US09522981B1
The invention relates to the use of at least one mixed mineral organoclay rheology additive, which comprises or consists of a quaternary alkyl-ammonium salt treated mineral clay mixture prepared by forming an aqueous hormite clay slurry (a), forming an aqueous smectite clay slurry (b), combining the aqueous hormite clay slurry (a) with the aqueous smectite clay slurry (b) to form a combined clay slurry (c), treating the combined clay slurry (c) with one or more quaternary alkyl-ammonium salts, in which the aqueous hormite clay slurry (a) being formed by dispersing a fraction of one or more hormite clays selected from the group of sepiolites and palygorskites in an aqueous medium to form a dispersion, and whereby the hormite clay fraction employed contains less than 3.0% by weight of Al2O3, less than 1.0% by weight of Fe2O3, and less than 3.5% by weight of the combination of Al2O3 and Fe2O3; and the aqueous smectite clay slurry (b) being formed by dispersing a fraction of one or more smectite clays in an aqueous medium to form a dispersion, and in that the weight of the hormite clay content exceeds the weight of the smectite clay content in the combined clay slurry (c); and subjecting the hormite clay slurry (a) and the smectite clay slurry (b) to high speed fluid shear before combining both slurries and/or after having both slurries combined and wherein the one or more hormite clays employed in the formation of the aqueous hormite clay slurry (a) exhibit a methylene blue exchange capacity below 20 mmol methylene blue per 100 g of the one or more hormite clays in dry state and whereby the hormite clay fraction employed in the formation of the aqueous hormite clay slurry (a) shows an integral breadth B=(net area of reflection)/(net height of reflection) of the (110) reflection in an X-ray powder pattern recorded on an oriented glycolated sample of the hormite clay fraction using CuKα-radiation of less than 0.800 scan units, in a liquid composition. The invention also relates to a process for producing a mixed mineral organoclay rheology additive and the use of the thus produced additive as a thickening agent in liquid compositions.
US09522978B2
To provide a safe and stable medicine useful for prevention and treatment of prostate cancer.A novel PI polyamide is acquired that recognizes and binds to a specific base sequence of an Oct1 gene binding sequence present in a transcriptional regulatory region (AR response region) of an ACSL3 gene and regulating the transcription activity of AR. This leads to the provision of an ACSL3 gene expression inhibitor and a preventive and/or therapeutic agent of prostate cancer containing the PI polyamide as an active ingredient.
US09522977B2
Polyhexahydrotriazine (PHT) and polyhemiaminal (PHA) materials chemically modified to include thermoplastic polymer bridging groups, and methods of making such materials, are disclosed. The materials are formed by a process that includes heating a mixture comprising i) a solvent, ii) paraformaldehyde, iii) a diamine monomer comprising two primary aromatic amine groups, and iv) a polymer diamine at a temperature of about 20° C. to less than 150° C. This heating step forms a stable PHA in solution, which can be isolated. The PHA includes covalently bonded thermoplastic polymer groups. The PHA is then heated at a temperature of 150° C. to about 280° C., thereby converting the PHA material to a PHT material that includes covalently bonded thermoplastic polymer groups.
US09522976B2
Cycloaliphatic polyester polyols and processes for making them from thermoplastic polyesters are disclosed. One process comprises heating a thermoplastic polyester with a glycol to give a digested intermediate and hydrogenating aromatic rings in the digested intermediate to produce the cycloaliphatic polyester polyol. Optionally, the digested intermediate is reacted with a hydrophobe to give a modified polyol prior to hydrogenation, and the modified polyol is hydrogenated to give the cycloaliphatic polyester polyol. The high-recycle-content cycloaliphatic polyester polyols have desirable attributes for formulating polyurethane dispersions, two-component polyurethane coatings, mono- or poly(meth)acrylates, polyisocyanurates, flexible and rigid foams, coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers, and they provide a sustainable alternative to petrochemical-based polyols.
US09522972B2
The invention provides a composition comprising: (a) a star polymer comprising: (i) a core portion comprising a polyvalent (meth)acrylic monomer, oligomer or polymer thereof or a polyvalent divinyl non-acrylic monomer, oligomer or polymer thereof; and (ii) at least two arms of polymerized alkyl(meth)acrylate ester; and (b) an oil of lubricating viscosity, wherein the core portion further comprises a functional group of formula (I): —CH2—C(R1)(C(═O)A)-Y— (I) wherein R1 is hydrogen, a linear or branched alkyl group containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms; A is nitrogen or oxygen; and Y is a free radical leaving group selected from the group consisting of one or more atoms or groups of atoms which may be transferred by a radical mechanism under the polymerization conditions, a halogen, an —O—N═ group and an —S—C(═S)— group. The invention further provides the use of the composition in an oil of lubricating viscosity as a dispersant, a viscosity modifier or a precursor to a dispersant viscosity modifier.
US09522971B2
The present invention discloses an amine modifying material which is a copolymer polymerized from an amine functional acrylate, a poly(ethylene glycol) functional acrylate and a cross-linker. The application of the amine modifying material in the bio-molecules separation area is also provided in the present invention.
US09522969B2
A method for producing a methacrylic polymer composition, which comprises a first polymerization step wherein a raw material composition A comprising a raw material monomer A containing no less than 50% by weight of methyl methacrylate, a polymerization initiator A, and a chain transfer agent A is supplied into a first complete mixing type reactor through a supply port of the reactor; and a second polymerization step wherein a raw material composition B comprising a raw material monomer B containing no less than 50% by weight of methyl methacrylate, a polymerization initiator B, and a chain transfer agent B, and the intermediate composition withdrawn in the first polymerization step are supplied into a second complete mixing type reactor through a supply port of the reactor.
US09522968B2
Improved Ziegler-Natta catalysts and methods of making the improved catalyst are described. The Ziegler-Natta catalyst is formed using a spherical MgCl2-xROH support, where R is a linear, cyclic or branched hydrocarbon unit with 1-10 carbon atoms and where ROH is an alcohol or a mixture of at least two different alcohols and where x has a range of about 1.5 to 6.0, preferably about 2.5 to 4, more preferably about 2.9 to 3.4, and even more preferably 2.95 to 3.35. The Ziegler-Natta catalyst includes a Group 4-8 transition metal and an internal donor comprising a diether compound. The catalyst has improved activity in olefin polymerization reactions as well as good stereoregularity and hydrogen sensitivity, and may be useful in the production of phthalate-free propylene polymers having a molecular weight distribution (PI(GPC)) in the range from about 5.75 to about 9.
US09522946B2
The present invention relates to a novel peptide showing more excellent activities on a glucagon like peptide-1 receptor and a glucagon receptor than native oxyntomodulin, and a composition for the prevention or treatment of obesity comprising the peptide as an active ingredient. Unlike native oxyntomodulin, the novel peptide of the present invention reduces food intake, suppresses gastric emptying, and facilitates lipolysis with reduced side-effects, and also shows excellent receptor-activating effects. Thus, it can be widely used in the treatment of obesity with safety and efficacy.
US09522941B2
Chromatin-associated proteins and other factors and their related methods and compositions are isolated and identified.
US09522935B2
Lanosterol derivatives useful as anti-cancer agent, which can inhibit the growth of lung cancer cells, liver cancer cells, mammary cancer cells, brain cancer cells and pancreatic cancer cells, possibly by acting on the RHO pathway. These lanosterol derivatives are represented by compound LD030:
US09522934B2
Provided are acetaic abiraterone trifluoroacetate, a preparation method and an application of same. The acetaic abiraterone trifluoroacetate is obtained through a salt-forming reaction between acetaic Abiraterone and trifluoroacetic acid. The acetaic abiraterone trifluoroacetate undergoes self-purification through recrystallization, and dissociation and recrystallization are performed on the purified abiraterone acetate trifluoroacetate, so that the obtained acetaic abiraterone has a high purity, a high yield and stable quality, and is capable of meeting the requirement for mass production of acetaic abiraterone.
US09522926B2
The present invention provides for novel compounds of Formulas I and II and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and co-crystals thereof which have glucokinsae activator activity. The present invention further provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same as well as methods of treating, preventing, delaying the time to onset or reducing the risk for the development or progression of a disease or condition for which one or more glucokinase activator is indicated, including Type 1 and 2 diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, insulin resistance and hyperglycemia. The present invention also provides for processes of making the compounds of Formulas I and II, including salts and co-crystals thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same.
US09522925B2
The present invention discloses a new modality of photodynamic therapy (PDT) through the design of the present invention's truly dual-functional—PDT and imaging—gadolinium complex (Gd—N) with a molecular formula of: which can target cancer, cells specifically. The present invention provides a PDT drug that can specifically localize on the anionic cell membrane of cancer cells in which its laser-excited photoemission signal can be monitored without triggering the phototoxic generation of reactive oxygen species—singlet oxygen—prior to due excitation. The present invention also provides the use of Gd—N as a tumor selective PDT photosensitizer modality.
US09522922B2
The present invention discloses an economic, simple, azide and aziridine complexity free process for the synthesis of osletamivir phosphate (Tamiflu) by stereospecific amidoalkylation of imidazothiazolone from easily available L-cysteine via Ramberg-Backlund reaction and Sharpless-Reich protocol.
US09522919B2
In certain embodiments the invention is directed to a process for preparing an oxycodone hydrochloride composition having less than 25 ppm of 14-hydroxycodeinone.
US09522918B2
A pharmaceutical composition is provided which includes perillyl alcohol conjugated with a therapeutic agent and further includes and a hydrolyzable acylated aliphatic tail. A method of using the pharmaceutical composition is also provided for treating a condition or disease of a patient, e.g., cancer.
US09522906B2
The present invention relates to tetrahydroquinoline compounds as muscarinic receptor agonists; compositions comprising the same; methods of inhibiting an activity of a muscarinic receptor with said compounds; methods of treating a disease condition associated with a muscarinic receptor using said compounds; and methods for identifying a subject suitable for treatment using said compounds.
US09522902B2
The present application provides compounds of Formula I or salt forms thereof, wherein Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, D, W, R1a, R1b, R1c, Y, R3, X, E and G are as defined herein, compositions, methods of treatment and uses thereof.
US09522898B2
The present invention concerns a process for the production of an aldehyde compound by an oxidation reaction of an alcohol compound in the presence of a mesostructured vanadium phosphorus mixed oxide catalyst, at a temperature comprised between 50° C. and 200° C., in presence of an oxidant. The reaction medium may also comprise a solvent.
US09522893B2
The invention provides diketopiperazines of formula I. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the diketopiperazines, or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof, as the active ingredient. The invention further provides therapeutic treatments that utilize the diketopiperazines of formula I, including inhibition of a proliferative disease or condition, inhibition of angiogenesis, treatment of an angiogenic disease or condition, treatment of cancer and precancerous conditions, treatment of a fibrotic disorder, treatment of a viral infection, treatment of an Akt-mediated disease or condition, inhibition of the production, release or both of matrix metalloproteinase-9, and inhibition of Akt activation.
US09522891B2
Disclosed are pyridazine derivatives represented by Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or hydrates thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, methods of treating and/or preventing diseases or disorders associated with viral infections in patients using the compounds, and the use of the compounds in preparing the medicaments for treating and/or preventing diseases or disorders associated with viral infections. The compounds represented by Formula I have antiviral activity, especially anti-microRNA viral activity. Symbols in the compounds represented are described in the specification.
US09522890B2
The present invention provides a compound, that is wherein Y, W, Z, R1, R2, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined in the specification. The compounds may be administered to treat DP, FP, EP1, TP and/or EP4 receptor-mediated diseases or conditions.
US09522886B2
The invention relates to a compound of formula (I) wherein R1 to R3 are defined as in the description and in the claims. The compound of formula (I) can be used as a medicament.
US09522879B2
The present invention relates to novel methods for preparing a polythiol compound for use in an optical material and polymerizable compositions including a polythiol compound prepared by the methods. According to the methods, a polythiol compound with uniform color, high purity and high quality can be prepared at reduced cost. The polymerizable compositions can be used to manufacture clear, transparent optical lenses with good heat resistance and excellent optical properties.
US09522875B2
Disclosed is a method for treating or using offgases obtained in a melamine plant comprising at least one melamine synthesis reactor and at least one washing unit in an integrated process for urea and melamine production, wherein the offgases leaving the melamine synthesis reactor are fed into the washing section and the washed offgases leaving the washing section are transferred from the washing section via at least one pipeline connecting the washing section and the at least one urea synthesis plant to the at least one urea synthesis plant. The washed offgases leaving the washing section are mixed with at least one carbamate solution immediately downstream of the washing section by feeding the carbamate solution into the pipeline connecting the washing section to the urea plant.
US09522859B2
Methods of recovering droplets of ionic liquid catalyst from a process stream are described. The volume fraction of ionic liquid in the hydrocarbon is increased to cause the ionic liquid droplets to coalesce. One method incorporates various combinations of gravity separation zone(s) and fractionation zones. Another method involves using a combination of a flash vessel and a fractionation zone, as well as an optional gravity separation zone.
US09522850B2
Provided is a cubic boron nitride sintered body having good wear resistance and fracture resistance. A method for manufacturing a cubic boron nitride sintered body of the present invention is a method for manufacturing a cubic boron nitride sintered body having a cubic boron nitride particle content of 80% by volume or more and 99% by volume or less. The method includes a first step of preparing cubic boron nitride particles; a second step of coating surfaces of the cubic boron nitride particles with a coating material so as to obtain coated particles; a third step of mixing the coated particles and a binder to obtain a mixture; and a fourth step of sintering the mixture.
US09522847B2
There are provided a dielectric ceramic having large specific resistance and even capacitance characteristic at 150° C., as well as a laminated ceramic electronic component employing such a dielectric ceramic. A ceramic layer includes crystal grains, the ceramic layer containing a perovskite type compound containing Ba, Ca, Ti, and Zr, containing Si, and optionally containing Mn. When the total content of Ti and Zr is 1 molar part, the content of Mn is 0.015 molar part or less, the content of Si is 0.005 molar part or more and less than 0.03 molar part, the molar ratio x of Ca/(Ba+Ca) satisfies 0.05
US09522845B2
The invention relates to coating agents based on one or more mineral binders, one or more polymers, one or more fillers, and optionally one or more additives. The invention is characterized in that the coating agents contain 0.05 to 5 wt. %, with respect to the dry weight of the coating agents, of one or more flexibilizers selected from the group comprising hydroxy compounds with 1 to 25 carbon atoms, carboxylic acid compounds with 1 to 25 carbon atoms or the salts thereof, hydroxy carboxylic acid compounds with 1 to 25 carbon atoms or the salts thereof, phosphonic acids or the salts thereof, and phosphoric acids or the salts thereof, and at least 55 wt % polymers, with respect to the dry weight of the polymers and the mineral binders.
US09522844B2
A low temperature poly-silicon thin film preparation apparatus and a method for preparing the same are disclosed, the preparation apparatus comprises a substrate cleaning tank and an ozone generating device connected thereto, such that not only can blow off residual liquid on a surface of a glass substrate, but can also allow the glass substrate to directly contact the ozone, such that a silicon film on the surface of the glass substrate is more smooth and less impure, and an oxide film formed on the surface is more uniform since it contacts with the ozone at the first time after being cleaned by hydrofluoric acid, therefore the crystalline effect is more excellent.
US09522832B2
A wastewater treatment apparatus includes: an air diffusing unit that supplies gas to nitrogen-containing water, so that ammonia contained in the nitrogen-containing water is nitrified to nitrate according to a flow of the water, and each desired proportion of the nitrate is denitrified at each position along the flow direction; a denitrification confirming unit provided at a halfway position between an upstream-side denitrification zone for obtaining a requisite minimum denitrified nitrogen amount and a downstream-side nitrification zone for obtaining ultimately required nitrified water quality, which follows the upstream-side denitrification zone on a downstream side thereof; and a gas supply-amount control unit that controls a gas supply amount from the air diffusing unit at least on an upstream side of the denitrification confirming unit, so that a desired proportion of the nitrate is denitrified at the halfway position, based on the denitrification state confirmed by the denitrification confirming unit.
US09522829B2
A novel method and device for treating a liquid are provided, wherein a concentrated liquid recovered using a centrifugal separation method can be utilized as ballast water. The present disclosure relates to a method for treating a liquid that comprises a storage step including carrying out a physical treatment using a centrifugal force with respect to a supply liquid to be supplied to a storage means located inside a housing, wherein the method comprises carrying out an aquatic organism-inactivating treatment contained in a concentrated liquid obtained by the physical treatment using a centrifugal force and supplying to the storage means the concentrated liquid subjected to the aquatic organism-inactivating treatment.
US09522828B2
A method for the preparation of zeolites from non-fused fly ash includes the steps of preparing an aqueous alkali hydroxyl solution and mixing the solution with the non-fused fly ash to create an aqueous alkali hydroxyl fly ash mixture, subjecting the mixture to ultrasonication and recovering the zeolites. The method may include the step of centrifuging the aqueous alkali hydroxyl fly ash mixture and washing the solid synthetic products (zeolites).
US09522823B2
An apparatus for cutting micro-grids from a metal substrate is provided. The apparatus includes a support and a cutting module. The support includes a supporting surface, the support is configured to support a micro-grid and the metal substrate. The cutting module includes a fixing element, a spring and a cutting structure. The fixing structure and the spring are located in the cutting structure. The fixing element is configured to fix the micro-grid on the supporting surface. The cutting structure is configured to cut the micro-grid from the metal substrate.
US09522820B2
A method is provided to prepare one or more microfluidic channels on a receptive material by applying an image-forming material to a heat sensitive thermoplastic receptive material in a designed pattern and heating the material under conditions that reduce the size of the thermoplastic receptive material by at least about 60%. In an alternative aspect, the microfluidic channels on receptive material are prepared by etching a designed pattern into a heat sensitive thermoplastic material support and then heating the material under conditions that reduce the size of the thermoplastic receptive material by at least about 60%.
US09522818B2
A container-filling machine includes a rotor, a machine rack that doesn't move with the rotor, filling positions formed on the rotor, rinsing-cap elements used during CIP cleaning, each associated with a filling position, and a housing that isolates filling positions during aseptic filling. Each rinsing-cap element includes a rinsing cap at one end and a connection at the other. An outflow channel extends between the ends. The rinsing-cap element moves from a first position, in which it is outside a space occupied by a container being filling, and a second position, in which it lies sealed against a filling element. In the second position, the rinsing-cap element and the outflow channel connect to a fixed discharge on the machine rack. Each rinsing cap element moves between the first and second position by swiveling a swiveling element about an axis thereof between the two positions.
US09522814B2
A power unit has a frame with a bottom and a pair of lift arms with a cover plate, and a bridge. A lower latch member has a forward end, a middle portion and a rearward end with the middle portion pivotally connected near the lower inner side of one of the lift arms. The rearward end is angled downward, extending below the lower side of the lift arm. The rearward end is biased downwardly and is engagable with the bottom of the frame. The forward end has an upward finger with a beveled-up nose thereon that is engagable with a downward lateral flange at the forward end of the bridge. The bridge is retained by the forward end of the lower latch member, and whereby when the lift arm is lowered to the lowermost position, the forward end is automatically released. An upper latch member has a forward end, a middle portion and a rearward end, with the middle portion pivotally connected to a pivot arm extending downwardly from the cover plate. The forward end has a downward finger with a beveled-down nose thereon, that is biased downwardly and is engagable with an upward lateral flange at the rearward end of the bridge. The rearward end has a button extending upwardly through an aperture in the upper cover plate to release the upper latch member.
US09522801B2
Trailing end portions and leading end portions of two carrier tapes are detected in a first detecting position P1 and a second detecting position P1 which are set along a tape traveling path 5c by a first tape detecting sensor S1 and a second tape detecting sensor S2, and a tape feeding control device 26 controls a first tape feeding mechanism 20A and a second tape feeding mechanism 20B so as to control an interval between the trailing end portion and the leading end portion based on an interval control pattern.
US09522798B2
A box machine is retrofitted by removing the upper feed roll, sheet feeder, and by replacing the lower feed roll with a drive shaft. A transport section and a sheet feeder are then inserted into the box machine. The transport section comprises transport wheels driven by the drive shaft which engage a sheet to transport it to the box machine without crushing. The sheet feeder comprises feed wheels driven by a servo motor for feeding the lowermost sheet of a stack to the transport section. A feed interrupter is movable from a raised stop-feed position to a lowered feed position by cams rotated by a servo motor. A controller coordinates the velocity of the feed wheels and position of the feed interrupter. Retrofitted machines eliminate the need to increase Edge Crush Test ratings of sheets from the corrugator 15% to 20% greater than printed in the certificate stamp.
US09522794B2
A feeding apparatus and an image forming apparatus capable of reducing malfunctions due to wear of a portion where a sheet surface detection member makes contact with a sheet, and stably providing favorable feeding performance are provided. The feeding apparatus includes a holder configured to hold a first lever and a feed roller. The first lever includes a sheet contact portion configured to make contact with a sheet stacked on a sheet stacker. The feed roller, the first lever, and the holder are configured to be integrally detachable from a main body of the feeding apparatus.
US09522792B2
First imaging device collects first image data, whereas second imaging device collects second image data of a storage portion. A container identification module identifies a container perimeter of the storage portion in at least one of the collected first image data and the collected second image data. A spout identification module is adapted to identify a spout of the transferring vehicle in the collected image data. An image data evaluator determines whether to use the first image data, the second image data, or both based on an evaluation of the intensity of pixel data or ambient light conditions. An alignment module is adapted to determine the relative position of the spout and the container perimeter and to generate command data to the propelled portion to steer the storage portion in cooperative alignment such that the spout is aligned within a central zone or a target zone of the container perimeter.
US09522790B2
A rotary orienter includes a turret rotatable about a central axis and at least one rotation pad rotatably mounted to the turret and selectively rotatable about a pad axis. The turret rotates to index the rotation pad to a receiving station, a discharge station and at least one actuating station distributed radially about the central axis. The actuating station is intermediate the receiving station and discharge station. The rotation pad indexes from the receiving station in a locked condition such that rotation of the rotation pad is prevented, and is selectively unlocked by the actuating station such that the unlocked rotation pad rotates during indexing of the turret from the actuating station to the discharge station to reorient an object received onto the rotation pad at the receiving station in a received orientation to a predetermined orientation for discharge of the object in the predetermined orientation at the discharge station.
US09522789B1
Controlling a distance between a first sprocket and a second sprocket in a conveyor. The control includes receiving a first signal from a first sensor related to an angular position of the first sprocket, determining a value for an angular position of the first sprocket based on the first signal, receiving a second signal from a second sensor related to an angular position of the second sprocket, determining a value for an angular position of the second sprocket based on the second signal, determining a relative difference in phase between the angular position of the first sprocket and the angular position of the second sprocket, and determining an amount of excess chain in the conveyor based on the relative difference in phase between the angular position of the first sprocket and the angular position of the second sprocket.
US09522778B2
Bin outlet inserts, and systems and methods employing bin outlet inserts for discharging materials are disclosed herein. For example, the bin outlet insert can be a transition device internal to and installed at a bottom of the bin that allows the circular outlet of a bin to be converted to a rectangular outlet (e.g., square outlet). A slide gate arranged at the bin outlet modulates the discharge of material (e.g., grain or seeds) from the bin. The rectangular cross-section of the outlet of the bin insert allows for a linear correspondence between displacement of the slide gate across the outlet to the volume flow of material discharged by the bin. Calculation of sliding gate position for a desired volume discharge, for example, in blending materials from multiple bins, can be simplified over using a circular outlet.
US09522772B2
A clamshell container includes a bottom portion and a top portion. The bottom portion includes a bottom wall and a side wall attached to the bottom wall. The bottom wall and the side wall form a bottom recessed area. The top portion is connected with the bottom portion along a fold line. The top portion is configured to fold over at least part of the bottom portion at the fold line to form a storage area between the top portion and the bottom recessed area. The top portion and the bottom portion are constructed of a first layer and a second layer attached to the first layer by an insulating material. The insulating material includes micro-encapsulated particles to expand and provide thermal insulation.
US09522767B1
The present disclosure generally pertains to a cover for a pickup truck tailgate. The cover is generally rectangular in shape and comprises a top portion, a bottom portion which hangs downward form the rear of the pickup truck, and at least one device for attaching the cover to the pickup truck tailgate. The bottom portion further includes at least one pocket for storing various implements, for instance those used during tailgating. The cover may be attached directly to the pickup truck with straps or other similar devices, and/or with magnets which will adhere to the truck bed or tailgate. The bottom may include graphics which may be observed from the rear of the pickup truck. The present disclosure also contemplates methods for securing the tailgate cover to a pickup truck.
US09522746B1
Apparatus and methods for attitude control of a space vehicle. The space vehicle includes a reaction wheel subsystem and a propulsion subsystem for attitude control. A slew controller for the space vehicle detects a failure of the reaction wheel subsystem. To perform an attitude slew, the slew controller identifies a pair of thrusters in the propulsion subsystem that will rotate the space vehicle about a desired axis. The slew controller determines burn parameters for the pair of thrusters, and initiates the burns to perform the desired attitude slew.
US09522744B2
A maintenance system for use with an aircraft and a method for management of a maintenance routine for an aircraft with a maintenance system comprising multiple communication terminals located physically about the aircraft and in data communication with each other, the method includes executing a maintenance software program for a maintenance routine comprising maintenance tests corresponding to components of the aircraft.
US09522743B1
A parachute data recorder system is provided that includes a housing, the housing having a seal for resistance to moisture and environmental impact; a plurality of sensors mounted in the housing, including an accelerometer, an altimeter, a gyrometer, and a GPS; a microprocessor mounted in the housing for recording and processing data from the sensors; a wireless connection unit mounted in the housing for transmitting data in the microprocessor; and an electronic connection port. The parachute data recorder system may further include a second accelerometer, one of the accelerometers being a low-g accelerometer and the other being a high-g accelerometer. The initiation of recording can be started by stress or strain inducement from parachute deployment.
US09522742B2
A method can include determining that an aircraft is on approach to a runway. The method can include determining a flight path vector (FPV) location of the aircraft based at least in part on a projected landing location with respect to the runway and determining a current airspeed of the aircraft. The method can also include performing at least one of the following: issuing a landing short alert to a pilot of the aircraft if the FPV location is at or before the runway threshold, issuing an airspeed caution alert if the FPV location is between the runway threshold and the target runway location and if the current airspeed is below a landing short envelope, and determining not to issue an alert if the FPV location is between the runway threshold and the target runway location and if the current airspeed is at or above the landing short envelope.
US09522739B2
An attachment structure for attaching a power plant including unducted propellers to a fuselage of an aircraft, the attachment structure being connected by first and second fasteners to respective front and rear spars penetrating into the fuselage and fastened to a carrier structure of the aircraft, and including a central longitudinal beam secured at its front end to a first frame, arranged in the plane of the front spar, that is secured at its rear end to a second rear frame, cantilevered out and arranged upstream from the unducted propellers, and that is secured to a third intermediate frame, arranged in the plane of the rear spar between the first and second frames. The first, second, and third frames are connected together by force-takeup beams, an assembly as constituted in this way forming a cradle for receiving the power plant via a standard attachment.
US09522732B1
A personal drone with much extended air time. A portable retractable-extendable clawed drone with automated perching function. Perching, landing on a target horizontal edge or a wire, a building trim, a lamp or sign, a shelf, almost any small horizontal edge with a little surface, for video streaming without using up power on hovering or flight, thus conserving power indefinitely. A veritable fly-on-the-wall multi-rotor drone having mechanical claws and automated perching function.
US09522722B1
A personal watercraft has a hull having an exhaust aperture and a longitudinal centerline, a deck disposed on the hull, a straddle seat, an engine, a driveshaft operatively connected to the engine and extending rearwardly thereof, a jet propulsion system operatively connected to the driveshaft, an exhaust manifold connected to a lateral side on the engine on a first side of the longitudinal centerline, the exhaust manifold having a manifold outlet, a muffler disposed generally transversely and rearwardly of the engine, the muffler having a muffler inlet on the first side of the longitudinal axis and a muffler outlet, a first exhaust pipe connected to the manifold outlet and to the muffler inlet, and a second exhaust pipe connected to the muffler outlet and to the exhaust aperture. The second exhaust pipe extends upwardly and rearwardly from the muffler outlet, then downwardly and rearwardly to the exhaust aperture.
US09522721B2
Watercraft automation and aquatic data utilization for aquatic efforts are utilized for providing a predictive suggestion. An electronic GPS mapping computer is in communication with a sonar device and a control mechanism for a trolling motor. An input of current aquatic effort data is received. Based upon the input, a predictive suggestion is provided. The predictive suggestion includes at least one location associated with a map stored on the electronic GPS mapping computer.
US09522717B2
An emergency signaling device allows a user to signal for help in an emergency.The device includes a lifejacket configured for being worn by a user to promote buoyancy in water. A tether is coupled to the lifejacket. The tether has a distal end with respect to the lifejacket. A balloon is coupled to the distal end of the tether. A gas storage tank is coupled to the lifejacket. The gas storage tank contains compressed lighter-than-air gas. The gas storage device is fluidly coupled to the balloon for injecting the balloon with the gas. The balloon extends above the lifejacket when the balloon is inflated with the gas to indicate a location of the lifejacket.
US09522709B2
In a windshield device of a saddle-ride type vehicle, a guide rail is fixed to a vehicle front portion; a moving assembly is movably provided on the guide rail; and a windscreen is supported on the moving assembly. The moving assembly includes a slide member movably attached to the guide rail, a screen supporting member configured to support the windscreen, and a link mechanism arranged between the slide member and the screen supporting member. The link mechanism is configured to increase a movement amount of the screen supporting member to an amount greater than a sliding length of the slide member. Such configuration of the windshield device for the saddle-ride type vehicle reduces the size of a moving mechanism including a moving assembly for the windscreen.
US09522706B1
An aerodynamic drag reducing apparatus is adapted for mounting behind a vehicle. The apparatus includes a first actuator that may reside adjacent one or more lock-rods of a rear door of the vehicle. The first actuator is adapted to deploy a first aerodynamic panel and/or frame of an aerodynamic assembly. The first actuator may be retracted by a tension member. A second actuator is adapted to deploy a second aerodynamic panel and/or frame of the aerodynamic assembly. When an operator or other means moves the second aerodynamic panel to a stowed position of the second panel, tension is developed in the tension member, and the first actuator is thereby retracted. The retraction of the first actuator may move the first panel to a stowed position of the first panel.
US09522699B2
A trailer backup assist system includes a sensor that measures a hitch angle between a vehicle and a trailer. A steering system controls a steering angle of the vehicle between physical angle limits. A controller of the trailer backup assist system generates adaptive angle limits based on a maximum hitch angle rate and generates a steering command within the physical and adaptive angle limits for the vehicle to guide the trailer on a desired curvature.
US09522692B2
A steering apparatus includes an upper bracket that supports a column jacket. The upper bracket includes a first member including a first top plate and fixed to the vehicle body, and a second member fixed to the first member and supporting the column jacket. The second member includes: a second top plate fixed to the first top plate, a pair of side plates extending downward from the second top plate and placed on both side of the column jacket; and a pair of restricted portions extended laterally from the pair of side plates, respectively. The first member includes a pair of restricting portions extending downward from the first top plate, the pair of restricting portions each including a second fixed portion fixed to its corresponding restricted portion.
US09522690B2
An equipment carrier includes a surface module with a first securing device and a column module with a second securing device. The first securing device on the surface module and the second securing device on the column module are designed corresponding to each other such that the column module and the surface module can be connected to each other with a first, linear movement and a subsequent second, rotational movement of the column module relative to the surface module.
US09522682B2
A system and method for mitigating unintended operation of in-vehicle controls is described herein. The system and method analyze data and/or signals received from sensors to determine when the vehicle is experiencing changes the in the vehicle's direction, dynamic state and/or status. The analysis may be applied to data and/or signals from one or more sensors alone or in combination. Analysis of the data and/or signals may determine that one or more criterion are met and therefore the vehicle may be an identified state. When the vehicle is in an identified state, the system and method may disable, deaden or otherwise modify the response to one or more controls in order to mitigate unintended operation.
US09522678B2
The adaptive cruise control system interlocking with the LKAS includes: a radar configured to detect a preceding vehicle ahead and measure an inter-vehicle distance; and an electronic control unit configured to control acceleration and deceleration of a vehicle according to a request acceleration calculated to maintain an appropriate distance from the preceding vehicle. The electronic control unit calculates a maximum request acceleration that is changed according to an auxiliary steering torque received from the LKAS which prevents lane departure and a change amount in the maximum request acceleration, and controls acceleration and deceleration of the vehicle based on a final request acceleration determined by using the calculated maximum request acceleration, the calculated change amount in the maximum request acceleration, and the calculated request acceleration.
US09522674B2
A hybrid vehicle includes a battery, a generation unit having an internal combustion engine and a generator configured to supply electric power generated to a motor or the battery, the motor, and a mount which connects the internal combustion engine to a vehicle body. An internal combustion engine control device for the vehicle includes a generation unit activation determination portion which determines whether or not the generation unit needs to be activated to operate, a mount displacement quantity deriving portion which derives a mount displacement quantity indicating an extended/contracted length of the mount, and an internal combustion engine control portion which prohibits a start of the internal combustion engine a case the mount displacement quantity exceeds a threshold.
US09522667B2
A control device for a rail vehicle, the rail vehicle having a braking system with at least one dynamic braking device and at least one further braking device. The control device determines the brake force exerted by the dynamic braking device during braking based on deceleration data, which represent an overall deceleration of the rail vehicle, tractive resistance data, which represent a tractive resistance of the rail vehicle, and braking data, which represent a brake force exerted by the at least one further braking device. Also disclosed is a braking system having the control device, a rail vehicle, and a corresponding method.
US09522661B2
A vehicle control apparatus which performs a parking control of a vehicle, includes a wheel setting unit configured to set at least one brake wheel which is a wheel to which a braking force is applied during the parking control and at least one non-brake wheel which is a wheel to which the braking force is not applied during the parking control, and a control unit configured to perform the parking control of the vehicle based on a rotation amount of at least one brake wheel and a rotation amount of at least one non-brake wheel detected by a wheel speed sensor detecting the rotation amount of a wheel of the vehicle.
US09522643B2
A vehicle rear bumper with a utility well or tool box that is incorporated into a portion of a segmented rear bumper having a rearward facing surface that extends angularly forward relative to the back of the vehicle to facilitate access to the utility well and use of the utility well opening perimeter as a stepping surface or edge.
US09522641B1
A method is provided for determining a vehicle lifetime fuel economy using a remote server. The method includes retrieving from at least one vehicle control module vehicle data including an amount of total fuel used by the vehicle, determining whether the total fuel used by the vehicle is greater than or equal to a stored fuel used value, calculating an adjusted total fuel used if the total fuel used is not greater than or equal to the stored fuel used value, and calculating the lifetime fuel economy based on the adjusted total fuel used.
US09522634B1
A horizontally moving retractable vehicle step is attachable to a vehicle, such as a low to the ground vehicle like a van. The horizontal vehicle step can provide access to different portions of the vehicle. Further, the horizontal vehicle step can act as a safety mechanism to reduce potential harm to a user in accidentally stepping in gaps between the vehicle and a curb.
US09522633B2
A driver customizable blind spot display method and apparatus are provided. The method of displaying blind spots of a vehicle via a screen mounted within a vehicle includes receiving information regarding positions of the driver's eyes from a driver state monitoring system and receiving current mirror setting information on a per in-vehicle mirror basis from a mirror drive unit. Blind spots and viewable spots are then calculated using the information regarding positions of the driver's eyes and the current mirror setting information. Particularly, the position of the driver's eyes is used to determine optimum mirror setting information. A mirror plane angle is then adjusted based on the optimum mirror setting information. A current blind spot coverage screen is then output to display the calculated blind spots and viewable spots.
US09522630B2
A vehicular display apparatus is provided with an ambient-light luminous region that surrounds an outer periphery of a display region. An ambient light source emits light, which is then guided by an ambient-light guide body into an acrylic cylindrical body. The guided light is then outputted from a light output end face of the acrylic cylindrical body towards a light output direction. The light output end face forms the ambient-light luminous region. The vehicular display apparatus includes a light collection structure that collects an output light, which is outputted from the light output end face, towards the light output direction. Collecting the output light towards the light output direction enables the reduction of a light leakage to a direction different from the light output direction, improving an outputted luminance of the ambient-light luminous region.
US09522622B2
A vehicle footrest assembly includes a bracket attached to a vehicle body structure and a foam footpad attached to the bracket. At least one fastener attaches a dead pedal to the footpad. The at least one fastener includes a head and a shank extending from the head. The shank includes a threaded portion screwed into the footpad. A collar extends radially outward from the shank and is spaced away from the head to define a clip receiving portion. One of the head and the collar are substantially frustoconical and define a lead-in surface in the clip receiving portion. The dead pedal includes at least one clip spaced apart from a pedal portion of the dead pedal. A portion of the clip is disposed within the clip receiving portion to attach the dead pedal to the footpad.
US09522620B2
The present invention relates to a vehicle seat. A locking member is displaceable between a first state, in which a locking portion is used to hold part of a seat cover while a base portion is buried and fixed to a seat pad, and a second state, in which part of the seat cover is pulled more strongly toward the outside of the seat than in the first state, so that the base portion is bent gradually toward a direction away from the seat pad as toward a fragile part from an end of the first part and an end of the second part.
US09522609B2
A thermal management system is provided which may be miniaturized and may have a reduced weight by integrating thermal management parts in a fuel cell vehicle. In particular, a new type of thermal management system integrated housing in which a housing of a pump housing part, a housing of a 3-way valve fluid part, and a bypass channel among parts of the thermal management system for a fuel cell vehicle are integrated into a single structure to reduce the size of the overall system.
US09522594B2
A mis-fuel inhibitor (MFI) assembly is configured to prevent an improper fuel nozzle from dispensing fuel into a fuel tank. The assembly may include a main body having an MFI nozzle passage formed therethrough. The main body is configured to allow a proper fuel nozzle to pass through the MFI nozzle passage, and prevent the improper fuel nozzle from passing therethrough. The assembly may also include at least one securing member configured to connect to the main body within a fuel fill line. The securing member(s) is configured to securely retain the main body within the fuel fill line.
US09522593B2
A misfuelling prevention system for a vehicle may include an upper housing and an inner housing supported in the fuel filler neck, positioned in a bottom portion of the upper housing, and slidable in a single direction by a center returning spring interposed between the upper housing side and the inner housing, a stopper being rotatably installed at a side of the inner housing and elastically biased by a stopper spring, wherein the stopper is rotatable when a fuelling gun contacts with an end of the stopper, and a flapper having a first end rotatably installed at another side of the inner housing and a second end selectively caught in a groove portion of the stopper, wherein the flapper is opened by being pushed by the fuelling gun when the flapper is released from being caught by the stopper while the fuelling gun contacts with the end of the stopper.
US09522590B2
An unintentional operation of a door is prevented while the usability of the door is improved. A power back door control device includes: an operation signal acceptor configured to accept an operation signal of a back door opening/closing switch for performing an operation of opening or closing a back door of a vehicle; a controller configured to control opening/closing of the back door via a motor when the operation signal acceptor accepts the operation signal; and a stopping state detector configured to detect whether or not the vehicle is in a stopping state based on information about traveling or stopping of the vehicle acquired by a vehicle-side ECU. When the stopping state detector detects that the vehicle is not in the stopping state, the controller performs fixing control of the back door so as to keep the back door from moving.
US09522587B2
An active suspension apparatus for a vehicle including: a pump that adjusts a movement of a fluid; and an actuator in which the fluid is supplied to a coil spring and which compensates for displacement of the coil spring, wherein the actuator includes first, second, third, and fourth actuators that are disposed at a left front wheel, a left rear wheel, a right front wheel, and a right rear wheel of the vehicle, respectively, and the pump is capable of simultaneously supplying the fluid to the first and second actuators or to the third and fourth actuators based on driving of a motor.
US09522586B2
A vehicle selectively operates in a plurality of operational modes. The operational modes carry with them different commands for operating a controlled suspension system such as a continuously controlled damping suspension system, a controlled steering system such as an electronic power-assist steering system, and a powertrain of the vehicle. For example, in one operational mode, the powertrain might be more sensitive to output torque from a motor or engine quickly with little hesitation. The vehicle includes a sensing system, such as a plurality of suspension height sensors and a corresponding controller programmed to receive suspension height signals indicating the characteristic of the road, to categorize the signals, and to compute categorized vehicle characteristics such as vehicle pitch, heave, roll, yaw, etc. The controller can discretize the categorized signals into a discrete number of index values, and then command the vehicle to change operational mode based on the discrete index value.
US09522585B2
A polymer composite strut insulator may include a polymer composite bracket made of polymer composite, divided into a mounting fastening portion having an inserter into which mounting bolts are press-inserted to penetrate and a bearing assembling portion, and provided with a central hole at a central portion, an elastic mass cross-linked to the polymer composite bracket in order for the cup hole surrounding the central hole formed at the central portion of the polymer composite bracket to be divided into an upper cup hole and a lower cup hole, the upper cup hole being coupled to an upper cup and the lower cup hole being coupled to a lower cup, and a bearing disposed at the bearing assembling portion.
US09522584B2
An energy management system for a vehicle limits movement of a tire and wheel assembly in a wheel cavity. The vehicle has a wheel well structure that defines the wheel cavity. The energy management system includes a tether attached to the tire and wheel assembly. The tether is configured to limit movement of the tire and wheel assembly within the wheel cavity under a predetermined load that is applied to the vehicle forward of the tire and wheel assembly and offset from a longitudinal centerline of the vehicle.
US09522579B1
A TPM sensor is programmed. The TPM sensor is configured with a TPM identifier and makes transmissions according to a current transmission protocol or protocols. A low frequency (LF) signal is received and the LF signal was transmitted according to a predetermined transmission protocol or language. An identity of the predetermined transmission protocol or language associated with the LF signal is determined. Based upon the identity of the predetermined transmission protocol or language, at least one of the TPM identifier or the current transmission protocol or protocols are adjusted, and the TPM sensor subsequently makes transmissions according to the predetermined transmission protocol associated with the LF signal.
US09522576B2
Provided is a pneumatic radial tire which is configured so that circumferential main grooves to be provided on a tread surface are suitably defined in shape.
US09522574B2
A pneumatic tire has a shoulder land zone provided with lateral grooves arranged at variable pitches in the tire circumferential direction and extending at an angle of not more than 30 degrees with respect to the tire axial direction. The domains defined between the shoulder lateral grooves include a smallest domain having the smallest circumferential length and a largest domain having the largest circumferential length. The domains are each provided with at least one sipe extending at an angle of not more than 30 degrees with respect to the tire axial direction. The number of the sipe(s) in the smallest domain is less than the number of the sipes in the largest domain.
US09522572B2
A motorcycle tire includes, on an outer circumferential side of a crown region of a radial carcass, a belt layer, a single auxiliary belt layer, and a tread rubber in the stated order, a periphery width of the auxiliary belt layer being greater than a periphery width of the belt layer. The cords of the auxiliary belt layer extend in a direction in which an inclination angle of the cords of the auxiliary belt layer with respect to a tire circumferential direction gradually decreases from each of both ends of a tire equatorial region including a tire equatorial plane toward a corresponding ¼ position which is at a distance of ¼ of the periphery width of the auxiliary belt layer from the tire equatorial plane along a periphery of the auxiliary belt layer, and the inclination angle in the ¼ position is 60° or more and 85° or less.
US09522567B2
A method for the refinement of a panel and an apparatus for the refinement of a panel according to a method of this type. The method for the refinement of a panel includes: unpacking of a panel having a core made from wood material from a transport-safe packaging, a grounding in the form of at least one synthetic resin layer pressed together with the core and, if appropriate, a primer being arranged on a top side of the core, and a coating being arranged on a core underside lying opposite the top side of the core, and connection and locking means being attached to at least two mutually opposite side faces; application of a decorative layer having a decoration to the grounding or primer; and application of at least one wear layer to the decorative layer.
US09522555B2
A control system includes: a motor; a driving unit including a driving target and displacing the driving target in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction by transmitting power from the motor to the driving target; a detection unit detecting a position of the driving target; and a controller controlling the motor. The controller is configured to execute: a displacement control process to displace the driving target in the first direction and the second direction; a determination process to determine a holding current value holding the driving target at a target stop position; and a holding control process to hold the driving target, which has been disposed at the target stop position in the displacement control process, at the target stop position based on the holding current value determined by the determination process.
US09522554B2
A first area in which an image is printed in K scans and a second area in which an image is printed in (K+1) scans are arranged in an arranging direction to print an image. When an image is printed in the second area from ejection ports disposed at one end of the ejection port array and ejection ports disposed at the other end, mask patterns having first pixel group areas at different positions therein are applied.
US09522551B2
The present invention relates to a conveying belt assembly for a printing device. The assembly comprises an endless conveyor belt having a conveying part and a return part; an upstream and downstream sliding support having a surface curved in rotational direction of the conveyor belt; a driving roller arranged downstream of the conveying part in urging contact with the conveyor belt; a friction element arranged upstream of the conveying part in urging contact with the conveyor belt for tensioning the conveying part; and a control system for controlling the position of the conveying part with respect to the transverse direction. The control system comprises: a position sensing device; an upstream and/or downstream actuator device for moving the conveying part in transverse direction; and a controller for transmitting control signals, generated by the controller on the basis of the sensor signals, to the upstream and downstream actuator.
US09522548B2
An inkjet recording device includes a recording medium conveyance mechanism, a head portion, and a liquid applying section. The recording medium conveyance mechanism is configured to convey a recording medium. The head portion is configured to eject ink onto the recording medium. The liquid applying section is configured to apply liquid to the recording medium. The recording medium may have a first surface and a second surface. The head portion may eject the ink onto the first surface of the recording medium. The liquid applying section may apply the liquid to the second surface of the recording medium.
US09522547B1
A board for retaining three dimensional decorations in a printer is provided. The board includes a first surface and a second surface that is opposite the first surface. A plurality of openings extends from the first surface to the second surface. The openings are configured to retain a flange portion of the three dimensional decoration so that a decorative portion of the three dimensional decoration rests on the first surface.
US09522545B2
A leaf spring includes a first pressing portion that presses a reflection mirror supported by a mirror support, and an engagement portion that engages with an engagement portion provided on a housing. In a first state in which the engagement portions are engaged with each other, the first pressing portion presses the reflection mirror so that the reflection mirror is urged against the mirror support. When a state of the leaf spring is being changed to the first state from a second state in which the engagement portions are not engaged with each other, the leaf spring comes into contact with the engagement portion provided on the housing and rotates such that the engagement portion provided on the housing serves as a fulcrum.
US09522542B2
A method of enhancing spot color printing in a digital inkjet press having a fixed number of monochrome inkjet printheads, the fixed number of monochrome inkjet printheads printing inks comprising at least process colors (CMY) and a spot color, the method comprising the steps of: (a) printing a process color combination comprising a predetermined ratio of at least two process colors, the process color combination approximating the spot color; and (b) printing the spot color with the process color combination to provide an enhanced spot color.
US09522541B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising a liquid ejection head that ejects a liquid via nozzles; a first passage that communicates with the liquid ejection head, the first passage being configured to supply the liquid to the liquid ejection head; a second passage that communicates with the first passage in the liquid ejection head, the second passage forming, in cooperation with the first passage, a circulation passage; and a liquid driving unit provided in the circulation passage, the liquid driving unit being configured to move the liquid in the circulation passage when driven. The liquid is moved, by the driven liquid driving unit, at a first flow rate that maintains a meniscus of the liquid inside the nozzles after the liquid is moved at a second flow rate that is faster than the first flow rate.
US09522535B2
A liquid discharge head and a recording apparatus are each capable of reducing a malfunction possibility that occurs on a piezoelectric actuator substrate due to contact between individual electrodes and a liquid. The liquid discharge head includes a head body including a flow channel member, a piezoelectric actuator substrate having a plurality of individual electrodes, a flexible wiring substrate, and an adhesive member adhering the flexible wiring substrate and head body, and surrounds the individual electrodes. When a surface of the head body surrounded by the adhesive member is a first region, and a surface of the head body other than the first region is a second region, the head body has a first through hole connecting the first region and the second region to permit communication between a space surrounded by the flexible wiring substrate, adhesive member, first region, and an outside other than the space.
US09522521B2
In various embodiments, an apparatus for separating a stacked arrangement including a first layer, a second layer and a release layer between the first layer and the second layer may be provided. The apparatus may include an attachment surface configured to suspend the stacked arrangement by attaching to the first layer. The apparatus may further include an actuating mechanism configured to form a curvature of the first layer by bending the attachment surface. The apparatus may also include a holder to hold an etchant for etching the release layer to separate the first layer from the second layer.
US09522519B2
To provide a polycarbonate resin laminate having the surface hardness remarkably improved and being excellent in color and impact resistance. A polycarbonate resin laminate which comprises at least a surface layer (A) and a resin layer (B) and is characterized by satisfying the following conditions:(i) the surface layer (A) is a layer made of a polycarbonate resin composition which comprises at least a polycarbonate resin (a) having at least structural units represented by the following formula (1) and a polycarbonate resin (b) having structural units different from the polycarbonate resin (a),(ii) the mass ratio of the polycarbonate resin (a) to the polycarbonate resin (b) in the surface layer (A) is within a range of from 45:55 to 99:1, and(iii) the pencil hardness of the polycarbonate resin laminate as specified by ISO 15184 and measured from the surface layer (A) side is at least H:
US09522508B2
A molding system for molding a container includes a first blow mold operable for blow molding a first form of the container and a second blow mold operable for blow molding a second form of the container. The system further includes a counter stretch rod and/or a base pushup operable for reducing a height of the first form of the container before blow molding the second form of the container. A corresponding method of forming a container is also disclosed.
US09522506B2
A tape laminating machine having a compaction roller lays up composite tape over a substrate having a convex radius. The compaction roller folds the tape as it moves over the convex radius, while simultaneously pivoting about a trailing edge of the tape to prevent the compaction roller from lifting off the tape laid just before the convex radius.
US09522501B2
A method and apparatus for forming objects. Layers of precursor material may be placed on top of each other. The layers of precursor material may be selectively cured as the layers of precursor material are placed on top of each other to form an object and a frame associated with the object.
US09522499B2
A bag may be formed from a tube of high strength packaging material by forming a heat seal in the end of the tube. As part of forming the heat seal, one or more supplying apparatuses, which may be air outlets, are positioned for being in opposing face-to-face relation with, and for causing heat transfer with, at least one outer portion of the tube while a transportation system transports the tube to a nipping apparatus.
US09522494B1
An injection mold assembly for manufacturing multiple-component articles includes opposed first and second mold halves mounted for movement in reciprocal directions along an axis of reciprocation between an open position and a closed position. A stripper plate is mounted between the first and second mold halves for reciprocation between a retracted position and an extended position when the first and second mold halves are in the open position thereof. Mold cores in one of a plurality of mold core assemblies are carried by the first mold half, and each mold core is mounted for rotation between a first position and a second position about an axis of rotation for the respective mold core assembly. The stripper plate accommodates rotation of the mold cores between the first and second positions while the stripper plate is in the retracted position.
US09522487B2
The present invention provides a technique which can disassemble a mandrel having a substantially cylindrical shape and being dividable into a plurality of segments, easily and efficiently. The disassembling method comprises, in the mandrel adhesively attached with a composite material structure on an outer peripheral surface thereof, a rotation step of rotating the pair of support rings along with the mandrel to position a segment which is a detached target to an uppermost portion; and a segment detaching step of detaching the segment which is the detached target positioned at the uppermost portion, from the pair of support rings; wherein in the segment detaching step, the segment which is the detached target is moved in a vertically downward direction to a position inside of the mandrel, between the pair of support rings, and is carried out from between the pair of support rings.
US09522486B2
A method of producing tooling for molding a part by resin transfer molding, including: producing a model of the part; producing a countermold with an outside surface presenting an indentation complementary to a first side of the model; placing the model in the indentation of the countermold; draping a plurality of superposed textile layers that are impregnated with thermosetting resin on the model and on the outside surface of the countermold to shape a first half-shell; curing the first half-shell; separating the countermold from the model and from the first half-shell; draping a plurality of superposed textile layers on the first half-shell and the first side of the model, to shape a second half-shell; and curing the second half-shell.
US09522469B2
A link actuation device includes a distal end side link hub connected with a proximal end side link hub through three or more sets of link mechanisms for alteration in orientation. By means of an actuator provided in the two or more set of the link mechanism, the distal end orientation, which is the orientation of the distal end side link hub relative to the proximal end link hub, is changed arbitrarily. The operating device includes an orientation designating unit for designating the distal end orientation aimed at by means of a coordinate position on the orthogonal coordinate system by an artificial manipulation, an orientation acquiring unit for acquiring the distal end orientation that is expressed by an angular coordinate system through calculation, and an orientation information applying unit for applying information on the distal end orientation so acquired to a control device for controlling the actuator.
US09522467B1
A composite tool holder has a base, a socket set, a hand tool set, and a bracket set. The base has a substrate, a first track, and a second track. The socket set is connected to the base and has a positioning plate mounted in the second track with multiple engaging recesses, and multiple positioning blocks mounted in the first track, abutting the positioning plate and having an engaging element selectively engaging with one of the engaging recesses. The hand tool set is detachably connected to the base and has at least one holding component deposited on the substrate. The bracket set is detachably connected to the base beside the socket set and has two supporting bases respectively connected to two sides of the base beside the socket set.
US09522466B2
An extendable stick includes an elongate body comprising a first member, a second member, and a third member arranged in a telescopic nesting formation. A pulley system is disposed within the elongate body, wherein the pulley system is in operative communication with the first, second, and third members of the elongate body to extend the first member and the third member simultaneously outwardly from the elongate body and retract the first member and the third member simultaneously inwardly from the elongate body.
US09522464B2
A multi-position hook assembly for use in a tool that includes a hook having a first leg and a second leg joined by a top span member, and a mounting member configured for slidably receiving the top span member and releasably locking the hook in a plurality of positions.
US09522463B2
A compact, electric, spring energized desktop stapler having a unitized housing providing both an external movable enclosure and a support frame for internal parts is disclosed. The internal power train is preferably elongated with the motor at the rear, a gear set toward the center, and low profile lever and power spring assembly at the front. The lever engages a striker with a normal upper rest position where the power spring is deflected and energized. A cam roller mounted to a final gear holds down the rear of the lever until the system is activated when the final gear rotates and the cam roller rolls off the end of the lever. In the unitized body, the base is pivotally attached to the body at the rear. A base lever selectively links to a cam roller or equivalent structure to move the body downward toward the base during a cycle.
US09522458B2
A clamping structure for an open end wrench contains: a body, and the body including a handle, an operation head, and a clamping portion. The clamping portion has a first jaw arranged on a first side thereof, a second jaw formed on a second side thereof, and a V-shaped retaining fringe defined on a rear end thereof. The first jaw has a first plane defined on a front end thereof, two first recesses arranged on a rear end of the first plane and a first front end of the V-shaped retaining fringe, and an arcuate projection defined between the two first recesses. The second jaw has a second plane defined on a front end thereof, an abutting face arranged between a rear end thereof and a second front end of the V-shaped retaining fringe, and an arcuately concaved section formed between the second plane and the abutting face.
US09522457B2
A sleeve may include a hexagonal engaging hole at one end that engages with the screw nut and a coupling hole at the other end that engages with a wrench; wherein the engaging hole is inwardly tapered and the taper angle is two to four degrees, thereby enabling easy engagement of the engaging hole with screw nut; and there is a dodge groove formed at each corner of the hexagonal engaging hole and each pair of adjacent dodge grooves are separated with a driving block; and the surface of each driving block that touches the screw nut is concave and thus a driving corner is formed on each side of the driving block; and each driving block has a groove and thus two adjacent interior corners are formed at the bottom of the groove.
US09522452B2
The invention concerns a brush-type deburring machine for simultaneously deburring of an elongate profile section arranged in the longitudinal direction during conveying in a conveying direction with two rows, extending respectively in the conveying direction, of conveying discs arranged offset with respect to each other and having apertures arranged along the periphery thereof for receiving the opposite ends, which are arranged offset with respect to one another, in order to permit a transfer of the elongate profile sections in the conveying direction by rotation of the conveying discs, and the two rows are at a distance adjustable in the longitudinal direction from a minimum distance of less than 80 mm from each other, and with two rotatable brush rollers which are orientated in each case in the conveying direction along one of the two rows (and which are intended for the deburring of the two opposite ends of the conveyed elongate profile sections.
US09522450B2
A support is provided, including a reception zone in which the external envelope matches the shape of a plate configured to be placed on a droplet deposited at least in the reception zone in order to achieve capillary self-assembly of the plate and the support, and at least one pair of tracks that extend on the support from the reception zone and that have a lyophilic-type affinity with the droplet such that an overflow of the droplet beyond the reception zone is guided in the tracks, wherein the at least one pair of tracks includes a first track and a second track that do not have the same lyophilic-type degree of affinity with the droplet.
US09522447B2
A glass removal tool for removing a glass panel from a window regulator clamp includes a horizontal cross bar; two parallel legs extending downward from the cross bar; at least one pair of ramps arranged between the parallel legs; and a vertical slot extending between the ramps of the pair of ramps. Two pairs of ramps may be included that are laterally offset from each other. The ramps may be recessed from the front surface and form at least one pair of wedges with the rear surface. The legs may include a first taper formed on the inner surface of each of the legs toward bottom ends of the legs and a second taper formed on the rear surface of the legs toward bottom ends of the legs.
US09522441B2
A welding method, e.g., a laser welding method, for connecting a first workpiece to a second workpiece, includes a first method step in which the first and the second workpiece are brought into contact with each other; a second method step in which a desired welding distortion is ascertained; and a third method step in which the first and the second workpiece are welded to each other as a function of the welding distortion, and/or in which the first and the second workpiece are rotated about an axis of rotation at a rotational speed, the first and the second workpiece being welded to each other as a function of the rotational speed.
US09522440B2
A spot welding apparatus is provided that includes a fixation panel mounted on an arm of a robot. An upper welding gun is vertically installed on a front of the fixation panel, reciprocatesvertically through a pressing unit and moves horizontally toward the fixation panel. A left and right moving unitis installed between the fixation panel and the pressing unit to move the upper welding gun horizontally. Further, two or more lower welding guns are horizontally disposed to correspond to the upper welding gun, and an upper and lower moving unit are installed on the fixation panel to reciprocate the lower welding gun vertically.
US09522437B2
A travel speed sensing system includes an optical sensor configured to be coupled to a welding torch. The optical sensor is configured to sense light incident on the optical sensor, and the travel speed sensing system is configured to determine a travel speed of the welding torch, a direction of the welding torch, or both, based on the sensed light.
US09522418B2
The invention relates to a method and device for producing metal sections having two profile flanges arranged opposite one another and having flange inner faces that are to be kept apart from each other by a closely toleranced final chamber dimension. In order to adapt the chamber dimension from a starting chamber dimension K0 to a desired final chamber dimension K1, the metal section is passed through the device, which forms working gaps between an inner working roll pair and outer support rolls. The working rolls that form the inner working roll pair roll over each other in order to brace the forming forces exerted on the working roll pair from the flange inner faces against each other.
US09522414B2
An inspection system is provided with a weight inspection device, a sorting device, and a frame. The weight inspection device includes a weighing conveyor for conveying a weighing object, and a load cell for weighing the weighing object conveyed by the weighing conveyor, and inspects the weighing object using the result of weighing by the load cell. The sorting device includes an sorting conveyor arranged downstream of the weighing conveyor, a movable member being configured to come in contact with the weighing object conveyed by the sorting conveyor to change a traveling direction of the weighing object, and a cylinder for driving the movable member based on the result of inspection by the weight inspection device so as to cause the movable member to come in contact with the weighing object. The frame supports the weighing conveyor, the load cell, and the movable member.
US09522407B2
Distribution device for coloring products, comprising a collector for dispensing nozzles and corresponding nozzles mounted thereon. The collector comprises a containing body provided with one or more through cavities. In correspondence with one end associated to an external surface the containing body is provided with a positioning element. The containing body is provided with a seating, inside the external surface, disposed at the end of each of the through cavities, defining a wider portion with respect to the cross section of the corresponding through cavity.
US09522388B2
A nanoparticle comprises a nano-active material and a nano-support. In some embodiments, the nano-active material is platinum and the nano-support is alumina. Pinning and affixing the nano-active material to the nano-support is achieved by using a high temperature condensation technology. In some embodiments, the high temperature condensation technology is plasma. Typically, a quantity of platinum and a quantity of alumina are loaded into a plasma gun. When the nano-active material bonds with the nano-support, an interface between the nano-active material and the nano-support forms. The interface is a platinum alumina metallic compound, which dramatically changes an ability for the nano-active material to move around on the surface of the nano-support, providing a better bond than that of a wet catalyst. Alternatively, a quantity of carbon is also loaded into the plasma gun. When the nano-active material bonds with the nano-support, the interface formed comprises a platinum copper intermetallic compound, which provides an even stronger bond.
US09522386B2
The invention relates to a catalyst suitable for use in the hydrogenation of carbon dioxide-containing gas, said catalyst comprising spinel phase of the formula [Fe2+(Fe3+yAl3+1-y)2O4]. Processes for preparing the catalyst and processes for the hydrogenation of carbon dioxide-containing gas in the presence of the catalyst are also disclosed.
US09522384B2
The invention provides a photocatalytic structure comprising a carrier and a photocatalytic film formed on the carrier, in which the photocatalytic film comprises titanium dioxide with shape of rhombus particles. The titanium dioxide particle has anatase structure. The titanium dioxide particle is rhombus with a major axis 10-15 nm and minor axis 3-6 nm. The photocatalytic film which is formed by titanium dioxide with shape of rhombus particles has a high overall photocatalytic activity so that the effects of stainproofing and self-cleaning can be improved. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing photocatalytic sol-gels.
US09522367B1
One or more embodiments relate to systems and methods for mixing of two or more fluids using a multi-chamber manifold. One or more embodiments relate to optimal mixing.
US09522361B2
A first fixing member which fixes to a membrane module unit a tubular member with a protrusion formed at a tip end or near the tip end for connecting a membrane module of the membrane module unit and a water collecting header to form a filtrate flow path from the membrane module to the water collecting header, the first fixing member includes: a fixing member main body which includes an engaging surface formed at a position at which the fixing member main body engages with the protrusion formed in the tubular member; and a second fixing member which fixes the fixing member main body to the membrane module unit.
US09522360B2
The present invention describes a three-way-catalyst system comprising a first three-way catalyst on an inert catalyst support which is a double-layer catalyst comprising a first layer on the inert catalyst support, comprising active alumina, a cerium/zirconium mixed oxide and palladium and a second layer applied to the first layer and in direct contact with the exhaust gas to be purified, comprising active alumina and rhodium and being free of cerium and cerium containing materials and a second three-way-catalyst located upstream of the first three-way catalyst.
US09522341B2
There are provided systems and methods for an interactive device for interaction with a user of a media device, wherein the interactive device and the media device are operable to communicate with a server having a memory storing a plurality of states including a present state of the media device playing a media. The interactive device comprises a peripheral hardware for interaction with the user of the media device and a processor configured to establish a communication with the server, obtain the present state of the media device from the server, select an action in response to the present state of the media, and execute the action using the peripheral hardware for interaction with the user of the media device. The interactive device can operate independently of the server or with several interactive devices connected to the server.
US09522334B2
Methods and apparatus provide for managing multiplayer play among a first player and at least one second player, where a first mode of multiplayer play is defined such that a game server selects the second player by: (i) selecting candidates by consulting a player database of information concerning a plurality of other players, (ii) sending invitations to the selected candidates to be the selected second player, (iii) receiving acceptances of the invitations from the candidates; and (iv) selecting the second player from among the candidates from whom acceptances were received; and where a second mode of multiplayer play is defined such that the game server selects the second player by consulting a player database of information concerning the plurality of other players, without consideration of an invitation to, or an acceptance from, the selected second player.
US09522314B2
A golf green divot repair tool is provided that includes a handle and a tine structure. The tine structure includes a trough wall forming a trough, the trough wall mounted to the handle at a first end of the trough wall, and a tapered wall mounted to extend to a tip from a second end of the trough wall. The second end and the first end are on opposite ends of the trough. A trough cross section is defined in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis that extends from the first end to the second end. The trough cross section is further defined by an open side. The trough wall of the trough cross section is configured to trap soil within the trough wall when inserted in a divot.
US09522304B2
Multi-piece golf balls having a solid core of at least one layer and cover of at least one layer are provided. At least one of the layers is formed from a thermoplastic polyamide composition, comprising a blend of polyamide, ethylene acid copolymer ionomer, fatty acid amide, and plasticizer. A polyamide having a transparent optical nature is preferably used in the composition. A fatty acid ester such as dipropylene glycol dibenzoate and propylene carbonate is preferably used as the plasticizer. The ball may contain an inner core and surrounding outer core layer. A rubber composition is preferably used to form the inner core and the polyamide-based composition is preferably used to form the outer core layer.
US09522302B2
A flipper device that provides a swimmer with functional use of the flipper when fully assembled, and easy, convenient use of same when the swimmer desires to walk in the flipper. In embodiment, the flipper device includes a boot and a fin that is at least partially collapsible, removable from the boot, stored in a substantially vertical orientation on the boot, and secured in its substantially vertical orientation by a securing component. The boot includes a first portion of a fastener, and the securing component. The fin includes a second portion of the fastener that is capable of engaging the first portion of the fastener to removably attach the fin to the boot.
US09522295B2
A cross-training flutter-kick boot system includes the use of a weighted elongate base having the general geometry of the bottom of the human foot. The base including an elevated central platform located opposite to an arch of the foot. The base also includes two pairs of hollow cylindrical elements, one element of each pair secured at a toe end of the weighted base and the other pair secured at a heel end of the base. A position control assembly (PCA) is securable upon the weighted base and includes respective front and rear hollow cylindrical elements which are securable within respective front and rear pairs of hollow elements by a platform connecting the front and rear I elements. The PCA, when secured to the weighted base, permits a bar having a channel to receive a second bar. An upper portion engages the upper foot and ankle of the user while the bottom surface of the boot includes two bars having respective pairs of parallel longitudinal springs proportioned to provide a spring-resistant movement of the boot portion in front-to-rear directions of movement.
US09522290B2
A method and system for providing ultrasound treatment to a tissue that contains a lower part of dermis and proximal protrusions of fat lobuli into the dermis. An embodiment delivers ultrasound energy to the region creating a thermal injury and coagulating the proximal protrusions of fat lobuli, thereby eliminating the fat protrusions into the dermis. An embodiment can also include ultrasound imaging configurations using the same or a separate probe before, after or during the treatment. In addition various therapeutic levels of ultrasound can be used to increase the speed at which fat metabolizes. Additionally the mechanical action of ultrasound physically breaks fat cell clusters and stretches the fibrous bonds. Mechanical action will also enhance lymphatic drainage, stimulating the evacuation of fat decay products.
US09522288B2
Provided herein are compositions comprising lanthanide-doped nanoparticles which upconvert electromagnetic radiation from infrared or near infrared wavelengths into the visible light spectrum. Also provided herein are methods activating light-responsive opsin proteins expressed on plasma membranes of neurons and selectively altering the membrane polarization state of the neurons using the light delivered by the lanthanide-doped nanoparticles.
US09522287B2
Switching power supplies made in accordance with the disclosed technology drive flash lamps of dermatologic treatment devices to emit a sequence of relatively small light pulses that are aligned with particular locations within the waveform of the AC line source. Such power supplies not only enable sufficient light energy in aggregate to therapeutically heat target chromophores in a skin region without causing undesired damage to surrounding tissue, but also provide the added benefit that the corresponding electrical energy need not be substantially drawn from any charged capacitor. The disclosed power supply further compensates for performance degradation of the flash lamps during their usable life, by modifying its operation based on predetermined values that are indicative of flash lamp aging/efficiency characteristics. The flash lamps and their associated stored values are preferably incorporated into a replaceable cartridge that facilitates user maintenance of the dermatologic treatment device.
US09522285B2
A system and method for use during the administration of CPR chest compressions and defibrillating shock on a cardiac arrest victim. The system analyzes compression waveforms from a compression depth monitor to determine the source of chest compressions, and enables the delivery of defibrillating shock during a compression cycle if the compression waveforms are characteristic of an automated CPR chest compression device.
US09522273B2
A method of treating motor deficits in a stroke patient, comprising assessing a patient's motor deficits, determining therapeutic goals for the patient, based on the patient's motor deficits, selecting therapeutic tasks based on the therapeutic goals, performing each of the selected therapeutic tasks repetitively, observing the performance of the therapeutic tasks, initiating the stimulation of the vagus nerve manually at approximately a predetermined moment during the performance of the therapeutic tasks, stimulating the vagus nerve of the patient during the performance of the selected therapeutic tasks, and improving the patient's motor deficits.
US09522258B2
A clot removal system includes an elongated tubular sheath and an elongated tubular catheter received within the sheath. A distal segment of the catheter is split into a plurality of catheter wall segments, with each wall segment having a pre-shaped curved configuration. Each wall segment defines at least one scraping edge and has a distal tip that is less stiff than a remaining portion of the wall segment. The clot removal system has a transport configuration in which the distal segment of the catheter is axially aligned with a distal segment of the sheath and the wall segments are urged against the pre-shaped curved configuration by the sheath. The clot removal system also has a deployed configuration in which the distal segment of the catheter is advanced distally beyond the distal segment of the sheath and the wall segments conform to the pre-shaped curved configuration.
US09522248B2
The invention concerns a breathing assistance apparatus having a source of Nitric Oxide in fluid communication with a nasal cannula assembly (10) adapted to deliver gases to a patient comprising a first compartment (1) and a second compartment (2) separated by a separation wall (6); a pair of nasal prongs (5) in fluid communication with the first compartment (1); the first compartment (1) comprising a first inlet (11) for introducing a first gas into said first compartment (1); the second compartment (2) comprising a second inlet (2) for introducing a second gas into said second compartment (2); and the separation wall (6) comprising at least one flow restriction element (35) for controlling the passage of gas from the second compartment (2) to the first compartment (1).
US09522246B2
A mask system for delivering air to a user includes a suspension mechanism to allow relative movement between a face-contacting cushion and a mask shell. The suspension mechanism also provides a predetermined force to the cushion that is a function of mask pressure, displacement of the cushion or both.
US09522245B2
The invention relates to a laryngeal mask airway device (1) for insertion into a patient to provide an airway passage to the patient's glottic opening, the device (1) comprising an airway tube (2) a mask (3) attached to the airway tube (2), the mask (3) comprising a body (4) having a distal end (5) and a proximal end (6), a peripheral inflatable cuff (7), and defining an outlet (8) for gas, the mask (3) being attached to the airway tube (2) for gaseous communication between the tube (2) and the outlet (8), the device (1) further comprising an oesophageal drain (10), the drain (10) comprising a conduit extending from an inlet (12) at the distal end (5) to an outlet (13) disposed to the outside of the patient when the device (1) is in place, the conduit including a mask section (11) and an airway tube section (41), wherein the conduit mask section (11) is formed integrally in the material of the body (4).
US09522244B2
A brain cooling apparatus is provided that can circulate a fluid between a containing unit of a brain cooling device and the brain cooling apparatus while maintaining an appropriate pressure of the fluid in the containing unit, and a brain cooling device suitable thereto also is provided. A control device circulates a physiological saline solution between a storage tank and a cuff by driving a first pump in a direction in which the physiological saline solution flows toward the cuff, and driving a second pump in a direction in which the physiological saline solution flows toward the storage tank. In this state, the control device adjusts the rotation speed of at least the second pump, so that the pressure of the physiological saline solution in the cuff becomes a preset target pressure.
US09522242B2
A nebulizer kit includes a case body having a compressed air introduction tube, in an upper end portion of which a nozzle hole that expels compressed air is formed, a suction channel formation member that forms a suction channel for sucking a liquid toward the upper end portion and that forms an atomizing area in an exit region of the nozzle hole, and a flow channel formation member having an aerosol discharge port. The suction channel has a first suction channel extending upward along an outer circumferential surface of the compressed air introduction tube, and a second suction channel that extends from the first suction channel toward the nozzle hole at a leading end area of the compressed air introduction tube and has a liquid suction port that expels the liquid.
US09522232B2
A pump system can include a pump device and a controller device removably attachable to the pump device. The controller device can be reusable, and one or more pump devices can be disconnected and reconnected to the controller device. As such, some pump usage data can be conveniently stored in the pump device itself. In such circumstances, the controller device can receive data related to the pump's history or other usage when the pump device is attached to the controller.
US09522231B2
A safety feature for a wearable infusion device is disclosed. The safety feature is configured to prevent accidental activation of the infusion device by protecting the activation button of the infusion device prior to and after the actuation of the activation button. The safety feature includes a wall section that protrudes from the main body of the infusion device in the vicinity of the activation button. A cover device covers the activation button prior to the actuation of the activation button. The cover device slides on the main body of the infusion device. When the cover covers the activation button, movement of the cover is restricted by the protruding wall section adjacent to the activation button, to hold the cover in position over the activation button.
US09522229B2
An infusion device (10) includes one or more of automatic insertion and retraction of an introducer needle (40) and catheter (28), introducer needle safety and extension set. The device (10) can further comprise a top-push button (16) activation feature, a side-push button (402) activation feature or a rotary-button (412) activation feature, and one or more of a manual interlock of an outer barrel and base, and a manual interlock for an extension set top and base. Packaging (500) for an integrated and/or removable inserter with activation button protection is also disclosed.
US09522228B2
A soft cannula is inserted into tissue and affixed to skin. A cannula arrangement moves within a housing and provides the soft cannula and a guiding needle extending through the cannula to temporarily stiffen it. A drive effects an insertion movement of the cannula arrangement from a first position, where a puncturing tip is pulled back relative to a face of the housing, into a second position, where the puncturing tip protrudes beyond the face, and automatically effects a retracting movement of the guiding needle into a third position, where the puncturing tip is pulled back relative to the face. The face is formed by a base plate affixed to the housing so that when the cannula arrangement is in the second position, the face detaches from the housing. A holder element is connected to the soft cannula and couples to the base plate in the cannula arrangement's second position.
US09522225B2
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to patches for medical devices. In various embodiments, an adhesive patch of a medical device may have selective areas with adhesive material of varying adhesion strengths. In other embodiments, an adhesive patch of a medical device may include adhesive material that may be activated by a catalyst to increase or decrease the adhesion strength of the adhesive material. In further embodiments, a medical device may include a pierceable membrane containing an agent, the pierceable membrane positioned to be pierced by a needle and to cause some of the agent to be carried to the user-patient.
US09522223B2
A housing for a fluid infusion device is provided. The housing can include a first housing component including a first engagement system. The first housing component can define a first compartment and a second compartment. The first engagement system can be coupled to the second compartment and movable relative to the second compartment. The housing can also include a second housing component coupled to the first compartment of the first housing component. The second housing component can include a second engagement system. The second engagement system can be movable relative to the second housing component.
US09522214B2
A method of promoting haemostasis in a patient is provided by the administration, to the site of blood loss, of a viscous thixotropic haemostatic composition comprising an ionic precipitating agent, a fatty alcohol, an alcohol phosphate diester and one of an alkoxyether phosphate or a monoester phosphate of an alkoxylated fatty alcohol.
US09522204B2
A treatment apparatus (1) of closures (2, 22) for containers using a sterilizing substances, comprising: a rotating unit (6); dispensing means (16) of the sterilizing substance; at least two types of rails (7a, 7b), longitudinal and parallel, of which a first type of rails (7a) houses, by force of gravity, a first format of closures (2) and a second type of rails (7b) houses, by force of gravity, a second format of closures (22), the rails (7a, 7b) being solidly constrained to the rotating unit (6) and being arranged in such a way as to follow a circumferential extension thereof.
US09522193B2
Compositions and methods are provided including a transporter peptide derived from the loop2 domain of the neuronally-derived lynx1 protein which can be conjugated to an effector agent to form a transporter-effector complex for transport of the therapeutic effector agent to a target that is found across the blood brain barrier.
US09522186B2
M-CSF-specific RX1-based or RX-1 derived antibodies are provided, along with pharmaceutical compositions containing such antibody, kits containing a pharmaceutical composition, and methods of preventing and treating bone loss in a subject afflicted with an osteolytic disease.
US09522185B2
The present invention provides antibodies that bind to human GFRα3 and methods of using same. According to certain embodiments of the invention, the antibodies are fully human antibodies that bind to human GFRα3. The antibodies of the invention are useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders associated with one or more GFRα3 biological activities, including the treatment of acute or chronic pain conditions, or inflammatory conditions.
US09522183B2
The present invention provides liposomal compositions for inducing immune tolerance. The compounds typically comprise a liposome displaying a specific antigen and also a binding moiety for a sialic acid binding Ig-like lectin (Siglec)expressed on B cells. The invention also provides methods for inducing tolerance to a protein or polypeptide antigen (e.g., a protein antigen) in a subject. The methods involve administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition that co-presents both the antigen and a glycan ligand for a Siglec expressed on B lymphocytes.
US09522177B2
The present invention relates to an antimicrobial and immunostimulatory system, applications thereof and a process for the production of the antimicrobial and immunostimulatory system. The present invention provides a storage-stable antimicrobial and immunostimulatory system comprising an oxidoreductase enzyme, a substrate for the oxidoreductase enzyme and hydrogen peroxide in an aqueous solution wherein the substrate for the oxidoreductase enzyme is present up to 90% by weight and water is present up to 20% by weight based on the weight of the total composition; the system has a pH from approximately 4 to 8; and the system provides a two-stage hydrogen peroxide release.
US09522173B2
A method is provided for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of a condition where an enhancement of a Th1-mediated immune response and suppression of a Th2/Th17-mediated immune response are desired. The method comprises the step of administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of at least one interferon alpha subtype selected from IFN-α10, IFN-α14, and a hybrid thereof. The condition to be treated may be selected from the group consisting of an autoimmune disease, an inflammatory disease (e.g. inflammatory bowel disease) and allergy or an associated allergic condition.
US09522164B2
Compositions and methods for the treatment of cancer are provided.
US09522163B2
The present invention relates to a method of treating hepatitis in a patient, which includes administering a pharmaceutical composition that includes carbon monoxide to the patient.
US09522160B2
The present invention relates to an ophthalmic formulation which comprises a fine particle of Compound A in an aqueous suspension and a manufacturing process thereof. More specifically, the present invention relates to a topically applied ophthalmic aqueous suspension which is obtainable by suspending fine particles of Compound A in an aqueous vehicle containing a surfactant and boric acid. The invention also provides processes for making the ophthalmic formulations and to methods of use thereof.
US09522157B2
Oral dosage forms of osteoclast inhibitors, such as nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates, can be used to treat or alleviate pain or related conditions.
US09522152B2
The present invention relates to aryl- or heteroaryl-substituted benzene compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods of treating cancer by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for research or other non-therapeutic purposes.
US09522150B2
Compounds are described herein useful for treating diseases and conditions by modulation of one or more alpha adrenergic receptor. The compounds can include a naphthalene, a quinoline, a benzimidazole or an isoquinoline as a core structure. Methods of making, using and formulating these compounds are described.
US09522149B2
Compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, and R10 have the meanings as indicated in the specification, are useful for treating diseases mediated by blockade of the epithelial sodium channel. Pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds and processes for preparing the compounds are also described.
US09522146B2
Chemical entities that modulate PI3 kinase activity, pharmaceutical compositions containing the chemical entities, and methods of using these chemical entities for treating diseases and conditions associated with PI3 kinase activity are described herein.
US09522139B2
A method and composition for treating cancer cells that targets fructose-1,6-biphosphatase (EC:3.1.3.11) enzymes (FBPs, type 1 and type 2) and/or their respective pathways. In one embodiment, inhibitors of FBPs or FBPs pathways are administered to a patient to treat brain cancer metastasis. In another embodiment, the present invention is particularly well suited for treating cancer cells that generally survive under glucose-independent conditions, or any other condition where cancer cells produce glucose via FBPs mediated pathways.
US09522133B2
The present invention relates to certain substituted 1,2,3,4-tetrahydrocyclopenta[b]indol-3-yl)acetic acid derivatives of Formula (Ia) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which exhibit useful pharmacological properties, for example, as agonists of the S1P1 receptor. Also provided by the present invention are pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of the invention, and methods of using the compounds and compositions of the invention in the treatment of S1P1 receptor-associated disorders, for example, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, transplant rejection, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, ulcerative colitis, type I diabetes, acne, microbial infections or diseases and viral infections or diseases.
US09522128B2
Use of cilastatin to reduce the nephrotoxicity of different compounds. The invention refers to use of cilastatin to prepare a medicinal product to reduce the nephrotoxicity of a nephrotoxic compound that enters the cells of the proximal tubule through cholesterol rafts. The invention is based on the discovery that a great number of nephrotoxic compounds, including drugs, enter the cells of the proximal tubule through the cholesterol rafts, and that cilastatin is able to interfere with this transport mechanism, decreasing the nephrotoxicity of such compounds to a variable extent. The nephroprotective effect is common to compounds of different chemical nature and solubility and is specific for the kidney, causing no interference with the effects of nephrotoxic drugs having their targets in other organs. Therefore, administration of cilastatin allows for decreasing the nephrotoxic effects of different drugs without reducing their therapeutic effects.
US09522127B2
Method of treating Philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative syndromes in a patient suffering from such syndromes. The method is carried out by administering to the patient diethyl-[6-(4-hydroxycarbamoyl-phenylcarbamoyloxymethyl)-naphthalen-2-yl -methyl]-ammonium chloride, or other pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or solvates, in a daily dosage amount of from 10 to 150 mg per patient.
US09522125B1
The present invention discloses that a method of treating cancer, preferably non-small cell lung cancer, comprises administrating mitoxantrone. The present invention also discloses a method of inhibiting ROS1 kinase comprising administrating mitoxantrone. A pharmaceutical composition comprising mitoxantrone is also disclosed.
US09522121B2
The invention relates to a composition comprising in an aqueous phase, particles having a diameter in the range of 20 to 500 nm, said particles containing:—an oil phase;—in said oil phase,—an aqueous droplet, or—a nanocapsule (NC) comprising:—an aqueous core, and—a polymeric shell or a shell composed of an amphiphilic substance; and—a surfactant. This composition is particularly useful for encapsulating hydrophilic and/or lipophilic substances.
US09522119B2
Drug delivery formulations, uses thereof and methods of making same are provided in order to reduce the potential for abuse, misuse or improper administration of an addictive substance or any active substance and to prevent, reduce, inhibit, or delay purposeful or accidental overdose of an active substance by ingesting too many dosage forms at once, for example.
US09522117B2
The present application describes pharmaceutical formulations of bromocriptine mesylate and methods of manufacturing and using such formulations. The formulations are useful for improving glycemic control in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
US09522110B1
A ceramide dispersion composition, includes: at least one ceramide represented by Formula (1) or Formula (2); a surfactant; and trisodium ascorbyl palmitate phosphate, wherein in Formula (1), R1 represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having at least one unsaturated double bond, R2 represents an alkyl group having 9 or more carbon atoms, and n represents an integer from 20 to 34; and in Formula (2), R3 represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having at least one unsaturated double bond, R4 represents an alkyl group having 9 or more carbon atoms, m represents an integer from 20 to 34, and X represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group.
US09522109B2
A method for enhancing skin collagen in an individual includes administering a composition to the individual, the composition comprising a skin collagen enhancing agent comprising menaquinone-7 as an active ingredient. In addition, a composition is provided in the form of at least one of an emulsion and a cream, the composition including a skin collagen enhancing agent comprising menaquinone-7 as an active ingredient.
US09522080B2
An intravenous heat exchange catheter and/or an external cooling pad/bladder can be used to maintain hypothermia in, e.g., a cardiac arrest patient, but to accelerate the cooling process the patient first can be infused with cold saline before the opportunity arises to connect the catheter or pad to the patient.
US09522079B2
An ostomy bag with a filter construction is provided. The filter construction includes a deodorising element and an extension element. The extension element may function to provide buoyancy means so that a gas-inlet portion at the extension element is kept on top of the output or pushed away by the output. The extension element may also be attached to the ostomy bag at a distance from the deodorising element so as to provide a controlled flow path for the gas-flow.
US09522075B1
An ankle support for wearing over a person's lower leg and foot is disclosed. The ankle support includes a yoke made of a semi-rigid, flexible material. The yoke includes a shin portion and a stirrup portion. A removable cap that is adapted for extending over the stirrup portion of the yoke is used with the ankle support. The removable cap includes a groove for engaging the stirrup portion of the yoke. Additionally, a separate shin section cover that is adapted for extending over the shin portion of the yoke and include a groove that will accept a mating portion of the yoke is also provided. The shin section cover can be varied independently of the removable cap.
US09522074B2
A stent delivery system is configured so that its outer diameter can be reduced when the balloon is folded and the stent is mounted on the folded balloon. The stent delivery system includes a balloon which is expandable by injection of fluid inside the balloon, and is folded in the form of stacked layers around an outer circumference of an elongated inner tube. The stent delivery system also includes a stent having a plurality of annular parts, each formed with a wire in an annular shape and arranged in the direction of the axis of the stent, and a plurality of connecting parts connecting the neighboring annular parts. All the connecting parts are arranged on the outer circumference of the balloon in a manner that each of the connecting parts is positioned on a minimum-layered portion having the smallest number of stacked layers.
US09522072B2
Articles made of a porous material having a fibrillar microstructure of bent fibrils and provided with a fracturable coating whereby the physical size of the article may be changed by the application of force to the article in a direction substantially parallel to a direction of orientation of the fibrils. The application of a tensile force to such an article in a direction substantially parallel to orientation of the bent fibrils results in fracturing of the fracturable material and straightening of the bent fibrils. Methods of making such articles are also described. The articles may include implantable articles such as vascular grafts and stent-grafts; such devices may, for example, be forcibly increased in diameter or in length wherein the force results in fracturing of the coating. One such coated material is porous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene provided with a coating of fluorinated ethylene propylene.
US09522042B2
The ablation systems, ablation probes, and corresponding methods according to the present disclosure reduce or eliminate energy radiating from an ablation probe into the environment. Some ablation probes include a retractable sheath that shields at least the radiating portion of the ablation probe. The retractable sheath and/or the ablation probe may include conduits through which a fluid may flow to shield the radiating portion and to drive the retractable sheath to an extended state. Other ablation probes include apertures defined in the probe walls through which the fluid can flow to expand a balloon surrounding the radiating portion. Yet other ablation probes include a thermal indicator to indicate the temperature of the ablation probe to a user. The ablation systems include fluid circuits and associated mechanical controls for varying the contents and/or flow rate of the fluid provided to the radiating portion of the ablation probe.
US09522036B2
According to some embodiments, an ablation device comprises an elongate body (e.g., a catheter) having a proximal end and a distal end, a first electrode (e.g., a radiofrequency electrode) positioned at the distal end of the elongate body, at least a second electrode (e.g., a radiofrequency electrode) positioned at a location proximal to the first electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode being configured to contact tissue of a subject and deliver radiofrequency energy sufficient to at least partially ablate the tissue, at least one electrically insulating gap positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode and a filtering element configured to present a low impedance at a frequency used for delivering ablation energy via the first and second electrodes.
US09522017B2
Methods and systems for accessing an operating cavity when performing endoscopic surgery comprising. The systems and methods include at least one obturator-free cannula unit and a trocar assembly. The trocar assembly includes a single dedicated functional obturator independent of the cannula unit and an endoscopic cannula. The invention also provides a system and methods for providing continuous flow of carbon dioxide during a laparoscopic procedure.
US09522009B2
A device for forming a circular arc-shaped bore includes: a stiff circular arc-shaped tube having a central axis; a flexible shaft insertable into the tube; and a head mountable to a first end of the shaft.
US09522008B2
The invention includes a system, method and kit for preparation of a bone. One aspect of the present invention is a bone preparation system comprising a cutting instrument and a guiding element. The cutting instrument includes a distal attachment feature and a distal region. The guiding element includes a proximal attachment feature and a guiding surface. When the proximal attachment feature of the guiding element is engaged with the distal attachment feature of the cutting instrument, the cutting instrument can pivot about the proximal attachment feature until the distal region contacts the guiding surface.
US09522006B2
A novel catheter-based system that ligates the left atrial appendage (LAA) on the outside of the heart, preferably using a combination of catheters and/or instruments, e.g., a guide catheter inserted into the interior of the left atrial appendage that may assist in locating the left atrial appendage and/or assist in the optimal placement of a ligature or constricting element on the outside of the appendage, and a ligating catheter and/or instrument outside the heart in the pericardial space to set the ligature or constricting element at the neck of the left atrial appendage.
US09522004B2
The present disclosure relates to a dissecting tip for use in a surgical stapler or instrument.
US09522003B2
Embodiments of a clamping instrument are disclosed. In some embodiments, a clamping device with calibrated parameters and a calibration process for the clamping device is presented. A method of calibrating a clamping instrument can include acquiring a data set of clamping torque as a function of tip deflection data for the clamping instrument; determining a torque limit from the data set; and storing the torque limit in the clamping instrument.
US09521993B2
A needle includes a surface with a plurality of first ultrasound reflecting depressions formed therein. The first depressions are distributed along at least a portion of a length of the needle separated from one another by intervening sections. Each of the first depressions is extending along a curve between first and second ends adjacent to corresponding ones of the intervening sections with troughs at which surfaces of each of the first depressions most closely approach a longitudinal axis of the needle being offset toward the first ends of each of the first depressions.
US09521991B2
To implement a single-chip ultrasonic imaging solution, on-chip signal processing may be employed in the receive signal path to reduce data bandwidth and a high-speed serial data module may be used to move data for all received channels off-chip as digital data stream. The digitization of received signals on-chip allows advanced digital signal processing to be performed on-chip, and thus permits the full integration of an entire ultrasonic imaging system on a single semiconductor substrate. Various novel waveform generation techniques, transducer configuration and biasing methodologies, etc., are likewise disclosed. HIFU methods may additionally or alternatively be employed as a component of the “ultrasound-on-a-chip” solution disclosed herein.
US09521987B2
A console acquires a displacement amount of an X-ray source from a displacement amount detector. In the case where an electronic cassette having an image detector is not appropriately positioned with respect to a body part to be imaged, a position of the X-ray source is changed in accordance with a position of the body part to be imaged. A dose measurement field position determining unit specifies a current relative position between the X-ray source and the electronic cassette having the image detector based on a displacement amount. The dose measurement field position determining unit determines a position of a dose measurement field based on the specified current relative position.
US09521985B2
A method for automatically detecting the presence of a contrast agent in an x-ray image includes acquiring a preliminary x-ray image. A background image is estimated. The contrast agent is administered. A plurality of image frames is acquired. The background image is subtracted from each image frame. An image having a highest image intensity is selected. A predefined shape model is fitted to the selected image using a semi-global optimization strategy. The fitting of the shape model is used to fit the shape model to each of the subtracted images. A feature value is calculated for each image frame based on pixel intensities of each pixel fitted to the shape model for the corresponding subtracted image. An image frame of peak contrast is determined by selecting the image frame with the greatest feature value.
US09521981B2
X-ray CT system is provided that reduces waiting time for shuttle scanning, comprising: top-plate moving unit; rotary moving unit; data acquisition system; and control unit. Top-plate moving unit displaces top plate to reciprocate in a direction from a starting point to an ending point and in the direction from the ending point to the starting point. Rotary moving unit drives X-ray radiator radiating X-rays to revolve around the subject. Data acquisition system detects X-rays passed through the subject and to gather projection data. Controller controls at least top-plate moving unit so that, during a scanning with X-rays, while projection data are gathered with reciprocating movement of top plate between the starting point and the ending point and with X-ray radiator being driven to make revolving movement, the duration required for reciprocation of the top plate movement being an integral multiple of revolution period of the revolving movement of X-ray radiator.
US09521969B2
A biological signal measuring system includes: a light emitter emitting a first light beam and a second light beam; a light receiver outputting first and second signals in accordance with light intensities of the first and second light beams that have been passed through or reflected from a living tissue of a subject; a first calculating section acquiring a light attenuation of the first and second light beams based on the first and second signals; a second calculating section acquiring a blood-derived light attenuation based on the light attenuation of the first and second light beams; a third calculating section identifying a blood fill time for filling the living tissue, based on a temporal change of the blood-derived light attenuation associated with pressurization of the living tissue; and an outputting section outputting the identified blood fill time.
US09521958B2
A gas cell to be filled with alkali metal atoms includes wall surfaces formed using a compound having polar groups or a material containing the compound, a first coating layer as a coating layer that coats the inner walls, formed using first molecules having functional groups to be chemically bonded to the polar groups and non-polar groups, and a second coating layer formed using non-polar second molecules on the first coating layer.
US09521949B2
Systems and methods for analyzing the anatomy of a patient's eye with circular or rotated polarized laser beams, or with laser beams of different wavelengths are disclosed. One system includes a polarization beam-splitter and a quarter-wave plate, wherein the quarter-wave plate is configured to circularly rotate a laser beam received from a laser that is transmitted and passes through the polarization beam-splitter, and to transform a circularly rotated back-reflected beam to a linearly polarized laser beam that is perpendicular to the beam that was transmitted through the polarization beam-splitter. Substantially all of the back-reflected beam is directed to a photo-detector for analysis. A Faraday rotator subsystem may be substituted for a polarization beam-splitter. An optical system including a laser that generates a laser beam of a first wavelength for therapeutic treatment, and another laser that generates a laser beam of a second wavelength for measurement is also disclosed.
US09521947B2
A fluorescence-spectrum-recording unit, a fluorescence-image-acquiring unit, and a fluorescent-dye-density-calculating unit are comprised, the calculating unit calculates the densities D1 to Dm of fluorescent dyes 1 to m in each of all the pixels and in all of the pixels with the following equation, and, when there exists a pixel in which one of the calculation values of these densities is smaller than 0, a set value larger than the calculation value smaller than 0 is substituted for the density the calculation value of which is smaller than 0 in the equation, and the densities of the other fluorescent dyes are recalculated, relative to the pixel: ( D 1 ⋮ Dm ) = ( a 1 ( λ 1 ) … am ( λ 1 ) ⋮ ⋮ ⋮ a 1 ( λ n ) … am ( λ n ) ) - 1 ( I all ( λ 1 ) ⋮ I all ( λ n ) ) where a1 (λ1) to am (λn) denote the coefficients for the fluorescent dyes at the standard density at the wavelengths λ1 to λn, and Iall(λ1) to Iall(λn) denote the intensities of the fluorescence image at the wavelengths λ1 to λn.
US09521944B2
An endoscope system includes a determining section that determines whether or not an image pickup device is moving at a predetermined speed or higher based on position/direction information and determines, when the image pickup device is not moving at the predetermined speed or higher, that a subject internal image is an image that can be pasted onto a model image of a predetermined organ in a state where the position/direction information of an objective optical window and position/direction information in a coordinate system of the predetermined organ model image are associated with each other, and an image pasting section that reads the subject internal image determined to be the image that can be pasted from the memory and pastes the subject internal image onto the model image of the predetermined organ based on the position/direction information.
US09521924B2
A brewable beverage making machine includes a brewing chamber assembly for holding a brewable substance therein, the brewing chamber assembly including inlet openings for supply of an input liquid therein, an outlet opening at an upper end thereof, and a discharge opening for discharging the brewed liquid, the inlet openings being sized and oriented to cause turbulent agitation; a heater which heats the input liquid supplied to the brewing chamber assembly; an pump for supplying heated liquid from the heater through the inlet openings; a first valve connected with the outlet opening; and a microprocessor which opens the first valve during initial filling of the brewing chamber assembly with the heated liquid and closes the first valve when the heated liquid reaches a predetermined level in the brewing chamber assembly to cause pressurization of the heated liquid in the brewing chamber assembly during a brewing operation.
US09521915B1
An apparatus operable to provide hanging of an object on a vertical wall such as but not limited to an open back canvas. The apparatus includes a wall member and a frame member. The wall member includes a lower portion and an upper portion contiguously formed. The upper portion is configured to angularly extend away from a wall subsequent mounting the wall member thereto. The upper portion of the wall member includes a first leg member and a second leg member with a channel intermediate thereto. The frame member includes an upper surface operable to support an object thereon. A lip is formed along the rear perimeter edge of the upper surface. The frame member includes an upper portion having an angular perimeter edge. Contiguously formed with the upper portion is an arm that is configured to extend downward therefrom. The arm is inserted into the channel.
US09521909B2
A rapidly assembled sofa includes left and right armrests, a back board and a seat board. The upper portion on the lateral surface of the back board is connected with the armrests in a slider mode, the lower portion on the lateral surface of the back board is connected with the armrests in a latch pin mode, and the seat board is flexibly fastened to the armrests. The rapidly assembled sofa is advantageous in that a connection mode without any bolt is achieved, and the stability in the case of utilizing a bolt for connection can be achieved; the assembling becomes much easier, more convenient and faster, and both time and energy are saved; the assembling operation can be accomplished by a single person, which is especially suitable for women customers; and the contour is clean and artistic since the connection structure is hidden after assembled.
US09521907B2
An office chair including a linking mechanism between a movable chair seat and a pivotable chair back. The mounting arrangement between the chair back and the chair seat includes swing arm assembly that is pivotally connected to the chair seat. When the chair seat moves forward, the swing arm assembly moves with the chair seat and causes the chair back to pivot and move relative to a stationary support arm. The stationary support arm includes a curved support face that moves within a movement slot formed on the swing arm assembly. The movement slot includes a roller that helps guide relative movement between the two components. The chair seat includes a thigh support portion that allows the user to adjust the seat depth as desired.
US09521892B2
A portable apparatus for the steam treatment of hair includes a liquid tank, and a device for supplying a steam generator with liquid having a vaporisation chamber in thermal contact with an electric heating member, the vaporisation chamber communicating with one or more openings for dispensing steam towards a lock of hair. The generator is supplied with liquid by an electric pump, and the flow rate of the steam thus generated is higher than 5 g/min, and preferably of between 10 g/min and 60 g/min.
US09521890B2
A hair styling iron includes a handle to which a barrel is mounted, a heating element in the barrel, a rotary drive including a motor that rotates the barrel, a control circuit including a timer, and a momentary drive switch which is user actuable and connected to the control circuit for control of the motor. Actuation of the drive switch must be maintained to operate the rotary drive. The control circuit monitors at least one change of state of the drive switch to determine a starting time, and actuates an alarm after an elapsed time measured from the starting time. The elapsed time is calculated by the control circuit in direct proportion to an angle of rotation of the barrel relative to the handle that occurs between a first actuation of the drive switch and release of the drive switch immediately following the first actuation of the drive switch.
US09521884B2
In a fastener chain, at least some warps constituting a woven fastener tape are provided with a flame retardant phosphorus-copolymerized polyester fiber and wefts constituting the same fastener tape are provided with a synthetic fiber that is not phosphorus-copolymerized and that has a higher degree of tensile strength than the flame retardant polyester fiber. With this configuration, superior flame retardancy can be stably obtained and there is no variance in the flame retardancy of the fastener chains. In the fastener chain, the heat contraction of the warp is used to improve the chain horizontal pull force, and by increasing the frictional resistance between the warp and the weft, shifting of the weave pattern of the fastener tape can be prevented. Further, the fastener chain can be provided at a low cost because of the small amount of flame retardant polyester fiber used.
US09521878B2
Provided is a functional shoe that automatically prevents a slip, the function shoe including a rotation body part fixed to an outsole of the functional shoe to rotate to a front or rear side of the functional shoe, and an anti-slip part connected to the rotation body part to contact a ground and rotating integrally with the rotation body part according to a sliding direction of the functional shoe. The anti-slip part includes a first distal end, which is sharp and is oriented to the front side of the functional shoe, and a second distal end which is sharp and is oriented to the rear side of the functional shoe.
US09521872B1
The Wind Up Mitt is an ambidextrous, single hand, mitt made of a plurality of materials with a stitched-in woven belting strap, which extends longitudinally within the length of the mitt, and further extends beyond the end of the mitt, and is equipped with either a buckle or hook and loop attachments. Corresponding buckles or hook and loop attachments are loop stitched onto both sides of the mitt's exterior to facilitate hand-loop winding, binding, and storage of linear flexible material items such as, but not limited to: electrical extension cords, electrical cables, stranded wire electrical holiday lights, ropes, cords, flexible hoses, flexible tubing, cloth measuring tapes, stranded electrical wire and solid electrical wire. This device, along with the wound up linear flexible material item, may be vertically hung on a receiving peg or hook for storage, and a hook and loop closure is stitched within the mitt's hand opening to help seal the mitt's interior during storage.
US09521852B2
The present invention relates to a device for weighing dough, comprising an endless conveyor, for conveying a plurality of endless dough pieces, extending essentially in parallel lanes on said conveyor in a direction of conveyance and a plurality of weighing-units, arranged under the endless conveyor, and supporting the latter, the weighing units being distributed at different locations spread over the width of the conveyor, each for weighing a different dough piece.
US09521843B2
An herbicidal concentrate composition that contains Prodiamine herbicide for application to a granular carrier such as a fertilizer granule, or a granule to be mixed with granular fertilizer.
US09521842B2
The use of poly(oxybutylene)-poly(oxyethylene)-poly(oxybutylene) block copolymers in pharmaceutical compositions useful for modifying the surfaces of contact lenses and other medical devices is disclosed. The present invention is based in-part on a discovery that this class of compounds is particularly efficient in wetting hydrophobic surfaces, such as the surfaces of silicone hydrogel contact lenses and other types of ophthalmic lenses, but do not induce foaming when used in conjunction with a peroxide-based contact lens disinfection regimen. Such compounds may also be useful for cleaning purposes. The use of the compounds as surfactants in peroxide-based compositions for disinfecting contact lenses therefore represents a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
US09521841B2
A process for producing aqueous chlorous acid solution in which chlorous acid, which is safe for the human body, is easy to handle, and less generates chlorine dioxide, is yielded and used as a disinfectant for a pretreatment in food processing. To an aqueous sodium chlorate solution is added sulfuric acid or an aqueous solution thereof in such an amount and concentration that the pH of the aqueous solution can be kept at 2.3-3.4 to thereby react them and generate chloric acid. Subsequently, hydrogen peroxide is added to the chloric acid in an amount which is equal to or larger than the amount necessary for a reduction reaction to thereby yield chlorous acid. Any one of inorganic acids, inorganic acid salts, organic acids, and organic acid salts, or two or more thereof, or a combination or these is added to the aqueous solution containing chlorous acid yielded, whereby the chlorous and acid can be present for long and the pH of the aqueous solution is regulated to regulated to 3.2-7.0. Thus, high bactericidal power is imparted thereto.
US09521839B2
The present invention provides a method for cryoprotecting a biological specimen comprising the step of freezing said biological specimen in the presence of a hydrogel and in the absence of cryoprotectant.
US09521837B2
An insect trap for multiple species of pest insects, especially flying insects that are an indoor nuisance. The trap contains at least two parallel, planar, transparent faces, each face configured to polarize transmitted light into a single plane. The faces are oriented such that the light polarization planes are at substantially right angles. When the trap is attached substantially flush to a window, phototactic insects against the window perceive the trap faces as transparent and are thus induced to crawl in to the trap. However, light is prevented from passing through both faces, substantially obscuring the view of trapped insects inside to a casual human observer.
US09521835B1
The fishing pole holder for a dock railing includes a clamp assembly that is configured to be secured to a dock railing. The clamp assembly is adjustable, and can secure itself to dock railings of differing geometries. The clamp assembly includes a biasing member that provides a secure connection to the dock railing. The clamp assembly includes a rod holder that extends away from the dock railing. The rod holder is configured to receive a fishing pole there against. The fishing pole is ideally rested on a ground surface, and leans at an acute angle upwardly in order to rest against the rod holder. The rod holder is further defined with a “u”-shaped bracket that enables the fishing rod to rest there against.
US09521834B2
The device for retaining fishing line on a fishing rod includes first and second jaw members. Each of the jaw members has a clamping portion and a handle portion. The first and second jaw members are connected for pivotal movement between a first position, wherein the clamping portions are proximate each other, and a second position, wherein the clamping portions are remote from each other. A spring is provided for biasing the jaw members toward the first position. First and second resilient members, each having an interior planar surface and an arcuate exterior surface, are fixed to different ones of the jaw members such that when the jaw members are in the first position, the interior surfaces of the first and second resilient members face each other and can retain the fishing rod and fishing line therebetween.
US09521831B2
An apparatus for removing eggs from an egg carrier is provided. Such an apparatus includes a frame and an egg lifting system having an array of egg lifting devices configured to lift eggs from the egg carrier. A platform assembly has a platform configured to be moveably positioned between the array of egg lifting devices and the egg carrier. In this manner, the platform is capable of being positioned to receive eggs released from the egg lifting devices while concurrently obstructing access of the egg lifting devices to the egg carrier. An associated method is also provided.
US09521825B2
A lettuce cultivar, designated Monterra, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds, plants and plant parts of lettuce cultivar Monterra and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the cultivar Monterra with itself or another lettuce cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to lettuce cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Monterra, to methods for producing other lettuce cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Monterra and to the lettuce plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid lettuce seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar Monterra with another lettuce cultivar.
US09521823B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01051901. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01051901. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01051901 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01051901 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09521814B2
A growth substrate for plants including polylactic acid, wherein the polylactic acid is particulate polylactic acid foam. A method for preparing a growth substrate for plants including polylactic acid foam, the method including providing particulate expandable polylactic acid and exposing the particulate expandable polylactic acid to predetermined temperature and pressure conditions to obtain particulate polylactic acid foam.
US09521809B2
A bale processor with a bale processing bin that has a bale cutter therein and an engagement section on the bale cutter for supporting part of a bale. A conveyor section supports another part of the bale. The bale processor has a load sensor that senses the load, or something that is a function of the load, on the bale cutter and a controller controls feeding of the bale to the bale cutter and/or the position of the engagement section, based on the function of the load on the cutter.
US09521803B2
A seed label including a label layer removably attached to a clear film layer by an adhesive layer, and at least one seed disposed between the label layer and clear film layer. The label layer may be made of a biodegradable material. The adhesive layer may be a dry release-clean release adhesive layer. The label layer may include water-based ink printing thereon. The adhesive layer may be a water-based adhesive. The seed label may be removably affixed to a package. The seed label may be disposable in a container for germinating the seeds. A method of manufacturing a seed label, includes providing a label layer, automatically placing at least one seed on one side of the label layer, and automatically attaching the label layer to a clear film layer by an adhesive layer, with the seed disposed between the label layer and clear film layer.
US09521798B2
An agricultural tillage implement includes a main frame including a hitch extending in a travel direction, at least one secondary frame, a plurality of rolling basket assemblies and a pressure control system. The secondary frame is coupled with the frame. The plurality of rolling basket assemblies include first and second rolling basket assemblies. Both first and second rolling basket assemblies are coupled to the at least one secondary frame. The first rolling basket assembly has an effective length, and the second rolling basket assembly has a different effective length. The pressure control system is configured to supply different selected pressures to the first and second rolling basket assembly to substantially equalize a down pressure per unit of effective length of the rolling basket assemblies.
US09526184B2
A method and system for constructing a printed circuit board with multifunctional holes. A first conductive material is deposited into a hole in a substrate to form a first plating on an inner surface of the hole. At least one outer portion of the hole is modified to have a larger diameter than the original hole and to remove the first conductive material from that outer portion. A seed material is deposited into the modified hole. An etchant is applied to the hole to non-mechanically remove the first conductive material from the unmodified portion of the hole. Another conductive material is deposited to into the modified hole that adheres to the seed material in the modified outer portion via to form a second plating at the outer portion.
US09526182B2
The method includes positioning an electronic component using main marks formed on a metal layer and mounting the electronic component on a second surface of the metal layer with an adhesive layer interposed between the metal layer and both of the electronic component and terminals; then burying the electronic component and the main marks in an insulating substrate; then removing part of the metal layer and forming a first window for exposing the main marks therefrom and a second window for exposing the adhesive layer including a position corresponding to the terminal therefrom; then using the exposed main marks as references and forming a laser via hole LVH reaching the terminal in the adhesive layer exposed from the second window; and thereby forming a wiring pattern from the metal layer electrically connected to the terminal through a first conductive via formed by plating the LVH with copper.
US09526181B2
An electronic device of the present invention includes an insulating base substrate in which a plurality of through electrodes are formed, an electronic element which is electrically connected to the through electrodes and is mounted on one surface of the base substrate, a lid which accommodates the electronic element and is bonded to the one surface of the base substrate, and an external electrode which covers a region from an end face of the through electrode, which is exposed by the other surface of the base substrate, to the other surface in the vicinity of the end face. The external electrode includes a conductive film which covers a region ranging from the end face to the other surface in the vicinity of the end face, and a paste film which covers a surface of the conductive film and is formed of a conductive paste. The paste film is formed by a printing method and is formed of tin or a tin alloy.
US09526178B2
A printed circuit board (PCB) backdrilling method is disclosed, where a conductive layer is disposed between a surface of a PCB on an intended-for-backdrilling side of a plated through hole (PTH) and a target signal layer of the PCB, and the method includes: performing a first backdrilling on the PTH with a first preset depth starting from the surface of the PCB; controlling the backdrill bit to move along the drill hole formed in the first backdrilling toward the target signal layer; and when the backdrill bit is in contact with the conductive layer, completing a second backdrilling with a second preset depth starting from the conductive layer.
US09526174B2
A multilayer ceramic electronic component may include: a multilayer ceramic capacitor including a ceramic body, a plurality of first and second internal electrodes formed to be alternately exposed to both side surfaces of the ceramic body, having a dielectric layer therebetween, and first and second external electrodes connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively; and an interposer board including an insulation board coupled to the mounting surface of the multilayer ceramic capacitor and first and second connection terminals formed on the insulation board and connected to the first and second external electrodes, respectively.
US09526163B2
A system and method is provided for crosstalk reduction in a coupled transmission line on a multilayer structure. The coupled transmission line provides a high frequency signal such as from a local oscillator to an electronic component such as a mixer. The signal carried by the coupled transmission line may be buffered and asymmetrically tapped. The coupled transmission line may have individual parallel lines extending in the direction of current flow. The lines may carry current in opposite directions. Each line contains strips and/or is disposed on a different metallization layer. Strips on each metallization layer (before being routed to another metallization layer) may carry current in opposite directions and overlying strips on different metallization layers may carry current in opposite directions. Multiple strips of an individual line present on a single metallization layer may be disposed symmetrically around a centerline of the coupled transmission line.
US09526162B2
A board assembly includes: a circuit board; a shield member coupled to the circuit board to face the circuit board; and at least one socket for a storage medium which is mounted on the circuit board. The shield member includes an opening that exposes the entirety of the socket to the outside. The board assembly forms an opening in a dual recess structure to accommodate the socket. Thus, the board assembly may contribute to the reduction of the thickness of an electronic device while being stacked with a battery. Further, the entire socket is exposed to the outside of the shield member, the storage medium may be easily removed.
US09526161B2
A transformer is formed into a substantially U shape. The length of the transformer may thus be secured, and also the length of pattern wiring between an input terminal and an output terminal of a secondary coil of the transformer and the control terminals of a semiconductor device may be reduced. Moreover, the primary coil and the secondary coil of the transformer are arranged in parallel. The coupling coefficient between the primary coil and the secondary coil is thereby increased. An LC resonant circuit, not including the induction coil, and a switching circuit and the transformer are accommodated inside a housing. A water-cooling radiator is provided inside the housing, and also air inside the housing is circulated by a cooling fan while being guided to the radiator.
US09526160B2
A resonator body 1 comprises a square-tube-shaped side wall 2 with upper and lower walls. A cavity 5 is formed in the resonator body. The side wall has a microwave supply opening 6. A wave guide 7 is connected to the microwave supply opening through an inductive window 13. The upper and lower walls have reaction tube attachment openings 3a, 4a. A reaction tube 8 is attached to the reaction tube attachment openings and extends vertically through the cavity and cross an axis of the wave guide. Square tubes 10a-10b made of non-magnetic metal meshes are arranged concentrically to the resonator body and in nested manner in the cavity at a distance from both the interior surface of the side wall and the reaction tube.
US09526149B2
Disclosed herein is an object—sensing lighting network and an intelligent control system therefore. The control system dynamically determines the at least one lighting fixture's relationship to a plurality of other lighting fixtures. The light output level of a light source of the at least one lighting fixture is based at least partially on the at least one lighting fixture's relationship to the other lighting fixtures.
US09526147B2
An apparatuses, methods and systems for providing user control of an environmental parameter of a structure are disclosed. One method includes configuring one or more sensor units of the lighting system, establishing a local communication link between a user device and at least one sensor unit of the one or more sensor units, receiving, by the at least one sensor unit, a request from the user device, the at least one sensor unit propagating the request to a controller of the lighting system, the controller responding to the request with an operational change of a device associated with the at least one sensor unit, and the at least one sensor unit or the device associated with the at least one sensor unit providing an observable indicator to the user that the request has been addressed.
US09526141B2
A system and method for the automatic color/brightness adjustment of a video display screen, panel, module or other display component comprising light emitting diodes (“LEDs”). The system and method incorporate a reference LED and a light sensor on each module and use decay information sensed from each reference LED to determine the amount of decay experienced by the display LEDs in the modules. Each module will be adjusted to have one uniform color/brightness level based on the decay information sensed from each reference LED.
US09526136B1
An electronic driver is provided. The electronic driver includes a power converter including an output terminal and configured to generate a converter output power based on a first switching frequency of the power converter. The electronic driver also includes a first controller operatively coupled to the power converter and configured to control the first switching frequency of the power converter. The electronic driver further includes a visible light communication adapter operatively coupled to the output terminal of the power converter and configured to alter the converter output power to perform visible light communication.
US09526133B2
The invention relates to LED replacement lamp suitable for operation with a high frequency fluorescent lamp ballast, comprising—a LED load (LS) comprising a series arrangement of LEDs, —a first lamp end circuit comprising—a first lamp pin (LP1) and a second lamp pin (LP2) for connection to a first lamp connection terminal comprised in the high frequency fluorescent lamp ballast, —a first rectifier (D1-D4; D1, D2) equipped with at least one input terminal coupled to the second lamp pin and with first and second output terminals coupled to respective ends of the LED load, the first rectifier comprising at least two diodes, one of which is shunted by a first capacitor (C1), —a second lamp end circuit comprising—a third lamp pin (LP3) and a fourth lamp pin (LP4) for connection to a second lamp connection terminal comprised in the high frequency fluorescent lamp ballast, —a second rectifier (D5-D8, D5, D6) equipped with at least one input terminal coupled to the fourth lamp pin and with first and second output terminals coupled to respective ends of the LED load, the second rectifier comprising at least two diodes, one of which is shunted by a second capacitor (C2), wherein the first capacitor and the second capacitor form a series arrangement coupled between the second lamp pin and the fourth lamp pin.
US09526130B2
A transparent pane having an electrically heatable coating is described. The transparent pane is electrically connected to at least two first electrodes provided for electrical connection to two terminals of a voltage source. A heating field includes at least one coating-free zone. At least one second electrode is provided for electric connection to one terminal of the voltage source. A method for manufacturing the transparent pane is also described.
US09526126B2
A mobile communications radio receiver for multiple radio network operation includes an RF unit for generating a first down-converted signal from a radio signal received from a first radio network and a second down-converted signal from a radio signal received from a second radio network. Further, the receiver includes a first receiving unit including a user data channel demodulator configured to demodulate a dedicated user data physical channel and a control channel demodulator configured to demodulate a common control data channel of the first radio network based on the first down-converted signal. Still further, the receiver includes a second receiving unit including a pilot channel demodulator configured to demodulate a pilot channel of the second radio network based on the second down-converted signal. A first data connection is configured to couple control data contained in the second down-converted signal to the control channel demodulator of the first receiving unit.
US09526124B2
Provided are wireless communication method and apparatus. The wireless communication method includes: receiving wireless communication module information of a second terminal from the second terminal through a first communicator of a first terminal; and performing a wireless communication with the second terminal using the wireless communication module information through a second communicator of the first terminal.
US09526123B2
A local switching method for user plane data includes: after being triggered, a level 1 data node judging whether a direct tunnel can be established for a source user equipment and a target user equipment, and if so, establishing a direct tunnel between a source level 2 data node and a target level 2 data node for the source user equipment and the target user equipment; after receiving an IP data packet transmitted by the source user equipment to the target user equipment, the source level 2 data node forwarding the IP data packet to the target level 2 data node through the direct tunnel between the source level 2 data node and the target level 2 data node, so that the target level 2 data node forwards the IP data packet to the target user equipment.
US09526120B2
A computer-implemented technique for context-based application invocation for short-range wireless communication interactions can include exchanging sets of information between first and second computing devices via a short-range wireless communication medium. The set of information for a specific computing device can include at least one of (i) device type information for the specific computing device and (ii) user information for the specific computing device. The techniques can include performing, at one of the computing devices, at least one of a plurality of actions based on the set of information received from the other computing device. The plurality of actions can generally include (a) automatically configuring another wireless communication medium and (b) outputting a menu configured to receive a user selection from a set of operations associated with at least one of the short-range wireless communication medium and the other wireless communication medium.
US09526118B2
The present invention relates to a method and system for controlling contention period channel access, and in particular, to a system and method for controlling priority-based contention period channel access for reducing complexity in a WBAN MAC protocol which grants levels according to the importance of data and preferentially transmits data in a next beacon period having higher levels than data, the transmission of which was delayed in a previous beacon period. The present invention is supported by: a national research and development project, unique number 2011-0015744, with a research period of Jun. 1, 2011 to May 31, 2014; a WBAN core algorithm research project for an efficient smart medical space as a basic research project/staff researcher support project/core research support project supervised by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, unique project number NIPA-2011-(C1090-1121-0003), with a research period of Nov. 1, 2006 to Dec. 31, 2014; and an oriental and western new medical u-Life Care technology research project for a university IT research center promotion and support project supervised by the Ministry of Knowledge and Economy.
US09526116B2
The present invention relates to a method for granting medium access to a node in a wireless network, the network comprising at least two nodes, and the method comprising the step of determining, for one of the at least two nodes, a medium access rate to be used, a medium access rate determining how often a node transmits data throughout the network, wherein the rate is determined as being different from one node to another and dependent on the number of neighbors of a node. The invention also relates to a wireless radio network comprising at least two nodes, wherein a medium access rate to be used by a node is determined as being different from one node to another and dependent on the number of neighbors of a node, a medium access rate determining how often a node transmits data throughout the network.
US09526112B2
The disclosure describes apparatus and methods for including downlink control information (DCI) normally associated with the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) within a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) to reduce power consumption for a user equipment (UE) operating in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) radio resource control (RRC) connected mode. An enhanced NodeB base station can be configured to generate DCI associated with a future downlink resource assignment or uplink grant for the UE on the PDSCH or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and then include this DCI within the payload of a current PDSCH communication, such that the PDCCH does not need to be decoded by the UE during a time when DCI for future PDSCH communication is included within a current PDSCH.
US09526104B2
A base station broadcasts first parameters identifying a first set of almost blank subframes on a primary carrier. The base station transmits at least one unicast control message comprising second parameters identifying a second set of almost blank subframes on a secondary carrier and cross carrier scheduling parameters indicating that the primary carrier carries scheduling information for the secondary carrier. During the time the cross carrier scheduling is configured and the secondary carrier is activated, when the primary carrier enters an almost blank subframe, the secondary carrier also enters an almost blank subframe.
US09526103B2
Logic may implement a slot assignment scheme that uses information provided in traffic indication map (TIM) information element (IE) and restricted access window (RAW) parameter set (PS) IE to determine a station-to-slot mapping function for communication of slot assignments to stations for RAWs. The TIM IE may comprise a bitmap indicating paged and unpaged stations. The RAW PS IE may comprise a duration and a slot duration. Logic may implement the station-to-slot function by determining the number of slots in a RAW and correlating slot assignments for stations based upon a position for the station in the TIM bitmap. The TIM bitmap may identify each station via a bit on a page in the bitmap based upon an assignment of the station to a position in the TIM bitmap. The station-to-slot mapping function may use an offset for fair access.
US09526101B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a radio frequency transmit-receive apparatus, a terminal, and a method. The radio frequency transmit-receive apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first antenna unit, a duplexer, a radio frequency unit, and a signal selecting unit. The embodiments of the present invention can solve a problem of inflexible uplink and downlink resource configuration in a radio frequency transmit-receive apparatus in the prior art.
US09526094B2
Provided is a terminal that can accurately measure channel information between the terminal and each TP subjected to CoMP control. In this terminal, a reception processing unit (203) receives a reference signal transmitted from a specific transmission point and control information, and receives a signal transmitted from a transmission point other than the specific transmission point, this signal being received in resources comprising, from among a reference-signal resource group, a resource of a first number specified from the control information, and a resource of a second number separated from the first number by a predetermined number. A CSI generation unit (206) uses the reference signal and a signal received by an interference measurement resource to generate channel information. A transmission signal-forming unit (208) transmits the generated channel information.
US09526085B2
A communication station includes a modulation circuit, a mapping circuit and a transmitting circuit. The modulation circuit is configured to operably modulate the master information block (MIB). The mapping circuit is configured to operably map the modulated MIBs to the new carrier type physical broadcast channel (PBCH). The PBCH is configured in a plurality of radio frames. The transmitting circuit is configured to operably transmit the radio frames. Moreover, the mapping circuit maps the modulated MIBs to only part of six central radio blocks of the predetermined subframes of the radio frames. The six central radio blocks are configured to locate around the DC subcarrier.
US09526084B2
A mobile device periodically polls a network server via a communications network to obtain new communications addressed to a client account according to a polling schedule. The mobile device receives an indication of a threshold change of one or more of ambient light, temperature, or proximity of an object to the mobile device via an optical sensor of the mobile device, or an indication of motion of the mobile device via a motion sensor of the mobile device. The polling schedule is advanced responsive to the indication of the threshold change of ambient light, temperature, or proximity, or the indication of motion. The mobile device outputs a notification that new communications have been received by the mobile device from the network server.
US09526083B2
Described herein are techniques related to reducing scanning in a cellular network. A mobile device reduces scanning of the cellular network when coverage holes are detected and/or predicted along a route traveled by or a place visited by the mobile device. A mobile device also reduces scanning of the cellular network when the mobile device is stationary. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope and meaning of the claims.
US09526080B2
An in-vivo device may allocate a sensing window in a work cycle for sensing and processing localization signals to determine the location/orientation of the in-vivo device. The in-vivo device may use a timing unit to schedule transmission of data frames and the sensing of the localization signals relative to a reference time embedded in work cycles. The timing unit may produce a clock signal based on which the in-vivo device may measure time specifics, which define the sensing window, relative to the reference time. A receiver may use data embedded in data frames to restore the clock signal and the reference time, and, from them, and using identical or similar time specifics, generate a synchronization signal for a localization signals source (LSS) to enable the LSS to generate localization signals in synchronization with the sensing windows.
US09526078B1
A wireless communication system synchronizes a Single Frequency Network (SFN). The wireless communication system includes a multicast server system that transmits multimedia content to wireless access points. The wireless access points determine and transmit SFN transmit time information to the multicast server system. The multicast server system uses the SFN transmit time information to determine if at least one of the wireless access points has a synchronization offset that is greater than a threshold. The multicast server system stops the transmission of the multimedia content to the wireless access points with a synchronization offset that is greater than the threshold.
US09526070B2
The invention relates to the initiation of a service to a mobile terminal capable of communicating via at least a first and second access network. Further, the invention relates to a reduction of power consumption of mobile terminals supporting connectivity to at least two access networks. The invention also relates to mobile communication systems and in particular to mobile communications through heterogeneous access networks. In order to prove improved method for initiating services to mobile terminals and/or to reduce power consumption of mobile terminals, the invention introduces of a sleep state that can be entered by the terminal for an access system if same is not used. Upon requesting a service from/to the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal starts service initiation through a second access system and transits back to active state for the first access system for service provision.
US09526064B2
A discovery signal transmission/reception method and an apparatus for improving energy efficiency of the system are provided. The discovery signal transmission method of a base station in a mobile communication system according to the present disclosure includes acquiring a discovery signal configuration of a neighbor cell, transmitting the discovery signal configuration to a terminal, receiving a measurement report including a result of measurement on a discovery signal of the neighbor from the terminal, the measurement being performed based on the discovery signal configuration, and determining whether to make a handover decision for the terminal based on the measurement report. The discovery signal transmission/reception method of the present disclosure is advantageous in improving energy efficiency of a mobile communication system.
US09526057B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting data. A cell switching method can comprise the steps of: allowing a primary (P)-cell base station to enable a first secondary (S)-cell; allowing the P-cell base station to receive channel state information from a second S-cell; allowing the P-cell base station to determine the second S-cell as a switching S-cell on the basis of the channel state information; allowing the P-cell base station to disable the first S-cell and enable the second S-cell.
US09526056B2
A method and apparatus for offloading backhaul traffic are disclosed. A first base station may detect a condition triggering backhaul traffic offloading for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The first base station may establish a wireless connection with a second base station, and offload at least one bearer of the WTRU onto the second base station via the wireless connection. The first base station may be a macro-cell base station and the second base station may be a femto-cell base station having a wired connection to Internet and a mobile operator core network. The first or second base station may include a relay functionality and act as a relay between the WTRU and the other base station. The backhaul link may be established using a Uu, Un, X2 interface or any other interface over a licensed or license-exempt frequency, a TV white space frequency, etc.
US09526046B2
A communication control system includes: a communication device that receives real-time information necessary for a vehicle control from an information delivery device via one of base stations; and a control device that controls the vehicle based on the real-time information. The communication device generates prediction information indicative of an index of remaining time before a communicating base station is switched with timing while the vehicle is running. The control device reduces a service level of the vehicle control for supporting at least one of a driving determination and a driving operation performed by a driver of the vehicle within the remaining time, which is shown in the prediction information.
US09526023B2
A system and method for adaptive control of an averaging parameter in a communications network may include an averaging parameter adaptive control module (APAC) that is associated with a base station and that includes one or more processors configured to generate a first averaging parameter that is transmitted by the base station to a mobile station communicating with the base station. The mobile station may use the first averaging parameter to generate first channel condition information that indicates a condition of a communication channel. First feedback information including the first channel condition information may be received at the base station. The APAC may generate a second averaging parameter using the first averaging parameter and the first feedback information and may transmit the second averaging parameter from the base station to the mobile station, thereby adaptively controlling the second averaging parameter based on the first feedback information.
US09526022B2
Techniques for establishing and implementing operating system and application-based routing policies for multi-mode wireless communication devices such as a user equipment (UE) are generally described herein. In some examples, information particular to the profile and platform configuration of the UE is communicated to an Access Network Discovery Function (ANDSF) server. The ANDSF server may provide an inter-system routing policy (ISRP) to handle appropriate network offloading actions for the particular application and device configuration. In some examples, the ISRP may be specific to flow-based or non-seamless based traffic offloading from certain software applications. The techniques described herein may be propagated from the ANDSF server and implemented in a variety of multi-mode UE mobile computing devices in connection with offloading policies established in a 3GPP Long Term Evolution/Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE/LTE-A) Evolved Packet Core (EPC) network architecture.
US09526009B1
A method for protecting data on a mobile communication device, comprising: reading existing security data from a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) during a current (second) power cycle; and utilizing the existing security data to decrypt data stored to a mobile communication device during a previous (first) power cycle.
US09526006B2
A method for confirming identity of a user of a mobile electronic device, the method including: receiving touch data from a touch-screen of the mobile electronic device; receiving acceleration data from an accelerometer of the mobile electronic device; correlating between the touch data and the acceleration data; based on the correlating, generating a user-specific trait indicative of said user. The method further includes storing a reference value of the user-specific trait, indicative of said user; in a subsequent usage session of the mobile electronic device, generating a current value of the user-specific trait correlating between touch data and acceleration data; and based on a comparison between the current value of the user-specific trait and the reference value of the user-specific trait, determining whether or not a current user of the mobile electronic device is an authorized user of the mobile electronic device.
US09525999B2
A method for securely transferring a service from a first mobile device to a second mobile device, the service being associated with a server configured for facilitating provisioning of services to mobile devices over a wireless communications network. The method includes generating in the first mobile device a shared key, the shared key being generated using a master key unique to the server and to the first mobile device, the master key being accessible by the server and by the first mobile device; and sending said shared key from the first mobile device to the second mobile device using an alternate communication mechanism independent from the server.
US09525998B2
Techniques of this disclosure are generally directed to a method of transmitting content of a first wireless computing device to a second wireless computing device. A first wireless computing device may initiate a WI-FI display (WFD) connection, transmit data from the first wireless computing device via the WFD connection to the second wireless computing device, execute a media sharing application that enables the first wireless computing device to share a media item of a playlist with a wireless client computing device, transmit information that describes the media item of the playlist to the wireless client computing device, wherein transmitting the information that describes the media item causes the second wireless computing device to determine if the wireless client computing device is capable of outputting the media item, and transmit the media item to the wireless client computing device.
US09525985B2
The disclosure provides a method for sending short message in multi-mode terminal and multi-mode terminal. The method includes: judging, by a multi-mode terminal, whether a type of a short message to be sent is emergency; if so, the multi-mode terminal counting the number of short messages in sending queues in each mode, and sending the short message to be sent in a mode with the least number of short messages among the modes. In the disclosure, by selecting a send mode based on the number of the short messages to be sent in each mode, the problem of delayed or failed sending of emergency short messages is solved, further the sending flow of the short messages is optimized, and the user experience is improved.
US09525960B2
An apparatus may include a processor circuit and an adaptive access module operable on the processor circuit to schedule broadcast of random access resources to access a radio network and to adaptively adjust an initial backoff window size for access signaling to the radio network during an access period. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US09525954B2
The invention relates to an audio device comprising: an audio source arranged to produce audio signals; an audio output arranged to connect at least one speaker with said audio device; impedance calculation means arranged to calculate an impedance of said at least one speaker; a speaker identification module arranged to determine the identity of said at least one speaker using said impedance and identification data relating to one or more reference speakers. Once the identity of a speaker is known, it can be used for audio compensation or marketing information.
US09525953B2
An apparatus and method for spatialized communication of announcements to persons in a transit vehicle moving among a plurality of transit stations in at least two different languages simultaneously, in which at least two sound-emittive speakers are spaced-apart and disposed in opposing relation for persons to hear announcements. A storage device stores signals representative of at least one announcement associated with at least each transit station in at least two different languages. A communicator simultaneously communicates the signals representative of the announcement for each one of the at least two languages to a respective one of the speakers at a predetermined time prior to arrival of the transit vehicle at the transit station in sequence. The announcement, being communicated by each one of the at least two speakers in one of the at least two languages, is spatializedly discernable by persons in the transit vehicle in each of the communicated language.
US09525951B2
A hearing aid function provision method and apparatus is provides a hearing-impaired person with the audio enhanced based on the hearing-impaired information shared through Social Network Service (SNS). A user device operates in an environment-adaptive hearing-aid mode. The hearing aid function method includes receiving, at the device, audio input by a device owner; enhancing the audio based on hearing impairment information of a hearing impaired person; and outputting the enhanced audio. The audio may be enhanced a number of ways that include amplification, shifting, spreading, and division that can be based on an audiogram performed by the device or such information provided to the device.
US09525948B2
An electro-acoustic transducer includes a plurality of elements that each includes a plurality of cells. The plurality of cells includes at least two membranes that have different thicknesses. The respective frequency bands of the plurality of elements are broader than respective frequency bands of the plurality of cells that configure the plurality of elements.
US09525946B2
An acoustic device intended to operate pistonically and in bending comprising a panel-form acoustic radiator, a magnetic drive system including a voice coil on a tubular bobbin, the bobbin being directly coupled to the radiator to drive the radiator directly; and a coupling device connected to the bobbin, and to the radiator at a position at or near to the first nodal line of bending resonance of the radiator. A method of improving the on-axis response of a loudspeaker having a panel-form radiator and intended to operate both pistonically and in bending, comprising driving the radiator by a directly connected tubular bobbin, and substantially suppressing the lowest natural frequency of the radiator by providing a coupler connected from the bobbin to the radiator at or near to its first nodal line.
US09525944B2
An acoustic metamaterial including cells to digitally process an incoming sound waveform, and to produce a corresponding response sound waveform as a function of a frequency and a phase of the incoming sound waveform, to produce a total response sound waveform that, when combined with the incoming sound waveform, modifies the incoming sound waveform.
US09525934B2
A method of estimating a steering vector of a sensor array of M sensors according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes estimating a steering vector of a noise source located at an angle θ degrees from a look direction of the array using a least squares estimate of the gains of the sensors in the array, defining a steering vector of a desired sound source in the look direction of the array, and estimating the steering vector by performing element-by-element multiplication of the estimated noise vector and the complex conjugate of steering vector of the desired sound source. The sensors may be microphones.
US09525928B2
Described is a circuit arrangement for detection of a tone whose presence indicates insertion of a headphone plug into a jack. The circuit includes a receptacle having contacts configured to receive a plug inserted into the receptacle, a current sense circuit, an amplifier coupled to the current sense circuit and a band pass filter coupled to an output of the amplifier, the band pass filter configured to pass a signal having a frequency in a range of about 2 Hz to 20 Hz. Circuitry converts the passed signal into a digital signal to provide an input signal to a controller to indicate that a headphone plug was inserted into the receptacle.
US09525924B2
A magnetic coil is described. In an example, an apparatus comprises a layer of porous material and a magnetic coil. The layer of porous material comprises openings configured to pass sound waves through the layer and capture particles having a larger dimension than a width of any of the openings. The magnetic coil is configured on the layer, wherein a signal line of the coil is configured to conform to a shape of the layer so that the signal line is configured on the layer. The coil is configured to change a magnetic field of a transducer and change an orientation of the particles so as to capture the particles on the layer. In other examples, a method and a loudspeaker are described.
US09525921B2
A method of processing an interactive service and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes generating an application parameter table which includes information about at least one of applications, wherein the application parameter table includes a first identifier and a second identifier, wherein the first identifier identifies a interactive programming segment which application parameter table pertains to, and wherein the second identifier identifies an application within the scope of application parameter table; generating an activation message file that indicates at least one of activation times of the applications, wherein the activation message file includes a third identifier and activation messages, wherein the third identifier matches the first identifier of application parameter table which contains the applications, wherein the activation message includes a fourth identifier and a start time information, wherein the fourth identifier matches the second identifier of the application in the application parameter table, and wherein the start time information indicates the start time for an event targeted to the application relative to segment time; generating a multi-part message with the application parameter table as the first part and the activation message file as the second part; and transmitting the multi-part message to receiver via HTTP.
US09525920B2
A method and apparatus for tracking the transmission power level of a home network transmission signal based on the signal level of a received broadcast signal is described. The method includes transmitting a signal at a first transmitted level used for communicating in a home network, detecting a signal level for the transmitted signal in a circuit used for receiving a broadcast signal, determining if a gain setting value for the signal level changes, and adjusting the transmitted signal level for the transmitted signal based on the determination. The apparatus includes a network circuit that transmits a signal at a first transmitted signal level, a detector that detects the transmitted signal in a circuit for receiving a broadcast signal, and a controller that determines if a signal level setting value for the signal level changes and adjusts the transmitted signal level based on the determination.
US09525911B2
Apparatus is disclosed for streaming pay-per-view digital content to a content display unit a viewing audience is watching in a viewing area. An audience detection controller controls the display of content as a function of whether or not payment has been received for the number of viewers present in the viewing audience. The controller includes one or more light responsive cameras combined with a thermal camera to detect a presence of one or more members of the audience in the viewing area, and an operating system to analyze the captured images to detect the number of persons of the audience. The controller further includes a reverse camera to capture a watermark inserted in the streaming content to confirm the controller is in the same room as the display unit, IR lighting, and ambient light sensors to detect ambient light conditions.
US09525897B2
According to an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising obtaining a media stream, determining, based on at least two timing cues, a first location in the media stream, wherein the at least two timing cues are comprised in the following list: a metadata signal associated with the media stream, a silent period in the media stream and a predefined content sequence in the media stream, and inserting a predetermined content item into the media stream starting from or ending in the first location, to at least in part replace content originally in the media stream, wherein in case the metadata signal is comprised in the at least two timing cues, the first location occurs at most a threshold length of time before or after receipt of the metadata signal.
US09525890B2
A decoding method for an audio video coding standard (AVS) system is provided. According to a stop-fetching criterion, a stop-fetching flag is set to an enabled status or a disabled status. In an offset fetching procedure, it is determined whether an offset value is smaller than a threshold and whether the stop-fetching is in the disabled status. When a determination result is affirmative, one subsequent bit is fetched for the offset value, an offset shift value is correspondingly increased, and the determination step is iterated. When the determination result is negative, the offset fetching procedure is terminated. Next, it is determined whether a decoding result is a least probable symbol (LPS) or a most probable symbol (MPS).
US09525886B2
A method of compressing and pre-diagnosing an image in a three-dimensional remote ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, the method including: a first step of combining two-dimensional images scanned by a scanning unit and generating a three-dimensional volume image, by a processing unit; a second step of selecting a compression scheme for the three-dimensional volume image and compressing the three-dimensional volume image using the selected compression scheme; a third step of storing the compressed three-dimensional volume image in a database unit; a fourth step of pre-diagnosing an abnormal three-dimensional volume image from among stored three-dimensional volume images; and a fifth step of transmitting the abnormal three-dimensional volume image to a hospital capable of providing a diagnosis, by a data transmitting unit.
US09525882B2
A video decoding method includes extracting offset mergence information of a current largest coding unit (LCU), the offset mergence information indicating whether to adopt a second offset parameter as a first offset parameter of the current LCU; reconstructing the first offset parameter of the current LCU based on the offset mergence information, the first offset parameter including an offset type, an offset value, and an offset class of the current LCU; determining whether the current LCU is an edge type or a band type, based on the offset type; determining an edge direction according to the edge type or a band range according to the band type, based on the offset class; determining a difference value between reconstructed pixels and original pixels included in the offset class, based on the offset value; and adjusting pixel values of reconstructed pixels based on the difference value.
US09525879B2
A method and apparatus for deriving a motion vector predictor (MVP) are disclosed. The MVP is selected from spatial MVP and temporalone or more MVP candidates. The method determines a value of a flag in a video bitstream, where the flag is utilized for selectively disabling use of one or more temporal MVP candidates for motion vector prediction. The method selects, based on an index derived from the video bitstream, the MVP from one or more non-temporal MVP candidates responsive to the flag indicating that said one or more temporal MVP candidates are not to be utilized for motion vector prediction. Further, the method provides the MVP for the current block.
US09525876B2
The amount of processing is reduced with high coding efficiency maintained. There is provided an arithmetic decoding device including syntax decoding means for decoding each of at least a first syntax element and a second syntax element indicating a transform coefficient using arithmetic decoding with a context or arithmetic decoding without a context. The syntax decoding means performs decoding that at least includes not decoding the first syntax element and decoding the second syntax element using the arithmetic decoding without a context, and decoding the first syntax element using the arithmetic decoding with a context and decoding the second syntax element using the arithmetic decoding without a context.
US09525872B2
This disclosure describes video encoding and decoding techniques in which a first order prediction process and a second order prediction process are used in combination to generate predictive video blocks for video coding. First order prediction may be similar to conventional motion estimation and motion compensation that generates residual video blocks. The second order prediction may involve a process similar to conventional intra-prediction, but is performed on the residual video blocks. The techniques of this disclosure may pre-define the second order prediction to a specific mode, such as a mode similar to the intra-DC mode used in intra coding. In addition, the techniques of this disclosure may combine aspects of the first order and second order prediction into a single process so that the effects of second order prediction on the residuals are taken into account during the first order prediction process, which may improve compression.
US09525871B2
A request to decode media data is received from an application running on a computing device. A decoder decision module in media processing software also running on the computing device receives the request and intelligently determines which of a plurality of media decoders to route the media data to for decompression. The plurality of media decoders may include a hardware media decoder and a software media decoder. The decoder decision module may consider a number of factors that may affect the efficiency of the decompression. These factors include the file format of the media data, limitations of the hardware decoder(s), the size of the media data, a state of the requesting application, load balancing considerations, and other factors.
US09525861B2
Techniques are described for determining a disparity vector for a current block based on disparity motion vectors of one or more spatially and temporally neighboring regions to a current block to be predicted. The spatially and temporally neighboring regions include one or a plurality of blocks, and the disparity motion vector represents a single vector in one reference picture list for the plurality of blocks within the spatially or temporally neighboring region. The determined disparity vector could be used to coding tools which utilize the information between different views such as merge mode, advanced motion vector prediction (AMVP) mode, inter-view motion prediction, and inter-view residual prediction.
US09525857B2
A color processing device includes the following elements. An image data obtaining unit obtains image data which is obtained by imaging a white member illuminated by a light source and a display device on which a white image is displayed. A color component extracting unit extracts color components of red, green, and blue from image data concerning the white member and image data concerning the white image. A relation determining unit determines a relation between a color temperature and/or a brightness level of the light source and a color temperature and/or a brightness level of the white image, on the basis of a magnitude relation of the extracted color components.
US09525851B2
A head end application server is coupled to a photo-sharing server having an Internet interface. A video content network is coupled to the head end application server, and a terminal is coupled to the video content network at a location remote from the head end application server and the photo-sharing server. The photo-sharing server is configured to accept upload of digital still images via the Internet interface, and the digital still images are in a format other than MPEG I-frames. The head end application server is configured to receive a request from the terminal and, responsive to the request, to fetch the digital still images from the photo-sharing server, transcode the digital still images into MPEG I-frames, and make the MPEG I-frames available, over the video content network, for selective display via the terminal. The system can advantageously function without use of a video-on-demand server.
US09525839B2
Methods and systems for providing media content including multiple audio perspectives are presented. In one example, a media content item that includes a plurality of audio perspectives is accessed. The visual content and a first one of the plurality of audio perspectives are provided for presentation to the user. In response to one or more user commands, the visual content may be provided for presentation with a second one of the plurality of audio perspectives.
US09525837B1
An image processing circuit includes a first dual sample-and-hold circuit that samples a first data and a second data from a first pixel, a second dual sample-and-hold circuit that samples a third data and a fourth data from a second pixel, a voltage-to-current circuit including a resistor and a current source, that receives the first data and the second data to output a first difference data, and that receives the third data and the fourth data to output a second difference data; and an analog-to-digital converter that converts the first and second difference data from an analog form to a digital form.
US09525831B2
An integrated focal plane provides two co-aligned, overlapping pixel arrays in two formats, one with large pixels and low pixel count, the other with small pixels and high pixel count. Typically, the large pixels are 10 to 100 times larger in area than the small pixels. The dual arrays are disposed in a single detector substrate flip-chip bonded to a single readout circuit. They are sensitive to two infrared colors, one shorter and one longer wavelength band. The dual array focal plane concurrently provides two distinct pixel instantaneous fields of view within the same overall field of view as well as simultaneous fast and slow frame rates. The dual frame rates allow for combined fast sensing with sensitive imaging. Differing spatial and temporal data enables enhanced image processing for improved clutter rejection and detection performance. Differing gains combined with the dual frame rates provide an extended dynamic range.
US09525830B1
A method to generate a contact list may include receiving an identifier of a first communication device at a captioning system. The first communication device may configured to provide first audio data to a second communication device. The second communication device may be configured to receive first text data of the first audio data from the captioning system. The method may further include receiving and storing contact data from each of multiple communication devices at the captioning system. The method may further include selecting the contact data from the multiple communication devices that include the identifier of the first communication device as selected contact data and generating a contact list based on the selected contact data. The method may also include sending the contact list to the first communication device to provide the contact list as contacts for presentation on an electronic display of the first communication device.
US09525827B2
An imaging apparatus includes a control unit which displays cutout positions of a start frame and an end frame on an object image which is displayed on a display unit, and sets frame setting information including the cutout positions of the start frame and the end frame, in which the control unit determines a cutout region of an image frame according to the frame setting information in each of a plurality of photographed images which are photographed continuously or intermittently, and executes image cutout processing according to determined information.
US09525824B2
An image processing apparatus and a method are provided. The image processing apparatus includes an accumulator for accumulating image data in which images are accumulated when the images are input from an image sensor, a memory for storing the pieces of image data that are output from the accumulator, and a processor for generating a final image using at least one image data from among the pieces of image data that are stored in the memory.
US09525822B2
An imaging apparatus includes a follow shot control unit and a blur correction unit. The follow shot control unit calculates a panning angular velocity and a tilting angular velocity based on a first or second angular velocity for an image pickup device on the basis of magnitude correlation between the first and second angular velocities for image pickup device and on the basis of an inclination angle immediately before exposure and a ratio between the first and second angular velocities, when a state is a following shot state. The blur correction unit calculates an image blur correction amount on the basis of a difference between the first angular velocity and the panning angular velocity and a difference between the second angular velocity and the tilting angular velocity.
US09525820B2
A shake amount detection device includes an acceleration sensor. A vibration period detector detects a vibration period during which vibration that becomes a predetermined acceleration is applied to a body. A velocity variation estimation unit estimates a first movement velocity which is a component velocity due to an attitude movement of the body during the vibration period. A velocity calculator calculates a second movement velocity that is a velocity of the body and corrects the second movement velocity in a case of the vibration period as a detection result of the vibration period detector. A shake amount calculator calculates an image blur correction amount relative to the vibration applied to the body, based on the second movement velocity corrected by the velocity calculator.
US09525814B2
An automatic focus searching method for an image capture device is provided. The image capture device has a lens and an image sensor. The method includes: setting an exposure time of the image sensor; computing a focal sweep trajectory of the lens based on at least the exposure time; during the exposure time, moving the lens along the focal sweep trajectory while exposing the image sensor; reading out pixel data of the image sensor that is generated during the exposure time; and applying a filtering operation upon the pixel data to generate an output image.
US09525812B2
A master flash apparatus which emits light when an image capturing device outputs a synchronous light emission command after the image capturing device outputs a first light emission start command. The apparatus can perform wireless communication with a slave flash apparatus which emits light in response to a second light emission start command received from the master flash apparatus. A transmission unit transmits the second light emission start command to the slave flash apparatus when a predetermined time has elapsed after the image capturing device outputs the first light emission start command. A measurement unit measures a time from the output of the first light emission start command from the image capturing device to the output of the synchronous light emission command from the image capturing device. An adjustment unit adjusts the predetermined time based on the time measured by the measurement unit.
US09525807B2
A novel camera module includes a housing having a lens unit receiving portion and an image capture device receiving portion, which includes a plurality of discrete support members. A lens unit is coupled to the lens unit receiving portion of the housing. An image capture device has a top surface, which includes an image sensor array. The top surface of the image capture device contacts the bottom of the discrete support members of the housing to align the tilt of the image capture device with respect to the housing. In a particular embodiment, the image capture device is mounted on a surface of a circuit substrate that is coupled to the housing. In an alternate embodiment, the housing is coupled directly to the image capture device.
US09525805B1
A surveillance assembly provides notification and real time monitoring of activity sensed proximate to one or more positionable cameras. The assembly includes a housing and at least one camera coupled to the housing. A dome is coupled to the housing and extends around each camera. The dome is translucent such that each camera is positionable to monitor an area proximate the housing through the dome. At least one sensor is provided with each sensor being coupled to the housing and directed to the position monitored by an associated camera. A processor is operationally coupled to each sensor and each camera wherein the processor actuates each camera when the associated sensor detects activity in the position monitored by the camera. A transmitter is operationally coupled to the processor and transmits a notification to an extrinsic remote device upon actuation of any camera.
US09525802B2
A system and method are described for enhancing readability of document images by operating on each document individually. Monochromatic light sources operating at different wavelengths of light can be used to obtain greyscale images. The greyscale images can then be used in any desired image enhancement algorithm. In one example algorithm, an automated method removes image background noise and improves sharpness of the scripts and characters using edge detection and local color contrast computation.
US09525797B2
Methods, devices, and systems for continuous image capturing are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes continuously capturing a sequence of images with an image capturing device. The method may further include storing a predetermined number of the sequence of images in a buffer. The method may further include receiving a user request to capture an image. In response to the user request, the method may further include automatically selecting one of the buffered images based on an exposure time of one of the buffered images. The sequence of images is captured prior to or concurrently with receiving the user request.
US09525795B2
An image forming apparatus including: a reading device; an operating portion; a light source; a rotary polygon mirror; a motor configured to rotate the rotary polygon mirror; and a motor control portion configured to start the motor to control the motor at a first rotation speed in response to a fact that a predetermined action is performed on one of the operating portion and the reading device in a stopped state of the rotary polygon mirror, and then to control the motor at a second rotation speed higher than the first rotation speed in response to an instruction to start image formation from the operating portion, the motor control portion being configured to control the motor at the second rotation speed, without controlling the motor at the first rotation speed, in response to a fact that the receiving portion receives image data before the motor reaches the first rotation speed.
US09525784B2
There are provided an image processing system, an information processing apparatus, display method and a computer-readable, non-transitory medium that can enhance user convenience when selecting an image reading apparatus. The image processing system has a plurality of image reading apparatuses and an information processing apparatus. Each of the image reading apparatuses includes a state detector for detecting a change in an operational state, and a transmission controller for transmitting the change detected in the operational state to the information processing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus includes a display unit, a reception controller for receiving the change detected in the operational state, and a display controller for causing the display unit to display a list of image reading apparatuses that is created by selecting image reading apparatus whose operational state has changed and by arranging the selected image reading apparatuses in order of the time the operational state changed.
US09525781B2
The network element collects, within a time window, charging information of a plurality of user equipments belonging to a same group, aggregates the charging information to obtain a charging aggregation result, and sends the charging aggregation result to a corresponding device in said system. The charging system receives a plurality of pieces of aggregated charging information and time windows sent by a network element in the system, wherein each piece of charging information respectively corresponds to one of the time windows, and aggregates the plurality of pieces of aggregated charging information based on the time windows and the group(s) and/or sub-group(s) to which the user equipments belong, to generate charging data record(s), wherein the time windows and the user equipments correspond to the plurality of pieces of aggregated charging information.
US09525776B2
A response managing system for managing at least one communication session in an enterprise is disclosed. The response managing system includes a monitoring module for monitoring one or more parameters associated with the at least one communication session between a customer and a resource, wherein the resource provides one or more responses to the customer. The response managing system further includes a database for storing the one or more monitored parameters. The response managing system further includes a processing module for processing the one or more stored parameters to determine one or more characteristics of the customer. The response managing system further includes a response preparation module for preparing one or more responses based on the one or more determined characteristics.
US09525773B2
Embodiments receive an indication of initiation of communication from a controlled-environment facility resident, using a communications device, with another controlled-environment facility resident. A determination is made whether the residents are allowed to communicate and the communication is established between the communications device and another communications device in use by the other resident. The residents may be residents of different or the same controlled-environment facility(ies). The communication may be monitored and/or a database of residents that communicate with one another may be compiled. The communication between the controlled-environment facility residents may proceed, even despite a determination or predetermination that the residents are not allowed to communicate with one another, so the communication may be monitored. At least one of the residents may be charged for the communication, such as by charging a community communications account maintained to the benefit of at least one of the residents.
US09525764B1
A mobile device can include a unibody component (e.g. chassis shell) with at least a co-mold feature that isolates a contiguous portion of the unibody component from an outer portion of the unibody component. For example, the outer portion and the contiguous portion can be made of an electrically conductive material. The co-mold feature can be made of non-conductive material that electrically isolates the contiguous portion from the outer portion. The co-mold feature can be made by co-molding a resin material in a channel cut into a piece of metal and later exposing the cured resin material on two sides.
US09525763B1
A mobile terminal including a front case including an ear jack hole formed in one end, an ear jack module having a plug inserting portion extended in a first direction, penetrating from one end to the other end of the ear jack module, one end thereof arranged in parallel with the ear jack hole, a rear case configured to cover the back side of the front case, a first fixing bracket projected from the front case in a direction to the back side and comprising a first screw hole arranged in parallel with the plug inserting portion, a second fixing bracket projected from a front side of the rear case, adjacent to the first fixing bracket, and comprising a second screw hole arranged in parallel with the plug inserting portion, and a screw penetrating the ear jack hole, the first screw hole and the second screw hole is provided.
US09525753B2
A system and method for providing a social networking service to a plurality of devices. A social networking server for facilitating social information exchange among the plurality of devices through a socially aware network. A social profiles manager is coupled to the social networking server that creates and manages individual centric profiles of the plurality of devices. The individual centric profiles of the plurality of devices are social representation of individual devices within the socially aware network. The plurality of devices are identifiable by other participants and the social networking server through their social profiles.
US09525750B2
A method of collecting information about a plurality of test devices connected in a network is provided. The method includes: identifying routable network addresses within a plurality of the network addresses, and sending discovery packets to the plurality of routable network addresses, receiving responses from the test devices, obtaining the information about the test devices, and storing the information so as to associate, for each of the test devices, the test-device information with at least one of the routable network addresses. The routable network addresses are stored in non-volatile memory for repeated use in re-discovery of the test devices in the network.
US09525744B2
Determining a uniform user identifier for a visiting user is disclosed, including: generating a plurality of access sets based at least in part on the network address identifier associated with a plurality of access requests submitted by one or more visiting users, and a plurality of header field elements associated with the plurality of access requests, wherein each of the plurality of access requests includes a preliminary user identifier, the network address identifier, and the plurality of header field elements, and wherein an access set includes the network address identifier and at least some of the plurality of header field elements; determining information loss rates corresponding to respective ones of at least a subset of the plurality of access sets; and selecting an access set from the plurality of access sets based at least in part on the respective information loss rate to use to determine a uniform user identifier corresponding to a visiting user of the plurality of visiting users.
US09525742B2
A method and apparatus are described for maintaining communications connectivity for client applications that send keep-alive messages and network applications that send client-alive (i.e., “are you there?”) messages. The client applications may register with a client proxy provided in an operating system (OS) of a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and indicate a respective keep-alive message signaling rate. The network applications may register with a network proxy provided in an OS of a network node and indicate a respective client-alive message signaling rate. The client proxy and/or the network proxy may, respectively, register and prioritize keep-alive and/or client-alive message requirements, determine an optimal signaling rate based on the respective keep-alive and/or client-alive message signaling rates, and generate proxy messages, (i.e., an application layer proxy keep-alive message and/or a network layer proxy client-alive message), associated with the keep-alive and/or client-alive messages. The proxy messages may be transmitted at the optimal signaling rate.
US09525740B2
According to an example, to access a network through a Layer 2 Tunnel Protocol (L2TP) includes assigning a private network IP address to a public network user device, and transmitting a route of a surveillance segment to the public network user device, such that, after the route of the surveillance segment is received by the public network user device, an IP address of the L2TP virtual interface of the public network user device is configured as a next-hop of the route. When an access request to a surveillance device in the private network is initiated, a routing table of the public network user device is searched to find a matching route of the surveillance segment according to an IP address of the surveillance device. The access request is transmitted to an L2TP server through the L2TP virtual interface, and forwarded to the surveillance device.
US09525729B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for remotely and/or automatically managing a monitoring pool of management servers configured to monitor resources, such as storage devices. For example, a monitoring installer package may be sent from a remote source to a management server for remote installation of a monitoring component capable of monitoring resources. The monitoring installer package may be remotely executed from the remote source to install the monitoring component on the management server. The management server may be assigned to the monitoring pool, and may be configured to monitor, utilizing the monitoring component, a set of resources of a resource pool. In this way, management servers may be remotely added to and/or removed from the monitoring pool. Load balancing may be remotely performed for the management servers assigned to the monitoring pool.
US09525727B2
Various embodiments relate to a method, device, and machine-readable storage medium including: receiving a work request for distribution among a plurality of servers; selecting a server of the plurality to receive the work request including: determining whether at least one of the plurality of servers has previously indicated a capacity for additional work, and when at least one has indicated such capacity, selecting the server from a set of servers identified from the plurality as having previously indicated a capacity for additional work; and transmitting the work request to the server. Various embodiments relate to a method, device, and machine-readable storage medium including: maintaining and processing a plurality of requests; determining, based on the plurality of requests, that the server has capacity to process at least one additional request; selecting a load distributor from a plurality of load distributors; and transmitting an indication of capacity to the load distributor.
US09525725B1
A method for a client-initiated leader election in a distributed system including receiving a master listener election request by at least one listener of a plurality of listeners in the distributed system, arranging a list of configured listeners in a descending priority order, the list of configured listeners comprises one or more listeners of the plurality of listeners set for connection, selecting a listener with a highest priority from the list of configured listeners, determining an availability of the selected listener, verifying a connectivity to the selected listener using a ping utility program, assigning the selected listener as a master listener based on the connectivity, and connecting to the master listener.
US09525722B2
The present invention provides an information processing method applied to a first electronic device having a communication function, able to be connected to a second electronic device, and including a display unit. The method includes obtaining first character string information used for looking up first contact information corresponding to a first contact person; transmitting the first character string information to the second electronic device; receiving N pieces of contact information including the first contact information which are obtained by the second electronic device based on the first character string information, N being an integer equal to or larger than one; and displaying the N pieces of contact information on the display unit, so as to determine the first contact information from among the N pieces of contact information in response to a selection operation from a user when detecting the selection operation.
US09525721B2
A computer-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product retrieves a nested resource. A client computer identifies software modules that are required by a primary software module. The dependent and primary software modules are consolidated at a client computer into an aggregated software module, which is a nested resource. A request for the aggregated software module is transmitted to a module server from a client-side module loader, which is incapable of identifying a name of received software modules from the module server. The client-side module loader in the client computer then receives the requested aggregated software module without any identification.
US09525715B2
A streams manager monitors performance of a streaming application, and when the performance needs to be improved, the streams manager determines from split rules how to split the flow graph for the streaming application. The streams manager requests virtual machines from a cloud manager. In response, the cloud manager provisions one or more virtual machines in a cloud. The streams manager then modifies the flow graph so a portion of the flow graph is deployed to the one or more virtual machines in the cloud. In this manner a streaming application can dynamically evolve to increase its performance as needed.
US09525712B1
A method and system for providing media to a client device by a network attached storage unit is provided. A connection is established between the client device and the network attached storage unit, a media format for the client device is selected based upon a negotiation involving the client device and the network attached storage unit.
US09525708B2
The invention relates to a method of performing signalling and media conversion in a multioperator environment. The invention comprises receiving a signalling from a first operator; detecting a second operator of the signalling; checking information of the second operator from a database; carrying out at least one conversion to the signalling from the first operator; and transmitting the signalling to the second operator.
US09525698B2
Methods for managing and prioritizing risk include receiving a data set and analyzing the data set for duplicates, false positives, false negatives, and tool errors. Said duplicates, false positives, false negatives and results of tool errors are removed from the data set, creating an input file. The input file is compared against compliance standards to identify any weaknesses, defects, bugs, flaws, vulnerabilities, and/or failures in the input file. The compared input file is mapped to Common Weakness Enumeration standards. A risk prioritization can be generated based on the mapped results. At least one report can be generated based on the risk prioritization.
US09525697B2
Systems and methods for delivering security functions to a distributed network are described herein. An exemplary method may include: processing a data packet received from a switch, the data packet directed to the at least one network asset; selectively forwarding the data packet using the processing and a rule set; inspecting the forwarded packet; directing the enforcement point to at least one of forward the data packet to the at least one network asset and drop the data packet, using the inspection and the rule set; accumulating data associated with at least one of the data packet, the processing, and the inspection; analyzing the at least one of the data packet, the processing, and the inspection; and initiating compilation of a high-level security policy by the compiler using the analysis to produce an updated rule set.
US09525696B2
A flow processing facility, which uses a set of artificial neurons for pattern recognition, such as a self-organizing map, in order to provide security and protection to a computer or computer system supports unified threat management based at least in part on patterns relevant to a variety of types of threats that relate to computer systems, including computer networks. Flow processing for switching, security, and other network applications, including a facility that processes a data flow to address patterns relevant to a variety of conditions are directed at internal network security, virtualization, and web connection security. A flow processing facility for inspecting payloads of network traffic packets detects security threats and intrusions across accessible layers of the IP-stack by applying content matching and behavioral anomaly detection techniques based on regular expression matching and self-organizing maps. Exposing threats and intrusions within packet payload at or near real-time rates enhances network security from both external and internal sources while ensuring security policy is rigorously applied to data and system resources. Intrusion Detection and Protection (IDP) is provided by a flow processing facility that processes a data flow to address patterns relevant to a variety of types of network and data integrity threats that relate to computer systems, including computer networks.
US09525695B2
A method to augment a plurality of IPS or SIEM evidence information is provided. The method may include monitoring a plurality of processes associated with a computer system. The method may also include identifying a plurality of processes that have network activity. The method may further include capturing the identified plurality of processes that have network activity. The method may also include storing the identified captured plurality of processes that have network activity. The method may include monitoring a plurality of selected programs associated with an operating system of the computer system. The method may also include identifying a plurality of selected programs that have network activity. The method may further include capturing a plurality of screen capture images associated with the identified plurality of selected programs. The method may include storing, by the second component the captured plurality of system process activity.
US09525694B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for authenticating customers of an organization and managing authenticated sessions of various customers are presented. Some aspects of the disclosure provide ways for a customer of an organization to authenticate using a mobile computing device, such as the customer's personal mobile device, when interacting with the organization in various contexts, such as when accessing an automated transaction device or when interacting with an agent of the organization during an in-person session or during a teleconference session. In some arrangements, the customer's authentication status, which may be established on the mobile computing device and which, in some instances, may be verified based on the location of the mobile computing device, may be carried over from the mobile computing device to another computing device or system, such as an automated transaction device or a teller terminal device, which may be used by an agent of the organization.
US09525692B2
Convenient sharing of information among authorized network users may be facilitated by allowing a user to send information originating from multiple applications in aggregate form to another user, e.g., using a secure messaging service. In scenarios where data access is restricted, a server may check the recipient's access privileges prior to forwarding the information to her.
US09525690B2
Systems and methods enable third-party applications and devices to interface with financial service provider computer networks in a secure, compliant manner. In one embodiment, an interface computing device connected to a provider computer network transmits a registration request message to a custodian. The interface computing device receives a registration request response message from the custodian indicating whether the registration request was approved or denied. The interface computing device receives a data request message requesting data stored on the provider computer network. The interface competing device gathers data stored on the provider computer network, sanitizes the data, and generates a response communication using the sanitized data.
US09525688B2
A physical device, the possession of which may provide access to digital media content in a fashion similar to the possession of a DVD providing access to the media content stored thereupon on a suitable DVD player. The possession of the physical device grants access to digital content stored on a remote server using a suitable device such as e.g., a set-top box or media player having Internet connectivity. The physical device provides for convenient and possibly anonymous access to content stored on a remote server and has certain advantages over known techniques for storing rights to access the content.
US09525684B1
A user who is authenticated to a system or service across a network can receive a token that includes a device fingerprint. The fingerprint can include information that is obtained from the client device through which the user supplied authentication credentials. The client device can be configured to include that token with subsequent requests. When a request is received, the information in the fingerprint can be extracted from the token and compared to information obtained from the device submitting that request. If the information matches within at least an allowable match threshold, for example, the request can be processed. If the information in the fingerprint does not match the current values of the device from which the request was received, the request can be denied or a remedial action performed.
US09525680B2
A system for secure communication, including a first security computer communicatively coupled with a client computer via an SSL connection, including a certificate creator, for receiving certificate attributes of a server computer certificate and for creating a signed certificate therefrom, and an SSL connector, for performing an SSL handshake with the client computer using the signed certificate created by said certificate creator, and a second security computer communicatively coupled with a server computer via an SSL connection, and communicatively coupled with the first security computer via a non-SSL connection, including an SSL connector, for performing an SSL handshake with the server computer using a signed certificate provided by the server computer, and a protocol appender, for appending attributes of the signed certificate provided by the server computer within a message communicated to the first security computer. A method is also described and claimed.
US09525677B2
Media content is managed by defining a list of authorized recipients in a network accessible security information repository, recording media content at a client device, obtaining the list of authorized recipients at the client device, associating at least one of the authorized recipients with the media content, and transmitting the media content along with information identifying the at least one of the authorized recipients associated therewith from the client device to a network accessible media repository for storage therein. The media content includes audio, video, and/or image content.
US09525670B2
Improvement of the security of communication is facilitated. A server receives from an on-vehicle device, encrypted data obtained by encrypting ECU information using key information (111-1#C), and identification information (112-1#C). Thereafter, the server determines from the identification information (112-1#C), whether identification information of a next key to be used after identification information (112-1) is stored. The server determines that the identification information of the next key to be used after the identification information (112-1) is not stored, and obtains key information (111-2#S) and identification information (112-2#S) to identify key information (111-2) as the next key. The server encrypts the key information (111-2#S) and the identification information (112-2#S) using key information (111-1#S), and transmits encrypted data and identification information (112-1#S) to the on-vehicle device.
US09525669B2
A method in a first device for anonymously delivering data to a part that has initiated a task is provided. The first device and the part initiating a task are participants in opportunistic sensing. The method comprises creating a data sample and encrypting the data sample with a public key of the task initiating part. After communicating the protected sample to one or more intermediate devices, one of the one or more intermediate devices delivers the protected sample to the task initiating part, such that the task initiating part does not know the identity of the first device. The task initiating device only know the identity of the one of the one or more intermediate devices that delivered the protected sample to the task initiating part, wherein the intermediate devices are participants in the opportunistic sensing.
US09525668B2
In an embodiment, a system includes at least one core and a trusted execution environment (TEE) to conduct an identity authentication that includes a comparison of streamed video data with previously recorded image data. Responsive to establishment of a match of the streamed video data to the previously recorded image data via the comparison, the TEE is to generate an identity attestation that indicates the match. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09525666B2
An endpoint, method, and authorization server are disclosed which can be used to allow concurrent secure and clear text communication. An endpoint includes a computing system including a programmable circuit operatively connected to a memory and a communication interface, the communication interface configured to send and receive data packets via a data communications network. The endpoint also includes a filter defined in the memory of the computing system, the filter configured to define one or more access lists, each access list defining a group of access permissions for a community of interest. The community of interest includes one or more users, and an access list from among the one or more access lists defines a set of clear text access permissions associated with a community of interest. The endpoint also includes a driver executable by the programmable circuit, the driver configured to cooperate with the communication interface to send and receive data packets via the data communications network. The driver is also configured to selectively split and encrypt data into a plurality of data packets to be transmitted via the data communications network based at least in part upon the contents of the one or more access lists.
US09525658B2
A method, computer program product, and computing system for providing a plurality of users of a social network with the ability to indicate affinity with an electronic object. An indication is received from a first user of the plurality of users to initiate an object-specific, synchronous communication session concerning the electronic object. Electronic invitations to join the object-specific, synchronous communication session are provided to one or more invited users of the plurality of users of the social network. A request is received, from at least one of the invited users, to join the object-specific, synchronous communication session. The object-specific, synchronous communication session is provided for the first user and the at least one of the invited users.
US09525656B2
A correctional facility communication system for sending an external message to an offender of a correctional facility is disclosed. The correctional facility communication system includes a messaging system and a correctional facility system coupled together with a wide area network. The messaging system is at a first location and the correctional facility system is at a second location, different from the first location. The messaging system authenticates a sender of the external message, receives the external message in electronic form at the first location, checks the external message against criteria specified by the correctional facility, determine a second location of the offender and a corresponding printer, and sends the external message to the second location for automatic printing with the corresponding printer.
US09525634B2
A server may receive flow information from multiple network devices. The flow information may include information regarding multiple data flows received by the multiple network devices and destined for a client device. The server may determine generate an optimization instruction, based on flow information, to re-route one or more of the plurality of data flows or to apply filters to the one or more of the plurality of data flows; provide the optimization instruction to cause one or more of the multiple network devices to re-route one or more of the multiple data flows or to apply filters to the one or more data flows to alleviate overloaded network components or to re-route network resources to or from the client device; receive updated flow information after receiving the flow information; generate an updated optimization instruction based on the updated flow information; and provide the updated optimization instruction.
US09525631B2
A packet forwarding method, includes: receiving an IP packet, and obtaining a destination IP address carried in the IP packet; obtaining an IP address of a next-hop device on a link from a routing table according to the destination IP address; obtaining a MAC address of the next-hop device and a corresponding port number according to the IP address of the next-hop device; and if failing to obtain the MAC address of the next-hop device and the corresponding port number, obtaining a corresponding interface on the routing device from the routing table according to the destination IP address, and obtaining the MAC address of the next-hop device and the corresponding port number from a fuzzy ARP table according to the interface; and forwarding the IP packet to the next-hop device according to the MAC address of the next-hop device and the port number.
US09525630B2
A method, and corresponding apparatus, of assigning processing resources used to manage transport operations between a first memory cluster and one or more other memory clusters, include receiving information indicative of allocation of a subset of processing resources in each of the one or more other memory clusters to the first memory cluster, storing, in the first memory cluster, the information indicative of resources allocated to the first memory cluster, and facilitating management of transport operations between the first memory cluster and the one or more other memory clusters based at least in part on the information indicative of resources allocated to the first memory cluster.
US09525627B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus are described for network encapsulation and routing. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from source network and at an edge device a first network packet including a first inner header including i) a first source address, and ii) a first destination address; selecting a source network identifier for the source network from a plurality of routable network identifiers; encapsulating the first network packet within a first encapsulation packet; routing the first encapsulation packet to the destination server; receiving, from the destination server, a second encapsulation packet; extracting the second network packet from the second encapsulation packet; and routing the second network packet to the source network.
US09525624B2
A VRRP router group can operate in either a standard VRRP mode or a distributed gateway mode in which all VRRP routers generate VRRP control packets but transmit those packets only to local access network-side hosts. The rate of VRRP control packet generation may be decreased in the distributed gateway mode relative to the standard mode. Moreover, VRRP router CPUs may cease processing of VRRP control packets in the distributed gateway mode.
US09525623B2
A method for communication includes defining a pipe traversing a sequence of routers through an MPLS network, and specifying for the pipe an outer label that indicates a first quality of service (QoS) for the packets in the pipe. Upon receiving a packet at the ingress to the pipe, the outer label is appended to the packet, and the packet with the outer label is forwarded through the pipe. At each of the routers in the sequence, the packet is forwarded through the pipe in accordance with the outer label at the first quality of service. At a transitional router, in proximity to the egress from the pipe, the outer label is popped from the packet, and a second QoS is identified based on a field remaining in the packet after popping the outer label. The packet is then forwarded at the second QoS.
US09525619B2
In one embodiment, a method comprises generating, by a first provider edge router associated with a first segment identifier, a primary label for reaching a destination, and repair information for reaching the destination if a second provider edge router is unavailable to reach the destination; allocating, by the first provider edge router, a first protected next-hop address associated with the first segment identifier for protected reachability to at least the destination; and sending via a core network, by the first provider edge router, an advertisement specifying the label and the repair information, enabling an ingress provider edge router to insert, into a data packet destined for the destination, the labels from the first provider edge router and the second provider edge router based on the repair information, for fast rerouting to the destination via one of the first or second provider edge router if the other is unavailable.
US09525617B2
In one embodiment, a method is disclosed in which a device receives delay information for a communication segment in a network. The device determines a predictability measurement for delays along the segment using the received delay information. The predictability measurement is advertised to one or more devices in the network and used as a routing constraint to select a routing path in the network.
US09525613B2
A configuration having a control device that sets a processing rule in a forwarding node, the configuration being capable of forwarding control of duplicated packets in private IP address spaces. At least one forwarding node among forwarding nodes operates as a logical channel control device that establishes a logical channel to an external node, generate or delete a virtual port information associated with said logical channel established to said external node, and gives notification thereof to the control device, and the control device computes a forwarding path of a packet using the notified port information.
US09525604B2
According to embodiments of the present invention, one or more computer processors publish a resource detail displayed and an associated first usage context, wherein the resource detail is displayed by a dashboard associated with a leader application. The one or more computer processors determine an appropriate graphical representation for a follower application, to display a first resource having a relationship to a second resource, wherein the second resource is displayed in the dashboard associated with the leader application. The one or more computer processors generate a dashboard universal resource locator for the follower application utilizing the resource detail. The one or more computer processors instruct the follower application to update an associated dashboard with information included in the generated dashboard universal resource locator.
US09525602B2
Data including a set of one or more resources and one or more associated IP addresses is updated based on monitored DNS responses. A request is received from a client device for a resource identified by an IP address. The IP address is matched to one of the IP addresses in the set of one or more IP addresses. A particular resource associated with the matched IP address is identified. A particular network policy that applies is identified. The identified particular network policy is applied to the received request.
US09525599B1
A modeling system including a data processing device in communication with a non-transitory memory storing a model modeling interactions of resources of a distributed system. The data processing device executes instructions that cause the data processing device to implement a system monitor that monitors interactions of the resources of the distributed system and builds the model. The system monitor detects a state change of a first resource of the distributed system and identifies an entity causing the state change of the first resource. The system monitor determines whether a second resource of the distributed system changes state within a threshold period of time after the first resource changed state. The system monitor updates the model to indicate a relationship between the first resource, the second resource and the identified entity, in response to the first resource and the second resource changing state within the threshold time period.
US09525590B2
Each of first and second monitoring points monitors the continuity between itself and outside of the device by use of a CCM frame. First and second internal monitoring points monitor the continuity between the first monitoring point and the second monitoring point inside the device by an internal continuity monitoring frame. When a first internal monitoring point or a second internal monitoring point does not receive the internal continuity monitoring frame within a predetermined period, a ring control unit instructs the first and second monitoring points to transmit a RDI frame or instructs them to stop transmission of a CCM frame.
US09525587B2
Updating web resources includes downloading an application to a client device, extracting web resources from the application to local files, and querying an external server for web resource updates specific to at least one operating condition of the client device.
US09525585B2
A first message resilience client device receives from a second message resilience client device a message and a request to deliver the message to a client/server-based server application executed by a server device on behalf of a remote client/server-based client application executed by the second message resilience client device that originated the message. A determination is made as to whether a connection to the server device that executes the client/server-based server application is currently possible using at least one available connection. In response to determining that the connection to the server device that executes the client/server-based server application is not currently possible, the message is stored locally for one of later delivery to the client/server-based server application and propagation of the message to another message resilience client device on behalf of the remote client/server-based client application.
US09525584B2
Techniques are described to establish one-way public relationships. In an implementation, a service manager module is usable to configure a webpage for output to a client over a network to provide to a user of the client an indication of others users that are part of a social network of the user and have establishes one-way public relationships, respectively, with another user corresponding to an object of a social networking service available from a service provider. In addition, a relation module is configured to establish a one-way public relationship between the user of the client and the other user corresponding to the object without establishing a mutual friend relationship between the user and the other user. In an implementation, the one-way public relationship is established in response to user selection of a control that is presented on the webpage that is output at the client in conjunction with the object.
US09525579B2
In one embodiment, an FFT circuit (1) includes a pipeline in which L number of butterfly operational elements each having Single-path Delay Feedback, SDF, architecture are connected with each other. Each of LHF number of butterfly PEs (10), corresponding to a first stage to an LHFth stage, is configured to rearrange output data order such that, in units of N/(2S−1) pieces of output data starting from head output data whose Data Flow Graph, DFG, index i is “0”, intermediate result data GS(i) whose bS(i) is 1 is output after intermediate result data GS(i) whose bS(i) is 0 in the N/(2S−1) pieces of the output data, where N represents the number of FFT points, S represents an integer indicating a stage number, and bS(i) represents the Sth bit from the least significant bit in binary representation of the DFG index i.
US09525578B2
Disclosed in a novel scheme to jointly reduce and trade-off Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR) and a Block Error Rate (BLER) using random network coding. To do this, the different representations of the input information block are generated using a special form of network coding matrices. Further, the encoded block puncturing is utilized to improve in the PAPR against a degradation in the BLER.
US09525567B2
A method of reviewing an email attachment receives at an email server an email message including at least one attachment. A preview portion of the email message is transmitted to a mobile communication device. The preview portion does not include the at least one attachment, and the preview portion is viewable on a computing device in communication with the mobile communications device. An attachment download instruction based on the preview portion is received from the computing device via the mobile communication device. The at least one attachment is transmitted to the computing device based on the attachment download instruction. The attachment is not transmitted to the computing device until the attachment download instruction is received.
US09525565B2
A method and system is described that adjusts the allocated capacity of a network between services, or service or traffic classes, in dependence on a congestion-influenced shadow price indication in respect of each service or class. In this respect, instead of viewing the congestion price as a cost of using already allocated unit of capacity, such a shadow price indication can be viewed as an indicator of the value obtainable from allocating an extra unit of capacity to a service or class. By so doing the shadow price indication becomes a factor to be taken into account in deciding on capacity allocation between services or classes, with a high shadow price indication for a service or class indicating that additional value would likely be obtained by allocating an additional unit of capacity to the service or class.
US09525564B2
A secure virtual network platform connects two or more different or separate network domains. When a data packet is received at an end point in one network domain, a determination is made as to whether the data packet should be forwarded outside the virtual network platform, or transmitted via the virtual network to a destination in another network domain connected by the virtual network platform.
US09525551B1
A first cryptographic device is authenticated by a second cryptographic device. The second cryptographic device stores an alternative version of a secret value associated with the first cryptographic device as a countermeasure to compromise of the secret value. In conjunction with a protocol carried out between the first cryptographic device and the second cryptographic device, the second cryptographic device determines the secret value based at least in part on the alternative version of the secret value, and utilizes the determined secret value to authenticate the first cryptographic device. The alternative version of the secret value may comprise a randomly-skewed version of the secret value. For example, the secret value may comprise a key or other parameter of the first cryptographic device and the alternative version of the secret value may comprise a randomly-skewed version of the key or other parameter.
US09525544B2
A full-rate referenceless clock-data recovery architecture with neither a frequency detector nor a lock detector that allows both frequency and phase locking in a single loop. According to one embodiment, a referenceless clock data recovery (CDR) circuit, comprises a digital control circuit (DCC), a phase and strobe point detector circuit (PSPD), and an LC voltage control oscillator (LC VCO) electrically coupled to the PSPD and DCC such that a frequency of the LC VCO decreases when a negative strobe point is detected and an initial frequency of the LC VCO is higher than an input data bit rate.
US09525543B2
A clock and data recovery circuit includes a sampler, a skew compensation block, a pulse generator, and an injection locked oscillator. The injection locked oscillator generates a recovered clock signal, the pulse generator generates a pulse signal according to input data for controlling the injection locked oscillator, the skew compensation block compensates the input data and generate compensated data, and the sampler samples the compensated data according to the recovered clock signal.
US09525542B2
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for synchronizing to upstream bursts of frames when a delimiter pattern normally used for the synchronization is a-priory unknown. The method includes identifying in a specific received signaling burst a sequence of pre-defined fixed bits, determining the position and bit pattern of the identified delimiter based on the found position of the fixed bits in the signaling burst, and using the found delimiter pattern to synchronize to following bursts in a burst stream.
US09525537B2
The invention discloses a method and device, in a central processing unit of a control device of a pico cell or a macro cell of a heterogeneous network based upon a time division duplex system, for instructing a user equipment to perform dynamic uplink and downlink resource configuration. In the method, the central processing unit indicates whether a dynamic uplink and downlink configuration is triggered for the user equipment by using a bit reserved in broadcast channel signaling; allocates a resource of a sub frame in a frame for downlink control information in physical downlink control channel signaling when the dynamic uplink and downlink configuration is triggered for the user equipment, wherein a location of the subframe in the frame corresponds in a one-to-one manner to a dynamic uplink and downlink configuration type currently adopted for the user equipment, and the location of the sub-frame in the frame indicates a dynamic uplink and downlink configuration type currently adopted for the user equipment; and transmits the physical downlink control channel signaling including the frame to the user equipment.
US09525533B2
An LTE-based method, system, and device for ultra-distance coverage communication. The method comprises: increasing an uplink feedback subframe interval at a terminal side and an uplink feedback subframe interval at a base station side; after receiving uplink scheduling information sent by the base station side, the terminal side sending data over a subframe whose subframe interface is the increased uplink feedback subframe interval at the terminal side; and the terminal side receiving data verification information that is delivered by the base station side over a subframe whose subframe interval is the increased uplink feedback subframe interval at the base station side.
US09525527B2
The present invention relates to a method in a wireless device for improving wireless device performance, and to corresponding methods in a radio network node and to the corresponding nodes. The method comprises identifying (910) an occasion comprising a time period during which at least one time-frequency resource element, in a subframe that is transmitted between the wireless device and the radio network node, does not comprise information intended for the wireless device, or is not a time-frequency resource element in which the wireless device is expected to transmit. The method further comprises performing (920) an auxiliary action during the identified occasion to improve the wireless device performance.
US09525521B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for scheduling in a communication system. A Coordinated Multi-point Transmission/Reception (CoMP) set of cells is determined for a terminal that supports a CoMP function. An indicator for use in scheduling one or more cells in the CoMP set and cell information corresponding to the indicator are transmitted to the terminal. Scheduling information with the indicator is transmitted to the terminal.
US09525520B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for selecting a type of block acknowledgement. An apparatus for wireless communications is provided herein. The apparatus generally includes a processing system configured to participate in a session with another apparatus during which the apparatus receives a plurality of MAC protocol data units (MPDUs) transmitted from the other apparatus during a window and select between a null data packet (NDP) BlockAck or a block acknowledgement (BA) frame for acknowledging which of the MPDUs have been successfully received by the apparatus. The apparatus generally also includes a transmitter configured to acknowledge which of the MPDUs have been successfully received by the apparatus in accordance with the selection.
US09525517B2
A method for assigning acknowledgement (ACK) channels to a user is used to feed back ACKs of a plurality of downlink sub-frames in one uplink sub-frame. According to the method, reserved ACK channels are divided into blocks according to the number of downlink sub-frames; each downlink sub-frame corresponds to one block; each block is divided into several sub-blocks; control channel element (CCE) sets within the same sub-frame are respectively mapped to different sub-blocks; and the ACK channels are assigned to the downlink sub-frames according to a sequence of increasing a mapping label d first and then increasing a sub-block label m. Thus, more unused ACK channels can be released to form resource blocks (RBs) for transmission on other channels, for example, for PUSCH transmission. Other methods for assigning ACK channels to a user, a device for assigning ACK channels to a user, and a communication system are further provided.
US09525516B2
A transmission device capable of reducing packet receiving errors and the number of retransmissions by improving error correction coding gain without increasing the amount of resources used in transmission. The transmission device (100) that transmits each bit of coded data constituted from systematic bits and parity bits in order for each transmission unit, and performs frequency puncturing to puncture, in units of symbols, data to be punctured in which each bit has been superimposed on a plurality of frequency domain symbols. A time puncturing unit (102) extracts transmission unit data from the coded data and a frequency puncturing unit (105) performs frequency puncturing in accordance with the ratio of parity bits to systematic bits included in the data.
US09525510B2
Devices and methods of disrupting data transfer between an RFID interrogation device (50, 50′) and an RFID data storage device (30, 30′) to be protected, are provided. An example of an embodiment of an RFID signal disruptor device includes a container (41, 141) and an RFID signal disruptor circuit (151, 161, 161′, 171, 171′, 271, 271′) configured to substantially disrupt the signal provided by the RFID interrogation device (50, 50′) when the RFID signal disruptor device is positioned to protect the RFID data storage device (30, 30′). The RFID signal disruptor device can also include an interrogation indicator (63, 296) configured to indicate to a user of the RFID data storage device (30, 30′) that an unauthorized RFID interrogation device (50, 50′) is attempting to interrogate the RFID data storage device (30, 30′) when the RFID signal disruptor device is positioned in close proximity to the RFID data storage device (30, 30′) to provide protection thereto and when the RFID interrogation device (50, 50′) is producing the interrogation signal.
US09525509B2
A data transmission device where a low-speed signal transmission frame is included in time slots of a high-speed signal transmission frame and a number of the time slots to include the low-speed signal transmission frame is variable, wherein the time slots have respective time slot numbers, includes a storage unit storing signal data of the high-speed signal transmission frame corresponding to the number of the time slots based on a time slot number basis, wherein the signal data of the high-speed signal transmission frame are supplied on the time slot number basis; and a selection and output unit selecting and sequentially outputting the signal data on the time slot number basis, wherein the signal data have been stored in accordance with the number of the time slots.
US09525508B2
The invention is a method and apparatus for creating mode division multiplexed channels capable of integration into photonic integrated circuits with direct spatial separation at the receiver end, thus removing the need for a DMUX module or at least significantly simplifying it. This is achieved by using a set of actuators that induce controllable mode mixing in a multi-mode fiber (MMF) at the transmitter in such a way that spatially separated channels are achieved at the receiver. As a result, no DMUX is required and failure of a single channel does not cause total communication link failure as occurs in links implemented with MUX/DMUX.
US09525506B2
An optical line terminal (OLT) comprises a target OLT channel termination (CT), and a source OLT CT in communication with the target OLT CT, wherein the source OLT CT is configured to exchange tuning messages with the target OLT CT to initiate upstream wavelength tuning of an optical network unit (ONU), wherein the source OLT CT is configured to transmit a tuning request to the ONU after the tuning messages have been exchanged and to receive a tuning acknowledgement message from the ONU indicating that the tuning request will be executed, wherein the source OLT CT is configured to transmit a broadcast notification message to all OLT CTs within the OLT, except for the source OLT CT, after receipt of the tuning acknowledge message from the ONU, and wherein the broadcast notification message includes a tuning time of the ONU.
US09525501B2
An input indicates a request for rendering of an audio source in a clip of an audio track according to an effect. Further, a cloned audio source is generated. The cloned audio source is a copy of the audio source. A cloned effect is generated. The cloned effect is a copy of the effect. The cloned audio source is processed according to the cloned effect to generate a rendered output file. The rendered output file is played without processing the audio source according to the effect.
US09525498B2
An arrangement (102, 100) for monitoring the operation of a transmitter antenna system (112). The transmitter antenna system is adapted for the emission of one or more information signals (M1.1 , M2.1 , M3.1 , M4.1). The arrangement for monitoring is provided with a retrieval arrangement (102) for retrieving a first detection signal which is a measure for the reflection signal in the transmitter antenna system. According to the invention, the arrangement for monitoring is further provided with a detection arrangement (100) which is adapted to establish whether, in the frequency characteristic of the first detection signal, frequency components that are different from the one or more information signals (M1.1 , M2.1 , M3.1 , M4.1) are present in the first detection signal and to generate a second detection signal if this is the case. This way, the occurrence of an arc in a transmitter antenna system can be reliably established.
US09525496B2
Establishing a communication link may include transmitting by a first device an unmodulated first electromagnetic EHF signal and receiving by a second device the first electromagnetic EHF signal. The second device may determine whether the received first electromagnetic EHF signal indicates that a first shield portion and a second shield portion are in alignment. The transmission of a modulated second electromagnetic EHF signal may be enabled when the received first electromagnetic EHF signal indicates that both the shield portions are in alignment. The transmission of a modulated second signal may be disabled when the received first electromagnetic EHF signal indicates that the first and second shield portions are not in alignment.
US09525492B2
The present invention concerns a method for controlling the emitting wavelength of a laser source (10) for a passive optical network, the laser source (10) comprising: a first Bragg mirror (12), a second Bragg mirror (14), a cavity (16) delimited by both Bragg mirrors (12, 14), the cavity (16) comprising an optical filter (18) and an active medium (20), the method comprising the steps of: measuring the temperature of the active medium (20), setting the temperature of the optical filter (18) in accordance with the measured temperature of the active medium (20), the temperature of the optical filter (18) being higher than the measured temperature.
US09525491B2
An optical modulator is described, comprising—an optical splitter to receive an optical carrier signal and split it into sub-signals; modulation assemblies, each comprising a binary optical modulator to apply a binary phase shift keyed (BPSK) modulation to a respective optical sub-signal to form a BPSK modulated optical sub-signal. Modulation assemblies comprise a phase-shifter, each to apply a phase shift to the respective BPSK modulated optical sub-signal in dependence on a pre-selected modulation format; an encoding apparatus to receive communications traffic to map into symbols, and to generate and transmit a respective drive signal to the optical modulator of a modulation assembly, each drive signal to cause the optical modulator to apply said BPSK modulation, to encode the symbols onto the respective optical carrier sub-signal; and a combiner to receive each BPSK modulated optical sub-signal to form an output optical signal having said multilevel modulation format.
US09525479B2
There is provided a method for optimizing the configuration of an optical network which is adapted to transport optical traffic along a path from a source node to a destination node, wherein the path can be routed via any one or more of a plurality of intermediate nodes in the optical network. The method comprises the steps of receiving an operating parameter of an optical device monitored in a plurality of nodes. The received operating parameter is compared with a threshold value. An operating status of a node is determined based on the comparison of the received operating parameter with the threshold value. The determined operating status of a node is used as a routing criteria for computing a path for routing traffic through the optical network.
US09525477B1
A method and apparatus for estimating a frequency offset of received signals. The receiving device receives a plurality of pilot signals form a transmitting device, and determines an un-aliased frequency offset estimate based on the received pilot signals. The receiving device further determines a low-noise frequency offset estimate based on the received pilot signals, wherein the low-noise frequency offset estimate is blow a threshold noise level. The receiving device then generates a hybrid frequency offset estimate based at least in part on the un-aliased and low-noise frequency offset estimates, wherein the hybrid frequency offset estimate is un-aliased and has a lower estimation noise than the un-aliased frequency offset estimate.
US09525472B2
Components, systems, and methods for reducing location-dependent destructive interference in distributed antenna systems operating in multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) configuration are disclosed. Interference is defined as issues with received MIMO communications signals that can cause a MIMO algorithm to not be able to solve a channel matrix for MIMO communications signals received by MIMO receivers in client devices. These issues may be caused by lack of separation (i.e., phase, amplitude) in the received MIMO communications signals. Thus, to provide amplitude separation of received MIMO communications signals, multiple MIMO transmitters are each configured to employ multiple transmitter antennas, which are each configured to transmit in different polarization states. In certain embodiments, one of the MIMO communications signals is amplitude adjusted in one of the polarization states to provide amplitude separation between received MIMO communications signals. In other embodiments, multiple transmitter antennas in a MIMO transmitter can be offset to provide amplitude separation.
US09525471B2
Embodiments of an enhanced Node B (eNB) and method for precoding with reduced quantization error are generally described herein. In some embodiments, first and second precoding-matrix indicator (PMI) reports may be received on an uplink channel and a single subband precoder matrix may be interpolated from precoding matrices indicated by both the PMI reports. Symbols for multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) beamforming may be precoded using the interpolated precoder matrix computed for single subband for a multiple user (MU)-MIMO downlink orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) transmission. In some embodiments, each of the first and second PMI reports includes a PMI associated with a same subband that jointly describes a recommended precoder.
US09525469B2
Embodiments of a method and apparatus for obtaining sounding measurements between an access point and a wireless station within a wireless local area network are described. Some embodiments relate to Wi-Fi networks and networks operating in accordance with one of the IEEE 802.11 standards. Some embodiments may allow an access point to request that multiple stations compute sounding measurements with minimal time delay between measurements. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US09525459B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and a related device and system for crosstalk cancellation processing on a port line of an access device. The method for crosstalk cancellation processing on a port line of an access device includes: obtaining line configuration information of another access device connected to—a first access device, and line group identities of different port lines belonging to a same cable bundle are the same; respectively obtaining, by the first access device, according to the line configuration information of the another access device, a coefficient of an effect from a port line of the another access device having a same line group identifier as that of a local port line on the local port line; and performing crosstalk cancellation processing on the local port line on the basis of the obtained effect coefficient.
US09525456B2
A communication processor in a receiving device includes a chip equalizer, a correction matrix calculating unit, and a correction unit. The chip equalizer equalizes a plurality of reception signal sequences received via an antenna. The correction matrix calculating unit calculates a correction matrix by using a channel matrix, a weight of an equalizer, a power ratio of a pilot signal to a reception signal, a number of multi codes, and a spreading factor of the reception signal sequences. The correction unit corrects, by using the correction matrix, the reception signal sequences equalized by the chip equalizer.
US09525446B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems are described related to interference averaging to generate feedback information and interference averaging to demodulate receives signals. In embodiments, an evolved Node B (eNB) may transmit interference averaging information to a user equipment (UE) including a time domain averaging indicator indicating a time domain averaging window to be used by the UE for averaging interference measurements in a time domain or a frequency domain averaging indicator to indicate a frequency domain averaging window to be used by the UE for averaging interference measurements in a frequency domain. Additionally, or alternatively, the eNB may transmit an interference resource group (IRG) indicator to the UE to indicate an IRG over which the UE is to perform interference averaging to facilitate demodulation of signals received by the UE from the eNB.
US09525445B2
A base station includes a transceiver and processor. The transceiver receives an uplink signal from each of a plurality of user equipment. UEs comprise desired UEs each with a desired uplink signal and at least one interfering UE with an interfering uplink signal interfering with the received uplink signals. The processor identifies a set of interfering uplink signals from the at least one interfering UE. The set includes at least one interfering uplink signal. The at least one interfering uplink signal overlaps with at least one PRB of the desired uplink signal. The processor identifies one or more subsets of interfering uplink signals from the identified set of interfering uplink signals based on one or more metrics each of which is a function of parameters of the interfering uplink signals. The processor performs interference suppression or interference cancellation on at least one of the one or more identified subsets.
US09525444B2
A system may include a detector, a controller, a shuffler, and a processor. The detector may detect a signal. The controller may control the shuffler based upon the signal. The shuffler may shuffle a plurality of channels at the input of a plurality of processing elements of the processor based upon the signal. The processor may process the signal according to the plurality of channels as configured by the shuffler.
US09525442B2
An OFDM encoding apparatus for encoding OFDM symbols into an OFDM signal includes: a pre-distortion unit that pre-distorts OFDM symbols into pre-distorted OFDM symbols, the OFDM symbols including payload data and each being carried on multiple OFDM subcarriers; an OFDM generator that generates an OFDM signal from the pre-distorted OFDM symbols by OFDM modulating the pre-distorted OFDM symbols; and a filter that filters the OFDM signal to obtain a filtered OFDM signal, the filter being configured to attenuate the spectrum of the OFDM signal in frequency bands outside the signal bandwidth of the OFDM signal by applying a filter transfer function to the OFDM signal. The pre-distortion unit is configured to apply a pre-distortion transfer function equal to the inverse of the filter transfer function to the OFDM symbols.
US09525436B2
A data detector includes a branch metric calculator operable to calculate branch metrics for transitions between states in a trellis for the data detector, and a pruning circuit operable to prune prohibited states from the trellis. The states in the trellis comprise basic states and extended states, where the extended states have a greater number of bits than the basic states.
US09525431B1
Disclosed is a feed forward sigma-delta analog to digital conversion (ADC) modulator. The disclosed structure combines feedback circuit, adder circuit and quantization circuit, and has advantages of high stability, without active circuit, and using successive approximation register (SAR) control circuit, thus realizes the function of multi-bit quantization by using only one comparator.
US09525424B2
Disclosed is a method for enhancing temperature efficiency, used to enhance a temperature efficiency resulted from temperature changes in regard to an oscillating period of an oscillator. The method for enhancing temperature efficiency comprises the steps as follows: generating a PTAT current by using a bandgap circuit; generating a CTAT current by using a bandgap circuit; generating an output current, wherein the output current equals to PTAT current minus CTAT current; and providing the output current to an oscillator for generating an oscillating frequency.
US09525423B1
A device comprises a semiconductor substrate, a programmable logic device on the semiconductor substrate, a power distribution network comprising at least one voltage regulator on the semiconductor substrate, and a power management bus for communication between the at least one voltage regulator and the programmable logic device. The programmable logic device comprises a processing module configured to perform a diagnostic analysis of the power distribution network.
US09525420B2
Techniques are described for providing highly integrated and configurable IO ports for integrated circuits that can be individually configured for a variety of general purpose digital or analog functions, such as multiple channel analog-to-digital converters (ADC), multiple channel digital-to-analog converters (DAC), multiplexers, GPIOs, analog switches, switch and multiplexers, digital logic level translators, comparators, temperature sensors and relays, and so forth. The configurations of individual ports can be set by a configuration register that can, for instance, designate the function and voltage range of the port without impacting the other ports. In embodiments, logic mapping of a port order sequence can be defined. A data register can also be included for handling microcontroller commands and storing conversion results from, for instance, a port functioning as an ADC input port. These capabilities can be combined with its multi-range, high voltage and high current capability to increase functionality.
US09525396B2
A tunable resonator includes at least one tunable capacitor coupled with at least one tunable inductor. The tunable resonator includes a mechanical tuning mechanism coupled with a connecting bridge and with first and second electrodes of the tunable inductor. The mechanical tuning mechanism also moves the first and second electrodes of the tunable inductor relative to an electrode of the tunable capacitor, and providing a force down onto or to pull up a connecting bridge to tune the tunable inductor.
US09525387B2
An amplifier docking audio system for a vehicle includes a docking space in an audio body, a docking connector disposed on a printed circuit board of the audio body, and an external amplifier coupled to the docking connector of the audio body in the docking space to be connected to the printed circuit board of the audio body. When the external amplifier docks with the docking connector to be connected to the printed circuit board of the audio body in the docking space, processing and outputting of audio signals are performed.
US09525385B2
Limiting clipping in an amplifier is accomplished in the feedback loop of a class D PWM amplifier that includes an integrator coupled to an input node and configured to generate an integrated input signal such that a comparator may then generate a PWM signal for driving an amplifier output stage based on a comparison to a triangle wave signal. To this end, the amplifier also includes a threshold signal generator for generating high and low voltage thresholds based on the triangle wave signal to be used to engage compensation circuits for limiting the overall amplification. Such compensation circuits may be bipolar junction transistors that are disposed in the feedback loop of the integrator. Thus, the overall bandwidth of the amplifier itself is not affected by adding a limiter circuit aimed at reducing clipping.
US09525384B2
A method and a supply modulator (SM) are provided for supplying power from a wireless transmitter to a radio frequency (RF) power amplifier. A power control signal input from a modem is received. A reference voltage is determined. An operating mode of the SM is changed by controlling a level of the reference voltage. A voltage is determined based on the level of a reference voltage. When the operating mode of the SM is an ET mode, a first output signal from a linear regulator and a second output signal from a switching regulator are combined to obtain a combined result, and the combined result is output. The first output signal is based on the voltage. When the operating mode of the SM is an APT mode, the voltage based on the reference voltage is output.
US09525380B2
Disclosed is a solar cell module including a solar cell panel, a frame located at a peripheral portion of the solar cell panel, the frame having a fixing hole, and a first fastening member inserted into the fixing hole, the first fastening member being provided at a side surface thereof with an engagement member configured to be engaged with a fastening tool.
US09525369B2
A system includes a motor, an inverter bridge, a voltage detection circuit, and a controller. The motor has a stator and a rotor. The inverter bridge is configured to provide a voltage to the stator, and includes a first switch connected in a series-type relationship with a second switch, a first diode coupled across the first switch, and a second diode coupled across the second switch. The voltage detection circuit is configured to detect a back EMF voltage in the winding. The controller is configured to control the first switch and the second switch to drive the motor, and to receive an indication of the back EMF voltage in the winding from the voltage detection circuit. The controller is also configured to determine a fault has occurred, and to drive one of the first switch and the second switch when a fault has occurred.
US09525366B2
In a method for operating an asynchronous motor including a main winding and an auxiliary winding, a start capacitor is connected in series with the auxiliary winding before the asynchronous motor is started up and is disconnected at a point in time, which is to be determined, after the asynchronous motor is started up. The voltage of the auxiliary winding is measured and at least one mathematical model is used, which models the voltage amplitude of the voltage of the auxiliary winding in relation to time and includes at least one parameter of the dynamic process of the motor starting procedure, which is determined on the basis of the mathematical model and the course of the amplitude or the effective value of the measured voltage of the auxiliary winding, and the point in time for disconnecting the start capacitor is determined by means of the determined parameter.
US09525359B2
A switching power supply apparatus includes a voltage holding unit which holds voltage generated in an auxiliary winding of a transformer, and a voltage detecting unit which detects voltage applied to the first switching unit. When the first switching unit operates such that voltage generated in a secondary winding of the transformer may be low, voltage is supplied from the voltage holding unit to the first switching unit in accordance with the voltage detected by the voltage detecting unit to thus turn on the first switching unit.
US09525356B2
An electric power conversion system includes a primary conversion circuit, and a secondary conversion circuit magnetically coupled to the primary conversion circuit by a transformer. At least one of the primary conversion circuit and the secondary conversion circuit includes a bypass circuit that short-circuits respective ends of a coil constituting the transformer. The primary conversion circuit, the secondary conversion circuit, the bypass circuit, and the transformer are configured such that electric power conversion is performed between any two input/output ports from among four input/output ports formed of two input/output ports of the primary conversion circuit and two input/output ports of the secondary conversion circuit.
US09525352B2
The drive current of the switch in a switching power converter is adjusted dynamically according to line or load conditions within a switching cycle and/or over a plurality of switching cycles. The magnitude of the switch drive current can be dynamically adjusted within a switching cycle and/or over a plurality of switching cycles, in addition to the pulse widths or pulse frequencies of the switch drive current.
US09525344B2
In one embodiment, a controlling method for a switching regulator, can include: (i) detecting an output voltage and an inductor current of the switching regulator; (ii) determining if there is a transient change on a load of the switching regulator by using the output voltage and a first reference voltage; (iii) generating a control signal using the output voltage, the inductor current, and a second reference voltage; (iv) controlling a switch of the switching regulator to maintain the output voltage substantially constant when no transient change is determined on the load; and (v) deactivating the control signal to keep the inductor current changing along with a variation tendency of an output current of the switching regulator when a transient change is determined on the load.
US09525339B2
According to various embodiments, a circuit includes a charge pump and a feedback circuit. The charge pump includes a first input, a second input configured to receive an offset signal, and an output terminal configured to provide a charge pump signal based on the first and second inputs. The feedback circuit includes a first input coupled to the output of the charge pump, a second input configured to be coupled to a reference signal, an enable input configured to enable and disable the feedback circuit, and a feedback output coupled to the first input of the charge pump.
US09525331B2
A linear motor is equipped with sensor substrates that are attached to main motor bodies in the X-direction along a conveyance path in such a manner that the sensor substrates are accommodated within the dimensions of the main motor bodies. Each sensor substrate is equipped with a sensor for outputting an A-phase position detection signal upon detecting a slider, a sensor for outputting a B-phase position detection signal, and a position detection signal summer unit. Each position detection signal summer unit adds up, for A-phase and for B-phase, position detection signals that are output from the position detections unit of the adjoining substrates provided on either side of the relevant substrate.
US09525328B2
The invention proceeds from a rotating electric machine, in particular a double-fed induction machine in the power range between 20 MVA and 500 MVA, which comprises a rotor that rotates about a machine axis, is concentrically surrounded by a stator, and has a rotor plate body and a shaft, which rotor plate body bears a rotor winding that is arranged further outwards and is connected by means of connectors to slip rings that are arranged further inwards at the end of the shaft. A flexible and secure connection is achieved in that the connectors have mechanical connectors that run at right angles to the shaft to absorb forces arising owing to centrifugal acceleration, which mechanical connectors are connected on one side to a rotor winding head of the rotor winding and are supported on the other side on an auxiliary rim on the rotor plate body.
US09525326B2
A brush-less motor is disclosed, comprising a stator, a rotor, a plurality of field-effect tubes, a commutation circuit board, a control circuit board and a motor end cap, wherein the motor end cap comprises a front end cap and a rear end cap which are mutually fixedly connected to form an integrated motor; the plurality of field-effect tubes is directly fixed at the motor front end cap; the commutation circuit board and the control circuit board are both connected to the motor front end cap. The field-effect tubes of the brush-less motor are directly installed on a housing of the motor, ensuring good heat dissipation, saving heat sinks and cost; the integrated brush-less motor runs more smoothly and imposes requirements which are not as high as those imposed by the split brush-less motor on the accuracy of the housing. Thus, the reject ratio of products during batch production is reduced.
US09525324B2
An axial flux electrical machine comprises a substantially sealed housing (10) defining a fluid flow path (20), a heat exchanger (22) for transferring heat energy from a fluid flowing in the fluid flow path to another fluid, a stator (16) located within the housing (10), a rotatable shaft (12), a rotor (18) located within the housing (10) on the shaft (12) adjacent the stator (16) and rotatable with respect to the stator (16), wherein the fluid flow path extends between the stator (16) and the rotor (18).
US09525322B2
A wiper motor has: a magnet disposed on the yoke and formed with at least four poles; an armature disposed on an inner side of the magnet; a speed reduction mechanism unit having an output shaft for transmitting the rotation of the armature shaft; a gear housing connected to the yoke; a gear housing cover covering an opening of the gear housing; a magnet attached to the output shaft of the speed reduction mechanism unit; an absolute position detecting sensor disposed so as to face the magnet; and a control board having the absolute position detecting sensor attached thereto, the control board being disposed between the gear housing and the gear housing cover, and configured to control the rotation of the armature shaft.
US09525320B2
An electromechanical device having a mechanical interface structure for connecting to an external rotating element, an electrical machine, and one or more gear stages on a mechanical power transmission path between the mechanical interface structure and a rotor of the electrical machine. The electromechanical device also has bearings for connecting the rotor of the electrical machine rotatably to the structure of the electromechanical device. The bearings carry the axial and radial forces of the rotor, and at least partly the axial and radial forces of the driving shaft of the gear stage, directly connected to the rotor.
US09525307B2
A mobile communication apparatus utilizes a first and a second internal battery to provide power to the apparatus' electronic circuitry. A detachable battery may charge the first internal battery, and the first internal battery may provide power the electronic circuitry and charge the second internal battery. When the first internal battery is being charged by the detachable battery, the apparatus is operative by the power from the second internal battery. And, when the second internal battery is being charged by the first internal battery, the apparatus becomes operative by the power from first internal battery. The apparatus further may include a positioning locator receiver used to determine the location of the apparatus, and may be securely attached with a tamper detection circuitry to a person or a subject to be monitored.
US09525284B2
A power generation system includes at least one generator that generates a medium voltage direct current that has a positive DC voltage output and a negative DC voltage output. The system also provides a medium voltage DC (MVDC) cable system with a positive pole cable and a negative pole cable, wherein the positive pole cable is connected to the positive DC voltage output and the negative pole cable is connected to the negative DC voltage output. A substation is connected to the MVDC cable system and includes at least one DC/DC step-up converter to step-up the medium voltage direct current to a high voltage direct current.
US09525277B2
The invention relates to a section of cable tray, which can be connected to other sections without using additional accessories, allowing the connection of anchoring elements located at one end of the walls of each tray section. The aforementioned anchoring elements take the form of rods bent to form a V-shape that extends into straight extensions which are installed between longitudinal rods. In addition, turns are provided in the aforementioned rods between the straight zones and the V-shape, one turn towards the interior of the tray and another turn towards the exterior. Sections are coupled by sliding the sides of the first transverse rod of the tray section to be joined through the V-shape, such that they remain trapped between the inner turns and the sides of the last transverse rod of the receiving tray section.
US09525270B2
A spark plug (1) includes an insulator (2) having an axial hole (4), a center electrode (5) inserted into the axial hole (4), a metallic shell (3) provided around the insulator (2), a ground electrode (27) whose base end portion is fixed to the metallic shell (3) and which has an annular portion (27A) formed at a forward end portion thereof, the center electrode (5) being disposed radially inward of the annular portion (27A), and an annular tip (32) which is joined to the inner circumference of the annular portion (27A) and which forms a spark discharge gap (28) between the center electrode (5) and the inner circumferential surface of the annular tip (32). Recesses (35) are provided on at least one of the inner and outer circumferences of the annular portion (27A).
US09525267B2
The present patent application provides a vertical cavity surface emitting laser assembly. The vertical cavity surface emitting laser assembly includes a vertical cavity surface emitting laser, optical element and optical detector. The optical element includes an identation. A portion of the output light of the VCSEL passes through the indentation and to the optical detector to be used for power monitoring.
US09525261B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for temporal pulse shaping of laser pulses used in laser bond inspection applications.
US09525255B2
A faceplate assembly includes a faceplate member; at least one jack module mounted in an opening of the faceplate member; and a printed circuit board assembly. The printed circuit board assembly includes a printed circuit board; a first set of secondary contacts that are electrically connected to the printed circuit board; and a network connector that is electrically connected to the secondary contacts of the first set via the printed circuit board. The secondary contacts extend into the jack module. The secondary contacts are isolated from primary contacts of the jack module.
US09525246B2
A connector assembly configured to electrically and mechanically mate to a printed circuit board (PCB) may include a housing including a first ganging feature on a first side, and a second ganging feature on a second side that is opposite from the first side. The second ganging feature may be reciprocal to the first ganging feature. The first and second ganging features may be parallel to and oriented and aligned with a longitudinal axis of the housing. The assembly may include a contact shield retained by the housing. The contact shield may include a main body and at least one securing member configured to secure the connector assembly to the PCB. The securing member(s) may be integrally formed together with the main body from a single piece of material.
US09525240B2
An arrangement for contacting an electrical screen includes an armature that has at least two ring shaped contact elements, a first contact element, and a second contact element which, in the assembly position, are connected to each other by a screw connection. The first contact element has a conical outer surface which widens toward the end of the high voltage cable and surrounds the cable strand of the high voltage cable. The second contact element is attached to parts of the screw connection and has a conical inner surface which also widens toward the end of the high voltage cable and which extends in the assembly position parallel to the outer surface of the first contact element.
US09525234B2
An electrical connector including a metal plate including an insulating portion and an insulating portion; and a contact support portion including a hole portion that is extended in a thickness direction, of which a top end is blocked by a connection portion, and of which a bottom end exposes the insulating portion but not the metal plate, and a hole portion that is extended in the thickness direction, of which a bottom end opens to an outer surface and is blocked by a connection portion, and of which a top end exposes the insulating portion but not the metal plate.
US09525231B2
A flash drive includes a housing, a storage module, a plug head, a positioning element and a rotatable cover. The housing has an inner space formed by a front wall and a rear wall for accommodating other elements. The storage module has a metal sheet at one end for connecting a connecting plate including a plurality of metal terminals and a plurality of welding pads at the other end for connecting a plug head. The positioning element positions the storage module in the housing and the plug head protruding from a lateral wall of the housing (the top wall of the housing). The rotatable cover is eccentric-rotatably disposed on the housing to cover or uncover the plug head.
US09525230B2
A connector is provided and includes a housing and a terminal position assurance article. The housing has a body and a terminal receiving portion extending rearward from the body. The terminal position assurance article is wholly received into a rear end of the housing and corresponds with the terminal receiving portion.
US09525227B2
A plug connector includes a mating tongue defining top and bottom surfaces thereon. Each surface is provided with a plurality of conductors in one row wherein the characters/categories of the conductors on the top surface are sequentially arranged to be same with those on the bottom surface with a pair of power conductors in two notches at two lateral side edges. The corresponding receptacle connector mounted upon a printed circuit board, defines a receiving cavity to receive the mating tongue therein. Opposite top and bottom rows of contacts are respectively located by upper and bottom sides of the receiving cavity and categorized essentially in a same sequence with the conductors of the plug connector for respectively connecting to the corresponding conductive pads, respectively. A pair of power contacts are located by two lateral sides of the receiving cavity to couple to the corresponding power conductor portions in the notches.
US09525223B2
A plug connector includes a mating tongue defining top and bottom surfaces thereon. Each surface is provided with a plurality of conductors in one row wherein the characters/categories of the conductors on the top surface are sequentially arranged to be same with those on the bottom surface with a pair of power conductors in two notches at two lateral side edges. The corresponding receptacle connector mounted upon a printed circuit board, defines a receiving cavity to receive the mating tongue therein. Opposite top and bottom rows of contacts are respectively located by upper and bottom sides of the receiving cavity and categorized essentially in a same sequence with the conductors of the plug connector for respectively connecting to the corresponding conductive pads, respectively. A pair of power contacts are located by two lateral sides of the receiving cavity to couple to the corresponding power conductor portions in the notches.
US09525215B2
A crimp terminal that can maintain excellent water-stop performance over a long term and is enhanced in joint strength between a fitting portion and a covered electrical wire connection portion. The crimp terminal has a fitting portion at a tip thereof and an electrical wire connection portion at a rear end thereof, the electrical wire connection portion is configured in a tubular shape, a tip of the tube is crushed to be superimposed and closed, and a portion between the fitting portion and the electrical wire connection portion is formed by superimposing and bending two or more sheets of a plate material.
US09525212B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a feeding network, and the feeding network includes: a first balun device of a first feeding subnetwork, where the first balun device is connected to a PCB positive 45-degree polarized port, which results in an equal amplitude and a 180-degree phase difference of signals at the first positive 45-degree polarized output port and the second positive 45-degree polarized output port; and a second balun device of a second feeding network, where the second balun device is connected to a PCB negative 45-degree polarized port, which results in an equal amplitude and a 180-degree phase difference of signals at the first negative 45-degree polarized output port and the second negative 45-degree polarized output port. The feeding network in the embodiments has a relatively small size and can cover multiple frequency bands.
US09525198B2
A cavity filter includes a first layer circuit board, a second layer circuit board and a middle layer circuit board locates between the first layer circuit board and the second layer circuit board. A plurality of resonators locates on the first layer circuit board. A plurality of resonating cavities is located on the second layer circuit board one-to-one corresponding to the resonators. A slot is defined on the middle layer circuit board. The resonators traverse through the slot and are placed in the resonating cavities to form a plurality of resonating units, and the plurality of resonating couple with the slot of the middle layer circuit board.
US09525185B2
A current collector component (206) for a fuel cell. The current collector component (206) comprises a first electrically conductive plate (210) configured to form a wall of a fluid confinement volume of a fuel cell; and a second electrically conductive plate (212) in electrical contact with the first electrically conductive plate (210). The second electrically conductive plate (212) comprises an external electrical connection (208). The second electrically conductive plate (212) has a higher electrical conductivity than the first electrically conductive plate (210). The first electrically conductive plate (210) has a higher resistance to corrosion than the second electrically conductive plate (212).
US09525184B2
Disclosed is a manifold block for a fuel cell, which provides excellent electrical insulation for a coolant flow channel in an internal flow channel. More specifically, a manifold block for a fuel cell stack, includes a coolant interface formed of a polymer insulating material and coolant flow channels; and a reactant gas interface formed of a metal material and including reactant gas flow channels. In particular, the reactant and coolant interfaces are mounted to a stack module and, at the same time, are integrally bonded to each other.
US09525182B2
A fuel cell is provided that includes a plurality of membrane-electrode assemblies (MEAs) and a first flow channel that supplies fuel to one of the membrane-electrode assemblies in which the first flow channel is formed by a plurality of channel plates between the membrane-electrode assemblies. Additionally, a second flow channel supplies air to another one of the membrane-electrode assemblies, and a cooling channel circulates a cooling medium for cooling the first flow channel and the second flow channel. In particular, the cooling channel is provided therein with a split fin that divides the cooling channel accordingly.
US09525180B2
Provided is an electrode catalyst production method capable of obtaining, through an easy operation, an electrode catalyst whose chlorine (Cl) species content has been reliably and sufficiently reduced, even when using as an electrode catalyst raw material an electrode catalyst precursor containing a high concentration of chlorine.The method is to produce an electrode catalyst having a core-shell structure including a support, a core part formed on the support and a shell part formed to cover at least a part of a surface of the core part. The method includes a first step (1) of retaining a liquid containing ultrapure water, a reductant such as a hydrogen-containing gas and an electrode catalyst precursor under at least one stage of a predetermined temperature for a predetermined retention time, such electrode catalyst precursor being produced using a material containing chlorine (Cl) species, and exhibiting a chlorine (Cl) species concentration not lower than a predetermined first chlorine (Cl) species concentration when measured by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy.
US09525178B2
The present invention relates to a redox flow secondary battery. The redox flow secondary battery of the present invention comprises a unit cell including a pair of electrodes made of a porous metal, wherein the surface of the porous metal is coated with carbon. According to the present invention, a redox flow secondary battery using porous metal electrodes uniformly coated with carbon is provided, thus improving conductivity of the electrodes, and the electrodes have surfaces uniformly coated with a carbon layer having a wide specific surface area, thus improving reactivity. As a result, capacity of the redox flow secondary battery and energy efficiency can be improved and resistance of a cell can be effectively reduced. Further, the electrodes are uniformly coated with a carbon layer, thus also improving corrosion resistance.
US09525173B2
A positive electrode material for a lithium-ion cell, comprising an over-lithiated layered lithium metal composite oxide that provides the positive electrode material for a lithium-ion cell. Also, a method for manufacturing an over-lithiated layered lithium metal composite oxide represented by the general formula Li1+xM1−xO2, where x is 0.10 or more and 0.33 or less, and M includes Mn and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Al, Mg, Ti, Fe and Nb, wherein the method includes a step of mixing a lithium metal composite oxide represented by the general formula Li1+xM1−xO2, where x is −0.15 to 0.15, and M includes Mn and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Al, Mg, Ti, Fe and Nb, with a lithium compound to obtain a mixture and calcining the mixture to obtain the over-lithiated layered lithium metal composite oxide.
US09525171B2
Disclosed is a lithium ion secondary battery which includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution. The positive electrode contains, as the positive electrode active material, a lithium-transition metal composite oxide having a layered structure. The positive electrode active material includes at least one metal element M0 from among Ni, Co and Mn, and includes at least one metal element M′ from among Zr, Nb and Al, and further includes W. When 2 g of a powder of the positive electrode active material and 100 g of pure water are stirred together to prepare a suspension and the suspension is filtered to obtain a filtrate, the amount of W eluted into the filtrate, as measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, is 0.025 mmol or less per gram of filtrate.
US09525159B2
A battery cover assembly for a portable electronic device includes a base body, a battery cover and an operating member. The base body defines a first groove, and a first block and a second block received in the first groove. The battery cover defines a second groove and a support frame integrally formed in the second groove. The support frame defines a through hole and a finger portion extending into the through hole. The operating member is attached to the battery cover, and includes a column and a projection formed at one side of the column, the column extending into the through hole, and the projection abutting against the finger portion. The operating member is slid to allow the battery cover to releasably latch to the base body.
US09525158B2
Battery pack including a frame member surrounding a packing member and manufacturing method therefor
A battery pack has a battery obtained by packing a battery element with a packing member. The battery element is formed by winding or laminating an anode and a cathode through separators. The battery pack includes frame member surrounding the packing member packing the battery element and a coating layer constituted of a curable resin formed on surfaces of the packing member which are surrounded and demarcated by the frame member.
US09525153B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate, a display unit on the substrate, a sealing substrate on the display unit, a sealing member around the display unit and bonding the substrate and the sealing substrate, and a filler inside the sealing member and filling a gap between the substrate and the sealing substrate, wherein the filler is a non-hardening type, and a molecular weight of the filler is from about 100 kg/mol to about 5,000 kg/mol.
US09525146B2
The present invention relates to organic semiconductor compositions and organic semiconductor layers and devices comprising such organic semiconductor compositions. The invention is also concerned with methods of preparing such organic semiconductor compositions and layers and uses thereof. The invention has application particularly in the field of displays such as organic field effect transistors (OFETS), integrated circuits, organic light emitting diodes (OLEDS), photodetectors, organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells, sensors, lasers, memory elements and logic circuits.
US09525144B2
An organic light-emitting diode includes an emission layer, a hole migration transfer region and an electron migration region between the first and the second electrodes. The organic light-emitting diode (OLED) has low driving voltages, higher luminance, higher efficiency, higher color purity and longer lifetime than a conventional OLED.
US09525132B1
A method for fabricating a phase change memory device uses the well-developed semiconductor process to fabricate a larger-size sacrifice beforehand, and next uses a wet etching technology to form a narrowed sacrifice layer having a smaller size, and then removes the narrowed sacrifice layer to form the desired mask pattern, whereby the method can precisely define and easily adjust a smaller-size heater and have a stable fabrication process.
US09525131B2
Memory devices having memory cells comprising variable resistance material include an electrode comprising a single nanowire. Various methods may be used to form such memory devices, and such methods may comprise establishing contact between one end of a single nanowire and a volume of variable resistance material in a memory cell. Electronic systems include such memory devices.
US09525127B2
The invention provides a magnetoresistance element with a configuration such that a stable switching action is possible with a current flowing in response to the application of a unipolar electrical pulse, and a non-volatile semiconductor storage device using the magnetoresistance element.A magnetoresistance element 1-1 includes a magnetic tunnel junction portion 13 configured by sequentially stacking a perpendicularly magnetized first magnetic body 22, an insulation layer 21, and a perpendicularly magnetized second magnetic body 200. The second magnetic body 200 has a configuration wherein a ferromagnetic layer and a rare earth-transition metal alloy layer are stacked sequentially from the insulation layer 21 side interface. A heat assist layer 28-1 that heats the second magnetic body 200 with a heat generated based on a current flowing through the magnetic tunnel junction portion 13 is further provided, and the magnetization direction of the second magnetic body 200 is reversed by the heating of the second magnetic body 200. A non-volatile semiconductor storage device 10-1 includes the magnetoresistance element 1-1, a switching element connected in series to the magnetoresistance element 1-1, information rewriting means that carries out a write and erase by causing a write current to flow through the magnetoresistance element 1-1, and reading means that reads information stored from the amount of current flowing through the magnetoresistance element 1-1.
US09525118B2
An n-type thermoelectric conversion material that has a high Seebeck coefficient, a low electric resistivity, and a large power factor includes, as its main constituent, a metal material mainly containing Ni, and includes an oxide material containing Sr, Ti, and a rare-earth element in the range of about 10 wt % to about 30 wt %. The oxide material is a SrTiO3 based oxide material. For producing the thermoelectric conversion material, through the steps of mixing and grinding a SrTiO3 based oxide material and a Ni metal powder to prepare a mixture, forming this mixture into a shape to prepare a compact, and then firing the compact, the thermoelectric conversion material is obtained.
US09525111B2
Various methods and apparatuses are disclosed. A method may include disposing at least one die on a location on a carrier substrate, forming at least one stud bump on each of at least one die, forming a phosphor layer on the at least one stud bump and the at least one die, removing a top portion of the phosphor layer to expose the at least one stud bump, and removing a side portion of the phosphor layer located between two adjacent dies. An apparatus may include a die comprising top, bottom, and side surfaces. A phosphor layer may be disposed on the top, bottom, and side surfaces of the die. The phosphor layer may have substantially equal thicknesses on the top and side surfaces of the die as well as one or more stud bumps disposed on the top surface of the die.
US09525110B2
An object of the invention is to provide a phosphor that emits a light containing much red and green light components and a light-emitting device and a lighting apparatus comprising the phosphor that have favorable color rendering properties. An oxide nitride phosphor having a garnet structure represented by Formula [1]: AwAlxCy:Cez, in Formula [1], A=(Lua,Yb), a+b=1, 0
US09525100B2
Provided is a nano-structured light-emitting device including: a first type semiconductor layer; a plurality of nanostructures which are formed on the first type semiconductor layer and include nanocores, and active layers and second type semiconductor layers that enclose surfaces of the nanocores; an electrode layer which encloses and covers the plurality of nanostructures; and a plurality of resistant layers which are formed on the electrode layer and respectively correspond to the plurality of nanostructures.
US09525096B2
The present invention relates to plating equipment and method for a solar cell wafer using electroplating and light-induced plating jointly. The plating equipment includes a jig allowing a wafer (1), that is a body to be plated, to be vertically immersed into a plating solution at a center of a plating bath (209), a first plating unit (200) comprising a plurality of anode members (210) symmetrically disposed on both sides of the plating bath (209) facing the wafer (1), the first plating unit performing electroplating; and a second plating unit (300) disposed in a light source receiving unit (320) physically blocked from the first plating unit (200), the second plating unit (300) being disposed at a rear side of the anode members (210) to perform light-induced plating by using an light emitting diode (LED) lamp (301) irradiating light onto the wafer (1).
US09525094B2
A proximity sensor having a relatively small footprint includes a substrate, a semiconductor die, a light emitting device, and a cap. The light emitting device overlies the semiconductor die. The semiconductor die is secured to the substrate and includes a sensor area capable of detecting light from by the light emitting device. The cap also is secured to the substrate and includes a light barrier that prevents some of the light emitted by the light emitting device from reaching the sensor area. In one embodiment, the light emitting device and the semiconductor die are positioned on the same side of the substrate, wherein the light emitting device is positioned on the semiconductor die. In another embodiment, the light emitting device is positioned on one side of the substrate and the semiconductor die is positioned on an opposing side of the substrate.
US09525092B2
A solar concentrator module (80) employs a luminescent concentrator material (82) between photovoltaic cells (86) having their charge-carrier separation junctions (90) parallel to front surfaces (88) of photovoltaic material 84 of the photovoltaic cells (86). Intercell areas (78) covered by the luminescent concentrator material (82) occupy from 2 to 50% of the total surface area of the solar concentrator modules (80). The luminescent concentrator material (82) preferably employs quantum dot heterostructures, and the photovoltaic cells (86) preferably employ low-cost high-efficiency photovoltaic materials (84), such as silicon-based photovoltaic materials.
US09525086B2
Disclosed are a method of preparing metal nanoparticles for solar cells, an ink composition including the metal nanoparticles, and a method of preparing a thin film using the same. More particularly, there are provided a method of preparing metal nanoparticles for forming a light absorption layer of a solar cell, including preparing a first solution including a reducing agent, preparing a second solution including at least two salts selected from the group consisting of a copper (Cu) salt, a zinc (Zn) salt, and a tin (Sn) salt, preparing a mixture by mixing the first solution and the second solution, and synthesizing at least one kind of metal nanoparticles by reaction of the mixture and purifying the synthesized metal nanoparticles, an ink composition including the metal nanoparticles, and a method of preparing a thin film using the same.
US09525075B2
An array substrate provided according to the present disclosure may include: a base substrate; a gate electrode and a gate insulating layer sequentially formed on the base substrate; a semiconductor layer formed on the base substrate on which the gate insulating layer has been formed; and a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the base substrate on which the semiconductor layer has been formed. The semiconductor layer may be connected to the source electrode and the drain electrode respectively. A first connection region in which a first connection point is located may be arranged between the semiconductor layer and the source electrode. And a second connection region in which a second connection point is located may be arranged between the semiconductor layer and the drain electrode. A length of a shortest distance on the semiconductor layer from the first connection point to the second connection point may be no less than a reference distance which refers to a longest distance of a straight line between any two points among all points on a perimeter of the gate electrode.
US09525070B1
The present invention provides a TFT substrate structure and a manufacturing method thereof. A metal oxide semiconductor layer is formed on an amorphous silicon layer to replace an N-type heavily-doped layer. The potential barrier between the amorphous silicon layer and metal layer is relatively low, making it possible to form an ohmic contact and thus increasing current efficiency, without the need of doping other ions to form the N-type heavily-doped layer. Further, the metal oxide semiconductor layer comprises numerous defects that trap holes so that during the operation of the TFT, even a great negative voltage is applied to the gate terminal to thus form a hole conducting channel, the holes may hardly move from the source/drain terminals through the metal oxide semiconductor layer and the semiconductor layer to reach the conducting channel and consequently, the current leakage issue occurring in a hole conducting zone of a conventional TFT substrate structure can be improved and severe bending of the hole current curve and poor reliability are also improved.
US09525067B2
An electronic circuit on a strained semiconductor substrate, includes: electronic components on a first surface of a semiconductor substrate; and at least portions of a layer of a porous semiconductor material on the side of a second surface of the semiconductor substrate, opposite to the first surface, to bend the semiconductor substrate.
US09525065B1
Semiconductor devices are provided. A semiconductor device includes a stack of gate electrodes. The semiconductor device includes a channel material in a channel recess in the stack. The semiconductor device includes a channel pad on the channel insulating layer. The channel pad has a curved upper surface. Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices are also provided.
US09525064B1
A method of making a vertical transistor includes forming a doped source on a substrate; depositing a sacrificial gate material on the source; forming a trench in the sacrificial gate material to expose the doped source; growing an epitaxial layer within the trench to form a channel region extending from the doped source and through the sacrificial gate material; performing an epitaxial growth process to grow an epitaxial layer on a portion of the channel region to form a drain over the sacrificial gate material; depositing a dielectric material on the drain to form a spacer that protects the epitaxial growth; and removing the sacrificial gate material and replacing the sacrificial gate material with a gate stack that surrounds the channel region between the doped source and the drain.
US09525059B1
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer that has a first surface and a second surface, a drift region of a first conductivity type in the semiconductor layer, a body region of a second conductivity type between the drift region and the first surface, a source region of first conductivity type, a first gate electrode, a second gate electrode with the body region interposed between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode, first and second gate insulating films, a first field plate electrode between the second surface and the first gate electrode, a second field plate electrode between the second surface and the second gate electrode, a first region of the first conductivity type in the drift region, a second region between the first region and the body region, and a third region between the second region and the body region.
US09525054B2
A High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) includes a first III-V compound layer having a first band gap, and a second III-V compound layer having a second band gap over the first III-V compound layer. The second band gap is smaller than the first band gap. The HEMT further includes a third III-V compound layer having a third band gap over the second III-V compound layer, wherein the third band gap is greater than the first band gap. A gate electrode is formed over the third III-V compound layer. A source region and a drain region are over the third III-V compound layer and on opposite sides of the gate electrode.
US09525051B2
A semiconductor device including a nonvolatile memory cell in which a writing transistor which includes an oxide semiconductor, a reading transistor which includes a semiconductor material different from that of the writing transistor, and a capacitor are included is provided. Data is written to the memory cell by turning on the writing transistor and applying a potential to a node where a source electrode (or a drain electrode) of the writing transistor, one electrode of the capacitor, and a gate electrode of the reading transistor are electrically connected, and then turning off the writing transistor, so that the predetermined amount of charge is held in the node. Further, when a p-channel transistor is used as the reading transistor, a reading potential is a positive potential.
US09525048B2
A technique relates to a dual epitaxial process a device. A first spacer is disposed on a substrate, dummy gate, and hardmask. A first area extends in a first direction from the gate and a second area extends in an opposite direction. A doped intermediate spacer is disposed on the first spacer. A first region is opened on the substrate by removing first spacer and intermediate spacer at the first region. A first epitaxial layer is disposed in the first region. The intermediate spacer is removed from first area. A second spacer is disposed on the intermediate spacer. A second region is opened on the substrate by removing the first spacer, intermediate spacer, and second spacer. A second epitaxial layer is disposed in second region. The width of the second epitaxial layer is enlarged by annealing causing dopant in the intermediate spacer layer to flow into the second epitaxial layer.
US09525045B1
A semiconductor device and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first conductive type and an epitaxial layer having the first conductive type disposed over the substrate, wherein a trench is formed in the epitaxial layer. The semiconductor device also includes a polysilicon layer having the first conductive type disposed in the trench. The semiconductor device further includes a doped region having a second conductive type disposed along a sidewall and a bottom of the trench in the epitaxial layer, wherein a thickness along the sidewall and the bottom of the trench is uniform, and wherein the thickness is a vertical distance between the outermost side of the trench to the sidewall or the bottom of the trench.
US09525032B2
Fabrication of doped AlN crystals and/or AlGaN epitaxial layers with high conductivity and mobility is accomplished by, for example, forming mixed crystals including a plurality of impurity species and electrically activating at least a portion of the crystal.
US09525024B2
An embodiment is a method comprising diffusing carbon through a surface of a substrate, implanting carbon through the surface of the substrate, and annealing the substrate after the diffusing the carbon and implanting the carbon through the surface of the substrate. The substrate comprises a first gate, a gate spacer, an etch stop layer, and an inter-layer dielectric. The first gate is over a semiconductor substrate. The gate spacer is along a sidewall of the first gate. The etch stop layer is on a surface of the gate spacer and over a surface of the semiconductor substrate. The inter-layer dielectric is over the etch stop layer. The surface of the substrate comprises a surface of the inter-layer dielectric.
US09525023B2
One embodiment of the present invention is a semiconductor device which includes a gate electrode; a gate insulating film formed to cover the gate electrode; a semiconductor layer formed over the gate insulating film and placed above the gate electrode; a second insulating film formed over the semiconductor layer; a first insulating film formed over a top surface and a side surface of the second insulating film, a side surface of the semiconductor layer, and the gate insulating film; silicon layers and which are formed over the first insulating film and electrically connected to the semiconductor layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode which are formed over the silicon layers. The source electrode and the drain electrode are electrically separated from each other over the first insulating film. The semiconductor layer is not in contact with each of the source electrode and the drain electrode.
US09525006B2
A stacked type image sensor with improved optical characteristics, which may result from a color separation element, and an image pickup apparatus including this image sensor. The stacked type image sensor includes first and second light sensing layers arranged in a stacked manner, and color separation elements positioned between the first and second light sensing layers. Accordingly, the first light sensing layer absorbs and detects light of a first wavelength band, and the second light sensing layer detects light of second and third wavelength bands separated by the color separation elements.
US09525002B2
An image sensor device may include an interconnect layer, an image sensor IC carried by the interconnect layer and having an image sensing surface, and encapsulation material laterally surrounding the image sensor IC and covering an upper surface of the image sensor IC up to the image sensing surface. The image sensor device may include an optical plate having a peripheral lower surface carried by an upper surface of the encapsulation material and aligned with the image sensing surface, the optical plate being spaced above the image sensing surface to define an internal cavity, and a lens assembly coupled to the encapsulation material and aligned with the image sensing surface.
US09525000B2
A solid-state imaging device includes: multiple micro lenses, which are disposed in each of a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, focus the incident light into the light-receiving surface; with the multiple micro lenses of which the planar shape is a shape including a portion divided by a side extending in the first direction and a side extending in the second direction being disposed arrayed mutually adjacent to each of the first direction and the second direction; and with the multiple micro lenses being formed so that the depth of a groove between micro lenses arrayed in a third direction is deeper than the depth of a groove between micro lenses arrayed in the first direction, and also the curvature of the lens surface in the third direction is higher than the curvature of the lens surface in the first direction.
US09524993B2
A transistor a gate of which, one of a source and a drain of which, and the other are electrically connected to a selection signal line, an output signal line, and a reference signal line, respectively and a photodiode one of an anode and a cathode of which and the other are electrically connected to a reset signal line and a back gate of the transistor, respectively are included. The photodiode is forward biased to initialize the back-gate potential of the transistor, the back-gate potential is changed by current of the inversely-biased photodiode flowing in an inverse direction in accordance with the light intensity, and the transistor is turned on to change the potential of the output signal line, so that a signal in accordance with the intensity is obtained.
US09524989B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose an array substrate and a method of manufacturing the same, and a liquid crystal display screen. The array substrate comprises gate lines, data lines arranged to intersect the gate lines, common electrode signal lines, and a plurality of pixels defined by the gate lines and the data lines, wherein each pixel comprises a drive transistor, a pixel electrode connected with one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the drive transistor while the other one of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the drive transistor is connected with the respective data line, and a common electrode electrically connected with the respective common electrode signal line, and, the common electrode signal lines and the gate lines are formed in the same layer and extend in the same direction as the gate lines, wherein each pixel further comprises a common electrode connection line formed in the same layer as the respective common electrode signal line and extending in a direction of the respective data line, and the common electrode connection line is electrically connected with the respective common electrode signal line and the respective common electrode. Embodiments of the present invention is made so that the pixel resistance value is reduced, reducing the phenomenon of partial green picture in the liquid crystal display screen as a whole.
US09524988B2
An array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal display. An array substrate, comprises: a substrate (11), gate lines (2), data lines (4) and common electrode lines (3) disposed on said substrate (11), said gate lines (2) and said data lines (4) define a plurality of pixel units (20, 21); two transparent conductive film layers (12, 19) and thin film transistor are formed in each of said pixel units (20, 21); wherein, said pixel units (20, 21) comprise a first pixel unit (20) and a second pixel unit (21), and the first pixel unit (20) and the second pixel unit (21) are alternately arranged along the direction of said data lines (4); wherein, in said first pixel unit (20), a first transparent conductive film layer (12) is electrically connected with a common electrode line (3), a second transparent conductive film layer (19) is electrically connected with a drain electrode (16) of a thin film transistor; in said second pixel unit (21), a first transparent conductive film layer (12) is electrically connected with a drain electrode (16) of a thin film transistor, a second transparent conductive film layer (19) is electrically connected with a common electrode line (3); the common electrode lines (3) in the pixel units (20, 21) are electrically connected with each other.
US09524982B2
According to one embodiment, the semiconductor body of the first portion includes a first semiconductor part and a second semiconductor part. The first semiconductor part extends in the stacking direction. The second semiconductor part is provided between the first semiconductor part and the first electrode layer, and has an end located closer to the first electrode layer side than the first semiconductor part. The first insulating film of the second portion includes a first insulating part and a second insulating part. The first insulating part extends in the stacking direction. The second insulating part is provided between the first insulating part and the second electrode layer, and has an end located closer to the second electrode layer side than the first insulating part.
US09524981B2
The metallic material content of a contact via structure for a three-dimensional memory device can be reduced by employing a vertical stack of a doped semiconductor material portion and a metallic fill material portion. A backside contact via can be filled with an outer metallic layer, a lower conductive material portion, an inner metallic layer, and an upper conductive material portion to form a contact via structure such that one of the lower and upper conductive material portions is a doped semiconductor material portion and the other is a metallic fill material portion. The doped semiconductor material generates less stress than the metallic fill material per volume, and thus, the contact via structure can reduce stress applied to surrounding regions in the three-dimensional memory device.
US09524979B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a substrate; an insulating layer provided on the substrate; a conductive layer provided on the insulating layer; a stacked body provided on the conductive layer and including a plurality of electrode layers and a plurality of insulating layers respectively provided among the plurality of electrode layers; a columnar section piercing through the stacked body to reach the conductive layer and extending in a first direction in which the stacked body is stacked; and a source layer. The columnar section includes a channel body and a charge storage film provided between the channel body and the respective electrode layers. The conductive layer includes a first film having electric conductivity and in contact with the lower end portion of the channel body; and an air gap provided to be covered by the first film.
US09524976B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, such as a three-dimensional NAND memory string, includes forming a carbon etch stop layer having a first width over a major surface of a substrate, forming a stack of alternating material layers over the etch stop layer, etching the stack to the etch stop layer to form a memory opening having a second width at a bottom of the memory opening that is smaller than the width of the etch stop layer, removing the etch stop layer to provide a void area having a larger width than the second width of the memory opening, forming a memory film over a sidewall of the memory opening and in the void area, and forming a semiconductor channel in the memory opening such that the memory film is located between the semiconductor channel and the sidewall of the memory opening.
US09524975B2
Provided are a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device may include a dummy structure formed on a peripheral region of a substrate, and insulating spacers configured to pass through the dummy structure and protrude from an upper surface of the dummy structure. The semiconductor device may include first contact plugs configured to pass through the insulating spacers and protrude from upper surfaces of the insulating spacers.
US09524974B1
A dielectric layer extending over a substrate has alternating first and second trenches extending in a first direction. The first trenches have a first shape in cross section along a plane that is perpendicular to the first direction and the second trenches have a second shape in cross section along the plane. Bit lines are located in at least the first trenches.
US09524973B1
A method of forming a NAND flash memory includes etching between word lines to expose isolation material in shallow trench isolation (STI) trenches while active areas between word lines remain covered, then forming protective sleeves at locations over exposed isolation material. Subsequently, with the protective sleeves in place, isotropic etching of isolation material forms an air gap extending continuously between the protective sleeves along an individual STI trench.
US09524971B2
Techniques for providing a semiconductor memory device are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory cells arranged in an array of rows and columns. Each memory cell including a first region, a second region, and a body region capacitively coupled to at least one word line and disposed between the first region and the second region. Each memory cell also including a third region, wherein the third region may be doped differently than the first region, the second region, and the body region.
US09524967B1
A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same, the semiconductor device include a substrate, and a first transistor, a second transistor and a third transistor all disposed on the substrate. The first transistor includes a first channel, and a first barrier layer and a first work function layer stacked with each other on the first channel. The second transistor includes a second channel, and a second barrier layer and a second work function layer stacked with each other. The third transistor includes a third channel and a third barrier layer and a third work function layer stacked with each other on the third channel, wherein the first barrier layer, the second barrier layer and the third barrier layer have different nitrogen ratio. The first, the second and the third transistors have different threshold voltages, respectively.
US09524961B2
In the semiconductor device including the off transistor serving as an ESD protection element and an output element between a first external connection terminal and a second external connection terminal connected to a VSS, a seal ring wire is connected in parallel, by a connection wire, to a first internal wire extending from the second external connection terminal to the source of the off transistor, and a parasitic resistance of the first internal wire is smaller than a parasitic resistance of a second internal wire connecting the source of the off transistor and a source of the output element to each other.
US09524957B2
Embodiments disclosed herein provide for a circuit including first die having an active side and a backside, wherein the first die is flip-chip mounted to a carrier. The circuit also includes a second die stacked on the backside of the first die, wherein the second die is stacked on the first die such that a backside of the second die is facing the backside of the first die and an active side of the second die faces away from the first die.
US09524955B2
A semiconductor device is made by forming a conductive layer over a first sacrificial carrier. A solder bump is formed over the conductive layer. A no-flow underfill material is deposited over the first carrier, conductive layer, and solder bump. A semiconductor die or component is compressed into the no-flow underfill material to electrically contact the conductive layer. A surface of the no-flow underfill material and first solder bump is planarized. A first interconnect structure is formed over a first surface of the no-flow underfill material. The first interconnect structure is electrically connected to the solder bump. A second sacrificial carrier is mounted over the first interconnect structure. A second interconnect structure is formed over a second side of the no-flow underfill material. The second interconnect structure is electrically connected to the first solder bump. The semiconductor devices can be stacked and electrically connected through the solder bump.
US09524952B2
A semiconductor system may include first semiconductor device including a first pad, a second pad and a first test input pad, and suitable for storing data inputted in series through the first test input pad and outputting the stored data in parallel through the first pad and the second pad; a second semiconductor device including a third pad, a fourth pad and a second test output pad, and suitable for storing data inputted in parallel through the third pad and the fourth pad, a first through via connecting the first pad and the third pad so that the stored data outputted in parallel through the first pad is inputted in parallel through the third pad; and a second through via connecting the second pad and the fourth pad so that the stored data outputted in parallel through the second pad is inputted in parallel through the fourth pad.
US09524950B2
A method for fabricating a stacked microelectronic device includes attaching a first package layer to a second package layer to form stacked microelectronic layers. Saw streets of the first package layer overlie and are aligned with saw streets of the second package layer. The first and second package layers include respective edge connectors formed between the saw streets and electronic components in the first and second package layers. A through package via is formed in one of the saw streets of the first and second package layers. The via is filled with conductive material. The stacked package layers are singulated along the saw streets in a manner that retains a portion of the conductive material to form a sidewall connector between at least two of the edge connectors.
US09524949B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip provided with a plurality of bumps arranged in a peripheral alignment, a substrate provided with a plurality of electrodes, and an insulating resin adhesive film. The semiconductor chip is affixed to the substrate via the insulating resin adhesive film such that the electrodes are in positions corresponding to the positions of the bumps. The insulating resin adhesive film has a minimum melt viscosity of 8×103 to 1×105 Pa·s, covers 70 to 90% the area of the region enclosed with the plurality of bumps, and heat cured. The bumps and the electrodes corresponding thereto are arranged so that they are opposed to each other and establish metallic contact therebetween. A periphery of the insulating resin adhesive film is defined between the plurality of bumps and the outer edge of the semiconductor chip, exclusive.
US09524946B2
An electronic device includes a surface-mounted component and a mounting component on which the surface-mounted component is mounted, the surface-mounted component includes a first bump and a second bump, a cross-sectional area of which in an in-plane direction of a surface facing the mounting component is larger than that of the first bump, on the surface facing the mounting component, the mounting component includes a first pad that is soldered to the first bump and a second pad soldered to the second bump on the surface facing the surface-mounted component, and a ratio of an area of the second pad to the cross-sectional area of the second bump is larger than a ratio of an area of the first pad to the cross-sectional area of the first bump.
US09524943B2
A method of forming a semiconductor package includes providing a substrate having one or more conductive elements disposed therein. Each conductive element extends from a first surface of the substrate toward a second surface of the substrate extending beyond the second surface. The second surface comprises one or more substrate regions not occupied by a conductive element. A first die is attached within a substrate region, and the first die is coupled to at least one of the conductive elements. The first die may be coupled to at least one of the conductive elements by a wire bond connection. Alternatively, an RDL is formed over the second surface, and the first die is coupled to at least one conductive element through the RDL. A second die may be attached to an outer surface of the RDL, and the second die is electrically coupled to the first die through the RDL.
US09524941B2
In various embodiments, a power semiconductor housing having an integrated circuit is provided. The integrated circuit may include: a first gate pad and a second gate pad; and a first gate contact and a second gate contact; wherein the first gate pad is electrically connected to the first gate contact; wherein the second gate pad is electrically connected to the second gate contact. The integrated circuit may further include a drain-contact surface, wherein the drain-contact surface is connected to a drain contact; and a second drain contact, which is electrically connected to the drain-contact surface of the integrated circuit.
US09524938B2
A semiconductor device includes a first die having top, bottom, and peripheral surfaces. A bond pad is formed over the top surface. An organic material is connected to the first die and disposed around the peripheral surface. A via hole is formed in the organic material. A metal trace connects the via hole to the bond pad. A conductive material is deposited in the via hole. A redistribution layer (RDL) has an interconnection pad disposed over the top surface of the first die.
US09524926B2
A method of lead frame surface modification includes providing at least one pre-fabricated metal lead frame or package substrate (substrate) unit including a base metal having a die pad and a plurality of contact regions surrounding the die pad. An ink including a material that is a solid or a precursor for a solid that forms a solid upon a curing step or a sintering step that removes a liquid carrier is additively deposited including onto at least one of (i) a region of the die pad and (ii) at one region of at least a first of the contact regions (first contact region). The ink is sintered or cured to remove the liquid carrier so that a substantially solid ink residue remains.
US09524925B2
There is provided a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including a first semiconductor base substrate, a second semiconductor base substrate that is bonded onto a first surface side of the first semiconductor base substrate, a through electrode that is formed to penetrate from a second surface side of the first semiconductor base substrate to a wiring layer on the second semiconductor base substrate, and an insulation layer that surrounds a circumference of the through electrode formed inside the first semiconductor base substrate.
US09524921B2
A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The semiconductor device comprising a substrate including a first surface and a second surface that face each other, a planarization layer formed on the first surface of the substrate, a passivation layer formed on the planarization layer, and a through via contact penetrating the substrate, the planarization layer, and the passivation layer, and being exposed from the passivation layer.
US09524918B2
Disclosed is a heat dissipating component for a semiconductor element, having a tabular body 0.4-6 mm in thickness containing 40-70 volume % of diamond particles, with the balance comprising metal of which the principal component is aluminum, and coated on both surfaces by a coating layer comprising metal of which the principal component is aluminum, or an aluminum-ceramic based composite material, to form an aluminum-diamond based composite body. On at least the two major surfaces thereof are formed, in order from the major surface side, (1) an amorphous Ni alloy layer 0.1-1 μm in film thickness, (2) an Ni layer 1-5 μm in film thickness, and (3) an Au layer 0.05-4 μm in film thickness, the ratio of the Ni alloy layer and the Ni layer (Ni alloy layer thickness/Ni layer thickness) being 0.3 or less.
US09524916B2
A structure for TDDB measurement, a method determining TDDB at reduced spacings. The structure includes an upper dielectric layer on a top surface of a lower dielectric layer, a bottom surface of the upper dielectric layer and the top surface of the lower dielectric layer defining an interface; a first wire formed in the lower dielectric layer; a second wire formed in the upper dielectric layer; and wherein a distance between the first wire and the second wire measured in a direction parallel to the interface is below the lithographic resolution limit of the fabrication technology.
US09524913B2
A polishing method and a polishing apparatus for performing a measurement of a film thickness of a substrate, such as a wafer, if an error has occurred during polishing of the substrate. The polishing method includes polishing a plurality of substrates, measuring a film thickness of at least one substrate, which has been designated in advance, of the plurality of substrates that have been polished, and if a polishing error has occurred during polishing of any one of the plurality of substrates, measuring a film thickness of that substrate.
US09524911B1
Methods for creating self-aligned FINFET SDBs for minimum gate junction pitch and epitaxy formation. Embodiments include forming separated openings in a hard mask on upper surfaces of Si fins; forming cavities in the fins, each of the cavities having a concave shape and a width extending under the hard mask on each side of the cavity; forming trenches in the fins, the trenches having an upper width substantially equal to a width of the openings and less than the width of a cavity; removing the hard mask; filling the trenches and the cavities with oxide, forming STI regions; forming an oxide mask layer on the upper surfaces of the fins and the STI regions; removing upper portions of the oxide in sections between the STI regions; and removing remaining portions of the oxide mask revealing the fins and upper surfaces of the STI regions.
