US09525401B2
Low clocking power flip-flop. In accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention, a flip-flop electronic circuit includes a master latch coupled to a slave latch in a flip-flop configuration. The flip-flop electronic circuit also includes a clock control circuit for comparing an input to the master latch with an output of the slave latch, and responsive to the comparing, blocking a clock signal to the master latch and the slave latch when the flip-flop electronic circuit is in a quiescent condition.
US09525398B1
The present invention relates to a single crystal micromechanical resonator. In particular, the resonator includes a lithium niobate or lithium tantalate suspended plate. Also provided are improved microfabrication methods of making resonators, which does not rely on complicated wafer bonding, layer fracturing, and mechanical polishing steps. Rather, the methods allow the resonator and its components to be formed from a single crystal.
US09525391B2
A differential amplifier and a method thereof are described. The method, adopted by a differential amplifier, includes: generating first stage differential output signals based on input differential signals; providing, by a current source, a bias current with a desired quiescent current; biasing first and second control transistors with the bias current to generate first and second currents, respectively, wherein the first and second control transistors form a differential pair which receives first stage differential input signals; mirroring the first and second currents to first and second push transistors which are connected to first and second pull transistors in series, respectively; and biasing the first and second pull transistors with the mirrored first and second currents, respectively; wherein each pair of serial connected push and pull transistors are complimentary and the two pairs of push and pull transistors output second stage differential output signals.
US09525389B2
A high-frequency amplifier circuit (10) includes a high-frequency amplifier (101) and a bias circuit (20). The bias circuit (20) includes bias control elements (102, 103). An emitter of the bias control element (102) is connected to a base of the amplifier (101) via a resistor (201). An emitter of the bias control element (103) is connected to a collector of a switch element (104) via a resistor (203). The switch element (104) is a common emitter. A resistor (204) is connected between the emitter of the bias control element (102) and the emitter of the bias control element (103). A control voltage (VCTL) is applied to bases of the bias control elements (102, 103). A bias current adjustment voltage (VLIN) corresponding to an operation mode is applied to a base of the switch element (104).
US09525388B1
A new compensation system for an audio input reduces noise by matching feedback ratios in the positive and negative paths. A variable resistance network allows for fine control of resistance trimming in one of the signal paths, which allows for compensation between tolerance of resistors that are external to an integrated circuit and those that are internal to the integrated circuit.
US09525382B2
An oscillation circuit includes an electrical current generating portion configured to generate an electrical current having an oscillation frequency decreasing as an amplitude thereof is decreased; a control voltage generating portion configured to generate a control voltage having a magnitude decreasing as a magnitude of a power source voltage is decreased; and an electrical current control portion. The electrical current control portion includes a first input terminal connected to the control voltage generating portion for receiving the electrical current; a control terminal connected to the control voltage generating portion for receiving the control voltage; and a first output terminal. The electrical current control portion is configured to reduce the amplitude of the electrical current flowing between the first input terminal and the first output terminal as the magnitude of the control voltage is decreased.
US09525378B2
A motor control device of the present invention includes a position detector (107), a feedforward controller, a predistorter, a feedback controller, a vibration suppression controller, a torque controller, a torque estimator, and an adjustment calculator. The vibration suppression controller receives a manipulation-quantity command value derived by addition of a feedforward manipulation quantity and a feedback manipulation quantity, and outputs an actual manipulation-quantity command value corresponding to the received manipulation-quantity command value. The torque controller controls a manipulation quantity generated by the motor so that the manipulation quantity matches the actual manipulation-quantity command value. The adjustment calculator adjusts a transfer characteristic of the predistorter such that the transfer characteristic becomes equal to a transfer characteristic from the manipulation-quantity command value to the manipulation quantity.
US09525374B2
A motor driving circuit for driving a step motor includes a logical circuit synchronized with a step pulse signal to control a bridge circuit connected to a coil of the step motor and control electric power supplied to the coil of the step motor, a counter electromotive force detecting unit configured to detect a counter electromotive force generated between both ends of the coil, and a step-out predicting unit configured to assert a detection signal indicating a sign of step-out of the step motor, when the counter electromotive force detected at a detection time after the lapse of a time calculated by multiplying a predetermined coefficient to a length of a high impedance period of the coil since transition to the high impedance period is lower than a predetermined threshold voltage.
US09525364B2
A DC-to-AC power converter is disclosed. The power converter has a DC input to receive DC power from a photovoltaic device, an AC output configured for direct connection to an AC mains power supply line, six semiconductor switches, one isolated high-frequency power transformer, two high-frequency inductors, a small resonant capacitor, and a large non-electrolytic (e.g. film) capacitor energy storage component. One of the semiconductor switches located on the primary side of the transformer operates to regulate the voltage across the non-electrolytic capacitor energy storage component. A second semiconductor switch located on the primary side of the transformer provides a resonant reset for the energy stored in the transformer and allows the first semiconductor switch to operate with nearly zero-voltage-switching. The other four semiconductor switches and a high-frequency inductor coupled to the ac output operate with a variable switching frequency to produce a sinusoidal current into the ac output such that the sinusoidal current may be either in phase or out of phase with the ac output voltage.
US09525360B2
A capacitor power supply unit converts a mains voltage (U) into a lower operating voltage (V1) for a controller and a supply voltage (V2) for an electrical small load. A series circuit including a mains capacitor and a zener diode is connected to the mains voltage (U) whereat the supply voltage (V2) for an electrical small load having a permissible operating voltage is tapped off. The capacitor power supply unit provides for the supply voltage (V2) to be greater than the permissible operating voltage of the electrical small load and for the small load to be connected to the supply voltage (V2) via a buck converter. Here, the buck converter is controlled as a current source having a variable operating frequency.
US09525358B2
Resonant converter, control circuit and associated control method with adaptive dead-time adjustment
A resonant converter has a switching circuit having a first switch and a second switch, a control circuit and a resonant circuit. The control circuit has a slope sensing circuit providing a slope sense signal based on a voltage variation at the common node of the first switch and the second switch, a slope judge circuit providing a slope judge signal, and a turn-ON control circuit providing a first reset signal to adjust a first dead-time period from turning OFF the first switch to turning ON the second switch based on the slope judge signal, the slope signal, and a current flowing through the resonant tank, and providing a second reset signal to adjust a second dead-time period from turning OFF the second switch to turning ON the first switch based on the slope judge signal, the slope signal, and the current flowing through the resonant tank.
US09525330B2
An electropermanent linear actuator has a stator, forcer, drive circuitry, and feedback control mechanism. The stator includes at least one electropermanent magnet with a coil that passes current pulses that change the magnetization of the magnet, which change persists after current is removed. The forcer moves with respect to the stator in response to the persistent changes in magnetization. Drive circuitry controls the position or speed of the actuator by controlling the timing, magnitude, and/or shape of the current pulses. The voltage and duration of pulses are of sufficient magnitude to cause the magnetization change to persist after cessation of current, with voltage and current returning substantially to zero between pulses. The feedback control mechanism determines, based on actuator velocity or position, when the next current pulse should be issued, pulse issuance being timed so that the actuator will continue to move throughout the absence of applied current between pulses.
US09525321B2
A rotation driving device includes a motor provided in a housing, a planetary gear reducer connected to the motor coaxially with the motor, an output shaft connected to an end reduction member of the planetary gear reducer coaxially with the end reduction member, and a rotation detector located at the same position as the end reduction member in an axial direction of the planetary gear reducer and located at a different position from a center axis of the end reduction member in a radial direction of the planetary gear reducer, the rotation detector being capable of detecting a degree of rotation of the end reduction member. Accordingly, the rotation driving device can be made to be smaller and compact in the axial direction.
US09525311B2
The present invention describes means to intentionally transmit power wirelessly from a portable communication device like a mobile phone, smart-phone, tablet or telephone watch using radio frequency, ultrasound, microwave or laser technologies to power up or charge devices external to the portable communication device. In particular the wireless power transmitter is physically placed inside the portable communication device or coupled to it, in order to have a means to transfer power without wires or cables to other devices. The present invention may be utilized in applications like sensors, implanted devices for medical use, speakers, mouse, keyboard, electrical glasses for 3D viewing, small displays, gadgets in the car, electronic toys and so on.
US09525303B2
A charging system for a mobile device includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter includes (a) a first interface to a power source; (b) a second interface to the receiver; (c) a polarity detection circuit for detecting polarities of the; and (d) first and second switches controlled by the polarity detection circuit, wherein each switch selectively connects a terminal of the first interface to a terminal of the second interface. The receiver includes: (a) a first interface; (b) a second interface coupled to a device to be charged; and (c) a connection circuit between a terminal of the first interface and a terminal of the second interface, wherein the connection circuit is conductive when the voltage across these terminals is of a first polarity, and a second polarity otherwise.
US09525298B1
A system is provided for balancing voltage of two rechargeable energy storage devices connected in series at a common node. A voltage divider is configured to divide a total voltage across the two devices into first and second reference voltages. First and second circuit elements include, respectively: first and second comparators, first and second P-channel MOSFETs, first and second current limiting resistors, and first and second networks of resistors. The first circuit elements are in electrical communication and configured to actively discharge a first device of the two devices when a difference between a voltage at the common node and the first reference voltage is greater than a first predetermined voltage. The-second circuit elements are in electrical communication and configured to actively charge the first device when a difference between the voltage at the common node and the second reference voltage is less than a second predetermined voltage.
US09525285B2
Energy systems and energy supply methods are described. In one aspect, an energy system includes a bus system configured to conduct electrical energy, a plurality of input adapters electrically coupled with the bus system and configured to electrically couple with a plurality of respective source entities which are individually configured to provide electrical energy, a plurality of output adapters electrically coupled with the bus system and configured to electrically couple with a plurality of respective consuming entities which are individually configured to consume electrical energy, and control circuitry configured to control individual ones of the input adapters to provide electrical energy from respective ones of the source entities to the bus system and to control individual ones of the output adapters to provide electrical energy from the bus system to respective ones of the consuming entities.
US09525278B2
An electrical wire cover (11) has a corrugated tube fixing portion (29) and engagement projection strips which are integral parts of a cover body (27) which surrounds electrical wires (19) to be cabled, an electrical wire tie (43) which fixes, that is, tightly fastens, a corrugated tube (31), and tying member restricting portions (49) provided in the corrugated tube fixing portion (29). Each tying member restricting portion (49) has a guide wall portion (55) which guides the tip (53) of the electrical wire tie (43) to a tying member insertion hole (51).
US09525266B2
A laser source device includes a laser source element configured to emit a laser beam, an optical element disposed downstream of the laser source element, and a return-light-receiving surface at a position shifted in a direction intersecting an active layer of the laser source element. The optical element is tilted with respect to an optical axis of the laser beam so that a return light in a form of a laser beam reflected by the optical element is incident on the return-light-receiving surface.
US09525264B2
A system and method for generating a burst of ultra-short, high-power laser pulses, the system includes elements for generating laser pulses having a repetition period τ1, amplification elements including an optical amplifier medium, a regenerative optical cavity, elements for injecting the laser pulses into the regenerative optical cavity, and elements for extracting the laser pulses from the regenerative optical cavity. The regenerative optical cavity has a total length such that the duration of a round trip of each pulse is between N−1 and N times the period τ1, wherein N is an integer higher than or equal to 2, the injection elements are adapted for trapping a burst of N laser pulses in the regenerative optical cavity, the extraction elements are suitable to extract the burst of N laser pulses from the regenerative optical cavity, and the optical amplifier medium is suitable for forming a burst of amplified laser pulses.
US09525256B2
A connector system includes a first housing, a second housing and a third housing. The first and second housings each include a wafer with signal terminals aligned in corresponding rows. The third housing mates to the first and second housings and supports a terminal array that connects the signal terminals in the first housings to the signal terminals in the second housing when the first and second wafer are arranged perpendicular to each other.
US09525247B2
An interlocking outlet includes terminals configured to electrically connect to a power source; a receptacle structured to receive a plug; at least one sensor; and a control unit structured to determine whether an electrical condition is met and the plug is physically inserted into the receptacle based on outputs of the at least one sensor and to electrically connect the receptacle to the terminals when the electrical condition is met and the plug is physically inserted into the receptacle to energize the receptacle.
US09525245B2
A connector can be provided that allows for improved route-out including straight-back routing. Signal and ground terminal tails can be arranged in a single row to help facilitate such functionality. A conductive member can connect ground tails to ground terminals. Consequentially, a connector with two vertically stacked card slots can be provided that allows for straight back routing of the signal traces in four layers while still providing a compact connector design.
US09525243B1
An electrical connector includes an insulating housing, a middle shielding plate integrally molded to the insulating housing, and a plurality of terminals received in the insulating housing. The insulating housing has a base portion and a tongue portion. A front section of the tongue portion has two fixing portions. The middle shielding plate has a base plate, an extending plate, and two bending portions formed at two opposite sides of a front end of the extending plate. The two bending portions are respectively molded in the two fixing portions. Outer side surfaces of the two bending portions are exposed outside from two opposite sides of the two fixing portions. A thickness of each of the bending portions is greater than a thickness of the extending plate.
US09525222B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for creating a connection mechanism for a circuit board. The method includes securing a plurality of electrical conductors to a sleeve. Once the electrical conductors have been coupled to the sleeve, the sleeve and the plurality of conductors are coupled to, and molded with, the circuit board. At least one side of the circuit board, such as, for example, the molding over the plurality of electrical conductors, is subsequently reduced to expose at least a portion of at least one of the plurality of electrical conductors. An electrical connector is then coupled to the at least the portion of the one or more of the plurality of electrical conductors that was exposed when the first side of the printed circuit board was reduced.
US09525219B2
A spring-loaded clamping connection (1) for clamping electrical conductors, having a clamping spring (2) and having a bus bar (6) is described. The clamping spring (2) has a contact limb (3), a spring arc (4) adjoining said contact limb (3), and a clamping limb (5) adjoining the spring arc (4). The clamping limb (5) has a clamping edge (12) for forming a clamping point with the adjacent bus bar (6) for a conductor to be clamped. The spring-loaded clamping connection (1) also has a frame element (7), which is formed as a part separate from the clamping spring (2) and the bus bar (6) and which has a base portion (10), a curved portion (9) adjoining the base portion (10), and a retaining portion (8) adjoining said curved portion (9) and distanced from the base portion (10). The contact limb (3) of the clamping spring (2) is secured to the retaining portion (8). The retaining portion (8) extends in the projection of the extension direction of the contact limb (3). The curved portion (9) limits, behind the clamping point in the insertion direction (L) of a conductor to be clamped, a conductor-accommodating space (14) for accommodating a free end of the electrical conductor. The base portion (10) extends from the curved portion (9) toward the free end of the base portion (10) counter to the insertion direction (L) of an electrical conductor to be clamped.
US09525217B2
A resilient force clamping element (1) is described, said resilient force clamping element having a current rail (2) and a resilient clamping element (3) that comprises a contacting limb (4), a resilient bend (5) that adjoins the contacting limb (4), and a clamping limb (6) that adjoins the resilient bend (5) and comprises a main section (8) that extends from the resilient bend (5), and a clamping section (7) that is arranged in the direction of the current rail (2). The clamping section (7) comprises a clamping edge (11) on a free end of the clamping section (7) so as to form a clamping site between the clamping edge (11) and the current rail (2) for clamping an electrical conductor. The clamping section (7) comprises a first section (9) that is bent from the main section (8) in the direction of the current rail (2), and a second section (10) that adjoins the first section (9) and is bent back in the direction in which the main section (8) extends, said second section comprising the clamping edge (11). In an idle position of the resilient clamping element (3) without an electrical conductor having been inserted, wherein the clamping edge (11) rests on the current rail (2), the first section (9) when viewed in the direction in which the resilient clamping element (3) extends from the resilient bend (5) is at an obtuse angle α with respect to the current rail (2) and the second section (10) is at an acute angle β with respect to the current rail (2).
US09525207B2
The present invention refers to a reconfigurable antenna structure. The antenna structure comprises an active radiating structure comprising at least an active radiating element, a passive radiating structure comprising at least a passive radiating element, a ground plane structure comprising at least a ground plane element and at least a first circuitry element to selectively electrically connect/disconnect said passive radiating element with/from said ground plane element. The ground plane structure comprises regulating means of the current distribution along said ground plane structure, when said antenna structure emits/receives an electromagnetic radiation.
US09525203B2
A method and apparatus has been developed to reduce SAR for a mobile device by designing appropriate matching circuits between each antenna and its power amplifier. In the presence of such matching circuits the normal phase adjustments may be carried out to provide a preferred safe SAR level that can be maintained during phase adjustment without sacrificing TRP.
US09525197B2
The present invention relates to a lithium-air battery including: a negative electrode containing a negative-electrode active material; a positive electrode using oxygen as a positive-electrode active material; and an electrolyte medium arranged between the negative electrode and the positive electrode; wherein the electrolyte medium includes as primary solvent one or more compounds having an —N—CO— group in the molecule.
US09525194B2
A method of reversibly connecting two substrates includes positioning an electrically conductive adhesive connector including a shape memory polymer (SMP) between the substrates, heating the connector to a temperature higher than the SMP transition temperature, applying a load and cooling the connector below the transition temperature to transform the connector to a conforming shape to form an adhesive bond attaching the substrates and providing an electrical connection therebetween. The method may include disconnecting the connector from the substrates by heating the connector above the SMP transition temperature, which may disrupt the electrical connection between the substrates. The connector may be a battery tab connector configured to connect a battery cell to another battery cell or a terminal. The connector may be releasable from the battery tab such that the battery tab is reusable after removal of the connector. The connector may be multi-layer and generally arcuate in a permanent shape.
US09525192B2
The main object of the present invention is to provide an all solid state battery suitable for high rate charging. The present invention solves the problem by providing an all solid state battery including a battery element having a cathode active material layer, an anode active material layer, and a solid electrolyte layer formed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer, characterized in that the anode active material layer contains graphite as an anode active material and a sulfide solid electrolyte, the graphite has a hardness of 0.36 GPa or more by a nanoindentation method, and the battery element is confined at a pressure more than 75 kgf/cm2.
US09525191B2
Electrolytes for Mg-based energy storage devices can be formed from non-nucleophilic Mg2+ sources to provide outstanding electrochemical performance and improved electrophilic susceptibility compared to electrolytes employing nucleophilic sources. The instant electrolytes are characterized by high oxidation stability (up to 3.4 V vs Mg), improved electrophile compatibility and electrochemical reversibility (up to 100% coulombic efficiency). Synthesis of the Mg2+ electrolytes utilizes inexpensive and safe magnesium dihalides as non-nucleophilic Mg2+ sources in combination with Lewis acids, MRaX3-a (for 3≧a≧1). Furthermore, addition of free-halide-anion donors can improve the coulombic efficiency of Mg electrolytes from nucleophilic or non-nucleophilic Mg2+ sources.
US09525190B2
Various embodiments of the invention disclose that the uptake of LiOiPr in Mg2(dobdc) (dobdc4−=1,4-dioxido-2,5-benzenedicarboxylate) followed by soaking in a typical electrolyte solution leads to a new solid lithium electrolyte Mg2(dobdc).0.35LiOiPr.0.25LiBF4.EC.DEC. Two-point ac impedance data show a pressed pellet of this material to have a conductivity of 3.1×10−4 S/cm at 300 K. In addition, the results from variable-temperature measurements reveal an activation energy of approximately 0.15 eV, while single-particle data suggest that intraparticle transport dominates conduction.
US09525188B2
With regard to at least one unit cell out of a plurality of unit cells, when the at least one unit cell is viewed along a stacking direction of the plurality of unit cells, at least one bonding area out of first to third bonding areas is formed at a position that does not overlap with another bonding area.
US09525181B2
The present invention includes an integrated planar, series connected fuel cell system having electrochemical cells electrically connected via interconnects, wherein the anodes of the electrochemical cells are protected against Ni loss and migration via an engineered porous anode barrier layer.
US09525172B2
Provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode has a positive active material containing a lithium transition metal composite oxide having an α-NaFeO2-type crystal structure and represented by the composition formula: Li1+αMe1−αO2 (wherein Me is a transition metal element including Co, Ni and Mn; and α>0), and the negative electrode has a negative active material which contains a carbon material that is a mixture of graphite and amorphous carbon and in which the ratio of the amorphous carbon contained in the carbon material is 5 to 60% by mass.
US09525169B2
A nickel-hydrogen storage battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode using an AB5 based hydrogen-absorbing alloy, and a separator arranged between the positive and negative electrodes. The AB5 based hydrogen-absorbing alloy includes an A element, which is a constituent element of a misch metal, and a B element, which includes nickel and cobalt. The ratio of the amount of substance of the B element to that of the A element is 5.2 or more and 5.4 or less. The ratio of the amount of substance of cobalt to that of the A element is 0.15 or more and 0.4 or less. The liquid retention volume (V1) and the true volume (V2) of the separator, the theoretical capacity of the negative electrode (C1), and the theoretical capacity of the positive electrode (C2) satisfy the following expression. 2.0≦V1/V2×C1/C2≦3.1
US09525165B2
An electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery includes an electrode active material and a copolymer represented by where A is selected from —O—(CFRf3—CFRf4)—, —(CFRf4—CFRf5)— and combinations thereof, each of Rf1 through Rf5 is independently selected from fluorine, C1-C4 alkyls and C1-C4 fluorinated alkyls, and each of x and y is an integer ranging from 1 to 100,000.
US09525163B2
A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate, a case accommodating the electrode assembly, a cap plate sealing the case, and a first terminal unit and a second terminal unit coupled to the cap plate. The first terminal unit includes a first terminal plate that is electrically connected to the first electrode plate, and the second terminal unit includes a second terminal plate that is electrically connected to the second electrode plate, the second electrode plate having a different shape from the first terminal plate.
US09525157B2
A secondary battery for electronic appliance to be installed in an electronic appliance includes a battery cell in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte are accommodated in a pack. A positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal are lead out from one side face of the pack. The secondary battery may further include a metallic battery can accommodating the battery cell therein and a pair of lids made of a synthetic resin, each plugging an opening of the battery can.
US09525156B2
A deposition method using a deposition apparatus includes: depositing a first deposition layer on substrates in first process chambers of a first deposition cluster; transferring a substrate of the substrates in one of the first process chambers into a first transfer chamber of the first deposition cluster, which is connected to each of the first process chambers; transferring the substrate within the first transfer chamber of the first deposition cluster into a connection chamber, which is connected to the first transfer chamber and first and second gas supply lines; supplying a gas into the connection chamber through the second gas supply line to change an inside pressure of the connection chamber from a preset first pressure into a preset second pressure, which is different from an atmospheric pressure; and transferring the substrate within the connection chamber into a second transfer chamber of a second deposition cluster.
US09525152B2
Improved electrode types and device configurations for organic electronic devices are disclosed. This improvement can be achieved by facilitating gettering or desiccating action of impurities, such as water, oxygen or residual solvents from the active layers of the device. Device structure and device layer materials can contribute to this improved gettering, which is inherently useful in printed electrode devices, but may also be useful in devices with electrodes patterned by other techniques. Improvement in impurity flow out of the active area of the device leads to improved performance and operational lifetime for as-made and encapsulated devices throughout their product lifecycle. Aspects of the present invention enables improved thin film electronic devices, such as OLEDs, organic photovoltaics (OPVs) and the like.
US09525151B2
Provided is an organic light emitting device including a nano composite layer. The organic light emitting device adopts a nano composite layer including an insulator and light emitting nano-particles within a device, thereby simultaneously insulating a control electrode and changing the color of light emitted from a light emitting layer, thereby improving external quantum efficiency. Further, the amount of electron holes and electrons injected into the light emitting layer may be adjusted through a voltage applied to the control electrode so as to secure a stable current when the device is operated. In addition, when compared to a conventional light emitting device, the surface area of positive and negative electrodes may be reduced so as to reduce reflectance with respect to external light.
US09525145B2
A silicon based compound and an organic light-emitting diode including the same.
US09525142B2
Provided are a compound of Formula 1 and an organic light-emitting device including the compound. Descriptions of substituents of the Formula 1 are referred to in the detailed description.
US09525140B2
A problem of the invention is to provide an organic EL device having a high efficiency, a low driving voltage and a long life, by combining various materials for organic EL device, which are excellent in an injection or transportation performance of holes or electrons, and in stability and durability in a thin film, so as to enable the respective materials to effectively reveal their characteristics. The invention relates to an organic electroluminescent device including at least an anode electrode, a hole-injecting layer, a hole-transporting layer, an emitting layer, an electron-transporting layer and a cathode electrode in this order, in which the hole-injecting layer contains an arylamine compound having, in its molecule, a structure in which three or more triphenylamine structures are connected through a single bond or a hetero atom-free divalent group; and the hole-transporting layer contains an arylamine compound having two triphenylamine structures in its molecule.
US09525139B2
An organic electroluminescent element including a substrate, a pair of electrodes including an anode and a cathode, disposed on the substrate, and at least one layer of organic layers including a light emitting layer, disposed between the electrodes, in which at least one of the organic layers contains a compound represented by the following general formula: (R1 to R18 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and at least one of R1 to R8 and R10 to R17 represents -L-NR19R20 (R19 and R20 each independently represent any of an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group. R19 and R20 may be combined to each other to form a ring. L represents a single bond or a divalent linking group). X1 to X18 each independently represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, and when X1 to X18 represent nitrogen atoms, R1 to R18 for bonding do not present.)
US09525138B2
Organic light-emitting diode, method of manufacturing the same, and method of forming material layer
In an aspect, an organic light-emitting diode, a method of manufacturing the same, and a method of forming a material layer are provided.
US09525133B2
Disclosed is a resistive random access memory, comprising a substrate, an insulating layer, a bottom electrode, a resistive material film, and a top electrode in an order from bottom to top, wherein the resistive material film is a four-layer structure composed of a same metal oxide; and the four layers in the four-layer structure from bottom to top have resistance values which are increased one after another by more than 10 times, oxygen concentrations which are increased one after another and thickness which are decreased one after another. The present invention may achieve complete formation-rupture of oxygen vacancy conductive filaments (CF) in each layer by dividing the resistive material film of the same metal oxide into four layers according to the different oxygen concentrations, so as to control accurately the resistance values, so that 2-bit storage with high uniformity is achieved.
US09525123B2
There is provided a lead-free piezoelectric material having a high and stable piezoelectric constant and mechanical quality factor in a wide operating temperature range.A piezoelectric material mainly composed of a perovskite type metal oxide having the general formula (1), wherein manganese is incorporated in the metal oxide, and the Mn content is 0.12 parts by weight or more and 0.40 parts by weight or less on a metal basis per 100 parts by weight of the metal oxide. (Ba1-xCax)a(Ti1-y-zSnyZrz)O3 (1) (1.00≦a≦1.01, 0.125≦x≦0.300, 0
US09525119B2
Techniques and structures for providing flexibility of a micromachined transducer array. In an embodiment, a transducer array includes a plurality of transducer elements each comprising a piezoelectric element and one or more electrodes disposed in or on a support layer. The support layer is bonded to a flexible layer including a polymer material, wherein flexibility of the transducer array results in part from a total thickness of a flexible layer. In another embodiment, flexibility of the transducer array results in part from one or more flexural structures formed therein.
US09525116B2
A light emitting device includes a support member having a mounting surface. The support member includes an insulating member having top surface and a plurality of side surfaces, a first metal pattern disposed on the top surface of the insulating member, and a second metal pattern disposed on the side surface of the insulating member such that a side surface of the second metal pattern is continuous with a top surface of the first metal pattern. The light emitting device further includes a light emitting element mounted on the mounting surface at a location of the first metal pattern, and a bonding member that bonds the light emitting element to the mounting surface. The bonding member covers at least a portion of the first metal pattern and at least a portion of the second metal pattern.
US09525105B2
A method of manufacturing a nitride semiconductor element includes dry etching a main surface of a sapphire substrate at a c-plane side thereof, using a mask provided on the main surface, to form a plurality of projections, each having a circular bottom surface; wet etching the sapphire substrate to form an upper part of each projection into a triangular pyramid shape while maintaining the circular bottom surface of the projection; and growing a semiconductor layer made of a nitride semiconductor on a dry etched surface and a wet etched surface of the sapphire substrate.
US09525101B2
An optoelectronic device comprising a first semiconductor layer having a first lattice constant; a second semiconductor layer having a second lattice constant, wherein the second lattice constant is smaller than the first lattice constant; and a first buffer layer formed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, wherein a lattice constant of one side of the first buffer layer near the second semiconductor layer is smaller than the second lattice constant.
US09525097B2
A PV module is formed having an array of PV cells, where the cells are separated by gaps. Each cell contains an array of small silicon sphere diodes (10-300 microns in diameter) connected in parallel. The diodes and conductor layers may be patterned by printing. A continuous metal substrate supports the diodes and conductor layers in all the cells. A dielectric substrate is laminated to the metal substrate. Trenches are then formed by laser ablation around the cells to sever the metal substrate to form electrically isolated PV cells. A metallization step is then performed to connect the cells in series to increase the voltage output of the PV module. An electrically isolated bypass diode for each cell is also formed by the trenching step. The metallization step connects the bypass diode and its associated cell in a reverse-parallel relationship.
US09525093B2
An optical proximity sensor is provided that comprises an infrared light emitter an infrared light detector, a first molded optically transmissive infrared light pass component disposed over and covering the light emitter and a second molded optically transmissive infrared light pass component disposed over and covering the light detector. Located in-between the light emitter and the first molded optically transmissive infrared light pass component, and the light detector and the second molded optically transmissive infrared light pass component is a gap. Layers of infrared opaque, attenuating or blocking material are disposed on at least some of the external surfaces forming the gap to substantially attenuate or block the transmission of undesired direct, scattered or reflected light between the light emitter and the light detector, and thereby minimize optical crosstalk and interference between the light emitter and the light detector.
US09525091B2
Protective sheet 1 for solar cells comprises a base material 11 and a thermoplastic resin layer 12 laminated on at least one surface of the base material 11. The thermoplastic resin layer 12 comprises a first layer 121 laminated on the base material 11 and a second layer 122 laminated on the first layer 121. The first layer 121 contains as the main component a copolymer of ethylene and at least one type selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylic acid, (meth)acrylic acid ester, glycidyl (meth)acrylate and vinyl acetate. The second layer 122 contains an olefin-based resin as the main component. The protective sheet 1 for solar cells has excellent adhesiveness between the base material and the thermoplastic resin layer and can suppress the warping caused in a solar cell module.
US09525090B2
The invention is a flexible photovoltaic article having excellent environmental barrier and mechanical protection for the photovoltaic system. The article comprises top side protective layers that include a flexible thin film glass under a top side stress relieving layer and on the opposite side of the photovoltaic cell a backside stress relieving layer.
US09525084B2
Techniques for enhancing the absorption of photons in semiconductors with the use of microstructures are described. The microstructures, such as holes, effectively increase the absorption of the photons. Using microstructures for absorption enhancement for silicon photodiodes and silicon avalanche photodiodes can result in bandwidths in excess of 10 Gb/s at photons with wavelengths of 850 nm, and with quantum efficiencies of approximately 90% or more. Their thickness dimensions allow them to be conveniently integrated on the same Si chip with CMOS, BiCMOS, and other electronics, with resulting packaging benefits and reduced capacitance and thus higher speeds.
US09525081B1
A method of forming bifacial solar cell structure is described. The method comprises: performing boron diffusion on an upper surface of a semiconductor substrate to form a P+ region and a boron silicon glass (BSG) layer on the P+ region; stripping the BSG layer to expose the P+ region and stripping a blocking layer on a lower surface of the semiconductor substrate simultaneously; forming a first anti-reflection coating layer on the P+ region; forming sacrifice film on the first anti-reflection coating layer; performing phosphorus diffusion on the lower surface to form an N+ region and a phosphorus silicon glass (PSG) layer on the N+ region; stripping the PSG layer on the N+ region to expose the N+ region and stripping the sacrifice film on the first anti-reflection coating layer simultaneously; and forming a second anti-reflection coating layer on the N+ region.
US09525079B2
A photoelectrical conversion module includes at least one photoelectrical conversion device, at least one first ribbon, a second ribbon, and at least two encapsulation layers. The photoelectrical conversion device includes a solar substrate having a plurality of finger electrodes. The first ribbon is located on the solar substrate and is intersected with the finger electrodes. The first ribbon has a first connection portion located out of the solar substrate. The second ribbon has at least one second connection portion. The first connection portion is intersected and overlapped with the second connection portion, such that a portion of the first connection portion is located above the second connection portion, and another portion of the first connection portion is located under the second connection portion. The relative position of the first and second ribbons is fixed by the encapsulation layers.
US09525077B1
A vertically oriented BARITT diode is formed in an integrated circuit. The BARITT diode has a source proximate to the top surface of the substrate of the integrated circuit, a drift region immediately below the source in the semiconductor material of the substrate, and a collector in the semiconductor material of the substrate immediately below the drift region. A dielectric isolation structure laterally surrounds the drift region, extending from the source to the collector. The source may optionally include a silicon germanium layer or may optionally include a schottky barrier contact.
US09525076B2
A graphene memory includes a source and a drain spaced apart from each other on a conductive semiconductor substrate, a graphene layer contacting the conductive semiconductor substrate and spaced apart from and between the source and the drain, and a gate electrode on the graphene layer. A Schottky barrier is formed between the conductive semiconductor substrate and the graphene layer such that the graphene layer is used as a charge-trap layer for storing charges.
US09525074B2
A display substrate includes a base substrate, a switching device on the base substrate and an alignment pattern. The switching device includes an active pattern, a gate insulation layer pattern partially covering the active pattern, a gate electrode on the gate insulation layer pattern, and a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the active pattern. The alignment pattern has a multi-layered structure and is spaced apart from the switching device on the base substrate. The alignment pattern includes materials which have different transmittances.
US09525071B2
A flexible high-voltage thin-film transistor includes a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a dielectric layer, and a flexible semiconductor layer. The flexible semiconductor layer serves as a channel for the transistor and is in electrical communication with the source electrode and the drain electrode. The drain electrode is laterally offset from the gate electrode. The dielectric layers is configured and arranged with respect to other elements of the transistor such that the transistor is stably operable to facilitate switching of relatively high drain voltages using relatively small controlling gate voltages.
US09525063B2
In an embodiment, a switching circuit includes input drain, source and gate nodes, a high voltage depletion mode transistor including a current path coupled in series with a current path of a low voltage enhancement mode transistor, and an overheating detection circuit for detecting overheating of the switching circuit.
US09525062B2
An insulated gate switching element includes: a semiconductor substrate; a gate insulating film disposed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulating film. The semiconductor substrate includes a first semiconductor region, a base region, and a second semiconductor region. The gate electrode faces the base region with the gate insulating film interposed therebetween. A high-resistance region, which is separated from the gate insulating film and has higher resistance to a number of carriers of a first conduction type semiconductor than that of the base region, is disposed in at least one of a first interface which is an interface between the base region and the first semiconductor region and a second interface which is an interface between the base region and the second semiconductor region.
US09525061B2
A device comprising a p-type base region, and a p-type region formed over the p-type base region and in contact with the p-type base region is disclosed. The device also includes an n-well region surrounded by the p-type region, wherein the n-well is formed from an n-type epitaxial layer and the p-type region is formed by counter-doping the same n-type epitaxial layer.
US09525055B2
High-electron-mobility transistors that include field plates are described. In a first implementation, a HEMT includes a first and a second semiconductor material disposed to form a heterojunction at which a two-dimensional electron gas arises and source, a drain, and gate electrodes. The gate electrode is disposed to regulate conduction in the heterojunction between the source electrode and the drain electrode. The gate has a drain-side edge. A gate-connected field plate is disposed above a drain-side edge of the gate electrode and extends laterally toward the drain. A second field plate is disposed above a drain-side edge of the gate-connected field plate and extends laterally toward the drain.
US09525049B2
A method of fabricating a Fin field effect transistor (FinFET) includes providing a substrate having a first fin and a second fin extending above a substrate top surface, wherein the first fin has a top surface and sidewalls and the second fin has a top surface and sidewalls. The method includes forming an insulation layer between the first and second fins. The method includes forming a first gate dielectric having a first thickness covering the top surface and sidewalls of the first fin using a plasma doping process. The method includes forming a second gate dielectric covering the top surface and sidewalls of the second fin having a second thickness less than the first thickness. The method includes forming a conductive gate strip traversing over both the first gate dielectric and the second gate dielectric.
US09525039B2
A method for fabricating a merged p-i-n Schottky (MPS) diode in gallium nitride (GaN) based materials includes providing an n-type GaN-based substrate having a first surface and a second surface. The method also includes forming an n-type GaN-based epitaxial layer coupled to the first surface of the n-type GaN-based substrate, and forming a p-type GaN-based epitaxial layer coupled to the n-type GaN-based epitaxial layer. The method further includes removing portions of the p-type GaN-based epitaxial layer to form a plurality of dopant sources, and regrowing a GaN-based epitaxial layer including n-type material in regions overlying portions of the n-type GaN-based epitaxial layer, and p-type material in regions overlying the plurality of dopant sources. The method also includes forming a first metallic structure electrically coupled to the regrown GaN-based epitaxial layer.
US09525035B2
A vertical, high-voltage MOS transistor, which has a source region, a body contact region, and a number of trenches structures with field plates, and a method of forming the MOS transistor increase the on-state resistance of the MOS transistor by reducing the trench pitch. Trench pitch can be reduced with metal contacts that simultaneously touch the source regions, the body contact regions, and the field plates. Trench pitch can also be reduced with a gate that increases the size of the LDD region.
US09525033B2
A device and a method of making said wherein the device wherein the device has a group III-nitride buffer deposited on a substrate; and a group III-nitride heterostructure disposed on a surface of the group III-nitride buffer, wherein the group III-nitride heterostructure has a group III-nitride channel and a group III-nitride barrier layer disposed on a surface of the group III-nitride channel, the group III-nitride barrier layer including Al as one of its constituent group III elements, the Al having a mole fraction which varies at least throughout a portion of said group III-nitride barrier layer.
US09525030B2
A semiconductor device according to the embodiment comprises a base substrate; patterns on the base substrate; and an epitaxial layer on the base substrate, wherein the epitaxial layer is formed on a surface of the substrate exposed among the patterns. A method for growing a semiconductor crystal comprises the steps of cleaning a silicon carbide substrate; forming patterns on the silicon carbide substrate; and forming an epitaxial layer on the silicon carbide substrate.
US09525019B2
A method manufactures a capacitor having polycrystalline dielectric layer between two metallic electrodes. The dielectric layer is formed by a polycrystalline growth of a dielectric metallic oxide on one of the metallic electrodes. At least one polycrystalline growth condition of the dielectric oxide is modified during the formation of the polycrystalline dielectric layer, which results in a variation of the polycrystalline properties of the dielectric oxide within the thickness of said layer.
US09525018B2
An OLED display panel is provided which can control the problem of shedding even in high definition panels. Metal wiring 5 which conducts with an earth line of a flexible printed substrate 15 is provided on a substrate 1. A display area 2 comprised from a plurality of OLED elements is provided at the center of the substrate 1 and four low resistance metal films 3 are provided along each of four edges of the display area 2 on a surface of insulation films 8, 10 at the periphery of the display area 2. Among these, one low resistance metal film 3 conducts with the metal wiring 5 via a contact 3a.
US09525017B2
Provided is a display device with high resolution, high display quality, or high aperture ratio. A pixel includes three subpixels and is electrically connected to two gate lines. One of the gate lines is electrically connected to a gate of a transistor included in each of the two subpixels, and the other gate line is electrically connected to a gate of a transistor included in the other subpixel. Display elements of the three subpixels are arranged in the same direction. Three pixel electrodes of the three subpixels are arranged in the same direction.
US09525013B2
The present disclosure provides an OLED display device and its manufacturing method. The OLED display device includes an anode layer, a cathode layer, and a pixel-defined layer and a light-emitting layer both arranged between the anode layer and the cathode layer. The pixel-defined layer is provided with an opening, and the light-emitting layer is arranged in the opening. An insulating layer having a refractive index greater than that of the pixel-defined layer is arranged between the light-emitting layer and the pixel-defined layer.
US09525007B2
A phase change memory device with reduced programming disturbance and its operation are described. The phase change memory includes an array with word lines and bit lines and voltage controlling elements coupled to bit lines adjacent to an addressed bit line to maintain the voltage of the adjacent bit lines within an allowed range.
US09524999B2
A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels each of which includes a photoelectric conversion unit that generates charges by photoelectrically converting light, and a transistor that reads a pixel signal of a level corresponding to the charges generated in the photoelectric conversion unit. A phase difference pixel which is at least a part of the plurality of pixels is configured in such a manner that the photoelectric conversion unit is divided into a plurality of photoelectric conversion units and an insulated light shielding film is embedded in a region for separating the plurality of photoelectric conversion units, which are divided, from each other.
US09524998B2
An image sensor includes a plurality of pixels arranged in two dimensions, wherein at least one pixel includes: a photoelectric conversion layer formed in a substrate; a first color filter layer formed over the photoelectric conversion layer; and a second color filter layer formed over the first color filter layer and defining an opening that is eccentrically formed with respect to an optical axis of the photoelectric conversion layer.
US09524995B2
An image sensor includes a substrate having adjacent pixel regions and respective photodiode regions therein, and a pixel separation portion including a trench extending into the substrate between the adjacent pixel regions. The trench includes a conductive common bias line therein and an insulating device isolation layer between the common bias line and surfaces of the trench. A conductive interconnection is coupled to the common bias line and is configured to provide a negative voltage thereto. Related fabrication methods are also discussed.
US09524994B2
An image sensor with an array of pixels is provided. In order to achieve high image quality, it may be desirable to improve well capacity of individual pixels within the array. When forming each pixel, multiple n-type compartments having p-type isolation regions interposed between compartments may be formed. These compartments may have higher dopant concentrations due to lateral depletion that may occur within multiple PN-NP back to back junctions to assist full depletion at pinning-voltage. Compartments may allow distributing a moderately higher electric-field over a larger portion of the photodiode while lowering peak electric-fields that contribute to dark-current. Compartments will thereby improve the well capacity of the photodiode while preventing additional noise that may degrade the quality of the image signal. The quantity, doping, and depth of these compartments may be selected to maximize well capacity while minimizing effects on operating voltage, manufacturing cost, and power consumption.
US09524990B2
A display device including: a substrate including first and second sides which face and are parallel to each other, and third and fourth sides which are orthogonal to the first and second sides, and face each other; a gate driver and a data driver disposed along the first side of the substrate; a first diagonal gate line, which is extended in a first direction crossing directions in which the first to fourth sides are extended, and has both ends heading the second and fourth sides of the substrate; a gate pad part extended from one end of the first diagonal gate line adjacent to the second side; an insulation layer including an opening for exposing at least a partial area of the gate pad part and formed on the substrate; a redundancy line extended in a second direction parallel to a direction in which the third and fourth sides are extended, and connected to the gate driver; and a redundancy pad part extended from the redundancy line to be in direct contact with the gate pad part exposed through the opening.
US09524987B2
A method of forming a fin-shaped structure includes the following steps. A substrate having at least a fin structure thereon is provided. A liner is formed on sidewalls of the fin structure. An oxide layer is formed between the fin structure and the substrate. The fin structure is removed until a bottom layer of the fin structure is reserved, to form a recess between the liner. A buffer epitaxial layer and an epitaxial layer are sequentially formed in the recess. A top part of the liner is removed until sidewalls of the epitaxial layer are exposed. Moreover, a fin-shaped structure formed by said method is also provided.
US09524983B2
A vertical memory device includes a substrate, gate lines, channels, contacts and contact spacers. The gate lines are stacked on top of each other on the substrate. The gate lines are spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction with respect to a top surface of the substrate. The gate lines include step portions that extend in a parallel direction with respect to the top surface of the substrate. The channels extend through the gate lines in the vertical direction. The contacts are on the step portions of the gate lines. The contact spacers are selectively formed along sidewalls of a portion of the contacts.
US09524978B2
A 3D non-volatile memory device includes a pipe gate, at least one first channel layer including a first pipe channel layer formed in the pipe gate and a pair of first source side channel layer and first drain side channel layer connected to the first pipe channel layer, and at least one second channel layer including a second pipe channel layer formed in the pipe gate and positioned over the first pipe channel layer and a pair of second source side channel layer and second drain side channel layer connected to the second pipe channel layer.
US09524977B2
Resistance of a semiconductor channel in three-dimensional memory stack structures can be reduced by forming a metal-semiconductor alloy region between a vertical semiconductor channel and a horizontal semiconductor channel located within a substrate. The metal-semiconductor alloy region can be formed by recessing a portion of the semiconductor material layer in the semiconductor substrate underneath a memory opening after formation of a memory film, selectively depositing a metallic material in the recess region, depositing a vertical semiconductor channel, and reacting the deposited metallic material with an adjacent portion of the semiconductor material layer and the vertical semiconductor channel. A sacrificial dielectric material layer can be formed on the memory film prior to the selective deposition of the metallic material. The vertical semiconductor channel can be formed in a single deposition process, thereby eliminating any interface therein and minimizing the resistance of the vertical semiconductor channel.
US09524964B2
In an example, a capacitor in an integrated circuit (IC), includes: a first finger capacitor formed in at least one layer of the IC having a first bus and a second bus; a second finger capacitor formed in the at least one layer of the IC having a first bus and a second bus, where a longitudinal edge of the second bus of the second finger capacitor is adjacent a longitudinal edge of the first bus of the first finger capacitor and separated by a dielectric gap; and a first metal segment formed on a first layer above the at least one layer, the first metal segment being electrically coupled to the first bus of the first finger capacitor and increasing a width and a height of the first bus of the first finger capacitor.
US09524962B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device including the steps of forming an electrically programmable fuse (e-fuse) on an isolation region and a transistor on an active region of a wafer, wherein forming the transistor includes forming a dummy gate above a substrate, removing the dummy gate and forming a metal gate in place of the dummy gate, and forming the e-fuse includes forming a metal-containing layer above the isolation region, forming a semiconductor layer on the metal-containing layer during the process of forming the dummy gate and of the same material as the dummy gate, forming a hard mask layer on the semiconductor layer formed on the metal-containing layer, and forming contact openings in the hard mask layer and semiconductor layer during the process of removing the dummy gate.
US09524960B2
Technologies are generally described for increase of spacing between source and drain regions of a vertical high voltage transistor without a significant corresponding increase in the die size. In some examples, active silicon (at drain potential) may be removed at an edge of the die in the scribe grid so that the active silicon is approximately below a surface of the edge termination formed by a region of deep dielectric filled trenches. The recessed drain region at the edge of the die may increase a flashover distance without appreciably increasing the die size. Thus, a distance between the recessed drain region and the surface source region may be increased by a combination of vertical and lateral spacing resulting in a smaller overall die size and smaller parasitic capacitances when operated with substantially the same operating voltage.
US09524958B2
A semiconductor device includes a carrier with an interface layer applied over the carrier. The interface layer can include non-conductive paste or non-conductive film. A plurality of semiconductor die is mounted to the carrier and interface layer by pressing the semiconductor die to the carrier and interface layer for one second or less, and simultaneously thermal compression bonding multiple semiconductor die to the carrier and interface layer for 5-10 seconds. By pressing the semiconductor die to the interface layer for a short period of time and then simultaneously thermal compression bonding multiple semiconductor die to the interface layer for a second longer period of time, the overall throughput of die bonding increases to process more die per unit of time. An encapsulant is deposited over the semiconductor die. The carrier is removed and interconnect structure is formed over the semiconductor die and encapsulant.
US09524951B2
A semiconductor assembly includes a frame having at least one opening, an identical number of electrically conductive first contact plates, and an identical number of chip arrays. Each chip array has a number of semiconductor chips that are cohesively connected to one another by an embedding compound. In addition, each of the semiconductor chips has a first load terminal and a second load terminal arranged at mutually opposite sides of the relevant semiconductor chip. One of the chip arrays is inserted into each of the openings. Each of the first contact plates is arranged above one of the chip arrays in such a way that, for each of the semiconductor chips, the first load terminal is situated at a side of said semiconductor chip facing the first contact plate and the second load terminal is situated a of said semiconductor chip facing away from the first contact plate.
US09524947B2
A microelectronic interconnect element can include a plurality of first metal lines and a plurality of second metal lines interleaved with the first metal lines. Each of the first and second metal lines has a surface extending within the same reference plane. The first metal lines have surfaces above the reference plane and remote therefrom and the second metal lines have surfaces below the reference plane and remote therefrom. A dielectric layer can separate a metal line of the first metal lines from an adjacent metal line of the second metal lines.
US09524939B2
Provided is an alignment mark having a plurality of sub-resolution elements. The sub-resolution elements each have a dimension that is less than a minimum resolution that can be detected by an alignment signal used in an alignment process. Also provided is a semiconductor wafer having first, second, and third patterns formed thereon. The first and second patterns extend in a first direction, and the third pattern extend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The second pattern is separated from the first pattern by a first distance measured in the second direction. The third pattern is separated from the first pattern by a second distance measured in the first direction. The third pattern is separated from the second pattern by a third distance measured in the first direction. The first distance is approximately equal to the third distance. The second distance is less than twice the first distance.
US09524937B2
Semiconductor devices are provided. A semiconductor device includes gaps between conductive patterns. Moreover, the semiconductor device includes a permeable layer on the conductive patterns. Methods of fabricating semiconductor devices are also provided.
US09524936B2
A power semiconductor module may include a first device and a second device spaced apart from the first device at a predetermined interval. A first assembling terminal is fixedly disposed between the first device and the second device to be a first connection terminal. A second assembling terminal is fixedly assembled to contact outer surfaces of the first device and the second device to be a second connection terminal.
US09524929B2
There is provided a semiconductor module package including: a base substrate formed by mounting one or more first semiconductor devices thereon; a lead frame formed on a top surface of the first semiconductor device and having an inlet formed to inject a solder paste; and spaces inserted between the first semiconductor device and the lead frame to form a separation space, wherein the solder paste is filled in the separation space.
US09524920B2
An apparatus and method of three dimensional conductive lines comprising a first memory column segment in a first tier, a second memory column segment in a second tier, and conductive lines connecting the first memory column segment to the second memory column segment. In some embodiments a conductive line is disposed in the first tier on a first side of the memory column and in the second tier on a second side of the memory column.
US09524906B1
A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. A first insulation layer is formed on a semiconductor die, a redistribution layer electrically connected to a bond pad is formed on the first insulation layer, and a second insulation layer covers the redistribution layer. The second insulation layer is made of a cheap, non-photosensitive material. Accordingly, the manufacturing cost of the semiconductor device can be reduced.
US09524905B1
A nitridation step applied to a tungsten via in a first silicon oxide layer forms a tungsten nitride layer on an exposed top surface of the tungsten via. Subsequently, a second silicon oxide layer is formed over the first silicon oxide layer and the tungsten via. Subsequently, an opening is formed through the second silicon oxide layer to expose at least part of the silicon nitride layer. Subsequently, a wet clean step is performed.
US09524904B2
Dummy bit lines of are formed in a sacrificial layer at locations where bit lines are to be formed, with bit lines separated by trenches that extend through the sacrificial layer. Enclosed air gap structures are formed in the trenches between the dummy bit lines. Subsequently, the dummy bit lines are replaced with metal to form bit lines.
US09524899B2
There are included: forming element isolation regions in a semiconductor substrate; introducing a first impurity of a first conductivity type, to thereby form a first well and a second well of the first conductivity type; introducing a second impurity of a second conductivity type, to thereby form a third well of the second conductivity type and introducing the second impurity into a region between the first well and the second well, to thereby form a separation well of the second conductivity type; and further introducing a third impurity of the second conductivity type into the region between the first well and the second well.
US09524895B2
There is provided a substrate transfer antechamber mechanism for a compact manufacturing apparatus that produces various types of devices in small volume using a small-diameter processing substrate at low cost. A container placement table, on which a wafer transfer container housing a semiconductor wafer is placed, is provided on an upper surface of an apparatus antechamber for a compact semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, and the apparatus antechamber includes therein a wafer elevating mechanism and a horizontal transfer mechanism. The wafer elevating mechanism moves down while holding from below a delivery bottom of the wafer transfer container, on which the semiconductor wafer remains placed, to transfer the semiconductor wafer into the apparatus antechamber. The horizontal transfer mechanism transfers the semiconductor wafer into a processing chamber using a transfer arm that receives the semiconductor wafer from the delivery bottom and extends.
US09524891B2
An apparatus for fixing a metal mask includes a first substrate, a magnet array structure, a second substrate, and a metal mask. The magnet array structure includes a plurality of magnets. The magnet array structure is disposed on the first substrate. The plurality of magnets includes their respective magnetic axes. The magnetic axes cross each other. The second substrate is disposed on the magnet array structure. The metal mask is disposed on the second substrate.
US09524890B2
The invention relates to computer visual recognition output image-aided LED die sorting system and sorting method. The computer visual recognition output image-aided LED die sorting system comprises an optical inspection device, a scanning device, a tablet computer device and a die sucking device. The scanning device scans an inspection result of the optical inspection device and transfers the scan data to the tablet computer device, and then the tablet computer device displays a recognition signal for a user to determine rapidly. Meanwhile, the sorting method can be performed to decrease the manpower cost and enhance the quality yield and production speed.
US09524889B2
A via pass-through apparatus is disclosed. The via pass-through apparatus includes a pass-through chamber adapted to couple between a first mainframe section and a second mainframe section of a substrate processing system, the pass-through chamber including an entry and an exit each having a slit valve, and a via process chamber located at a different level than the pass-through chamber wherein the via process chamber is adapted to carry out a process on a substrate at the via location. Systems and methods of operating the system are provided, as are numerous other aspects.
US09524885B2
Mold pieces (105 and 110) for molding a layer of mold compound on the interconnect side of a bumped semiconductor wafer (118) include a primary cavity (117) and secondary cavities (120) into which excess mold compound from the primary cavity (117) flows. The secondary cavities (120) include a plunger (130) that asserts a predetermined backpressure that is equal to a desired mold compound pressure on the mold compound during molding. As most of the excess mold compound in the primary cavity (117) is forced to flow into the secondary cavities (120), this advantageously leaves a relatively thin layer of mold compound on the semiconductor wafer (118), which can then be removed, for example by grinding, in a relatively short time. Mold piece (105) further comprises a movable cavity bar (115) that can be moved away from mold piece (105) after molding and be cooled to detach the molded substrate that adheres to the cavity bar.
US09524879B2
Semiconductor devices, and methods for fabricating a semiconductor device, include forming a contact hole penetrating an interlayer insulating layer and exposing a conductor defining a bottom surface of the contact hole, forming a sacrificial layer filling the contact hole, forming a first trench overlapping a part of the contact hole by removing at least a part of the sacrificial layer, forming a spacer filling the first trench, forming a second trench by removing a remainder of the sacrificial layer, and forming a metal electrode filling the contact hole and the second trench using electroless plating.
US09524877B2
A dry etching method according to the present invention is for etching a silicon layer as a processing target in a processing room, characterized by supplying an iodine heptafluoride-containing etching gas from a gas supply source at a supply pressure of 66 kPa to 0.5 MPa, evacuating the processing room to an internal pressure lower than the supply pressure of the etching gas and, while maintaining the etching gas at the supply pressure, introducing the etching gas into the evacuated processing room so as to etch the silicon layer by the etching gas. It is possible by this dry etching method to etch the silicon upon adiabatic expansion of the etching gas under mild pressure conditions, with no fear of equipment load and equipment cost increase, and achieve good uniformity of in-plane etching amount distribution.
US09524857B2
A method of making an ion optics component includes providing an electrically isolating substrate and machining away material of the substrate from at least one major surface thereof to form features of a first electrode sub-assembly. The formed features include a first surface for supporting integration of a first electrode body and a second surface for supporting integration of a second electrode body. Subsequent plating and masking steps result in the formation of a first electrode body on the first surface and a second electrode body on the second surface. A bridge is integrally formed in the electrically isolating material, so as to electrically isolate the first electrode body from the second electrode body.
US09524847B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber accommodating a wafer, a susceptor disposed inside the chamber and on which the wafer is held, an upper electrode facing the susceptor, and a second high frequency power source connected to the susceptor, wherein the upper electrode is electrically connected to a ground and is moveable with respect to the susceptor. The substrate processing apparatus divides a potential difference between plasma generated in a processing space and the ground into a potential difference between the plasma and a dielectric and a potential difference between the dielectric and the ground by burying the dielectric in the upper electrode, and changes a gap between the upper electrode and the susceptor. Accordingly, plasma density between the upper electrode and the susceptor is changed.
US09524842B2
Molded case circuit breakers (MCCBs) have an MCCB body with at least one switch printed circuit board (PCB) holding between 1-4 recessed switches. The switch PCB has a bottom primary surface and an opposing top primary surface and a cover residing over the switch PCB and attached to the MCCB case body so that an outer end portion of the 1-4 switches held by the switch PCB extends through the cover.
US09524836B2
An arc-control chamber gear for contact electrodes, the gear possessing openings in collars of an electrode centering cap so as to break the confinement of the electrodes and allow them to be ventilated by gas convection between the inside volume heated by the flow of current and the cooler outside volume.
US09524834B2
A sliding space is defined between a first housing and a second housing. The slider has at least a portion arranged within a sliding space, and is configured to two-dimensionally slide within the sliding space in response to an operating force. The first housing and the slider defines an accommodation space having a point-symmetrical shape therebetween. An elastic member having a circular outer edge is arranged within the accommodation space. An outer edge of the elastic member abuts against an inner peripheral surface of the accommodation space (30) in a state where no operating force is applied to the slider. The elastic member is compressed by a portion of the inner peripheral surface of the accommodation space as the slider slides within the sliding space.
US09524829B2
An improved process for forming a capacitor, and improved capacitor formed thereby is described. The process includes: providing an anode comprising a dielectric thereon; applying a first layer of an intrinsically conducting polymer on the dielectric to form a capacitor precursor; applying at least one subsequent layer of an intrinsically conducting polymer on the first layer from a dispersion; and treating the capacitor precursor at a temperature of at least 50° C. no more than 200° C. at a relative humidity of at least 25% up to 100%, or fusing the layered structure by swelling the layered structure with a liquid and at least partially removing the liquid.
US09524826B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor may include a capacitance forming layer including dielectric layers and internal electrodes disposed on the dielectric layers; a lower cover layer disposed below the capacitance forming layer; an upper cover layer disposed above the capacitance forming layer; and a plurality of crack inducing air gaps disposed in the lower cover layer.
US09524822B2
A system and method of controlling inductive power transfer in an inductive power transfer system and a method for designing an inductive power transfer system with power accounting. The method of controlling inductive power transfer including measuring a characteristic of input power, a characteristic of power in the tank circuit, and receiving information from a secondary device. Estimating power consumption based on the measured characteristic of tank circuit power and received information and comparing the measured characteristic of input power, the information from the secondary device, and the estimated power consumption to determine there is an unacceptable power loss. The method for designing an inductive power transfer system with power accounting including changing the distance between a primary side and a secondary side and changing a load of the secondary side. For each distance between the primary side and the secondary side and for each load, measuring a circuit parameter on the primary side in the tank circuit and a circuit parameter on the secondary side during the transfer of contactless energy. The method further including selecting a formula to describe power consumption in the system during the transfer of contactless energy based on coefficients and the circuit parameters, and determining the coefficients using the measured circuit parameters.
US09524804B2
A control room for a nuclear power plant including two or more nuclear reactor units includes a central workstation providing monitoring capability for both nuclear reactor units, a first operator at the controls (OATC) workstation in front of and to one side of the central workstation providing monitoring and control capabilities for the first nuclear reactor unit, a second OATC workstation in front of and to the other side of the central workstation providing monitoring and control capabilities for the second nuclear reactor unit, and a common control workstation directly in front of the central workstation providing monitoring and control capabilities for systems serving both the first nuclear reactor unit and the second nuclear reactor unit. The central and common control workstations do not provide control capabilities for either nuclear reactor unit. The common control workstation does not include any control capabilities that must be performed by a licensed operator.
US09524796B2
Disclosed herein is a shift register circuit that is formed on an insulating substrate with thin film transistors having channels of the same conductivity type and includes shift stages, each of the shift stages including: a first thin film transistor; a second thin film transistor; a 3(1)-th thin film transistor; a 3(2)-th thin film transistor; a 4(1)-th thin film transistor; a 4(2)-th thin film transistor; a fifth thin film transistor; and a sixth thin film transistor.
US09524793B1
There are provided a semiconductor memory device and an operating method thereof. A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells connected between a source select transistor and a drain select transistor, a peripheral circuit for performing a program operation on the memory cell array, and a control logic for controlling the peripheral circuit such that the potential level of a source control voltage applied to the source select transistor as a selected memory cell is closer to the drain select transistor in a program verify operation during the program operation.
US09524789B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell, a sense amplifier electrically connected to the memory cell, the sense amplifier including a node for sensing a voltage during a sense operation and a data latch electrically connected to the node and configured to hold a first voltage corresponding to a voltage of the node when a strobe signal is issued during a strobe operation, and a controller configured to raise the voltage of the node during the strobe operation before the strobe signal is issued.
US09524787B2
A semiconductor memory device includes memory cells, word lines that are electrically connected to gates of the memory cells, a source line that is electrically connected to one end of the memory cells, and a controller that executes a read operation over first, second, third, and fourth time periods. A first voltage is applied to a selected word line during the first and second time periods of the first operation, and a second voltage that is higher than the first voltage is applied to the selected word line during the third and fourth time periods of the second operation. A third voltage is applied to the source line during the first and third time periods, and fourth and fifth voltages that are lower than the third voltage are applied to the source line during the second and fourth time periods, respectively.
US09524785B2
A memory cell includes a floating gate transistor, a word line transistor, a first capacitance element, and a second capacitance element. The floating gate transistor has a first terminal for receiving a bit line signal, a second terminal, and a floating gate. The word line transistor has a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the floating gate transistor, a second terminal for receiving a third voltage, and a control terminal for receiving a word line signal. A voltage passing device is for outputting a second voltage during an inhibit operation and a first voltage during a program operation or an erase operation. The first capacitance element is coupled to the first voltage passing device and the floating gate, and for receiving a first control signal. The second capacitance element is for receiving at a second control signal.
US09524778B2
Device selection schemes in multi-chip package NAND flash memory systems are provided. A memory system is provided that has a memory controller, and a number of memory devices connected to the controller via a common bus with a multi-drop connection. The memory controller performs device selection by command. A corresponding memory controller is provided which performs device selection by command. Alternatively, device selection is performed by address. A memory device is provided use in memory system comprising a memory controller, and a number of memory devices inclusive of the memory device connected to the controller via a common bus with a multi-drop connection. The memory device has a register containing a device identifier, and a device identifier comparator that compares selected bits of a received input address to contents of the register to determine if there is a match. The memory device is selected if the device identifier comparator determines there is a match.
US09524776B2
A forming method includes: applying a first pulse voltage to a second electrode to a variable-resistance nonvolatile memory element in first state; and executing at least once a sequence that includes determining whether the variable-resistance nonvolatile memory element is in a second state, and continuously applying a second pulse voltage followed by a third pulse voltage to the variable-resistance nonvolatile memory element when the variable-resistance nonvolatile memory element is determined not to be in the second state.
US09524774B2
An electronic memory or controller may use a first type of read command, addressed to a first page of memory of an electronic memory that includes information to indicate that a second page of memory of the electronic memory has not been programmed and a second type of read command, addressed to the first page of memory, that includes information to indicate that the second page of memory has been programmed. The first page of memory may include a lower page of a multi-level cell (MLC), and the second page of memory may include an upper page of the same MLC. The second page of memory is enabled during a period of time that the first type of read command is used.
US09524773B2
This invention provides a 2-level BL-hierarchical NAND memory architecture and associated concurrent operations applicable to both 2D and 3D HiNAND2 memory arrays. New Latch designs in Block-decoder and Segment-decoder with one common dedicated metal0 power line per one 2N-bit dynamic page buffer (DPB) formed in corresponding 2N broken-LBL metal1 line capacitors for Program and per one 2N-bit Segment DPB formed in corresponding 2N local LBL metal1 line capacitors for Read are provided for performing concurrent and pipeline operations of multiple-WL Program, Read, Erase-Verify, and Program-Verify in dispersed Blocks in a same or multiple different NAND planes with much enhanced array flexibility and multiple-fold performance improvements.
US09524770B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a repair control circuit and a refresh control circuit. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory cells and a plurality of redundancy memory cells. The repair control circuit receives a repair command and performs a repair operation on a first defective memory cell among the plurality of memory cells during a repair mode. The semiconductor memory device may operate in a repair mode in response to the repair command. The refresh control circuit performs a refresh operation on non-defective ones of the plurality of memory cells during the repair mode.
US09524768B1
A control circuit may include a refresh time control circuit configured for controlling a refresh time on the basis of an area setting signal for setting a usage area of a memory. The control circuit may include an address control circuit configured for fixing at least one bit included in an external address on the basis of the area setting signal and an area mode signal and provide an internal address.
US09524764B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a processor chip, and a memory chip stacked on the processor chip with bumps and including a memory cell unit and a memory logic unit. The bumps are arranged on the memory logic unit. An address and data are transferred between the processor chip and the memory chip by use of shared bumps of the bumps.
US09524763B2
A source-synchronous system is provided in which a non-uniform interface may exist in a data source endpoint as well as in a data sink endpoint.
US09524748B2
Embodiments are related to systems and methods for data processing, and more particularly to systems and methods for multi-dimensional signal equalization. In one case, a data processing system is discussed that includes: a first equalizer governed at least in part by a first coefficient; a second equalizer circuit governed at least in part by a second coefficient; and a constraint circuit operable to force a sum of at least the first coefficient and the second coefficient to equal a defined value.
US09524747B2
Embodiments relate to controlling persisting of data to disk for use with a messaging system including an application operable for generating and sending a message to a destination. An aspect is an apparatus, which includes a comparator operable to determine whether the message includes common data, and an extractor, responsive to a determination that the message includes common data, configured to extract the common data and non-common data from the message. The apparatus also includes a persistor operable to determine whether the common data have already been persisted to disk. The persistor is operable, in response to a determination that the common data have not already been persisted to disk, to separately persist the common data and the non-common data to disk. The persistor is operable, in response to a determination that the common data have already been persisted to disk, to persist the non-common data to disk.
US09524742B2
To provide a CxNyHz film of high density and a deposition method. One aspect of the present invention is a CxNyHz film formed on a substrate to be deposited, wherein x, y and z satisfy formulae (1) to (4) below: 0.4
US09524739B2
Various embodiments concern a suspension assembly of a disk drive. The suspension assembly includes a load beam comprising a major planar area formed from a substrate. The load beam further comprises a window in the substrate, a dimple formed from the substrate, and a flange. The flange is a region of the major planar area that extends partially around the dimple but does not extend along an edge of the dimple. The edge of the dimple is adjacent to the window. The dimple is in contact with the flexure. A HAMR block or other element can extend through the window. The lack of a full flange can minimize the necessary clearance between the dimple and the HAMR block or other element and thereby allow the window to be enlarged to accommodate the HAMR block or other element.
US09524731B2
There is disclosed active acoustic filter systems and methods. A processor is disposed within a housing configured to interface with a user's ear. A memory stores data defining one or more locations and a respective set of location-based processing parameters associated with each of the one or more locations. A personal computing device external to the housing is coupled to the processor via a first wireless communications link. The personal computing device determines a current location of the active acoustic filter system. The processor generates digitized processed sound by processing digitized ambient sound in accordance with a set of location-based processing parameters retrieved from the memory, the retrieved set of location-based processing parameters associated with the current location of the active acoustic filter system as determined by the personal computing device.
US09524729B2
In a system and method for noise estimation with music detection described herein provides for generating a music classification for music content in an audio signal. The music detector may classify the audio signal as music or non-music. The non-music signal may be considered to be signal and noise. An adaption rate may be adjusted responsive to the generated music classification. A noise estimate is calculated applying the adjusted adaption rate. The system and method may mitigate the noise modeling algorithms being misled by the music components.
US09524723B2
An information processing apparatus detects a coding method of an audio signal to be reproduced as a target coding method, selects one of a first control and a second control based on the target coding method and decoding compatibility information stored in a storage unit, and performs the selected one of the first control and the second control, the first control being for obtaining the audio signal from an external storage; decoding the obtained audio signal; and transmitting the decoded audio signal to a speaker apparatus, the second control being for causing: the external storage to directly transmit the audio signal to the speaker apparatus; and the speaker apparatus to decode the audio signal.
US09524717B2
An interface for handling patient requests in voice calls sent from a call system includes a voice recognition engine that processes the voice calls and generates text data based on the requests, an analytics and reporting engine that improves efficiency of the voice recognition engine, and an alarm and routing engine that formats the text data for transmitting the text data to an intended recipient.
US09524715B2
According to a preferred aspect of the instant invention, there is provided a system and method for content recognition in portable devices. Content, preferably audio content is recorded by the instant invention, preferably a sample with a length between 1 and 10 seconds. A fingerprint will be generated from the recorded sample and automatically, and preferably without further user interaction, prompting, notification, etc. (e.g. invisible to the user), compared with the fingerprints in a fingerprint database that is stored locally in the portable device and the result thereafter presented to the user.
US09524713B2
According to some embodiments, a user device may receive business enterprise information from a remote enterprise server. The user device may then automatically convert at least some of the business enterprise information into speech output provided to a user of the user device. Speech input from the user may be received via and converted by the user device. The user device may then interact with the remote enterprise server in accordance with the converted speech input and the business enterprise information.
US09524709B2
A multiferroic transducer for an electrical stringed-instrument pickup comprising an upper layer and lower layer of magnetostrictive material and a middle layer of piezoelectric or ferroelectric material disposed between the upper layer and lower layer.
US09524708B2
An optoelectronic pickup for a musical instrument includes at least one light source which directs light to impinge a sound generating element of the musical instrument in at least one photoreceiver located to detect the reflected light, so as to generate an electrical signal that is responsive to sound generating element movement.
US09524706B2
A music reproduction apparatus includes a reproduction section for reproducing user-selected music piece data, a generation section for generating control information including music piece information identifying a music piece reproduced by the reproduction section and reproduced position information indicative of a currently-reproduced position, a modulation section for outputting, on the basis of the generated control information, an audio signal of a predetermined frequency band for carrying the control information, and an output section for transmitting to outside the audio signal generated by the modulation section. An information processing apparatus stores a plurality of sets of displaying content, receives the audio signal, demodulates the control information from the received audio signal to extract the music piece information and reproduced position information, identifies displaying content from the extracted music piece information, and displays a part of the identified displaying content in accordance with the extracted reproduced position information.
US09524697B2
A video display includes a video display panel and a video display drive circuit configured to control a display on condition. A touch screen includes a touch screen panel (mounted on top of the video display panel) and a touch panel control and sense circuit configured to operate the touch screen panel in a self-capacitance mode. The touch panel control and sense circuit includes sense drive circuits configured to generate sense drive signals for application to sense lines of the touch screen panel. A controller controls actuation of the sense drive circuits so that the sense drive signals are synchronized to the display on condition. In an implementation, the leading edges of the sense drive signals are synchronized to the display on condition. In another implementation, a window is synchronized to the display on condition and the leading edges of the sense drive signals exhibit jitter within the window.
US09524690B2
A gate driving circuit includes: a pull-up controller applying a carry signal of one of previous stages to a first node in response to the carry signal of the one of the previous stages; a pull-up part outputting a clock signal as an N-th gate output signal; a carry part outputting the clock signal as an N-th carry signal; a first pull-down part pulling down the signal at the first node to a second off voltage; a second pull-down part pulling down the N-th gate output signal to a first off voltage; an inverting part generating an inverting signal based on the clock signal and the second off voltage to output the inverting signal to an inverting node; and a reset part outputting a reset signal to the inverting node.
US09524687B2
A method of driving a display panel includes respectively outputting first to j-th, where j is a natural number, gate signals to first to j-th gate lines disposed on a first area of the display panel during a load period when an image is displayed on the display panel due to an output of a data signal to the display panel, adjusting a blank gate voltage during a blank period between load periods to generate an adjusted blank gate voltage, generating a blank gate signal based on the adjusted blank gate voltage, and outputting the blank gate signal. Thus, display quality of a display apparatus may be improved.
US09524672B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display apparatus includes a power circuit and a pixel. The power circuit serves to provide a first voltage. The pixel includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, a fifth transistor, a capacitor, and an OLED. During a programming period, a first terminal of the capacitor receives a data voltage through the turned-on first transistor, a first terminal of the second transistor receives the first voltage, a control terminal of the second transistor is coupled to a second terminal of the capacitor and coupled to a second terminal of the second transistor through the turned-on third transistor, and the power circuit regulates a voltage level or a current of the first voltage to accelerate a voltage level of the control terminal of the second transistor to reach a target voltage.
US09524667B2
A pixel circuit for an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. One inventive aspect includes an organic light emitting diode, a first transistor, a storage unit, a second transistor and a third transistor. The first transistor controls the amount of current flowing from a first power source coupled to a second power source via a second node and the organic light emitting diode in response to a voltage at a first node. The storage unit is connected to a data line, and stores a data signal from the data line. The second transistor is connected to a fourth node and the first node and is turned on when a second control signal is supplied. The third transistor is connected to the first node and a third node and is turned on when a third control signal is supplied.
US09524664B2
A display device includes a display panel and a driver. The driver generates APL-calculation image data corresponding to an APL-calculation luminance image through an APL-calculation filtering process on the input usage data, calculates area characterization data including first APL data of each area in the APL-calculation luminance image and calculates second APL data depending on the position of each pixel and the first APL data of the area characterization data associated with the area in which each pixel is located and with the adjacent areas to generate pixel-specific characterization data including the second APL data. The driver generates output image data on the basis of the second APL data of the pixel-specific image data and drives each pixel in response to the output image data. The APL-calculating filtering process involves setting a luminance value of the target pixel in the APL-calculation luminance image to a specific APL-calculation alternative luminance value.
US09524652B2
A method and system for teaching oneself to learn to play a string instrument and master it by analyzing one's real-time hand/finger movement/technique/form, enabling oneself to progress and correct one's own mistakes simultaneously. In one aspect, a system for learning to play a string instrument is provided that includes a simulation instrument that includes a plurality of strings, wherein at least one of the strings includes at least one-touch sensing sensor thereon in communication with at least one processor to receive a signal from the at least one touch-sensing sensor and determine therefrom when and where on the at least one string a user applies pressure to the at least one string.
US09524648B1
Uncrewed autonomous vehicles (“UAVs”) may navigate from one location to another location. Described herein are systems, devices, and methods providing countermeasures for threats that may compromise the UAVs. A plurality of UAVs may establish a mesh network to distribute information to one another. A first UAV may receive external data from a second UAV using the mesh network. The external data may be used to confirm or cross-check data such as location, heading, altitude, and so forth. Disagreement between data generated by the first UAV with external data from the second UAV may result in the determination that the first UAV is compromised. Remedial actions may be taken, such as the first UAV may be directed to a safe location to land or park, may receive commands from another UAV, and so forth.
US09524644B2
A notification control method executed by a computer, the notification control method includes: acquiring image data of a displayable image captured by an imaging device, and controlling a notification concerning detection of an object based on output of a sensor, depending on a determination of visibility for the displayable image based on the image data.
US09524636B2
A universal remote controller includes a card and a housing. The card includes an information tag. The housing includes a touch panel, a slot, a reader, a memory, a processor, and a signal transmitter. The memory is used for storing a plurality of databases. When the card is inserted to the slot, the reader in the housing induces the driving signal corresponding to the information tag of the card. The processor enables a corresponding database from the memory according to the driving signal and further provides a plurality of remote control functions on the transparent touch panel corresponding to positions of a plurality of key images according to the enabled database.
US09524621B2
A mobile terminal inputs a sound effect output from a communication device through a microphone in response to completion of access to an IC module, and determines whether a sound pattern of the input sound effect indicates a preset sound pattern. When it is determined that the sound pattern of the input sound effect indicates the preset sound pattern, the mobile terminal transmits specific information to a specific destination.
US09524620B2
Various embodiments of the disclosed gaming device include a housing which supports a plurality of mechanical reels and a plurality of stop input devices which are configured to provide a Pachisuro-style slot game. Each of the plurality of reels is associated with a different one of the plurality of stop input devices. Each stop input device enables a player to stop the respective reel when the reel is spinning by activating the stop input device. Each reel includes a plurality of stop positions and each stop position includes a symbol. The gaming device also includes a processor and a memory device. For each reel, the processor randomly determines the stop position at which the reel ultimately stops based on a virtual map stored in the memory device for an initiating stop position of that reel which is selected by the player's activation of the stop input device for that reel.
US09524614B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method for permanently increasing the average expected payback percentage of a game for a player. The gaming system is configured to operate a game associated with one or more designated point thresholds, each of which is associated with a quantity of points. The gaming system maintains a point balance for the player for the game. Upon an occurrence of a point accumulation event, the gaming system adds a quantity of points to the player's point balance for the game. When the player's point balance for the game reaches one of the designated point thresholds, the gaming system permanently modifies a feature of the game and/or adds a new feature to the game. In various embodiments, the modification to the feature and/or the new feature permanently increases the average expected payback percentage for the game for that player.
US09524610B2
A wagering game in a gaming machine includes symbols that are associated with multiple payoff levels. The symbols may have their payoff levels incremented and decremented based on certain predefined criteria. The criteria may be based on a winning outcome, random selection, the position of the symbols, the configuration of the symbols, and the like. As some symbols have their payoff levels incremented, other symbols have their payoff levels decremented. Each symbol may be graphically rendered in a manner to distinctively indicate the particular payoff level currently assigned to that symbol. In this way, the wagering game maintains a dynamic mix of symbols having different payoff levels and graphical renderings.
US09524606B1
A methodology and apparatus for providing casino game signage for a casino game which incorporates display information that is dynamically interchangeable between game specific and game non-specific information responsive to automatic detection of game play status at the game table. At least one electronic display is provided at respective casino game tables, and selected display information is wirelessly transmitted, and/or manually delivered, thereto. The display information which is displayed is dynamically selected based upon a sensor automatically detecting the status of play of the game, being game specific during play and selectively game specific and game non-specific during game play inactivity.
US09524598B2
A security entrance and exit control system includes a pair of protective walls and a ceiling for forming an aisle, an entrance door and an exit door, a plurality of entrance cameras, an entrance display, an entrance speaker, an infrared sensor, an aisle light, an aisle speaker, an aisle camera, and a control computer which compares an image of the face photographed by the entrance cameras with an image of a list provided in real time from a DB server.
US09524589B1
A system and method an interactive textile article including a textile material having a design object that includes one or more design object identifiers. The design object is associated with an augmented reality software program configured to include content related the design object. A processor configured to execute the augmented reality program so as to compile a design object depiction based the design object identifiers contained in the design object. The processor executes a first augmented content level of a plurality of augmented content levels so as to display 1) the design object depiction, 2) augmentation elements that are related to the design object, and 3) an input element configured to control the design object depiction and the augmentation elements.
US09524588B2
Embodiments disclosed herein provide methods, systems, and computer readable storage media for facilitating enhanced visual communication between remote participants. In a particular embodiment, a method provides, during a conference session, receiving first video captured of a first participant remote to a physical meeting location. The method further provides determining a first position for the first participant in the physical meeting location and determining a view of an Augmented Reality (AR) head mounted display worn by a second participant at the physical meeting location. From the first video, the method provides generating AR video that makes the first participant appear to the second participant at the first position when viewed through the AR head mounted display. The method also includes transferring the AR video to the AR head mounted display for presentation to the second participant.
US09524583B2
It is provided a computer-implemented method for simulating the machining of a workpiece with a cutting tool having a cutting part and a non-cutting part. The method comprises providing a modeled volume representing the workpiece and a trajectory of the cutting tool; determining a colliding sweep of the cutting tool, wherein the colliding sweep represents the volume swept by the non-cutting front of the cutting tool when the cutting tool follows the trajectory; testing a collision with the workpiece according to the determining step. Such a method improves the simulation of the machining of a workpiece with a cutting tool.
US09524579B2
Systems and methods are provided to facilitate orientation of a plane with respect to a three-dimensional representation. A device is presented utilizing at least one of an accelerometer, gyroscope, or combination thereof, enabling determination of a current position and/or orientation of the device. Outputs from the accelerometer, gyroscope, etc., are captured and orientation of a plane displayed with regard to the three-dimensional representation is accordingly adjusted to correspond with the position of the device. Imaging information relating to the three-dimensional representation and the plane can be captured facilitating analysis of the respective slice of the three-dimensional representation associated with the plane.
US09524576B1
A photograph display apparatus and associated method of display that includes a substrate having a mounting surface and a rib structure mounted on the mounting surface of the substrate. The rib structure is constructed and arranged to form a series of juxtaposition ribs formed in a parallel array including successive rib peaks. A composite photograph that includes alternating photograph segments of respective first and second photograph is formed in a folded array that includes fold lines that correspond to a demarcation line between respective photograph segments. The folded composite photograph is constructed and arranged for mating support to the rib structure.
US09524572B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for processing vector-based information for an image. From a set of pixels that comprises the image, a first subset of one or more pixels that are used in a raster representation of an element in the image, such as pixel values used to render the image, is identified. A first operation is performed in parallel for the respective one or more pixels in the first subset, such as by evaluating a batched first subset of pixels using stacked instruction for the first operation. The first operation comprises instructions for at least a first portion of a function for generating an image pixel value used to represent the element in the image.
US09524571B2
A method for assisting the navigation of an aircraft comprises: assembly by families of data by a processing unit of predetermined data and acquired data, including meteorological data, the families being predefined, each data value being associated with a time window of validity; formatting the data of the families to associate with each data value a type of graphical representation as text or a scalar, vector, surface, or volume; selection of families of data to be displayed; choice of a display time window for each family of data to be displayed; spatio-temporal discretization of the trajectory; spatio-temporal correlation of the discretized trajectory with each family of data as a function of the time windows of validity, in the display time windows of the family, to extract a sub-assembly from each family of data, by the processing unit; display of the sub-assemblies in a single representation on the same display screen.
US09524564B2
The inventive method for viewing of a multi-spectral image by an operator uses contrast optimization by Fisher projection. The Fisher projection is determined and applied within a window (F1, F2, F3, . . . ) that is smaller than a display screen matrix (1) used by the operator. The window is moved for successive updates of a depiction of the image that is displayed, while creating a remanence of the positions of the earlier windows and elements that were exposed in some of said earlier windows. The implementation of the method is particularly simple and intuitive for the operator, so as to improve the reliability and effectiveness of his or her monitoring.
US09524563B2
Systems and methods are described that recommend images, items, and/or metadata based at least in part on a reference color palette or reference color name. A color name can be converted into a representation of the color name in a color space. The reference color can be used to identify images that contain the reference color. The identified images and associated metadata can be analyzed, sorted and provided as an ordered list of items. Systems and methods are also described that identify items that contain colors affiliated with the reference color. Systems and methods are also described that validate color identifier information in metadata associated with an image. Systems and methods are also described that identify non-color specific keywords associated with the reference color.
US09524561B2
Techniques for image stabilization may include detecting motion of an apparatus configured to display image data, the image data comprising one or more frames, a first frame of the one or more frames comprising a plurality of layers. The plurality of layers may be processed to correct for the detected motion. The processing may comprise applying a different degree of motion correction to a first layer of the plurality of layers than to a second layer of the plurality of layers. Such techniques may be performed via an apparatus comprising a display control unit configured to cause the image data to be displayed, and a motion correction unit configured to perform the processing.
US09524553B2
An image processing apparatus generates a hypothesis group for marker areas and marker identifiers by randomly scattering hypotheses including the marker areas and the marker identifiers in a range in which the hypotheses can be made, and evaluates each of the hypotheses for the marker areas and the marker identifiers using image information on markers, when a variance value of a marker area in a hypothesis including a marker identifier satisfying a predetermined condition is a predetermined threshold or larger, and replicates a hypothesis extracted from the hypothesis group, based on the evaluation result, and reconstructs the hypothesis group by changing the replicated hypothesis based on a degree of similarity between markers and on a neighborhood probability of a marker, and causes repetitive execution of the evaluating, the replicating, and the reconstructing until the variance value becomes smaller than the threshold in the reconstructed hypothesis group.
US09524542B1
This invention comprises a system and a method for inspecting the inside of delayed petroleum coking vessels to identify deformations, detect and determine the severity of other defects, and visually observe the inside of the inspected vessel.
US09524540B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for a computing device that receives input, from a user, selecting an area of a displayed image, where the area includes the blemish sought to be corrected by the user. The computing device identifies a spot pattern of the blemish to be corrected within the area and a context pattern of the displayed image. The computing device corrects the spot pattern of the blemish within the displayed image. The computing device identifies related images that have context patterns similar to the context pattern of the displayed image. The computing device automatically corrects similar instances of the spot pattern appearing within the related images.
US09524537B2
A display control apparatus includes a first controller and a second controller. The first controller performs control to divide a display region of a display into divided regions arranged in a predetermined direction and to display images of determined attributes in the divided regions. The display includes a specifying unit that specifies a position in the display region and an operation on an image displayed in the display region. The second controller performs, in response to detection of specification of a predetermined operation on the displayed image subsequent to specification of a position in at least one divided region or in at least one boundary region between divided regions, enlargement control of enlarging or size reduction control of reducing the size of a target region (the divided region or a divided region adjacent to the boundary region) and an image displayed in the target region.
US09524536B2
Compression techniques for dynamically-generated graphics resources are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to determine one or more usage characteristics of a dynamically-generated graphics resource, determine whether to compress the dynamically-generated graphics resource based on the one or more usage characteristics, and in response to a determination to compress the dynamically-generated graphics resource, select a compression procedure based on a graphics quality threshold for the dynamically-generated graphics resource. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09524535B2
When encoding a texture map 1 for use in graphics processing, the texture map is divided into a plurality of equal-sized blocks 2 of texture data elements. Each block 2 of texture data elements is then encoded as a block of texture data 5 that includes a set of integer values to be used to generate a set of base data values for the block, and a set of index values indicating how to use the base data values to generate data values for the texture data elements that the block represents. The integer values and the index values are both encoded in an encoded texture data block using a combination of base-n values, where n is greater than two, and base-2 values. Predefined bit representations are used to represent plural base-n values (n>2) collectively, and the bits of the bit representations representing the base-n values (n>2) are interleaved with bits representing the base-2 values in the encoded texture data block.
US09524522B2
A hybrid recommendation system uses offline testing and online testing to generate and optimize recommendation functions. The functions generate recommendations which may be presented online for product purchases. Indices are created from the recommendations. Lookups may be performed on the indices to select recommendations for a particular user. The selected recommendations may be filtered before presenting to the user.
US09524517B2
A publicly-accessible self-service terminal is provided for enabling a self-service terminal user to purchase on-demand postage stamp labels in advance. The publicly-accessible self-service terminal includes a user interface arranged to receive a request from a postage stamp buyer to purchase on-demand postage stamp labels in advance, a payment acceptor arranged to receive payment from the postage stamp buyer for purchase of on-demand postage stamp labels in advance, a roll paper printer arranged to dispense a panel portion of the roll of pre-printed self-adhesive to the postage stamp buyer, and a controller arranged to control the roll paper printer to dispense the panel portion to the postage stamp buyer.
US09524514B2
A vehicle computing system enables one or more processors to control a plurality of vehicle features. The vehicle computing system may control a plurality of vehicle features while determining and selecting occupant preferences for those features. The vehicle computing system may receive input including occupant selections of an application requesting user control. The vehicle computing system may receive context variables at the time of occupant selections. The vehicle computing system may store in memory the occupant selections of the vehicle feature settings and/or controls with the associated context variables. The vehicle computing system may determine an occupant preference to an input request using an associative rule filter based on the occupant selections stored in memory. The vehicle computing system may assign a predetermined amount of time after the application input is requested to allow control of the vehicle feature based on an associative rule filter output.
US09524509B2
Briefly, embodiments of methods or systems for client side browser notification are disclosed.
US09524506B2
Methods and apparatus for maintaining businesses rules in a configuration system are disclosed. The presently disclosed system allows systems to be configured using a plurality of rules that are syndicated by a plurality of different manufacturers. Each manufacturer syndicates a portion of the overall system attributes and/or configuration rule set for use by others. Configuration users, such as the sales channel, may then create additional rules and/or configure products with the most recent version of the component attributes and configuration rules, and no single entity is burdened with maintaining the entire attribute and/or rule set.
US09524501B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods, systems, and apparatuses for matching e-commerce and physical point-of-sale transaction data. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a computer, first transaction data comprising a payment token or second transaction data comprising a primary account identifier, wherein the payment token is derived from the primary account identifier, and providing, by the computer, a universal account identifier after receiving the payment token or the account identifier, wherein the universal account identifier is a substitute for the payment token and the primary account identifier.
US09524499B2
An electronic device includes one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to: during a first communication session, sending first information regarding a transaction to a user device that is participating in the first transaction, interrupting the first communication session, pausing for a time to allow the user device to process the first information and to generate second information in furtherance of the transaction, establishing a second communication session with the user device, receiving the second information from the user device during the second communication session, and further processing the transaction using the second information.
US09524486B2
A system to detect and maintain retail store promotional price tags (PPTs) includes a heuristic PPT description extractor module, a heuristic rule deriver module, a store shelf image acquisition system, a barcode locator and recognizer module, and a heuristic PPT classifier module. The heuristic PPT description extractor module extracts heuristic descriptions of PPTs. The heuristic rule deriver module derives a set of heuristic parameters for the PPTs. The barcode locator and recognizer module analyzes images acquired by the store shelf image acquisition system to localize and recognize barcodes. The heuristic PPT description classifier module extracts heuristic attributes from the images acquired by the store shelf image acquisition system using the set of PPT parameters supplied by the heuristic rule deriver module.
US09524482B2
A three dimensional virtual retail space representing a physical space for designing a retail store space layout is provided. A three dimensional virtual object representing at least one physical object for the retail space is provided. Input can be received from a virtual reality input interface for interacting with the virtual object in the virtual retail space. Based on the input, the virtual object can be placed in the virtual retail space. An updated video signal can be sent to a head mounted display that provides a three dimensional representation of the virtual object in the virtual space.
US09524478B2
The invention concerns managing information, such as managing evidence that is relevant to multiple legal proceedings. After the item has been received and stored in common database (30) it is automatically duplicated (14) to databases of the pre determined (12) related cases (60,70) and (80). The related cases (60, 70, 80) are able to store information that is specific to the relevant case. Aspects of the invention include a computer system, method, software and user computer generated interfaces for managing evidentiary information items.
US09524474B2
A method for carrying out a learning function is described, which is used to provide at least one correction value to compensate for at least one nominal value deviation of at least one component of a motor vehicle. At least one characteristic is ascertained in the case of at least one defined operating state of the motor vehicle with the aid of the learning function and used to determine the at least one correction value. The method includes prompting a driver of the motor vehicle to operate the motor vehicle in the at least one defined operating state. A system for implementing a corresponding method is also described.
US09524472B2
In one embodiment, first weight information indicating a first set of delta values is obtained, where the first set of delta values includes a first delta value for each weight in a set of weights, the set of weights including a weight for each of a set of one or more parameters of a model. In addition, second weight information indicating a second set of delta values is obtained, where the second set of delta values includes a second delta value for each weight in the set of weights. Combined weight information including a combined set of delta values or a combined set of weights is generated based, at least in part, upon the first weight information and the second weight information.
US09524451B2
The disclosure discloses a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing print data editing program. The program executes steps including a background patter print data generating, a disposition setting, and a disposition adjusting. In the disposition adjusting, at least one spacing adjustment of column spacing adjustment and row spacing adjustment is performed. The column spacing adjusts the column spacing so that a length of the sides parallel with the angle of inclination in the disposition adjustment region becomes an integer multiple of a total length of a length of the background pattern print data along the row direction and the column spacing. The row spacing adjustment adjusts the row spacing so that a length of the sides orthogonal to the angle of inclination becomes an integer multiple of a total length of a length of the background pattern print data along the column direction and the row spacing.
US09524443B1
A method and system that allows healthcare providers, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and other persons to monitor disabled, elderly or other high-risk individuals to prevent or reduce falls and/or mitigate the impact of a fall by delivering automated notification of “at risk” behavior and falls by such an individual being monitored where assistance is required. The monitored individual is virtually represented as a blob object of at least a specific size by a computerized monitoring system and such system detects and alerts when the blob object enters or crosses into a virtually defined or designated blob detection zone and remains in the zone for at least a predetermined period of time.
US09524438B2
The invention relates to a vehicle (10) with at least one camera (16), by means of which at least one image area of a surrounding of the vehicle (10) is capturable, the image area comprising a plurality of pixels and being arranged obliquely above a vehicle front as viewed in the direction of travel of the vehicle (10), and with a tunnel detection device (44) designed for determining an average brightness of the at least one image area. The tunnel detection device (44) comprises a device (46) for feature or edge detection, by means of which differences in the brightness of pixels differing from each other are capturable and thus features characterized by abrupt changes in brightness are detectable in the at least one image area. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for operating a camera arrangement for a vehicle (10).
US09524435B2
A system and computer implemented method for detecting the location of a mobile device using semantic indicators is provided. The method includes receiving, using one or more processors, a plurality of images captured by a mobile device at an area. The area is associated with a set of candidate locations. Using the one or more processors, one or more feature indicators associated with the plurality of images are detected. These feature indicators include semantic features related to the area. The semantic features are compared with a plurality of stored location features for the set of candidate locations. In accordance with the comparison, a location from the set of candidate locations is selected to identify an estimated position of the mobile device.
US09524431B2
A method includes identifying a plurality of linear geographic dividers for a region, wherein the plurality of linear geographic dividers comprises one or more of streets, railways, electrical lines or rivers, determining a set of logical geometric blocks for the region, based on the identified plurality of linear geographic dividers and generating one or more tiles based at least on the plurality of linear geographic dividers and the determined logical geometric blocks.
US09524430B1
A method for detecting texts included in an image is disclosed. The method includes steps of: (a) detecting at least one text candidate in an inputted image by referring to feature values of pixels in the inputted image; (b) classifying (i) the detected text candidate as a strong text or a non-strong text by referring to a comparison result between a first threshold value and a first feature value and (ii) the text candidate classified as the non-strong text as a weak text or a non-text by referring to a comparison result between a second threshold value and a second feature value; and (c) determining whether to classify the weak text as the strong text by referring to information on the strong text and information on the weak text.
US09524428B2
An embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, at a surface of a device accepting handwriting input, a location of the display surface associated with initiation of a handwriting input; determining, using a processor, a location of an entry field in a document rendered on a display surface, the location of the entry field being associated with a display surface location; determining, using a processor, a distance between the location of the surface associated with initiation of the handwriting input and the location of the entry field; and automatically inserting input, based on the handwriting input, into the entry field after determining the distance is less than a threshold value. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US09524427B2
There is provided an image processing apparatus including: a communication unit receiving first feature amounts, which include coordinates of feature points in an image acquired by another image processing apparatus, and position data showing a position in the image of a pointer that points at a location in a real space; an input image acquisition unit acquiring an input image by image pickup of the real space; a feature amount generating unit generating second feature amounts including coordinates of feature points set in the acquired input image; a specifying unit comparing the first feature amounts and the second feature amounts and specifying, based on a comparison result and the position data, a position in the input image of the location in the real space being pointed at by the pointer; and an output image generating unit generating an output image displaying an indicator indicating the specified position.
US09524425B2
A gesture recognition device configured to recognize a gesture of a hand from a captured image of a user, having a fingertip candidate detector that detects a fingertip candidate from the image, a finger detector that detects a skin area as a finger, the skin area extending by a predetermined length in a certain direction from the fingertip candidate detected by the fingertip candidate detector, and a gesture type specifying unit that specifies a type of the gesture based on the number of fingers detected by the finger detector.
US09524423B2
An image recognition apparatus is arranged to extract feature information of an object area detected from among images, compare with feature information of previously-registered objects, thereby calculating a degree of similarity, when the calculated degree of similarity is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, determine the object included in the object area as a registered object and set a recognition confirmed state that is successively maintained between images, and when a reliability of the object tracking is low and the degree of similarity is smaller than the predetermined threshold value, set the recognition confirmed state which is successively maintained into a recognition unconfirmed state where the object included in the object area is not determined as a registered object.
US09524410B2
A scanning device includes a laser source emitting a laser scanning beam, a movable scanning mirror reflecting the laser scanning beam towards an on object to be scanned, a mirror moving element moving the movable scanning mirror and a controller receiving an input corresponding to a range estimate from the scanning device to the object and adjusting a setting of the scanning device based on the range estimate.
US09524408B2
A method is provided for managing the operating mode of an electronic tag, including at least one communication module for communicating with at least one control device and a memory for storing at least one tag identifier specific to the tag and transmittable by the tag to the at least one control device. The method includes, following reception of a deactivation instruction upon which the tag goes from an activated state to a deactivated state, a deactivation step, in which the transmission, to the control device, of the tag identifier is inhibited and in which the tag responds to a reactivation instruction by re-enabling the transmission of the tag identifier to the control device.
US09524405B2
Cooperative RFID devices are provided that are aware of other RFID devices in their near vicinity (field range), and their operational pattern depends on presence of these other devices. If a cooperative RFID device is alone in the RF field of a reader terminal, it will allow operation of a first type (e.g. not allowing complex communication, but only allowing responses to requests for non-sensitive data or completely concealing its presence by not allowing any transmission at all) and when another defined and known RFID device is detected in the same RF field, operation of a second type is allowed (e.g. allowing any data transfer, responding to requests for any data, including sensitive data, etc.).
US09524395B2
A method and apparatus for obtaining a password hint is disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes: receiving a spatial pattern from a user; obtaining a password comprising a plurality of characters; obtaining a password hint comprising an arrangement of characters, wherein the arrangement of characters includes the plurality of characters of the password and additional characters, and the plurality of characters of the password are located within the arrangement of characters according to the received spatial pattern. The method may also include storing the password hint or providing the password hint to the user.
US09524378B2
Apparatus and methods for licensing include executing a base application on a device, initiating a transaction with an application store to obtain access to a subordinate licensable item that is usable by the base application, receiving a transaction receipt corresponding to the transaction for the subordinate licensable item, and obtaining, from a license server, a subordinate license that corresponds to the subordinate licensable item. Additionally, the apparatus and methods may include storing a base license for a base application on a device, acquiring a subordinate license for a subordinate licensable item usable by the base application, receiving a request to execute the base application, enforcing, by a license agent service on the device, the base license with respect to executing the base application, and enforcing, by the base application, the subordinate license during execution of the base application.
US09524377B2
A medication and dispensing system tracks the medication of multiple users over time and preferably combines this information with periodic test results provided to the system. The system is designed to allow remote access electronically to authorized users whereby doctors or other medical professionals can review the data of actual medication dispensed and preliminary test results accumulated over time. Preliminary analysis of the data is conducted by the system to identify a predetermined medical alert condition. Upon determination of the predetermined medical alert condition, the dispensing system dispenses or makes available for dispensing an alert response medication.
US09524373B2
The present invention features methods, devices, and systems, e.g., for providing diagnostic or treatment decision support to a clinician for the diagnosis or treatment of a patient in need thereof or for diagnosing or treating a patient in need thereof.
US09524370B2
A privacy-preserving method for performing a disease susceptibility test on a patient, said method comprising: (I) performing homomorphic computations, (J) obtaining a test result which is partly decrypted with a first part (prk1 resp. prk2) of a private key, (L) decrypting said partly decrypted result with a second part (prk2 resp. prk1) of said private key, wherein said homomorphic computations are based on encrypted genomic markers of the patient, on encrypted clinical and/or environmental markers, and on encrypted ancestry markers of the patient. The invention is also related to a method for inferring ancestry in the encrypted domain.
US09524368B2
A system and method for communicating vending information is provided. The system includes a plurality of vending apparatuses, each containing a vending inventory comprised of vendible products, and a control center in communication with the plurality of vending apparatuses configured to receive user information. The user information can include a vending request for a vendible product and a location identifier. The system is further configured to select a vending apparatus from the plurality of vending apparatuses based on the location identifier, determine whether the requested vendible product is in the vending inventory of the selected vending apparatus, and transmit an electronic message to a user-specified electronic mail address upon determining that the requested vendible product is in the vending inventory of the selected vending machine.
US09524363B2
An improved circuit design system may include a computer processor to perform a placement for a circuit by physical synthesis. The system may also include a controller to compute a preferred location of at least one selected element of the circuit, and to calculate placement constraints for each selected element. The system may further include an updated design for the circuit generated by performing another round of physical synthesis with the placement constraints.
US09524354B2
A system to enable restoration of a tree structure based on serialized data, and extraction of partial data that includes information of the tree structure from original data. A searching part identifies sequence elements of serialized data using a searching process. An essential element string identifying part identifies a sequence element string (essential element string) that includes the searched sequence elements. A rear section identifying part identifies a sequence element string that includes sequence elements located after the essential element string and is required to form a subtree that includes nodes corresponding to all the sequence elements of the essential element string. A front section identifying part identifies a sequence element string that includes sequence elements located before the essential element string and is required to form a subtree that includes nodes corresponding to all the sequence elements of the essential element string.
US09524353B2
A method and system for providing portions of information content to a client device is presented. The present application provides a manner of personalizing information content for display on handheld or mobile devices. A user may identify sections of a web page as clips, and then request only the identified section instead of the entire web page from a server. Upon receiving the request, the server will load the web page, retrieve the identified section, transform the identified section for display on the client device, and then send the transformed information to the client device. The clip of information is then a live update from a web page that presents the latest content from a web page instead of a cached web page section.
US09524352B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, including a method for providing content. An indication of receipt of a request is received from a user device to navigate to a first web based resource. The request includes an appended cookie when one is available on the requesting device. Partner web based resources are identified in a co-operative that includes the first web based resource. A code segment is provided that is configured to send, to respective entities associated with the identified partner web based resources, a second request to share user data with the first web based resource. The shared user data is data collected by a respective partner web based resource and is associated with the user device. The shared data is data that was collected by an entity associated with the respective partner web based resource and associated with the user device.
US09524340B1
Disclosed herein are systems and method for curating and distributing digital content; including: digital video, music, pictures, etc. For example, presented herein are systems and methods for providing a digital content program, including a plurality of continuously provided digital assets streamed over a digital content platform. Example embodiments include: (a) curating a plurality of assets; (b) selecting a subset of assets from the plurality of assets, based on similarity metrics between assets; and (c) ordering the subset of assets into a digital content program.
US09524339B2
Embodiments described herein involve generating and modifying a sub-index of a media index. An example method may involve receiving requests to play back media items in a media index, tracking the requests to play back the media items in the media index, determining a set of media items from among the media items in the media index based on the tracked requests to play back media items in the media index, and indexing the determined set of media items into a sub-index. The set of media items have been played at least a pre-determined threshold number of times within a pre-determined threshold period of time. The media items in the sub-index are a subset of the media items in the main index.
US09524333B2
There is provided a network system in which image data items are uploaded from a plurality of user terminals to a server and images are opened to public among the users. The system includes a category division unit configured to divide the works classified into the categories into a first group of works with each of which the counted browse request number of times is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, and a second group of works other than the works in the first group, and classify one of the first and second groups of the divided works as another category different from the categories.
US09524323B2
Evaluating an expression tree. A method includes, at a first domain, accessing an expression tree. The expression tree comprises a plurality of nested expressions. The plurality of nested expressions spans a plurality of domains. The expressions in the expression tree are expressed in a common format in spite of the different expressions of the expression tree being intended to be evaluated by different domains. At the first domain, the method includes evaluating one or more references to local variables included in the plurality of nested expressions. The method further includes determining that one or more expressions in the plurality of expressions are to be evaluated by a different domain. The method further includes expanding the one or more expressions in the plurality of expressions to be evaluated by different domains to allow the one or more expressions to be evaluated by the different domain.
US09524316B2
The disclosure relates to of generating a data structure stored in a computer memory for use in performing a search query to determine a separation between nodes in a network of interconnected nodes, wherein the method comprises: selecting a set of landmark nodes from the network; and for at least two of the landmark nodes in the set; generating a path tree for each landmark node that indicates a separation between the landmark node and each of a plurality of nodes; wherein the generating is configured to limit the number of path trees each of said plurality of nodes may appear in to no more than a predetermined number of path trees. A method of processing a data structure is also disclosed.
US09524310B2
Data processing includes accessing a product category tree, the product category tree comprising a plurality of hierarchical levels. A leaf category level of the plurality of hierarchical levels comprises a leaf category node. The leaf category node includes product information. The product information comprises a plurality of product attribute parameters. The plurality of product attribute parameters comprises standard product information. Data processing further includes selecting, among the plurality of product attribute parameters that correspond to the leaf category node, a representative product attribute parameter that is representative of the product information; and partitioning standard product information of the leaf category node to obtain a plurality of sets using the representative product attribute parameter, wherein each of the plurality of sets includes at least some of the standard product information.
US09524298B2
Techniques are provided for selectively and dynamically determining one or more words of an electronic book to present with comprehension guides. For instance, an electronic device rendering an electronic book may determine whether to display some, all, or no words of the book with comprehension guides for words within the electronic book based on word difficulty, contextual importance or aspects of the user. Techniques are also provided for determining the content of comprehension guides to be presented with the words.
US09524295B2
Speech translation systems and methods for simultaneously translating speech between first and second speakers, wherein the first speaker speaks in a first language and the second speaker speaks in a second language that is different from the first language. The speech translation system may comprise a resegmentation unit that merge at least two partial hypotheses and resegments the merged partial hypotheses into a first-language translatable segment, wherein a segment boundary for the first-language translatable segment is determined based on sound from the second speaker.
US09524280B2
A method and system to automatically insert a hyperlink into a webpage containing text is described. The system comprises at least one processor and at least one software component. The at least one software component is executable by the at least one processor to receive, via, a network, the text. The at least one software component further compares a portion of the text to at least one character string that is stored in a database to identify the portion of the text as included in both the webpage and the database. The portion of the text is a name of a product and is associated with the hyperlink. The at least one software component is further executable to cause an insertion of the hyperlink into the webpage and to communicate the name of the product to a producer of the text. The name of the product is included in the webpage by the producer of the portion of the text.
US09524275B2
Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for selectively translating documents. For example, a computer system may be provided that selectively loads a specified portion of a document in a meta-markup language into system memory. Portions of the document that are not specified remain unloaded into the system memory. Once the specified portions of the document have been loaded into memory, the computer system translates the selectively loaded portion of the document from one format to another format. Translated portions of the document may then be provided, in some cases, to entities such as users, software applications or data stores. At least some portions of the document that were not specified or selected for loading into memory remain untranslated and unloaded into system memory. As such, unnecessary loading and translating of unspecified portions of the document is avoided.
US09524273B2
Therefore, what has been described is an improved for visually implementing a web page layout, where the web page layout includes a nested drop zone. Allowing the user to interactively implement nested drop zones provides numerous benefits, including the benefit of being able to create specialized layout configurations for a web page without requiring the need for expert programmers to write computer code for the new configuration. This permits the user to implement highly customized layout in a very easy and efficient way. In addition, an improved approach has been described to implement a new type of widget that obtains its context information from another widget. For example, when a contextual widget is dropped into a drop zone, that contextual widget would obtain its context data from its parent drop zone widget.
US09524270B2
Asynchronous arithmetic units including an asynchronous IEEE 754 compliant floating-point adder and an asynchronous floating point multiplier component. Arithmetic units optimized for lower power consumption and methods for optimization are disclosed.
US09524268B2
A method of determining orientation parameters of a rigid body, including: associating at least two multi-axis accelerometers with the rigid body, wherein the body has a base end, a distal end, and a line of symmetry between the base end and the distal end. The two first multi-axis accelerometers are disposed at a first point along the line of symmetry between the base end and the distal end. Each first multi-axis accelerometer is disposed at equal distances from the line of symmetry. The line of symmetry and both first multi-axis accelerometers lie in a first plane. The method further includes: associating a gyroscope with the body at the first point, equally between both first multi-axis accelerometers; gathering measured data from the two first multi-axis accelerometers and the gyroscope; and applying analysis free of calculus to determine a first inclination angle, of the body from a stable orientation.
US09524260B2
Universal serial bus (USB) communication systems and methods are disclosed. In particular, aspects of the present disclosure optimize polling and scheduling of bulk data transfers from bulk endpoints connected through a USB connection. By reducing the amount of polling, and by favoring endpoints that are known to have data to transfer, unnecessary signaling is avoided. Reduction in signaling allows more data to be transferred in a shorter amount of time. Reducing the time required for a data transfer may allow for low power modes to be used, which in turn further saves power.
US09524253B2
A method of selecting an interface by a hub, includes searching for a device of the hub, and measuring a distance from the hub to the device based on information of an available interface of the device that is received from the device. The method further includes setting an optimal interface to communicate with the device, based on the distance, and transmitting data to the device through the optimal interface.
US09524252B2
An input system includes a communication device and a first input device. The communication device includes a communication chip and a communication port. The first input device includes a signal port connectable with the communication port and a device connecting port connectable with a second input device. In an input method, the communication device transmits a first pairing signal to the first input device so as to acquire a first identification code and a connection information of the first input device, and then the communication device transmits a first inquiring signal containing the first identification code to the first input device so as to acquire a first input signal from the first input device. If a second pairing signal and a second inquiring signal are transmitted to the second input device, the communication device acquires a second input signal from the second input device.
US09524250B2
Embodiments are provided for protecting boot block space in a memory device. Such a memory device may include a memory array having a protected portion and a serial interface controller. The memory device may have a register that enables or disables access to the portion when data indicating whether to enable or disable access to the portion is written into the register via a serial data in (SI) input.
US09524239B2
Software solutions in a business software framework can expose their data via web services, which can readily provide access to all non-customized fields of objects included as part of the default installation of the software solution. However, customer-added extensions, such as for example custom fields and the like, added to customize the software solution for a specific business or business use can be difficult to add to web services by a typical business user who lacks technical abilities. Described herein are approaches to enabling addition of custom fields to web services via an intuitive interface that does not require technical understanding of the software solution, the business software framework, web services, etc.
US09524230B2
A system for testing two or more applications associated with a computerized process may include a central repository, a user interface and a testing coordinator. The central repository may be used to store at least one test case each including a test data set and two or more sets of test scripts. The user interface may facilitate a selection of one or more test cases for use by the testing coordinator. The testing coordinator may be configured to test the operation of the computerized process by initiating testing of a first application by a first test tool using the test data set and a first set of scripts and initiating testing of the second application by the second test tool using the test data set and the second set of scripts from the selected test case. In some cases, the first test tool is incompatible with the second test tool.
US09524226B2
A method for code analysis comprising steps of inputting program code to an analyzer, assigning an objective quality measure to components of the analyzed code; and displaying graphically the objective quality measures.
US09524216B2
Disclosed is a method for information backup, comprising: an information backup device detects a battery volume of a mobile terminal and determines whether or not the battery volume reaches a preset low-battery alarming threshold; and the information backup device stores contact information stored in the mobile terminal into a backup memory card when the battery volume reduces the low-battery alarming threshold. The present disclosure also discloses a device and a mobile terminal for information backup. The present disclosure enables the user of a mobile terminal to timely view contact information when the mobile terminal runs out of power.
US09524207B2
A memory device may include memory components for storing data. The memory device may also include a controller that determines whether one or more errors exist in a data packet stored in the memory components. The controller may read a code word associated with the data packet, such that the code word may be used to indicate whether the errors exist in the data packet. The controller may then determine a syndrome polynomial based on the code word and determine an inverse of the syndrome polynomial when the syndrome polynomial is not zero. The controller may then determine a first error locator polynomial and a second error locator polynomial based on the inverse of the syndrome polynomial. The first error locator polynomial and the second error locator polynomial may be used to identify one or more locations of one or more errors in the code word.
US09524206B2
A decoding device includes a decoding unit that iteratively obtains a decoded bit stream corresponding to an information bit stream of one block, and an error detection unit that divides the decoded bit stream into a plurality of sub-blocks, acquires a plurality of partial remainders respectively corresponding to the sub-blocks, and determines whether an error occurs in the decoded bit stream based on a total remainder in which the partial remainders are added, wherein the error detection unit, of the sub-blocks, acquires a first partial remainder corresponding to a first sub-block including bits in which values are different between a previous decoded bit stream and a current decoded bit stream, and determines whether the error occurs in the current decoded bit stream based on a current total remainder obtained by adding the acquired first partial remainder to a previous total remainder.
US09524204B2
A method for operation of a reusable fault processing database in conjunction with a complex system is provided. The method stores a set of logical rules into one or more logic entities of the reusable fault processing database, the set comprising one or more executable instructions applicable to fault detection and fault isolation in the complex system; stores at least one defined variable for each of the received set of logical rules, the at least one defined variable being stored into one or more variable entities of the reusable fault processing database; and stores a configuration of at least one external interface of the reusable fault processing database, the configuration being stored in one or more input/output (I/O) entities of the reusable fault processing database, the external interface comprising a defined set of input to the reusable fault processing database and a defined set of output from the reusable fault processing database.
US09524202B2
A method of processing a request message begins when a first layer of a plurality of layers of a system stack receives the request message. In turn, the plurality of layers negotiate an agreement based on the request message, where the agreement indicates which layers will process particular error reply codes of an error reply code list. Then, a non-controller layer of the plurality of layers performs a first error check in accordance with the agreement and records a first error result in a communication interface based on the first error check; a controller layer of the plurality of layers performs a second error check in accordance with the agreement and records a second error result in the communication interface based on the second error check. Then a reply message responsive to the request message is outputted based on the first error check and the second error check.
US09524199B2
Embodiments are provided for managing operation of an electronic device based on the connection(s) of hardware module(s) to the electronic drive via a support housing. According to certain aspects, the electronic device may activate and identify a hardware module that is connected to a controlling position of the support housing. The electronic device may identify a function associated with the hardware module, where the function may be a built-in function of the hardware module itself or of the electronic device. The electronic device may accordingly activate the identified function.
US09524197B2
A system is provided for multicasting an event notification from an event producer to multiple event listeners, where the event producer and event listeners exist within a computer operating system having a user space, a kernel space, a device space, and an event protocol handler located in the kernel space. The system generates an event indication from an event producer located in the user space, kernel space, or device space, and receiving the event indication in the event protocol handler and generating an event notification. The event producer and the event listeners interface with the event protocol handler to send the event indication and receive the event notification. The event listeners may be located in the user space, kernel space, or device space.
US09524185B2
Methods and systems for automating deployment of applications in a multi-tenant database environment
In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there are provided mechanisms and methods for automating deployment of applications in a multi-tenant database environment. For example, in one embodiment, mechanisms include managing a plurality of machines operating as a machine farm within a datacenter by executing an agent provisioning script at a control hub, instructing the plurality of machines to download and instantiate a lightweight agent; pushing a plurality of URL (Uniform Resource Locator) references from the control hub to the instantiated lightweight agent on each of the plurality of machines specifying one or more applications to be provisioned and one or more dependencies for each of the applications; and loading, via the lightweight agent at each of the plurality of machines, the one or more applications and the one or more dependencies for each of the one or more applications into memory of each respective machine.
US09524184B2
Customizing functions performed by data flow operators when processing data streams. An open-executor(s) is provided as part of the data stream analytics platform, wherein such open-executor allows for both of: 1) customizing user plug-ins for the operators, to accommodate changes in user requirements; and 2) predefining templates that are based on specific meta-properties of various operators and that are common therebetween.
US09524169B2
Technologies for data decompression include a computing device that reads a symbol tag byte from an input stream. The computing device determines whether the symbol can be decoded using a fast-path routine, and if not, executes a slow-path routine to decompress the symbol. The slow-path routine may include data-dependent branch instructions that may be unpredictable using branch prediction hardware. For the fast-path routine, the computing device determines a next symbol increment value, a literal increment value, a data length, and an offset based on the tag byte, without executing an unpredictable branch instruction. The computing device sets a source pointer to either literal data or reference data as a function of the tag byte, without executing an unpredictable branch instruction. The computing device may set the source pointer using a conditional move instruction. The computing device copies the data and processes remaining symbols. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09524167B1
Techniques are described for providing users with access to computer networks, such as to enable users to create and configure computer networks that are provided by a remote configurable network service for the users' use. Computer networks provided by the configurable network service may be configured to be private computer networks that are accessible only by the users who create them, and may each be created and configured by a client of the configurable network service to be an extension to an existing computer network of the client, such as a private computer network extension to an existing private computer network of the client. In addition, access to remote resource services may be configured and provided from such computer networks in various manners, such as to automatically include access control information to limit access to particular resources to computing nodes at the location of that provided computer network.
US09524166B2
Tracking global history vector in high performance out of order superscalar processors, in one aspect, may comprise providing a shift register storing global history vector that stores branch predictions and outcomes. A counter is maintained to determine a number of bits to shift the shift register to recover branch history. In another aspect, the global history vector may be implemented with a circular buffer structure. Youngest and oldest pointers to the circular buffer are maintained and used in recovery.
US09524161B1
A user input initiating delivery of a first change set to a stream maintained by an artifact management application can be detected. A first set of elements and a first set of elements types associated with the first change set can be identified. A second set of element types that pertain to at least one unit of work identified for the first set of elements can be identified. A second set of elements that are involved in the same unit of work can be identified. A second change set modifying the second set of elements can be identified. A third change set modifying at least one element type can be identified. A change set group can be created and the first change set, the second change set and the third change set can be added to the change set group. The change set group can be delivered to the stream.
US09524157B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer program products for updating a web application displayed on a client machine. In some implementations, a server maintains a database of application identifiers identifying instances of one or more web applications. The server receives, from a first client machine, a communication identifying a first web application and a first application identifier, the instance of the first web application being associated with one or more components. The server determines that the first application identifier is not included in the database of application identifiers, and generates an updated application identifier for the instance of the first web application based on component version identifiers of the one or more components. The server stores the updated application identifier and transmits a notification to the first client machine indicating that the instance of the first web application is out-of-date.
US09524155B2
An information processing apparatus arranged to add on a function in accordance with a file to be actually edited among files held by a user to allow the user to select a function to be added to an image processing application in accordance with image information of a selected image, determines a feature of an image selected from a recording medium, searches for and decides a function to be added to the application on the basis of the determined feature, and installs a program corresponding to the decided function in the information processing apparatus from outside.
US09524154B2
One embodiment of the system disclosed herein facilitates identifying a system call in an application and replacing the identified system call with a customized function call. During operation, the system executes an executable file of the application, wherein the executable file has been modified to execute a hooking and injection manager at run time. Prior to executing the system call, the system executes the hooking and injection manager. While executing the hooking and injection manager, the system determines, from a symbol table, a symbol table index value corresponding to a symbol associated with the system call. The system further determines an import table entry storing a pointer to the system call based on the symbol table index value, and changes the pointer in the import table entry so that the pointer indicates an address of the customized function call.
US09524134B2
A portable communication terminal causes an image forming apparatus to print. The portable communication terminal includes a terminal storage unit, an operation unit, a processing unit, and a terminal communication. The processing unit calculates a first required time and a second required time. The first required time is a time spent when the image forming apparatus performs a predetermined image processing on the generated print job data. The second required time is a time spent when the portable communication terminal performs the predetermined image processing on the generated print job data. When the first required time is equal to or less than the second required time, the processing unit causes the image forming apparatus to perform the predetermined image processing. When the first required time is longer than the second required time, the processing unit performs the predetermined image processing on the print job data.
US09524133B2
A printing system comprises: an obtaining unit which obtains information about a printer, a first user, and a print server; a storing unit which generates, based on the information, a printer object used when using the printer via the print service, and stores the generated printer object in association with the information of the print server which manages the printer; a providing unit which, if the first user selects the print server, provides a setting window for instructing to share, with a second user, a plurality of printers managed by the selected print server; and a changing unit which changes a state of printer objects of the respective printers to a shared state to allow the second user to use the printer objects of the respective printers managed by the selected print server if sharing is instructed.
US09524127B2
A method and system for managing print jobs is disclosed. A received print job is compared with pending print jobs and executed print jobs, wherein the pending print jobs and the executed print jobs are stored in one or more print queues associated with one or more printing systems. Thereafter, one or more pending print jobs are suspended if the one or more pending print jobs are found similar to the received print job based on the comparison; or the received print job is suspended if the received print job is found similar to one or more of the executed print jobs, based on the comparison.
US09524119B2
Provided are a method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for optimizing a mobile device by analyzing an execution pattern or a storage pattern of an application. An optimization method configured as a computer including a processor may include identifying, by the processor, an arrangement target for optimization by analyzing an execution pattern or a storage pattern of each of applications installed in a mobile device; and optimizing, by the processor, a storage space embedded in the mobile device based on the arrangement target.
US09524111B1
A device or system includes a plurality of storage resources each associated with a respective performance class, each being associated with selected performance characteristics such as IOPS, bandwidth, etc. The device or system includes a compute instance having access to allocated storage resources, the allocated storage devices including one or more storage resources. The device or system also includes an optimization component adapted to obtain information relating to utilization by the compute instance component of the allocated storage resources, determine that a change to the allocated storage resources is necessary, based on the information, cause data to be migrated from a first storage resource associated with a first performance class to a second storage resource associated with a second storage class, and cause a removal from the allocated storage resources of the first storage resource and an addition to the allocated storage resources of the second storage resource.
US09524104B2
Technologies for eliminating duplicate data within a storage system. De-duplication may be performed done at physical chunk level, where the data is not copied or moved to different location. A logical mapping is modified using a thin de-duplication kernel module that resides between a distributed volume manager (DVM) and a logical disk (LD). De-duplication is achieved by changing pointers in the mapping to land at a physical location. De-duplication is performed as post-process feature where duplicates are identified and the duplicates are marked in the mapping table, thereby claiming free space through de-duplication. Block-level de-duplication in accordance with the above can co-exist with existing storage architectures for thin provisioning and snapshot management.
US09524095B2
The present technique relates to a display control device, a display control method, and a program that are capable of making inputtable gesture motions easy to notice. A display control unit causes a display unit to display a gesture motion guide in a first state. When a detecting unit for detecting gesture motions detects a predetermined gesture motion, the display control unit changes the guide corresponding to the detected gesture motion to a second state and then causes the display unit to display the guide. The technique according to this disclosure can be applied to an information processing terminal that includes a display unit, for example.
US09524088B2
A method of controlling communication quality between one node and at least one other node in a packet switched communication system, the method comprising the steps of detecting at one of said nodes a condition that indicates that communication quality is below an acceptable threshold, automatically generating instructions based on the detected condition for a user of the at least one node, said instructions intended to provide a remedy to improve the communication quality, and receiving input from a user of the at least one node responsive to the instructions to implement the remedy and thereby improve the communication quality.
US09524084B2
Methods and systems for presenting multiple images of entities associated with media items in a media list are provided. A method may include identifying a first entity associated with a first media item in a media list. The first media item may be associated with a first time period. A second entity associated with a second media item may be identified in the media list. The second media item may be associated with a second time period. Next, from a database of entity images, a first image of the first entity may be selected based on the first time period and a second image of the second entity may be selected based on the second time period. As a result, the first image and the second image may be presented in an interface during activation of the media list.
US09524072B1
A system and method providing a player specific content includes a user device, a player picker for selecting a plurality of players for different teams to form player selections and a content delivery network receiving the player selections, comparing metadata of stored highlight clips with the player picks and communicating highlight clips corresponding to the player picks to the user device.
US09524062B2
An optical module includes a polarized-light separation device configured to separate first and second polarized components of incident light, a light valve configured to receive at least the first polarized component, and output at least a portion of the received light to the polarized-light separation device. The optical module further includes an imaging device disposed at a position that is at least substantially optically conjugated with the light valve, and as optical member positioned and configured to remove at least a portion of the second polarized component of the incident light before reaching the image pickup device.
US09524061B2
We describe a touch sensitive image display device including: an image projector to project a displayed image onto a surface; a touch sensor light source to project a plane of light above the displayed image; a camera to capture a touch sense image from light scattered from the plane of light by an approaching object; and a signal processor to process the touch sense image to identify a location of the object. The touch sensor light source is amplitude modulated, and signal processor is further configured to process a plurality of the touch sense images captured when the touch sensor light source is off to compensate for ambient light in a touch sense image captured when the touch sensor light source is on.
US09524058B2
A calibration method suitable for calibrating a light transceiver module includes: disposing a plurality of reflective regions, a plurality of light-absorbing regions and a feature region beside the light transceiver module; making the light transceiver module emit light toward the reflective regions, the light-absorbing regions and the feature region and sensing the images of the reflective regions, the light-absorbing regions and the feature region; comparing the actual orientations of the reflective regions, the light-absorbing regions and the feature region with the positions of the images formed by the reflective regions, the light-absorbing regions and the feature region on an image sensing surface of the light transceiver module so as to calibrate the actual orientations corresponding to the positions on the image sensing surface.
US09524057B2
A display device detecting pressure of a touch input is disclosed. The display device calibrates the pressure of the touch input based on a distance between a position where the display device is gripped and a position on which the touch input is received. By calibrating the pressure of the touch input, the display device can obtain more precise pressure of a touch input.
US09524047B2
Disclosed are touch detection systems and methods. In one embodiment, a display panel enabling touch detection comprises a touch pane configured to allow a light including a detection light, a back inner surface, and a display generation module located between the touch pane and the back inner surface. The display generation module is configured to produce a visual display at the touch pane. The display generation module is further configured to pass the detection light received from the touch pane. The display panel also comprises a detection light receiver situated at the back inner surface configured to detect the detection light received through the display generation module for enabling a detection of touches to the touch pane of the display panel.
US09524042B1
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique for determining a valid sequence of touch events on a touch sensitive device. A first sequence of touch events is received, a proximity between any two touch events of the first sequence of touch events being greater than a proximity threshold. A second sequence of touch events is received. The touch events from the first and the second sequence are combined if a time difference between the first and the second sequence of touch events is below a time threshold and a proximity between the first and the second sequence of touch events is less than the proximity threshold. A valid sequence of touch events is determined if a combined pressure of the first and the second sequence of touch events is greater than a pressure threshold.
US09524010B2
An information processing apparatus includes transmitting/receiving sections, response processing sections, a determining section, and a controller. The transmitting/receiving sections transmit and receive data. The response processing sections correspond to the transmitting/receiving sections in a one-to-one relationship. A state of each response processing section is switchable between a first state and second state. The determining section determines priorities of state transition processes for the response processing sections. In a case where a second response processing section starts a state transition process while a first response processing section is performing a state transition process and in a case where the second response processing section is given a higher priority than the first response processing section, the controller controls the response processing sections to suspend the state transition process for the first response processing section and to start the state transition process for the second response processing section.
US09524002B2
An electronic device includes an arm that pivots with respect to a body of the electronic device, a device that pivots with respect to the arm, and a link mechanism that includes a slider disposed along the arm, the link mechanism moving the slider along the arm upon pivoting of the device such that the arm pivots in a direction opposite to a pivoting direction of the device.
US09523997B2
A fixing component for a switch including a flange, a ring attachment, and a screw attachment, the flange including a projection provided on an outer peripheral surface, the screw attachment including, on an inner peripheral surface, an insertion area into which the projection of the flange is inserted, a projection engaging part into which the projection of the flange is fitted, and an interference projection which is formed between the projection engaging part and the insertion area and has a smaller inner diameter than diameters of the projection engaging part and the insertion area, the projection of the flange including a first projecting portion and a second projecting portion where the first projecting portion is fitted into a guiding groove, and the second projecting portion is configured to traverse the interference projection to be fitted into a fitting groove when the flange and the screw attachment are rotated relatively.
US09523994B2
A current source includes a first current path including a first current mirror transistor and an input current source coupled in series, a second current path including a second current minor transistor, wherein control terminals of the first and second current minor transistors are connected, a first circuit configured to provide a controlled auxiliary current in the second current path, and a second circuit configured to provide a controlled output current in the second current path when or after the auxiliary current has reached steady state. The current source may include one or more cascode transistors in the first current path and one or more cascode transistors in the second current path. The first circuit may be activated before the second circuit is activated.
US09523990B2
A DC-DC converter or the like capable of generating a stable output voltage is provided. A control circuit 11 of a current mode step-down DC-DC converter 1 includes a slope compensation circuit SC and an offset circuit IF1. The slope compensation circuit SC adds an increase gradient m2 due to slope compensation to an increase gradient of a coil current waveform Vsense in a range wherein an ON period Ton of a switch SW1 exceeds ½ of an operating cycle T. An offset circuit IF1 applies an offset voltage Voffset which becomes smaller depending on the ON period Ton in excess of ½ of an operating cycle T, to a coil current waveform Vsense.
US09523985B1
A method and system for dynamically personalizing an aircraft is provided. Users of an aircraft store their environmental preferences in a file on a storage device. When the users use the aircraft or ride on the aircraft, the aircraft computer system communicates with and uploads the users' files containing the users' environmental preferences. The aircraft computer system then implements the users' preferences by configuring a system of modules.
US09523983B2
Disclosed herein is a mobility aid which uses one or more sensors, processors, motors, and drive wheels to maintain a distance between the mobility aid and a user which conforms to preset parameters as the user walks without touching the walker.
US09523979B2
A numerical control device inputs a machining program to control an operation of a machine tool and outputs feedback data obtained as a result of the operation of the machine tool. The numerical control device includes a machining-program analysis unit that analyzes the machining program having a machining shape command to which a mark or a specific program command is attached and that outputs a marking instruction; a delay unit that delays the marking instruction until the feedback data indicating a result of an operation of the machine tool based on the machining shape command is obtained; and a feedback-data output unit that, when having detected the feedback data and the delayed marking instruction, executes, onto the feedback data, marking corresponding to the mark or the specific program command attached to the machining shape command and outputs the feedback data.
US09523967B2
Data comprising a request specifying a desired change in electrical load for a defined period of time is received. The electrical load is associated with a plurality of resources under control of resource agents and on a utility grid. Available capacity of resources within the control of each resource agent over the defined period of time is determined. Each available capacity is determined at least using a resource load model. Using the determined available capacity of resources over the defined period of time, resource scheduling instructions are calculated for a subset of resources. The resource scheduling instructions satisfy the desired change in electrical load of the request. Data characterizing the resource scheduling instructions is provided. Related systems, apparatus, methods, and articles are also described.
US09523964B2
Disclosed is a dial plate of an intelligent wristwatch, which includes a body, a first screen, a second screen, and a third screen. The first screen is rotatably connected to the body by a first rotary axle. The second screen is rotatably connected to the body by a second rotary axle. The third screen is rotatably connected to the body by a third rotary axle. The second rotary axle and the third rotary axle are opposite to and parallel to each other. The first rotary axle is perpendicular to the second rotary axle. Vertical distances of the first rotary axle, the second rotary axle, and the third rotary axle from the body are reduced in sequence so that the first screen, the second screen, and the third screen are allowed to overlap each other on the body. Also disclosed is an intelligent wristwatch having an expandable display screen.
US09523957B2
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section; a pair of rollers; a displacement detection section; a displacement correction section; a translation amount determination section; and a control section configured to refer to a translation control table, operate the displacement correction section in accordance with a translation command value corresponding to a detection result obtained by the displacement detection section, obtain at a predetermined timing a relationship between the translation command value and a translation amount of the sheet, and update the translation control table on the basis of the relationship. The control section updates the translation control table when a displacement of a sheet is correctable, but does not update the translation control table when a displacement of a sheet is correctable.
US09523954B2
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, an exposure unit, a developing unit that develops an electrostatic latent image using toner, a detection unit that detects an amount of the toner contained in the developing unit, and a calculation unit that calculates a difference value between the amount of detected toner detected and a target toner amount. In addition, an accumulation unit accumulates the calculated difference value, and a controller controls toner replenishing based on the calculated difference value and the accumulated value. A determination unit determines, based on an amount of the consumed toner and an amount of the contained toner, whether or not an error of an amount of replenished toner is larger than a threshold value, and determines, based on the number of times that the error is determined, whether or not replacement of the container is required.
US09523952B2
An image forming apparatus includes an operator, a receiver, and a controller. The operator accepts print instruction is input. The receiver receives a print instruction from an external terminal. The controller switches one of a standard mode and a quiet mode in which operating noise is lower than that in the standard mode. The controller also executes a print operation based on the print instruction from the operator in the standard mode.
US09523950B1
A heating device includes a belt member that is rotated, plural heating elements that are arranged in a width direction of the belt member and generate heat so as to heat the belt member, plural resistance elements that have positive temperature coefficients and are connected to the plural heating elements such that each of the plural resistance elements is connected in series with a corresponding one of the plural heating elements, and a base material that includes a heat-conductive metal layer and a pair of heat-resistant metal layers between which the heat-conductive metal layer is interposed and has a surface on which the plural heating elements and the plural resistance elements are disposed. A temperature of the belt member is reduced by an increase in resistances of the plural resistance elements caused by an increase in temperatures of the plural resistance elements.
US09523948B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing unit configured to heat a recording medium on which a recording agent image is formed by an image forming unit, to fix the recording agent image; and a control unit configured to determine, as an image formation start temperature, a temperature of the fixing unit for making the image forming unit start image formation such that a timing at which the recording medium reaches the fixing unit is matched with a timing at which a temperature of the fixing unit is raised to fixing temperature allowing fixing as a result of starting feeding power from an external power supply to a heating unit configured to heat the fixing unit on the basis of a voltage value of the power, and make the image forming unit start image formation when a temperature of the fixing unit reaches the image formation start temperature.
US09523947B2
An imaging device includes a fuser assembly including a heat transfer member and a backup member positioned to engage the heat transfer member thereby defining a fusing nip therewith. A motor is coupled to the backup member for rotating the backup member. A controller coupled to the fuser assembly controls the motor using time-based commutation for a period of time to rotate the backup member at a slower speed relative to a speed for performing a toner fusing operation. In memory, at least one lookup table is stored having entries which, when sequentially accessed by the controller during the time-based commutation, are used to generate one or more drive signals for the motor to cause current flowing through windings of the motor to have a substantially sinusoidal waveform.
US09523926B2
The exposure apparatus of the present invention has an original holding unit including a holding frame that holds an original M by attracting the outer peripheral portion thereof and a drive unit that is capable of moving the holding frame while changing an irradiation area of the light to be irradiated on a pattern. Here, the holding frame has a penetrating portion, which is capable of flowing gas which is present in a space defined by the original and the holding frame into and out from the space, provided at both front and back lateral sides of the holding frame in the direction of movement thereof, and the penetrating portion has a shape or a configuration such that the pressure loss in the flow of the gas in a first direction is less than the pressure loss in the flow of the gas in a second direction.
US09523925B2
A single reflective optical element is constructed for use in interference lithography. The single reflective optical element is generally made up of at least two, and preferably four, polished reflective strips arranged to have particular angles relative to a laser beam passing through the optical element. A laser beam passing through the optical element will be partially reflected by the reflective strips to generate additional linearly polarized beams. The additional reflected beams overlap with the central laser beam and form an interference pattern as the beams pass out of the optical element. The generated polarized beams and interference pattern can be directed onto a photosensitive material to produce photonic crystals or photonic crystal templates.
US09523922B2
An illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus includes a primary light source, a system pupil surface and a mirror array. The mirror array is arranged between the primary light source and the system pupil surface. The mirror array includes a plurality of adaptive mirror elements. Each mirror element includes a mirror support and a reflective coating. Each mirror element is configured to direct light produced by the primary light source towards the system pupil surface. The mirror elements can be tiltably mounted with respect to a support structure. The mirror elements include structures having a different coefficient of thermal expansion and being fixedly attached to one another. A temperature control device is configured to variably modify the temperature distribution within the structures to change the shape of the mirror elements.
US09523919B2
Methods for making differentially pattern cured microstructured articles are disclosed, using a molding tool having a microstructured surface, a patterned irradiation to generate irradiate and non-irradiated regions in a radiation curable resin. Different combinations of molding tools and patterned irradiation provide numerous variants of differentially pattern cured microstructured articles without requiring costly modification of the molding tools.
US09523918B2
There is provided an illumination optical system for illuminating an illumination objective surface. The illumination optical system includes a first spatial light modulator which has a plurality of optical elements arranged on a first plane, a polarizing member which is arranged in an optical path on an illumination objective surface side with respect to the first plane and which gives a polarization state change to a first light beam passes through a first area in a plane intersecting an optical axis of the illumination optical system, the polarization state change being different from a polarization state change given to a second light beam passes through a second area in the intersecting plane, and a second spatial light modulator which has a plurality of optical elements controlled individually and arranged on a second plane, and which variably forms a light intensity distribution on an illumination pupil of the illumination optical system.
US09523917B2
Methods of forming patterns includes guide patterns on a neutral layer. A self-assembling block copolymer (BCP) layer on the guide patterns and the neutral layer. By annealing the self-assembling BCP layer, first polymer block domains and second polymer block domains are formed The guide patterns are formed of a developable antireflective material. The neutral layer is formed of a cross-linked polymeric material.
US09523916B2
Disclosed is a photoresist comprising 1 to 90 parts of hydroxyl-containing or carboxyl-containing film-forming resin, 1 to 99 parts of silicon-containing vinyl ether monomer, and an organic solvent capable of dissolving the aforesaid substances. Disclosed is also methods of preparing and using the photoresist.
US09523914B2
A chemically amplified resist composition comprising a base polymer, an acid generator, and a basic compound which is a cholanoate having an acid labile group-protected amino group has a high contrast of alkaline dissolution rate before and after exposure and high resolution and forms a pattern of satisfactory profile with minimal roughness.
US09523909B2
A resonance locking system for a pico-projector, the system comprising a resonance frequency sensor operative for sensing change in resonance frequency of a miniature mechanical device (10) including a moving mirror assembly having a driving frequency, by comparing a current resonance frequency to a reference; and a feedback loop changing at least one aspect of use of the miniature moving mirror assembly responsive to a current value of the resonance frequency measured by the sensor.
US09523908B2
An image projection method includes: reflecting, by a concave mirror, light having transmitted through one or more lenses after forming an intermediate-focused image of the light; and projecting an image onto a projection plane through reflecting the light reflected by the concave mirror by a plane mirror that has an aspect ratio of 1.9 or more.
US09523902B2
Tintable optical components such as windows are provided with a controller designed or configured to control the tinting in a manner that resists exposure to damaging thermal shock. The controller determines that a trigger condition for thermal shock is occurring or is about to occur and takes steps to avoid damaging thermal shock. In some cases, these steps include increasing the transmissivity of the optical component or holding the component in a highly transmissive state. In some cases, the steps involve heating the component.
US09523901B2
The invention provides an array substrate including an array of sub-pixels, multiple data lines and multiple scan lines. The array of sub-pixels is divided into multiple column groups along the arrangement direction of the data lines and divided into multiple row groups along the arrangement direction of the scan lines. By the arrangement design of a connection manner of the sub-pixels with the data lines and scan lines in the array substrate, when is driven by a dot inversion method, each column of sub-pixels have intervally arranged well-charged sub-pixels and poorly-charged sub-pixels, so that in a liquid crystal panel including the array substrate, brightnesses of various areas are balanced on the whole and the drawback of the existence of bright and dark lines in the vertical direction is improved. A liquid crystal panel including the array substrate, and a corresponding liquid crystal display device also are provided.
US09523898B2
Provided is a display apparatus, including a substrate including: a pixel electrode; an organic insulating film; a common electrode laminated on the organic insulating film so as to be opposed to the pixel electrode via an insulating layer; a common signal line connected to the common electrode; and a transistor configured to apply, to the pixel electrode, a voltage signal input to a signal line. The pixel electrode is connected to a source electrode of the transistor via a through hole formed through the organic insulating film. The through hole includes, in at least one extending portion formed by retreating the organic insulating film toward an outer side of the through hole, a stepped portion formed by laminating a part of the common signal line.
US09523891B2
The present invention provides a display substrate and a manufacture method thereof. The display substrate locates the common electrode (10) above the pixel electrode (20) and overlapping with the pixel electrode (20) on the same substrate (100); the common electrode (10) comprises a first opening (OP1), a second opening (OP2), a third opening (OP3) and a fourth opening (OP4) which are symmetrically located to one another; the first opening (OP1) comprises an eleventh extension part (OP11) extending along a tilt direction, a twelfth extension part (OP12) perpendicular with the eleventh extension part (OP11) and a thirteenth extension part (OP13) perpendicular with the eleventh extension part (OP11), of which the liquid crystal molecules can be aligned along different directions to form multi-domains in a plurality of pixel areas, and thus, the color washout can be improved, and meanwhile, the brightness descend caused by the crystal textures formed at edges of respective domains can be diminished or prevented.
US09523889B2
A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device with which response characteristics are able to be easily improved without using major equipment is provided. The method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device includes steps of forming a first alignment film including a polymer compound having a crosslinkable functional group as a side chain on one substrate of a pair of substrates; forming a second alignment film on the other substrate of the pair of substrates; arranging the pair of substrates so that the first alignment film and the second alignment film are opposed to each other, and sealing a liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal molecule having negative dielectric constant anisotropy between the first alignment film and the second alignment film; and bridging the polymer compound to give pre-tilt to the liquid crystal molecule 41 after sealing the liquid crystal layer.
US09523868B2
Articles comprises iron oxide colloidal nanocrystals arranged within chains, wherein the chains of nanocrystals are embedded within a material used to form the article or a transfer medium used to transfer a color to the article are described. The material or transfer medium includes elastic properties that allow the nanocrystals to display a temporary color determined by the strength of an external force applied to the article, and the material or transfer medium includes memory properties that cause the displayed temporary color to dissipate when the external force is removed, wherein the dissipation of the displayed temporary color is sufficiently slow as to be visually observable by an average observer's unaided eye.
US09523859B2
A volumetric-image forming system comprises an optical image-forming means 15 and a volumetric display apparatus 17, the optical image-forming means 15 having light-transmitting and plate-like first and second reflecting members 13 and 14 respectively provided with belt-like first and second reflecting surfaces 11 and 12, the first and second reflecting surfaces 11 and 12 being arranged perpendicular to a plate surface and in parallel at a constant pitch, the first and second reflecting surfaces further being arranged crossing one another, the volumetric display apparatus 17 being arranged in the back side of the optical image-forming means 15 and displaying a luminous volumetric image A in a resting or dynamic state inside a display apparatus 16 from electronic data, whereby a volumetric image A inside the display apparatus 16 is formed as a volumetric image B in a free space in the front side of the optical image-forming means 15.
US09523856B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to providing see-through computer display optics.
US09523843B2
A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side along an optical axis, a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, a second lens group G2 having negative refractive power, and a third lens group G3 having positive refractive power. Upon zooming from a wide-angle end state W to a telephoto end state T, a distance between the first lens group G1 and the second lens group G2 increases, and a distance between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3 decreases. Given conditions are satisfied. Accordingly, a zoom lens having high optical performance with suppressing variations in aberrations, an optical apparatus equipped therewith, and a method for manufacturing the zoom lens are provided.
US09523842B2
A projection device to magnify and project, on a screen, an image displayed at an image display element, includes: a dioptric system including at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens; and a reflection optical system having at least one reflection optical element.
US09523840B2
A lens assembly includes a first lens, a second lens, a stop, a third lens and a fourth lens, all of which are arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The first lens and the fourth lens are with negative refractive power. The second lens and the third lens are biconvex lenses with positive refractive power. The first, third, fourth lens include an object side surface and an image side surface respectively, wherein at least one of the object side surface and the image side surface is an aspheric surface. The lens assembly satisfies: 0<|f1/f2|<|f4/f3|<2, f/D12>1 wherein f1, f2, f3, f4, and f is an effective focal length of the first, second, third, fourth lens and the lens assembly, and D12 is an interval from the first lens to the second lens along the optical axis.
US09523826B2
A pluggable optical transceiver module for inserted into plugging slot includes main body and sliding component. The main body has opposite two side surfaces and two sliding slots. The two sliding slots are located at the two side surfaces. The sliding component includes linkage arm and two extending arms. The two extending arms are connected to the linkage arm. Each extending arm has a second fastening part. The main body is between the two extending arms. The two extending arms are disposed on the two sliding slots to have fastening position and releasing position. Two first fastening parts are fastened to the two second fastening parts when the two extending arms are located at fastening position. The two second fastening parts press the two first fastening parts, respectively, for the two first fastening parts being farther from each other when the two extending arms are located at releasing position.
US09523823B2
A coupling for detachable connection of a light guide to a coupling counterpart, includes a coupling body that is connected to a light guide frame, a gripping casing that surrounds the coupling body, and at least one locking hook that is movably held in a radially resilient manner for locking engagement behind at least one locking projection of the coupling counterpart, whereby the gripping casing is rotatably supported on the coupling body and the locking hook can be lifted out of locking engagement by rotary movement of the gripping casing. The locking hook is pre-tensioned and held in a locking position in response to an elastic force of a resilient tongue that carries the locking hook. The coupling body merges into the resilient tongue in an axial direction such that an exterior surface of the coupling body and an exterior surface of the resilient tongue are level with each other.
US09523822B2
The invention provides an optical connector for coupling with a complementary optical connector and for supporting an optical component. The connector comprises a cover moveable between a first and second position. The cover may also comprise a moveable shield and biasing components. There is also provided an optical connector assembly comprising covers that sequentially open. A PCB comprising waveguides and an optical component sub-mount for integrating with the PCB is also presented.
US09523820B1
A photonic device comprising a first waveguide core and a second waveguide core. The first waveguide core is asymmetric relative to an imaginary plane that bisects a height of the first waveguide core and is parallel to the bottom surface of the first waveguide core throughout a first region of the photonic device. A side surface of the second waveguide core is parallel to the first waveguide core throughout the first region of the photonic device.
US09523816B2
An optical device includes an SOI substrate, the embedded insulating layer having a thickness of 200 nanometers (nm) or less; an optical waveguide comprising a Group III-V compound semiconductor material formed on top of the SOI substrate; and an optical leakage preventing layer formed inside the SOI substrate on a bottom side of the optical waveguide to prevent leakage of light from inside the optical waveguide towards the SOI substrate.
US09523808B2
Disclosed is a flat panel display device having a display panel and a back light unit in which the back light unit may, for example, include a base film having a width and a length and including a high refractive film and a low refractive film on the high refractive film; a first incident pattern at a one side of a first surface of the base film; a reflective pattern on the first surface of the base film at an opposite side spaced apart from the one side with a distance substantially corresponding to the length of the first surface of the base film and substantially covering the width of the first surface of the base film; a light radiating pattern on a second surface of the base film; and a light source spaced apart from the first incident pattern with a first focal length and providing an incident light to the first incident pattern.
US09523796B2
A fine-concave-convex transfer mold with which defect regions of a molded body having a fine-concave-convex structure can be easily identified, and deformation of the fine-concave-convex structure can be inhibited even if the molded product is wound. A mold for the production of an optical article has, provided to a surface thereof, a plurality of convex portions at a cycle equal to or less than the wavelengths of visible light, and a plurality of concave portions formed between the adjacent convex portions. The mold has a surface provided with a transfer area having concave portions and convex portions that have a size and shape complementing the convex portions and the concave portions of the optical article. The mold can include, in the transfer area, marking portions. The height of the convex portions in the transfer area is less than the height of convex portions in sections other than the transfer area.
US09523793B2
A composition is provided for manufacturing contact lenses including a siloxane macromer represented by the following formula (I): wherein R1, R2 and R3 are independently C1-C4 alkyl groups, R4 is C1-C6 alkyl group, R5 is a residue obtained by removing NCO group from an aliphatic or aromatic diisocyanate, R6 and R7 are independently alkylene groups, and n is an integer of about 4-80, m is an integer of about 3-40; a crosslinking agent or a siloxane macromer represented by the following formula (II), wherein p is an integer of 4-80 and q is an integer of 3-40: and an initiator.
US09523788B1
Portable locators for detecting a buried object characterized by an electromagnetic (EM) field emission are disclosed. A locator may include a magnetic field sensor array and associated processing circuitry. A locator may further include a camera and image or video processing circuitry to process images or video received from the camera. A locator may further include a user-reconfigurable user interface (UI).
US09523786B2
An optical analysis tool includes an integrated computational element (ICE) including an ICE core to process light received by the ICE from a sample, when the tool is operated, such that the processed light is related, over a wavelength range, to a characteristic of the sample. Additionally, the ICE includes a filter monolithically coupled to the ICE core, the filter to block light at wavelengths that are either shorter than the wavelength range or longer than the wavelength range, or both, such that the ICE outputs, when the tool is operated, processed light that is passed by the filter.
US09523783B2
The present invention relates to a system mapping geological formations related to seismic studies comprising interrogation means for sampling information from geological features in a mapped area, e.g. through seismic sampling methods, the sampled information being stored in association with a position related to the sampled information providing a mapping of the area, wherein the system also comprises analyzing means for obtaining attribute information related to the sampled information in each position and storing said attribute information associated to said positions so as to provide an ensemble of attribute values related to the mapped area subject to the seismic studies.
US09523782B2
The present disclosure provides a system and method for automatically identifying and classifying seismic terminations within a seismic data volume. A set of surfaces is obtained (step 303) describing the seismic data volume. A plurality of seismic terminations is identified within the set of surfaces (step 307). Based upon seismic attributes or geometric criterion, a termination direction can be determined (step 309) for at least one termination.
US09523780B2
Embodiments of an autonomous seismic node that can be positioned on the seabed are disclosed. The autonomous seismic node comprises a pressurized node housing substantially surrounded and/or enclosed by a non-pressurized node housing. The seismic node may be substantially rectangular or square shaped for node storage, handling, and deployment. One or more node locks may be coupled to either (or both) of the pressurized node housing or the non-pressurized node housing. The pressurized node housing may be formed as a cast monolithic titanium structure and may be a complex shape with irregularly shaped sides and be asymmetrical. In other embodiments, a non-pressurized housing may substantially enclose other devices or payloads besides a node, such as weights or transponders, and be coupled to a plurality of protrusions.
US09523778B2
The present invention relates to calibration and normalization systems and methods for ensuring the quality of radiopharmaceuticals during the synthesis thereof, such as radiopharmaceuticals used in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT).
US09523776B2
An embodiment of a radiation detector has: a light collecting member; a photo detector that can receive light collected by the light collecting member and count number of photons; a wavelength selector that can selectively transmit light based on the light emission of gas caused by alpha rays by selectively transmitting light of a wavelength in a specific range; a shielding device that is can switch between an opened state in which it transmits light and a closed state in which it shields light; and a counting unit that calculates an alpha dose based on a difference calculated by subtracting number of noise photons detected in the photo detector within a predetermined time period when the shielding device is in the closed state from the number of photons received by the photo detector within the predetermined time period when the shielding device is opened state.
US09523772B2
In scenarios involving the capturing of an environment, it may be desirable to remove temporary objects (e.g., vehicles depicted in captured images of a street) in furtherance of individual privacy and/or an unobstructed rendering of the environment. However, techniques involving the evaluation of visual images to identify and remove objects may be imprecise, e.g., failing to identify and remove some objects while incorrectly omitting portions of the images that do not depict such objects. However, such capturing scenarios often involve capturing a lidar point cloud, which may identify the presence and shapes of objects with higher precision. The lidar data may also enable a movement classification of respective objects differentiating moving and stationary objects, which may facilitate an accurate removal of the objects from the rendering of the environment (e.g., identifying the object in a first image may guide the identification of the object in sequentially adjacent images).
US09523770B1
A method of use for parametric sonar is provided that utilizes an acoustic beam formed at a difference frequency generated by non-linear interaction of acoustic energy of primary frequencies. At least three primary frequencies are transmitted from a frequency source by amplifiers and acoustic projectors of the sonar. The non-linear interaction of the primary frequencies produces at least three difference frequencies. The difference frequencies are received by a receiver array. Increased interaction increases efficiency linearly with the number of primary frequencies used. The increased bandwidth resulting from the use of multiple center frequencies can also produce signal processing gains and signal-to-signal ratio is also improved, especially at the lower difference frequencies.
US09523768B1
A method according to an illustrative embodiment includes generating first, second, third, and fourth signals. The method also includes transmitting from an antenna, the first signal, and transmitting the antenna, the second signal. The first and second signals are configured such that when the signals are transmitted simultaneously the signals constructively interact to form a first beam signal. The first beam signal has a first look angle. The method also includes transmitting from the antenna the third signal and from the antenna the fourth signal. The third and fourth signals are configured such that when the signals are transmitted simultaneously the signals constructively interact to form a second beam signal. The second beam signal has a second look angle. The method also includes receiving a first and second reflected signals and generating an interferogram utilizing information in the first and second reflected signals.
US09523765B2
A time of flight pixel cell includes a photosensor to sense photons reflected from an object. Pixel support circuitry including charging control logic is coupled to the photosensor to detect when the photosensor senses the photons reflected from the object, and coupled to receive timing signals representative of when light pulses are emitted from a light source. A controllable current source is coupled to receive a time of flight signal form the charging control logic to provide a charge current when a light pulse emitted from the light source until the photosensor senses a respective one of the photons reflected from the object. A capacitor is coupled to receive the charge current, and a voltage on the capacitor is representative of a round trip distance to the object. A reset circuit is coupled to reset the voltage on the capacitor after being charged a plurality number of times.
US09523762B2
It is disclosed an apparatus, a method and a computer program for determining a position of a terminal. It is checked if an intersection of all areas of a set of areas that are associated with one or more communication nodes and represent and/or limit possible positions of a terminal is potentially non-empty. Each of the areas is associable with a respective bounding box. The intersection is defined to be potentially non-empty if an intersection of all of the bounding boxes would be non-empty. A position of the terminal is determined in dependence on a result of the checking if the intersection of all areas of the set of areas is potentially non-empty.
US09523758B2
A first user device transmits a first signal, and a second user device transmits a second signal. A processing unit receives the first signal and the second signal. The processing unit identifies the first user device as an active target and the second user device as an active tracking device based on a predefined rule set including a plurality of selection criteria.
US09523751B2
A method of configuring a conducting grid of elements interconnected at intersecting nodes by switches is described. The method includes: constructing a background grid by connection of centroids of the cell shape of the conducting grid; identifying a subset of elements in the background grid that intersect the smooth pattern of loops; identifying a subset of elements in the conducting grid that intersect the subset of elements in the background grid; the subset of elements in the conducting grid forming a discretized pattern of loops representing the smooth pattern of loops; for each of the discretized pattern of loops identifying current-in and current-out nodes; altering the on-off state of individual switches in accordance with the discretized pattern of loops; opening the switch between each respective pair of current-in and current out nodes; and applying power to the conducting grid via at least one pair of the input and output current nodes such that the current flow through the elements generates the magnetic field profile.
US09523750B2
A medical imaging device (300) includes a magnetic resonance imaging system (302) and a memory (334) containing machine executable instructions (370, 372, 374, 376, 378, 380, 382, 384, 386) for execution by a processor (328). Execution of the instructions causes the processor to receive (100, 204) a pulse sequence protocol (340). Execution of the instructions further causes the processor to determine (102, 206) a pulse sequence type classification (342) descriptive of the pulse sequence protocol. Execution of the instructions further cause the processor to determine (104, 208) a magnetic resonance contrast classification (344). The choice of the magnetic resonance contrast classification depends upon the pulse sequence type classification. Execution of the instructions further causes the processor to determine (106, 210) a pulse sequence protocol classification (346). The pulse sequence protocol classification is determined by the pulse sequence type classification and the magnetic resonance contrast classification.
US09523735B2
An electrical testing system is adapted to perform electrical tests on devices fabricated on successive frames of a web of substrate, each frame including a plurality of fiducial marks. A digital imaging system captures a digital image of a frame, which is analyzed to determine spatial relationships between positions of a set of test pads and positions of the fiducial marks. The frame is advanced to an electrical test fixture which includes a set of test probes adapted to make electrical contact with the test pads. A fiducial sensing system including a plurality of fiducial sensors determines positions of the fiducial marks. The position of the electrical test fixture is adjusted responsive to the determined spatial relationships and the determined fiducial mark positions so that the test probes are aligned with corresponding test pads, and an electrical test of the device is performed.
US09523725B2
Capacitance sensing circuits and methods are provided. A dual mode capacitance sensing circuit includes a capacitance-to-voltage converter having an amplifier and an integration capacitance coupled between an output and an inverting input of the amplifier, and a switching circuit responsive to mutual mode control signals for a controlling signal supplied from a capacitive touch matrix to the capacitive to voltage converter in a mutual capacitance sensing mode and responsive to self mode control signals for controlling signals supplied from the capacitive touch matrix to the capacitance-to-voltage converter in a self capacitance sensing mode, wherein the capacitance sensing circuit is configurable for operation in the mutual capacitance sensing mode or the self capacitance sensing mode.
US09523720B2
A multiple current sensor device or a multiple current shunt device includes at least two resistive sections comprising a first resistive section and a second resistive section, at least two connecting sections comprising a first connecting section and a second connecting section and a common connecting section. The first resistive section is electrically coupled in between the first connecting section and the common connecting section. The second resistive section is electrically coupled in between the second connecting section and the common connecting section. Using an embodiment may improve a trade-off between an efficient integration, a compact integration, a compact implementation and an accurate determination of at least one value indicative of at least one of multiple currents.
US09523719B2
An example circuit may include an inductor; a low-frequency sensor connected to the inductor; a high-frequency sensor connected to the inductor; and an integrator connected to the low-frequency sensor and the high frequency sensor, comprising one or more resistive devices and one or more capacitive devices, wherein the integrator is characterized by a time constant that varies as a function of the inductance of the inductor. The inductor may, for example, be part of a switched-mode power supply or an amplifier.
US09523718B2
The invention relates to a disaggregation apparatus for identifying an appliance in an electrical network (2) comprising multiple appliances (3, 4, 5). A voltage meter (7) measures a first change in a mains voltage (V) delivered to the appliances of the electrical network, while an operational state of an appliance is modified, and a second change in the mains voltage, while a switchable load is switched. An appliance determination unit (9) determines the appliance, of which the operational state has been changed, based on the measured first change in the mains voltage, the measured second change in the mains voltage and the resistance of the switchable load. Thus, an appliance can be determined without detecting switching flickers in very short time durations, i.e. high sampling rates and continuous monitoring are not necessarily required. This reduces the technical efforts of the disaggregation apparatus for performing the disaggregation function.
US09523717B2
The present invention provides a method for measuring the waveform capture rate of parallel digital storage oscilloscope. On the basis of double pulse measurement, and in consideration of the asymmetry of acquisition and the refreshing time of parallel DSO, the present invention provides a step amplitude-frequency combined pulse measurement to measure the time for waveform acquisition and mapping Tmap, the number of captured waveforms before LCD refreshing Wacq and the dead time caused by LCD refreshing TDDT, and then calculates the measured average WCR of parallel DSO, according to the measured data, so that the WCR of parallel can be measured.
US09523715B2
A probe card assembly and associated processes of forming them may include a wiring substrate with a first surface and an opposite surface, an electrically conductive first via comprising electrically conductive material extending into the wiring substrate from the opposite surface and ending before reaching the first surface, and a plurality of electrically conductive second vias, and a custom electrically conductive terminal disposed on the first surface such that said custom terminal covers the first via and contacts one of the second vias adjacent to said first via without electrically contacting the first via. Each of the second vias may be electrically conductive from the first surface to the opposite surface. The first via may include electrically insulating material disposed within a hole in the first via.
US09523714B2
A non-mechanical contact signal measurement apparatus includes a first conductor on a structure under test and a gas in contact with the first conductor. At least one electron beam is directed into the gas so as to induce a plasma in the gas where the electron beam passes through the gas. A second conductor is in electrical contact with the plasma. A signal source is coupled to an electrical measurement device through the first conductor, the plasma, and the second conductor when the plasma is directed on the first conductor. The electrical measurement device is responsive to the signal source.
US09523713B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to interconnects that include liquid metal, and associated techniques and configurations. The individual interconnects may electrically couple a contact of a printed circuit board (PCB) to a contact of a device under test (DUT). The interconnect may be disposed in or on the PCB. In various embodiments, the interconnect may include a carrier that defines a well (e.g., an opening in the carrier), and the liquid metal may be disposed in the well. In some embodiments, the contact of the DUT, or a contact of an intermediary device, may extend into the well and directly contact the liquid metal. In other embodiments, a flex circuit may be disposed over the well to seal the well. The flex circuit may include a conductive pad to electrically couple the liquid metal to the contact of the DUT. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US09523698B2
A method for diagnosing the presence of hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) or predicting the risk of developing HSP in a human subject, comprising detecting the presence or absence of a defect in a gene encoding a polypeptide comprising the sequence of FIG. 9 (SEQ ID NO: 19), in a nucleic acid sample of the subject, whereby the detection of the defect is indicative that the subject has or is at risk of developing HSP.
US09523692B2
The invention provides populations of molecules that are prepared as, or treated to become, homogeneous for one or more molecular characteristics. In an aspect, the invention relates to molecular weight standards that may be used to determine the molecular weight or apparent molecular weight of uncharacterized molecules, such as proteins and nucleic acids, as well as in other applications. In one aspect, the molecular weight standards are pre-stained.
US09523690B2
The present invention provides an in vitro method for the diagnosis and/or prognosis of clear cell Renal Cell Carcinoma in a subject suspected of suffering it, in which method the presence and levels of a phosphorylated form of the protein Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) are determined. Said determination is performed in any isolated sample, in particular in a biopsy of a tumor. The invention relates also to the use of means for detecting said phosphorylated form to be applied in the method for the diagnosis and/or prognosis of clear cell Renal Cell Carcinoma.
US09523686B2
The present invention provides monoclonal antibodies that are specific for the Dengue non-structural glycoprotein NS1 in monomeric and/or oligomeric (primarily dimeric) form, together with methods, including ELISA and lateral flow assays, that employ the disclosed antibodies for the early detection of Dengue virus infection. Diagnostic kits for the detection of Dengue infection are also provided, such kits including the disclosed monoclonal and/or polyclonal antibodies.
US09523668B2
A fuel property determination method includes a reaction mechanism analysis process (S1) of analyzing elementary reactions that compose chemical reactions between a plurality of types of initial materials including the materials that compose the fuel and obtaining the elementary reactions as fuel elementary reactions, and an octane number determination process (S2) of calculating the combustion characteristics of the fuel by performing a simulation based on the fuel elementary reactions and determining the octane number based on the combustion characteristics of the fuel.
US09523667B2
An electrochemical sensor measuring concentration of an analyte in a test fluid at 50° C. or above by voltammetry uses electrodes in contact with an electrolyte containing the analyte and a redox-active species electrochemically convertible between reduced and oxidised forms. At least one form of the redox active species is present within surfactant micelles. The surfactant micelles enhance thermal stability of the redox active species and may also solubilise a species with poor water solubility, such as t-butylferrocene. A downhole tool incorporating such a sensor comprises a barrier, permeable to the analyte, to separate the electrolyte from subterranean reservoir fluid, so that the sensor directly measures analyte which has passed through the barrier and thereby indirectly measures analyte in the test fluid.
US09523661B2
Provided is a method of locating a damage source of a wind turbine blade for tracking a damage source location of a blade used in a wind power generator, and more particularly, a method of locating a damage source of a wind turbine blade and an apparatus thereof in a large composite material structure capable of accurately locating a damage source even in a large composite material structure by detecting defects using contour maps written based on elastic wave energy value. The method of locating a damage source of the wind turbine blade according to the present invention can accurately locate the damage source even in the large composite material structure using at least two materials unlike the related art and can use a smaller number of AE sensor than the related art.
US09523659B2
An information processing apparatus is provided, which includes: a signal initialization unit that acquires an initial value of a pressure signal that is obtained after receive, by a receiving unit, of an elasticity wave from an object; an impulse response initialization unit that acquires an initial value of an impulse response of the receiving unit; and an output unit that outputs a modified pressure signal, wherein the output unit has: a signal modifying unit that modifies the pressure signal in use of the impulse response; a signal constraining unit that modifies the pressure signal based on a plurality of constraint conditions; an impulse response modifying unit that modifies the impulse response; and an impulse response constraining unit that modifies the impulse response based on constraint conditions which are time-bandwidth characteristics, and wherein the output unit generates the modified pressure signal by iteratively executing the processes.
US09523647B2
The present invention relates to a backlight inspection equipment comprising a carrying platform configured to dispose a backlight to be inspected and an inspection plate movably disposed relative to the carrying platform. The inspection plate moves from a first position to a second position. When the inspection plate is disposed at the first position, a first light emitting region of the backlight to be inspected is exposed and a second light emitting region which is a region other than the first light emitting region is blocked. When the inspection plate is disposed at the second position, a third light emitting region of the backlight to be inspected, which is different from the first light emitting region, is exposed, and a fourth light emitting region which is a region other than third light emitting region is blocked.
US09523641B2
A scanning module (9) is disposed over a first plate (32). A first motor (39) of moving the scanning module (9) in a second scanning direction and a second motor (49) of moving the scanning module (9) in a first scanning direction are disposed under the first plate (32). In this manner, the first motor (39) and the second motor (49) being a heat source are disposed on a side opposite to a scanning module (9) side using the first plate (32) as a boundary, and thus a transferred amount of heat from the first motor (39) and the second motor (49) to the scanning module (9) decreases. As a result, accuracy of fluorescence detection is prevented from degrading due to thermal distortion of a detection optical system in the scanning module (9).
US09523635B2
Apparatus and methods of spectral searching that employ wavelet coefficients as the basis for the searching. The disclosed apparatus and methods employ a wavelet lifting scheme to transform spectroscopic data corresponding to an unknown pure material/mixture to a vector of wavelet coefficients, compare the wavelet coefficient vector for the unknown pure material/mixture with a library of wavelet coefficient vectors for known pure materials/mixtures, and identify the closest match to the unknown pure material/mixture based on the comparison of wavelet coefficient vectors. Because the wavelet lifting scheme can generate the wavelet coefficient vectors for the unknown pure material/mixture as well as the known pure materials/mixtures to conform to a desired compression level, the disclosed apparatus and methods can perform spectral searching with increased speed and reduced memory requirements, thereby making the disclosed apparatus and methods amenable for use in hand-held instruments for on-site material identification.
US09523632B2
A particulate matter sensor comprises an insulating body and a pair of electrodes disposed apart form each other on a main surface of the insulating body. The insulating body includes an insulating portion being equal to or higher than the height of the pair of the electrodes in a direction perpendicular to the main surface, formed on the part where the pair of the electrodes are. In one of the methods for manufacturing the particulate matter sensor, first, an electrode pattern composed of a material for the pair of the electrodes is formed on a body material composing the insulating body, and a mask, having identical pattern of the electrode pattern and composed of material which vaporizes at a temperature equal to or lower than a temperature that the electrode pattern is sintered, is formed on the electrode pattern. A thin film of the material composing the insulating portion is formed, and the electrode pattern and the thin film is sintered to form the electrodes and the insulating portion.
US09523629B2
A method and apparatus are provided for forming high-yield tissue microarray blocks capable of producing 1,000 or more replicate slides. In one embodiment, a plurality of donor tissue samples are minced and suspended in separate molten liquid carriers to form a plurality of separate two-phase mixtures of solid minced tissue and molten wax. Each of the two-phase mixtures is preferably formed into elongated columns and transferred into a separate well of a microarray block. A method and apparatus are provided for forming the elongated molten wax columns with minced tissue evenly distributed along the length of each column. The apparatus for forming the array includes an extrusion mechanism for transferring the columns of two-phase mixtures into the deep wells of the microarray block. The two-phase mixture may alternately be cooled and allowed to solidify before being transferred into the microarray block. An alternate embodiment is provided wherein cell cultures are utilized as starting material as opposed to solid donor tissue samples.
US09523627B2
A method for determining segment times of a sensor wheel of an internal combustion engine, the sensor wheel being non-rotatably connected to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, marks being situated along the circumference of the sensor wheel, and the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine covering predetermined angle ranges during the segment times. Tooth times are determined as time intervals between two marks of the sensor wheel; a low-pass filtering is applied to the determined tooth times, and filtered tooth times are determined as a result of the low-pass filtering. Segment times of the sensor wheel are determined as a sum of filtered tooth times of a certain number of successive marks of the sensor wheel.
US09523626B2
A hand-held or portable vibration sensor device having a housing and a sensor body which generally provides a single point of contact with the machinery or apparatus for which vibration measurement is desired. In one aspect, the sensor body comprises a vibration sensor element such as an accelerometer for measuring vibration. In another aspect, a force sensor such as a force sensing resistor or load cell is provided to reduce the impact of forces applied to said hand-held vibration sensor such as a force applied through a handle during measurement. In another aspect, a compensation circuit processes the out put from a vibration sensor element to provide a relatively flat frequency response over a desired operational frequency range. The hand-held vibration sensor may also comprise a rubber isolation member disposed between the sensor body and force sensor.
US09523616B2
An apparatus, and an associated method, forms a user interface permitting input of input instructions to an electronic device. Input commands are evidence by tactile input forces applied to a force receiving surface. Force sensing elements are positioned to sense indications of the tactile input force. The force sensing element is caused to exhibit a selected input parameter value through application of a selected force thereto by application of a tightening torque to a fastener positioned in proximity to the force sensing element.
US09523614B2
Devices for determining sterilization conditions within a sterilization chamber are described. Such devices include an elongate tube to be placed within said sterilization chamber and at least two temperature sensors within the cavity of the elongate tube. The at least two temperature sensors are spaced apart from each other along the length of the elongate tube by a predetermined distance and spaced apart from the interior wall of the elongate tube. Methods for determining sterilization discussed.
US09523604B2
The invention concerns a calibration device (40) for a force-measuring device (1), specifically a balance, with an electrically controllable force-generating means (41) designed to be coupled to a force-measuring cell (10) of a force-measuring device (1) in such a way that a predefined force (FC) can be applied to the force-measuring cell (10), so that the latter generates a measuring signal (SF) which correlates to the applied force (FC) and which can be transmitted to a processing unit (60, PU), where it can be processed in reference to the predefined force (FC). The calibration device (40) includes a calibration control unit (CCU) which has access to at least one predefined parameter (P) characterizing the force-measuring device ((1) and/or the calibration device (40), wherein the calibration control unit (CCU) can be connected by way of a communications link (52) to the processing unit (60, PU) in order to exchange information signals (SCD) with the latter, and wherein the calibration control unit (CCU) is configured to generate control signals based on the information signals (SCD) and the parameter (P) in order to thereby control the force-generating means (41).
US09523599B2
A fuel-level measuring apparatus measures the level of fuel in a vehicle fuel tank. The apparatus can ensure a sufficient capacity of the fuel tank and sense the fuel level even when the fuel tank has a thin or complicated shape. A fuel-level measuring apparatus that senses the level of fuel in a vehicle fuel tank disposed below a floor panel of a vehicle includes a tank band that secures the fuel tank to a body of the vehicle, and a strain gauge attached to the tank band. The fuel level can be obtained from strain in the tank band detected by the strain gauge.
US09523593B2
The present teachings provide for a light guide for a vehicle dashboard display having a first display panel. The light guide can include a guide structure secured to the vehicle dashboard display proximate to the first display panel. The guide structure can be configured to transmit light from the first display panel at a first position, through the guide structure, to a second position spaced apart from the first display panel.
US09523592B2
A rotation detector includes a sensor element, a signal wire connected to the sensor element, the signal wire transmitting the rotation detecting signal, a sensor coating portion integrally coating the sensor element and an end of the signal wire connected to the sensor element, and a sensor attachment member at least supporting a part of the sensor coating portion and a part of the signal wire. The signal wire includes a curved portion. The sensor attachment member has a surface provided with depression portions. When the sensor attachment member is being molded, the depression portions are engaged with a pair of guide members which protrude toward the curved portion in a cavity of a molding die in a direction perpendicular to a surface including the curved portion, and the guide members protrude in directions opposite to each other.
US09523587B2
The method and devices for remote metering the consumption, of utilities according to the present invention provide the possibility to retrieve a specific amount of data, i.e. consumption data and/or additional data, from remote meters of a remote metering system. The retrieved data provide a data profile in a given time interval than the entire buffer, for example indicative of the consumption characteristics over time at the location of a remote meter or, in the case of a distribution network for electric energy, indicative of a ratio of active and reactive energy consumption at the location of a remote meter over time.
US09523580B2
A system and method for displaying symbology that is indicative of the direction of a landing site is provided. The provided system and method generate and display, prior to the rotorcraft reaching the MAP, symbology that conveys visual guidance that may be quickly and easily comprehended by a pilot. The provided system and method reduce the pilot's visual scan area and associated search time, reducing cognitive workload and increasing situational awareness.
US09523569B2
An apparatus, includes first and second measurement devices configured to measure a position in a first direction of a moving body; a drive unit configured to drive the moving body in the first direction; a controller configured to generate a control input for driving the drive unit, based on a control deviation in accordance with position command information in the first direction of the moving body and position measurement information from the first or second measurement device, and a control parameter set to a certain value.
US09523568B2
A wavelength-swept light source apparatus comprises a light source that emits a wavelength-swept light that varies in a predetermined cycle, a mode hop detector that detects a mode hop of the wavelength-swept light emitted from the light source; and a control unit that controls at least one of a parameter that defines a specified period having a predetermined fixed or variable time length provided in the predetermined cycle and a control parameter of the light source, thereby to set an occurrence timing of the mode hop detected by the mode hop detector outside of the specified period.
US09523567B2
Systems and techniques are provided for guided installation of an opening sensor. A strength of a magnetic field created by a magnet of an opening sensor at a location of a magnetometer sensor of the opening sensor may be determined. Feedback may be provided to an installer of the opening sensor based on the determined strength of the magnetic field. A function of the opening sensor may be configured based on the determined strength of the magnetic field. The function may be associated with reporting the status of an entry point to which the magnetometer sensor may be affixed.
US09523563B1
The present invention teaches methods of making ammunition having a polymer cartridge casing overmolding a primer inserts made by joining 2 or more primer sections.
US09523556B2
An aiming device including a thermoelectric module, a light source and a sight element. The thermoelectric module generates electricity from a thermal gradient, produced from a user's body heat that is transferred to the module. The electricity powers the light source. The light source illuminates a sight element of a projectile shooting device to enhance visibility of the sight element in a variety of ambient lighting conditions, optionally in low light conditions. The aiming device can be mounted to a projectile shooting device. With the aiming device, a user can selectively illuminate a sight element of a projectile shooting device, with the user's own body heat, to assist aiming the projectile shooting device during a shooting activity. The projectile shooting device can be any type of archery bow and/or firearm. Related methods are also provided.
US09523552B2
An anti-rotational quick disconnect socket system for a firearm is disclosed. The system has an anti-rotational quick disconnect socket (QD socket) and a recess in a housing of a firearm. The recess is shaped to slidingly receive and seat the socket, and has a protrusion extending inwardly from the outer confines of the recess. The socket has a proximal end with a socket entry, a distal end, and a brace extending therebetween. The protrusion is engaged with the first brace to prevent rotation of the socket relative to the recess. The system has a gap between a proximal surface of the first protrusion and a distal surface of the socket entry.
US09523546B1
Systems and methods herein relate to a safety magazine for blank ammunition or “blanks”. In one illustrative implementation, a specially-shaped follower is utilized to engage and advance the blank ammunition without jamming, i.e., when holding and feeding blank cartridges into the chamber of a firearm. In other implementations, integrated/unitary magazines including such a follower are disclosed, which also prevent jams otherwise common in the field of magazines converted to handle blank rounds of ammunition. According to such implementations, live ammunition or cartridges are prevented from being loaded into the magazine and a specialized follower that prevents the ammunition from jamming is provided.
US09523543B1
Provided is a gas operated firearm timing selection system having a barrel, first and second gas blocks, a gas delivery tube, and a selector tube. The barrel has at least first and second longitudinally spaced apart gas port locations. First and second gas blocks each correspond to one of the gas port locations. The gas delivery tube operably extends between the first gas block and an operating system of the firearm. The selector tube operably extends between the gas blocks to convey operating gas from either of the gas port locations and is selectively displaceable between at least a first position and a second position. Each position provides gas flow from only one of the gas port locations such that the timing of operating gas flow to the operating system is changed by selection between first and second positions.
US09523542B2
Coil assemblies for use in heat exchange applications are made using polymeric tubes, some with heat exchange and water redistribution media integral with the coil assembly and others with a water distribution subassembly integral with the coil assembly. One coil assembly includes at least two generally linear passes that are connected by return bends formed by folding an array of polymeric tubes. The passes have an array of at least two layers of polymeric tubes that pass through alignment holes in tube spacers only along the passes to maintain the tubes in substantially the same relative positional relationship to each other in the passes and in the return bends. Methods are explained for forming the coil assemblies and components, including the tube spacers and tube sheets to connect the coil assembly to inlet and outlet manifolds for the processing fluid flowing internally through the tubes.
US09523536B2
A washing drying rack includes a plurality of securing hangers disposed at set intervals either transversely or longitudinally on a drying rack frame; a plurality of free-moving hangers which are formed below the fixed hangers in a number corresponding therewith, are link-connected with the corresponding fixed hangers, and perform a swinging motion using the fixed hangers as pivot shafts; and a drive means which generates power for the free-moving-hanger swinging motion.
US09523533B2
A refrigerator includes a main body having a storage chamber; a first storage unit formed in the storage chamber, left and right side walls of the first storage unit having first roller supporting surfaces; and a second storage unit having first roller members mounted to a front region of the second storage unit on left and right sides thereof, the first roller members being seated on the first roller supporting surfaces of the first storage unit, a protrusion extending downwardly from a bottom surface of the second storage unit, and second roller members provided on both sides of the second storage unit to move along guide surfaces provided on an interior of the storage chamber. A lateral surface of the protrusion is configured to extend into and contact an interior surface of the first storage unit to prevent the first roller members from laterally leaving the first roller supporting surfaces.
US09523528B2
A refrigerator is provided including an ice making assembly. The ice making assembly includes a storage container that has a discharge zone including a crushing assembly for selectively crushing formed ice before dispensing the ice through the dispenser of the refrigerator. The crushing assembly includes both rotating and fixed crushing blades, and including crushing teeth for crushing the formed ice cubes therebetween. A diverter wedge may be positioned at or formed integrally with the fixed crushing blades such that the diverter wedge closes any gap between the rotating blades and the wall of the discharge zone. The diverter wedge can include a sloped portion to move any smaller or differently-shaped cubes from the outer edge of the discharge zone to between the crushing blades such that it is ensured that the cubes are crushed before being dispensed.
US09523522B2
In some embodiments, a refrigeration device includes: walls substantially forming a liquid-impermeable container configured to hold phase change material internal to a refrigeration device; at least one active refrigeration unit including a set of evaporator coils positioned within an interior of the liquid-impermeable container; walls substantially forming a storage region; and a heat transfer system including a first group of vapor-impermeable structures with a hollow interior connected to form a condenser in thermal contact with the walls substantially forming a liquid-impermeable container, a second group of vapor-impermeable structures with a hollow interior connected to form an evaporator in thermal contact with the walls substantially forming a storage region, and a connector with a hollow interior affixed to both the condenser and the evaporator, the connector forming a liquid and vapor flow path between the hollow interior of the condenser and the hollow interior of the evaporator.
US09523519B2
A magnetocaloric heat generator (1) which comprises at least one magnetocaloric unit (21) provided with at least one magnetocaloric material (3) in thermal contact with a heat transfer fluid (F) and at least one magnetic unit (41) capable of subjecting the magnetocaloric material (3) to a variable magnetic field. This generator (1) is characterized in that each unit (21, 41) has a modular configuration and comprises at least one fitting form (E1, E2, E3) which facilitates assembly with another unit (41, 21), along a same median axis (M), which is provided with a complementary fitting form (E1, E2, E3).
US09523517B2
A mounting structure for a solar panel assembly, having a plurality of solar panels, includes a plurality of vertical support legs and a grid assembly. The grid assembly includes a plurality of north-south members and the east-west members. The plurality of north-south members include a plurality of elongated slots to allow attachment to the vertical support legs despite any manufacturing tolerances that may exist in the components. The plurality of east-west members include a plurality of elongated slots to allow attachment to the north-south members despite any manufacturing tolerances that may exist in the components.
US09523516B2
Broadband reflectors include a UV-reflective multilayer optical film and a VIS/IR-reflective layer. In various embodiments, the VIS/IR reflective layer may be a reflective metal layer or a multilayer optical film. Concentrated solar power systems and methods of harnessing solar energy using the broadband reflectors and optionally comprising a celestial tracking mechanism are also disclosed.
US09523510B2
Aspects of the invention provide a roof vent comprising a first portion, a second portion, a third portion, and a fourth portion. The second portion is connected to the first portion. The third portion is connected to the second portion and defines one or more openings therein. The fourth portion is connected to the third portion. In a first region of the roof vent when the first portion and the third portion are resting on a horizontal surface, the second portion angles upward away from the first portion and the third portion angles downward towards, but does not contact, the first portion so as to create a gap in a bottom of the roof vent in gaseous communication with the one or more openings. In a second region of the roof vent, the second portion is substantially coplanar with the first portion, and a part of the second portion is pressed directly against a part of the third portion, which is pressed directly against a part of the fourth portion.
US09523507B2
A ventilation hood is mounted to an underside of a cabinet by left and right support brackets each including a main body from which depend at least one support tab or hanger, as well as a locator tab. The main body is aligned on the cabinet, while the locator tab appropriately spaces the support bracket from an upstanding rear wall. Thereafter, the ventilation hood is positioned so the support tabs are received in slots formed in a top panel of the hood and, upon sliding the hood rearward, the hood rides upon ramped or tapered surfaces of the support tabs to position the hood against the cabinet while hanging the hood from the support tabs. Thereafter, the support tabs are bent to retain the ventilation hood in an operational position. Employing the distinct aligning, positioning and hanging structure enables a single person to readily mount the ventilation hood.
US09523502B2
A push-lock device for connecting a tile to a gas turbine engine wall includes, among other things, a housing extending longitudinally along an axis; a shaft assembly within the housing, the shaft assembly including portions of both a push-down pop-up mechanism and a locking-bracket mechanism, the locking-bracket mechanism moveable to a locked position such that the locking-bracket mechanism limits movement of a tile away from a gas turbine engine wall; and a biasing member to be positioned closer to the tile than the locking-bracket mechanism.
US09523501B2
The aim of the invention is to provide a gas regulator fitting that ensures simple manual operation. In particular, activation and deactivation, respectively, are to be made possible with one motion. Furthermore, the invention aims to ensure that even in the event the voltage source malfunctions, the gas regulator fitting will be deactivated. To accomplish this, an ignition safety magnet (34) is excited by a current flowing over a first micro switch (13) when the gas regulator fitting is activated by means of the manual actuation of a tappet (10) having selector contours (15; 16) in a longitudinal direction against the force of a return spring (12). A second micro switch (14), which is series-connected in the thermal current to circuit, thereby assumes the open position thereof since both micro switches (13; 14) can be operated by means of the selector contours (15; 16) assigned thereto, such that the first micro switch (13) is closed before the second micro switch (14) is opened, whereas when the tappet (10) assumes the initial position thereof under the force of the return spring (12), the second micro switch (14) is closed before the first micro switch (13) is opened.
US09523490B2
The luminaire includes a light emitting diode (LED) module that includes a heat sink with an outer wall defining a top cavity and a bottom cavity and a mounting flange generally positioned along the bottom of the outer wall. A LED light source is positioned within the bottom cavity and in thermal communication with the heat sink. The bottom surface of the mounting flange includes one or more alignment features or keys extending out from the bottom surface. A trim having a corresponding alignment aperture is matingly engaged by positioning all or a portion of the alignment feature into the alignment aperture to ensure proper orientation of the trim with the LED module and to provide sufficient surface area for good thermal transfer between the heat sink and the trim.
US09523483B2
A substrate is formed in a rectangular shape, a plurality of light emitting elements are arranged on one end face of the substrate, and a translucent sealing material is adhered to the one end face to seal the light emitting elements. A light irradiation device is thin, which transfers heat generated at the light emitting elements to the substrate where the heat is dissipated. Even if the substrate is made thinner, the heat dissipation performance of the substrate can be maintained or enhanced when the dimension of the substrate is increased in the direction intersecting the one end face of the substrate.
US09523482B2
The present invention relates to a LED lens assembly including a lens base, a plurality of lens elements on the lens base, a cable channel on the lens base, a frame at the periphery of the lens base, and clips on the frame. A bottom portion of the frame defines a lip, external to which there is formed a groove for receiving overfill of a sealant. Each of the clips has a trailing portion extending to an edge of the frame. The invention further provides a LED module and a LED light fixture, both incorporating the LED lens assembly. Use of this structure can lead to the following beneficial effects: convenience in mounting; better waterproofing results; and applicability in light used in an obliquely upward orientation, such as flood lights.
US09523479B2
A lens for distribution of light from a light emitter having an emitter axis. The lens includes an outer surface and a total internal reflection (TIR) surface positioned outwardly of and around the emitter such that light received by the TIR surface is totally internally reflected toward the outer surface. The TIR surface has at least one recessed region extending away from the light emitter, thereby to increase amount of TIR and facilitate lateral diffusion of highest-intensity light in the middle of the light distribution. The lens may further include a base surface adjacent the emitter and an inner surface defining an inner cavity about the emitter axis. In such embodiments, the TIR is positioned and configured for total internal reflection of light received from the inner surface.
US09523478B1
An apparatus that is part of a lampshade comprises a first film, a second film and a border seal forming a closed chamber that is laminar in shape and hermetically sealed. A fluid is disposed for fluid motion in the closed chamber.
US09523476B2
The invention relates to a display screen comprising: a housing forming an enclosure; a display surface on the front face of the housing; a printed circuit board arranged inside the housing; and at least one light-emitting diode that forms a back-lighting source for the display surface and is arranged on a face of the printed circuit board. The display screen is characterized in that the printed circuit board is a single-face printed circuit board, the display screen comprises a thermoconductive plate arranged against the face of the printed circuit board opposite the one carrying the at least one light-emitting diode, and the display screen also comprises a second double-face printed circuit board that has a smaller surface than the single-face printed circuit board, is connected to said single-face printed circuit board by at least one electrical connection, and carries at least one element for controlling the back-lighting of the display surface.
US09523475B2
In a rear combination lamp for a vehicle in which a tail lamp light source and a stop lamp light source are covered from the rear of the vehicle with an outer lens, the tail lamp light source and the stop lamp light source are covered with a first inner lens, and a second inner lens that is subjected to processing so as to have a lower light transmittance than that of the first inner lens and so that diffused light is formed for covering the first inner lens from the rear of the vehicle in a region in which at least the first inner lens and the tail lamp light source overlap when viewed from the rear of the vehicle while avoiding a region in which at least the first inner lens and the stop lamp light source overlap when viewed from the rear of the vehicle.
US09523470B2
A simulated flame structure comprises a bracket, a simulated flame element, a first magnetic element and a light-emitting element. The bracket is formed with a position limiting hole. The simulated flame element is restricted in the position limiting hole through a position limiting portion. The first magnetic element is disposed on the simulated flame element. The light-emitting element is disposed on the bracket and outputs light toward the simulated flame element. By magnetic attractive actions between the first magnetic element and a metal element in the position limiting hole, the simulated flame element may be suspended in the position limiting hole and naturally swing relatively to the bracket, thereby achieving visual effects of optimized flame combustion.
US09523469B2
A lighting system utilizing light emitting diode lamps, designed to be mounted on the mullion inside a cabinet display case wherein the distribution of light illuminates the product in an even and consistent manner.
US09523468B2
An LED lighting fixture with a heat sink, LED arrays on angled facets, a reflector dish, and a diffuser lens are disclosed. The LED arrays are mounted at an angle on sloped facets, and the reflector intercepts a portion of light from the LED arrays, and redirects the intercepted light downward, resulting in a focused and collumnated light beam. Very little light is allowed to be projected upward above the light fixture, and less light is dispersed to the side.
US09523463B2
A carrier system for a medical treatment facility includes a track device that is to be suspended from a ceiling of the medical treatment facility and that determines a curved path, and a lifting device to move a medical device between an upper resting position and a lower operating position, such that the lifting device can move along the path determined by the track device.
US09523460B2
Disclosed is a vacuum insulation panel having excellent thermal insulation and cold retention performance using conventional glass fibers. The vacuum insulation panel employs annealed binderless glass fibers as a core material, thus ensuring superior thermal insulation performance and preventing out-gassing in a vacuum due to the absence of organic residues in the fibers, and thereby a vacuum level of the vacuum insulation panel can be maintained for a long period of time.
US09523459B2
Provided is a vacuum insulation panel comprising: a core material; and a shell material for covering the core material, wherein the shell has a layered structure comprising a surface protective layer, a metal barrier layer, and a thermal deposition layer from the outside, and the sealing strength of the vacuum insulation panel is 5-15 kgf. In addition, provided is a method for preparing the vacuum insulation panel, comprising the steps of: preparing the shell material by sequentially layering the thermal deposition layer, the metal barrier layer and the surface protective layer; inserting the core material between the shell material; reducing pressure and sealing the shell material so as to form a vacuum insulation panel; and heat treating the vacuum insulation panel, wherein the sealing strength of the vacuum insulation panel is 5-15 kgf.
US09523458B2
A box protector 21 for protecting the inner surface of a box 11 of a threaded joint for pipes having a female threaded portion and a shoulder surface 14 with the shoulder surface being sloped by an angle θ with respect to the direction perpendicular to the pipe axis has a male threaded portion 22 which threadingly engages with at least a portion of the complete threads of the female threaded portion of the box and a shoulder surface 21b which sealingly contacts the shoulder surface 14 of the box to form a first seal portion, and the shoulder surface 21b is sloped by an angle θP (θP>θ) with respect to the direction perpendicular to the pipe axis. The protector has a circumferential groove 30 in its outer peripheral surface in the vicinity of the shoulder surface 21b and an elastic seal ring 28 which contacts the shoulder surface 14 of the box 11 and forms a second seal portion.
US09523452B2
An isolation device for use with a pressure vessel penetrator. The isolation device is formed from a high performance thermoplastic having low creep properties and includes a central cylindrical portion, a lower inner flange portion and, preferably, an upper outer flange portion. The cylindrical portion has an inner diameter adapted to receive an upper larger diameter portion of the penetrator. The lower inner flange portion is coupled to a lower portion of the central cylindrical portion and forms an aperture for receiving a lower smaller diameter portion of the penetrator. The upper outer flange portion is coupled to an upper portion of the central cylindrical portion and may include clocking apertures. The high performance thermoplastic may be 30% glass-filled PEEK or Torlon®. A custom tapered nut may be provided to secure the penetrator in an internal tapered recess of the pressure vessel.
US09523447B2
Methods and apparatuses of joining a first pipe and a second pipe by injecting a pipe joining material into an interstitial space between abutting surfaces are provided. The methods and apparatuses may use a hollow fitting into which pipe ends may be inserted.
US09523438B2
A valve assembly includes a valve body with an interior cavity and a primary supply port, a secondary supply port, a control port, and an exhaust port each extending to the interior cavity. An armature assembly is configured to move within the interior cavity from a first position to a second position when the coil is energized. A regulator body is operatively connected to the valve body and has an exhaust passage positioned at the exhaust port. A regulator valve in the regulator body is configured to prevent flow out of the exhaust passage when fluid pressure on the regulator valve is at or below a pilot pressure and permit flow out of the exhaust passage when fluid pressure on the regulator valve is greater than the pilot pressure. The valve body is configured to provide fluid from the secondary supply port to the control port.
US09523435B2
A method and apparatus for self-calibrating control of gas flow. The gas flow rate is initially set by controlling, to a high degree of precision, the amount of opening of a flow restriction, where the design of the apparatus containing the flow restriction lends itself to achieving high precision. The gas flow rate is then measured by a pressure rate-of-drop upstream of the flow restriction, and the amount of flow restriction opening is adjusted, if need be, to obtain exactly the desired flow.
US09523426B2
A gear change control device is provided in which a feedback control level for making an actual gear ratio between input rotational speed and output rotational speed of a transmission coincide with a target gear ratio is calculated. A control level calculation device calculates the feedback control level based on a deviation of acceleration of change in the actual gear ratio with respect to acceleration of change in the target gear ratio thereby making it possible to enhance the control responsiveness compared with a case in which the feedback control level is calculated based on the deviation of the actual gear ratio with respect to the target gear ratio, and also to detect the occurrence of a deviation of the actual value from the target value at early stage and carry out feedback, thus enabling gear change control to be carried out more linearly than in a conventional manner.
US09523425B2
A hydraulic control unit is provided. A valve is comprised of a piston having a valve element, a cylinder holding the piston while allowing to reciprocate axially, a positive pressure chamber formed on one side of the piston to which pressure to open the valve is applied, a back pressure chamber formed on the other side of the piston to which the pressure to close the valve is applied, and a connection passage for differentiating pressures in the positive pressure chamber and the back pressure chamber. A pilot valve selectively connects the back pressure chamber with a site where the pressure is lower than that of the back pressure chamber. Hydraulic pressure lower than that applied to positive pressure chamber is applied to a low pressure section. The hydraulic control unit comprises a means to deliver the fluid from the low pressure section to the back pressure chamber if an opening motion of the valve is slower than a predetermined reference value, by opening the pilot valve to connect the back pressure chamber with the low pressure section.
US09523423B2
The present invention relates to a transfer gear having an input shaft, a first output shaft, a second output shaft, and a torque transmission device which has a clutch in order to distribute a drive torque introduced via the input shaft selectively to the first output shaft and the second output shaft, wherein a drive acts between the torque transmission device and the second output shaft, and wherein an oil reservoir is provided for collecting the lubricating oil.
US09523422B2
A geared architecture for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fan shaft and a frame which supports the fan shaft, the frame defines a frame stiffness. A plurality of gears drives the fan shaft. A flexible support at least partially supports the plurality of gears, the flexible support defines a flexible support stiffness that is less than the frame stiffness. An input coupling to the plurality of gears, the input coupling defines an input coupling stiffness with respect to the frame stiffness.
US09523412B2
A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft receiving torque of an engine, an output shaft outputting changed torque of the engine, a first planetary gear set including first, second, and third rotation elements, a second planetary gear set including fourth, fifth, and sixth rotation elements, a third planetary gear set including seventh, eighth, and ninth rotation elements, a fourth planetary gear set including tenth, eleventh, and twelfth rotation elements, and seven friction elements disposed to selectively connect the rotation elements and selectively connect the rotation elements with a transmission housing.
US09523408B2
The vibration damper for damping vibrations for rotation around an axis of rotation, including a first component with at least one bow spring channel formed radially outside of a second component. A spring is formed in the bow spring channel, and fixed by a counter-component, wherein the first and second component and counter-component are made of sheet metal, characterized in that the second component and at least one of the following contact components: a) the first component and b) the counter-component have common contact areas, into which the second component and the at least one contact component run vertically to the rotation axis, and in which the edges thereof for centering lie one against the other, at least in some sections.
US09523404B2
The present invention provides a spring steel, which is finally formed into a spring, by making use of, at a maximum, the temper softening resistance effect due to alloying elements while suppressing the formation of hard inclusions of SiO2 and the generation of decarburization, which may cause deterioration of fatigue characteristics of the spring. The spring steel is characterized by comprising, in % by mass, C: 0.50 to 0.70%, Si: 1.00 to 5.00%, Mn: 0.30 to 2.00%, P: 0.0002 to 0.0500%, S: 0.0002 to 0.0500%, Cr: 0.10 to 3.50%, Al: 0.0005 to 0.0500%, and N: 0.0020 to 0.0100%, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the H-value defined by the following equation (a) is 160 or more, and the C-value defined by the following equation (b) is 3.25 or less: H=33.6[C]+10.0[Si]+5.95[Mn]+11.1[Cr]+90.0 (a), and C=[Si]/[Mn] (b).
US09523402B2
The present invention is directed to a stainless steel brake disc which is excellent in toughness, corrosion resistance, and wear resistance, and comprises, in % by mass, 0.030 to 0.080% of C, 0.05% to 1.0% of Si, 1.0 to 1.5% of Mn, 0.035% or less of P, 0.015% or less of S, 11.0 to 14.0% of Cr, 0.01 to 0.50% of Ni, 0.001 to 0.15% of V, less than 0.1% of Nb, 0.05% or less of Ti, 0.05% or less of Zr, 0.05% or less of Al, 0.015 to 0.060% of N, 0.0002% or more and 0.0050% or less of B, and 0.0080% or less of O, wherein an AT value of equation 1 is 0.055 to 0.090, equation 2 is satisfied, a ferrite phase fraction, in which an IQ value of an EBSD pattern is 4,000 or more, is 1% to 15%, a Charpy impact value is 50 J/cm2 or more, and hardness is 32 to 38 HRC. C+0.8(N−B) (1) PV=1.2Ti+0.8Zr+Nb+1.1Al+O≦0.1 (2)
US09523395B2
A driving force transmission device includes: a switch member that switches a first rotary member and a second rotary member between a coupled state and a decoupled state; a second friction member that generates a frictional force between the rotary members; a piston member that has first to sixth engaged portions formed in the shape of a staircase and that presses the switch member and the second friction member in an axial direction; a biasing mechanism that presses the switch member and the second friction member toward the piston member; and an engaging member that engages with one of the plurality of engaged portions. The engaging member rotates the piston member by sliding on a plurality of tilted surfaces of the plurality of engaged portions, and the piston member is always pressed toward the engaging member by a biasing force of the biasing mechanism.
US09523390B2
A rolling bearing with seal ring includes an outer ring having an inner-diameter side, an inner-circumferential surface, and an outer ring raceway formed on the inner-circumferential surface. A seal ring fastened to an axial end portion of the inner-circumferential surface of the outer ring. The inner ring has a first axial end surface on a first side and the outer ring has a second axial end surface on the first side. The first axial end surface is flat and is recessed from the second axial end surface of the outer ring in the axial direction of the rolling bearing. The seal ring is formed into a circular ring shape and includes a seal lip that is made of an elastic material and has a tip-end edge having a sliding contact with the first axial end surface of the inner ring; and a metal core that reinforces the elastic material.
US09523388B2
A two-part bearing cage for a ball bearing, including a first and a second annular body (1a, 1b) having a plurality of retaining claws (2) on their opposing end faces. The two annular bodies (1a, 1b) have an identical design and can be mounted opposite each other in such a way that cut-out sections (3) receive the retaining claws (2), thereby forming pockets (4) for receiving and guiding rolling bodies (5). The number of pockets (4) corresponds to the number of rolling bodies (5). According to the invention, the individual pockets (4) are arranged at a distance from one another in the circumferential direction in such a way that a free area (6) for receiving lubricant is formed between two pockets (4). At least two pairs of retaining claws (2), at least two individual retaining claws (2), and the base of a pocket combine to form one pocket (4). The invention also relates to a ball bearing comprising a two-part bearing cage of this type.
US09523384B2
A pivot transmission device is compact and can be assembled easily and conveniently, and includes a pivot, a base frame having a guide hole, an actuator disposed on the pivot and movable in response to turning of the base frame, and a transmission arm connected with the actuator and the base frame. When the actuator is turned and displaced, the transmission arm drives the guide hole of the base frame to move relative to the pivot for the base frame to depart from (or approach) the actuator, conforming to the operation mode of an electronic apparatus and lowering the obstruction of heat dissipation for the electronic apparatus.
US09523383B2
A fastener includes a shank having a first end and a second end. A first portion of a thread is formed with a first, symmetric thread angle and a second portion of the thread is formed with a second, asymmetric thread angle. The thread may be serrated or jagged over one or more portions of the fastener, including the area of the symmetric thread angle. A blunt end comprises the leading end of the fastener.
US09523380B2
A pipe supporting device is used to support an exposed pipe of a roof. The device includes a base having a flat bottom for resting on the roof, an upright member of a length which is connectable to the base and a receiving portion which is connectable to the upright member for receiving and supporting the exposed pipe. The length of the upright member can be altered by a user at a job site to thereby provide a device having a desired overall height. A upright steel reinforcing component is first installed on the roof and the pipe supporting device is then placed over the reinforcing component so that the component is received within a bottom opening provided on the base of the device. The reinforcing component provides additional structural support for the pipe supporting device in extreme environments, such as hurricane zones.
US09523377B2
A method of controlling a pneumatic actuator for actuation of a pneumatically actuated device. The actuator comprises a piston and a pneumatic cylinder, the piston is arranged to move axially within the pneumatic cylinder. The piston is moved as a function of a pressure in a pressure chamber of the pneumatic cylinder, and the pressure in the pressure chamber is adjusted by a control unit which controls at least a valve and/or a pressure regulator and/or a pressure generating device. A pilot control component, for the control, is determined as a function of at least a sliding friction force and/or at least a static friction force of the pneumatic actuator.
US09523362B2
There is provided a vehicular electric compressor capable of discharging electric charges of a capacitor surely and quickly in the event of an impact. The vehicular electric compressor includes: a compressing unit; an electric motor for rotating the compressing unit; and a driving circuit for driving the electric motor. The driving circuit includes: a capacitor; a circuit board provided with an electrically discharging circuit for discharging electric charges accumulated in the capacitor; and a positive electrode interconnection and a negative electrode interconnection configured to electrically connect the capacitor and the circuit board to each other. The vehicular electric compressor further includes a conductive member configured to come into contact with the positive electrode interconnection and the negative electrode interconnection, which are connected to the capacitor, when the positive electrode interconnection and the negative electrode interconnection are moved upon application of external force to the capacitor.
US09523358B2
A magnetically driven micropump for handling small fluid volumes. The micropump includes a first chamber and a second chamber. A flexible membrane being disposed between the first and second chambers. The flexible membrane being magnetically coupled to an actuator for displacing the membrane.
US09523351B2
A system for packaging electronic components in a rotatable shaft includes an annular carrier shaft having a first end that is axially spaced from a second end and an inner surface that is radially spaced from an outer surface, and a plurality of transmitter assemblies annularly arranged within the carrier shaft. Each transmitter assembly includes a transmitter housing radially supported within the carrier shaft via a pair of circumferentially spaced rail members. Each transmitter assembly comprises a daughter board that extends laterally and longitudinally across a bottom portion of the transmitter housing and at least one electronic component electrically coupled to the daughter board. The electronic component extends substantially perpendicular to the daughter board within the transmitter housing.
US09523343B2
The invention relates to a Francis runner (200) for a hydraulic machine, comprising: a wheel (1), which is rotationally symmetrical about an axis of rotation (Z) of the runner (200); a crown (12); and a plurality of inwardly curved vanes (21), each of which has a peripheral edge (212). The peripheral edge (212) of at least one of the vanes is curved, the concavity thereof facing toward the outside of the runner (200). The maximum value of the distance measured between any point on the peripheral edge (202) and a straight line passing through a first connection point between the peripheral edge (212) and the wheel (1), and through a second connection point between the peripheral edge (212) and the crown (12), is at an intermediate point on the peripheral edge (212). The radius (Rn) from the intermediate point (N) is strictly smaller than the radius (Ra) from the first connection point (A). The radius (Rn) from the intermediate point (N) is strictly smaller than the radius (Rc) from the second connection point (C).
US09523339B2
An engine starting apparatus includes a starter and a starter control unit configured to control driving of the starter. The starter control unit operates a motor with a pinion engaged with a ring gear to thereby crank an engine, and de-engage the pinion from the ring gear or de-energize the motor to thereby terminate the cranking of the engine. A cranking time from when cranking of the engine is initiated to when a predetermined engine speed equal to or greater than 450 rpm is reached is equal to or less than an acceptable limit of cranking time that does not provide, to a user of a vehicle, noticeable discomfort caused by cranking noise generated during the cranking of the engine.
US09523333B2
An actuator unit for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine includes an electrically conductive excitation winding, a ferromagnetic circuit having a ferromagnetic return, and a moveable armature. The armature is held in an idle position by a holding force of a spring element. A current flowing through the excitation winding produces (a) a magnetic holding force acting on the armature in the same direction as the spring holding force provided by the spring element, and (b) a magnetic motive force acting on the armature in the opposite direction as the magnetic holding force and spring holding force. The armature can be moved to a working position in which the armature adjoins the ferromagnetic return by increasing the current through the excitation winding above a predetermined value that results in the magnetic motive force exceeding the magnetic holding force combined with the spring holding force.
US09523328B2
An assembly method is provided by orienting a cylinder-head at a first orientation. A first plurality of spring caps and a first plurality of retainer keys are installed into the cylinder-head in the first orientation by a first robot. A first plurality of valves is installed into the cylinder-head in the first orientation by a second robot, into engagement with the first plurality of retainer keys. An end effector is provided with an actuator supported upon an adapter plate. A shaft extends from the actuator with a mating surface to engage a spring cap. Porting is provided through the shaft to convey pressurized air upon a plurality of retainer keys within the spring cap. A plurality of gripper fingers extend from the distal end of the shaft to grip a valve spring while retaining a spring cap between the valve spring and the mating surface of the shaft.
US09523326B2
Methods are provided for improving delivery of supercritical fuels via a direct injector. An injector control parameter is adjusted based on one of a fuel pump gain, an injected fuel mass, or a change in pressure in the fuel rail, and the engine operates the injector based on the adjusted parameter. Injector control parameters are only adjusted when fluid is subcritical at the fuel pump and when injector overlap is not present.
US09523325B2
Disclosed are a method and a system for diagnosing failure of a gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine that can diagnose a device (or part) causing failure through forcible driving control of a related device (or part) when failure occurs in the GDI engine. The method for diagnosing failure of a GDI engine may include verifying whether a failure code is output from an engine control unit that controls the engine, and diagnosing whether a fuel system device is in a failure state by forcibly driving the fuel system device of the engine with a set control value when the failure code is output from the engine control unit.
US09523322B2
A method and system for determining combustion and harmonic noise correction factors for current operating conditions corresponding to the actual vehicle and applying the combustion and harmonic noise correction factors to a sensor signal, thereby removing engine combustion and harmonic noise from the sensor signal and leaving a misfire data signal in the sensor signal.
US09523321B2
A system and method for controlling an exhaust after-treatment apparatus for vehicle are provided. The method includes detecting, by a controller, signals from a front lambda sensor and a rear lambda sensor of a Lean NOx Trap (LNT), when an engine is driven in a rich mode and acquiring, by the controller, a temperature of exhaust gas detected by a temperature sensor, when the engine is driven in a rich mode. Further the method includes comparing, by the controller, the signals from the front lambda sensor and the rear lambda sensor to detect a breakthrough time when a breakthrough occurs between the signals from the front lambda sensor and the rear lambda sensor. In addition, the controller is configured to determine an additional rich time period based on the breakthrough time and the temperature of exhaust gas.
US09523311B2
Reliable, low-NOx-emission operation of a gas turbine plant with hydrogen-rich fuel gas, and a gas turbine plant with a device for water injection into hydrogen-rich fuels in a gas turbine, involves suitable water injection (21), a water-fuel gas mist, i.e., a fuel gas in which fine water droplets are suspended, is created in the fuel gas feed line (15). This mist is introduced into the burners (20) of the gas turbine. As a result of the water-fuel gas mist, four effects are combined for ignition delay and reduction of the flame velocity of hydrogen-rich fuel gas. When using a water-fuel gas mist, the water, in a directed manner, reaches the region in the burner (20) in which it directly has the greatest possible effect upon the flame or the flame velocity.
US09523305B2
A system for controlling a flow rate of air into a vehicle engine compartment may include a radiator cooling coolant, a coolant inflow tank provided to one side of the radiator and temporarily storing coolant that cools an engine, a coolant exhaust tank provided to the other side of the radiator and temporarily storing coolant circulating past a cooling fin of the radiator from the coolant inflow tank, Phase Change Material (PCM) tanks provided to an exterior side of the coolant inflow tank and coolant exhaust tank and storing a phase change material heat-exchanging with the coolant stored in the coolant inflow tank and the coolant exhaust tank and a conversion device converting a phase of the phase change material.
US09523303B2
Methods and systems are provided for determining soot stored in a particulate filter and regenerating the particulate filter. In one example, a method provides for operating oxygen sensors in a way that allows water in exhaust gases to be determined. The water in exhaust gases may be a basis for determining an amount of soot stored in a particulate filter.
US09523301B2
The invention relates to a reducing agent metering system for injecting a reducing agent into the exhaust gas stream of a combustion engine for selective catalytic reduction, with a feed pump, by means of which reducing agent is conveyed from a reducing agent tank via a delivery line and is introduced via at least one nozzle into the exhaust gas stream of the combustion engine, whereby the delivery line is formed by a hose (1) that has on the outside an electrical conductor (2) that encloses the hose (1) like a jacket, whereby the reducing agent metering system has a monitoring unit by means of which the electrical conductivity between the reducing agent in the hose (1) and the electrical conductor (2) is monitored.
US09523300B2
An electronic control unit estimates the amount of sulfur accumulated in a filter for purifying PM and NOx based on the operating state of an engine. When an estimated value is equal to or greater than a predetermined determination value, a first regeneration procedure is executed, in which sulfur is released from the filter by raising the temperature of the filter up to a first predetermined temperature and lowering the exhaust air-fuel ratio. When predetermined conditions are met the second regeneration procedure is executed separately from the first regeneration procedure. In the second regeneration procedure, sulfur is completely released from the filter by raising the temperature of the filter up to a temperature higher than the first temperature and lowering the exhaust air-fuel ratio. The estimated value is reset upon completion of the second regeneration procedure.
US09523297B2
An engine apparatus that utilizes a gas pressure regulation valve not only for pressure adjustment but also for removal of lubricant. An engine apparatus includes a blow-by gas returning device to return a leakage of blow-by gas from a combustion chamber to an intake system. The engine apparatus includes an expansion chamber, into which the blow-by gas is introduced from the gas pressure regulation valve. In the expansion chamber, lubricant contained in the blow-by gas is isolated. The blow-by gas is returned to an intake side of an engine from the expansion chamber.
US09523295B2
A controller of a variable valve apparatus of an internal combustion engine has an engine start indication detecting circuit that detects an indication of an engine start. When the indication of the engine start is detected by the engine start indication detecting circuit in a state in which temperature of the engine is lower than a predetermined temperature, an electric motor provided in the variable valve apparatus is supplied with a current, and this current supply to the electric motor is maintained for a predetermined time from a time point of the detection of the indication of the engine start to an engine cranking start.
US09523291B2
A valve actuation system is disclosed for an engine. The system may have at least one gas exchange valve, a rocker shaft, a camshaft, a rocker arm connected to the rocker shaft and operatively engaged with the camshaft, a valve bridge engaged with the at least one gas exchanger valve, a lash adjuster disposed in the valve bridge, and a button configured to slide on the valve bridge. The system may further include a pin fluidly connecting the rocker arm to the button and having an elongated cylindrical shaft with a first open end inside the rocker arm and a second end inside the button. The pin may also have a head connected to and a reservoir formed in the elongated cylindrical shaft. The pin may further have passages extending from the bore of the rocker arm to the reservoir, and s passage extending from the reservoir through the head.
US09523288B2
A hydraulic bearing is provided for a stationary gas turbine that has an oil sump with an outflow for hydraulic oil, wherein the outflow has an outflow opening which is arranged in the oil sump and an outflow line which is connected to the outflow opening. The hydraulic bearing is adapted to bring about an annular flow with a central air column when hydraulic oil flows out in the outflow line.
US09523282B2
A method for starting-up a wind turbine having a rotor with at least one rotor blade is provided. The method includes rotating the at least one rotor blade towards a main operating position using a pitch drive system including a pitch bearing supporting the at least one rotor blade, and a pitch-driving pinion meshing with the pitch bearing; and activating a pump to feed a lubricant to a lubrication pinion meshing with one of the pitch bearing and the pitch-driving pinion before the at least one rotor blade reaches the main operating position so that the lubricant is mainly transferred to a load portion of the pitch bearing and/or a load portion of the pitch-driving pinion. Further, a control assembly for use with the wind turbine is provided.
US09523275B2
In some aspects, a boundary is computed based on locations of microseismic events associated with a stimulation treatment of a subterranean region. A major axis of a stimulated reservoir volume (SRV) for the stimulation treatment is identified based on the boundary. In some examples, the boundary is an ellipsoid, and the major axis of the ellipsoid is identified.
US09523273B2
An embodiment of a monitoring system for inspecting underground well structures includes a transmitter, a receiver, a processing module, and a power supply. The monitoring system is used to monitor pipe casings and structures surrounding the exterior of the pipe casings of a well. During operation, the transmitter directs time dependent energy radially towards a portion of a pipe casing, and the receiver measures energy that is returns to the system. The processing module amplifies, digitizes, and analyses the measurements of energy to produce monitoring information regarding the well structures.
US09523270B2
Disclosed embodiments include apparatus and methods for transferring a pressure to downhole electronics with a pressure transfer medium. An embodiment of the apparatus includes a body supporting a moveable pressure transfer member, a pressure transfer medium contained by the body and the moveable pressure transfer member, and an electronic component disposed in the pressure transfer medium, wherein the pressure transfer member is moveable to transfer a pressure to the pressure transfer medium and the electronic component. Another embodiment of the apparatus includes a moveable enclosure and a non-conductive material, wherein the non-conductive material isolates an electronic component from a downhole fluid and the moveable enclosure is operable to transfer a hydrostatic pressure to the non-conductive material and the electronic component. An embodiment of a method includes transferring a downhole hydrostatic pressure to an electronic component via a flexible package and a pressure transfer medium.
US09523264B2
A gravel pack assembly has a longitudinal body that disposes in a borehole. A wellscreen and other components can connect to the body to complete the assembly. One or more packoff seals or bushings disposed in the body's inner passage can engage a smooth external surface of a crossover tool when disposed therein to prevent passage of sand and fluids between the tool and the assembly's inner passage. The packoff seals or bushings can be fixed or activated by movement to engage the smooth external surface of the crossover tool.
US09523261B2
A system of sliding valves wherein the inserts of multiple sliding valves may be shifted to an open position using a single shifting ball. Each individual sliding valve has a movable insert that, depending upon the position of the insert within the sliding valve, may either block, permit fluid to radially flow between the interior and exterior of the sliding valve at a first rate, or permit fluid to radially flow between the interior and exterior of the sliding valve at some different second rate.
US09523244B2
A down-hole drilling apparatus includes a bearing housing defining a longitudinal axis and upper and lower portions. The upper portion of the bearing housing is configured for connection to a drill string, and at least one annular bearing package disposed within the bearing housing. A drill bit is coupled to the bearing housing and rotatable with respect to the longitudinal axis. The drill bit includes a leading body supporting a plurality of cutters thereon for engaging a subterranean rock formation, a shank portion projecting from the leading body, and a mandrel portion engaging the shank portion and defining an inseparable connection therewith. The mandrel portion extends longitudinally into the bearing housing and through the at least one annular bearing package.
US09523243B2
An example dry mate connection assembly includes a clamp guide ring arranged about a wellbore tubing and defining a first axial channel for receiving a first splitter block of a first dry mate connector, wherein the first dry mate connector includes a first angular mating face and one or more first communication media extending within the first dry mate connector, and a retaining ring arranged about the wellbore tubing and defining a second axial channel configured to receive a second splitter block of a second dry mate connector configured to mate with the first dry mate connector, wherein the second dry mate connector includes a second angular mating face and one or more second communication media extending within the second dry mate connector.
US09523242B2
A method of configuring a blade of a drill bit includes determining a first desired depth of cut for a first radial swath associated with a bit face of a drill bit. The first radial swath is associated with a first area of the bit face. The method further includes identifying a first plurality of cutting elements located on the bit face. Each of the cutting elements includes at least a portion located within the first radial swath. The method additionally includes configuring a first blade surface of a blade. The first blade surface is located within the first radial swath and configured based on the first desired depth of cut for the first radial swath. The blade surface is also configured based on each portion of the first plurality of cutting elements located within the first radial swath.
US09523237B2
Disclosed is a turntable ladder system mounted on a rescue vehicle. The system includes a turntable ladder mounted on top of a rescue vehicle and comprising an arm that can be bent downwardly to the ground in front of the driver's cabin of the vehicle, and an operator stand located at the ladder for operating the ladder. The operator stand includes a control for controlling movement of the arm. This turntable ladder system also includes a manually operable confirmation button located on the driver's cabin. The confirmation button is operatively connected to the control such that the bending movement of the arm can be controlled by the control only if the confirmation button is operated.
US09523231B2
A drive unit comprising a guide channel that has a first pulley at one end that rotates about a fixed pulley axis. The drive unit also includes a flexible drive member having a plurality of spaced windows, an attachment assembly moveably attached to the guide channel, and an adjustable pulley assembly coupled to the guide channel that has a second pulley that rotates around a moveable pulley axis that can be adjusted to change the distance between the fixed pulley axis and the moveable pulley axis to take up slack in the flexible drive member.
US09523230B2
A door closer comprises a piston cooperating with a rotating pinion. Upon rotation of the pinion in the door opening direction, the piston moves toward the second end of the housing forcing fluid from a second variable volume chamber through a passage to a first variable volume chamber and compressing a spring assembly for storing energy. The spring assembly urges the piston toward the first end of the housing for forcing fluid from the first variable volume chamber to the second variable volume chamber and rotating the pinion in the door closing direction. A controller controls the position of a valve in the passage based on the sensed angular position of a door and the position of the valve for determining the amount of hydraulic fluid flowing through the valve.
US09523229B2
A hatch actuating arrangement for actuating a hatch of a hatch device, with the hatch device being adapted to be disposed or being disposed within a tower structure of a wind turbine. A hatch actuator being movably supported relative to the hatch such that a downward force upon the hatch actuator and a weight of the hatch actuator urges the hatch to rotate toward the open position; and wherein the hatch actuator is connected to and positioned proximate a side of a ladder above the hatch so that a user may open the hatch while upon the ladder above the hatch.
US09523228B2
A damping device with damper is arranged on a first part of a piece of furniture or furniture fitting, operable by a second part of a piece of furniture or furniture fitting thus damping a relative movement of both parts. The damping effect of the damper may be deactivated by a switchable coupling switched by a preferably manually operated switch body.
US09523226B1
In one general aspect, a computing device includes a lid, and a base coupled to the lid by a hinge, the hinge including a bi-stable hinge part including a toggle pivot and a toggle link bar, and a barrel hinge part including a hollow shaft, at least one friction element surrounding a first portion of the hollow shaft, and a casing surrounding a second portion of the hollow shaft, the casing being connected to the toggle link bar. The computing device includes a first mounting tab connected to the toggle link bar and connected to the base, and a second mounting tab connected to the at least one friction element and connected to the lid. The barrel hinge part enables the at least one friction element to rotate about the hollow shaft causing the lid to rotate relative to the base.
US09523223B2
A fenestration operation hardware assembly includes at least one latch mechanism and an operation hardware assembly configured for coupling with a panel slidable within a frame. The latch mechanism includes a latch bolt and a latch biasing element coupled with the latch bolt. An operator of the operation hardware assembly is remote from the latch mechanism and is coupled with the panel. The operator includes an operator interface feature movable between initial and operating positions. In the initial position the latch bolt is in a projecting position, and in the operating position the operator interface feature moves the latch bolt into one or more withdrawn positions. The operation hardware assembly includes a retention assembly for retaining the latch bolt in a withdrawn position.
US09523222B2
The instant disclosure provides a push latch having a pivotally mounted blocking hammer including a head with a lever arm extending away from the head to a counter-weight. Under normal operating conditions, the hammer is held in an inert/balanced condition. Under such normal conditions, a portion of the hammer head may be in periodic contact with a resin of tacky character defining a bumper to aid in dampening vibration. Upon the occurrence of a high impact force, the rotational force provided by the counterweight is sufficient to cause the hammer to rotate into blocking relation relative to the latching mechanism so as to prevent unlatching. In the rotated condition, the counterweight may be in contact with an optional resin of tacky character defining a bumper to reduce rebound action.
US09523216B2
Described herein are several versions of concealed handcuff keys including a key concealed within a pouch as a zipper pull, a key concealed as a common pen cap/clip, a key concealed as a coin, a key concealed as a bootlace/shoelace end, and a key concealed within a receiver in the back side of a belt buckle.
US09523213B2
A portable building for all seasons combines elegant design with durability and functionality. An air pocket between two walls creates efficient thermal insulation in winter. Endures high winds with a flexible wall and frame system. Self supportive, ground-anchored with steel stakes and sewn as a single hemisphere provide strength and stability. 100% renewable and breathable fabric promotes health, allows intimate nature contact and is affordable. Lightweight, foldable to 0.6% of assembled volume, transportable by car, it can be assembled by one person repeatedly. Detachable, replaceable mosquito screens, clear vinyl and privacy blinds maximize use of each passageway. Skylights, natural toned UV filtered light, arched passageways and vaulted high ceilings free of angular shapes combine to create an atmosphere of serenity and simple elegance enhancing creativity and physical wellbeing. Synergistic features provide comfort for all everyday human activities making it suitable, and environmentally-friendly for long-term use off-grid.
US09523210B2
A device for skimming a pool surface to collect floating debris includes an elongate handle, a hollow body, and a spool on which an elongate continuous length of webbing is wound in a spiral configuration. The spool is housed within the body and the webbing is extendable from the spool through a slot formed in the body and is retractable onto the spool through the slot via spool rotation. The webbing has a proximal end to which an end piece is connected. The end piece is shaped to prevent passage through the slot and has a fastening element for being secured to an edge of a pool structure for removably mounting the end piece to the structure. The handle and body are sufficiently portable and lightweight to enable carrying by hand and ready removability of the entire device from the pool when not in use.
US09523209B2
An immersive theater is provided having a screen oriented with respect to a pitched seating area to provide an immersive theater experience for all of the viewers. The theater can include a three-dimensional, concave shaped screen, defining a central axis that extends perpendicularly from the center point of the concave screen directed toward the seating area. The screen is oriented at a prescribed pitch angle (α) relative to the horizontal. The theater has a seating area having a plurality of seats for viewers and is set up in a stacked arrangement along a planar region and pitched at a prescribed angle (β). The seating area is further confined within a viewing area that is centered on the central axis of the screen.
US09523205B2
The invention relates to a covering device comprising: at least one metal sheet, especially a metal sheet used for cladding, suitable for covering at least one section of a surface of a building structure, fastenings for definitively attaching the metal sheet to the structure, at least one accessory suitable for applying to a receiving area on the metal sheet, and means for removably attaching the accessory to the receiving area, that are suitable for attaching the accessory once the metal sheet is already attached to the structure by means of the fastenings, maintaining the structural integrity of the metal sheet, and also the integrity, especially in terms of tightness, of the attachment of the metal sheet to the structure by means of the fastenings, said attaching means including a head of the fastenings, that can enable the assembly, and if need be, the disassembly, of the accessory, without affecting the attachment of the metal sheet to the structure by means of the fastenings.
US09523204B2
A gutter protecting apparatus includes a plurality of substantially parallel rods extending in a downward slope from near a roof edge to and beyond the far side of the gutter. The rods extend substantially perpendicular to the gutter's length and to a frame to which the rods connect at the upper edge. Preferably, the lower rod ends are spaced above and slightly beyond the far edge of the gutter to allow debris to pass the gutter without catching. Legs can extend down from some rods to the gutter's far edge to provide support. The apparatus can be pivotably mounted to the roof, the fascia or the gutter, permitting access beneath. The apparatus forms a cage-like covering over the gutter to exclude matter and small creatures, while allowing the liquid to flow past. Sunlight bypassing the rods and movement of air through the gutter make the water exiting the downspout cleaner.
US09523203B2
A roof assembly comprising: a roof deck; a thermoplastic membrane covering the deck; and a fabric having disposed thereon expandable graphite.
US09523202B2
Metal roofing panels have a forward edge portion with a downwardly extending skirt and return flange and a rear edge or headlap portion with an upwardly open channel and a locking tab extending over a portion of the upwardly open channel. A method of installing the roofing panels includes nailing a lower course of panels in end-to-end overlapping relationship to a roof deck. The forward edge portions of panels in the next higher course of panels are then pressed downwardly into the upwardly open channels of the lower course panels. The return flanges of the upper course panels snap beneath the locking tabs of the upwardly open channels thus locking the panels together and forming a watertight connection between courses of panels.
US09523201B2
A construction component provides structural reinforcement of structures built therewith, by embedding an internal support structure within a substrate component such as a cast concrete block during fabrication of the construction component. The embedded internal support structure can include interface plates that are structurally coupled to the internal support structure and are made accessible outside of the substrate to permit the internal support structures of the individual construction components to be mechanically tied together in constructing a structure therewith. The internal support structure can be triangular, and can be coupled together using threaded bolts, rivets or welds. The substrate block is formed with vertical channels to provide access to the interface plates of components being coupled during construction. Wall structures may be constructed through standard, non-standard and specialty components of the invention to create an integrated internal reinforcement lattice that permeates the wall structure, and that can be coupled to a foundation to create structures having superior lateral reinforcement.
US09523187B2
A decking assembly is provided. The decking assembly includes a pair of support joists and a plurality of planks made from a cementitious composite. Each of the plurality of planks includes a first lip portion and a second lip portion. The second lip portion is mutually opposite the first lip portion. A protruding portion of the each of the plurality of planks is configured to be received into a recess defined on one of the pair of support joists at a first end and on the other of the pair of support joists at a second end of the each of the plurality of planks. A locking panel is configured to interconnect with the second lip portion of one of the plurality of planks. One or more fastening means are defined on a first end and a second end of the locking panel.
US09523185B2
A fixture concealing module for a stand-alone bathtub is comprised of an enclosure extending upwardly from a support floor and surrounding plumbing conduits extending through the support floor for the supply of domestic cold and hot water. The enclosure has an access opening for access to an interior thereof. A removable closure member is removably secured to the access opening. At least one faucet control is secured in an upper region of the module and accessible to a bather person positioned in the bathtub. A water channelling element projects from the upper region of the module and is in communication with a faucet outlet conduit secured downstream of a valve controlled by the faucet control to direct a flow of water into the bathtub from a top side of the bathtub.
US09523181B2
A digging machine configured to bury a continuous elongated member in the bed of a body of water has a frame extending along a longitudinal axis; a guide assembly fitted to the frame to move crosswise to the longitudinal axis, and configured to engage and move along the continuous elongated member; and a control device configured to adjust the position of the guide assembly with respect to the frame and the continuous elongated member according to the conformation of the continuous elongated member.
US09523180B2
A position of a loading device on a conveying vehicle, relative to a receiving area, is calculated. The loading device is automatically positioned based on the relative position. The relative position of the loading device relative to the receiving area is output. An operator input is received and material is automatically unloaded from the loading device to the receiving area.
US09523174B2
A system for fastening a rail on a subsurface, includes a support plate having a contact surface, and at least one guide plate that is seated on said support plate and has a passage opening for a clamping element, which leads from the free top side thereof to the bottom side thereof. The clamping element is guided through the passage opening and is fixedly connected to the subsurface. A latching connection between the support plate and the guide plate is formed in the region of the passage opening by at least one latch arm. The latch arm engages through said passage opening and has a latch projection which interacts in an interlocking manner with a stop formed on said guide plate. A recess is molded into the circumferential surface delimiting said passage opening of said guide plate, in which recess the respectively associated latch arm is seated.
US09523173B1
A press apparatus is disclosed for removing water from a web that has been supported on an upstream forming wire. The press apparatus includes a first roll which cooperates with the forming wire for transferring the web from the forming wire to the first roll, the first roll being a suction roll. A second roll is disposed downstream relative to the first roll, the second roll cooperating with the first roll for defining therebetween a first nip for the removal of a first portion of the water from the web during passage of the web through the first nip. The second roll is a suction roll. A third roll is disposed downstream relative to the second roll, the third roll cooperating with the second roll for defining therebetween a second nip for the removal of a second portion of the water from the web during passage of the web through the second nip. The third roll is a plain roll. A looped first press felt extends around the first roll and through the first nip such that the first press felt supports the web from the forming wire to the first nip, the first press felt being disposed between the web and the first roll from the forming wire to the first nip. Also, a looped second press felt extends around the second roll and through the first nip such that the second press felt supports the web from the first nip to the second nip, the second press felt being disposed between the web and the second roll from the first nip to the second nip.
US09523171B2
A washing machine having a balancer to offset unbalanced load generated during rotation of a drum. The washing machine includes a cabinet, a drum rotatably disposed in the cabinet, and a balancer mounted to the drum to offset unbalanced load generated in the drum during rotation of the drum. The balancer includes a balancer housing having an annular channel defined therein, at least one mass movably disposed in the channel, a magnet provided at one side of the balancer housing to restrain the mass, and a magnet case to receive the magnet.
US09523164B2
A nonwoven fabric has multiplicity of fibers, bonded portions, and unbonded portions. The bonded portions are spaced apart from one another, each bonded portion comprises portions of the fibers that are bonded together, and each bonded portion has a thickness extending perpendicularly between opposite faces of the nonwoven fabric. Each unbonded portion comprises portions of the fibers that are not bonded together, and each unbonded portion has a thickness extending perpendicularly between the opposite faces of the nonwoven fabric. The thicknesses of the unbonded portions is greater than the thicknesses of the bonded portions. The bonded portions are sized and arranged for providing a desirable balance of properties.
US09523158B2
Method and apparatus for forming free-standing, substantially monocrystalline semiconductor substrates is described. A template substrate is subjected to a process of forming a porous layer on each major surface of the template substrate. The porous layer is smoothed, and then an epitaxial layer is formed on each porous layer. Mechanical energy is used to separate the epitaxial layers from the template substrate, which is recycled by removing any remaining porous and epitaxial material.
US09523155B2
The embodiments herein relate to methods and apparatus for electroplating one or more materials onto a substrate. In many cases the material is a metal and the substrate is a semiconductor wafer, though the embodiments are no so limited. Typically, the embodiments herein utilize a channeled plate positioned near the substrate, creating a cross flow manifold defined on the bottom by the channeled plate, on the top by the substrate, and on the sides by a cross flow confinement ring. During plating, fluid enters the cross flow manifold both upward through the channels in the channeled plate, and laterally through a cross flow side inlet positioned on one side of the cross flow confinement ring. The flow paths combine in the cross flow manifold and exit at the cross flow exit, which is positioned opposite the cross flow inlet. These combined flow paths result in improved plating uniformity.
US09523140B2
A heat treatment process of high-Mg Er-containing aluminum alloy cold-rolled plates resistant to intergranular corrosion is disclosed, which belongs to the field of non-ferrous metals. The mass percentage of each component of high-Mg Er-containing aluminum alloy heat-rolled plates is, respectively, 5.8%-6.8% of Mg, 0.4%-0.8% of Mn, 0.15%-0.25% of Er, 0.15%-0.25% of Zr, the unavoidable impurities content being less than 4%, the balance being Al. The alloy hot-rolled plates are cold-rolled until the final cold deformation being 75%-90% after the intermediate annealing; the aluminum alloy cold-rolled plates undergo a stabilization annealing at the annealing temperature of 235° C. to 245° C. for 3.5-4 hours, and then is cooled in air to room temperature. This process significantly improves the resistance to intergranular corrosion while it does not reduce the strength of the alloy significantly.
US09523138B2
A new technology of intense double alloying and modification involves introduction, during the process of secondary treatment of steel, of nitrogen-containing substance in urea (NH2)2CO into a ladle with a steel melt, which at a temperature of the steel liquid phase of approximately 1650° C. dissociates in an explosive manner, releasing atomic nitrogen. Conversion or transformation of an explosive dissociation of urea into an intensive process of self-propagating synthesis of nitride nanophases is carried out using differentiated by the amount and time schemes of the input of urea into steel melt, wherein the basic parameters, depending on the type of steel, are the flow rate of urea per tonne of steel in the range of 0.4-1.8 kg/tonne and speed of its input into the melt in the range of 5.0-8.0 kg per minute.
US09523135B2
In cold-rolling a steel sheet coil, when a tail end portion of a steel sheet coil (7) is wound around a tension reel (3) prior to second-pass rolling after the completion of first-pass rolling, the tail end portion is heated to a temperature within a range of not lower than 50° C. nor higher 350° C. with a heater disposed between a rolling stand (1) and the coil tail end-side tension reel (3).
US09523133B2
Oligonucleotide primer useful for synthesizing a cDNA copy of HIV-1 nucleic acids from a broad range of HIV-1 subtypes, including M group and O group variants.
US09523129B2
The invention is directed to methods of generating sequence profiles of populations of nucleic acids, whose member nucleic acids contain regions of high variability, such as populations of nucleic acids encoding T cell receptors or B cell receptors. In one aspect, the invention provides pluralities of sets of primers for generating nested sets of templates from nucleic acids in such populations, thereby insuring the production of at least one template from which sequence reads are generated, despite such variability, or despite limited lengths or quality of sequence reads. In another aspect, members of such populations are bidirectionally sequenced so that further sequence information is obtained by analyzing overlapping sequence reads in the zones of highest variability.
US09523127B2
Generalized idiopathic epilepsies (IGE) cause 40% of all seizures and commonly have a genetic basis. One type of IGE is Benign Familial Neonatal Convulsions (BFNC), a dominantly inherited disorder of newborns. A submicroscopic deletion of chromosome 20q13.3 which co-segregates with seizures in a BFNC family has been identified. Characterization of cDNAs spanning the deleted region identified a novel voltage-gated potassium channel, KCNQ2, which belongs to a new KCNQ1-like class of potassium channels. Nine other BFNC probands were shown to have KCNQ2 mutations including three missense mutations, three frameshifts, two nonsense mutations, and one splice site mutation. A second gene, KCNQ3, was found in a separate BFNC family in which the mutation had been localized to chromosome 8. A missense mutation was found in this gene in perfect cosegregation with the BFNC phenotype in this latter family. This demonstrates that defects in potassium channels can cause epilepsy. Furthermore, some members of one of the BFNC families with a mutation in KCNQ2 also exhibited rolandic epilepsy and one individual with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy has a mutation in an alternative exon of KCNQ3.
US09523122B2
Methods for multiplex amplification of a plurality of targets of distinct sequence from a complex mixture are disclosed. In one aspect targets are circularized using a single circularization probe that is complementary to two regions in the target that flank a region to be amplified. The targets may hybridize to the circularization probe so that 5′ or 3′ flaps are generated and methods for removing flaps and circularizing the resulting product are disclosed. In another aspect targets are hybridized to dU probes so that 5′ and 3′ flaps are generated. The flaps are cleaved using 5′ or 3′ flap endonucleases or 3′ to 5′ exonucleases. The target sequences are then ligated to common primers, the dU probes digested and the ligated targets amplified.
US09523120B2
A nucleic acid amplification method is provided, along with kits useful in performing the amplification method.
US09523117B2
The present invention relates to a method for analyzing genes using SDL-PCR (separation of displaced ligation probe-based PCR), and more particularly to a method for analyzing genes using SDL-PCR, in which probes comprising a nucleotide sequence complementary to the gene of interest are ligated with each other by ligase, and another probe capable of hybridizing to the probes is hybridized and extended, thereby preparing a template probe, and the template probe for the gene of interest is amplified using universal primers.According to the SDL-PCR method of the present invention, non-specific amplification can be minimized by removing non-ligated probes or genomic DNA using a tag, and separation can be achieved within a shorter time compared to a separation method that is performed using exonuclease. In addition, ligation, separation and polymerase chain reaction processes can be performed in a single solution in a single tube, and thus a plurality of genes can be amplified at the same time in an accurate and rapid manner.
US09523113B2
The invention provides methods of treating α-galactosidase A deficiency. Dosage forms, methods of administration, and methods of analyzing human α-galactosidase A are also included.
US09523106B2
Subject of the invention is a process for the production of L-carnitine, wherein a β-lactone, which is a 4-(halomethyl)oxetane-2-one, is converted into L-carnitine, wherein the process comprises an enzymatic conversion of the β-lactone into (R)-4-halo-3-hydroxybutyric acid or (R)-4-halo-3-hydroxybutyric acid ester.
US09523095B2
The present invention relates to a transformed microorganism capable of (a) a higher xylose isomerase activity than the equivalent microorganism prior to transformation; and/or (b) a higher growth rate in or on a growth medium comprising xylose than the equivalent microorganism prior to transformation; and/or (c) a faster metabolism of xylose than the equivalent microorganism prior to transformation; and/or (d) a higher production of ethanol when grown anaerobically on xylose as the carbon source than the equivalent microorganism prior to transformation.
US09523094B2
Certain embodiments are directed to methods of ameliorating, treating, or preventing Kennedy's Disease in a subject carrying a mutation in the Androgen Receptor (AR) gene, such as expansion of a CAG trinucleotide repeat, which is associated with Kennedy's Disease, by administering an antisense compound targeted to AR. Several embodiments provided herein relate to the discovery that antisense compounds targeting Androgen Receptor can ameliorate, treat, or prevent Kennedy's Disease in a subject carrying a mutation in the Androgen Receptor gene, such as expansion of a CAG trinucleotide repeat, which is associated with Kennedy's Disease.
US09523091B2
The present disclosure provides a nucleic-acid extraction method for carrying out the following procedures in the same cell, the procedures including: performing an ultrasonic process on a sample containing a nucleic acid; adsorbing substances contained in the sample by making use of an adsorption carrier; and condensing the nucleic acid by damming the nucleic acid moving in an electrophoresis phenomenon. In accordance with the nucleic-acid extraction method, it is possible to carry out an ultrasonic process, an adsorption process and an electrophoresis process in the same cell. Thus, it is possible to eliminate an operation to transfer the sample from one cell to another one for each of the processes.
US09523090B2
Provided are electrokinetically-altered fluids (gas-enriched (e.g., oxygen-enriched) electrokinetic fluids) comprising an ionic aqueous solution of charge-stabilized oxygen-containing nanostructures in an amount sufficient to provide, upon contact with a cell, modulation of at least one of cellular membrane potential and cellular membrane conductivity, and therapeutic compositions and methods for using same in treating inflammation or at least one symptom thereof. The electrokinetically-altered fluid compositions and methods include electrokinetically-altered ionic aqueous fluids optionally in combination with other therapeutic agents. Particular aspects provide for regulating or modulating intracellular signal transduction associated with inflammatory responses by modulation of at least one of cellular membranes, membrane potential, membrane proteins such as membrane receptors, including but not limited to G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCR), and intercellular junctions (tight junctions, gap junctions, zona adherins and desmasomes). Other embodiments include particular routes of administration or formulations for the electrokinetically-generated fluids (electrokinetically-generated gas-enriched fluids and solutions) and therapeutic compositions.
US09523089B2
The present invention relates to nucleic acids and nucleic acid fragments encoding amino acid sequences for flavonoid biosynthetic enzymes in plants, and the use thereof for the modification of flavonoid biosynthesis in plants. More particularly, the flavonoid biosynthetic enzyme is selected from the group consisting of chalcone isomerase (CHI), chalcone synthase (CHS), chalcone reductase (CHR), dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (DFR), leucoanthocyanidin reductase (LCR), flavonoid 3′,5′ hydrolase (F3′5′H), flavanone 3-hydroxylase (F3H), flavonoid 3′-hydroxylase (F3′H), phenylalanine ammonia-olyase (PAL) and vestitone reductase (VR), and functionally active fragments and variants thereof.
US09523084B2
The present invention relates to enzyme mutants obtained from the nucleoside deoxyribosyltransferase (NDT) of Lactobacilli bacteria. These mutants are surprisingly able to exchange deoxyribose mono-, bi- and triphosphate between various nucleobases. In vitro syntheses have been successfully performed with several nucleobase analogs. These enzyme mutants provide new tools to synthesize, in vitro and/or in vivo, dNTPs or analogs thereof.
US09523083B2
Process for biochemical synthesis of 1,4-butanediannine in a microorganism having an increased level of an ornithine decarboxylase activity as compared to the native level of the ornithine decarboxylase activity, in which the increased ornithine decarboxylase activity is obtained by overexpression of an ornithine decarboxylase encoding gene with increased translational and/or transcriptional efficiency. The process is performed by excreting 1,4-butanediamine produced in the microorganism into a fermentation broth, and recovering the 1,4-butanediannine from the fermentation broth. The increased translational and/or transcriptional efficiency is obtained by the use of a strong, regulated promoter consisting of an isopropvl-B-D-thiogalactoside (IPTG) inducible strong promoter.
US09523079B2
The present invention involves the use of transcription factors including Tbx5, Mef2C, Hand2, myocardin and Gata4 to reprogram cardiac fibroblasts into cardiomyocytes, both in vitro and in vivo. Such methods find particular use in the treatment of patients post-myocardial infarction to prevent or limit scarring and to promote myocardial repair.
US09523065B2
A particulate material comprising a bleach catalyst wherein the particles of the bleach catalyst have a coating and the weight ratio of the coating to the bleach catalyst is in the range of from 10-60 wt %. The particulate material exhibits good stability.
US09523061B2
A lubricating oil composition having a sulfur content of up to about 0.4 wt. % and a sulfated ash content of up to about 0.5 wt. % as determined by ASTM D874 is disclosed which comprises (a) a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity; (b) at least one oil-soluble or dispersed oil-stable boron-containing compound having greater than 400 ppm of boron, based upon the total mass of the composition; and (c) at least one oil-soluble or dispersed oil-stable molybdenum-containing compound having at least about 1100 ppm of molybdenum, based upon the total mass of the composition; wherein the lubricating oil composition has a ratio of sulfur to molybdenum of less than or equal to about 4:1.
US09523059B2
In a sliding member, a sliding surface of a substrate of fluorine rubber on which another member slides is covered with a coating that is formed of an epoxy resin having a scratch hardness (Pencil Method) after curing of F to 2H and in which fluorine resin powder is dispersed.
US09523050B2
Processes for co-processing renewable feedstock and petroleum distillate feed. The petroleum distillate feed is hydrotreated in a first reaction zone. The renewable feedstock is deoxygenated in a second reaction zone. The effluent stream from the two reaction zones are combined. A heavy portion of the combined effluent stream may be hydrocracked. Hydrogen sulfide may be removed from the effluent and used in the second reaction zone to maintain the catalyst during periods of non-processing.
US09523038B2
A liquid crystal compound is provided that satisfies at least one physical properties such as high stability to ultraviolet light and heat, a high clearing point, low minimum temperature of a liquid crystal phase, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy, large dielectric anisotropy and excellent compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds A liquid crystal composition containing the compound, and a liquid crystal display device including the composition is also provided.The compound includes a compound represented by formula (1): wherein, Ra and Rb are alkyl; A1, A2 and A3 are 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene; G is a divalent group represented by formula (pr-1) or (pr-2); wherein, Z1, Z2 and Z3 are a single bond or alkylene; and a and b are 0, 1, 2 or 3, and a sum of a and b is 4 or less.
US09523036B2
To provide a liquid crystal compound having a large negative value of dielectric anisotropy (Δ∈). A compound is represented by formula (1): wherein, in formula (1), R1 and R2 are hydrogen, halogen or alkyl having 1 to 10 carbons, and in the alkyl, at least one of —CH2— may be replaced by —O—, at least one of —(CH2)2— may be replaced by —CH═CH—, and at least one of hydrogen may be replaced by halogen; ring A1 and ring A2 are 1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene; Z1 is a single bond, —(CH2)2—, —CH2O—, —OCH2—, —CF2O—, —OCF2—, —COO—, or —OCO—; Y is halogen, —CF3, —CF2H or —CH2F; and m, n and p are 0, 1 or 2, and a sum (m+n) of m and n is 0, 1 or 2.
US09523032B2
A medical contrast agent made of microbubbles containing Au nanoclusters is provided. The shell of the microbubbles contains fluorescent Au nanocluster-albumin complex, and the core contains air or fluorocarbons. The method for preparing the microbubbles is also disclosed.
US09523029B2
A description is given of a two-component mortar composition having a curable resin component having a content of at least one free-radically polymerizable resin, fillers, accelerators, stabilizers and optionally further conventional mortar constituents and a hardener component which is arranged separately therefrom to inhibit reaction and has a content of at least one peroxide for chemical fastening of anchoring means in boreholes, which is characterized in that the resin component contains from 0.1 to 0.5% by weight of at least one accelerator and from 0.003 to 0.03% by weight of at least one stabilizer and the hardener component contains from 0.1 to 0.35% by weight of organic peroxide, in each case based on the total weight of resin component and hardener component, and also the use of this two-component mortar composition for chemical fastening of anchoring means in boreholes.
US09523024B2
A raw elastomeric composition in free-flowing pellet form is described, which comprises a raw elastomer with molecular weight from 50,000 to 400,000 Da, and an anti-block agent comprising inorganic fillers, capable of forming emulsions in water. Likewise, a process for obtaining said raw elastomeric compositions in free-flowing pellet form, comprising the steps of: a) polymerizing at least one monomer through solution polymerization in order to obtain elastomer crumb; b) forming an aqueous suspension of the elastomer crumbs; c) dewatering the aqueous suspension; d) adding an anti-block agent comprising inorganic fillers capable of forming emulsions in water; e) drying the dewatered suspension; and f) pelletizing the elastomer to form a raw elastomeric composition in free-flowing pellets form. The raw elastomeric composition in free-flowing pellets form thus obtained can be used as an adhesive composition, in asphalt modification and in asphalt emulsions.
US09523022B2
A method for decreasing the vapour permeability of a water and air barrier treated substrate that includes treating the substrate with a liquid applied, vapour permeable air and water barrier coating composition comprising a cross-linked polysiloxane dispersion composition.
US09523019B2
An object with a coating comprising: a) covalent bonds formed by reaction of a thiol group and a carbon-carbon double bond, b) covalent bonds formed by reaction of a thiol group and epoxide group, c) covalent bonds formed by a reaction of a carbon-carbon double bond and an epoxide group, said coating comprising a first primer coating and a second coating, said coating comprising covalent bonds between said first and second coatings, said first primer coating comprising covalent cross links between compounds, in the first coating the fraction (r3=ta/tc) of unreacted thiol groups (ta) to thiol groups which have reacted to form a covalent bond (tc) does not exceed 0.11, wherein the half height peak width of tan delta does not exceed 30° C. Advantages of the dual cure composition is that excellent strength is obtained and that the second curing is slow compared to the first initial curing.
US09523007B2
A polymer composition comprising 1 to 99 wt % of a copolymer (A) and 99 to 1 wt % of a copolymer (B); the polymer composition used as a light emitting material of a light emitting device having high performances; Copolymers (A) and (B) being copolymers showing fluorescence in the solid state and having a polystyrene-reduced number average molecular weight of 103 to 108, and containing a repeating unit (a) and a repeating unit (b); Copolymer (A) has a relation of 100>XaA>5, where XaA (%) is a percentage of the mol number of repeating unit (a) based on the sum of the mol numbers of repeating units (a), and Copolymer (B) satisfies a relation of XaB≦XaA−5, where XaB (%) is a percentage of the mol number of repeating unit (a) based on the sum of the mol numbers of repeating units (a) and (b).
US09523004B2
A surface treatment composition comprising (i) an organosilicon compound having an alkoxysilane functional group at the end of a fluorocontaining polyether chain and (ii) fluorocontaining polyether compound s, wherein a content of the fluorocontaining polyether compounds in the surface treatment composition is less than 25 mol % based on the surface treatment composition.
US09523002B2
The present invention provides curable compositions comprising non-Sn organo-metal catalysts that accelerate the condensation curing of moisture curable silicones/non-silicones. In particular, the present invention provides La(III) complexes that are particularly suitable as replacements for organotin for sealant and RTV formulations. The La(III) complexes are comparable to organotin such as DBTDL and exhibit certain behavior in the presence of components that allow for tuning or adjusting the cure characteristics of the present compositions and provide good adhesion and storage stability.
US09522982B2
Polymeric particles having a size of about 0.1 to about 100 microns comprising at least two different phase separated polymers, at least one pigment, and at least one additive, where the pigment and additive are distributed within the phase separated polymers.Also disclosed are methods for preparing polymeric particles comprising phase separated polymers that comprise additives and pigments, wherein the methods involve molding.
