detachment mechanism includes a cylindrical lock receiving section of a small diameter attached to an implantable medical device such as a blood clot filter, a stent, or a septal occluder. This cylindrical lock receiving section has a plurality of spaced, curved cutouts to receive both the guide fingers and contoured locking fingers formed on a cylindrical locking section. The locking fingers are angled outwardly from the cylindrical body of the cylindrical locking section, and are moved inwardly into engagement with the curved cutouts of the cylindrical lock receiving section by a sheath which slides over the cylindrical locking section or other suitable operator.
US09463002B2
A biopsy device includes coaxially disposed inner and outer needles in which the outer needle tip is configured for obtaining a tissue sample. The inner surface of the outer needle includes a tissue retention feature which may include a countersink and/or a feature formed in the inner surface. The device may be introduced to a biopsy site through an introducer in which the introducer is vented and/or a certain ratio of introducer inner diameter and biopsy device outer diameter is maintained. The full core devices also permit a tighter tolerance between the I.D. and O.D. of the outer cannula and stylet, respectively, which further permits the use of a smaller gage introducer. Full devices also include a sample trap assembly operable to enlarge the sample cavity after the full core sample has been obtained.
US09462997B2
A subject information acquisition apparatus includes a first holding member that holds a subject, a probe that receives an elastic wave from the subject through the first holding member, a first holding member deformation amount measuring unit that measures an amount of deformation of the first holding member, and a processing unit that creates an area for generating subject information by using the amount of deformation of the first holding member and position information of the first holding member deformation amount measuring unit and generates an information value of subject information corresponding to the area for generating subject information by using a signal outputted by the probe.
US09462996B2
Probe includes a transducer, a PCB having a pattern part contacting the transducer via face-to-face contact, and a bonding member bonding the transducer to the pattern part of the PCB. The bonding part of the PCB is provided with the pattern part to increase a bonding area of the bonding part and to allow the bonding member to contact not only a metal layer of the bonding part but also an electrical insulation part thereof, thereby improving a bonding force between the transducer and the PCB. As a result, the transducer can be reliably bonded to the PCB, so that performance of the transducer can be prevented from being deteriorated due to defective connection between the PCB and the transducer.
US09462991B2
Systems and methods for remote diagnostic imaging. The systems include a diagnostic imaging kiosk. The kiosk includes, for example, a first housing module and a second housing module. The first housing module is configured to house, among other things, a diagnostic imaging system (e.g., an X-ray system). The second housing module is configured to house electronics associated with the operation, control, and networking of the kiosk. The electronics include, for example, a primary controller, an X-ray controller, an X-ray generator, an internal display controller, an external display controller, one or more routers, and a digital radiology module. The kiosk is configured to communicatively connect to a remote technician's workstation, and a remote technician at the workstation is able to remotely control the kiosk through a packet-switched network. The control of the kiosk includes controlling access to the kiosk, the position of a diagnostic imaging unit, the capture of diagnostic images, the display of information to a patient, etc.
US09462981B2
A gantry control panel for positioning a patient with respect to a gantry includes at least one contour of at least a portion of a figure representing a patient to be positioned with respect to a gantry, and at least one control button positioned in association with the at least one contour or as part of the at least one contour. The at least one control button controls positioning of the patient with respect to the gantry.
US09462978B2
A sensing device comprises a substrate material layer and a plurality of sensors provided on the substrate material layer. The plurality of sensors is electrically connected to form a loop. The loop has two output ends. There is a loop output value between the two output ends. The loop output value varies when the sensors are subjected to an external force. Each sensor has one induction value. The induction value of each sensor is different from each other. A total induction value of any one or more sensors is different from a total induction value of the other one or more sensors.
US09462976B2
A physiological monitoring system may determine a probe-off condition. A physiological sensor may be used to emit one or more wavelengths of light. A received light signal may be processed to obtain a light signal corresponding to the emitted light and an ambient signal. The signals may be analyzed to identify similar behavior. The system may determine whether the physiological sensor is properly positioned based on the analysis.
US09462972B2
A leg movement acquisition unit 1 continuously acquires leg movements of a sleeping subject. An apnea detection unit 2 detects whether or not the subject is in a state of apnea. A movement analysis unit 3 determines whether or not the detected leg movement satisfies previously determined conditions. These previously determined conditions include at least the following conditions (a) to (d): (a) The duration of leg movement is within a previously determined range; (b) intensity of leg movement is a previously determined value or greater; (c) leg movements satisfying conditions (a) and (b) continue for a previously determined number of times within a previously determined duration; and (d) the leg movement is not movement from immediately before to immediately after an apnea state that has been detected by the apnea detection unit. A coefficient calculation unit 4 calculates a coefficient based on the number of times of leg movement that satisfied the previously determined conditions. An output unit 6 outputs the coefficient or a determination result based on the coefficient.
US09462969B2
The application relates to microfluidic needles and their manufacturing methods. The microfluidic needle comprises an interface portion containing at least one fluid communication channel, an elongated needle portion (40) projecting away from the interface portion (44), the needle portion having a tip and sidewalls connecting the tip to the interface portion, and at least two microfluidic channels (43 A-B) within the needle portion in fluidic connection with the at least one communication channel, the microfluidic channels being at least partly oriented parallel to the elongated needle portion. According to the application, the microfluidic channels exit the needle portion at the sidewalls of the needle portion. The needle may be fabricated by ALD-assisted silicon micromachining. The needle can be used for injection and/or sampling fluids to/from tissue or individual cells.
US09462964B2
At least one embodiment is directed to an insert for measuring a parameter of the muscular-skeletal system. The insert can be temporary or permanent. In one embodiment, the insert is prosthetic component for a single compartment of the knee. The insert comprises a support structure and a support structure respectively having an articular surface and a load bearing surface. The height of the insert is less than 10 millimeters. At least one internal cavity is formed when support structures are coupled together for housing electronic circuitry, sensors, and the power source. The cavity can be sterilized through a port. A membrane is between the port and the cavity. A sterilization gas permeates the membrane for sterilizing cavity. The membrane reduces the ingress of solids and liquids to the cavity.
US09462963B2
(EN) Respiration of a patient can be monitored by means of a device (ASD) that has the following characteristics. An inlet (IL) receives a pressurized airflow of breathable air from an airflow source. An outlet (OL) applies the pressurized airflow to a mask worn by the patient. An airflow path (AFP) is arranged between the inlet (IL) and the outlet (OL). The airflow path (AFP) has an axis (AX) and exhibits a decrease (−ΔD) in diameter followed by an increase (+ΔD) in diameter in a direction from the inlet (IL) to the outlet (OL). The increase (+ΔD) in diameter comprises an initial portion (WI) in which the diameter increases according to a slope (φ) of less than 10° with respect to the axis (AX). A pressure measurement arrangement (PS1, PS2) provides an indication (SO) of a pressure difference in the pressurized airflow between two sections (IN, T) of the airflow path that have different diameters.
US09462956B2
A heart monitor includes a single chest accelerometer (210), an analog signal conditioning and sampling section (215) responsive to said accelerometer to produce a digital signal substantially representing acceleration, and a digital processor (220) operable to filter the acceleration signal into a signal affected by body motion and to cancel the body motion signal from the acceleration signal, thereby to produce an acceleration-based cardiac-related signal. Other processes and electronic systems are also disclosed.
US09462953B2
Hardware and software methodology are described for cardiac health measurement. Hemodynamic waveforms variously acquired for a subject are analyzed to calculate or approximate intrinsic frequencies in two domains in two domains across the Dicrotic Notch. The intrinsic frequencies provide metrics/measures that correlate to the cardiac health of the subject. The systems may be used for monitoring a condition and/or is diagnosis. Exemplary uses include identifying (diagnosing) the presence of arrhythmia, heat failure, atrial fibrillation, aneurysms, vessel stenosis or aortic valve dysfunction and the necessity for valve replacement and/or monitoring congestive heart failure progression, together with identifying the acute need for hospitalization in connection with daily testing for any such condition.
US09462936B2
A medical instrument, in particular a hysteroscope, has a shaft part (12) having a first shaft and an optical system having a second shaft (40), in which the shaft part (12) and optical system can be displaced with respect to one another along the shafts thereof such that, in a first position, the second shaft (40) of the optical system extends beyond the first shaft of the shaft part (12) on the distal side and that, in a second position, a distal end (23) of the first shaft of the shaft part (12) comes to rest approximately level with a distal end (41) of the second shaft (40) of the optical system.
US09462933B2
An image pickup unit for an endoscope includes: an image pickup device including a plurality of connection terminal portions arrayed on a back face that is a surface opposite to a light-receiving surface; a planar rigid printed wiring board including a substrate connection portion and an electric cable connection portion; a flexible printed wiring board including a fixation portion connected to the image pickup device and the rigid printed wiring board, an extension portion extending from an outer periphery of the fixation portion, and a flexed portion provided at a boundary between the fixation portion and the extension portion; an electric cable connected to the electric cable connection portion of the rigid printed wiring board; and an electronic component mounted on the extension portion of the flexible printed wiring board.
US09462927B2
Disclosed herein are a nozzle assembly for a dishwasher capable of evenly spraying wash water in a wash tub and a dishwasher having the same. The dishwasher includes a sump to pump wash water, a supply pipe to which the wash water from the sump is supplied, and a nozzle assembly connected to the supply pipe. The nozzle assembly includes a lower rotor arm connected to the supply pipe, an upper rotor arm having a portion rotatably received in the lower rotor arm and having a first rotation center of an upper end thereof and a second rotation center of a lower end thereof positioned eccentrically from the first rotation center, and a nozzle rotatably connected to the upper rotor arm.
US09462926B2
A dishwasher may include a closure element, such as a door, a user interface on the closure element, and a controller. A data communication link having a first data connector may be coupled to the controller, and a second data connector may be coupled to the user interface. The first and second data connectors may communicatively couple when the closure element is in the closed condition to establish data communication between the controller and the user interface. The communication link may also form a power link to provide power to the user interface across an electrical link.
US09462923B2
An apparatus for cleaning baseboards includes a cleaning head having a bi-directionally adjustable handle coupled thereto via a pivot assembly. The cleaning head includes a plurality of plates between which a plurality of pads is secured in stacked fashion.
US09462920B1
A mobile robot includes a body configured to traverse a surface and to receive debris from the surface, and a debris bin within the body. The debris bin includes a chamber to hold the debris received by the mobile robot, an exhaust port through which the debris exits the debris bin; and a door unit over the exhaust port. The door unit includes a flap configured to move, in response to air pressure at the exhaust port, between a closed position to cover the exhaust port and an open position to open a path between the chamber and the exhaust port. The door unit, including the flap in the open position and in the closed position, is within an exterior surface of the mobile robot.
US09462917B2
A novel and useful mountable and rotatable fluid dispenser comprises a container or fluid reservoir and a coupler. The container is adapted to be suspended from, and rotationally coupled to, a mounting point selected by a consumer. The container has at least one outlet at a first position on an outer surface thereof. The coupler is located at a second position on the outer surface and attachable by a consumer to the selected mounting point. The coupler is adapted to be re-attachable as desired by the consumer. The fluid dispenser further comprises a position stabilization mechanism for maintaining the user-determined position of the container when not being acted upon, whereby a consumer controls the dispensing of fluid from the container by re-orienting the height of the outlet between any non-dispensing position and any dispensing position without decoupling the container from the mounting point.
US09462913B1
A liquid storage system. The liquid storage system may include one or more storage tanks including a used oil tank and a virgin oil tank. A first tank may include a storage tank having an upright section and a base section. A volume extends between the upright and base section. An inlet and outlet are coupled to the volume for adding and extracting fluid from the storage tank, respectively. There is at least one shelf coupled to the upright section of the storage tank. A second tank may be situated adjacent the first tank.
US09462911B2
A coffee machine having water heating means, a pump for supplying water into the heating means and a dispensing unit for extracting the coffee with the heated water is described. The heating means include a tubular element inside which the water supplied by the pump flows, and a heating element, separated from the tubular element by an air cavity; the pump and the heating element are connected and regulated by an electronic board, so as to supply into the dispensing unit the heated water in at least two different modes and at a same preset temperature, the different modes corresponding to different types of coffee to be dispensed.
US09462906B2
Described is a bra storage device having a plurality of storage modules. Each storage module includes a base wall provided with bra support members onto which the cups of a bra can be placed. One or more side walls are provided extending from the base wall. First connectors are provided on edges of the side walls remote from the base wall and second connectors are provided on edges of the side walls adjacent the base wall such that the first connectors of the storage module are connectable to the second connectors of an adjacent storage module.
US09462902B1
A system and method for providing a user-customizable health pillow allowing a user to configure characteristics of the pillow to meet user needs and/or desires, or alternatively, to preconfigure during manufacture of the health pillow that inhibits misconfiguration of the pillow. The health pillow includes a special filling having fiber balls and high resiliency foam contained within an inner felt liner and an outer breathable fabric. A special access sleeve permits customization of the fill level for user needs/desires when the pillow includes a closure system permitting end user configuration of the filling type and/or quantity.
US09462896B2
A door for a refrigerated merchandiser defining a product display area. The door includes a first glass panel, a second glass panel, and a third glass panel. The first glass panel is in communication with an environment surrounding the refrigerated merchandiser, and has a first surface arranged to face the environment and a second surface opposite the first surface. The second glass panel is positioned adjacent the first glass panel, and has a third surface arranged to face the second surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface. The third glass panel is positioned adjacent the second glass panel and is in communication with the product display area. The third glass panel has a fifth surface arranged to face the fourth surface and a sixth surface opposite the fifth surface and arranged to face the product display area. The door also includes a split-silver low-emissivity coating covering at least a portion of the third surface or the fourth surface, and a conductive film covering at least a portion of the fifth surface or the sixth surface. The conductive film is connected to a power supply to heat the third glass panel and to at least one of inhibit and remove condensation on at least one of the first glass panel and the third glass panel.
US09462893B2
A cover system includes a first layer providing a top surface over a patient support structure. A layer of spacer material is provided beneath the first layer. An air mover moves air through the layer of spacer material to remove moisture adjacent a person supported by the patient support.
US09462892B2
A chair comprising: a base structure, a seat fixed to the base structure, a backrest, and a pair of oscillation joints which connect the backrest to the seat or to the base structure so as to allow tilting of the backrest around a transverse axis between a rest position and a backwardly tilted position, wherein each of said oscillation joints comprises: an essentially L-shaped rigid support a rigid lever articulated to the rigid support, and having a first and a second lever arm located on opposite sides with respect to the articulation axis, and an elastic device comprising a telescopic element and a compression spring, wherein the elastic device applies an elastic force between said rigid support and said first lever arm and wherein said second lever arm protrudes outwards from said rigid support and is fixed to a corresponding side edge of the backrest.
US09462872B2
Implementations of the present disclosure provide devices including a camera that is operable to provide images, a deposition head, the deposition head being configured to selectively deposit the RMA to the area of skin, and being positioned to at least partially obscure the area of skin relative to a viewing field of the camera, and a prism attached to the deposition head, the prism being configured to direct light reflected from the area of skin to first camera to enable the camera to generate images of the area of skin. Accordingly, the deposition head is able to physically occupy a column directly over the area of skin, while the camera is able to view the area of skin through the prism. In some examples, prism surfaces can be curved to provide a telecentric view of the area of skin.
US09462867B2
The present invention discloses an automatic hair washing machine comprising a housing body formed with a top housing and a rear housing by integrally molding, the housing body is shaped like a head, and an annular extensible waterproof rim is provided along the edge of the housing body, a water spray hood is arranged in the housing body, the water spray hood is connected to the water inlet pipe, and there is also a shampoo reservoir in or out of the housing body, and a plurality of rotatably driven hollow massaging and rubbing fingers are arranged along the interior of the housing body. The automatic hair washing machine disclosed in the present invention can relieve nervous emotion for a user by spraying and massaging the user's hair to shampoo his hair by means of the water spay hood without lying supine or bending over the user during the whole hair washing process, and can ensure adequate comfort for him by massaging his acupuncture points such as his temple by means of the hollow massaging and rubbing fingers.
US09462863B1
A rolling bag adaptable for ascending and descending a staircase safely as well as for level and incline rolling. A handle selectively tilts to an angle that provides maximum leverage for ascent and descent of the bag on a staircase. The handle has a locking device that sets the desired tilt angle. The rolling bag has a recessed conveyor at the rear that has a track that selectively loosens when adapting to a staircase by increasing distance the conveyor rolls, the track conforming to a tread and a riser of a staircase. The conveyor has an offset device that selectively adjusts the track tension, the offset device coupled to handle so that when the handle tilts the track tension is loosened.
US09462859B2
A light-emitting jewelry piece includes a gemstone, a head, and a mounting. The head is configured to interconnect the gemstone to the mounting. The mounting is arranged secure the light-emitting jewelry piece to a person or a personal adornment.
US09462855B1
An ornamental device includes a two-part curvilinear member, preferably having a band affixed to either end. Each band is provided with complementary fasteners to enable securing the device about a user's wrist, ankle, or arm. An inner side of the member is provided with a thin, transparent cover that is flexible and resilient. When the cover is pulled from the curvilinear member, the cover forms an arcuate shape that mirrors the arcuate shape of the curvilinear member while still being attached. In this position, it enables a user to insert a paper bearing a reading between the cover and curvilinear member. Forcing the cover back against the curvilinear member allows the cover to hold the paper reading in place.
US09462854B2
A fastener stringer is provided with a fixing section in which at least one of a first and second half sections is fixed to a fastener tape and a tapered extending section which extends from the fixing section toward the outside of the tape. A first side face and a second side face in the tape length direction in the fixing section have concave surfaces which curve in a concave shape so as to gradually increase from an element surface of a fastener element toward the fastener tape. Accordingly, each fastener element can exhibit an appearance close to a metallic fastener element and a locking mechanism of a slider can be made to function stably.
US09462851B2
A tightening system for an article of footwear includes a cable disposed between an upper and a sole plate. The upper includes a flexible main body and an exoskeleton covering a portion of the flexible main body in an instep region. The cable is attached to the exoskeleton so that the exoskeleton is tightened to a wearer's foot when the cable length is effectively shortened and/or if the cable tension is increased. The instep region is devoid of the tightening system so that a smooth instep region is provided.
US09462843B2
A liner system and method of thermoforming. A helmet has an energy absorbing inner system positioned inside the shell. The liner has thermoformed interconnected energy absorbing modules. At least some of the modules in the layer have a basal portion with upper and lower sections when viewed in relation to the wearer's head. The upper section has one or more energy absorbing units. At least some of the units are provided with a wall with a domed cap that faces the outer shell. The units at least partially cushion the blow by absorbing energy imparted by an object that impacts the outer shell. The lower comfort section has a tiered arrangement of layers. The layers are relatively compliant and thus provide a comfortable yet firm fit of the helmet upon the wearer.
US09462839B2
Sensor module for sensing forces to the head of an individual and wirelessly transmitting signals corresponding thereto for analysis, tracking and/or reporting the sensed forces.
US09462809B2
The present invention relates to fungicidal pyrimidine compounds, to their use and to methods for combating phytopathogenic fungi. The present invention also relates to seeds treated with at least one such compound. Furthermore the invention relates to processes for preparing compounds of formula I.
US09462789B2
A leash having a warning device that produces an arc sound and/or vibration generated by an electrical arc between electrodes in a manner such that no electricity can be imparted into a human or animal, and a method of using the leash. Also provided is an animal training device that mounts on a collar or harness worn by the animal, which produces an arc sound and/or vibration generated by an electrical arc between electrodes in a manner such that no electricity can be imparted into a human or animal, and a method of a using the animal training device.
US09462785B2
An animal blanket comprises a main body panel, an underbody panel and a set of fasteners. The main body panel drapes over a back of an animal, such as a horse. The underbody panel extends across a belly of the animal. The first set of fasteners releasably connect the main body panel and the underbody panel. In one embodiment, the main body panel comprises a barrel panel and a neck panel, and the underbody panel comprises a belly panel and a chest panel. A first side of the underbody panel is connected to the main body panel via the set of fasteners. In one embodiment, a second side of the underbody panel is also connected to the main body panel via the set of fasteners. In another embodiment, the second side of the underbody panel is connected to the main body panel via a stitched seam.
US09462784B2
A bowl assembly (2) includes a bowl (4) which is suitable for holding various types of produce but which is intended for receiving food for a pet. The bowl assembly (2) is supported upon a tray (6). Four legs (8) are disposed to support the tray and are of sufficient length to elevate the tray a distance above the reach of ants (11). An insect deterrent (12) is located on the underside of the tray around the juncture of each leg (8) with the tray (6) to prevent insects proceeding along the legs to the tray. The legs (8) depend downwards and respectively terminate in bayonet heads (16) (best seen in FIG. 2) that are received into complementary sockets (14) formed in the topside of base plate (10).
US09462782B2
A system includes a carriage track positioned adjacent to a rotary milking platform, a robot carriage positioned on the carriage track such that the robot carriage may move along the carriage track, and a controller. The controller determines a movement of a milking stall of the rotary milking platform from a first rotational position to a second rotational position. The controller further determines a position of the robot carriage on the carriage track corresponding to the movement of the milking stall of the rotary milking platform. The controller also communicates a position signal to a carriage actuator coupled to the robot carriage and the carriage track. The position signal causes the carriage actuator to move the robot carriage along the carriage track to the determined position in conjunction with the movement of the rotary milking platform.
US09462779B2
Inbred corn line designated MN26 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line MN26, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line MN26 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn line MN26 with itself or another corn line. The invention also relates to products produced from the seeds, plants, or parts thereof, of inbred corn line MN26 and/or of the hybrids produced using the inbred as a parent. The invention further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line MN26.
US09462771B1
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH157113. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH157113, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH157113 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH157113.
US09462768B1
A novel soybean variety, designated XB20Z14 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB20Z14, cells from soybean variety XB20Z14, plants of soybean XB20Z14, and plant parts of soybean variety XB20Z14. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB20Z14 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB20Z14, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB20Z14, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB20Z14. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB20Z14 are further provided.
US09462763B1
A novel maize variety designated X95D033 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X95D033 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95D033 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X95D033, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95D033. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95D033.
US09462761B2
A distribution system and method for simultaneously distributing and reclaiming a liquid with a single, multi-directional system pathway. The system pathway follows a circuitous path for both receiving liquid from and returning reclaimed liquid to a reservoir positioned beneath a ground surface. A distribution pathway, such as a pipe, may carry the liquid with pressure from the reservoir to a distribution outlet. A reclamation pathway, such as a perforated pipe, may encapsulate the distribution pathway, and capture runoff and excessive liquid through at least one aperture for returning the liquid back to the reservoir. In some embodiments, the system pathway may include one perforated pipe that forms a barrier between the distribution pathway and the reclamation pathway. A film may cover the perforations to allow for pressurizing the water. A system of pumps, valves, and a control apparatus help regulate the liquid.
US09462759B2
A stump grinder has a grinding arm that durably mounts a rotatable grinding wheel by securing the drive shaft of a motor to the grinding wheel such that a pair of bearings within the motor support one side of the grinding wheel and by supporting the other side of the grinding wheel with a stub shaft received within a third bearing. The grinding arm is laterally offset on the frame of the stump grinder to have a swing angle that is not symmetrical relative to the width of the frame, but with the swing angle starting at one side of the frame and then traversing across substantially the entire width of the frame to improve the ability of the operator to see the grinding wheel. A single joystick is movable in orthogonal directions corresponding to desired up and down and side-to-side pivoting motions of the grinding arm. The joystick includes a depressible trigger for starting and stopping the operation of the grinding wheel.
US09462750B2
A harvesting apparatus having a frame and a harvesting assembly on the frame configured to accommodate severed crop as the frame is advanced. A fluid delivery system causes pressurized fluid to be discharged in discrete streams each with a component that is directed to at least one of: a) facilitate severance of crop; and b) cause severed crop to be advanced rearwardly in relationship to the frame to a location for further processing. The fluid delivery system has: i) a primary conduit length extending laterally between the sides of the frame; ii) a plurality of laterally spaced outlets from which fluid from the primary conduit length is discharged; iii) a pressurized fluid source; and iv) a distributing conduit assembly that directs pressurized fluid from the pressurized fluid source to first and second locations from where pressurized fluid is directed in laterally opposite directions into the primary conduit length.
US09462749B1
A method of selectively harvesting fruits includes generating a first series of images of a plant while the plant is moved to expose hidden fruits, identifying an object displayed in the first series of images as a suspect fruit from feature boundary data defined by color regions, comparing a color parameter of the suspect fruit to a criterion associated with a ripeness, advancing an automated picker toward the suspect fruit based on a determined position of the suspect fruit and while monitoring a proximity sensor of the automated picker, detecting a color of the impediment and confirming that the impediment is a fruit, operating the automated picker to pick the fruit from the plant, and while the automated picker is operated to pick the fruit, generating a second series of images of one or more additional plants while the one or more additional plants are moved to expose additional fruits.
US09462748B2
A control system for an agricultural vehicle includes a controller configured to calibrate alignment of a conveyor outlet of the agricultural vehicle with a storage compartment by receiving a first signal from a user interface indicative of alignment of the conveyor outlet with a first desired point on the storage compartment, determining a first position of the storage compartment relative to the agricultural vehicle upon receiving the first signal, receiving a second signal from the user interface indicative of alignment of the conveyor outlet with a second desired point on the storage compartment, diagonally opposite the first desired point, determining a second position of the storage compartment relative to the agricultural vehicle upon receiving the second signal, and establishing a bounding rectangle having a first corner at the first desired point and a second corner at the second desired point based on the first position and the second position.
US09462747B2
A walk behind mower is configured to be stored in a vertical position or orientation. In one implementation, the mower disables a brake release based upon positioning of a handle. In one implementation, the mower facilitates oil changes while the mower is in the vertical orientation.
US09462744B2
An agricultural tool for a tractor tool bar comprises a unit, such as a planter unit, that includes a ground contacting member for performing a working operation on the ground for changing the state of the soil, such as by opening a furrow to receive a seed from the planter unit. A downpressure system for the tool includes a two part telescopic air shock extending between the tool bar and a parallelogram linkage that attaches the unit to the tool bar. A sensor is operatively connected to the portion of the air shock that is attached to the parallelogram linkage for sending a signal representative of the length of the shock to an electronic controller. The controller operates through a feedback loop to attempt to maintain the air shock at a predetermined length which corresponds to a desired amount of downpressure.
US09462743B2
An agricultural metering device with a variable geometry meter roller is provided. The agricultural metering device includes a meter roller having a plurality of flutes. An aggregate cross sectional area of the flutes increases along a longitudinal axis of the meter roller.
US09468136B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for attaching a heat spreader to a die and includes disposing a solder thermal interface material between a first surface of a die and a first surface of a heat spreader without disposing a liquid flux between the die and the heat spreader to form an assembly, wherein at least one of the first surface of the die and a first surface of the heat spreader have disposed thereon a metallization structure comprising a transition layer and a sacrificial metallization layer, the sacrificial metallization layer disposed as an outer layer to the metallization structure adjacent the solder thermal interface material; and heating the assembly to melt the thermal interface and attach the die to the heat spreader.
US09468126B2
Apparatus for retracting and extending sets of operational processing devices in a multi-device enclosure. In accordance with some embodiments, an enclosed housing is provided with opposing first and second ends. Sleds are individually movable between a retracted position within the enclosed housing and an extended position in which the sled projects from the first end. Each sled supports a group of processing devices. A control board is disposed within the enclosed housing adjacent the second end. A plurality of flex circuits contactingly engage the processing devices to provide communication paths between the processing devices and the control board in both the retracted and extended positions of the sleds.
US09468120B2
A housing covering an electronic component is provided. The housing includes a body, a first coupling portion, and a third coupling portion. The body has a first surface and a second surface connected to the first surface, and a normal direction of the first surface and a normal direction of the second surface are interlaced with each other. The first coupling portion is disposed on the first surface and detachably coupled with a second coupling portion of a terminal of the electronic component, such that degrees of freedom in a first direction and a second direction of the terminal are restricted. The third coupling portion is disposed on the second surface and detachably coupled with a fourth coupling portion of the terminal, such that a degree of freedom in a third direction of the terminal is restricted. The first direction, the second direction, and the third direction are linearly independent.
US09468111B2
A housing assembly, including a top housing, a bottom housing and an accommodation, is provided. The top housing has a top plate, and a first sidewall extending therefrom. The bottom housing has a bottom plate, and a second sidewall extending therefrom. The engagement slit is defined by an upper edge and a lower edge in order to mate with a printed circuit board. The second sidewall includes an inclination wall extending from the lower edge of the engagement slit and distancing from the accommodation outwardly and downwardly, and an slot being adjacent to the inclination wall. The first sidewall includes a fringe protrusion, which slides along the inclination wall of the second sidewall to engage with a distal end of the inclination wall, and the top housing connects to the bottom housing thereby. The housing assembly is advantageous of easy and convenient assembly and disassembly.
US09468105B2
An electronic component includes a pedestal plate that has a first surface made of a metal and a second surface being an opposite surface to the first surface, a heating element arranged on the first surface of the pedestal plate, and a resonator element arranged on the heating element. The pedestal plate overlaps the resonator element in a plan view.
US09468102B2
A display device includes a display panel including panel bumps, a flexible circuit film connected to the display panel and including a chip, and panel bonding leads connecting the display panel to the chip. The panel bumps include first panel bumps arranged along a first row, and second panel bumps arranged along a second row which is spaced apart from the first row toward the chip. Each second panel bump is disposed between two adjacent first panel bumps when viewed from a column direction perpendicular to a row direction. The panel bonding leads includes first panel bonding leads connected to the first panel bumps and second panel bonding leads connected to the second panel bumps. Each first panel bonding lead includes a first portion having a first thickness, and a second portion adjacent to the second panel bump having a second thickness smaller than the first thickness.
US09468100B2
A multilayer wiring substrate is provided which is less apt to cause the warping and the degradation of the surface flatness, and which is able to effectively suppress the occurrence of cracks. A multilayer wiring substrate 1 includes a substrate body 2 in which a plurality of wirings 5a are disposed to extend from a first principal surface 2a toward a second principal surface 2b. The wiring 5a or 5b includes via conductors 6a and 8a disposed respectively in at least two insulator layers in which the wiring is disposed, a wiring conductor 7a connecting the via conductor 6a, which is disposed in one 2c of the insulator layers adjacent to each other in a stacking direction of the insulator layers, and the via conductor 8a disposed in the other insulator layer 2d, the wiring conductor 7a having a nonlinear shape.
US09468085B2
An optical module apparatus and method operates at high temperatures. The apparatus has a first printed circuit board with optoelectronics and electronics located on a thermoelectric cooler. The thermoelectric cooler is located on a second printed circuit board that also has electronics that control the thermoelectric cooler separately mounted thereon. The optical module operates at substantially higher temperatures by placing the optoelectronics and the electronics, not including the thermoelectric cooler controller, on the thermoelectric cooler. The electronics controlling the thermoelectric cooler only require relatively simple, low-speed electronics that are implemented in integrated circuit technologies. The integrated circuit electronics may operate at very high temperatures (200° C. or higher) thereby making control of the thermoelectric cooler with uncooled electronics possible.
US09468082B2
An extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus may include a chamber containing a plasma generation region irradiated by a pulse laser beam from a laser apparatus, a target supply device configured to supply a plurality of targets consecutively to the plasma generation region in the chamber, a target detection unit configured to detect a target outputted from the target supply device, and a laser controller configured to control the laser apparatus; the laser controller generating a light emission trigger instructing a laser device included in the laser apparatus to emit a pulse laser beam, and outputting the generated light emission trigger to the laser apparatus, in accordance with a detection signal from the target detection unit; and the laser controller adjusting generation of the light emission trigger outputted consecutively to the laser apparatus so that a time interval of the light emission trigger is within a predetermined range.
US09468081B2
A high frequency X-ray generator includes an anode voltage generator, a cathode voltage generator and a X-ray tube. The anode voltage generator is configured to generate a first high voltage. The cathode voltage generator is configured to generate a second high voltage having a same waveform as the first high voltage. The second high voltage has a different phase by 180 degrees compared to the first high voltage. The X-ray tube is configured to generate a X-ray by the first high voltage and the second high voltage. The first high voltage is applied through an anode terminal. The second high voltage is applied through a cathode terminal.
US09468076B2
Inventive methods and apparatus for management of outdoor lighting networks (130A-C, 230A-C). For example, in some embodiments methods and apparatus are provided that enable communication between a central management system (110, 210) and a plurality of unique outdoor lighting networks (130A-C, 230A-C).
US09468069B2
A first sequence of pulses having a high frequency can be modulated using a second sequence of pulses having a lower frequency. The pulse width of the second sequence of pulses can be perturbed from a nominal pulse width on a per-pulse basis, within a perturbation range corresponding to the pulse period of the first sequence of pulses. In one application, the resulting output can be used to drive LEDs. In some instances, two or more channels of LEDs of different colors can be supported, with the pulse width of the first pulse sequence being selected per-channel based on a desired light color and the nominal pulse width of the second pulse sequence being selected for all channels based on a desired brightness.
US09468064B1
An LED driving circuit and a light-emitting apparatus thereof are provided. The driving circuit includes a voltage providing unit, a voltage setting unit, a current feedback unit and a current dithering unit. The voltage providing unit receives a voltage setting signal and an input voltage to provide an emission driving voltage to a first terminal of an LED string. The voltage setting unit receives an emission feedback signal to provide a voltage setting signal. The current feedback unit provides the emission feedback signal and sequentially receives current setting voltages to sequentially set a driving current flowing through the LED string according to the current setting voltages. The current dithering unit receives the backlight control signal to sequentially provide the current setting voltages.
US09468062B2
A Light Emitting Diode (LED) light includes a bridge rectifier configured to be powered by an alternating current power source and to produce a rectified output. Control circuitry couples to the bridge rectifier and is configured to produce a shunt signal when the rectified output is less than a threshold voltage. A series connected Light Emitting Diode (LED) string includes a first group of LEDs and a second group of LEDs. A switch couples to a first side of the second group of LEDs and is controlled by the shunt signal to deactivate the second group of LEDs. The control circuitry may include a ratio metric series resistor string configured to sense a proportion of the rectified output and an inverter configured to generate the shunt signal based on the proportion of the rectified output.
US09468054B2
A light emitting diode retrofit lamp for replacement of fluorescent lamp or tube driven by fluorescent ballast is provided. The retrofit lamp consists of an enhanced circuit that overcomes the compatibility issues with the fluorescent ballasts. The circuit of the retrofit lamp comprises a deflickerizer circuit that prevents the flicker in the lamp when the lamp operates in the frequency range of 0.1 Hz to 60 Hz. The deflickerizer circuit further provides a method to align frequency with the ballast frequency and maintains phase to avoid low frequency interference.
US09468052B2
An LAM/ICM assembly comprises an integrated control module (ICM) and an LED array member (LAM). The ICM includes interconnect through which power from outside the assembly is received. In a first novel aspect, active circuitry is embedded in the ICM. In one example, the circuitry monitors LED operation, controls and supplies power to the LEDs, and communicates information into and out of the assembly. In a second novel aspect, a lighting system comprises an AC-to-DC converter and a LAM/ICM assembly. The AC-to-DC converter outputs a substantially constant current or voltage. The magnitude of the current or voltage is adjusted by a signal output from the LAM/ICM. In a third novel aspect, the ICM includes a switching DC-to-DC converter. An AC-to-DC power supply supplies a roughly regulated supply voltage. The switching converter within the LAM/ICM receives the roughly regulated voltage and supplies a regulated LED drive current to its LEDs.
US09468045B2
The present invention relates to an electrical temperature control for controlling the temperature of surfaces. It is envisaged that the temperature control has at least one heat distribution device which covers at least parts of the surface to be temperature controlled.
US09468044B2
An electric heater includes a base, a bracket, a working head and a protecting structure. The bracket is disposed on the base. The working head is disposed on the bracket. The working head includes a supporter and a heating module. The heating module is disposed on the supporter. The heating module includes a heating element and at least two electrodes. The at least two electrodes are electrically connected with the heating element. The heating element includes a carbon nanotube layer structure. The protecting structure covers the heating module.
US09468039B1
A multi-mode mobile station is able to communicate with a first system using a first air interface protocol (e.g., EVDO) and with a second system using a second air interface protocol (e.g., 1×RTT CDMA). When the first system schedules a page message for transmission to the multi-mode mobile station, the first system may query the second system to determine whether the second air interface protocol is being used for a current call involving the multi-mode mobile station or is being used to attempt establishment of a requested call to the multi-mode mobile station. In the case of a current call, the first system may wait until the call is released before transmitting the page message. In the case of an attempt to establish a requested call, the first system may wait to determine whether the attempt is successful before transmitting the page message.
US09468038B2
A distributed wireless sensor network includes two or more wireless nodes adapted for sensing a condition at any first node, first programming located within each node for transmitting a signal representing the sensed condition from the first node to another node, second programming located within each node for receiving the signal transmitted from any other node and for retransmitting a received signal representing the sensed condition along with additional data indicating the number of retransmissions of the signal between nodes.
US09468035B2
A mobile device, or a server in communication with the mobile device, identifies a failure scenario for previously-failed radio resource control (RRC) connection re-establishment requests, from the mobile device, in a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network. The mobile device, or server, monitors real-time context data for a match with the failure scenario and applies preemptive settings for an upcoming RRC connection re-establishment attempt in response to identifying a match with the failure scenario. The preemptive settings are configured to maintain an active session between the mobile device and the LTE network.
US09468012B2
The exemplary embodiments of the invention relate to at least a method, computer program, and apparatus to transmit a beacon from a first access node to a first user terminal associated with the first access node and also to a second user terminal associated with a second access node, where the beacon includes information indicating a priority of the first access node with respect to a radio resource allocation, and receive feedback from the first user equipment associated with the first access node, where the feedback includes information indicating a priority of the second access node. Further, in accordance with the first embodiments there is adjusting a value of a priority of a wireless network access node over time depending on an amount of radio resources reserved for use by the wireless network access node, such that the priority value decreases as more radio resources are reserved and increases as fewer radio resources are reserved, and transmitting the value of the priority to at least one other wireless network access node. Additionally, the exemplary embodiments of the invention relate to receiving an identification of a radio resource from a serving access node, and transmitting an interfering signal that specifies the identified radio resource. In addition, exemplary embodiments of the invention include detecting at an access node, uplink interference in a radio resource, and releasing a radio resource identified by the radio resource in which uplink interference was detected for use by another access node.
US09467994B2
A wireless communication base station device, terminal device, and method have reduced signaling while maintaining high scheduling gain. A judgment unit pre-stores a correspondence between the number of code words and the number of clusters to reduce the maximum value for the number of clusters allocated to each terminal as the number of code words increases, and thus determines the maximum value for the number of clusters based on the number of code words acquired. Based on the number of code words for a transmission signal from a terminal, an estimated value for the reception quality, and the maximum value for the number of clusters that is output by the judgment unit, a scheduling unit schedules the allocation of the transmission signal transmitted by each terminal to a transmission band frequency (frequency resource) so as not to exceed the maximum value for the number of clusters.
US09467991B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, to a method and an apparatus for transceiving a downlink control channel. A method for a base station to transmit a downlink control channel in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: selecting a resource element (RE) to which a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) is mapped; selecting an RE to which a downlink control channel is mapped; and transmitting the DMRS and the downlink control channel from the selected REs to a terminal, wherein the REs to which the downlink control channel is mapped constitute at least one resource element group (REG), and one or more REGs may be located on an orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) symbol on which the DMRS is mapped.
US09467990B2
Provided are a method for searching for a control channel by a terminal in a wireless communication system and a terminal for using the method. The method determines whether an allocation unit constituting an enhanced-physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH) is one or plural in number; and, if the allocation unit constituting the E-PDCCH is plural in number, searches for the E-PDCCH using a user equipment specific reference signal (URS) of an antenna port defined in one allocation unit from among the plurality of allocation units.
US09467989B2
The present invention is designed to provide a base station apparatus, a mobile terminal apparatus, a communication system and a communication method that cope with the shortage of downlink control channel capacity. For a mobile terminal apparatus that receives downlink signals using a resource region for downlink control signals and a resource region for downlink data signals, a base station apparatus is configured to set a plurality of virtual resources for downlink control signals in a plurality of physical resources that are arranged in a frequency direction in the resource region for downlink data signals, and allocate the downlink control signals, in a distributed manner, between virtual resources of a relatively low frequency band side and virtual resources of a relatively high frequency band side in a plurality of virtual resources.
US09467981B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting control signaling includes: transmitting indication information on a transmission location of control signaling by a base station to a mobile station configured as an open-loop MIMO transmission mode; transmitting the control signaling by the base station in a data region by using the open-loop MIMO transmission mode or a transmit diversity transmission mode if the location for transmitting the control signaling indicated by the information on a transmission location of control signaling is located at the data region. Whereby the number of mobile stations to be scheduled in a cell is increased and results in the scheduling information to be transmitted in a subframe increased, the control signaling of a mobile station configured as an open-loop MIMO transmission mode is placed in a data region for transmission, thereby increasing the number of UE scheduled, increasing the throughput of the system.
US09467977B2
An apparatus for allocating resources in a communication system includes a reception unit configured to receive information on a terminal from the terminal when the terminal initially accesses the apparatus in order to receive communication service, a determination unit configured to check information on a bandwidth for providing the communication service to the terminal, the information on the terminal, and information on a satellite and determine the size of a resource block group to be allocated to the terminal by taking the information on the bandwidth, the information on the terminal, and information on the satellite into consideration, and an allocation unit configured to allocate resource blocks corresponding to the size of the resource block group to the terminal in order to transmit and receive data packets to and from the terminal.
US09467971B2
A method for operating a UE in a wireless communications network is provided. The method comprises using, by the UE, a frequency parameter of paging frames and a restricted subframe pattern to determine one or more paging frames and occasions to monitor.
US09467969B2
Provided are a paging method and device for MTC user equipment. The method includes: the MTC user equipment in an MTC user equipment group receives group paging indication information and group paging information transmitted at one or more paging occasions by a network side, where the one or more paging occasions are notified to the MTC user equipment group by the network side or acquired by calculation according to an MTC user equipment group identity, the group paging indication information is used for indicating presence of the group paging information, and the group paging information is used for indicating a change in group trigger information; and, the MTC user equipment determining, according to the group paging information, on whether or not further reading of the group trigger information is needed.
US09467968B2
The system provides a wearable communications device for pets comprising a band and a communications unit. The communications unit comprises one or more processors, a communications chipset, one or more removable batteries, and a speaker with a sound generation circuit. The communications chipset can receive data packets comprising an audio segment file; the one or more processors may convert the data packets into electronic signals; the sound generation circuit may cause the speaker to play an audio message corresponding to the electronic signals.
US09467966B2
Techniques are provided that provide for or otherwise support positioning and related services for mobile devices via wireless signals. In an example, a mobile device in a communication network may acquire a first downlink signal from a first node in the communication network and a second downlink signal from a second node in the communication network. The first node may also be configured to transmit a data service signal and/or a voice service signal via the first downlink signal. However, the second node, by design, is not configured to transmit either a voice service signal or a data service signal via the second downlink signal. An estimated location of the mobile device may subsequently be determined, for example, based, at least in part, on the first and second terrestrial positioning signals.
US09467963B2
Devices, systems, articles of manufacture, and methods for obtaining system information for a wireless communication device are described. According to some embodiments, a subscription supported by the wireless communication device enters a paging reorganization mode. The wireless communication device acquires a portion of system information by a first subscription using a radio frequency (RF) resource. The subscription changes a paging mode of the wireless communication device. The subscription releases the RF resource after acquiring the portion of the system information and prior to acquiring all of the system information. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US09467958B2
Techniques for mitigating temporary loss of synchronization in a wireless communication system are described. In an aspect, a cell may periodically broadcast a mode indicator to indicate synchronous operation or asynchronous operation by the cell. The cell may also broadcast its cell identity (ID), which may omit the mode indicator and would then remain unchanged when the cell switches between asynchronous and synchronous operation. In another aspect, the cell may send system time information indicative of its updated system time when switching from asynchronous operation to synchronous operation. The updated system time may be used for communication with terminals after the switch to synchronous operation. In yet another aspect, the cell may decrease its transmit power prior to switching synchronization mode, switch synchronization mode when its transmit power reaches a predetermined power level, and thereafter increase its transmit power.
US09467953B2
Systems and methods for controlling the transmit power and the receive sensitivity of an access point for achieving symmetric link balancing is described. When an access point operates with symmetric link performance, the access point does not inefficiently use available bandwidth for transmitting or re-transmitting to a client station that cannot communicate with the access point. Moreover, the access point does not back off transmissions due to activity of neighboring basic service sets when not needed. The receive sensitivity can be controlled using a hardware attenuator or software commands that adjust a programmable gain in a wireless local area network chipset used by the access point, or it can be controlled using adjustable levels in the software for processing or responding to packets.
US09467952B2
A method and apparatus are provided for transmitting power headroom information by a terminal in a mobile communication system. The method includes obtaining, by the terminal, an uplink transmission resource; obtaining, by the terminal, a path loss; and if the path loss is changed more than a threshold since a last transmission of a power headroom, obtaining power headroom information using a maximum transmission output of the terminal and a transmission power of the terminal, and transmitting the power headroom information using the uplink transmission resource.
US09467946B2
A portable terminal includes a first detection unit that detects a change in a position of the portable terminal; a second detection unit that detects a change in a physical quantity representing a surrounding condition of the portable terminal; and a transition unit that causes the portable terminal to transition from a first state to a second state in which electricity consumption is smaller than that of the first state, when a relation between a direction of the change detected by the first detection unit and a trend in the change in the physical quantity detected by the second detection unit satisfies a predetermined condition.
US09467943B2
A method of accessing a channel in a wireless LAN system is disclosed. A method of accessing a channel in a terminal includes receiving TIM information included in a beacon transmitted by an access point, determining a channel access slot allocated to the terminal based on the TIM information, transmitting a data transmission request to the access point in the channel access slot, and receiving data transmission slot allocation information corresponding to the data transmission request from the access point. Accordingly, a time slot can be prevented from unnecessarily wasting.
US09467920B2
A relay node which is registered to a first radio base station and a first mobility management device and which relays a communication between a mobile station and the first radio base station. The relay node includes a first control unit configured to execute a handover process for the relay node and decide to hand over the mobile station from the first radio base station to a second radio base station when a degradation of radio quality between the relay node and the first radio base station is detected, and to transmit a handover control signal for the mobile station to the second radio base station or the first mobility management device.
US09467917B2
A method at a user equipment for establishing a circuit switched call, the user equipment being in a Cell Forward Access CHannel (CELL_FACH) state, a Cell Paging CHannel (CELL_PCH) state or a UTRAN Registration Area Paging CHannel (URA_PCH) state, the method receiving an indication that a circuit switched call is pending; sending to a network element a message to facilitate the user equipment to transition to a Cell Dedicated CHannel (CELL_DCH) state, the message being one of a cell update message having a traffic volume indicator information element indicating that pending uplink data exceeds a threshold or an RRCConnectionRequest message; and establishing the circuit switched call.
US09467908B2
The present invention relates to a method of selecting a public land mobile network (PLMN) for network sharing, and a method of communicating at a base station according to one embodiment of the present invention may include: receiving from a core network a handover request message including information on whether to support network sharing of user equipment (UE); selecting a PLMN identification (ID) by using information on whether to support network sharing of the UE; and transmitting the selected PLMN ID to the UE. According to one embodiment of the present invention, since a source base station, a target base station or a core network node may select a correct PLMN depending on the situation of UE when carrying out a handover, it is possible to decrease unnecessary signaling and errors in a network sharing situation.
US09467898B2
Embodiments are provided for indicating response frame types according to response frame durations in a wireless network. The embodiments include defining a plurality of response frame types in accordance to different transmission durations. The different response frame types are assigned corresponding indication values. When transmitting a current frame to a receiver entity, a transmitter entity selects a response frame type from the defined response frame types, and indicates in the current frame the selected response frame type using the assigned indication value. When a third entity receives the current frame, the third entity waits for a time period about equal to a predefined inter-frame and backoff time before transmitting a new frame. Upon determining that the indication value in the current frame is for sending a response frame, the third entity also waits an additional time period about equal to the transmission duration of the indicated response frame type.
US09467895B2
An 802.11-compliant device for high throughput is disclosed. A plurality of TCP packets received in a buffer for transmission are stored. The plurality of TCP packets can be aggregated as A-MSDU sub-frames to form a A-MSDU frame in accordance with an IEEE 802.11 standard. Additionally, a plurality of A-MSDU frames can be aggregated as A-MPDU sub-frames to form a A-MPDU frame. The A-MPDU frame is compliant with a number of allowable sub-frames and a maximum size in accordance with an 802.11 standard. The A-MPDU frame is sent for transmission as an IEEE 802.11 packet.
US09467889B2
The present application discloses a method of performing a measurement for radio resource management (RRM) by user equipment in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method includes: receiving information on the low-power frequency band of an adjacent cell for the RRM from a serving cell; performing a measurement on the low-power frequency band for the RRM using a reference signal received at a preset period; and reporting the result of the measurement to the serving cell.
US09467884B2
A method and apparatus are provided that allow a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to search and add one or more closed subscriber group (CSG) identities (IDs) in the WTRU white list while in connected mode. Such method and apparatus include but are not limited to WTRU autonomous search or a manual search, WTRU initiated procedures, or network initiated procedures. Additionally, methods that allow the network and/or the non-access stratum (NAS) to add CSG IDs are also described.
US09467876B2
Systems and methods for optimized telecommunications distribution are provided. For example, a distributed antenna system can include a master unit for transceiving signals with remote units operable for wirelessly transceiving signals with mobile devices in a coverage area. A self-optimized network analyzer can be in a unit of the distributed antenna system. A self-optimized network controller in the distributed antenna system can output commands for changing operation of a component in the distributed antenna system in response to analysis results from the self-optimized network analyzer. In some aspects, the master unit includes base transceiver station cards for receiving call information in network protocol data from a network and for generating digital signals including the call information from the network protocol data for distribution to the remote units.
US09467868B2
A method (20) in an access node (4) of a communication system (1) for enabling assignment of a gateway (6) thereto is provided. The communication system (1) comprises a core network node (7) and the access node (4) has one or more neighboring base stations (2, 3). The method (20) comprises acquiring (21) gateway identification information, wherein the gateway identification information identifies a gateway (6) used by a neighboring base station (2, 3) to the access node (4), and transmitting (22) the acquired gateway identification information to the core network node (7), for enabling the core network node (7) to assign the gateway (6) to the access node (4). An access node, methods in a base station, base station, methods in a user equipment and a user equipment are also provided.
US09467859B2
A virtual key ring is disclosed. A graphical representation of a key ring or keychain having a plurality of keys is displayed on a computing device, and a pre-determined gesture input from a user indicative of an interaction with the key ring or chain, or one of the keys is received. The wireless operation of a lock can be managed by then accessing stored information associated with a virtual key or the lock in accordance with the pre-determined gesture. Pre-determined gestures can include, for example, movement along a predefined path on a touch screen in order to select a virtual key from among the plurality of virtual keys. The computing device can be a wireless mobile computing device such as a smartphone. The computing device can use any wireless communication technology, NFC and Wi-Fi being examples.
US09467855B1
A computer-implemented method for detecting rogue client devices connected to wireless hotspots may include maintaining at least one illegitimate authentication identifier that appears to rogue client devices to facilitate authentication with an external network via a wireless hotspot. The method may also include providing the illegitimate authentication identifier to one or more client devices connected to the wireless hotspot. The method may further include receiving an authentication request to authenticate the client device with at least one external network via the wireless hotspot. The method may additionally include determining that the authentication request includes the illegitimate authentication identifier. Finally, the method may include determining that the client device is a rogue device based at least in part on the illegitimate authentication identifier being included in the authentication request. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09467848B1
A mobile terminal including a terminal body including a front surface and a rear surface; a display unit disposed on the front surface and including a first region and a second region extended from the first region, the first and second regions configured to be independently converted from one of an active state and an inactive state to another; a rear input unit disposed on the rear surface and configured to sense a fingerprint input; and a controller configured to convert the second region into the active state while maintaining the inactive state of the first region and display preset first screen information on the second region, in response to a preset input being received in the inactive state of the first and second regions, and convert the first screen information displayed on the second region into second screen information corresponding to an execution of a secret mode while maintaining the inactive state of the first region, in response to the preset input being received and the fingerprint input being sensed by the rear input unit corresponding a preset fingerprint.
US09467845B1
Approaches enable a device, such as a cellular-enabled device, to receive cellular system information from another device in response to a request by the cellular-enabled device, and then to select a cellular network connection to which the cellular-enabled device can connect based on the cellular system information. The cellular-enabled device may determine the availability of the cellular system information in a number of ways, such as by detecting a Bluetooth broadcast from another device and initiating a paired connection between the two devices. Once the paired connection is established, the cellular-enabled device may make a service discovery request to learn that the other device is capable of broadcasting the cellular system information over the connection between the devices. The cellular system information may be used by the cellular-enabled device to select one cellular network connection, from a set of available cellular network connections compatible with the cellular-enabled device, to connect to.
US09467836B2
An E-9-1-1 voice-over-IP (VoIP) solution is provided wherein a 911 call from a wireless VoIP device is routed directly to the correct Public Safety Answer Point (PSAP) via dedicated trunks, together with correct location information and call-back number. VoIP gateways are implemented locally, at least one per LATA, and accept VoIP packetized data inbound, and convert it to standard wireline voice calls. Calls are routed to an IP address at the VoIP gateway, which then egresses the call to a voice port at a selective router. Dedicated voice trunks (CAMA, SS7, FG-D) are installed between each local VoIP gateway and appropriate selective routers. An Automatic Location Identification (ALI) database is provisioned with ESRKs dedicated for VoIP use. TCP/IP circuits may be established between some or all of the various local VoIP gateways.
US09467834B2
Mobile device emergency service techniques are described. In embodiments, a client device includes one or more modules implemented at least partially in hardware and configured to implement an emergency service. The emergency service configured to support operations including generating a user interface for display on a display device, receiving one or more inputs usable to form an emergency contacts list that includes a plurality of emergency contacts, and causing the emergency contacts list to be communicated to one or more other client devices for use in generating a message to be communicated automatically and without user intervention to the emergency contacts in the emergency contacts list responsive to a trigger.
US09467830B2
Disclosed is method for sharing the content of a first electronic device, including transmitting, when connecting a call with a second electronic device using a first network, a notification on the call connection to a third electronic device that is connected with a second network, and transmitting, when the content related to the notification is received from the third electronic device during the call, the received content to the second electronic device.
US09467829B2
Method of processing an SMS message for providing a content summary and related communication system
When receiving an SMS message which has been handled as a long message, a receiving entity is configured to access one or multiple key contents in the content of the SMS message and provide a corresponding content summary of the SMS message. The source address of the SMS message and the content summary may simultaneously be displayed. When receiving a command to browse the SMS message, the receiving entity is configured to display the content of the SMS message according to the one or multiple key contents. Therefore, the user of the receiving entity can identify the abstract of the SMS message efficiency and the readability of the SMS message can be improved.
US09467827B2
Communication is facilitated between cellular and digital mobile radio devices. In one aspect, a digital mobile radio messaging gateway is deployed within a cellular network that allows cellular devices to send and/or receive data (e.g., text messages, media content, voice calls) to digital mobile radio devices. Moreover, the digital mobile radio messaging gateway provides transparent messaging access from devices to digital mobile radio switches and/or gateways essentially making the cellular network an extension of the digital mobile radio network. As an example, the digital mobile radio messaging gateway converts data received from the digital mobile radio network to a message that conforms to a protocol supported by the cellular network. Similarly, the digital mobile radio messaging gateway converts data received from the cellular network to a message that conforms to a protocol supported by the digital mobile radio network.
US09467826B2
A data request is generated (e.g., text, email, SMS, multimedia messaging system (MMS), etc.) from a source device. The data request is delivered to a PSAP or other emergency monitoring service location in a useable format. Exemplary useable formats include a canned voice message, delivery to a call center that translates data to voice, text to speech, and text to instant messaging (IM). Additional information and location are staged for use by the PSAP or other monitoring service location.
US09467824B2
A method and device for generating message notifications at a computing device is provided. The computing device receives a message indicator from a mobile device, the indicator associated with a message received by the mobile device. The computing device generates a first display representation of the received message indicator. Positioning information is determined from an input component. A second display representation is generated comprising at least a portion of the message received at the mobile device and an action area for performing a direct action in response to the received message when the determined positioning information satisfies a display criteria associated with the second display representation.
US09467821B1
An application data synchronization system may include a data storage system and a data synchronization module. The data storage system may store the identity of entities and, for each entity, the identity of a group of cellular communication devices used by the entity and at least one application that has been delivered to at least two of the cellular communication devices in the group. The data synchronization module may detect that an application has changed data while operating in one of the cellular communication devices. The data synchronization module may consult the data storage system to determine whether the application was also delivered to one or more other cellular communication devices within the same entity group and, if so, cause the changed data to be propagated to the one or more other cellular communication devices within the same entity group.
US09467807B2
In one embodiment, demographics associated with a selected geographic area may be estimated using visitor demographics. For each mobile device of a plurality of mobile devices, a more recent location estimate of the mobile device determined by a positioning system that is within the selected geographic area may be associated with a previous location estimate of the mobile device determined by the positioning system. Origin geographic areas that include the previous location estimates are determined. Demographics associated with the selected geographic area may be estimated based at least in part on demographics associated with the origin geographic areas of the plurality of mobile devices.
US09467782B2
A diaphragm for a loudspeaker, wherein the diaphragm is formed generally in a closed loop around a central void, the loop lying in a plane, the diaphragm having an axis in a direction orthogonal to the plane along which axis the diaphragm is arranged to be driven in use, the diaphragm having inner and outer circumferential edges which are adapted, in use, to be fixed in position, wherein a substantial portion of the diaphragm between the inner and outer edges is shaped in the direction of the said axis so as to protrude from the general plane of the diaphragm in either or both directions along the axis, and wherein said shaped portion when viewed along the direction of the axis comprises at least one series of curves extending radially across substantially all of the driven area of the diaphragm.
US09467772B2
The present invention relates to an audio generator comprising, a first and a second transducer element, and the first transducer element has a first membrane having a surface which is non-flat, and a reflector, wherein the reflector has a surface with a non-flat contour and the reflector co-operating with directive guiding walls so as to lead and guide audio pressure waves to propagate in predetermined directions.
US09467768B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a wearable personal sound speaker system kit. The kit includes a speaker housing adapted to securely hold a speaker; an attachment mechanism adapted to secure the kit to a worn item; and a connector adapted to couple the speaker housing to the attachment mechanism. The kit is adapted to support the speaker proximate to a user's ear without contacting the ear. Numerous additional features are disclosed.
US09467766B2
The present disclosure relates to a connection member for connecting a headset plug with an electronic device, a headset jack of the electronic device and the electronic device. The connection member comprises a pin, wherein the pin communicates with a terminal positioned near an end portion of the headset plug when the connection member is connected with the headset plug. The connection member disclosed in the present disclosure can reduce the length of the headset to be inserted into the headset jack, and reduce the depth of the headset jack, thereby saving space in the electronic device configured with the headset jack.
US09467765B2
A hearing instrument includes: a first microphone; and a control and processing circuit comprising: a first audio input channel configured to receive a first microphone signal, a second audio input channel configured for receipt of an audio signal, a signal processor for receipt and processing of the first microphone signal and the audio signal according to a hearing loss of a user, a power supply configured to provide a first microphone supply voltage for the first microphone, a first controllable switch comprising a first switch control terminal, the first controllable switch configured to selectively connect the first microphone supply voltage to, and disconnect the first microphone supply voltage from, the first microphone in accordance with a first switch control signal, and a first output port configured to provide the first switch control signal to the first switch control terminal.
US09467762B2
An earphone device having sound guiding structures includes a housing, a sound guiding cover, a first speaker unit, and a second speaker unit. The housing includes a shell and an acoustic opening. The sound guiding cover is in the shell and includes a front and a rear guide portions. The front guide portion is close to the acoustic opening. The front guide portion includes a first accommodating portion and a guide tube communicating with the first accommodating portion and extending toward the acoustic opening. A guide passage is defined between the front guide portion and the shell. The rear guide portion is away from the acoustic opening relative to the front guide portion. The rear guide portion includes a second accommodating portion communicating with the guide passage. The first speaker unit is in the first accommodating portion. The second speaker unit is in the second accommodating portion.
US09467760B2
A microphone unit which can suppress collection of wind noise and minimize or eliminate digital signal processing has at least a microphone, a first acoustic transmissive material, and a second acoustic transmissive material, the first acoustic transmissive material is a fiber material in which fibers are intertwined with each other, the second acoustic transmissive material is a mesh-like member or a porous member having a plurality of holes, and the microphone is configured to be protected by the first acoustic transmissive material and the second acoustic transmissive material in this order.
US09467758B2
A testing system and method are provided. The testing system includes a terminal device (Optical Line Terminal, OLT) which is configured to provide an optical signal, an optical attenuator which is configured to generate an attenuation optical signal according to the optical signal, a tested device which is configured to generate an analog-to-digital (AD) value corresponding to the attenuation optical signal, and a test-managing device which is configured to receive the analog-to-digital (AD) value and generate calibration values according to the analog-to-digital (AD) value and the attenuation optical signal and transmit the calibration values to the tested device to test the tested device.
US09467753B2
There is a system for radio frequency identification (RFID) tag-based vehicle monitoring comprising a vehicle or other movable asset, having a plurality of sensors, each sensor operably connected to one of a plurality of after-market installed RFID tags, the plurality of after-market installed RFID tags configured to receive sensor information from the plurality of sensors and to transmit, via RFID communications, the sensor information to a gateway.
US09467751B2
A broadcast signal reception method and a reception system are provided. The reception system includes a first processor, a second processor, and a storage medium. The first processor receives and processes a signaling table, the signaling table comprising first signaling information including access information of Non-Real-Time (NRT) service data and second signaling information including media object association information of the NRT service data. The second processor receives the NRT service data and processes a file including the received NRT service data based on the access information and the media object association information processed by the first processor. The storage medium stores the processed file of the NRT service data.
US09467747B2
A multimedia content searching apparatus includes: an image receiving unit that receives an image having additional information from an external device; an additional information reading unit that reads the additional information from the image received from the image receiving unit; a multimedia content searching unit that recommends a multimedia content to a user by searching for the multimedia content which is related to the additional information using the additional information read by the additional information reading unit; and an information comparing unit that compares the additional information read by the additional information reading unit with multimedia content information provided from a content provider, and the multimedia content searching unit searches for the multimedia content related to the additional information based on the result of the comparison by the information comparing unit.
US09467739B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining that a commercial segment of media content, including a video portion and an audio portion, contains neither metadata nor close captioning information. I response to determining that the commercial segment contains neither metadata nor close captioning information, advertised program content is identified based on the video portion, the audio portion or both. Alternative media content is identified based on the advertised program content. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09467737B2
Method and systems are provided for detecting and handling, by a controller device, a loss of control of a playback queue of a zone group of a media playback system. Detection of loss of control of the playback queue of the zone group may involve one or more of determining (i) that the zone group no longer exists, (ii) that a queue identifier is no longer assigned to a playback queue of the zone group, and (iii) that the controller device is no longer in communication with the media playback system, among others. Handling of the loss of control may involve one or more of (i) unsubscribing from messages relating to the zone group, (ii) ceasing to send commands to the zone group, and (iii) updating a user interface to indicate that the controller device no longer has control of the playback queue of the zone group, among others.
US09467734B2
A storing method comprises sequentially storing at least one first media content into at least one first fragment of a storage device, and storing corresponding at least one first media metadata into a first media metadata writing storage window; and when the storage device reaches a storage limit and at least one second media content and corresponding at least one second media metadata are intended continuously to be stored into the storage device, converting the first media metadata writing storage window into a second media metadata reserving storage window to reserve the at least one first media metadata, and sequentially overwriting at least one second fragment of the storage device with the at least one second media content and storing the corresponding at least one second media metadata into a second media metadata writing storage window.
US09467728B2
An audio/video stream recording, storage, and delivery system 10 utilizes an Internet-based browser connection. The system 10 includes recording software 20, storage memory 30, a code generator 40, and a user interface 50. Preferably, the recording software 20 is located on the host back end 60 where it processes and records audio and video material that originates from the user front end 70 and is streamed to the host back end. The storage memory 30, which is also located on the host back end 60, stores the recorded audio and video material. The user interface 50 to the system provides a user located at the user front end 70 with remote access to a virtual recording room. The user interface 50 further enables the user to record audio and video material streamed from the user front end 70 by activating the recording software 20 located on the host back end 60. This is accomplished without requiring recording functionality on the user front end 70. The code generator 30 produces code associated with the recorded audio and video material. This code can be easily copied and pasted to an additional location 80, such as an auction website. Activating the code pasted at the additional location 80 provides access to the recorded audio and video material from the additional location while allowing the recorded audio and video material to remain stored at the host back end 60.
US09467726B1
A method of provisioning entitlement including: receiving within a headend and at a policy management module first conditions and rules for content from a service provider or a third party device; and generating, for a point of presence (POP) device of a customer, a policy for entitlement and usage of content (merged policy). The generating of the merged policy includes: merging conditions and rules of policies including the first conditions and rules to generate the merged policy based on a predetermined hierarchy of the policies. Rules and conditions of the merged policy are multi-dimensional to include customer, POP device, and provider dimensions; and generating a configuration file including conditions or condition based parameters. The method further includes: presenting an offer for the content to the customer via the POP device; receiving an acceptance of the offer from the POP device; and enforcing the merged policy according to the configuration file.
US09467722B2
The present invention relates to the domain of synchronization of items of equipment connected by a packet switching network. It relates more specifically to a system for generation of a synchronization signal (PIPA, PIPB) and a clock signal (CLK_outA, CLK_outB) by a slave station (SA, SB) connected to a master station (SM) via a packet switching network. The master station (SM) is conformed to produce a master clock signal (CLKM) of frequency FM and a master synchronization signal (PIPM). The master synchronization signal (PIPM) is in phase with the master clock signal (SM). The slave station (SA, SB) comprises the primary synthesis means (SM1A, SM1B) producing a slave periodic signal TICKSA, TICKSB), the periodic signal (TICKSA, TICKSB) is in phase with the master clock signal (CLKM). According to the invention, the slave station (SA, SB) also comprises the secondary means of synthesis (SM2A, SM2B) to synthesize a clock signal (CLK_outA, CLK_outB) and the synchronization signal (PIPA, PIPB) and in that said clock signal (CLK_outA, CLK_outB) and said synchronization signal (PIPA, PIPB) are in phase with said signal (TICKSA, TICKSB).
US09467714B2
Provided are a filtering method and apparatus for removing blocking artifacts and ringing noise. The filtering method includes transforming video data on a block-by-block basis, and detecting the presence of an edge region in the video data by checking the distribution of values obtained by the transformation. Accordingly, it is possible to completely remove blocking artifacts and/or ringing noise by more effectively detecting the presence of an edge region in video data.
US09467713B2
Provided is an apparatus for decoding a moving picture. An entropy decoding unit restores a quantization coefficient sequence from a bitstream. An inverse quantization/transform unit generates a quantized block by inversely scanning the quantization coefficient sequence in a unit of subset when a size of a transform unit is larger than 4×4 and generates a residual block. An inter prediction unit generates a prediction block of a current block based on motion vector information. When the prediction block is encoded in merge mode, motion information is restored using an available spatial or temporal merge candidate and the prediction block is generated using the motion information. The temporal merge candidate includes a reference picture index and a motion vector, the reference picture index of the temporal merge candidate is set to 0, and a motion vector of the temporal merge candidate is a motion vector of the temporal merge candidate in a temporal merge candidate picture. A scan pattern for inversely scanning the plurality of subsets is the same as a scan pattern for inversely scanning coefficients of each subset.
US09467705B2
Provided are methods and apparatuses for improving compression efficiency in directional intra-prediction. A video encoding apparatus, which does not need to record intra mode information, includes a mode selector that selects one from among a plurality of intra modes on the basis of a directionality of at least one neighboring block that has already been reconstructed before a current block is reconstructed, an intra predictor that obtains a prediction block of the current block from the at least one neighboring block according to the directionality of the selected mode, and obtains a residual block by subtracting the prediction block from the current block, and a unit for encoding the obtained residual block.
US09467700B2
Systems, methods, and devices for coding multilayer video data are disclosed that may include encoding, decoding, transmitting, or receiving multilayer video data. The systems, methods, and devices may receive or transmit a non-entropy coded representation format within a video parameter set (VPS). The systems, methods, and devices may code (encode or decode) video data based on the non-entropy coded representation format within the VPS, wherein the representation format includes one or more of chroma format, whether different color planes are separately coded, picture width, picture height, luma bit depth, and chroma bit depth.
US09467698B2
A moving picture coding method includes: making a determination as to whether or not to code all blocks in a current picture in the skip mode; setting, based on a result of the determination, a first flag indicating whether or not a temporally neighboring block is to be referenced, a value of a parameter for determining a total number of merging candidates, and a second flag for each block included in the current picture, the second flag indicating whether or not the block is to be coded in the skip mode; calculating, as a merging candidate, a neighboring block usable for merging; and coding an index which indicates a merging candidate to be used for coding of the current block and attaching the coded index to a bitstream.
US09467693B2
Methods and systems for coding applications are described, where multiple coding passes are performed for purposes of rate control. Prediction structures are generated and used by the multiple coding passes to update coding statistics generated prior to the coding passes. The updated coding statistics are used for a subsequent coding operation.
US09467687B2
A vehicle-mounted environment recognition device includes an imaging unit that acquires an image taken by an imaging device; an image self-diagnosis unit that diagnoses contamination of a lens of the imaging device with respect to the image acquired by the imaging unit; an application execution unit that executes an application selected from a predetermined application group; and a fail determination unit that determines, on the basis of a diagnosis result from the image self-diagnosis unit, whether the lens contamination state is in an endurance range of the application and, if within the endurance range, sets the operation of the application executed by the application execution unit to a suppression mode. If outside the endurance range, contamination removal control is implemented, or a fail determination is made for the application. Contamination removal and fail determination can be implemented utilizing parameter adjustment and hardware, or an image-based self-diagnosis can be conducted.
US09467678B2
Disclosure is an image synchronization method and system thereof being applied to a first image detection unit and a second image detection unit. The system comprises a monitoring unit, an extension interval generation unit and a control unit. The monitoring unit monitors the first image detection unit and the second image detection unit. When a time difference between output time of second image data and output time of first image data is larger than or equal to a postponed time threshold, a synchronization signal is transmitted by the monitoring unit. The extension interval generation unit bases the time difference and the rate of outputting the first image to generate an extension interval. When receiving the synchronization signal, the control unit adjusts the rate of outputting the first image by controlling the first image detection unit. Therefore, the first image data and the second image data could be synchronized.
US09467677B2
There is provided an image processing method including analyzing contrast according to a spatial frequency of an input image for each RGB pixel, referencing a database in which a relationship between a crosstalk degradation amount and a disparity transition for each RGB pixel is stored in association with contrast according to spatial frequencies of various images, and acquiring a relationship between a crosstalk degradation amount and a disparity transition for each RGB pixel, the relationship corresponding to the contrast according to the spatial frequency of the input image, integrating the relationship between the crosstalk degradation amount and the disparity transition, the relationship having been acquired for each RGB pixel, and calculating disparity corresponding to a predetermined threshold set to the crosstalk degradation amount in the integrated relationship between the crosstalk degradation amount and the disparity transition.
US09467670B2
A projection device includes: first light sources each emitting a first light; a collimator lens that converts the first lights into parallel light beams; a condensing optical system that receives the parallel light beams and emits concentrated light beams; and an optical element having an incident surface through which the concentrated light beams enters the optical element. The condensing optical system is configured so that when a light beam parallel to an optical axis of the condensing optical system is incident on the condensing optical system, the light beam is concentrated at a position on the axis on the incident surface. The parallel light beams are incident at different positions of the condensing optical system while approaching the axis. Emitting positions of the light beams on the condensing optical system and incident positions of the light beams on the incident surface are opposite each other with respect to the axis.
US09467667B2
A white balance adjustment method and apparatus for a single DLP projector system is disclosed. The projection system includes a solid state light source device, a sync signal generator, and a controller. The light source device generates an output which is a repeating color sequence of at least two primary color lights. The sync signal generator generates a synchronization signal representing a timing of the color sequence of the output light. The controller calculates drive current values corresponding to each of the two primary colors based on a target white balance and measured color properties of the output light, and supplies a modulated drive current to the light source device. The modulated drive current is synchronized to the sync signal and has the calculated drive current values. As a result, a white light having the target white balance is output.
US09467663B2
A method for operating a video system is provided. The method includes receiving video data comprising a scene from a video capture device at a video processor, and processing the video data to produce first video data of the scene at a first quality level in the video processor. The method continues by transferring the first video data at a first data rate from the video processor to a remote video processor, receiving a control signal, and processing the video data to produce second video data of the scene at a second quality level in response to the control signal in the video processor, where the second quality level is greater than the first quality level. The method concludes by transferring the second video data at a second data rate from the video processor to the remote video processor.
US09467656B1
A method and apparatus for facilitating audio communication remotely with a person includes the use of several observation devices, each having an audio system that can play audio signals and receive acoustic signals and convert them to audio signals. The audio signals are wirelessly communicated in the region via a wireless local area network, and outside of the region by a wide area network via a gateway device. The audio signals from a command console located remotely from the region are playing in a synchronizations by several of the observation devices such that the resulting acoustic signals combine additively at the location of a person in the region with whom communication is conducted. The observation devices are designed to be deployed on an ad hoc basis to facilitate rapid deployment of the system.
US09467646B2
Apparatus and method for processing image signal, imaging apparatus, and method for displaying image
An image signal processing apparatus includes a down-converter unit configured to down-convert an image signal having a first resolution into an image signal having a second resolution lower than the first resolution, a high-frequency-band-edge detection unit configured to perform filtering on the image signal having the first resolution to extract components in a higher frequency band than a frequency corresponding to the second resolution and to perform down-conversion on an edge detection signal obtained through the filtering to obtain an edge detection signal having the second resolution, and a combination unit configured to combine the edge detection signal obtained by the high-frequency-band-edge detection unit with the image signal having the second resolution generated by the down-converter unit so as to obtain an image signal having the second resolution and being to be displayed.
US09467645B2
Disclosed is a system and method for recognizing a parking space line marking for a vehicle. In particular, a corner capturing process is configured to capture an angled corner in an image including the parking space line marking, and a cross capturing process is configured to capture a cross point by combining adjacent corners among the captured corners. A space capturing process captures a space which is an end periphery of the parking space line marking by combining the captured cross points. As a result of the above processes, a type selecting process can then select a type of the parking space line marking from the captured space, and a final selection process may select a final space based on the selected type.
US09467643B2
A computer-implemented method includes enabling a user of event recorder playback software to select a past time segment of recorded locomotive event data. The method includes presenting recorded video data recorded by one or more cameras on the locomotive during the past time segment, presenting recorded GPS map data indicative of the geographical position of the locomotive during the past time segment, and presenting recorded locomotive operational data recorded during the past time segment. The presentations of recorded video data, recorded GPS map data, and recorded locomotive operational data are synchronized based on a common attribute associated with all of the recorded data. Implementation of a select animation process to one or more of the presentations of recorded data results in the simultaneous implementation of the same select animation process to another of the presentations of recorded data.
US09467639B2
Waiting-for-transmission fragments that cannot be transmitted by a transmission unit due to the interruption of transmission by the transmission unit are stored. In accordance with the waiting-for-transmission fragments, a fragment to be transmitted prior to a first fragment including an intra-coded frame is eliminated from the waiting-for-transmission fragments. The transmission unit is controlled so that the first fragment is transmitted at the resumption of transmission.
US09467637B2
An image sensor includes an M-shared pixel architecture, an N-shared pixel architecture and a switch unit, wherein M is an integer not smaller than two and N is an integer not smaller than two. The switch unit is coupled between a floating diffusion node of the M-shared pixel architecture and a floating diffusion node of the N-shared pixel architecture.
US09467634B2
An image sensor includes a pixel array, a column signal processor, and a column mismatch compensator. The pixel array outputs a pixel signal from each column line during a pixel measuring time, and outputs a reference signal during a reference measuring time. The column signal processor performs correlated double sampling (CDS) on the reference signal to generate a reference CDS signal, and performs CDS on the pixel signal to generate a pixel CDS signal. The column mismatch compensator compensates the pixel CDS signal based on the reference CDS signal.
US09467629B2
An image processing apparatus is designed to process pixel outputs of an imaging element including imaging pixels and phase-difference detecting pixels. The apparatus includes a pixel mixing unit and an image processing unit. The pixel mixing unit mixes the pixel outputs. The image processing unit corrects the pixel outputs to prevent the phase-difference detecting pixels from degrading image quality, by using at least one of information selected from a group consisting of the number of mixed pixel outputs of phase-difference detecting pixels having the same opening direction and the number of mixed pixel outputs of imaging pixels having the same opening direction.
US09467611B2
One or more embodiments provide a method and an apparatus for operating an interchangeable-lens camera system suitable for shooting of a high quality photo or moving picture. The camera system includes a main body and a lens unit mountable on and detachable from the main body and wirelessly accessible to the main body. The lens unit estimates position information between the lens unit and the main body using beam information of the lens unit formed via beamforming and beam information of the main body. The lens unit applies the estimated position information to shooting.
US09467595B2
A method displays a template, an HPED, and an image selector. The template is marked with zones to display selected images, and the HPED includes a cover that has surfaces to display the selected images. The image selector displays images that when selected appear as the selected images on the zones of the template and on the surfaces of the cover. The template is printed with the selected images and folded into the cover that has a form factor of the HPED.
US09467593B2
A non-transitory storage medium stores instructions executable by an information processing device including: a communication device communicable with scanners; and an input device configured to receive a signal. The instructions cause the information processing device to: transmit an inquiry about whether a reading object is ready to be scanned, to each scanner via the communication device; receive a response containing first information indicating that the reading object is on the document support, as a response to the transmitted inquiry; select at least one scanner, based on the signal input from the input device, from among at least one of the scanners which has transmitted the response containing the first information; and transmit a scan instruction via the communication device to the selected at least one scanner.
US09467592B2
A facsimile machine includes an image data receiving unit, a transmitting subscriber identification receiving unit, and a sorting unit. The image data receiving unit receives image data transmitted from a transmitting facsimile machine. The transmitting subscriber identification receiving unit receives transmitting subscriber identification specified as an arbitrary signal in a Group 3 standard and transmitted from the transmitting facsimile machine. The sorting unit sorts the image data received by the image data receiving unit into at least one of plural storage destinations on the basis of the transmitting subscriber identification received by the transmitting subscriber identification receiving unit and one or more predetermined sorting conditions.
US09467591B2
An image processing apparatus for switching its state between a first state and a second state includes: a processing unit; a communicator for communicating with a mobile terminal; a storage storing a terminal identifier, first orientation information, and second orientation information; and a controller. The controller successively receives orientation information indicating an orientation of the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal through the communicator. When the controller successively receives the first orientation information and the second orientation information from the mobile terminal identified by the terminal identifier, the controller switches the state of the image processing apparatus from one of the first state and the second state to another of the first state and the second state.
US09467589B2
A display input apparatus includes a display section, a touch panel, a gesture acceptance section, a display control section, a job generating section, a communication section, and a communication control section. The job generating section is configured to, when a slide gesture in a predetermined first direction is made on a candidate image, generate an image formation job based on a piece of data represented by the candidate image. The display control section is configured to, when the slide gesture in the first direction is made on the candidate image, allow the display section to display a pending image indicating a piece of data pending on an image forming apparatus and thereafter, when the communication section receives a report indicating a completion of the image formation job, allow the display section to eliminate the display of the pending image.
US09467579B2
The present invention is a window picture system that includes a retractable window shade pulled down from a top portion of a window, one or more images that include a selected one of one or more pictures, one or more photographs and one or more drawings, a window frame with a bottom and a window sill with a top surfacing. The system also includes a three dimensional projector that displays a selected one of the one or more images and one or more slide shows onto the window, an image change button disposed on the top surfacing of the window sill, a camera SD card inserted into the three dimension projector, a battery and a scanner utilized to scan the selected one of the one or more images and one or more slide shows.
US09467575B2
A device, system, and process of metering data usage of a wireless device includes receiving a request for data usage of a web resource by the wireless device, determining if the web resource corresponds to at least one entry in a database, allowing access to the web resource by the wireless device, and tracking data usage of the web resource by the wireless device. The metering data usage of the web resource by the wireless device based on information contained in the database and the metering data usage of the web resource by the wireless device further includes not metering all data usage with respect to a user's plan if the database indicates the web resource is associated with specialized metering parameters.
US09467573B2
Disclosed is a system and method for enabling personalized shared mobile phone usage when accessing data services within a wireless telecommunications network, including an illustrative example application of the invention as it relates to mobile subscribers who cannot afford a mobile phone handset in emerging markets. For instance, a prepaid wireless subscriber can have a personal phone number associated with their own billing account, which can be used to access data services on a wireless network without needing to purchase any hardware, such as a mobile handset or SIM card. Thus, the subscriber may access his account and use data services through a borrowed handset.
US09467565B2
A method may include identifying diverse applications associated with supervision of agent work stations. The method may include generating a unified view interface based on supervisory communications associated with the diverse applications and receiving a request for the unified view interface from a supervisory interface device. The method may include exporting the unified view interface to the supervisory interface device. The method may further include receiving notifications associated with the diverse applications, and sending the notifications to the supervisory interface device.
US09467564B2
Methods and systems are provided for managing customer service calls using a localhost service operating within a desktop environment. The system includes a web-based application configured to display browser windows including an overlayed or embedded softphone component, and a desk top application which serves a telephony application configured to receive call status information from a CTI adapter. The softphone is supported by an iFrame which exchanges call status information with the desk top application.
US09467559B2
A blacklist of known harassing or non-legitimate emergency calls is maintained. An incoming emergency call is checked against emergency call records to determine if multiple emergency calls have been made recently, from the same general location, and destined to the same PSAP. Feedback is provided regarding the number of recent calls made and the possibility of a false positive, based on call history from known handsets in the area, including the possibility of a phone with a known MEID/ESN, when powered up, receiving the same 911-xxx-xxxx. Blacklisting may be approved or not based on the feedback. A telephone number or MIN may be placed on a “blacklist” with a ‘timer’. Subsequent calls to that phone number will be assigned a different SIP URI (a unique URI per destination determined prior to lookup on the blacklist) and be directed elsewhere. The call may be completed to an administrative line.
US09467537B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data are disclosed. The method for transmitting data, comprising encapsulating one or multiple media access control protocol data units (MPDU) as a group media access control protocol data unit (G-MPDU) based on a length of the group media access control protocol data unit G-MPDU; fragmenting a current MPDU according to a residual length to obtain a fragmented MPDU when the residual length is insufficient to encapsulate the current MPDU; encapsulating the fragmented MPDU to the G-MPDU; and transmitting the encapsulated G-MPDU. The method ensures a high data transmission rate and does not wasting excess time to execute the fragmentation processing. The method also ensures a high resource utilization rate, utilizing fully the remaining length of the data unit.
US09467536B1
A Service Abstraction Layer (SAL) provides network level abstraction enabling applications to interface via multiple software-defined networking (SDN) protocols with network devices in a heterogeneous network (devices in the network support a variety of SDN protocols) and in an opaque fashion in order to fulfill desired services by one or more of the protocols. Abstraction is not limited or mapped to any particular protocol. Protocols can change and applications can vary. Support for new protocols can be added later as plug-ins.
US09467524B2
Web content customization via adaptation web services is disclosed. An example method for providing customized web content comprises accessing a request for web content residing on a web server, the request originating from a client device and the request including an indication of a characteristic of the client device, and transmitting to the client device the modified web content based on a customization requirement associated with the characteristic of the client device, the modified version of the web content obtained by requesting a second server to transform the web content into the modified web content.
US09467521B2
A system and computer implemented method of personal monitoring is provided. The method includes allowing a user to engage in a number of on-line activities, determining, on a computer, if the user engaged in on-line activities, and if the determination is negative, then performing, on a computer, a number of responsive actions. The system and method further provide for an investigation of external modules; that is, the system and method investigate external sites such as, but not limited to, social networks, forums, weblogs (blogs), that are not associated with the personal monitoring module. The system and method further allow a proxy to respond for the user.
US09467519B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to identify session users with cookie information. An example method includes identifying a most recently used cookie based on a comparison of timestamps associated with a plurality of cookies, comparing an identifier of the most recently used cookie to a cookie table, the cookie table associating cookies with the plurality of different users, and when the identifier of the most recently used cookie is associated with one of the plurality of different users, associating subsequent usage activity of the computing device with the one of the plurality of different users.
US09467501B2
A relay server system configured to communicate with a terminal apparatus and a communication apparatus, includes: a processor; and a memory storing instructions causing the relay server system to: receive a request command from the terminal apparatus, the request command being a command to request the relay server system to transmit condition information to the communication apparatus; transmit a first response command to the terminal apparatus when receiving the request command; transmit the condition information to the communication apparatus when receiving the request command; receive an inquiry command from the terminal apparatus receiving the request command, the inquiry command being a command for inquiring of the relay server system whether the transmission of the condition information is completed; and transmit a second response command to the terminal apparatus when receiving the inquiry command, the second response command including situation information.
US09467498B2
In one embodiment, a method updates a media program streaming application. The method includes running an update application to determine when the streaming application on the computing device needs to be updated based on update information from a remote server and reviewing the update information to determine when the media program streaming application needs to be updated. When the media program streaming application needs to be updated, the method loads a set of updateable core files in a plurality of updateable core files from a core memory into an application execution memory. Then, the method sends a request for a set of remote core files to the remote server, receives the set of remote core files, and loads the set of remote core files into the application execution memory. The set of updateable core files and the set of remote core files in the application execution memory are executed.
US09467495B2
Systems and methods are provided for transferring assets via a server-based clipboard. In one embodiment, an asset is stored on a server system. The asset is transmitted to the server system from a first application in response to a first input to the first application from an input device. A request for the asset is received from a second application in response to a second input to the second application from the input device. The second application is different from the first application. A rendering attribute is identified for the asset. The rendering attribute has a first value that is specific to rendering the asset via the first application. The rendering attribute is modified to have a second value that is specific to rendering the asset via the second application. The asset is provided with the rendering attribute having the second value specific to the second application.
US09467492B2
One embodiment provides a system for assembling a reconstructable content stream. The system obtains a content collection that includes a plurality of content components and generates a manifest. An entry in the manifest corresponds to a content component. The system obtains a set of stream-construction rules, generates a stream-construction manifest by attaching the set of stream-construction rules to the manifest, and constructs a set of stream objects based on the stream-construction rules. A respective stream object may include an embedded chunk of a content component. The system signs the set of stream objects and assembles the reconstructable content stream by including the stream-construction manifest followed by the set of stream objects, thereby enabling an intermediate node to extract and store one or more content components and to reconstruct, at a later time, stream objects for the one or more content components based on the stream-construction manifest and the stored components.
US09467490B1
A method for surfacing auto-generated facts about an online music library is provided, including: receiving from a client device a request to access an online music library associated with a user, the online music library including a plurality of audio files, each of the plurality of audio files including audio data and metadata associated with the audio data; applying a fact template to the metadata to generate a result, the fact template defining an analysis to be performed on the metadata, the fact template defining a threshold requirement for performance of the analysis defined by the fact template; transmitting to the client device a music application code configured to be executed by a browser application on the client device, the music application code including posting logic configured to display the result of the analysis performed according to the fact template in said browser application on the client device.
US09467473B2
A system is described that analyzes and validates network security policies associated with network devices. The system includes a compiler and a security policy analysis and validation tool. The compiler encodes a security policy associated with a network device into a predicate expressed in bit-vector logic and generates a bit-vector formula based on the predicate. The tool receives the bit-vector formula and applies a Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT) solver thereto to identify and enumerate solutions to the bit-vector formula. The enumerated solutions provide information about the validity of the first security policy. The solutions may be compactly enumerated in a as product of intervals or a product of unions of intervals.
US09467466B2
Determining potential harm associated with a network endpoint external to an enterprise includes receiving information about a network-based communication by a resource of the enterprise directed to the network endpoint external to the enterprise, and calculating a plurality of individual scores related to a risk associated with the network-based communication, wherein each individual score corresponds to a different category of risk. The determination also includes receiving data specifying a policy related to rules defined by the enterprise regarding usage of cloud services; calculating a composite risk score related to the network-based communication, wherein the composite risk score is based on the individual scores and the policy; and notifying an entity of the enterprise about the composite risk score.
US09467463B2
A system and method for assessing vulnerability of a mobile device including at a remote analysis cloud service, receiving at least one vulnerability assessment request that includes an object identifier for an operative object of a mobile computing device, wherein the vulnerability assessment request originates from the mobile computing device; identifying a vulnerability assessment associated with the identifier of the operative object; and communicating the identified vulnerability assessment to the mobile computing device.
US09467462B2
A method for detecting nodes in an enterprise network infected with aberrant code is presented in which traffic conversation information representative of traffic conversation in the enterprise network over an analysis period is obtained. Analysis of the obtained traffic conversation information identifies suspected infected nodes in the enterprise network that exhibit behavior outside of the normal behavior associated with the one or more traffic conversation factors. Anomaly analysis may be performed on traffic conversation information associated with the suspected infected nodes to identify any existing infected nodes in the enterprise network.
US09467458B2
In one embodiment, a method includes, by a computing device, receiving identifiers of one or more sessions, users, or groups selected to have access to a particular redirected device. The computing device stores the identifiers in a database, receives a request associated with a session, user, or group to access the particular redirected device, and determines whether an identifier for the session, user, or group associated with the request is stored in the database. If the identifier is stored in the database, then the computing device grants access to the redirected device, or if the identifier is not stored in the database, then the computing device blocks the session, user, or group from accessing the redirected device.
US09467454B2
Described are systems and methods for managing network packet traffic between a client device and an enterprise server. A list of enterprise-authorized applications is maintained. Data packets, such as TCP and UDP data packets, communicated from applications running on the device are analyzed to determine an originating application corresponding to each packet. The originating application is compared to the list of authorized applications, and a VPN tunnel is created for the packet to access the enterprise server if the corresponding originating application is an authorized application.
US09467451B1
Described is system for transforming a SHARE protocol into a proactively secure secret sharing (PSS) protocol. A PREFRESH protocol is performed that includes execution of the SHARE protocol. The PREFRESH protocol refreshes shares of secret data among multiple parties. The SHARE protocol is a non-proactively secure secret sharing protocol.
US09467443B2
An authentication system utilizes dynamic passcode from a user-defined formula based on a changing parameter value. The changing parameter is publicly accessible through the communication network and has a current value that is periodically updated, such as a stock value, temperature at a specific location, or a sports score. The user-defined formula is based on the changing parameter in order to derive a passcode which authenticates a user to an associated user account. As referred to herein, the user-defined formula is a mathematical formula in which the changing parameter is one variable (e.g., [changing parameter value]+1). Some formulas include more than one changing parameter.
US09467437B2
A flexible and extensible architecture allows for secure searching across an enterprise. Such an architecture can provide a simple Internet-like search experience to users searching secure content inside (and outside) the enterprise. The architecture allows for the crawling and searching of a variety of sources across an enterprise, regardless of whether any of these sources conform to a conventional user role model. The architecture further allows for security attributes to be received at query time, for example, in order to provide real-time secure access to enterprise resources. The user query also can be transformed to provide for dynamic querying that provides for a more current result list than can be obtained for static queries.
US09467416B2
A method carried out by a network node for sending update messages to a server when a predefined event occurs or periodically. The network node comprises a plurality of network interfaces. The update message is embedded with a unique identifier corresponding to the network node, and a network interface identifier corresponding to at least one of the plurality of network interfaces. In particular, the network interface identifier is corresponding to network interface(s) at which a predefined event has occurred. The present invention further comprises a method carried out by a server for resolving a DNS request by retrieving DNS resource records of a network node and/or network interface specified in the DNS request, and replying to the DNS request with the DNS resource records. The DNS resource records are created based on in part at least one update message received from the network node.
US09467411B2
Identifying content in an incoming message on a social network includes categorizing a sender-recipient relationship between a sender and a recipient of an incoming message in an activity stream in a display.
US09467409B2
An email system that enables users to request for and receive recommended messages which are relevant and contextually related to a received message via activation of a user interface element is disclosed. When a message is received, it is analyzed and keywords relevant to the received message along with named entities comprised in the received message are retrieved and stored. Upon activation of a user interface element, the relevant keywords are employed to retrieve other similar messages which are grouped into clusters. The clusters are further ranked based on their relevance to the received message and the top ranked messages from the most relevant cluster are selected for display to the user as the messages that are contextually relevant to the received message. The email system also facilitates execution of batch operations on the contextually relevant messages.
US09467408B1
In order to obtain comments about video content (such as a posted video), a subset of users of a social network may be dynamically identified. This subset of users may be relevant to or may have expertise about the video content. For example, the subset of users may be identified based on their user or member profiles and characteristics of the video content. Then, requests may be iteratively provided to the subset of the users to encourage them to comment on the video content, as well as previous comments from the subset of the users. After editing the comments (which may include reordering the comments that are received at different times), the edited comments may be subsequently presented to the users of the social network.
US09467403B2
Method and device of providing multi-modal instant messaging communication are disclosed. The method includes: while displaying a conversation interface of a current dialog session between a user of the mobile device and the user's conversation partner: detecting a change in a manner by which the mobile device is carried by the user; in response to detecting the change: obtaining a current conversation status of the current dialog session; and in accordance with predetermined rules based on the current conversation status and the detected change, selectively activating a respective conversation mode of a plurality of conversation modes available to the current dialog session; processing a message under the activated respective conversation mode; and updating the current conversation status of the current dialog session.
US09467380B2
A data center network flow migration method includes detecting a utilized loading value in each switch of a plurality of switches in the data center network by a controller according to topology information of the data center network. The controller re-establishes a plurality of link paths corresponding to the plurality of switches in the data center network according to the utilized loading value in each switch and a disjoint edge node divided spanning tree algorithm. In these re-established link paths corresponding to the plurality of switches in the data center network, if the utilized loading value of at least one link path is greater than a threshold value, the at least one link paths with the utilized loading value greater than the threshold value is rerouted by a controller according to a flow migration algorithm.
US09467377B2
One embodiment provides a system that facilitates associating consumer states with interests in a Content-Centric Network (CCN). During operation, the system generates an interest for a content object comprising a name of the content object in a remote node. The name in the interest is location independent and uniquely identifies the content object in the CCN. The interest is routed in the CCN based on the name. The system also associates the consumer states, which are associated with the content object, with the interest.
US09467375B2
At a migration server separate from a first server, a plurality of incoming internet protocol, IP, packets directed at an IP address associated with an IP service are received. On the basis of one or more source characteristics associated with IP packets in the plurality, it is determined that a first subset of packets in the plurality originated from one or more client devices which have not been migrated to a second server and that a second subset in the plurality originated from one or more client devices which have been migrated to the second server. IP packets determined to be in the first subset are forwarded to a first physical address associated with the first server for processing at the first server. IP packets determined to be in the second subset are processed at the second server.
US09467370B2
An approach is provided for steering network traffic (e.g., IP traffic) based on dynamic routing to a service node or a chain of service nodes that can provide in-line services. In an exemplary embodiment, traffic is steered from a first router to an in-line service router by tunneling through a second router, wherein in-line service router is configured to provide in-line services to the traffic.
US09467368B2
An information handling system includes a management controller and a router. The management controller includes a universal serial bus hub and first and second devices. The management controller to assign the first device to a first server node, to assign the second device to a second server node, and to create a routing table associated with the assignment of the first and second devices respectively to the first and second server nodes. The router is in communication with the management controller. The router to receive the routing table from the management controller, to receive data from the first server node, and to route the data to the first device based on the routing table. The universal serial bus hub communicates with the router via a single physical port of the management controller.
US09467362B1
In one general aspect, a method for determining utilization of a network includes calculating a flow value for each of multiple flows in a network, determining a growth factor for each of the flows in the network and determining a utilization of the network using the growth factors for each of the flows. In another general aspect, a method for determining utilization of a network includes calculating a flow value for each of multiple flows in a network and determining a risk factor for each of the flows in the network.
US09467356B2
Network services can be dynamically configured on an integrated data path by establishing control paths between data plane entities located on the integrated data path and service entities associated with the network services. In this way, routing for the integrated data path is performed with fewer restrictions than traditional data planes, which are largely limited by the relative locations of pre-configured network nodes in the service network. As a result, the integrated data path may traverse a shorter or more favorable route over the services network, thereby achieving improved service network performance, lower latency periods, less congestion, etc. Further, a service topology on the integrated data path can be dynamically re-configured through the addition, removal, or reordering of data plane entities on the integrated data path.
US09467343B1
A method includes receiving a first analytics set performed on a first network security appliance operated internal to a first organization, receiving a second analytics set performed on a second network security appliance operated internal to a second organization, processing the first analytics set and the second analytics set, and responsive to the processing, disseminating to the second network security appliance information indicating that the second analytics set has also been performed on at least the first network security appliance, without revealing an identity of the first organization. In one embodiment at least part of the first analytics set or the second analytics set is hashed.
US09467331B2
A reconnection procedure is successfully performed even when a connection destination radio base station does not manage “UE Context” for a mobile station UE. A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes a step B in which the mobile station UE transmits CGI of cell #1 to a radio base station eNB#2 in the reconnection procedure, and a step C in which the radio base station eNB#2 acquires “UE Context” for the mobile station UE from a radio base station eNB#1 managing cell #1 designated based on the CGI when not managing “UE Context” for the mobile station UE in the reconnection procedure.
US09467328B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure are related to a signage device controller. In certain embodiments, the signage device controller has: (a) a processor, (b) a network interface controller, (c) a communication control point in accordance with a control protocol and (d) a memory containing firmware. The firmware is configured to, when executed at the processor, (a) be in communication with managed signage device through the communication control point, (b) receive, through the network interface controller, a management request in a communication protocol from a remote management system through an out-of-band network for instructing the firmware to perform a management operation at the managed signage device, and (c) construct a control command in accordance with the control protocol and send the control command to the managed signage device through the communication control point to instruct the managed signage device to perform the management operation.
US09467327B2
A method and apparatus for facilitating communication between client computers is provided. The method provides for the use of ping probing by a server to determine the types of NAT devices and/or firewalls protecting the client computers. Once these are determined, the server can predict the response to communications from the client computers and instruct the client computers to contact each other. Once a session or tunnel is established it can be maintained through the use of a flag, even if contact with the server is lost.
US09467318B2
A communication system includes a transmitting device that transmits a signal based on pluralities of symbol coordinates on a constellation and pluralities of trajectory coordinates between respective ones of the pluralities of symbol coordinates, average coordinates of the pluralities of trajectory coordinates being different coordinates from coordinates of origin, and a receiving device that accumulates pluralities of trajectory coordinates between respective ones of the pluralities of symbol coordinates on the constellation in the signal received from the transmitting device, and estimates a phase of the signal received from the transmitting device based on a value representing a difference between average coordinates of the pluralities of trajectory coordinates accumulated and the different coordinates.
US09467309B2
A data network comprises a master, a network distributor and a plurality of network users. The network distributor is connected to a master data path, a first and a second user data path. A method for transferring data telegrams in this data network includes the reception of a first master data telegram sent by the master through the network distributor, the compilation transfer of a first and a second transmission data telegram through the network distributor, and the reception of a first and a second reception data telegram through the network distributor. Further, the network distributor compiles a second master data telegram and transfers it to the master. In this connection, an access indicator of the second master data telegram represents accesses of the network user to the first master data telegram, the first and second transmission data telegrams as well as the first and second reception data telegrams.
US09467300B2
A network device and a method for the network device to set operation of a port are provided. The network device is connected to a set of power sourcing equipment (PSE) through a port, and the PSE powers the network device through the port. The network device includes an analysis module and a port control module. The analysis module judges whether the port of the network device is connected to the PSE. The port control module provides a port function switch instruction according to a judgment result of the analysis module, so as to enable or disable the port.
US09467296B2
Technologies for utilizing trusted messaging include a local computing device including a message client and a local trusted message module established in a trusted execution environment. The local trusted message module performs attestation of a remote computing device based on communication with a corresponding remote trusted message module established in a trusted execution environment of the remote computing device. The local trusted message module further exchanges, with the remote trusted message module, cryptographic keys in response to successful attestation of the remote computing device. The message client forwards outgoing messages to the local trusted message module and receives incoming messages from the local trusted message module. To securely transmit an outgoing message to the remote computing device, the local trusted message module receives the outgoing message from the message client, encrypts the outgoing message, and cryptographically signs the outgoing message, prior to transmittal to the remote trusted message module of the remote computing device. To securely receive an incoming message from the remote computing device, the local trusted message module receives the incoming message from the remote trusted message module of the remote computing device, decrypts the incoming message, and verifies a cryptographic signature of the incoming message, based on the exchanged cryptographic keys and prior to transmittal of the incoming message to the message client.
US09467287B2
The invention provides an enciphering apparatus and method, a deciphering apparatus and method and an information processing apparatus and method by which illegal copying can be prevented with certainty. Data enciphered by a 1394 interface of a DVD player is transmitted to a personal computer and a magneto-optical disk apparatus through a 1394 bus. In the magneto-optical disk apparatus with which a change to a function is open to a user, the received data is deciphered by a 1394 interface. In contrast, in the personal computer with which a change to a function is open to a user, the enciphered data is deciphered using a time variable key by a 1394 interface, and a result of the decipherment is further deciphered using a session key by an application section.
US09467279B2
Instructions and logic provide for a Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD) SM4 round slice operation. Embodiments of an instruction specify a first and a second source data operand set, and substitution function indicators, e.g. in an immediate operand. Embodiments of a processor may include encryption units, responsive to the first instruction, to: perform a slice of SM4-round exchanges on a portion of the first source data operand set with a corresponding keys from the second source data operand set in response to a substitution function indicator that indicates a first substitution function, perform a slice of SM4 key generations using another portion of the first source data operand set with corresponding constants from the second source data operand set in response to a substitution function indicator that indicates a second substitution function, and store a set of result elements of the first instruction in a SIMD destination register.
US09467278B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for trimming one or more clock buffers in a clock and data recovery system in a receiver using a phase shift of the transmit data. At least one clock buffer is trimmed by synchronizing the clock and data recovery system to a transmit clock received from a transmitter. A transmit data signal that is received from the transmitter is then sampled using at least a first latch in the receiver. A phase of the transmit data signal is adjusted in the transmitter until values sampled by the first latch satisfy a first predefined criteria (such as approximately 50% binary ones and 50% binary zeroes). The phase of the transmit data signal is adjusted again to an approximate phase location of a second latch in the receiver, and the transmit data signal is sampled using the second latch. A phase of a clock buffer associated with the second latch is then adjusted until values sampled by the second latch satisfy a second predefined criteria.
US09467269B2
Methods, systems, and devices for modulation and coding scheme selection and configuration. A mobile communication device includes a table component, a table selection component, and a communication component. The table component is configured to maintain two or more tables each having entries for a plurality of available modulation schemes. The two or more tables include a default table and a secondary table. The default table and the secondary table have a matching number of entries, and the secondary table includes an entry corresponding to a 256-QAM scheme. The table selection component is configured to select a selected table from one of the default table and the secondary table. The communication component is configured to receive and process a communication from a base station based on a modulation and coding scheme of the selected table.
US09467261B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for a base station to transmit repetitions of broadcast information and for a UE to detect the broadcast information. In a first method, the base station maps each repetition in a respective quadruple of subframe symbols while accounting for a possible different number of available sub-carriers among quadruplets of subframe symbols. In a second method, the base station maps the repetitions successively in available sub-carriers. For intermittent transmissions of repetitions, the UE can use the mapping structure of the repeated broadcast information to determine an existence of a transmission.
US09467255B2
Systems and methods are described for rendering content at a digital radio broadcast receiver system. A digital radio broadcast signal comprises data for rendering content at the digital radio broadcast receiver. The digital radio broadcast signal is processed to determine whether the data from the digital radio broadcast transmission contains a data error. A portion of the data containing the data error is identified. A download request is transmitted to a computing system, where the download request requests duplicate data for the portion of the data containing the data error. The duplicate data is received at the digital radio broadcast receiver for the portion of the data containing the error via other wireless communication other than the digital radio broadcast. The duplicate data is processed to provide an uninterrupted rendering of the content.
US09467254B2
A method for transmitting data in a multiple-input-multiple-output space-time coded communication using a mapping table mapping a plurality of symbols defining the communication to respective antennae from amongst a plurality of transmission antennae and to at least one other transmission resource. The mapping table may comprise Alamouti-coded primary segments and may also comprise secondary segments, comprising primary segments. The primary segments in the secondary segments may be defined in accordance to an to Alamouti based code pattern applied at the segment level to define a segment-level Alamouti based code.
US09467245B2
It is provided a polarization multiplexing optical transceiver including a polarization multiplexing optical transceiver, a polarization multiplexing optical receiver, a transmission side polarization state control unit and a reception side polarization state control unit. The polarization multiplexing optical receiver includes: a polarization demultiplexing unit; a plurality of information signal reconstruction units configured to receive the reconstructed polarization component on the transmission side as an input, and reconstruct and extract information signals; and an information signal coupling unit configured to one of couple and select the information signals output by the plurality of information signal reconstruction units and output the resultant under control of the reception side polarization state control unit. The polarization multiplexing optical receiver is configured to control, in the single polarization reception state, the polarization demultiplexing unit and at least a part of the plurality of information signal reconstruction units to transition to a power saving mode.
US09467244B2
A transmission apparatus includes: a first output unit configured to generate a first optical signal of which a first wavelength is variable and control the first wavelength to be close to a second wavelength of a second optical signal transmitted as a multiplexed optical signal with the first optical signal, the first output unit outputting the first optical signal to another transmission apparatus; and a second output unit configured to generate a third optical signal that is replication of the first optical signal in a wavelength band opposite to the first wavelength across the second wavelength, the second output unit outputting the third optical signal to the another transmission apparatus, wherein the first output unit stops outputting the first optical signal when the another transmission apparatus switches an optical signal to be received from the first optical signal to the third optical signal.
US09467234B2
An optical receiver includes a semiconductor optical amplifier configured to amplify wavelength multiplexed light, an optical demultiplexer configured to demultiplex the wavelength multiplexed light amplified by the semiconductor optical amplifier into light of a plurality of signals having different wavelengths, a plurality of light-receiving elements configured to receive the signal light obtained by demultiplexing of the optical demultiplexer, a detector configured to detect an intensity of the wavelength multiplexed light of a previous stage of the optical demultiplexer, a memory configured to store an upper limit value of a drive current of the semiconductor optical amplifier corresponding to a detection result of the detector, and a controlling the drive current of the semiconductor optical amplifier by referring an output of the detector and the upper limit value.
US09467224B2
A method and a device for determining an input optical power are provided. The method include: after determining a bias current value of an optical amplifier unit when the optical amplifier unit amplifies a target optical signal and a voltage value output after an optical receiving unit converts the amplified target optical signal into an electrical signal, determining, according to a predetermined first correspondence that is among a bias current value, a voltage value, and an input optical power value and corresponds to a wavelength of the target optical signal, an input optical power value corresponding to the determined bias current value and the determined voltage value. By using the solution in the embodiments of the present invention, an input optical power of an optical signal on which optical amplification is performed can be determined.
US09467223B2
A system for measuring an RF input signal frequency includes a sampling optical pulse train with a frequency-dithered repetition-rate, and a sub-sampled analog link coupled to the optical pulse train whereby the RF input signal frequency is determined. This frequency dither imparts well-characterized modulation sidebands onto the input RF signal to be measured. By measuring the amplitude of these sidebands relative to the incoming aliased signal amplitude the frequency of the original signal is readily determined. The use of optical sampling dramatically increases the bandwidth over which the disambiguation technique is applied, and coarse disambiguation is achieved in a single acquisition.
US09467222B1
A system and method for gathering data from Bluetooth devices. The system connects to two or more Bluetooth client devices and assigns the Bluetooth client devices to different Bluetooth channels. Information is then downloaded from the connected Bluetooth client devices that meet a first set of one or more criteria.
US09467216B2
A computing system includes: a communication unit configured to: identify an overall communication content or a portion therein for blind-joint transmission with a second device for utilizing the second device and a third device to send the overall communication content to a first device, generate a first encoded set corresponding to the overall communication content or the portion therein for communicating the overall communication content along with a second encoded set for the third device, determine a first pre-coding mechanism associated with the first encoded set for communicating the overall communication content with overload transmission mode including a second pre-coding mechanism for the third device; and an inter-device interface, coupled to the communication unit, configured to communicate a first transmitter signal based on the first encoded set and the first pre-coding mechanism for communicating the first transmitter signal concurrently with a second transmitter signal from the third device.
US09467212B2
An embodiment communication system and method for using multiple-input multiple-output use. Kronecker model to determine a symbol coding formulation that achieves ergodic capacity for high signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs). The lower bound on this capacity is achieved by input signals in the form of the product of an isotropically distributed random Grassmannian component and a deterministic component comprising the eigenvectors and the inverse of the eigenvalues of the transmitter covariance matrix.
US09467198B2
A high-frequency module is connected to a switch port and a switch IC including an antenna connection port and a plurality of switch ports. The high-frequency module includes a signal path that outputs transmitting signals having a predetermined frequency band to the switch IC, a module port connected to the signal path and to which a duplexer and a transmitter circuit are connected, and a harmonic branch circuit that is provided on the signal path and allows a harmonic of the transmitting signal to escape to ground.
US09467188B1
A cell phone table to interface with a mobile device. The cell phone table includes a mobile device electronically connected to the cell phone table. A touch sensitive screen is disposed upon an upper surface of the cell phone table for interacting with content on the mobile device. A support structure is mounted beneath the cell phone table to hold electronic components which operate and power the cell phone table, and a plurality of legs support the cell phone table and touch sensitive screen.
US09467186B2
A card holder for holding a card includes a card holder body for providing a support plane for supporting the card; and a plurality of inlaid pieces, wherein each of the plurality of inlaid pieces is pivotally mounted on the card holder body, and is structured to be rotated to a first position perpendicular to the support plane or a second position not higher than the support plane.
US09467182B2
A signal decomposition method and an electronic apparatus using the same are proposed. The method includes the following steps: retrieving a first signal; performing a deterministic filtering operation to the first signal to decompose the first signal into at least one primary signal, where the at least one primary signal includes a second signal having a constant trend; and performing a non-deterministic filtering operation to the second signal to decompose the second signal into at least one secondary signal, where one of the at least one secondary signal has the constant trend and a sum of the at least one primary signal and the at least one secondary signal is the first signal.
US09467181B2
The present application suggests a receiver and a method of operating thereof for determining a noise estimate based on a radio frequency signal from an interference source over different propagation paths through a plurality of antennas. A covariance matrix estimator coupled through separate processing paths to a respective one of the plurality of antennas is arranged to determine an estimate of a covariance matrix based on the received radio frequency signal. A noise estimator coupled to the covariance matrix estimator for receiving the estimate of the covariance matrix is arranged to determine a noise estimate by solving a polynomial equation of second order as a function of the noise estimate on the basis the elements of the covariance matrix estimate relating to a set of two antennas.
US09467179B2
A system and a method using that system that provides multi-tainment services in a vehicle. The method includes the steps of providing a vehicle telematics unit having wireless hotspot functionality; connecting the telematics unit via short range wireless communication (SRWC) to a vehicle multi-tainment unit (VMU) and at least one mobile device; identifying the VMU connection at the telematics unit; and providing the VMU with wireless hotspot data priority over the at least one mobile device.
US09467176B2
An error coding circuit comprises a non-systematic convolutional encoder for coding an input bit stream to produce two or more groups of parity bits, an interleaver circuit for interleaving parity bits within each group of parity bits, and a rate-matching circuit for outputting a selected number of the interleaved parity bits ordered by group to obtain a desired code rate.
US09467164B2
A method includes simulating transmission of multiple symbols representing multiple bits over at least one communication channel, where the multiple symbols are associated with a polar code. The method also includes identifying error rates of equivalent bit channels associated with the simulated transmission of the symbols. The method further includes selecting a specified number of the bits as frozen bits in the polar code using the identified error rates. Simulating the transmission of the symbols could include computing log likelihood ratio (LLR) values associated with the equivalent bit channels and simulating polar decoding of received symbols using the LLR values. Identifying the error rates could include calculating means and variances of the LLR values associated with the equivalent bit channels and identifying probability density functions of the LLR values using the means and variances. The selected bits could represent the specified number of bits identified as having worst error rates.
US09467156B2
A frequency synthesizing module includes an operating circuit, for generating a control voltage according to a reference signal and a feedback signal; a controllable oscillating circuit, configured for generating an oscillating signal according to the control voltage and a first control signal, comprising a first oscillating circuit with a first frequency gain, and a second oscillating circuit with a second frequency gain; a feedback circuit, for generating the feedback signal according to the oscillating signal and a second control signal; a control circuit, for generating the first control signal and the second control signal; wherein the control circuit adjusts the first control signal by a first value and adjusts the second control signal by a second value to estimate the first frequency gain of the first oscillating circuit; wherein the first value is proportional to the second value.
