US09714650B2
Provided is a pumping system that includes a parallel dual chamber pumping mechanism and an attachable disposable cassette. The disposable cassette includes a multi-laminate membrane which facilitates efficient, accurate and uniform delivery of fluids. The multi-laminate membrane is held in intimate contact with the pumping fingers of the pumping mechanism by electrostatic or magnetic attraction, thereby allowing the pump to pull a vacuum without the need for a preloaded elastomeric pumping segment.
US09714645B2
A differential cylinder for a hydro-mechanical drive for actuating an electric switch, for example, a high-voltage switch, can include a first pressure area to be loaded with an operating pressure, a second pressure area, and a piston which can be moved in a movement range as a function of the pressure difference between the first and second pressure area. A damping device is provided which, during a movement of the piston in the direction of the second pressure area in one section of the movement range, provides damping against the movement of the piston, wherein the damping is adjustable.
US09714643B2
The boiling-water geothermal heat exchanger 1 is provided with a water injection pipe 2 which is installed underground and to which water is supplied from the ground and a steam extraction pipe 3 which is installed underground so as to be in contact with the water injection pipe 2 and has a plurality of ejection ports 5, in which a pressure inside the steam extraction pipe 3 is reduced to the vicinity of a pressure required by a turbine 6, high-pressure hot water which is produced by supplying heat from a geothermal region 4 to water inside the water injection pipe 2 is changed to a single-phase flow of steam inside the steam extraction pipe 3 present underground via the ejection ports 5, and the single-phase flow of steam is extracted on the ground. And in the boiling-water geothermal heat exchanger 1, a heat insulation portion is formed at a part which is in contact with a low-temperature region close to the ground surface, and the heat insulation portion is such that the level of water supplied to the water injection pipe 2 is lowered to form an air layer at an upper part of the water injection pipe 2.
US09714642B2
A lifting device for connecting two rotor blade segments of a wind turbine at the location of the wind turbine is adapted to move in the longitudinal direction of the rotor blade. The lifting device includes a frame structure, means for supporting and guiding the frame structure in relation to the rotor blade, means for lowering and/or lifting the frame structure in relation to the rotor blade, and means for lifting and/or lowering a rotor blade segment.
US09714641B2
A wind power turbine configured to produce and feed electric energy to an electric power grid; the wind power turbine having: a blade assembly; at least one electric machine connected to the blade assembly to generate electric energy, and having a rotor, and a stator divided into a quantity or number of stator subsystems; and an electric transmission system configured to connect the quantity or number of stator subsystems to the electric power grid, and having an electric transmission assembly for, and connected to, each stator subsystem. The wind power turbine being characterized by having a control device connected to, and configured to receive malfunction signals from, the electric transmission assemblies, and configured to define an individual target torque reference value on the basis of the malfunction signals from the electric transmission assemblies, so as to reduce discontinuity in the torque of the rotor.
US09714637B1
A pneumatic starter for a chainsaw having a pedestal that supports a mounting plate. Clamps are used to mount a chainsaw to the mounting plate while brackets are used to connect a pneumatic cylinder having an extending shaft to the mounting plate. A recoil handle fixture receives the pull cord of a chainsaw. The recoil handle fixture is connected to the shaft. When a pneumatic assembly receiving compressed air is operated the shaft is rapidly extended, pulling the pull cord to start the chainsaw.
US09714636B2
An aircraft starter motor assembly for starting an aircraft engine is provided, and includes a DC motor, a planetary gearset, a ring gear clutch, and a starter adapter. The sun gear from the gearset is mounted to the motor output shaft. The ring gear clutch is used to rotationally fix the ring gear or to permit the ring gear to freewheel. The starter adapter includes a worm, a spring, a worm gear, a wrap spring clutch and an output shaft. The worm drives the worm gear, which drives the output shaft via the wrap spring clutch. By using the ring gear clutch to let the ring gear freewheel, the wrap spring clutch can more easily unwind and disengage from the output shaft after the engine has been started.
US09714634B2
Electromagnetic valve, particularly for controlling a fuel injector or for regulating the pressure of a high-pressure fuel accumulator, comprising a casing (2), an electromagnet (24, 25) formed of a yoke (24) and an electromagnetic coil (25) housed in the latter, and an armature (22) in one or more parts. An abutment disk (28) is provided between the transverse face of the armature (22) turned towards the yoke (24) and the transverse face facing the yoke (24), this abutment disk (28) being made of a magnetized or magnetizable material, particularly of a ferromagnetic material.
US09714625B2
A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes an air/fuel ratio determination module and an emission level determination module. The air/fuel ratio determination module determines an air/fuel ratio based on input from an air/fuel ratio sensor positioned downstream from a three-way catalyst that is positioned upstream from a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst. The emission level determination module selects one of a predetermined value and an input based on the air/fuel ratio. The input is received from a nitrogen oxide sensor positioned downstream from the three-way catalyst. The emission level determination module determines an ammonia level based on the one of the predetermined value and the input received from the nitrogen oxide sensor.
US09714621B2
An automatic engine control apparatus installed in a vehicle causes an engine of the vehicle to stop automatically when a predetermined stop condition is satisfied, and after the automatic stop of the engine, causes the engine to restart automatically when a predetermined restarting condition is satisfied. The apparatus includes an electronic control unit configured to inhibit or permit, while the vehicle is stopped, a second automatic stop of the engine in response to the predetermined stop condition being satisfied, depending on whether the predetermined restarting condition satisfied most recently to have caused the engine to restart automatically was a first restarting condition or a second restarting condition different from the first restarting condition. The first restarting condition represents an intention of a driver of the vehicle to start moving the vehicle.
US09714613B2
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting a throttle during deceleration fuel shut off (DFSO). In one example, a method may comprise controlling a position of a throttle in an air inlet of an engine propelling a vehicle, in relation to vehicle operator commands, and during a deceleration fuel shut off mode, increasing opening of said throttle independently of said operator commands when speed of said vehicle is or is expected to fall below a desired speed or desired speed trajectory.
US09714606B2
Disclosed is a vehicle power generating apparatus which comprises: a generator; a rotary engine configured to serve as an engine for driving the generator, and installed in the vehicle in a posture where an output shaft thereof extends in an up-down direction; and an intake pipe and an exhaust pipe each connected to the rotary engine. The rotary engine comprises a pair of upper and lower side housings, and a rotor housing located between the upper and lower side housings. the rotor housing and the lower side housing are formed with an intake port and an exhaust port, respectively. The intake pipe is connected to a side surface of the rotor housing in such a manner as to be communicated with the intake port, and the exhaust pipe is connected to the lower side housing in such a manner as to be communicated with the exhaust port.
US09714604B2
A method of feeding air to an internal combustion engine having at least first and second internal cavities, including: completing the intake phase of the first combustion chamber of the first internal cavity by feeding compressed air into the first combustion chamber until a maximum volume thereof is reached; during a beginning of the compression phase of the first combustion chamber and a simultaneous beginning of the intake phase of the second combustion chamber of the second internal cavity, feeding compressed air from the first combustion chamber into the second combustion chamber; closing a communication between the first and second combustion chambers and completing the intake phase of the second combustion chamber by feeding compressed air into the second combustion chamber until a maximum volume thereof is reached.
US09714601B2
A radiator as a heat exchanger of the invention includes: an upper tank into which a cooling water flows; a core in which fluid from the upper tank is heat-exchanged; and a lower tank that collects the fluid from the core. A baffle plate is provided inside the upper tank, the baffle plate dividing an inner space into a lower space and an upper space and provided with a communication opening that communicates between the lower space and the upper space. A bent portion bent toward the lower space is provided at each a longitudinal end of the baffle plate.
US09714598B2
A mixer for a vehicle exhaust system includes a mixer housing defining a mixer central axis and having an inlet at an upstream end and an outlet at a downstream end. An upstream baffle is in the housing at the upstream end and includes at least one inlet opening configured to receive engine exhaust gas. A downstream baffle is in the mixer housing at the downstream end such that the downstream baffle is axially spaced from the upstream baffle. The downstream baffle includes at least one outlet opening. A housing opening is formed within the mixer housing at a location between the upstream and downstream baffles, and which is configured to receive a doser. A cone has a cone outlet opening aligned with the housing opening, and an extension portion extends outwardly from a wide end of the cone to provide a wall that surrounds the cone outlet opening.
US09714595B2
The invention relates to a storage tank (12) of a metering system (10) for introducing a reducing agent (32) in an exhaust gas tract of an internal combustion engine. The storage tank (12) comprises at least one opening (50) for mounting components (20, 24) and openings (46, 48, 63) for filling and emptying as well as venting (62). All openings (46, 48, 50, 62) are arranged above a region of the storage tank (12) flooded by the reducing agent (32).
US09714579B2
An airfoil blade (2) of a bearingless rotor of a helicopter. Said airfoil blade (2) has a pitch axis from a tip end to a root end and said root end is provided with junction means for a separable junction arrangement of said airfoil blade (2) with a flexbeam head (13), and a control cuff (4, 22). Said junction arrangement is mechanical with removable fasteners respectively removable connecting said root end of said airfoil blade (2) to said control cuff (4, 22) and said flexbeam head (13). Said root end comprises at least two openings (7, 8) being asymmetric with regard to said pitch axis.
US09714572B2
A reduced noise screw expander is described, which comprises a main rotor and a gate rotor each having an ‘N’ profile. The rotors are designed so that the torque on the gate rotor caused by pressure forces is in the same direction as the torque on the gate rotor caused by frictional drag forces. A method of designing a screw machine exhibiting reduced noise is also described. The screw machine has two or more rotors having an ‘N’ profile, and the method involves determining a ratio r/r1, where r is the main rotor addendum and r1 is the radius of the rack round side, and ensuring that this ratio is greater than 1.1 where the screw machine is to be a screw compressor or less than or equal to 1.1 where the screw machine is to be a screw expander.
US09714571B2
A downhole sampling tool includes a cam configured to rotate about a central axis. Two or more pistons engage a cam track such that rotation of the cam causes the pistons to reciprocate between first and second piston positions. Corresponding fluid flow lines are opened and closed when corresponding ones of the plurality of pistons reciprocate between the first and second piston positions.
US09714567B2
A wellbore E-field wireless communication system, the communication system comprising a first E-field antenna, and a second E-field antenna, wherein the first antenna, and the second antenna are both arranged in a common compartment, such as an annulus of a wellbore and further arranged for transferring a signal between a first connector of the first E-field antenna and a second connector of the second E-field antenna by radio waves.
US09714566B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for determining a location of an acoustic source outside of a borehole. The method relates to indicating a radial distance to the borehole, an offset along the borehole, and an azimuthal position around the borehole, of the acoustic source. The method includes receiving acoustic signals from respective acoustic sensors spaced along a tool lowered within the borehole. Using the acoustic signals and a borehole model, stacked energies are calculated for different radial distances from the borehole. At least one of the stacked energies is translated to an indication of a radial distance of the acoustic source from the borehole. The stacked energy for a radial distance is computed by offsetting the acoustic data signals in time in accordance the borehole model, summing the offset acoustic data signals to produce a stacked signal, and evaluating energy of the stacked signal over a time window.
US09714565B2
A method for using a drilling fluid test device including a test cell including a perforated plate disposed proximate a first end of the test cell, a piston disposed within the cell, a first chamber formed between the perforated plate and the piston, the first chamber configured to receive lost circulation material (LCM), a second chamber formed between the piston and a second end of the test cell, the piston providing a seal between the first and second chambers, a fluid inlet disposed proximate the second end of the test cell configured to introduce fluid into a second chamber of the test cell, a filtrate outlet disposed proximate the first end of the test cell to discharge filtrate, and a pump in communication with the fluid inlet.
US09714564B2
A method for determining a configuration of a mechanical actuator coupled to a drilling shaft in a drilling shaft deflection device of a rotary steerable subterranean drill. The method includes receiving, at a controller, data representative of a present rotary position of a rotor of an electronically commutated deflector motor of a drilling shaft deflection device of a rotary steerable subterranean drill. The rotor is operatively coupled by a fixed-ratio transmission to a mechanical actuator comprising a drilling shaft receiver coupled about a portion of a deflectable drilling shaft of the drilling shaft deflection device. The method includes determining, at the controller, the present position of the drilling shaft receiver in dependence upon the received data representative of the present rotary position of the rotor of the electronically commutated deflector motor.
US09714562B2
A downhole communications module for connecting with a string of downhole logging tools includes an optical annunciator and a communications port deployed in corresponding apertures in a tool body. The aperture housing the annunciator is sealed by a port plug having an optically transparent window. The aperture housing the communications port is sealed by a removable plug. A controller is deployed in the tool body and includes a memory module in electronic communication with the communications port. The controller is further configured to control operation of the annunciator.
US09714539B2
A winding shaft drive (1, 1A, 101, 101A, 102, 102A) is arranged for operating a retractable covering for an architectural opening. The winding shaft drive includes an at least partially hollow winding shaft (7); a driving member (3, 103) for inducing rotation to the winding shaft; and a shaft brake adapted to be operated by the driving member. The shaft brake includes a preassembled module (5) for accommodation in the at least partially hollow winding shaft (7) and has first coupling means (67) on one axial end thereof for transmitting rotative forces and second coupling means (69) on the same one axial end for transmitting non-rotative stationary forces. The driving member has a driving hub (11, 111) for removably coupling to the first coupling means (67) and a stationary connector (17, 17A, 117, 117A) for removably coupling to the second coupling means (69). A shaft brake module (5) and a driving member (3, 103) are specifically adapted for use in the winding shaft drive.
US09714535B2
A vehicle such as an automobile includes: a vehicle body having an opening; an opening-closing member that closes the opening; a drive member that drives the opening-closing member so as to open and/or close the opening; a controller that controls the drive member to control the opening-closing member between a fully open position and a fully closed position; and an elastic member provided at a mating portion of the closed opening-closing member and the vehicle body and inserted between the closed opening-closing member and the vehicle body. The controller controls the drive member in a stopping state of the vehicle and opens the opening-closing member from the fully closed position so as to reduce a pressure acting upon the elastic member.
US09714527B2
The present invention relates to a locking apparatus for introduction into a recess of a device to be locked, wherein the locking apparatus has an actuating pin and a bolt part which is rotationally fixedly connectable to the actuating pin and which can be locked and/or unlocked by rotating the actuating pin, wherein the bolt part can be fastened to the named actuating pin in different positions. The invention further relates to the use of such a locking apparatus as a transport lock of a carcass part to be locked such as a device housing door of a security-sensitive gambling device, betting device and/or entertainment device. In accordance with the invention, the actuating pin and the bolt part have releasable latching means having a plurality of latching positions for latching the bolt part to the actuating pin in a plurality of axial positions. The latching means in this respect comprise latch contours which engage into one another in a shape-matched manner, which can be pushed beyond one another in the longitudinal direction of the actuating pin with elastic deformation and which can latch into one another transversely to the longitudinal direction of the actuating pin by elastic recoil so that the bolt part is held axially at the actuating pin in the respective latching position.
US09714521B1
A self-draining canopy that includes a covering, an orthogonal support structure, and a drainage system. The covering can have a substantially quadrilateral shape in a horizontal plane. The orthogonal support structure can be coupled to the covering. When erected, non-vertical elements of the orthogonal support structure that the covering rests upon can be positioned substantially orthogonally within the horizontal plane. A natural contour of the formed canopy can automatically direct environmental substances deposited upon the top surface toward the corners of the canopy where the drainage system is installed. The drainage system can transport environmental substances from the top surface of the canopy to an outlet location. Transportation of the environmental substances can be provided by the force of gravity. The drainage system can prevent the accumulation of environmental substances on the top surface of the canopy and deformation of the canopy due to such accumulations.
US09714505B2
A garbage disposal unit is disclosed. The garbage disposal unit includes a cabinet. The garbage disposal unit further includes a crushing unit that is located in the cabinet and that is configured to crush garbage. The garbage disposal unit further includes a housing body that is located in the cabinet. The garbage disposal unit further includes an inlet port that is configured to guide garbage discharged from the crushing unit to the housing body. The garbage disposal unit further includes an outlet port that is configured to connect an inside of the housing body to an inside of the cabinet. The garbage disposal unit further includes a dehydration unit that is located in the housing body and that is configured to dehydrate and agitate garbage by rotating. The garbage disposal unit further includes an agitation unit.
US09714504B2
A bathtub drain and overflow fitting kit is provided having a drain fitting, an overflow fitting and/or an adapter fitting, for connecting the bathtub drain and overflow openings to the household waste plumbing. The overflow fitting has a ball and socket connection between its inlet and outlet. Preferably, the overflow fitting has an abutment member which limits the range of angles created by the joint socket and joint ball within a range of angles to about 10°. The kit includes a gasket having a first sealing portion, a second sealing portion, and a tapered sealing portion between the first and second sealing portions, and is configured so that the same gasket may be used at the drain opening or the overflow opening. The drain and overflow fittings have at their inlets retaining features that interengage matching retaining features on the gasket to hold during installation.
US09714500B2
A wheel loader includes: a mechanical drive unit; an HST pump that feeds a hydraulic oil for travelling; an accessory hydraulic pump that feeds a hydraulic oil for a bucket; first and second hydraulic motors driven by the hydraulic oil from the HST pump; and a power combining unit configured to combine powers of the first and second hydraulic motors with a power of the mechanical drive unit, in which the mechanical drive unit is provided between an engine shaft to an output shaft with a shaft center, the power combining unit is configured to combine the power of the mechanical drive unit with the powers of the first and second hydraulic motors at a position above the output shaft, and the first and second combining gears and a gear, to which combined powers are transmitted, are disposed between the first and second hydraulic motors and the output shaft.
US09714499B2
A loader includes a tool carrier arranged on a loader boom. The tool carrier is connected at a first pivot point to the loader boom and at a second pivot point to a pivot linkage. The pivot linkage has first and second links which are pivotably connected to one another at a first link point. The first link is pivotably connected at a second link point to the loader boom, and the second link is pivotably connected at a second link point at the second pivot point to the tool carrier. A sensor senses a pivot angle between the tool carrier and loader boom. The sensor is positioned in a cavity on the loader. An actuating device is connected to the sensor.
US09714494B2
A deicing method includes the steps of determining a necessary quantity of heat to substantially vaporize an interfacial layer between a solid surface and a layer of ice and applying pulsed heating at the interfacial layer. The pulsed heating is applied with the determined necessary quantity of heat to substantially vaporize the interfacial layer.
US09714492B2
An apparatus and a method for disabling a ground engaging traction device of a land vehicle includes at least one penetrator configured to breach the traction device, an articulated strap configured to move the apparatus between a retracted arrangement and an extended arrangement, a mass configured to deploy the apparatus to the extended arrangement, and a retractor configured to retract the apparatus to the retracted arrangement. The penetrators can be arranged in sections and the penetrators can be arranged so as to be multi-directional within each section.
US09714487B2
An industrial mat having a supporting structure; an upper layer provided above the supporting structure for forming an upper surface of the mat, a lower layer provided below the supporting structure for providing a lower surface of the mat; and lifting elements attached to the upper layer, the lower layer or the supporting structure. The lifting elements include D-shaped members, O-shaped members, U-shaped members, eyelets, hooks, circular or polygonal rings, chains, or cables that are configured and dimensioned for attachment to attached to the supporting structure or the upper or lower layer with sufficient strength to provide certified overhead lifting of the mat for installation and reclamation thereof.
US09714470B2
A method and system for die compensation and restoration uses high-velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) thermal spray coating and plasma ion nitriding to compensate for a particular part (damaged part) of a press die that causes formation of fine curves at a door of a vehicle to restore it to its original state. A coating thickness quantification technique may precisely compensate for the damaged part of the die that causes formation of the fine curves at the door of the vehicle in a circular form using HVOF thermal spray coating. A surface of the die may be nitrided using plasma ion nitriding after HVOF thermal spray coating is performed, so as to harden the surface of the die so that wear resistance and fatigue resistance of the die can be greatly improved and the hardfacing or overlay welding efficiency of the die can be increased.
US09714461B2
There is provided a method for producing a metal-based particle assembly, comprising the steps of: producing a metal-based film having an average thickness equal to or smaller than 50 nm on a substrate (a first step); and morphologically changing the metal-based film through a heat treatment into a metal-based particle assembly comprising a plurality of metal-based particles mutually separated and disposed in two dimensions (a second step). The method allows a metal-based particle assembly to be produced that for example includes 30 or more metal-based particles having an average particle diameter in a range of from 200 to 1600 nm, an average height in a range of from 55 to 500 nm, and an aspect ratio, as defined by a ratio of the average particle diameter to the average height, in a range of from 1 to 8.
US09714457B2
Submersible media filters and submersible columns for use in removing radioactive isotopes and other contaminants from a fluid stream, such as a fluid stream from the primary coolant loop of a nuclear reactor system or a fluid stream from a spent-fuel pool. Generally, these submersible media filters and submersible columns are adapted to be submersed in the fluid stream, and additionally the filters are adapted to be vitrified after use, resulting in a stabilized, non-leaching final waste product with a substantially reduced volume compared to the original filter. In several embodiments, the submersible media filters and submersible columns include isotope-specific media (ISM).
US09714453B2
A method for detecting genes sensitive to low-level ionizing radiation and genes detected by the method. More specifically, genes sensitive to low-level ionizing radiation, discovered in a carcinogenic entity and verified in a normal entity are detected by subjecting a cancerous AKR/J mouse and a normal ICR mouse to low-level radiation. Thymus is collected therefrom, and glycometabolism-related genes are classified via microarray processing of the thymus. The genes are amplified and the levels of gene expression are measured. Thus, a gene having a specific reaction to radiation can be accurately detected by preventing the interference of confounding variables.
US09714452B2
A system for classifying thyroid nodule tissue as malignant or benign is provided that is based on the identification of sets of gene transcripts, which are characterized in that changes in expression of each gene transcript within a set of gene transcripts can be correlated to with either malignant or benign thyroid nodule disease. The thyroid classification system provides for sets of “thyroid classifying” target sequences and further provides for combinations of polynucleotide probes and primers derived there from. These combinations of polynucleotide probes can be provided in solution or as an array. The combination of probes and the arrays can be used for diagnosis. The invention further provides further methods of classifying thyroid nodule tissue.
US09714450B2
Genetic markers of schizophrenia (SCZ) are presented herein, as are methods for using same for assessing risk of developing SCZ and diagnosing SCZ. Methods for choosing a therapeutic regimen and predicting and/or determining efficacy of a therapeutic regimen based on these genetic markers are also encompassed herein.
US09714442B2
Devices including a polydiorganosiloxane polyamide containing material having a microstructured surface are disclosed herein. Such devices can optionally include a flex circuit attached to the microstructured surface and can be useful, for example, in fluid handling applications.
US09714441B2
The claimed subject matter relates to the stabilization of 1,2-quinone mediators, especially those containing 1,10-phenanthroline quinone (PQ) and more especially transition metal complexes of PQ, in the presence of enzymes when contained in dry reagent layers for biosensor electrodes, through the use of various metal salts, particularly those of lithium.
US09714432B2
The present invention provides use of a plant gene JAZ5a for improving drought-resistance of a plant. It further provides a method for improving the drought-resistance of a plant, comprising enhancing the expression or activity of Jaz5A in said plant.
US09714424B1
Reduction of ocular scarring is accomplished from the discovery that silencing of the expression of USP10 in the area of a wound under healing will reduce the accumulation of integrin on the cell's surface and activation of the fibrotic growth factor TGFβ, thereby preventing ocular scarring.
US09714422B2
Disclosed herein are methods, compositions, polynucleic acid polymers, assays, and kits for inducing processing of a partially processed mRNA transcript to remove a retained intron to produce a fully processed mRNA transcript that encodes a full-length functional form of a protein. Also described herein are methods and compositions for treating a disease or condition characterized by impaired production of a full-length functional form of a protein or for treating a disease or condition characterized by a defective splicing in a subject.
US09714420B2
Methods and systems for purifying cells and/or viruses are provided. The sample is added to a well disposed in a medium. A potential is applied across the medium to cause the contaminants to enter one or more walls of the well, and retain the cells and/or viruses in the well. The cells and/or viruses can be removed from the well, and optionally adhered or fixed to a surface, or detected. In one embodiment, the cells and/or viruses may be retained in the well by embedding in the medium. The medium including the embedded cells and/or viruses may be excised or otherwise removed and transferred to a glass slide or other solid surface.
US09714419B2
The present invention provides PEGylated tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase (YRS) polypeptides, compositions comprising the same, and methods of using such polypeptides and compositions for treating or diagnosing a variety of conditions. The PEGylated YRS polypeptides of the invention have improved controlled release properties, stability, half-life, and other pharmacokinetic properties compared to non-PEGylated YRS polypeptides.
US09714417B2
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having xylanase activity, catalytic domains, carbohydrate binding modules and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, catalytic domains or carbohydrate binding modules. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides, catalytic domains or carbohydrate binding modules.
US09714408B2
In a cell culture in a sealed cell culture container, gradual deterioration of culture environment is prevented. A cell culture method in which cell culture is conducted by adding a fresh culture medium to a culture container in which cells and a culture medium are enclosed, which includes the steps ofadjusting the pH of said culture medium to be added to be higher than the pH which is optimum for culture of the cells, and/or adjusting the partial pressure of dissolved carbon dioxide of the culture medium to be added to be lower than the pressure which is optimum for culture of the cells, and/or adjusting the partial pressure of dissolved oxygen of the culture medium to be added to be higher than the pressure which is optimum for culture of the cells; and mixing the adjusted culture medium and the culture medium in said culture-container to adjust at least any of the pH, the partial pressure of dissolved carbon dioxide and the partial pressure of dissolved oxygen to be optimum for culture of said cells, thereby to culture the cells in the culture container.
US09714407B2
A device for applying an electromagnetic field to a biological feedstock sample is disclosed. The device includes a coaxial electrical structure including a center conductor and a ground conductor which surrounds the center conductor, a load including a resistor and the biological feedstock sample being positioned between one end of the center conductor and a conductive wall which extends the ground conductor into a plane substantially perpendicular to the axis of the center conductor, the resistor having a first end connected to the center conductor and a second end connected to the conductive wall, the resistor defining an internal volume wherein the biological feedstock sample is placed.
US09714403B2
Compositions comprising cellulase and at least one poly alpha-1,3-glucan ether compound having a degree of substitution with a positively charged organic group of about 0.05-3.0 are disclosed. Such compositions can be dry or aqueous, the latter of which can have a viscosity of at least about 10 cPs. The disclosed composition can be in the form of a personal care product, household product, or industrial product, for example. Also disclosed are a method for preparing an aqueous composition comprising cellulase and a poly alpha-1,3-glucan ether compound, and a method of treating a material such as fabric by contacting it with this aqueous composition.
US09714402B2
The present invention relates to the use of bis-pyranonylmethanes in detergents and cleaning agents to improve the washing or cleaning performance in regard to bleachable stains.
US09714400B2
The present invention concerns the use of C16-alkyl betaine as a fabric softener, notably for fabric softening compositions. The invention also concerns a method of treating fabric which comprises the step of contacting said fabric in the rinse cycle of a fabric washing machine with an aqueous medium containing a composition as defined herein.
US09714398B2
Methods are provided for recovering oil from a process stream mixture in a corn to ethanol process. The method comprises adding an oil separation aid to the process stream wherein the oil separation aid is an alkyl polyglycoside (APG).
US09714385B2
The present invention relates to a process for the conversion of a low molecular weight polymeric byproduct obtained during production of high density polyethylene (HDPE), commonly known as low polymer wax (LPW) or polymer mud, into different products like different grades of paraffin wax, microcrystalline wax, lube and grease base stocks by a process comprising of thermal treatment in an inert atmosphere in the presence of organic peroxides or hydroperoxides and metal oxides. The end product depends upon the suitable selection of various process parameters like type of peroxides or hydroperoxides, metal oxides, temperature and duration of reaction.
US09714373B2
A composition comprising a base, nonylphenol, at least one quaternary ammonium compound, and glycol ether EB is provided in a method for solubilizing calcium carbonate in an aqueous suspension or dispersion of calcium carbonate.
US09714352B2
A dispersed white ink contains TiO2, wherein the TiO2 includes particles contained in a thermoplastic polymer resin matrix and wherein the particles have a maximum interparticle distance of less than 1.0 μm and exhibit a statistical variance of less than 0.02. A process for manufacturing the dispersed white ink is also provided.
US09714350B2
Disclosed is a carbon nanotube dispersion liquid composition for forming a conductive layer in a display device. The carbon nanotube dispersion liquid composition includes, for example, 0.05 to 20 wt % of carbon nanotubes, 0.02 to 40 wt % of a polyacrylic acid resin, and 50 to 99.93 wt % of C2-C5 straight-chain alkanol, based on the total weight of the carbon nanotube dispersion liquid composition.
US09714348B2
A method for producing nanostructured carbon material, including (a) combusting hydrocarbon fuel in an oxygen-enriched environment to produce combustion products having a temperature of 1,000-3,150° C.; (b) forming a postcombustion gas stream having a velocity of 40-800 m/s; (c) forming a working mixture by introducing hydrocarbon feedstock and a catalyst precursor for carbon nanostructures growth into the postcombustion gas stream; (d) introducing the working mixture into a reaction zone, wherein the reaction zone is maintained at a temperature of 900-2,300° C., and wherein the catalyst precursor is decomposed into catalyst particles, while the hydrocarbon feedstock is decomposed to form carbon nanostructures and gaseous products; and (e) separating carbon nanostructures from the gaseous products of the decomposition of hydrocarbon feedstock.
US09714347B2
The present invention relates to dyes of formula (1) a process for preparing them and their use for dyeing and printing hydroxyl- and/or carboxamido-containing materials.
US09714346B1
A triarylmethane dye-oximate compound derived from 2,3-butanedione monoxime reacted with a triarylmethane dye. Particular embodiments include a triarylmethane dye selected from methyl violet, crystal violet, fuchsine, pararosaniline, new fuchsine, fuchsine acid, phenol red, malachite green, brilliant green, brilliant blue, Victoria blue B Victoria blue FBR, Victoria blue BO, Victoria blue FGA, Victoria blue 4 R, Victoria blue R or methyl blue. The dye-oximate compound is suitable for use as both a reactive decontaminating compound and a color indicating compound for organophosphates.
US09714342B2
Flowable liquid suspensions are described comprising blends of particulate water soluble high molecular weight polymer flocculants. The polymer flocculants can include polyethylene oxide, polyacrylamide, polyDadmac, Dadmac-acrylamide copolymers, copolymers thereof and combinations thereof. The suspension allows the use of fine powders while reducing potential air quality and safety issues. The suspensions generally settle when mixing is stopped, but a uniform dispersion results when the suspensions are mixed, and the mixed suspensions can be delivered for use. The flocculant suspensions can be used for waste water purification, fiber dewatering, and the like.
US09714334B2
A process for producing a polyester polyol comprising reacting a recycle stream selected from recycled PET carpet, carpet fiber, containers, textiles, articles or mixtures thereof, with a glycol in a reactor, thereby forming a digested product stream comprising polyols, and an undigested stream; and then reacting the digested product stream with a hydrophobe selected from dimer fatty acids, trimer fatty acids, oleic acid, ricinoleic acid, tung oil, corn oil, canola oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, bacterial oil, yeast oil, algae oil, castor oil, triglycerides or alkyl carboxylate esters having saturated or unsaturated C6-C36 fatty acid units, saturated or unsaturated C6-C36 fatty acids, alkoxylated castor oil, saturated or unsaturated C9-C18 dicarboxylic acids or diols, cardanol-based products, recycled cooking oil, branched or linear C6-C36 fatty alcohols, hydroxy-functional materials derived from epoxidized, ozonized, or hydroformylated fatty esters or acids, or mixtures thereof.
US09714323B2
A cross-linked composition comprises the reaction product of siloxanes having pendant anhydride groups and a reactant having hydroxyl and/or amine functional groups. The cross-linked composition can be of the following general formula (I): (I). Refer to formula (1) Each X can be of the following general formula (i): (i). Refer to formula (i) Each of W and W* is independently an oxygen atom or N—R, with R independently being a hydrogen atom or R1. Each of Y, R3, and R13 is an independently selected divalent group. Each of R1, R11, R4, R14, R5, and R15 is an independently selected substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group. Each of w and ww, and each of y and yy, is an independently selected integer from 0 to 1,000. Each of x and xx is an independently selected integer from 1 to 100. Typically, w and y are not simultaneously 0, and ww and yy are not simultaneously 0.
US09714322B2
A meta-substituted trifunctional benzoxazine monomer and compositions containing the same, wherein the trifunctional benzoxazine monomer is represented by the following structure:
US09714316B2
The invention relates to low-viscosity polymers containing silane groups, the polymers curing rapidly under the effect of moisture to form an elastic material with good heat resistance and being in particular suitable for elastic adhesives and sealants. The polymers containing silane groups are based on special hydoxysilanes which carry a secondary OH group. They are in particular obtained by reacting epoxysilanes with secondary amines.
US09714313B2
The present invention relates to an ampholytic polymeric system obtainable by a process comprising the copolymerization of (i) a monomer according to Formula (1), (ii) an ethylenically unsaturated cationic monomer and (iii) a (co)polymer comprising an ethylenically unsaturated anionic monomer which comprises a sulfonate group: (1) wherein X is O or NR2, R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1-C6 alkyl groups or wherein R1 and R2 form together a (CR1R2)n- chain, wherein n is 3 to 12, and wherein R3 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and CH3. The present invention further relates to the use of ampholytic polymeric system in separation processes.
US09714310B2
Thermoplastic copolymer compositions which contain 50 to 82 wt.-% of a SAN copolymer AI and 15 to 55 wt.-% of a graft copolymer A2, which has an average particle size of 50 to 150 nm and is constituted of at least one rubber-like graft base with a glass transition temperature Tg<0° C., at least one alkyl acrylate, the cyclic cross-linking agent dicyclopentadienyl acrylate and a non-cyclic, additional cross-linking agent, and of 20 to 40 wt.-% of at least one graft shell composed of styrene and acrylonitrile; and auxiliary agents and/or additives, have improved gloss when exposed to weathering.
US09714308B2
A copolymer includes a first group that is hydrophobic and a second group that is crosslinkable. Moreover, a glass substrate includes a coating of the copolymer, with interposition of a layer of silane including a functional group capable of reacting with the crosslinkable group. The glass substrate may be used as hydrophobic glazing for a transport vehicle, shower cubicle wall or easy-to-clean interior glazing.
US09714303B2
A solid catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins comprising Mg, Ti, Cl and at least an electron donor compound which is the reaction product obtained by bringing into contact a Mg compound and a Ti compound having at least a Ti-halogen bond with an electron donor selected from specific diphenol derivatives.
US09714296B2
The present invention relates to antibodies and their fragments that are immunoreactive to the mammalian, and more particularly, the human B7-H3 receptor and to uses thereof, particularly in the treatment of cancer and inflammation. The invention thus particularly concerns humanized B7-H3-reactive antibodies and their immunoreactive fragments that are capable of mediating, and more preferably enhancing the activation of the immune system against cancer cells that are associated with a variety of human cancers.
US09714295B2
The present invention relates to antibodies and their fragments that are immunoreactive to the mammalian, and more particularly, the human B7-H3 receptor and to uses thereof, particularly in the treatment of cancer and inflammation. The invention thus particularly concerns humanized B7-H3-reactive antibodies and their immunoreactive fragments that are capable of mediating, and more preferably enhancing the activation of the immune system against cancer cells that are associated with a variety of human cancers.
US09714291B2
According to the present invention, a heterodimer protein composition that is composed of a first polypeptide comprising an immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region and a second polypeptide comprising CL-Fc prepared by fusion of an immunoglobulin light chain constant region (CL) and Fc region, and also has a deletion or substitution of Cys residues involved in disulfide bonds between CL and CH1, a purification method of the protein composition thereof, a preparation method of the protein composition thereof, a DNA and a vector encoding the protein composition thereof are provided.
US09714288B2
The present disclosure provides compounds comprising modified oligonucleotides and anti-CD22 antibodies. Certain such modified oligonucleotides conjugated to anti-CD22 antibodies are useful for hybridizing to a complementary nucleic acid, including but not limited, to nucleic acids in a cell. In certain embodiments, hybridization results in modulation of the amount activity or expression of the target nucleic acid in a cell.
US09714287B2
An anti-IL-23 antibody, including isolated nucleic acids that encode at least one anti-IL-23 antibody, vectors, host cells, transgenic animals or plants, and methods of making and using thereof have applications in diagnostic and/or therapeutic compositions, methods and devices.
US09714277B2
This disclosure provides pegylated GLP-1/glucagon agonist peptides for the treatment of metabolic diseases, e.g., obesity.
US09714276B2
GDF15 polypeptides, constructs comprising GDF15, and mutants thereof are provided. In various embodiments the GDF15 polypeptides, constructs comprising GDF15, and mutants thereof, can be of use in the treatment or ameliorating a metabolic disorder. In various embodiments the metabolic disease or disorder is type 2 diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemia, elevated glucose levels, elevated insulin levels and diabetic nephropathy.
US09714269B2
The present invention relates to quality control methods using inorganic binding peptides, wherein inorganic entities are identified using inorganic-binding peptides specifically binding to the inorganic entity of interest. In particular, the invention includes a method for the identification of defects or inhomogeneities on a surface by detecting an inorganic entity of interest. It further includes a method for the isolation of powder particles comprising an inorganic entity of interest from a mixture of powder particles. In addition, the present invention relates to inorganic-binding peptides comprising the amino acid sequence MTWDPSLASPRS (SEQ ID NO: 31) and the amino acid sequence LNAAVPFTMAGS (SEQ ID NO: 32), respectively.
US09714257B2
Provided are an agent for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of a movement disorder, the agent for the treatment and/or prophylaxis wherein the movement disorder is extrapyramidal syndrome, the agent for the treatment and/or prophylaxis wherein the movement disorder is bradykinesia, gait disturbance, dystonia, dyskinesia or tardive dyskinesia, the agent for the treatment and/or prophylaxis wherein the movement disorder is a side effect of L-DOPA and/or dopamine agonist therapy, and the like, each containing a thiazole derivative represented by the formula (I) wherein R1 represents aryl and the like, and R2 represents pyridyl or the like, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.
US09714244B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) that are useful as inhibitors of the activity of Wee-1 kinase. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to methods of using these compounds in the treatment of cancer and methods of treating cancer.
US09714242B2
The invention relates to novel benzothiophene-, benzofuran-, and indole ureas and to the use thereof for producing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases and for improving perception, concentration, learning, and/or memory.
US09714229B2
The present invention relates to type II and type III crystals of 9-ethyl-6,6-dimethyl-8-(4-morpholin-4-yl-piperidin-1-yl)-11-oxo-6,11-dihydro-5H-benzo[b]carbazole-3-carbonitrile that is a pharmaceutically useful novel crystal.
US09714226B2
The invention generally relates to nuclear transport modulators, e.g., CRM1 inhibitors, and more particularly to a compound represented by structural formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the values and alternative values for the variables are as defined and described herein. The invention also includes the synthesis and use of a compound of structural formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or composition thereof, e.g., in the treatment, modulation and/or prevention of physiological conditions associated with CRM1 activity.
US09714221B1
Compounds of formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 represent hydrogen or deuterium atoms; R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a —COOH, a —OH or a —OPO(OH)2 group; R4 represents a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom; R5 represents a hydrogen atom or a —OH group; wherein at least one of R3 or R5 is different from a hydrogen atom; when R3 represents a —COOH, —OH or —OPO(OH)2 group, then R5 represents a hydrogen atom; when R5 represents a —OH group, then R3 and R4 represent hydrogen atoms; and R6 is selected from an optionally substituted phenyl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl and heterocycloalkyl group; and the preparation and the therapeutic uses of the compounds of formula (I) as inhibitors and degraders of estrogen receptors, useful especially in the treatment of cancer.
US09714217B2
Sulfonic acid derivatives of general formula RCOOCH2CH2CFHCF2SO3-M+ are provided, wherein R represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-30 linear, branched, or cyclic hydrocarbon group, or a substituted or unsubstituted C6-30 aryl group, and M+ represents a counter cation. Photoacid generators and photoresists containing such sulfonic acid derivatives are also provided.
US09714215B2
A method for producing an isocyanate, comprising: a carbamation step of generating an N-substituted carbamate from an organic primary amine, urea and an organic hydroxy compound according to a carbamation reaction, and then recovering a first gaseous phase component containing the urea and/or a compound having a carbonyl group derived from the urea, the organic hydroxy compound, and ammonia; a condensation step of condensing the first gaseous phase component with a condenser; an isocyanate production step of producing an isocyanate by subjecting the N-substituted carbamate to pyrolysis; an ammonia absorption step of allowing a second gaseous phase component containing ammonia recovered as a gaseous phase component from the condenser as a main component, to be absorbed by absorption water, and generating gas-absorbed water; and an ammonia stripping step of heating the gas-absorbed water to separate ammonia from the gas-absorbed water.
US09714212B2
The present invention concerns novel chemical compounds corresponding to formulae (I) and (II): (I) (II) which, when marked with fluorine-18, can be used as markers of NMDA receptors for carrying out studies with a scanner.
US09714200B2
The invention relates to a process for the continuous production of one or more olefins from an aqueous solution of corresponding alcohol(s) including: Providing a solid-free aqueous solution of the alcohol(s); putting the solution through a reactor, which is filled with a fixed-bed catalyst such that the solution comes into contact with the catalyst when flowing through the reactor at a temperature of at least 300° C. and a pressure of at least 220 bar in such a temperature/pressure combination that the alcohol(s) are reacted under supercritical conditions; and transferring a resulting two-stage mixture to a separator, in which the mixture is separated in a raw olefin gas phase and an aqueous liquid phase; wherein the catalyst is selected from among metal oxides having the properties of a Bronstedt acid, insoluble metallic or semi-metallic phosphates as well as porous materials selected from among pumice and carbon, the surface area of which is coated with inorganic acid groups.
US09714196B2
Method for controlling NOx concentration in exhaust gas in combustion facility using pulverized coal
A method for controlling an NOx concentration in an exhaust gas in a combustion facility by: measuring a reaction velocity ki of each of a plurality of chars, each corresponding to a plurality of types of pulverized coals; determining a relationship between the NOx concentration in the exhaust gas and the reaction velocity ki for each of the chars; (iii) blending the plurality of the types of the pulverized coal, wherein a blending ratio of the plurality of the types of the pulverized coal is determined by using, as an index, a reaction velocity kblend of the char of the blended pulverized coal, which corresponds to a target NOx concentration or below, on the basis of the relationship; and supplying the blended pulverized coal to the combustion facility as the fuel of the combustion facility.
US09714194B2
A method for controlling formation of glass bumps in a glass article with laser-irradiation without the use of a growth-limiting structure. Standard deviation of height between the glass bumps on the article is less than 1 micron by controlling the laser radiation dose provided on the glass article.
US09714192B2
Ion exchangeable glass compositions that develop concentration profiles and stress profiles that have higher magnitudes of concentration and compressive stress profiles than those provided by the error function (erfc)-shaped compressive stress profile for similar surface concentrations of stress-inducing components such as K+ or K2O and stresses. The advantaged stress profile is the result of a glass composition that is low in K2O (or potassium) in the base glass prior to ion exchange. A glass comprising lower amounts of K+ or K2O has a stronger dependence of diffusivity on concentration, leading to a non-erfc-shaped concentration profile. Several glass compositions that contain low amounts of K+ or K2O exhibit this beneficial effect, whereas other glasses containing higher amounts of K+ or K2O do not exhibit this effect.
US09714190B2
A composition is for the manufacture of glass solders for high-temperature applications up to temperatures of approximately 1000° C., which composition, having no ZrO2, has SiO2 at a proportion in the range from 48 mol-% to 62 mol %, Al2O3 at a proportion in the range from 0.5 mol % to 6 mol %, B2O3 at a proportion in the range 4 mol % to 12 mol %, BaO at a proportion in the range 12 mol % to 30 mol %, and either CaO at a proportion in the range from 2.5 mol % to 15 mol %, or an R2O3 at a proportion in the range 0.5 mol % to 20 mol % where the R2O3 is selected from La2O3, Y2O3, Sc2O3, and from a further oxide of a chemical element from the series of lanthanoids, wherein the SiO2:BaO ratio is in the range from 1.9 to 4.
US09714187B2
A method for manufacturing a curved glass sheet is provided. The method includes: providing a mold and a furnace; placing the mold in the furnace, the mold including a first mold, a second mold, and a mold core, the first mold defining a receiving space; a bottom surface in the receiving space defining at least one guiding groove, a bottom surface in the at least one guiding groove defining at least one air outlet, the mold core defining a mold cavity and a plurality of micro-holes; placing a raw glass sheet on the second mold; controlling a temperature in the furnace to heat the raw glass sheet; extracting air in the receiving space of the mold via the at least one outlet, to force the raw glass sheet to bend until contacting a bottom surface in the mold cavity; and cooling the mold to form a curved glass sheet.
US09714185B2
A refractory object can include at least 10 wt % Al2O3. In an embodiment, the refractory object can further include a dopant including an oxide of a rare earth element, Ta, Nb, Hf, or any combination thereof. In another embodiment, the refractory object may have a property such that the averaged grain size does not increase more than 500% during sintering, an aspect ratio less than approximately 4.0, a creep rate less than approximately 1.0×10−5 μm/(μm×hr), or any combination thereof. In a particular embodiment, the refractory object can be in the form of a refractory block or a glass overflow forming block. The glass overflow forming block can be useful in forming an Al—Si—Mg glass sheet. In a particular embodiment, a layer including Mg—Al oxide can initially form along exposed surfaces of the glass overflow forming block when forming the Al—Si—Mg glass sheet.
US09714184B2
A roll (10) of glass ribbon (20) and an interleaf material (40) disposed in alternating layers, wherein a layer of the interleaf material is pinned to an adjacent layer of the glass ribbon by an electrostatic force that is of a value so that a shear force required to cause slip between the interleaf material and the glass ribbon is greater than or equal to 10 times that required to cause slip between them when not electrostatically pinned together. Methods for winding and unwinding the roll, as well as an apparatus for winding the glass ribbon and interleaf material into a roll, are also disclosed.
US09714181B2
A terpolymerized corrosion and scale inhibitor used in circulating cooling water of central air conditioning, containing tourmaline, polyaspartic acid, polyepoxysuccinic acid, polymaleic acid, etidronic acid, zinc salt, and the like, wherein the content of the tourmaline is 5-500 g/t (calculated based on solid form); the content of polyaspartic acid, polyepoxysuccinic acid, polymaleic acid and etidronic acid is 2-60 g/t (calculated based on liquid form); and the content of the zinc salt is 0.2-0.8 g/t (calculated based on solid form), is provided. Also disclosed is a method of preparing the terpolymerized corrosion and scale inhibitor used in circulating cooling water of central air conditioning.
US09714177B2
One or more brevetoxins or other toxins produced by red tides or other harmful algal blooms (HABs) are removed from a body of water by contacting an aqueous phase containing water, algae and one or more HAB-produced toxins with an organic phase, extracting the one or more toxins into the organic phase, and separating the organic phase enriched in the one or more toxins from the aqueous phase depleted in the one or more toxins. In some embodiments, the organic phase is comprised of vegetable oil, mineral oil, or other suitable oil. In some embodiments, an annular centrifugal contactor is used to accomplish the contacting, extracting, and separating. In some embodiments, the toxin-depleted aqueous phase is pumped back into the source of the aqueous phase, and the toxin-enriched organic phase is recirculated until a predetermined threshold concentration of the one or more toxins is met.
US09714175B2
The present invention discloses a method for quickly extracting lithium carbonate from saline lake water and a system for the same. The method comprises: first quick-freezing the saline lake water to obtain lithium-rich brine, then evaporating under reduced pressure to enable lithium carbonate to be rapidly precipitated out. The method has advantages of short process flow and less labor consumption, thereby enabling continuous automatic operation, high energy utilization and environment-friendly. Further, the crystallization rate is several times faster than that of the salt-pan process and the grade of lithium carbonate salt mine obtained can reach 95% or more, therefore the method of the present invention is particularly suitable for industrial production in the remote saline lake region. The system comprises a reduced-pressure evaporation crystallizer, a vacuum-pumping apparatus, a brine preheating apparatus and a brine cooling apparatus, which concentrates the brine by quick-evaporation of the water, promotes lithium carbonate to form non-uniform nucleus, and improves the crystallization efficiency.
US09714171B2
The present invention relates to a graphene-nanoparticle composite having a structure in which nanoparticles are crystallized in a carbon-based material, for example, graphene, at a high density, and, more particularly, to a graphene-nanoparticle composite capable of remarkably improving physical properties such as contact characteristics between basal planes of graphene and conductivity, wherein nanoparticles are included as a large amount of 30% by weight or more, based on 100% by weight of graphene, and crystallized nanoparticles have an average particle diameter of 200 nm or more, and a method of preparing the same.
US09714165B1
A semiconductor manufacturing process enables a complex multi-layer, silicon based MEMS devices, such as a gyroscope or accelerometer to be formed without using Silicon On Insulator (SOI) substrates and obviates the need to purchase and use SOI wafers as starting materials. The disclosed techniques further allows the etching of the sacrificial oxide to be “head started” prior to fusion bonding, thereby reducing the amount of release etching required at the end of the MEMS wafer processing.
US09714164B2
An apparatus configured to store and dispense liquid from a liquid retaining bag. The apparatus preferably includes a storage container for storing the liquid retaining bag. The liquid storage container and the liquid retaining bag are preferably housed in the bottom of a water cooler. The storage container includes a base, an upper opening and at least one wall extending upwardly from the base and defining a hollow cavity. The hollow cavity is sized to receive a liquid retaining bag. The apparatus further includes a liquid transport conduit for transporting liquid from the liquid retaining bag to a dispensing location. A guide and retaining member is operably associated with the storage container. The guide and retaining member is preferably configured to guide the liquid transport conduit from a first location to a second location. The second location is an operating position in which at least a portion of the liquid transport conduit extends into the liquid retaining bag and the first location is a location where no portion of the liquid transport conduit is within the liquid retaining bag. Preferably, the guide member and the storage container are configured such that the liquid transport conduit can be positioned in a third location where the liquid retaining bag can be removed from the storage container while at least a portion of the liquid transport conduit is connected to and held in place by the guide and retaining member. The third location is preferably between the first location and the second location.
US09714162B2
A beverage dispensing mixing nozzle for mixing a multi-component beverage mixture. The nozzle has a disruption plate for slowing and dispersing a dispensed fluid into an adjacent expansion region. The disruption plate and floor of the expansion region have turbulence-inducing surfaces to aid in mixing the fluid.
US09714153B2
A spool assembly comprising a housing structure, a spool rotatably retained in an interior region of the housing structure, and a sealed sheath encasing the housing structure to define a barrier for the encased housing structure and the rotatably retained spool. The spool assembly further comprises a locking arm disposed outside of the sealed sheath and configured to operably engage the spool through the sealed sheath and through the housing structure in a manner that does not penetrate the sealed sheath, where the locking arm prevents the spool from rotating relative to the housing mechanism when operably engaged with the spool. The locking arm may disengage from the spool in a hands-free manner when the spool assembly is loaded into a bay of an additive manufacturing system.
US09714141B2
A cartridge assembly for use in a load zone support includes a shaft that is able to be connected to an idler frame of a belt conveyor system. The cartridge assembly further includes a support plate coupled to the shaft and a wear pad coupled to the support plate.
US09714137B2
This disclosure relates to a system and method for insulating a mill product during a transporting and storing process. The system includes a platform, an insulated enclosure, and an actuator system. The platform is capable of supporting the insulated enclosure and the mill product. The insulated enclosure includes a first clamshell enclosure member and a second clamshell enclosure member supported on the platform. Each enclosure member has an open position and a closed position. When each enclosure member is in the open position, the mill product supported on the platform within the enclosure may be accessed. When each enclosure member is in the closed position, the mill product is thermally insulated within the enclosure. The actuator system can move the clamshell enclosures between their open and closed positions.
US09714135B2
A container for solar string transportation includes, on the inside of a solar-string storing section, a long-side side plate, and a short-side side plate, and has an upper opening of the solar-string storing section for loading and unloading, and a pair of solar-string lifting/lowering devices along the inner wall of the long-side side plate. The solar-string lifting/lowering device includes a driving gear section set on the bottom plate side, an endless chain member that revolves around a direction changing gear section set on the upper opening side, a plurality of solar-string placing devices fixed to the endless chain member and including, on the outer side thereof, a projecting section for placing the lower surface of an end edge of the solar string, and a shock absorbing member fixed to the back of the solar-string placing devices. The shock absorbing member holds the end edge upper surface of the solar string.
US09714133B2
“Flairosol” dispensing devices are presented. They utilize a combination of Flair® technology, precompression valves and aerosol like pressurization of the dispensed liquid. An exemplary device has a main body comprising a pressure chamber, the latter being provided with a pressure piston and a pressure spring, a piston and a piston chamber which draws liquid from a container, and fills the pressure chamber with that liquid as a user operates a trigger in various compression and release strokes. The piston chamber has both an inlet valve and an outlet valve, which serve to prevent backflow. A dome valve can be provided near the outlet channel at the top of the dispensing head, such that once its pressure is exceeded by the liquid, it opens and allows for a spray. Alternatively, in an activated embodiment, the dome valve is locked unless opened by a user.
US09714131B2
A sprayhead for use with an aerosol container, the sprayhead including a chassis capable of firm attachment to the container; a rotatable circular collar; a spray channel and associated actuator button; and an over-cap; the rotatable circular collar being rotatable between a first and second position, wherein, when the rotatable circular collar is in the first position, a holding feature of the rotatable circular collar interacts with a holding feature of the chassis and wherein the rotatable circular collar further includes a projection that interacts with a non-rotating feature of the overcap to produce an audible signal when the rotatable circular collar is rotated between its first and second position.
US09714129B2
An indexable cartridge and method that is useable in either a stagnant fluid environment or in a moving fluid environment with the indexable cartridge floatable in a stagnant fluid environment and securable in a moving fluid environment with the indexable cartridge having a housing having one or more diffusion ports and a sleeve having one or more diffusion ports indexable to a diffusion port alignment through resilient yielding of the sleeve while a set of ribs inhibit lateral flow therebetween.
US09714123B2
A dispensing closure for covering an opening of a container including a liquid is presented. The dispensing closure includes an engagement element that fits over the opening of the container and defines a pouring orifice for allowing pouring of the liquid. The pouring orifice having a side defining an air channel for allowing air to flow into the container when liquid during the pouring. The engagement element also includes outer walls and a cap having a hollow including inner walls tightly conforming to the outer walls, a first orifice generally conforming in shape to the pouring orifice, and a second orifice generally conforming in shape to the air channel.
US09714118B2
The composite bag of the present invention generally comprises a multi-layered, inner laminated woven bag for bulk packaging of food products, particularly rice and grain products. The composite bag of the present invention generally comprises a top outer layer made of a polymer film and further comprising an anti-skid coating on one surface and reverse printed matter on its opposing surface; a middle layer comprising a polymer woven layer; a base inner-barrier layer comprising a polymer film that forms the interior liner of the composite bag; and a plurality of holes formed by the top outer layer, the middle layer, and the base inner-barrier layer. The layers of the present invention can be adhesively laminated to each other.
US09714117B2
Container comprising an inner container and an outer container with facing surfaces, wherein at least part of at least one of the facing surfaces has a surface roughness higher than about 0.1 Ra and/or wherein the difference in roughness of said facing surfaces is at least over a part more than about 0.1 Ra.
US09714110B2
The inward and outward deflection of sidewalls of a holding tank for liquids is reduced or eliminated by sidewall reinforcing stringers that extend between the sides and which are located inside the tank. The stringers, maintain the separation distance between the sidewalls to keep the sidewalls substantially parallel to each other.
US09714108B2
A packaging machine includes a product belt, and an adjustment mechanism disposed at the product belt. The adjustment mechanism includes at least one hub movable about an axis of rotation, at least one support operably connected to the at least one hub, and at least one wrapping wand operably connected to the at least one support and movable by the support about the axis of rotation. The at least one wrapping wand is configured and disposed to position a wrapping material about an article to be wrapped. At least one adjustment mechanism is disposed at the axis of rotation. The adjustment mechanism is configured and disposed to alter a path of the at least one wrapping wand about the axis of rotation such that the path of the at least one wrapping wand maintains a constant distance from a product conveyed by the product belt.
US09714092B2
A cylindrical active airborne platform for determining measurement data is latchable to a carrying cable such that the airborne platform is towable through the air. Sensors are configured to determine the measurement data and a flight position of the airborne platform. Two aerofoils arranged in the middle region of the airborne platform are adjustable and are connected to electrical adjusting devices configured as ailerons so as to vary a vertical flight position. Opposing two first air guide surfaces and two second air guide surfaces have further electrical adjusting devices configured respectively as elevators and as rudders. A computer-supported control device comprises an automatic flight management system that is configured to provide self-acting control of the vertical flight position of the airborne platform, and that is configured to control the further electrical adjusting devices.
US09714088B2
An unmanned vehicle determines how to perform a task based at least in part on a message received from another unmanned vehicle. At a later time, the unmanned vehicle detects that the other unmanned vehicle has become untrusted. The unmanned vehicle recalculates how to perform the task such that the recalculation is independent of any messages from the other unmanned vehicle. The unmanned vehicle may also transmit messages to other unmanned vehicles to provide notification of untrustworthiness of the other unmanned vehicle.
US09714085B2
Method and apparatus for determining the deflection or curvature of a rotating blade, such as a wind turbine blade or a helicopter blade. Also, methods and apparatus for establishing an inertial reference system on a rotating blade.
US09714080B2
An aircraft including a wing, the end of the wing having a wing tip device, wherein the wing tip device includes a moveable region that is rotatable, about an axis of rotation extending out of the plane of the wing tip device, between: (i) a high-altitude cruise configuration in which the moveable region extends downwardly below the wing; and (ii) a ground-operating configuration in which the moveable region extends rearwardly behind the wing such that the ground clearance of the wing tip device is increased.
US09714077B2
The present invention is directed an adjustable foot rest system for a kayak comprising a bulkhead member adapted for cinchable non-slip support of the feet and on the fly user positioning. A mounting sleeve in the bow wall and/or runners are provided with the bulkhead resting inside the sleeve and/or runners by friction alone. Flexible straps equipped with strap adjusters are connected to the bulkhead, through guide anchors and secured to anchors affixed to the inside hull of the kayak near the seat. A bungee cord is threaded through an anchor disposed near the end of the bow and connected on each side to the bulkhead cross member, whereby the bulkhead position as selected by the user remains in place until the user selects a new position.
US09714066B1
Combination adjustable air suspension shocks with separate dampers, systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, for motorcycles. Air suspension systems, devices, apparatus, and methods for allowing motorcycle drivers to increase and decrease compressed air supplies in air suspension devices. Deflating interior air springs/airbags (bladders) inside the devices allows for springs and pistons on shock absorbers in the devices to expand outward separating lower front and rear frame portions which effectively lowers the motorcycle to the ground surface and for the driver to have a firmer ride. Inflating the air springs/airbags (bladders) allows for the springs and the pistons on the shock absorbers in the devices to retract into the devices so that the devices have a more shock absorbing effect giving the rider a smoother ride, which also raises the motorcycles above the ground surface.
US09714063B2
A saddle-ride type vehicle includes a front cowl capable of improving appearance quality while suppressing enlargement of the front cowl. Recessed parts recessed rearwardly of a vehicle are formed in front cowls in positions outwardly of front members in a vehicle width direction. The introduction port is formed in the recessed part. The recessed parts are recessed rearwardly of the vehicle beyond tangents brought into contact with the front members and the front cowls. Since guide walls are arranged within a range viewed from introduction ports in a front view, such a possibility that wiring or the like in a front cowl is viewed through the introduction ports in the front view is precluded Immediately behind the introduction ports, air is guided in a desired direction by the guide walls. For this reason, a limited amount of air can be effectively utilized.
US09714050B2
A collision avoidance assistance device configured to perform driver steering assistance to avoid a collision between a vehicle and an obstacle, the device includes a steering control unit configured to perform the steering assistance in a case where it is determined that there is a possibility of the collision between the vehicle and the obstacle. During a period from commencement of the steering assistance to elapsing of a first time determined by response characteristics of a lateral acceleration of the vehicle, the steering control unit is configured to rotate a steering wheel of the vehicle in a collision avoidance direction by a control amount determined based on a steering holding force of the driver.
US09714043B2
A solution for evaluating a vehicle, such as a railroad vehicle, is provided. Vibration data relating to the railroad vehicle can be acquired by vibration sensing devices located adjacent to a rail. Enhanced signal data can be generated from the vibration data acquired by the vibration sensing devices. The enhanced signal data can be evaluated for any anomalous features, such as vibration peaks. When multiple anomalous features are present, these features can be further evaluated to determine whether they indicate a presence of a defect on the railroad vehicle that is producing a periodic signal.
US09714042B1
Train position is sensed using a position sensing unit having plurality of position sensors arrayed in the direction of train travel. The sensors respond to the presence and absence of a detection element on each train car, the detection element being longer than the spacing between adjacent position sensors. A confirmed count of a train car passing the position sensing unit requires detection of a series of related position sensor activations and deactivations. Alternately, the position sensing unit senses data tags on the train cars, reading unique identifiers therefrom. A list of identifiers corresponding to the car order is stored and compared to the identifiers read in order to determine train position.
US09714031B2
A vehicle, a vehicle parking assist system, and a parking method, is provided. A powertrain and a steering system may be operated to guide the vehicle into a parking location to complete a drive cycle based on a default tire radius, a tire angular velocity acquired during a drive cycle in response to a steering angle of the steering system exceeding a threshold value, and wheel and GPS vehicle speeds for the drive cycle.
US09714027B2
Methods and systems are provided for improving engine restart operations occurring during a transmission shift in a hybrid vehicle. Engine speed is controller during cranking and run-up to approach a transmission input shaft speed that is based on the future gear of the transmission shift. Engine speed is controlled via adjustments to spark, throttle, and/or fuel, to expedite engine speed reaching the synchronous speed.
US09714025B2
A motor control method is provided and includes reducing first power generated by a first motor and operating a second motor to generate second power corresponding to the reduced first power when a temperature of the first motor is greater than a first temperature. Additionally, generation of the first power by the first motor is suspended and the second power is generated by the second motor when the temperature of the first motor is greater than a second temperature. Generation of the second power by the second motor is suspended when at least one of the temperature of the first motor and a temperature of the second motor is greater than a third temperature.
US09714019B2
Methods for testing the operation of an aircraft braking system utilize the steps of applying a predetermined electrical energy level to an electromechanical actuator attached to a brake assembly, followed by discontinuing electrical energy to the electromechanical actuator. In some test methods, an actuation level of the electromechanical actuator is determined and used to evaluate braking performance. In other tests, a voltage generated by an electric motor in an actuator is measured and used to evaluate braking performance.
US09714008B2
A flat wiper blade may be provided that includes: a wiper strip 10 which wipes the wiping surface; a seating part 100 including a first fitting protrusion 134 and a catching portion 135; a guide spring 30 which supports the wiper strip 10, to which the seating part 100 is coupled in an attachable and removable manner and which includes a first fitting recess 34 allowing the first fitting protrusion 134 to be inserted into a central portion 32 of the guide spring 30; and a first and a second spoiler 41 and 42 which are coupled to the guide spring 300. The catching portion 135 is caught by the first fitting recess 34.
US09714006B2
Disclosed is a wiper blade which includes a wiper strip 10 which wipes a wiping surface; and a lever unit 20 which supports the wiper strip 10. The lever unit 20 includes: a main lever 30 which is connected to a wiper arm; at least one pair of yoke levers 50 which supports wiper strip 10; and a pair of first auxiliary levers 40 which is relatively rotatably coupled to the yoke levers 50 respectively and is coupled to the main lever 30. Both ends of the main lever 30 include a coupling portion 33 in which a hinge recess 34 is formed. The first auxiliary lever 40 includes a hinge shaft 41 which is inserted and fixed to the hinge recess 34. The hinge shaft 41 has a tapered cross section in a longitudinal direction of the wiper blade 1.
US09714005B2
The invention proposes a wind deflector unit, more particularly a wiper arm wind deflector unit, having at least one wind deflector element (112a, 112b; 212a, 212b; 312a, 312b), having at least one first coupling unit (114a, 114b; 214a, 214b; 314a, 314b) which in an installed condition is designed to be connected to a wiper stem (116; 216; 316) of a wiper arm (118; 218; 318), and having at least one second coupling unit (120a, 120b; 220a, 220b; 320a, 320b) which in an installed condition is designed to receive a wiper fluid duct (122; 222; 322).
US09713995B2
An inverter circuit has a main circuit for converting DC power into output electric power and outputting the output electric power, and a filter capacitor connected in parallel with the main circuit. A supply switching circuit has a contactor that switches between supplying and not supplying DC power to the inverter circuit. A control calculator outputs a supply signal causing the contactor to supply the DC power. A memory holds charge history information that indicates a history of incomplete charging of the filter capacitor. When a supply signal is outputted from the control calculator, a supply controller controls the contactor on the basis of the charge history information.
US09713978B2
A headache rack system for a truck includes a truck bed and a removable and vertically adjustable headache rack. The truck bed is adapted to be attached to a truck frame and includes a floor and a side panel connected to the floor. The side panel includes a first flange and a second flange. The removable headache rack includes a first side support, a second side support, a top support connected to an upper end of the first side support and an upper end of the second side support, and a panel connected to a lower end of the first side support and a lower end of the second side support. The first and second flanges, respectively, may extend beyond a leading edge of the floor and wrap around a portion of the front of the truck bed to define a slot configured for receiving the lower ends of the first and second side supports. The side supports are adapted to be received within the slot and selectively coupled to the truck bed at one of a first height and a second height in relation to a cab of a truck to which the truck bed is attached.
US09713973B2
Provided is a headrest that is capable of improving the rigidity of a headrest frame and preventing the leakage of a foaming agent upon integral foam formation of the headrest. The headrest, which is disposed on the upper part of a seatback and includes a headrest frame inside the headrest, includes a retaining portion of a headrest stay guide in the headrest frame. Further, the headrest is configured in a manner that a headrest skin is sandwiched between the headrest stay guide and the headrest frame.
US09713972B2
A console for a vehicle interior comprises a structure comprising a storage volume and an armrest comprising a tambour door and configured for adjustment from a first position to a second position. The tambour door of the armrest is configured for movement to uncover the storage volume. The vehicle interior component comprises a base and an armrest assembly. The armrest assembly is configured for movement between a raised position and a lowered position relative to the base. The cover of the armrest assembly is configured to move from a closed position to an open position while the armrest assembly is in the raised position and in the lowered position. The console assembly comprises a base and a cover assembly comprising a housing and providing a cover. The cover is configured for movement relative to the base and the housing and movement between a raised position and a lowered position.
US09713969B2
A folding passenger seat and a corresponding passenger seating system for means of passenger transport are provided. The folding passenger seat comprises a seat frame, on which a front seat leg having a first fastening element and a rear seat leg having a second fastening element are arranged. The first fastening element and the second fastening element are configured to be connected to rails on a cabin floor of the means of passenger transport and to be displaced in the rails. A first joint element is arranged between the first fastening element and the second fastening element such that a spacing between the first fastening element and the second fastening element is variable. In particular, the first joint element may be arranged between the front seat leg and the seat frame or between the rear seat leg and the seat frame.
US09713968B1
A five-point harness system is disclosed including a right side strap, a left side strap, a right buckle connected to the right side strap, a left buckle connected to the left side strap, a center strap with a center buckle configured to receive and retain the right buckle and the left buckle. The five-point harness may also include a right side elastic strip having a right front portion coupled to the right side strap, a left side elastic strip having a left front portion coupled to the left side strap, and a center elastic strip having a center front portion coupled to the center strap. The right and the left side elastic strips may be tensioned to pull the harness straps away from each other. The center elastic strip may be tensioned to pull the center strap away from the other straps.
US09713966B2
An electrical power supply system for an electrically propelled vehicle provided with a traction unit and an electrical connector and moving along a circulation rail includes an external power supply zone having a supply line extending along the circulation rail for connection with the electrical connector, and an autonomous power supply zone, located after the external power supply zone along the circulation rail. The supply line includes a main section. The supply line includes a terminal section, extending along the circulation rail in the external power supply zone at least between a first end of the main section and the autonomous power supply zone, for connection with the electrical connector, and a diode, electrically connecting the first end of the main section and a second end of the terminal section and designed to let an electrical current pass through from the main section to the terminal section.
US09713962B2
A system for cost-effective charge planning for a battery of a vehicle includes a battery having a SOC corresponding to an amount of energy stored by the battery. The system also includes an internal electric vehicle charger capable of receiving energy from a charging station and transferring the energy to the battery to increase the SOC. The system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) that can predict a route set including a first destination and a second destination and an amount of time spent at each. The ECU can determine charge planning data including an amount of energy required to reach the first and second destinations and a cost of energy at the first and second destinations. The ECU can determine how much to charge the battery at the first destination and at the second destination based on the predicted route set and the determined charge planning data.
US09713958B2
A non-rail-bound vehicle, in particular a truck, includes a current collector for supplying electric energy from a two-pole overhead conductor. A rocker can be vertically lifted or lowered by a rocking movement of a support extension arm about horizontal tilting axes of lower hinge assemblies and can be laterally displaced by a tilting movement of a support extension arm about vertical pivot axes of the lower hinge assemblies. The lower hinge assemblies are supported on a lifting device which is connected to a vehicle frame of the vehicle and through which the current collector can be vertically moved between a lower parked position and an upper operating position. In this manner, overhead conductors with an extended height range can be contacted without the current collector influencing the entire length of the vehicle.
US09713954B2
An electronic indirect by-pass type semi-active mount may include a primary diaphragm dividing a lower fluid chamber, where a fluid in an upper fluid chamber to which an exciting force as external force is applied is circulated, into a primary lower fluid chamber where the fluid is circulated, a secondary diaphragm dividing the lower fluid chamber into a secondary lower fluid chamber where the fluid is circulated, a secondary diaphragm bracket blocking an atmospheric pressure formation peripheral space in which atmospheric pressure acts beneath the primary diaphragm and forming an atmospheric pressure formation central space in which atmospheric pressure acts beneath secondary diaphragm, and by-pass channels.
US09713953B2
A powertrain mount assembly configured to connect a powertrain to a side rail of a vehicle frame structure, wherein the powertrain mount assembly comprises: a mounting bracket comprising a first side wall and a second side wall spaced apart from the first side wall, the mounting bracket being configured to receive a resilient member and a bracket arm between the first and second side walls, the bracket arm being connectable to the powertrain; and a first support bracket connectable to a surface of the side rail, wherein the first side wall of the mounting bracket is fastenable to the first support bracket and wherein the first support bracket is configured to be connected to the side rail at a location between the first and second side walls of the mounting bracket.
US09713951B2
A window trim is used with a fixed window of a vehicle. The fixed window is fixed to the vehicle and has interior and exterior surfaces and a window edge. The window trim includes a trim body having a first section having a substantially linear configuration and a second section having an at least partially arcuate configuration defining a bend such that the second section extends back toward the first section and presents a contact surface engaging the window edge. The first section extends beyond the contact surface and along the interior surface. The window trim includes a reinforcement element having first and second reinforcement portions configured to correspond to the substantially linear and at least partially arcuate configurations of the trim body, respectively. The first and second reinforcement portions continuously extend as a single unit within the first and second portions, to support the trim body.
US09713948B2
Provided is a vehicle having a support structure attached to the front of the vehicle in which is mounted a windshield. The windshield comprises a hinge and a top mount allowing the windshield to fold up for improved upper body safety and improved air circulation. The windshield comprises an upper windshield portion, a bottom windshield portion connected to the upper windshield portion, and a rotatable device attaching the upper portion to the bottom portion where the upper windshield portion is an upper fixed windshield portion and the bottom windshield portion is a bottom movable windshield portion. The upper windshield portion is a fixed portion and is comprised of clips or clamps configured to latch the bottom windshield portion in a folded position over the upper fixed windshield portion.
US09713940B2
Provided is a non-pneumatic tire including an attachment body attached to an axle, a ring-shaped body (13) configured to surround the attachment body from the outside in the tire radial direction, and a plurality of connecting members disposed between an exterior body (12) and the ring-shaped body (13) in a tire circumferential direction and configured to connect the exterior body (12) and the ring-shaped body (13) in a relatively displaceable manner, wherein, when the tire comes in contact with the ground, the connecting members are deformed by a compressive load in the tire radial direction, and the exterior body (12) and the ring-shaped body (13) are relatively displaced in the tire radial direction, among the plurality of connecting members, the connecting members disposed between the ground surface (G), with which the tire comes in contact, and the exterior body (12) abut other connecting members neighboring in the tire circumferential direction.
US09713939B2
Carbon fiber bicycle wheels are formed from parts cut from carbon fiber cloth and then joined together to form a rim, sidewalls, spokes, flanges and a center tunnel on which the flanges are mounted. The parts are then assembled, bonded together, and cured to form a wheel. During assembly, the spokes and the wheel are placed in tension by moving the flanges outwardly on the center tunnel after assembly and then bonding them in place to stiffen and strengthen the wheel. The spokes of the drive side of the rear wheel are specially shaped to accommodate torque transfer forces generated by pedaling.
US09713937B2
A glue bottle with flow regulation comprises a bottle body, a bottle cap, and a liquid outlet cap engaged with the bottle cap through thread. The bottle cap is partially contained in the liquid outlet cap. A cavity is formed between the inner wall of the liquid outlet cap and the outer wall of the bottle cap. and is provided with a first opening and a second opening. A seal body is arranged on the top part of the bottle cap, and is positioned inside of the cavity. The position of the seal body in the cavity is adjusted by rotating the liquid outlet cap relative to the bottle cap. The closer the seal body is to the second opening, the smaller the gap is between the liquid outlet cap and the bottle cap. The glue bottle is capable of precisely controlling the quantity of the glue flowing out.
US09713935B2
A laminated printed matter is provided which is less likely to cause apparently white-tinged images and capable of restraining a decrease in image quality of the printed matter. The laminated printed matter includes a printed matter and an anti-reflection film. The anti-reflection film is attached to a viewing side surface of the printed matter. The laminated printed matter is provided with a frame-like region having a lower light transmittance than an anti-reflection surface of the anti-reflection film on an outer edge. Preferably, the anti-reflection film has, on a viewing side surface thereof, an anti-reflection structure with multiple protrusions disposed at a pitch not greater than the visible light wavelength.
US09713934B2
A photograph album (10) with a square spine comprises a cover (12) having a first sheet (17), a second sheet (18), and a central square spine (19) which connects the first sheet (17) to the second sheet, and a plurality of pages (13, 14, 15) bound reciprocally in correspondence to a first side (16a) to define a book body (11), characterized in that the last of said pages (14) is partly connected to the internal surface of said second sheet (18), having a first surface portion (21) solidly associated to the internal surface of said second sheet (18), to define the only connection between said cover (12) and said book body (11), and a second surface portion (22) free and not connected to the internal surface of said second sheet (18), said first surface portion (21) being a part of the last of said pages (14) disposed in proximity to a second side (16b) of said last page (14), opposite said first side (16a).
US09713929B2
Detecting a continuous level of paper in a paper supply providing paper for a printing device. A length of the paper supply includes applied indicia, with the indicia extending contiguously across the length of the paper supply. When a paper section is dispensed, the position of the indicia on the dispensed portion of paper is determined, with the position reflecting a level pertaining to the paper supply remaining or dispensed.
US09713921B2
An ink composition includes a color material, water, and polymer particles, in which the polymer particle has a core-shell structure having a core polymer and a shell polymer, a glass transition temperature of the core polymer is 30° C. or higher, a glass transition temperature of the shell polymer is 50° C. or higher, the glass transition temperature of the shell polymer is more than 10° C. higher than the glass transition temperature of the core polymer, and the core polymer includes an aromatic monomer as a constituent unit and does not substantially include an alkyl polyol having a standard boiling point of 280° C. or higher.
US09713919B2
The invention pertains to a printing form precursor, a method of preparing a printing form from the precursor, and a process of preparing the precursor. The printing form precursor includes a photopolymerizable layer, an elastomeric layer having at least an elastomeric binder and particulate, and an actinic radiation opaque material on, adjacent, or disposed above the elastomeric layer opposite the photopolymerizable layer. The particulate is selected from specific material particles having an average diameter from 1 to 10 micron and a refractive index that is within 0.04 units of an index of refraction of the composition forming the elastomeric layer.
US09713917B2
A method for applying adhesive to sides of a flange, such as in rotorcraft connection joints, includes attaching an intermediate member to an edge of a flange and flowing adhesive in gaps between sides of the flange and inner edges of a double lap joint element by inserting the flange with the intermediate member into the double lap joint element.
US09713913B2
A composite core includes a plurality of tubes, each the plurality of tubes comprising a plurality of fibers disposed in a polymeric matrix. Adjacent tubes of the plurality of tubes are adhesively bonded to one another along sides of the adjacent tubes. A method of making a composite core includes the steps of providing a plurality of tubes, each of the plurality of tubes including a plurality of fibers disposed in a polymeric matrix, and adhesively bonding adjacent tubes of the plurality of tubes along sides of the adjacent tubes. A method of making a composite core such that a removable band is included in the core, the removable band being configured to be removable through a procedure subsequent to the cure of the composite core, thereby producing gaps in the core.
US09713910B2
The tabletting system (1) comprises a rotary tablet press (6) with a tablet press feeder (67). A first material feeder (21) and a second material feeder (22) are connected to a blender (4) with an inlet end (40) and a discharge end (45). The discharge end (45) of the blender is in close connection with the tablet press. The inlet end (40) of the blender (4) is positioned at a level (u) higher than the level (v) of the discharge end (45) in the vertical direction.
US09713908B2
A super compactor receives a carbon-containing material and delivers a brick suitable as fuel for power generation. A compaction chamber receives the carbon-containing material and has at least one ram reciprocating along a travel path and exerting a predetermined amount of pressure on the carbon-containing material. The compaction chamber also has an end effector plate or a movable slide gate against which the carbon-containing material is compressed, promoting the removal of moisture from the carbon-containing material, and one or more dewatering apertures or a membrane permitting moisture to pass through but blocking the carbon-containing material. A collector captures the moisture that passes through the dewatering apertures or membrane. A power unit provides power to the at least one ram. A heated extrusion chamber receives the carbon-containing material from the compaction chamber and heats and compacts the carbon-containing material to bind the carbon-containing material into the form of a brick.
US09713907B2
A tire vulcanizing apparatus of the present invention includes a liftable center post which supports a green tire, and a heating portion which is fixed to the center post, is disposed inside the green tire, and transmits heat from the inside of the green tire to the green tire by radiation heat.
US09713906B2
A cup-forming machine includes having a male mandrel and a female receiver. The male mandrel uses a cup body blank and a floor blank to form a body of a cup. The female receive receives the body and forms a rolled brim on the body to establish a cup.
US09713901B2
A method of reducing residual stress in a composite assembly may include assembling a first composite part to a second composite part to form a detail assembly. The first and second composite part may each have a flange and a web connected by a bend radius. The webs may be arranged back-to-back. The detail assembly may be cured on a compensated cure tool compensated for cure shrinkage spring-in predicted to occur in the first and second composite part. The method may include allowing the first and second composite part to spring in from cure shrinkage, and assembling the detail assembly to an uncured third composite. The method may also include co-bonding the detail assembly to the third composite part on an assembly cure tool to form a composite assembly having reduced cure shrinkage residual stress in the bend radii of the first and second composite part.
US09713899B2
A blow molding device includes a blow molding mold to which a bottomed tubular preform is fitted, a blow nozzle that is fitted to a mouth tubular portion of the preform fitted to the mold, and a pressurized liquid supply unit configured to supply a pressurized liquid to the blow nozzle. The preform is to be molded into a shape conforming to a cavity of the mold by filling the liquid into the preform through the blow nozzle. The blow molding device further includes: a deaeration mechanism that is connected to the blow nozzle. The liquid is filled into the preform through the blow nozzle after air that is present within the preform fitted to the mold is sucked out by the deaeration mechanism.
US09713896B2
The invention relates to a die device (10) for an extrusion blow-molding apparatus (100) for producing a multilayered blown film (300), with an inner surface (310) and an outer surface (320), having a die orifice for the discharge of a multilayered material melt (300), wherein a temperature-control device (30) is arranged in order to set a different temperature on the two sides (310, 320) of the material melt (300). The invention also relates to a method for equalizing the differences in viscosity of the materials of the layers (350) by a controlled (40, 60) temperature setting.
US09713895B2
An extrusion nozzle for making tubular preforms has a mandrel extending along a vertical axis, an annular and stationary nozzle body spacedly radially surrounding the mandrel, and a holding ring having an upper end axially slidable in the nozzle body, braced axially downwardly against the nozzle body, and having a lower end spaced radially inward from shiftable limitedly radially relative to the nozzle body. A nozzle ring has an upper end axially slidable in the holding ring, is braced axially downwardly against the nozzle body, and has a radially deflectable lower end forming an annular extrusion gap with the mandrel. A first positioner engages the lower end of nozzle ring and is operable to radially deflect this lower end. A second positioner engages radially with the lower end of the holding ring or with the nozzle ring for radially deflecting same.
US09713892B2
An injection foam molding machine of the invention includes: a movable mold platen; a fixed mold platen; a mold fastening hydraulic cylinder that is provided at each of four corners of both mold platens; a tie bar that is driven by the hydraulic cylinder to fasten the molds; two sets of mold opening and closing actuators that drive the movable mold platen to move close to or away from the fixed mold platen; two sets of dedicated core back devices; and a control device that controls the two sets of mold opening and closing actuators and the two sets of dedicated core back devices, wherein the control device includes a dedicated core back program that simultaneously controls the two sets of mold opening and closing actuators and the two sets of dedicated core back devices during a foaming core back operation of moving the movable mold platen away from the fixed mold platen.
US09713882B2
Method and device for preparing a paste by blending or mixing materials, in particular for making aluminum production electrodes. The method includes the following operations: a) introducing the materials to be blended or mixed into a vat (31) having an inner surface extending along a substantially horizontal axis of revolution (X), b) rotating the vat (31) about the axis of revolution (X) and urging the materials via centrifugation against the inner surface of the vat (31), and c) locally dislodging the centrifuged materials from the inner surface by rotating the vat (31) and causing same to fall onto a crumbling tool (40).
US09713879B2
An adjustably positionable razor assembly includes a body. A handle is movably coupled to a top of the body. An articulating member is rotatably coupled to a bottom of the body. A head is pivotally coupled to a bottom of the articulating member. A blade cartridge is coupled to the head.
US09713878B2
A razor comprises a first component comprising a first indicia on a surface of the first component. The razor also comprises a second component configured to rotate relative to the first component about a first axis of rotation, the second component comprising at least one blade and a second indicia on a surface of the second component, the second component configured to rotate relative to the first component about a second axis of rotation, wherein the second axis of rotation and the first axis of rotation are non-coplanar. The second component is in a preloaded neutral position when at rest such that rotation about the second axis of rotation generates a return torque and wherein the first indicia and the second indicia are in alignment at rest and out of alignment when the second component has been rotated about the first axis of rotation.
US09713874B2
Disclosed is a manipulator including a wire driving actuator to bend base and terminal sections of a joint assembly in multiple directions by a base section wire and a terminal section wire. The terminal section driving wire is operatively connected to the base section driving wire such that the terminal section driving wire is moved by a distance equal to a movement distance of the base section driving wire. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent bending of the terminal section upon bending the base section.
US09713871B2
Concepts and technologies are described herein for providing enhanced configuration and control of robots. Configurations disclosed herein augment a mobile computing device, such as a robot, with resources for understanding and navigation of an environment surrounding the computing device. The resources can include sensors of a separate computing device, which may be in the form of a head-mounted display. Data produced by the resources can be used to generate instructions for the mobile computing device. The sensors of the separate computing device can also detect a change in an environment or a conflict in the actions of the mobile computing device, and dynamically modify the generated instructions. By the use of the techniques disclosed herein, a simple, low-cost robot can understand and navigate through a complex environment and appropriately interact with obstacles and other objects.
US09713868B2
An apparatus for pushing a fastener from a host material with, for example, an air hammer includes a punch shank, a compression spring, a hollow sleeve, a fastener and a punch. The hollow sleeve includes an opening formed therein for interfitment over a central portion of the punch shank, and a set screw placed therein for engagement with a retention flat portion of a central portion of the punch shank. The punch includes a top that operably engages with the air hammer, and a bottom end having a recess formed therein, where the recess is configured and arranged for retention of a top of the punch shank. The spring fits over the punch shank, and contacts the bottom end of the punch and the top end of the sleeve.
US09713865B2
Magnetic apparatuses and systems for shaping parts are described. One or more magnets can be used to direct a magnetically responsive fluid having magnetically responsive particles around surfaces of a part. The magnetically responsive fluid can include abrasive particles that follow movement of the magnetically responsive fluid across surfaces of the part and remove material from the part until the part takes on a desired shape. The magnetic apparatuses can be configured to provide a rough cut, similar to machining process, and/or a fine cut, similar to polishing or buffing process, to the part.
US09713856B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a molded body by building up layers of powdered material, comprising the steps of: a) preparing a layer of powdered material, b) heating the layer using controlled radiation by irradiating selected points of the layer according to a cross-sectional pattern of the molded body assigned to said layer according to the geometry description data of the molded body, so that the powdered material is solidified by melting to form connecting regions according to the cross-sectional pattern of the molded body, c) preparing a next layer of powdered material on the layer irradiated most recently and d) heating the most recently prepared layer using controlled radiation by radiating selective points of the layer according to a cross-sectional pattern of the molded body assigned to said layer, so that the powdered material is solidified by melting to form connecting regions according to said cross-sectional pattern of the molded body, and e) repeating steps c) and d) multiple times at least until the build-up of the molded body is complete, wherein the energy application to selected points in radiation steps d) can be varied per unit of time by performing the radiation according to the respective radiation point on the powdered layer.
US09713853B1
Embodiments of the present invention are wire feeders and wire feeder cable connections which include a power block portion, a cable connection portion and a liner guide assembly portion. The liner guide assembly portion and power block portion are structured and assembly so that a liner guide can be removed from a welding cable from inside the wire feeder, without removing the cable connector from the wire feeder.
US09713840B2
A method for manufacturing a pipe with a rib, in which a rib portion formed inside a pipe portion includes bent portions in accordance with bending of the pipe portion or a twisted portion in accordance with twisting of the pipe portion, includes drawing out molten metal held in a furnace by using a starter, from a surface of the molten metal, and drawing up the molten metal through a shape defining member defining a sectional shape of the pipe with the rib to be cast, and cooling and solidifying the molten metal passed through the shape defining member and drawn up. The bent portions are formed by moving at least one of the starter and the shape defining member in a horizontal direction. The twisted portion is formed by rotating at least one of the starter and the shape defining member about an axis extending along a vertical direction.
US09713829B2
A washing apparatus has a vacuum unit and a pressure washer unit. The vacuum unit has a mud tank, a first centrifuge, and a second centrifuge, and the pressure washer unit has a first water tank having a bottom, a top and a side, and a second water tank having a bottom, a top and a side. A frame having a top, a base and four corners supports the vacuum unit and pressure washer unit. The first centrifuge and the second centrifuge are fixed in respective first and second corners of the frame, and the first water tank and second water tank are fixed in respective third and fourth corners of the frame.
US09713821B2
A coating device provided for connection to a discharge pipe of a coating container, includes a guide base and a cover. The cover is pivoted to the connecting end of the guide base, so that the cover can cover the guide section of the guide base to close the coating device, and can also be pivoted with respect to the guide base to open the coating device, which makes it convenient for the user to take out the residue of coating material from the guide space, so that the coating device can be used repeatedly. Furthermore, the coating material is guided by the guide ribs and the cover ribs to flow evenly to each of the discharge holes, which ensures even distribution of the coating material from the coating device.
US09713816B2
A paint cartridge includes a housing and a piston slidably disposed within a cavity in the housing to divide the cavity into a paint chamber and a solvent chamber. A valve assembly extends through an aperture in the piston to selectively put the paint chamber in fluid communication with the solvent chamber. A solvent inlet provides solvent to the solvent chamber to move the piston. Movement of the piston discharges paint from the paint chamber through the paint outlet.
US09713814B2
A switchable slot valve for a coating plant controls delivery of a pasty coating material. The switchable slot valve has a valve bore incorporated in a valve main body and is aligned in a valve extent direction, and a valve control rod is rotatable to switch between a throughput position and a closed position and is mounted in the valve bore by bearing faces is disposed. To mitigate disruptions by coating material which has made its way into a bearing gap between the valve bore and the bearing faces, depression regions are provided in the region of which the respective outer circumferential part-face does not bear on the inner circumferential face of the valve bore, on the outer circumferential part-faces between the slot-shaped duct inlet and the slot-shaped duct outlet.
US09713807B2
A method for producing a hydroisomerization catalyst according to the present invention includes: a first step of preparing a catalyst to be treated, which contains a support having a one-dimensional porous structure including a 10-membered ring and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of: group 8 to 10 metals of the periodic table, Mo, and W supported on the hydroisomerization catalyst; and a second step of producing a hydroisomerization catalyst having a carbon content of 0.4 to 2.5% by mass by subjecting the catalyst to be treated to a coking treatment by means of a carbon-containing compound.
US09713794B2
According to example embodiments, a separation membrane includes a graphene on at least one surface of a polymer support. The graphene may include a plurality of grains defined by grain boundaries.
US09713783B2
An air purifier having an improved air purification capacity. The air purifier includes a base, a body arranged at a top of the base and having a cylindrical shape at a portion thereof, a suction unit arranged within the body and having a suction port, a discharge unit arranged within the body and having a discharge port to discharge air intook by the suction unit, a blowing unit arranged within the body to blow air from the suction unit to the discharge unit, and a filter unit arranged within the body to purify air blown by the blowing unit, wherein at least one of the suction port and the discharge port has a periphery defining a surface having an oval or ovoid shape inclined from a central axis of the cylindrical body portion, wherein the suction unit is pivotally coupled to the body.
US09713780B2
A compact rotating separator apparatus to which a fluid stream containing gas, two liquids of different density, and solids is supplied via nozzles or exhaust from a process component; and which employs high centrifugal forces to produce pure streams of the gas, each of the liquids, and a waste stream containing the solids. The energy in the fluid stream is converted to shaft power in the rotating separator apparatus and can be used to generate power. Oil, gas, water and solids from a production well can be directly separated into the constituent streams while producing useful power.
US09713772B2
A computer implemented method of controlling a display of a computer device comprising: rendering on the display a game board having selectable game objects and detecting a user input to select a game object to cause the game object to move in a direction. When a selected game object is moved to an adjacent new tile location, the game object at that tile location is swapped with the selected game object. Match data for the selected game object is generated indicating whether the move results in at least three game objects of the same characteristic occupying adjacent tile locations in the game board, and, if so, the move is implemented and an animation of the move is rendered, wherein the selected game object slides in the direction up to a blocking condition which prevents further movement.
US09713771B2
An example device includes a touchscreen and a processing system in communication with the touchscreen. The processing system is configured to perform operations including detecting a touch-on position on the touchscreen, setting a reference position based on the touch-on position, continuously detecting subsequent touch positions on the touchscreen after detecting the touch-on, and continuously performing operations based on one or both of a direction and a distance from the reference position to the subsequent touch positions.
US09713763B2
A gaming device and its example operations include detecting, via a secondary gaming controller, an electronic request for funding a second casino wagering game (“second game”) concurrently presented with a first casino wagering game (“first game”) via an electronic display device associated with a wagering game machine. The first game includes first content that originates from a first content source. The second game includes second content that originates from a second content source independent from the first content source. The first game is funded via user input of monetary value via a value input device associated with the wagering game machine. The operations can further include initiating, by the second game controller, access to funds associated with the first game. The operations can further include electronically routing accessed funds associated with the first game to fund one or more wagers for the second game.
US09713757B2
A golf glove employing a cleaning member includes a palm portion and an opposing back portion having an opening for receiving the cleaning member. The cleaning member may be fixedly connected to the back portion of the glove. A flap member attached to the back portion of the glove is positionable between a closed position, in which the flap member overlays at least a portion of the cleaning member, and an open position, in which the flap member is displaced from the back portion of the glove to provide access to the cleaning member.
US09713751B2
A wedge type golf club head is disclosed herein where the wedge type golf club head has enhanced performance characteristics such as improved backspin, ball speed, and launch angle. More specifically, the present invention relates to a wedge type golf club head having an adjustable center of gravity, where the center of gravity may be adjusted based on different backing profiles that comprises at least one hollow chamber. The wedge type golf club head disclosed above may also have a thickened topline, wherein the thickness of the topline progressively changes as a function of the loft angle of the wedge type golf club head.
US09713747B2
A golf ball has a large number of dimples on a surface thereof. The golf ball meets the following mathematical formula (I): Su≦9.0*So−6.04 (I), Where: So represents a ratio of a sum of spherical surface areas of all the dimples to a surface area of a phantom sphere of the golf ball; and Su represents a standard deviation (mm2) of the spherical surface areas of all the dimples. Preferably, the ratio So is equal to or greater than 0.780. Preferably, the standard deviation Su is equal to or less than 2.150 mm2. Preferably, a number of the dimples is equal to or greater than 300 but equal to or less than 390. Preferably, an average Sa of the spherical surface areas s of all the dimples is equal to or greater than 14.00 mm2.
US09713742B2
An exercise machine suitable to assume various operating modes. The exercise machine includes a control interface which comprises a control device configured to receive at least one command by a user to be provided to the exercise machine for performing a physical exercise. The control device is further configured to provide the user with a piece of information representative of the operating mode of the exercise machine.
US09713736B2
A dumbbell with detachable weights has a handle assembly, multiple weights, a first end cap assembly, and a second end cap assembly. The handle assembly has a main support with a handle, a first end panel, and a second end panel. The weights are mounted between the first and second end panels of the main support, are arranged around the handle, and are radially detachable from the main support. The first and second end cap assemblies are respectively mounted on the first and second end panels and selectively engage with the weights. By turning a driving cap of the first end cap assembly, the first and second end cap assemblies can disengage from the weights. Since the weights can be radially mounted onto or detached from the main support, an adjusting range of the training weight of the dumbbell can be increased.
US09713734B1
In one embodiment a fitness device is disclosed. The fitness device may include a central handle having a body with a central aperture through the body. The device may also include a first rod removably coupled to the central handle at a first location and a second rod removably coupled to the central handle at a second location, opposite the first location. The device may also include an elastic member having a first end and a second end, the first end being coupled to the first rod and the second end being coupled to the second rod.
US09713732B2
A fire suppressant mixture comprising: an organic or supplemental organic fire suppressant compound; a halogen element, and an organic compound, wherein the organic fire suppressant compound, the halogen element and the organic compound are combined such that a boiling point of the mixture is lower than the boiling point of the organic fire suppressant. In some embodiments, the organic fire suppressant compound is FK 5-1-12 and the organic compound is carbon dioxide. In other embodiments, the mixture is supplemented with an additional organic compound such as CF3I or 2,2-Dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane (R123), or an halogen element. In some embodiments an inorganic pressurizing gas, such as nitrogen, is also added.
US09713715B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for determining the timing of stimulation applied using a medical device. In embodiments, the medical device filters a received signal to obtain a plurality of band-pass filtered signals, each corresponding to one or more stimulation channels. The medical device then determines the envelopes of these band-pass filtered signals. Next, the medical device determines the stimulation timing (i.e., the pulse times) for the corresponding stimulation channel based on the timing of a particular phase (e.g., a peak, a minimum, etc.) of the envelope. A pulse amplitude for the stimulation channel may then be determined, and stimulation applied using the determined amplitude and pulse time.
US09713714B2
A system includes a cochlear implant electrode arrangement comprising a plurality of stimulation channels; means for dividing an audio signal into a plurality of analysis channels; means for establishing an electrode-nerve-interface model of hearing stimulation via the cochlear implant electrode arrangement; means for determining a signal level value and a noise level value for each analysis channel by analyzing the respective frequency domain signal; means for determining a noise reduction gain parameter for at least some of the analysis channels as a function of the signal level value and the noise level value of the respective analysis channel; means for applying noise reduction to the frequency domain signal according to the noise reduction gain parameters to generate a noise reduced frequency domain signal; and means for generating a stimulation signal for each of the stimulation channels according to the noise reduced frequency domain signal.
US09713693B2
A valve (20) is provided that selectively controls flows of fluid through a valve opening (50). The valve (20) includes an elastically resilient valve member (54) that is seated in a member pocket (52) with a valve flap (76) that covers the valve opening (50). The valve flap (76) substantially prevents flows of fluid in one direction through the valve opening (50), but permits flows of fluid in the other direction.
US09713679B2
Syringe for dispensing foam having a syringe barrel, a nozzle and a bore to receive a syringe plunger having a front end and a back end. The syringe plunger includes at the front end thereof a waste container defined by a cylindrical side wall, a front end wall and a rear end wall, the walls being arranged such that an external cylindrical surface of the walls forms a seal with an internal surface of the syringe barrel. The waste container has an inlet aperture in the front end wall which is in communication with the syringe nozzle when the plunger is fully depressed into the syringe barrel. The waste container further has a hydrophobic vent in the rear end wall thereof which allows air to escape from the waste container while substantially preventing foam from escaping the waste container when the syringe is in use.
US09713678B2
Described is a syringe carrier comprising a body adapted to receive a barrel of a syringe. The body includes a longitudinal slot and a distal end having resilient distal clamps with shoulder sections. The shoulder sections are adapted to engage a circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and a needle shield covering a needle of the syringe.
US09713676B2
An autoinjector includes a body (10, 12), a syringe (13) or cartridge disposed within the body, and a plunger (60) moveable during operation between a first and a second position to effect an injection, the plunger including a transverse passage (66) containing a moveable magnetic element (68) of a magnetic pair, the body including another magnetic element (54) at a position such that, on the plunger reaching and/or nearing its second position, the magnetic attraction therebetween causes a sound-emitting impact, the plunger (60) including a magnetic keeper element (72) mounted adjacent the transverse passage and adapted to hold the movable magnetic element (68) against movement until attraction by the other magnetic pair element (54), wherein the keeper element (72) is disposed on the longitudinal axis.
US09713671B2
An aspiration probe tip for use in surgical procedures includes a body defining a first channel therein for aspirating material therethrough from a surgical region along a first vector. The body includes a straight portion connected to a first end and a curved portion connecting the straight portion to a second end. A fluid sleeve surrounds at least a portion of the body and defines a second channel between the fluid sleeve and the body for injecting a fluid into the surgical region along a second vector. An end of the fluid sleeve securely fits over the body to substantially seal the end of the fluid sleeve. The fluid sleeve further defines an aperture for injecting fluid along the second vector from the second channel into the surgical region. A combination of the aspiration of the material into the first channel from the surgical region along the first vector and injection of fluid into the surgical region from the second channel creates a cyclonic movement within the surgical region.
US09713670B2
A method for temporarily interrupting an extracorporeal treatment of blood of a patient by use of a blood treatment apparatus includes activating or controlling a control device which is provided and configured to bring the blood treatment apparatus into a state in which the blood treatment session of the patient can be interrupted with the intention to continue the blood treatment session. The present invention further provides a control device, a blood treatment apparatus, a digital storage means, a computer program product as well as a computer program.
US09713659B2
Compositions containing chlorhexidine gluconate solubilized in hydrophobic vehicles are described. Resin systems containing such chlorhexidine gluconate compositions, including adhesives and articles incorporating such resin systems, including medical articles such as drapes are also described.
US09713657B2
A catheter balloon exhibiting improved pressure resistance of the entire membrane is formed of a membrane as a laminate of at least two layers including a polyamide elastomer layer and a polyamide layer, in which the polyamide elastomer layer is disposed at the inner side of the polyamide layer, a refractive index nr1 in the circumferential direction of a cross-section perpendicular to the axis in the inner side surface of the polyamide layer is greater than a refractive index nr2 in the circumferential direction of a cross-section perpendicular to the axis in the inner side surface of the polyamide elastomer layer, and the difference between the refractive index nr1 and the refractive index nr2 is 0.01 or greater.
US09713654B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a bone cement composition which can have desired biological activity performance and desired radiolucency while enabling the strength of a cured product thereof to be kept. A titanium oxide coating is formed on radiolucent particles to thereby produce composite particles, and the composite particles are added to a bone cement composition. The bone cement composition thus produced can be used suitably for the filling of a bone defect portion and the fixation of an artificial joint and in percutaneous vertebroplasty. The shape of each of the radiolucent particles is preferably granular, and the titanium oxide is preferably of a rutile type.
US09713652B2
Provided according to some embodiments of the invention are methods of forming co-condensed silica particles. In some embodiments, the methods include reacting a thiol-containing silane and a backbone alkoxysilane in a reaction solution that comprises water to form thiol-functionalized co-condensed silica particles, wherein the thiol-functionalized co-condensed silica particles include a polysiloxane matrix and at least some of thiol groups are present within the polysiloxane matrix; and reacting the thiol-functionalized co-condensed silica particles with a nitrosating agent to provide the S-nitrosothiol-functionalized co-condensed silica particles. In some embodiments, provided are S-nitrosothiol-functionalized co-condensed silica particles.
US09713647B2
A compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, or conjugates thereof, selected from the group consisting of: wherein: (a) R10 is H, and R11 is OH, ORA, where RA is saturated C1-4 alkyl; (b) R10 and R11 form a nitrogen-carbon double bond between the nitrogen and carbon atoms to which they are bound; or (c) R10 is H and R11 is SOzM, where z is 2 or 3 and M is a monovalent pharmaceutically acceptable cation, or both M together are a divalent pharmaceutically acceptable cation.
US09713646B2
The present invention relates to carriers, conjugate and pharmaceutical compositions and their use to increase the potency of drugs and to modify the pharmacokinetics of compounds. More particularly, the present invention relates to conjugates comprising the carrier described herein and their use in the treatment and diagnostic of cancer.
US09713645B2
The present invention relates to a gene delivery system which improves siRNA delivery and the in vivo systemic circulation efficiency thereof More particularly, the present invention is a siRNA gene delivery system for systemic circulation based on polyethylene glycol (PEG) and an arginine 9 (R9) peptide.
US09713641B2
Provided herein are antigen-binding proteins (ABPs) that selectively bind to TIGIT and its isoforms and homologs, and compositions comprising the ABPs. Also provided are methods of using the ABPs, such as therapeutic and diagnostic methods.
US09713631B2
The subject invention provides materials and methods that effectively support innate immunity and/or disperse pathogenic biofilms using readily available, nontoxic, natural substances, while supporting restoration of normal microbiotic homeostasis. In one embodiment, the subject invention provides anti-biofilm compositions comprising one or more probiotic organisms, anti-microbial honey, and other ingredients such as prebiotic compounds, other hive products, green tea derivatives, other plant derivatives, and vitamin D3.
US09713628B2
Restoration or increase of inhibitory interneuron function in vivo is achieved by transplantation of MGE cells into the brain. Compositions containing MGE cells are provided as are uses to treat various diseases characterized by abnormal inhibitory interneuron function or in cases where increase inhibition may ameliorate neural circuits that are abnormally activated.
US09713625B2
Described herein are methods for diagnosing ovarian cancer. In particular, certain microRNAs are useful to the response to chemotherapy of ovarian cancer patients.
US09713618B2
The present invention relates to the use of a certain DPP-4 inhibitor for modifying food intake and regulating food preference.
US09713610B2
The invention relates to medicine and pharmacology, more particularly to drugs, and even more particularly to pharmaceutical compositions for treating gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The pharmaceutical composition for treating GERD contains at least one proton pump inhibitor (PPI) and at least one prebiotic. Also claimed is a method for treating gastroesophageal reflux disease in which it is not necessary to eradicate the presence of H. pylori in order to prevent the risks associated with the translocation of said bacteria from the antrum to the body of the stomach. The composition provides for prevention of the translocation of H. pylori by means of the colonization of the antrum by lactobacilli and the concurrent inhibition of H. pylori during PPI therapy. This makes it possible to dispense with the need to detect the bacteria and carry out a course of eradication therapy. The safety of long-term PPI therapy is increased.
US09713609B2
The present invention provides for compositions, methods and kits for regulating energy metabolism. In one aspect, the invention provides for compositions that comprise a combination of (a) branched chain amino acids, such as leucine, and (b) vitamin B6, or any precursors or metabolites of (a) or (b). These combinations may be synergistic and/or effective for reducing weight or adipose volume. In another aspect, the invention provides for methods of regulating energy metabolism by the administration of one or more compositions comprising branched chain amino acids and vitamin B6. The invention also provides for kits comprising compositions of branched chain amino acids and vitamin B6 packaged in an oral dose form with usage instructions.
US09713603B2
Prodrug of green tea epigallocatechin-3-gallate (Pro-EGCG) for use in the treatment of endometriosis
Method of treating endometriosis and related indications, comprising the administration of Pro-EGCG, a synthetic and derivative product of epigallocatechin-3-gallate [(−)-EGCG]. Use of Pro-EGCG in the manufacture of a medicament for treating endometriosis and related indications. Pro-EGCG for use in the treatment of endometriosis and related indications.
US09713600B2
Methods for detecting risks for and/or causes of metabolic syndrome or hyperferritinemia in accordance with several embodiments can include the step of measuring the level of heptadecanoic acid in a blood sample of a subject. The methods of several embodiments can further include the step of deeming the subject as having or being at risk of metabolic syndrome if the amount of heptadecanoic acid is below 0.4% of all fatty acids in the sera or plasma. The methods for treating metabolic syndrome or hyperferritinemia according to several embodiments can also include the step of administering a daily dose of heptadecanoic acid to a subject suffering from metabolic syndrome or hyperferritinemia for a period of time from three weeks to twenty-four weeks, wherein the minimum daily dose comprises about 3 mg per lb (or 6 mg per kg) of body weight.
US09713595B2
Sustained-release compositions wherein a water-soluble physiologically active peptide is substantially uniformly dispersed in a microcapsule comprised of a lactic acid polymer or a salt thereof, and the physiologically active substance is contained in an amount of 15 to 35 wt/wt % to the total microcapsules and weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of the lactic acid polymer is about 11,000 to about 27,000, which is characterized by having a high content of the physiologically active substance, and suppression of the initial excessive release within one day after the administration and a stable drug sustained-release over a long period of time, and method for producing the same.
US09713593B2
Provided is an alkyl cellulose excellent in formability when added even in a small amount and not causing marked delay in disintegration; a solid preparation including it; and a method for producing the solid preparation. More specifically, provided is an alkyl cellulose for use in tableting, the alkyl cellulose having a specific surface area of from 0.5 to 10.0 m2/g as measured by BET method and a solid preparation including the alkyl cellulose. Also provided is a method for producing the alkyl cellulose, including the steps of: bringing pulp into contact with an alkali metal hydroxide solution to obtain alkali cellulose, reacting the alkali cellulose with an etherifying agent to obtain a first alkyl cellulose, pulverizing the first alkyl cellulose, and depolymerizing the pulverized first alkyl cellulose through hydrolysis with an acid catalyst or through oxidative decomposition with an oxidant to obtain a second alkyl cellulose.
US09713590B2
The present invention relates to a method for the treatment of pain and inflammation. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for the treatment of musculo-skeletal and connective tissue pain/inflammations. Further, the invention relates to reducing the incidence and seventy of adverse events resulting from administration of diclofenac. The method comprises administration of a topical pharmaceutical composition of diclofenac or its salts.
US09713587B2
A skin smoothing composition that has from about 0.5 to about 10%, by weight, of an interpenetrating polymer that is a co-polymer of polyurethane and a polyacrylic polymer. The composition further contains from about 0.1% to about 5%, by weight, of a thickener made from homopolymers of acrylic acid crosslinked with a cross linker selected from the group consisting of an allyl ether pentaerythritol, allyl ether of sucrose, allyl ether of propylene and mixtures thereof. And from about 10 to 98% water.
US09713585B2
Adhesion of a composition for nail coatings be improved by addition of a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS). Nail coating compositions that benefit from the addition of a POSS include enamels, reactive composition such as those containing acrylates, solventless compositions and water-based compositions.
US09713579B2
A system for positioning of a naso/orogastric feeding tube. The system comprises an interface adapted to receive a combined impedance measure comprising a plurality of impedance readings from a plurality of impedance sensors disposed in a plurality of segments along a lateral surface of a naso/orogastric feeding tube; wherein one of the plurality of segments is located to be at least 1 centimeters above another of the plurality of segments when the naso/orogastric feeding tube is in a feeding position, a code store for storing a code, a processor coupled to the interface and the program store for implementing the stored code, the code comprising code to calculate an estimation of a position of the naso/orogastric feeding tube according to the combined impedance measure, and code to generate instructions for a caregiver to relocate the naso/orogastric feeding tube according to the estimation.
US09713574B2
The present invention relates to a dose counting device (10) for coupling with a medical container filled with a number N of doses of a product to be withdrawn therefrom, said medical container being provided with an opening for access to said product, the dose counting device comprising: —a gripping member (20) for securing the dose counting device to the medical container, said gripping member including a hole (44) intended to face said opening when said dose counting device is coupled to said medical container, —a counting ring (30) rotatably mounted with respect to said gripping member, said counting ring being provided with information data corresponding to the N doses, a cover (50) movable with respect to said opening between a closed position, in which said cover prevents access to said opening and to said product, and an open position, in which it does not prevent access to said opening and product.
US09713573B2
A method of manufacturing a metal cannula is disclosed. The method includes the step of providing a metal cannula having a longitudinal axis and defining a fluid channel. Next, the metal cannula is pressed to substantially close the fluid channel and define a first segment and a second segment. In a next step, the metal cannula is cut to separate the first segment from the second segment of the metal cannula. Each of the first and second segments have a pressed edge. The pressed edge substantially seals the fluid channel and has two pressed corners. Afterwards, each of the pressed corners are cut from the pressed edge of the first segment to define a pair of side openings and a distal blunt edge on the first segment. The side openings are in fluid communication with the fluid channel.
US09713572B2
The present invention is based, at least in part, on the identification of a pharmaceutical container formed, at least in part, of a glass composition which exhibits a reduced propensity to delaminate, i.e., a reduced propensity to shed glass particulates. As a result, the presently claimed containers are particularly suited for storage of pharmaceutical compositions and, specifically, a pharmaceutical solution comprising a pharmaceutically active ingredient, for example, PERJETA (pertuzumab), ACTEMRA (tocilizumab), KADCYLA (trastuzumab emtansine), MetMAb (onartuzumab), obinutuzumab, ocrelizumab or lebrikizumab.
US09713568B2
A suction cup on the end of a piston of a mechanical CPR device can be automatically attached to a patient's torso. The mechanical CPR device can extend the piston until a first position at which the suction cup comes into contact with the patient's torso. The piston can be further extended to cause air to be forced out from an area between the suction cup and the patient's torso until a first threshold is reached. The piston can be retracted until the suction cup is at the first position. The piston can be further retracted from the first position until a second threshold is exceeded. The piston can then be extended to a second point at which the second threshold is no longer exceeded.
US09713564B2
A doll is provided. The doll includes a layer of skin formed from a first material to simulate human skin. The skin has an interior side and an exterior side. The doll also includes a chamber enclosed by the layer of skin with the interior side of the skin facing the chamber. The doll further includes a filler made of a second material, different from the first material. The filler fills the space within the chamber. The skin is formed by placing the melted first material in a first mold configured to have an inside contour resembling a human body or body part up to a certain level of the first mold and, when the melted first material solidifies, removing certain amount of the melted first material such that the remaining first material in the first mold forms the skin with a thickness in the first mold.
US09713553B2
A wound cleansing assembly, which includes or is a wound cleansing cloth (1), having at least one carrier layer (2) and threads (3) disposed on the carrier layer (2) and protruding from the carrier (2), preferably made exclusively of synthetic fibers, preferably plastic fibers.
US09713552B2
The method comprises the steps of: preparing a first suction-holding section and a second suction-holding section; positioning the first suction-holding section and the second suction-holding section in such a manner that respective surfaces of the first suction-holding section and the second suction-holding section are aligned side-by-side while facing the same side; suction-holding a forward surface of a main body of an developed module by the first suction-holding section, and suction-holding a rearward surface of the main body of the developed module by the second suction-holding section; closing the first suction-holding section and the second suction-holding section to fold the main body in half; and releasably joining superimposed portions of the developed module half-folded by the half-folding step.
US09713542B2
Stents or scaffolds made from magnesium or magnesium alloys including additives or barrier coatings that modify the corrosion rate of the stent are disclosed. Methods of forming barrier coatings that modify the corrosion rate of the stent are disclosed.
US09713535B2
This disclosure presents various embodiments of a transforaminal intersomatic cage for an intervertebral fusion graft, and an instrument and method for implanting the cage, an embodiment of the cage having a body in the shape of a circular arc and comprising a lateral concave surface, a lateral convex surface, a straight upper surface, a straight lower surface and an end wall having at least one hole, called the end hole, designed to receive a rod of an instrument for implanting the cage between the vertebrae, wherein: the end hole has an orientation that is more or less tangential to the circular arc described by the body; the extremity opposite to the end wall of the body includes a return part extending the body toward the center of the circle on which the circular arc described by the body lies.
US09713532B2
A femoral augment for use with a knee joint prosthesis, where the femoral augment includes a main body portion, an aperture formed within the main body portion and extending in a generally distal/proximal direction, and a pair of legs extending outwardly from said main body portion in a generally posterior direction. In the preferred embodiment, the aperture is configured to receive a stem extension implant, and to allow it to pass through. Additionally, the legs of the femoral augment are preferably configured to be seated proximal of a proximal side of a pair of condylar portions of a femoral component of a knee joint prosthesis. The present invention is intended for situations in which the distal portion of the femur is defective, and it provides a method and devices that allow for preservation of healthy peripheral bone, while still providing the necessary augmentation to the distal portion of fee femur.
US09713526B2
The invention relates to an artificial intra ocular lens of variable optical power, comprising at least two optical elements which can be shifted relative to each other in a direction extending perpendicular to the optical axis wherein the optical elements have such a shape that they exhibit, in combination, different optical powers at different relative positions. This results in a construction which has such a low weight that it is applicable as an intra ocular lens of adjustable optical power. According to a first preferred embodiment the lens comprises positioning means the optical elements in the eye and driving means, which can be operated by the user to execute a movement of at least one of the optical elements relative to the other optical element. This embodiment can be used to correct the accommodation function.
US09713522B2
A stent comprised of a valve and a scaffolding structure having components configured to allow at least a portion of the stent to decrease in diameter in response to an axial force applied to the stent. Further, the components and elements of the stent may be configured to balance transverse forces applied to the stent, thus reducing the incidence of infolding.
US09713514B2
Provided are related to implant abutments. The implant abutment that is coupled to a fixture that becomes an artificial tooth root by being implanted to an alveolar bone, the implant abutment includes: a main body; a first rotating member that is coupled to the main body to be able to rotate with respect to a first rotational axis, includes a first gear portion on an end portion thereof, and includes a male screw portion that is formed on the other end portion thereof to be screw coupled to the fixture; and a second rotating member that is coupled to the main body to be able to rotate with respect to a second rotational axis which crosses the first rotational axis, and includes a second gear portion that is formed on the other end portion thereof to form a bevel gear structure by being coupled to the first gear portion. The implant abutment that can readily ensure a space for coupling work of a fixture in an oral cavity of a patient since a coupling tool, such as a hex screwdriver can be readily placed in a horizontal direction which intersects the direction of implanting the fixture.
US09713513B2
The subject matter of the disclosure is, in one example, a dental implant having a corpus, an external thread attached on the endosteal area of the corpus, and a post accommodation formed in the inside of the corpus. Providing a dental implant that can be anchored well in the jaw is achieved by forming a recess on the endosteal end of the corpus oriented coaxially to the longitudinal axis of the corpus.
US09713512B2
An orthodontic device-setting tool is provided with: a fitting section having a fitting surface, which covers and fits together with at least one of the incisal margin, the dental cusp, or the occlusal surface of a tooth; a foundation section, which has a back surface that adheres closely to the labial/buccal surface or the lingual surface of the tooth and has, on the surface opposite the back surface, a front face on which the orthodontic device is mounted; and a connecting section that connects the fitting section and the foundation section. The tool has a frame section, which protrudes from the front face of the foundation section and can fit together with the orthodontic device. Use of the orthodontic device-setting tool makes it possible to mount orthodontic devices such as corrective brackets without holding the patient for long periods of time and to mount the orthodontic devices accurately at the desired three-dimensional mounting positions for the orthodontic devices regardless of the skill level of the dentist practitioner. Moreover, the tool can even be used with mass-produced general purpose orthodontic devices, which are not orthodontic devices that have been specially customized as to design, cut, etc. for individual patients.
US09713498B2
A camera and drape assembly for use with tracking elements of a surgical system includes a camera unit and a drape covering the camera unit. The camera unit includes a casing presenting a face for facing the tracking elements. Optical sensors are supported by the casing and are exposed through the casing for detecting the tracking elements. The drape covers the camera unit such that light signals from the tracking elements can be received by the optical sensors.
US09713495B2
A system for ablating internal heart tissue in an ablation pattern on a surface of the tissue within the heart. The system includes an ablation catheter with a distal end having an ablating tip portion operative to allow selective ablation of tissue. A guiding device is engageable with the ablation catheter and includes a tissue anchoring portion operable to engage with tissue proximate to the tissue to be ablated so as to temporarily anchor the guiding device relative to the tissue. Engagement of the guiding device with the ablation catheter operates to assist with guiding the ablating tip portion in moving along the pattern. Various devices and methods of use are further disclosed.
US09713484B2
The invention comprises a method for fixating bones in the foot by aligning the bones in their desired position, inserting a screw in the aligned bones, inserting at least one transverse element near the head or tip of the screw, and tightening the screw to compress the bones. The screw comprises a shaft having first and second ends with spirally wound screw threads beginning near the first end and extending along the shaft. Advantageously, the screw is cannulated and screw threads are formed on an interior surface of the cannulation. Illustratively, the transverse elements may be staples, open-ended washers, or open-ended nuts. Reduction instruments and drill guides used in the invention are also disclosed.
US09713482B2
The present invention relates to an improved cannula that enables a plurality of applications to such as tools to be utilized through a single cannula. According to the present invention there is a cannula having a distal end for insertion into a body, the distal end defining an opening to a primary conduit extending along the longitudinal axis of the cannula. The cannula further comprises a tool element for providing a tool function at or adjacent the distal end of the cannula. At least a portion of the tool element is arranged to be moveable outwardly relative to the longitudinal axis of the cannula. Accordingly, it is beneficial that more than one function can be provided at the distal end of the cannula reducing the trauma to the patient and improving access for the surgeon.
US09713475B2
An occlusive device for occluding a target area can include an elongate member having opposing first and second side edges extending longitudinally along the member and a member width. The member can have a collapsed configuration in which the first and second side edges are curled toward each other about a longitudinal axis of the member. Further the member can have an expanded configuration in which the member form a series of loops and the first and second side edges uncurl to be spaced apart from each other.
US09713474B2
An endoscopic stapler comprises a first jaw and a second jaw. The first jaw includes structure for retaining a plurality of staples. The first jaw and second jaw are mounted to permit pivotal movement of the first and second jaws relative to one another. The endoscopic stapler also comprises at least one clamp member for clamping tissue and pulling the tissue into a position between the first jaw and the second jaw to facilitate inserting at least one staple of the plurality of staples into the tissue. A first handle is operably coupled with the first jaw such that movement of the first handle effects delivery of the at least one staple of the plurality of staples to the tissue. A second handle is operably coupled with the second jaw and the at least one clamp member such that movement of the second handle effects movement of the second jaw and movement of the at least one clamp member.
US09713473B2
A surgical instrument includes an end effector, an actuator coupled to the end effector and actuating it, a handle coupled to the end effector and having an electric motor disposed therein actuating the actuator when supplied with power, and a post-termination braking circuit including a power supply switch at the handle. The switch has a break-before-make configuration, a power-supplying state in which power is supplied to the motor, and a power-removed state in which power is not supplied to the motor. The braking circuit short-circuits power to the motor when the switch is in the power-removed state. A method for post-termination braking of the motor utilizes the permanent magnetic field to counteract inertia-induced over-stroke of the motor, drive train, and/or actuation assembly after powered operation by short-circuiting the still-spinning motor to create an electrically generated magnetic field in opposition to the permanent magnetic field upon ceasing supply of power.
US09713472B2
A mechanical system for bilaterally securing skin tissue preferably utilizes a tissue manipulator apparatus to approximate a portion of an interior surface of each of two pieces of living dermis tissue along a vertical interface below an exterior surface without overlapping either interior surface across the vertical interface. An applicator apparatus includes a driving head portion positioned in the vertical interface and at least partially below the exterior surface and a handle portion positioned at least partially above the exterior surface. The applicator apparatus bilaterally drives at least one portion of the fastener through each piece of the living dermis tissue behind the interior surface of that piece of tissue such that the fastener is positioned below the exterior surface and a portion of the fastener is positioned generally transverse to the vertical interface.
US09713469B2
A surgical circular stapler has a handle assembly, a shaft, a stapling assembly, a motor, a drive assembly, and a firing assembly. The shaft extends distally from the handle assembly. The stapling assembly is secured to a distal end of the shaft. Longitudinal translation of the firing assembly causes the stapling assembly to drive a plurality of staples in a circular array to secure two lumens of tissue together. The stapling assembly may further drive a blade to sever any excess tissue interior of the circular array of staples. The motor is operable to rotate the drive assembly to thereby translate the firing assembly. A resilient member biases the firing assembly proximally. Through cooperation between the firing assembly and the resilient member, the firing assembly is driven distally and proximally to complete a firing stroke in response to rotation of the drive assembly through a single revolution.
US09713468B2
A method of deploying a surgical fastener into a patient by introducing the fastener into a body of a patient while the fastener is in a first shape having a first loop with a back span and an original size and shape. The method then involves moving end segments of the fastener away from each other substantially along an entire length thereof while keeping the back span in substantially its original size and shape. The method then involves forming the fastener into a second loop having a width greater than a width of the first loop.
US09713466B2
An adaptor for a powered surgical instrument includes a casing, a cam drum, a first linear driver, and a second linear driver. The cam drum defines and is translatable along a longitudinal axis of the adaptor between a retracted position and an advanced position. The cam drum is being supported for rotation about the longitudinal axis. The cam drum defines first and second radial cam grooves about an outer surface thereof. The first cam groove defines a first profile and the second cam groove defines a second profile. The first linear driver includes a first cam follower disposed in the first cam groove and the second linear driver includes a second cam follower disposed in the second cam groove. The first and second linear drivers are supported for movement between advanced and retracted positions in response to rotation of the cam drum.
US09713462B2
An apparatus for sealing a puncture includes a cartridge, a pusher member, a sealant, and a tamping device on a proximal end of the cartridge. During use, the cartridge, sealant, and pusher member are advanced over a positioning member and into the puncture by advancing a cartridge hub carrying the tamping device. When further distal advancement of the cartridge is limited, the cartridge hub is further advanced, activating the tamping device, and causing the pusher member to advance relative to the sealant to compress the sealant within the puncture.
US09713461B2
A body fluid collection device comprises a longitudinal member having a lumen formed along a longitudinal axis and configured to be inserted through the channel, a flow path in which a suction is acted by the suction section of the endoscope, which is formed to bring the lumen of the longitudinal member in communication with the channel, an accommodating section which is formed in the flow path, and accumulate the the body fluid suctioned in the lumen by the suction section of the endoscope, and a sealing member configured to seal a space between the longitudinal member and the channel closer to a distal end of the longitudinal member than the suction port so that a fluid does not flow from the distal end side to a proximal end side of the longitudinal member.
US09713460B2
Provided are an ultrasound system and method for providing change information of a target object by performing image registration on a reference image acquired before radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and an ultrasound image acquired during the RFA and comparing the reference image and the ultrasound image that have undergone the image registration with each other.
US09713456B2
An intravascular imaging system can include a catheter, a position sensor, and an intravascular imaging engine for receiving information from the catheter and the position sensor. The position sensor can include a reference element and a movable element, which can have a movable element position that is correlated to the position of an imaging transducer in the catheter. The relative position between the movable element and a reference element can be determined and can correspond to the relative movement of the transducer within a patient's vasculature. The imaging engine can receive position information from the position sensor and image information from the catheter and generate a display using the received information. Because relative movement of the transducer can be determined, spatial relationships between sets of imaging data can be determined, and image data from multiple transducer locations can be combined into one image.
US09713455B2
A system having an X-radiation generator; an X-radiation detector; and a portable computing device. The X-radiation detector has a first wireless communication module, and a non-volatile memory. The X-radiation detector is configured to: self-trigger acquisition of an X-radiation image, store the acquired X-radiation image, and transmit the X-radiation image (or a lower-resolution version) via the first wireless communication module. The portable computing device has a second wireless communication module, and a digital screen. The portable computing device is configured to receive the X-radiation image via the second wireless communication module that communicates with the first wireless communication module, display the X-radiation image on the digital screen, enable a user to select whether to discard the X-radiation image or to transmit the X-radiation image to a server, and responsive to the user selecting to transmit the X-radiation image to the server, transmit the X-radiation image to the server.
US09713446B2
A hinge pin joint for facilitating precise separation of the jaws of a spring clip, including a base cylinder with a threaded bore, supports extending laterally out from the base cylinder, pin supports capable of pivoting, and stabilizing wings extending from the pin supports. In one embodiment, the capability of pivoting includes pins that are integral with the pin supports and which extend out laterally from the pin support. An alternate embodiment includes aligned opening in the pin supports into which pins may be inserted. At least one stopper may be disposed on at least one of the pin supports for supporting the upper shell. The stabilizing wings are configured as plates that are semi-rigidly secured in guide structures within the lower shell.
US09713440B2
Presented herein is a modular analyte measurement system having a replaceable strip port module that releasably connects and operably couples with an analyte meter. Embodiments of the present invention also relate to modular components of the analyte measurement system. In one aspect, there is provided a replaceable strip port module having a strip port and electrical interface for removably and electrically coupling with an analyte meter. In another aspect, there is provided an analyte meter that includes a processor and electrical interface for removably and electrically coupling with replaceable strip port modules. Methods of configuring the analyte measurement system and methods of determining an analyte meter with the analyte measurement system are also provided.
US09713438B2
A bi-directional flow sensor may be adapted for reducing pneumatic noise during pressure sensing with a flow passing through the flow sensor. The flow sensor may include a hollow, tubular member having a throat section disposed between a ventilator end and a patient end. A flow restrictor may be disposed in the throat section and may be adapted to measure differential pressure in the flow. A baffle may be mounted at the ventilator end and may be adapted to minimize non-axial flow at pressure taps located on opposing ends of the flow restrictor. The patient end may include a flow obstruction configured to promote uniform velocity across the flow at the pressure taps during exhalation flow from the patient end to the ventilator end. The flow sensor can minimize pneumatic noise to less than 0.1 LPM to allow accurate patient flow measurement and triggering of inhalation and exhalation phases at flow rates of 0.2 LPM.
US09713433B2
A method of managing pain using neurophysiological data acquired from the brain of a subject is disclosed. The method comprises: identifying activity-related features in the data; parceling the data according to the activity-related features to define a plurality of capsules, each representing a spatiotemporal activity region in the brain; comparing at least some of the defined capsules to at least one reference capsule; and assessing the likelihood that the subject is experiencing pain responsively to the comparison.
US09713426B2
The position of blood vessels can be more appropriately specified by means of appropriately selecting, on the basis of the conditions and components utilized, and angle between a light emitting unit optical axis of a near-infrared light emitting unit and a normal light of an irradiated surface, and angle between an optical axis of a light receiving side lens and the normal line of the irradiated surface, and an angle between a light receiving surface of a photo diode array and the light receiving unit optical axis. Thus, the subcutaneous blood vessel depth in the direction of the normal line from the irradiated surface can be specified based on changes in illumination intensity in a photodiode array. Consequently, the position of subcutaneous blood vessels can be easily specified.
US09713417B2
An image capturing assembly for use in an endoscope includes a manifold with a base and a casing extending outward from the base, a partially enclosed housing adapted to physically attach to the manifold, a foldable LED carrier substrate capable of carrying a plurality of LEDs, a flexible optical carrier substrate capable of carrying a plurality of camera sensors, and a tip cover adapted to cover the manifold, housing, LED carrier substrate, and optical carrier substrate. The manifold includes at least one continuous channel extending throughout its length. The foldable LED carrier substrate includes a central, forward facing portion, adapted to carry at least one illuminator for a front viewing element, and a pair of arms extending proximally from the central portion. Each arm includes at least one foldable protrusion adapted to carry an illuminator for a side viewing element.
US09713416B2
Improved methods and devices for performing an endoscopic surgery are provided. Systems are taught for operatively treating gastrointestinal disorders endoscopically in a stable, yet dynamic operative environment, and in a minimally-invasive manner. Such systems include, for example, an endoscopic surgical suite. The surgical suite can have a reversibly-expandable retractor that expands to provide a stable, operative environment within a subject. The expansion can be asymmetric around a stabilizer subsystem to maximize space for a tool and an endoscope to each be maneuvered independently to visualize a target tissue and treat the target tissue from outside the patient in a minimally invasive manner.
US09713414B2
A dishwasher has a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber for receiving dishes for treatment according to an automatic cycle of operation. At least one wall of the tub has spaced outer and inner panels and a conduit framework extending between the outer and inner panels to define a plurality of conduits. The conduits can convey liquid, air, and/or electrical wiring.
US09713408B2
A vacuum cleaner comprises a cleaning head having a suction nozzle adapted to be moved along a surface to be cleaned, and a hair collection assembly carried by the cleaning head and having a hair collection element adapted to collect hair from the surface to be cleaned as the cleaning head moves along the surface to be cleaned.
US09713407B2
A toilet set can be removably attached to a toilet fixture using a system having an attachment body and a post with laterally mateable portions. The post has a rod portion extendable through a mounting hole of the toilet fixture and a post engagement portion. The attachment body has a pivot portion, a movable closure, and a receiving opening. The post engagement portion is defined by radially oriented features, such as disc or ring-shaped portions of different diameters. A portion of the periphery of the receiving opening has features with contours inversely shaped with respect to the features of the post engagement portion so that the attachment body engagement portion is laterally mateable with the post engagement portion. The closure is movable between a closed position preventing disengagement of the attachment body and the post and an open position enabling disengagement of the attachment body from the post.
US09713403B2
A completely self-contained baby bidet and changing table system that is completely portable and is adapted for use in domestic or commercial environments. A cabinet structure has a washing basin with a drain tube connecting the washing basin with a removable waste water tank. A removable clean water reservoir is located within the cabinet and has a pump, heater, water supply hose and spray nozzle for delivery of clean and heated water spray to the body of an infant. Padded, waterproof mats support the infant so that water used for washing is drained into the washing basin and is then conducted to the waste water tank by a drain tube.
US09713398B2
A clothes hanger (1) having a plurality of hooks (8) located thereon for hanging tank tops or other strapped articles of clothing. The clothes hanger allows a user to hang multiple articles of clothing on the plurality of hooks, thereby conserving storage space in a closet. The positioning of the hooks allows the clothes hanger to remain level by being counterbalanced while hanging in a closet. An optional base (14) allows the hanger to be displayed on a counter, dresser or other flat surface.
US09713385B1
A lower-back supporting device of a chair includes: a backrest panel frame; a separately formed and elastic backrest panel mounted to the backrest panel frame, and at least one movement-limiting unit extending from a predetermined area of each of two corresponding inner lateral sides of the backrest panel frame and optionally arranged at a predetermined spacing. The bilaterally provided movement-limiting units clamp predetermined sections of a peripheral portion of the backrest panel and can be displaced vertically in order for the backrest panel to form a forwardly protruding lower-back supporting area at a predetermined height and to be leaned on elastically.
US09713378B1
A shelving apparatus includes a supporting frame, a plurality of foldable posts for coupling with the supporting frame, and a post joint. Each foldable post includes an upper post member and a lower post member, wherein each of the upper and lower post members has a first post wall and a second post wall extended from the first wall at an angle. The post joint includes an engaging tongue extended from an end portion of the first post wall of the upper post member, an engaging groove provided at an end portion of the first post wall of the lower post member, and a pivot hinge pivotally coupled the second post walls of the upper and lower post members. When the post members are pivotally moved to engage the engaging tongue with the engaging groove, the upper and lower post members are coupled with each other end-to-end.
US09713374B1
A painting caddy device carries paint and a painting tool in an upright position to prevent spilling while attached to the body of the user. The device includes a mounting panel and a reservoir having a closed bottom, an open top and a perimeter wall extending between the closed bottom and the open top. The perimeter wall has an outwardly flared section adjacent to the open top. The outwardly flared section extends around lateral sides and a front side of the perimeter wall. A pivot arm has a first end rotationally coupled to the mounting panel and distal ends relative to the first end being rotationally coupled to an associated one of the lateral sides of the reservoir. A receptacle extends from the reservoir having an open upper end for receiving a paint brush for storage adjacent to the reservoir.
US09713371B1
A compact portable LED nail curing lamp has surface-mounted light emitting diode (SMD LED) lights. The lamp provides fast and consistent results producing high gloss finish and even curing of nail polish (e.g., UV-curable gel polish). The nail lamp has a micro USB port, which can be used to power the lamp using a wall adapter, car charger, laptop USB port, or mobile power bank for ultimate portability. In an implementation, a system includes a compact LED nail curing lamp and a mobile power battery pack. The system also includes a cable to connect the nail lamp and the mobile power battery pack. The battery pack provides portable power to the nail lamp so that the nail lamp can be used portably, such as during travel or on an airplane when a wall outlet is unavailable.
US09713363B2
Articles of footwear may include an upper with a forward lace-receiving element and a plurality of strands that extend forward from the lace-receiving element. In some configurations, the strands are located between a pair of material layers and lay substantially parallel to the material layers. In other configurations, the material layers form a loop structure, and the strands may extend at least partially around the loop structure.
US09713362B2
An article of footwear includes a sole structure. The article of footwear further includes a first member that extends away from the sole structure. The first member at least partially defines a medial side and a lateral side of the article of footwear. Moreover, the second member has a body, a first support arm, and a second support arm. The body is attached to the first member such that the first member and the body cooperate to define a void that is configured to receive a foot. The body is also attached to the sole structure. The first support arm is attached to the first member on the medial side, and the second support arm is attached to the first member on the lateral side.
US09713359B2
A shoe body comprises an outsole, a midsole, a vamp, a first girdle and a second girdle. A lower edge of the vamp extends from a periphery to a bottom surface of the midsole, and is connected between the midsole and the outsole. The first girdle has a bottom end formed with two fork pieces so that end portions of the fork pieces are fixed to a side edge of the midsole, and a top end going from one side of an arch portion of a foot bottom to a location above an instep. The second girdle has a bottom end fixed to the other side edge of the midsole, and a top end of the second girdle passing through the two fork pieces of the first girdle and then going from the other side of the arch portion of the foot bottom to a location above the instep.
US09713355B2
Shock-absorbing helmet liners may be releasably locked to helmet shells using mechanical fasteners.
US09713340B2
An electromagnetic system includes a channel and at least one chamber comprising a first end and a second end. The channel traverses at least a portion of a longitudinal length of the at least one chamber, whereby the channel enters the chamber at the first end and exits the chamber at the second end. The channel includes an internal cavity for allowing materials to flow therein and be exposed to electromagnetic energy. In one embodiment, the chamber is designed so that the materials in the channel is exposed to lower electromagnetic energy at the first end of the chamber and exposed to a higher electromagnetic energy at the second end of the chamber.
US09713328B2
The Hyperbaric Cryogenesis Chambers are equipment for medical usage, extracorporeal, and capable of promoting the proliferation and preservation of cells in a way mainly microbiologic, “not biologic”. They are compartments with containers that host tissues or cells in solution with nutrients, that bear pressures higher and lower to sea level. They have a cold system inside that lowers the environmental temperature and maintains it permanently. They are for maintaining viability of cells or tissues and to induce their organized proliferation with oxygen or other gases at pressures higher or lower that the exterior of the chamber.
US09713326B2
A method and device for distributing and containing ant bait that provides a dry environment and prolongs its effectiveness through a temporarily reusable device.
US09713324B1
A storage apparatus for receiving fishing articles and the like comprises first and second layers. One layer is adapted to receive articles such as hooks and a second layer is provided as a protective and waterproofing layer. Securing members are provided to secure the device in at least a closed position.
US09713318B1
The automatic bird cage is a bird housing provided with at least two containers that the user can control wirelessly via a mobile application, and the user will also control a wiper placed at the ground of the cage for cleaning. The system is also supported with a camera that displays the bird actions inside the cage, and to monitor the food level.
US09713310B1
A novel maize variety designated PH253N and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH253N with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH253N through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH253N or a locus conversion of PH253N with another maize variety.
US09713309B2
Inbred corn line, designated II15, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line II15, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line II15, and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn line II15 with itself or another corn line. The invention also relates to products produced from the seeds, plants, or parts thereof, of inbred corn line II15 and/or of the hybrids produced using the inbred as a parent. The invention further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line II15.
US09713298B2
An agricultural seeding machine comprises, in one example, a seed delivery system configured to deliver seeds to at least one trench by two or more substantially gravity-drop channels, and a seed metering system comprising a rotating meter element configured to singulate seeds from a seed source into the two or more channels.
US09717149B2
Process for producing a ceramic circuit board with electrical conductor traces and contacting points on a side and with a through-hole contact by successively a) producing an AlN substrate and drilling holes at the locations for the vias, b) filling the holes with an adhesive paste containing copper, tungsten and/or molybdenum or alloys thereof, and c) single-pass overprinting with a second adhesive paste using a first screen-printing operation on a side of the ceramic substrate with the layout of the conductor traces and contact points, d) optionally, fully or partially repeating overprinting with the second adhesive paste, e) stoving the printed ceramic substrate in an oven with N2 while controlling oxygen at 0-50 ppm O2, f) overprinting using a second screen-printing process with a low-glass cover paste over the second adhesive paste, and g) stoving the printed ceramic substrate with N2 while keeping the oxygen content at 0-50 ppm O2.
US09717145B2
Apparatus and method for filling and optionally bumping through-silicon vias (TSVs) in device circuits utilizing inkjet printheads for ejecting sufficiently small droplets of conductive nanoparticle inks into the TSVs. Ejected drops are accurately impinged along the length of each TSV within a substrate being heated to drive evaporation of the solvent carrying the metal nanoparticles into the trenches while not de-encapsulating the particles. Once all TSVs are filled, and optionally bumped, to a desired level while they are being heated then bonding and sintering can be performed, such as utilizing thermocompression bonding to another integrated circuit.
US09717141B1
A flexible printed circuit which includes a flexible substrate, a plurality of conductive pads, and a plurality of conductive traces that conductively connect to at least two conductive pads. The plurality of conductive pads and traces are defined on the flexible substrate. The flexible substrate has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has at least two sets of conductive pads. The second portion has at least one set of conductive pads and is configured to conductively connect to a testing device. After the flexible printed circuit is tested, the second portion of the flexible substrate is detached from the first portion of the flexible substrate.
US09717138B2
A radiographic projector for housing and projecting a radioisotope for use in radiography is described. The front end of the projector has a chamfered surface for receiving an ancillary shielding component. The material used for the front end surface of the projector is tungsten powder in a less dense material matrix. A locking mechanism for a projector is described, including a locking bar for locking a source holder in the projector. The locking mechanism includes an interlock section for retaining the locking bar in an unlocked position while a source holder is not in its storage position, and a latch section for latching the locking bar in the unlocked position prior to engagement of the interlock section. A holster for mounting a radiographic projector and a refraction cage for a remote windout mechanism are also described.
US09717135B2
The invention relates to an illumination system comprising a luminaire which is configured to provide light according to a plurality of preset combinations of illumination level and color temperature, controlled via a control protocol. The system further comprises a user interface comprising means to (manually) select the illumination level and color temperature from said plurality of preset combinations. The number of preset combinations is at least three. The control protocol comprises transition times for transitions between said preset combinations, said transition times being in the range of about 2 seconds to about 5 minutes. The invention further relates to an illumination method using the illumination system and to a controller uploaded with said preset lighting settings. The use of the system in dependence on the activity, time of day or atmosphere in the classroom has been proven to improve the learning behavior of children. It therefore is a learning tool for teachers.
US09717121B2
A lighting device is configured to receive a first voltage signal, and includes: a first circuit coupled to input terminals for receiving the first voltage signal, the first circuit including: rectifying diodes for rectifying the first voltage signal and supplying a second voltage signal, a first capacitor for buffering the second voltage signal, and a second capacitor coupled in parallel to one of the rectifying diodes of the first circuit; a second circuit receiving an input voltage signal, corresponding to the second voltage signal, and converting the input voltage into an output signal; and a light circuit receiving the output signal of the second circuit and including at least one light emitting diode, wherein the first circuit includes a fourth circuit in parallel to the second capacitor, the fourth circuit including at least two fourth circuit diodes and being connected by a fourth capacitor to one of the input terminals.
US09717115B2
The present invention relates to a flat-shaped article with an electrical function for placement in a functional tone. Provision is made that, even after having been placed, the flat-shaped article can again be removed without being destroyed from the functional zone.
US09717106B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus may include a memory and a processor. The processor may be operable to create a wireless connection to a wireless device. The processor may be operable to form a pairing with the wireless device based on a unique identifier of the wireless device. The unique identifier may be received from the wireless device. The unique identifier may identify the wireless device in the pairing. The processor may be operable to receive user data associated with the unique identifier from a database. The processor may be operable to initiate configuration of an IP telephony service, where the configuration based, at least in part, on the user data.
US09717101B1
The present invention is method and system that uses a mobile phone and has the ability to call and/or text one or more pre-programmed numbers once an emergency application on the mobile device is actuated without requiring any additional steps on the part of the user. In order to make this communication, the user preferably only needs to touch a simple and enlarged emergency button. The invention is catered to elderly individuals who can be prone to struggle with the functions on common mobile devices. If the user triggers the emergency call function, the mobile device will automatically call and/or text certain designated contacts of the user.
US09717097B2
Upon generation of a high-priority call, a mobile station selects a predetermined Random Access (RA) code indicating generation of a high-priority call, generates a preamble using the selected RA code, and transmits the preamble to a base station.
US09717085B2
A radio resource allocation method in a communication node is disclosed. The method comprises determining (424) that a first time reference or a first communication using a first component carrier has a time shift compared to a second time reference of a second communication using a second component carrier. The method further comprises determining (426) a duration of a communication sub-frame based on the time shift, and scheduling (428) the determined communication sub-frame on a first component carrier to a first communication device. The determined frame duration is equal to the time shift or equal to the normal sub-frame length minus the time shift so as to avoid any overlap or interference. Corresponding computer program product, arrangement, communication node and first communication device are also disclosed.
US09717078B2
A method and an apparatus in a mobile communication system are provided. The method by a terminal in a mobile communication system includes receiving first information for activating a secondary cell (SCell) from a base station, activating the SCell based on the first information, starting a timer associated with the SCell, restarting, if second information for the activated SCell is received from the base station, the timer associated with the SCell, and if the timer expires, applying by the terminal, one or more corresponding actions for deactivating the SCell no later than in a predefined subframe. The one or more corresponding actions include at least one of preventing from transmitting a sounding reference signal (SRS) on the SCell, and preventing from reporting at least one of a channel quality indicator (CQI), a precoding matrix index (PMI), a rank indicator (RI), and a precoder type indicator (PTI) for the SCell
US09717076B2
A method and device for transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), an uplink signal. The method includes: generating, by the UE, a reference signal for demodulation of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) carrying data of the UE; and transmitting, by the UE, the PUSCH and the reference signal. Here, the reference signal is generated from a base sequence, the base sequence for the reference signal is determined based on a sequence-shift pattern fPUSCHSS, and the sequence-shift pattern fPUSCHSS is determined according to ‘fPUSCHSS=(NcellID+ΔSS) mod 30’ based on ΔSSε{0, . . . , 29} provided by a higher layer and a physical cell identity NcellIDε{0, . . . , 503} when a virtual cell identity is not provided, and the sequence-shift pattern fPUSCHSS is determined according to ‘fPUSCHSS=nPUSCHID mod 30’ based on the virtual cell identity nPUSCHIDε{0, . . . , 509} when the virtual cell identity nPUSCHID is provided.
US09717073B2
Method and apparatus are provided for mapping an operating frequency band of a mobile station device in a mobile communication system. As operating frequency band position at the time of idle mode of respective mobile station devices is arranged so as to be distributed throughout a unique frequency bandwidth of a base station device.
US09717065B2
In some implementations, wireless transceivers (“nodes”) can be located throughout a building. In some implementations, an originating mobile device can request the current location of a target mobile device. In some implementation, if a direct connection cannot be established between the originating mobile device and the target mobile device, the originating mobile device can send the location request to one or more nodes in the building. The nodes can relay the location request to the target mobile device. The target mobile device can determine the target mobile device's current location and send the current location of the target mobile device back to the originating mobile device through the nodes.
US09717064B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for avoiding membership verification for a non-closed subscriber group (CSG) user equipment (UE) communicating with a femto node advertising restricted access. A femto node or femto gateway can receive configuration information specifying to refrain from performing membership verification for UEs communicating with a femto node. Based on such information, the femto node or femto gateway can communicate registration information for a registration request received from a non-CSG UE without performing membership verification. Additionally or alternatively, femto nodes can register non-CSG UEs as CSG UEs to mitigate membership verification at femto gateways, request that femto gateways refrain from performing membership verification, and/or the like. In this regard, the femto node can use restricted access parameters for purposes other than restricting access.
US09717063B2
A method, system and computer-usable medium are provide for managing the Open Channel for IMS command correctly the UICC to have knowledge about the specific status codes the ME received from IMS. This knowledge allows the UICC to make a smarter decision on what it attempts to do to access IMS. Accordingly, the UICC is provided with detailed information about the status codes from the IMS service to allow the UICC to make an informed decision. If the UICC does not have such knowledge, it is possible that the UICC will send potentially unwanted commands to the ME to establish access to IMS.
US09717062B2
The present invention discloses a method of time synchronization and a base station system. The base station system includes a main unit, at least one radio unit, and a transmission medium adapted to transmit information between the main unit and the at least one radio unit. The base station system further includes a clock synchronization server configured close to the side of the at least one radio unit or integrated with the at least one radio unit. The clock synchronization server is adapted to transmit synchronization data to the main unit through the transmission medium, so that the main unit performs configuration processing according to the synchronization data to implement time synchronization with the clock synchronization server.
US09717055B2
A method for performing alarm grouping control of an electronic device and an associated apparatus are provided, where the method includes the steps of: shifting the execution timing of at least one alarm of a plurality of alarms to group the plurality of alarms into at least one grouped alarm according to at least one grouping control strategy, wherein the execution timing of the at least one alarm is shifted to the execution timing of the at least one grouped alarm; and according to the at least one grouped alarm, controlling whether to wake up at least a portion of the electronic device.
US09717053B2
A method for reducing power consumption of a terminal that communicates with a base station in a mobile communication system using a multi-carrier structure composed of a primary component carrier and at least one secondary component carrier comprises: receiving a discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter group for multi carriers from the base station; and setting the multi carriers to the same parameter value, by using the received parameter group. The method for reducing power consumption of the terminal further comprises: performing a downlink control channel receive operation on each carrier according to a DRX cycle. As the base station in the mobile communication system using the multi-carrier structure simplifies the DRX process for reducing power consumption of a terminal by reducing signaling load for the multi-carrier control of the terminal, it becomes possible to reduce power consumption of the terminal.
US09717049B2
According to one embodiment, a wireless communication apparatus includes a first processor, a second processor and a controller. The first processor generates one or more first frames and one or more second frames. The second processor transmits the first frames and the second frames, and receives a first acknowledgement and a second acknowledgement. The controller retains a first interval relating to a time interval between the first transmission request and the second transmission request and a second interval relating to a time interval between a first and a second time points, and controls transmission of frames to be transmitted based on the first and the second intervals.
US09717048B2
Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus for network energy savings in a wireless communication system, such as the 3GPP LTE system. Particularly, one such method reduces power consumption in a base station by selectively muting or disabling downlink transmissions of certain control signal symbols in one or more subframes or frames. The disclosed methods and apparatus can apply independently or in combination in both FDD and TDD systems.
US09717045B2
A system for enabling a modular mobile electronic device includes a module communication network enabling data transfer between modules of the modular mobile electronic device, a module power network enabling power transfer between modules of the modular mobile electronic device, and a set of module interfaces removably and mechanically coupling modules of the modular mobile electronic device to the modular mobile electronic device.
US09717040B2
A method of enabling cell acquisition in a wireless communication includes determining, by a first base station, a Mobile Station (MS) located at a granularity of a first frequency carrier cell sector level, identifying at least one second base station within the first frequency carrier cell sector level, transmitting a second frequency carrier cell search command to the MS and identifying, by the MS, the second frequency carrier cell based on one or more parameters defined in the search command. The first frequency carrier cell enables the MS to search for the second frequency carrier cell by providing a predefined number of synchronization slots to be monitored based on the location information of the MS.
US09717038B2
Embodiments herein relate to a method in a user equipment (10) for acquiring system information relating to a cell (11,14) in a radio communications network. The cell (11,14) is served by a network node (12,12′,15) and the user equipment (10) is capable of receiving signals on more than one downlink carrier simultaneously. The user equipment (10) creates autonomous gaps on a downlink carrier, which downlink carrier to use for creating autonomous gaps on is based on a received indication from the network node (12,12′,15) and/or a pre-determined rule. The indication or pre-determined rule specifies the downlink carrier. The user equipment (10) then acquires the system information of the cell (11,14) on the downlink carrier using the created autonomous gaps.
US09717037B2
Disclosed is a method for scanning for an access point. An active scan method comprises the steps of: generating a probe request frame including information on the signal strength of a terminal; and transmitting the probe request frame to an access point. Thus, a waste of time and radio resources can be prevented.
US09717035B2
Approaches are provided for efficient bandwidth allocation for real-time service traffic flows, providing for assured QoS and efficient spectrum utilization. A terminal of a wireless communications network receives data from one or more associated interface devices. A snooper captures a session request message from one of the interface devices for initiation of a setup process to establish a communications session over the communications network, and parses the session request message to obtain associated session parameters. Inroute bandwidth requirements for the communications session are determined based on the session parameters. A bandwidth reservation process is initiated to obtain bandwidth allocations to satisfy the inroute bandwidth requirements. The session request message is held until completion of the bandwidth reservation process, whereupon the session request message is transmitted to a session controller at a core node of the network, and the setup process to establish the communications session is completed.
US09717032B2
A technique, including estimating at a communication device a quality of service available to said communication device via a radio access network; making a comparison of the estimated quality of service against a quality of service currently achieved via an access point operating outside of the radio access network; and deciding whether or not to transfer from said access point to said radio access network at least partly with reference to the result of said comparison.
US09717027B2
The present invention relates to a gateway changing method performed by a machine-to-machine (M2M) gateway which communicates with at least one M2M device having a constrained capability in an M2M system that includes a first layer and a second layer, and the a device therefor, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a trigger signal for indicating a gateway change through a first layer of the M2M gateway; and transmitting, to an M2M server, a first notification for indicating the gateway change through the first layer of the M2M gateway, wherein the M2M device having the constrained capability is a device that does not have the first layer, data generated in the second layer of the M2M device having the constrained capability is managed or stored in a data structure of a tree structure by the first layer of the M2M gateway, and the data structure that includes the data is retrieved by the M2M server after the notification has been transmitted to the M2M server.
US09717021B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for the creation, maintenance and management of virtual overlay networks across multiple communication networks managed by service providers. The simple creation and management of network overlays is accomplished via a network orchestrator manager, allowing for automation of configuration of connected network devices throughout an entire organization's network, regardless of the physical location of each device.
US09717015B2
Rate control is provided for communicating within a wireless communication network. In some examples, redundant packet information transmitted over separate links, each link having its own independent rate control loop, can result in improvement in packet reliability with fast convergence to a desired error level. In other examples, artificial degradation of a received data stream can be utilized to improve packet reliability, also with fast convergence to the desired error level.
US09717012B2
An apparatus and method are described for an automotive internet of things (IoT) system, apparatus, and method. For example, one embodiment of an automotive Internet of Things (IoT) device configured within a car comprises: a wireless communication interface to take signal strength measurements to a mobile device, the signal strength measurements comprising signal strength values; and a signal strength analysis and notification module to analyze the signal strength values from the mobile device to determine when the user has left his or her mobile device at home or at another location and to responsively generate a notification to the user.
US09717008B1
A calibration architecture that enables accurate calibration of radio frequency (RF) integrated circuits (ICs) chips used in multi-transceiver RF systems in a relatively simple testing environment. Embodiments of the invention include one or more on-chip switchable cross-circuit calibration paths that enable direct coupling of a portion of the on-chip circuit to an RF test system while isolating other circuitry on the chip. Periodic self-calibration of an RF IC can be performed after initial factory calibration, so that adjustments in desired performance parameters can be made while such an IC is embedded within a final system, and/or to take into account component degradation due to age or other factors.
US09717007B2
A method for determining a network status is provided. The method includes obtaining a period determined by a first processor of an electronic apparatus, using a second processor of the electronic apparatus, transmitting a preset message from the electronic apparatus to another apparatus in a network according to the determined period, using the second processor, determining the network status based on at least one of (i) whether or not a response to the preset message is received and (ii) information included in the response, using the second processor, and when the network status is determined to be abnormal, activating the first processor using the second processor.
US09717005B2
Technology is disclosed for preventing classification of objects, e.g., in an augmented reality system. The technology can identify a set of objects to be classified, determine whether context information for one or more objects in the identified set of objects to be classified is identified as not to be employed during classification, and during classification of two different objects, include context information for one object but not the other.
US09717004B2
At least one feature pertains to a method operational at a user device. The method includes receiving and storing a shared key from an application service provider, and determining that a wireless communication network provides application-specific access to an application service provided by the application service provider. The method further includes transmitting a registration request that includes a device identifier and an application identifier associated with the application service to the wireless communication network. The registration request is transmitted to the application service provider using a data connection through a packet data network. The method further includes receiving authentication information derived at the application service provider that is based on the shared key, and performing authentication and key agreement with the network based on the authentication information and the stored shared key. The user device may then communicate with the application service after authentication and key agreement is successfully performed.
US09716990B2
A method comprises causing a network access application or cellular authentication in a secure element to be disabled by changing a status of security information. In one embodiment, a method is provided to disable the network access applications of a UICC, in case of an emergency call, by resetting a verification status of the PIN.
US09716981B2
Confusion between service providers due to the technical limitation of a GPS sensor included in a wireless communication device of a service user is avoided. A data transmission device connected to a server and for transmitting visit data to a wireless communication device is disclosed. The data transmission device may include a button part, when pressed, for transmitting to the server visit data of the wireless communication device; and touch screen touching parts connected to the button part so as to input an electrical signal to a touch screen of the wireless communication device. The visit data may be transmitted to the wireless communication device from the server when the button is pressed and an electric signal is input to the touch screen. The at least one touch screen touching part may include a plurality of touch screen touching parts, and each of the data transmission devices in a predetermined area may have different layouts of the touch screen touching parts.
US09716979B2
A system and method for determining the location of nodes within a network. Beamforming coefficients associated with signals transmitted from a first node to a second node are determined and, based on the beamforming coefficients, direction is determined between the first and second nodes. Distance is determined as a function of direction and the location of the second node is determined as a function of distance and direction.
US09716978B2
A method includes detecting, by a first mobile communication device, a group of mobile communication devices that are in proximity to the first mobile communication device; initiating pairing of each mobile communication device of the group with the first mobile communication device and with each other; providing, by the first mobile communication device, an alphanumeric code to the group of mobile communication devices along with a drive mode disable command; determining that the first mobile communication device is associated with the vehicle driver; and placing the first mobile communication device in drive mode and broadcasting an advertising packet to the other mobile communication devices of the group. The advertising packet contains a disable drive mode command and the alphanumeric code.
US09716972B2
A system, method and device to interrogate for the presence of objects, to prevent the inadvertent separation of the objects from their owner. An owner is alerted when they are separated from the objects by determining when a trigger event occurs, such as a person leaving and/or entering a particular monitored area or location. These monitored areas can be retrofitted with an electronic interrogation device that monitors local conditions to determine whether a user is entering or leaving the monitored area to trigger an interrogation of the personal items. The interrogation device is constructed and arranged to communicate with the objects to determine whether the objects are with the owner. The interrogation device automatically determines the presence of a particular object at the monitored environment and automatically generates a notification when needed. The system further controls functionality of the objects, according to illustrative embodiments, when the object is present.
US09716971B2
A method of inspecting equipment of a power system can involve identifying a geographical area including a presumed faulty piece of equipment with a central computer system of the power system; determining a contact (e.g., a person) at the geographical area; sending a request for inspecting local equipment in the geographical area to the person; taking a picture, by the person, of a piece of local equipment; transmitting the picture to the central computer system; and evaluating at the central computer system, whether the piece of local equipment in the picture is faulty or not.
US09716963B2
Utilization of radio network technology and display thereof are managed when multiple services and radio network technologies are available to a multi-technology mobile device. The management relies at least in part on a subscriber profile that comprises a network selection profile constructed through market policy, subscriber policy, and application policy for radio technology utilization. Network preference(s) profile is generated on per subscriber, or per subscriber type, basis and is conveyed to a subscriber station over the air. Initial subscriber profile can be delivered at a time of provisioning a multi-technology mobile device, and updated based at least upon subscriber demand, a schedule established by a network operator or service provider, or an event related to coverage area relocation or contracted services. Radio technology preferences and display of associated technologies available to a multi-technology mobile device can be dynamically controlled on a per-call and/or per-application basis.
US09716953B2
A device, including an electromagnetic transducer including a bobbin having a space therein, a connection apparatus in fixed relationship to the bobbin configured to transfer vibrational energy directly or indirectly at least one of to or from the electromagnetic transducer, and a passage from the space to the connection apparatus.
US09716947B1
A headset audio system is provided, comprising at least a headset, a control unit, and a control assignment selector, wherein the headset is adapted to provide output audio to a user from at least a first and a second audio signal and the control unit is provided to allow user adjustment of one or more audio parameters and comprises at least a first assignable audio control and a second assignable audio control. To allow the user to select one of the control modes according to the respective application and/or her or his preference, the control assignment selector is configured to switch the assignable audio controls of the control unit between at least a first control mode and second control mode, wherein in said first control mode, the first assignable audio control is configured for adjustment of a main volume of said output audio and the second assignable audio control is configured for adjustment of a mixing level between said at least first and second audio signals; and in said second control mode, the first assignable audio control is configured for adjustment of a volume of said first audio signal, and the second assignable audio control is configured for adjustment of a volume of said second audio signal.
US09716946B2
A system and method for determining an optimal arrangement of microphones for coverage of target sound sources are provided. The method includes receiving at least one geometric constraint respective of a three-dimensional microphone space, wherein the microphone space defines a location for possible deployment of a plurality of microphones; receiving information related to the sound sources, wherein sound sources include at least one target sound source; simulating sound distribution patterns from each of the least target sound sources and each microphone in the deployment of the plurality of microphones; selecting based, in part, on the simulated sound distribution patterns at least one contributing microphone from the deployment of the plurality of microphones; and outputting the optimal arrangement to include the least one contributing microphone.
US09716944B2
Adjustable audio beamforming of a device having a plurality of microphones is disclosed. A method for forming an audio beam of a device having a plurality of microphones, wherein the device is a deformable device, comprises: recognizing a deforming state of the device; and forming the audio beam according to the recognized deforming state of the device.
US09716943B2
An apparatus configured to: determine a viewing angle associated with at least one apparatus camera; determine from at least two audio signals at least one audio source orientation relative to an apparatus; and generate at least one spatial filter including at least a first orientation range associated with the viewing angle and a second orientation range relative to the apparatus.
US09716942B2
A speaker includes a housing, at least one electro-acoustic driver including a diaphragm, and a cover secured to one or more of the housing and driver. The cover is configured to partially extend over the diaphragm to affect an associated cavity resonance frequency of an air cavity adjacent to the diaphragm.
US09716935B2
A system for audio content delivery to an in-the-ear device from a local computing device. Also, a system for audio content delivery to an in-the-ear device from a content delivery network. The in-the-ear device is sized and shaped such that it universally and ergonomically fits into the human ear without slipping out and provides the user with a comfortable fit. The in-the-ear device is secured in the user's ear taking advantage of the natural curvature of the human to provide support and shift the center of gravity from outside the ear to further inside the pinna to prevent the device from slipping out while retaining a high level of comfort.
US09716930B1
A wireless speaker system including one or more self-propelled speaker device is provided. The self-propelled speaker device includes a processing unit, a wireless audio transmitter/receiver unit, a speaker unit, a tracking unit, and an actuator. The wireless audio transmitter/receiver unit is coupled to the processing unit and configured to receive an audio signal via a wireless transmission interface. The speaker unit is coupled to the processing unit and configured to produce sound according to the audio signal. The tracking unit is coupled to the processing unit and configured to track a location of a mobile device. The actuator is coupled to the processing unit. The processing unit controls the actuator according to the location of the mobile device. The actuator drives the self-propelled speaker device to move along with the mobile device.
US09716921B2
A broadcast signal reception method and a reception system are provided. The reception system includes a first processor, a second processor, and a storage medium. The first processor receives and processes a signaling table, the signaling table comprising first signaling information including access information of Non-Real-Time (NRT) service data and second signaling information including media object association information of the NRT service data. The second processor receives the NRT service data and processes a file including the received NRT service data based on the access information and the media object association information processed by the first processor. The storage medium stores the processed file of the NRT service data.
US09716920B2
In one example, an apparatus includes a processor configured to receive video data for two or more views of a scene, determine horizontal locations of camera perspectives for each of the two or more views, assign view identifiers to the two or more views such that the view identifiers correspond to the relative horizontal locations of the camera perspectives, form a representation comprising a subset of the two or more views, and, in response to a request from a client device, send information indicative of a maximum view identifier and a minimum view identifier for the representation to the client device.
US09716918B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for providing an interactive advertising system and components thereof.
US09716912B2
A method of a broadcast receiving device to receive broadcast service includes: receiving a broadcast table; receiving service signaling data corresponding to a service object; determining a consumption model of the service object on the basis of the service signaling data; receiving a content item configuring the service object on the basis of the service signaling data when the consumption model is a predetermined consumption model; displaying a guide on content on the basis of the broadcast table or the service signaling data; identifying one of the received content item according to an additional information request on the content; and controlling the guide on the basis of the identified content item.
US09716907B2
An information processing apparatus includes an image generation unit configured to generate an image that is changed according to operation commands received from a terminal and to be displayed at the terminal; a video-coding area determining unit configured to identify, in the image, a video-coding area that is changed within a predetermined period of time for a number of times greater than a first threshold and to be encoded according to a video compression format; an estimation unit configured to estimate a maximum data rate based on a round trip time of the network; a filtering unit configured to thin out the operation commands according to a thin-out rate when the operation commands are of a predetermined type and the estimated maximum data rate is less than a second threshold; and a threshold changing unit configured to change the first threshold based on the thin-out rate.
US09716898B2
A motion information storing method and a TMVP deriving method using the motion information storing method are provided. The motion information storing method includes a step of determining a representative block out of blocks of a motion data storage unit in a co-located picture with a current picture and a step of storing motion information of the representative block as motion information of the motion data storage unit, wherein the motion information of the representative block is used as motion information of the blocks included in the motion data storage unit.
US09716897B2
A three-dimensional (3D) video codec encodes multiple views of a 3D video, each including texture and depth components. The encoders of the codec encode video blocks of their respective views based on a set of prediction parameters, such as quad-tree split flags, prediction modes, partition sizes, motion fields, inter directions, reference indices, luma intra modes, and chroma intra modes. The prediction parameters may be inherited across different views and different ones of the texture and depth components.
US09716888B2
A system for processing a video signal includes a static region identification and separation module for generating static region image data corresponding to a static region of the video signal, for generating dynamic region video data corresponding to at least one dynamic region in the video signal and for generating dynamic region location data that indicates at least one location corresponding to the at least one dynamic region in the video signal. A static region encoding module image encodes the state region image data to produce encoded static region data. A video encoder section generates at least one encoded video signal by compressing the dynamic region video data.
US09716882B2
In one embodiment, a method for encoding sample adaptive offset (SAO) values in a video encoding process is provided, the method comprising: selecting an edge offset type; selecting one of one or more edge offset sub-classes; within at least one of the edge offset sub-classes, generating an interpolated pixel value that is related to a current pixel value; generating an offset value that is related to the interpolated pixel value; and optionally applying the offset value to at least the current pixel value to form an SAO compensated value.
US09716870B2
According to one embodiment, an image processor includes a setter and a corrector. The setter sets correction information to cause an entirety of an object image to be viewable when an image projected onto a projection surface is viewed from a viewpoint. The object image is projected from a projection position. The setting is performed based on information relating to a configuration of the projection surface where the object image is projected, information relating to the projection position, and information relating to a position of the viewpoint. The corrector corrects the object image based on the correction information.
US09716868B1
Embodiments are described of a color filter array including a plurality of tiled minimal repeating units. Each minimal repeating unit includes a primary set of four rhombic color filters positioned so that at least two vertices of each rhombic color filter contact a vertex of an adjoining rhombic color filter and so that the four rhombic filters form a central interstitial space and four peripheral interstitial spaces, wherein the primary set includes at least one color filter with a first spectral photoresponse, at least one color filter with a second spectral photoresponse, and at least one color filter with a third spectral photoresponse. Each minimal repeating unit also includes a secondary set of rhombic filters, the secondary set comprising a rhombic filter positioned in the central interstitial space and rhombic filters positioned in three of the four peripheral interstitial spaces, wherein the rhombic filters in the secondary set have a fourth spectral photoresponse different than any of the first, second, and third spectral photoresponses.
US09716862B1
Systems and methods for capturing situational awareness information are provided. The systems and methods include a portable aircraft configured to obtain situational awareness information. The portable aircraft includes a body including deployable wings, a stability device coupled to the body, the stability device including deployable tail fins, a propulsion device configured to propel the portable aircraft aloft, a capture device configured to selectively capture situational information, and a communications device configured to transmit captured situational information to a ground based receiver.
US09716859B2
A mobile device, and a method and computer program product for displaying a streaming video image at the mobile device during a packet based video call via a channel established over a wireless communication network, the method includes receiving a speed indication of the mobile device and sending said indication to a communication client application; and responsive to receiving said indication, the communication client application is configured to limit the amount of information in the streaming video image that is supplied for display on a display of the mobile device during the video.
US09716852B2
A transmitter device is provided. The transmitter device includes first to m-th memory cells (m is an integer of 2 or more), first to m-th word lines, a first bit line, and an analog circuit. The i-th word line (i is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to m) is electrically connected to the i-th memory cell. The first to m-th memory cells are electrically connected to the analog circuit through the first bit line. The first to m-th memory cells are capable of retaining a potential corresponding to first data. The first to m-th word lines are supplied with a potential corresponding to second data. The analog circuit is capable of performing a multiply-accumulate operation on the first data and the second data, and the first data or the second data includes image data.
US09716848B2
Provided is an imaging apparatus including an imaging element including a pixel unit having first and second photoelectric conversion units configured to generate image signals by photoelectrically converting optical fluxes passing through different regions into which an exit pupil of an imaging optical system is divided for one micro-lens. The imaging apparatus controls each of the timing of a first removal operation of removing a noise component from a first image signal read from the first photoelectric conversion unit and the timing of a second removal operation of removing a noise component from a second image signal read from the first and second photoelectric conversion units to have a predetermined relationship with a frequency of a noise source occurring during an operation of reading the image signals.
US09716846B2
A programmable, many-band spectral imager based on addressable spatial light modulators (ASLMs), such as micro-mirror-, micro-shutter- or liquid-crystal arrays, is described. Capable of collecting at once, without scanning, a complete two-dimensional spatial image with ASLM spectral processing applied simultaneously to the entire image, the invention employs optical assemblies wherein light from all image points is forced to impinge at the same angle onto the dispersing element, eliminating interplay between spatial position and wavelength. This is achieved, as examples, using telecentric optics to image light at the required constant angle, or with micro-optical array structures, such as micro-lens- or capillary arrays, that aim the light on a pixel-by-pixel basis. Light of a given wavelength then emerges from the disperser at the same angle for all image points, is collected at a unique location for simultaneous manipulation by the ASLM, then recombined with other wavelengths to form a final spectrally-processed image.
US09716842B1
An augmented experience improves user experience by including virtual reflections of an actual background on virtual items presented in a user interface. An augmented image comprising a representation of a virtual item with one or more reflective surfaces is generated and presented in a user interface. Virtual reflections based on images of an actual background acquired by a camera are generated. The virtual reflections are superimposed on the one or more reflective surfaces of the virtual item for presentation of the augmented image. During presentation of the virtual item, the inclusion of the virtual reflection may improve overall realism of the virtual item.
US09716839B2
An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging section that captures an image of a subject; a detection section that detects flicker of a through-the-lens image as a moving image of the subject which is obtained by image capturing of the imaging section; and a control section that, when the detection section detects the flicker, controls an aperture, a shutter speed, and a gain on the basis of through-the-lens image control values as control values for controlling the aperture, the shutter speed, and the gain so as to preferentially suppress occurrence of flicker in the through-the-lens image.
US09716837B2
Methods, systems and processor-readable media for parking occupancy determination. Changes in the field of view can be measured using template matching between templates derived from an original scene and a current scene with motion removed. The changes measured in the field of view can be employed to adjust data indicative of a region of interest for vision-based processing thereof if the changes measured are above a pre-determined threshold so that the impact of the changes with respect to the field of view to performance is minimized.
US09716814B2
A system for reducing the substantially vertical extent of a wide-area biometric system and for reducing the cost and complexity of installation while maintaining high biometric performance, using a substantially horizontally configuration of cameras, preferably with an attention mechanism, and using a precision calibration system that can be used by an unskilled technician and that does not require an accurate site survey or additional materials or equipment.
US09716813B2
An aerial survey plane having a cover for protecting a lens of an infrared camera for an aerial survey according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an aerial survey observation window; an aerial survey infrared camera; at least one shock absorbing part to absorb shock applied to the aerial survey infrared camera; at least one support vertically provided on the shock absorbing part; a lifting part to lift and lower the aerial survey infrared camera; a protective cover provided between the aerial survey infrared camera and the bottom surface of the fuselage of the aerial survey plane and having a size to cover the aerial survey observation window; at least one motor to move the protective cover toward any one direction; and a controller to remotely control the opening and the closing of the protective cover.
US09716802B2
A method includes, with a physical computing system, executing a navigational application for a printer interface of a printer connected to the physical computing system through a network, with the physical computing system, using a content model for the navigational application, the content model defining attributes and a category for a screen. The method further includes, with the physical computing system, receiving content associated with the category, and with the physical computing system, providing to the printer the screen and the content in a format that is executable by the printer.
US09716795B1
Described herein are apparatuses, methods, and computer readable media for diverting a call from a server that receives calls to a wearable device (e.g., a watch) associated with a mobile device. In some embodiments, a mobile device determines whether a condition to activate a call diversion feature for the mobile device is met. In response to determining the condition is met, the mobile device communicates with the server to activate the call diversion feature for the mobile device. Subsequently, a call intended for the mobile device that is received at the server is diverted from the server to the wearable device.
US09716786B2
A mobile phone apparatus 10 includes a touch panel controlling IC 30. The touch panel controlling IC 30 controls electric power supplied from the electric power IC 14 on the basis of a received active signal or standby signal to set a touch panel input apparatus 32 to an active state or a standby state on the basis of the received active signal or standby signal. A processor 12 transmits to the touch panel controlling IC 30 the active signal or the standby signal in correspondence with a determined state of the mobile phone apparatus 10.
US09716780B2
A telephone device is disclosed. The telephone device has a base, a magnetic field generating device, an ear set, a magnetic sensor and a controller. The base has an ear set accommodating area. The magnetic field generating device situates with the base and generates a magnetic field. The ear set detachably connects with the base. The ear set has a magnetic conducted element. The magnetic sensor situates with the base for detecting the magnetic field. The magnetic field detected by the magnetic sensor is reduced due to interference of the magnetic conducted element when the ear set situates at the ear set accommodating area. The controller electronically connects with the magnetic sensor and determines whether the eat set is situated in the ear set accommodating area based on the change of the magnetic field detected by the magnetic sensor.
US09716779B1
A wireless communication system includes an electronic device. A first communication unit is worn around a thumb. Thus, the first communication unit is positioned proximate an ear. The first communication unit is in electrical communication with the electronic device. A second communication unit is worn around a finger. Thus, the second communication unit is positioned proximate a mouth. The second communication unit detects spoken words. The second communication unit is in electrical communication with the electronic device. A charging unit is provided. Each of the first communication unit and the second communication unit is selectively placed in electrical communication with the charging unit. Thus, the charging unit charges each of the first communication unit and the second communication unit.
US09716763B2
A content streaming apparatus that includes a gateway streaming manager which determines whether a client device has roamed out of a wireless zone of the content streaming apparatus into a wireless zone of another content streaming apparatus, and when the client device has roamed, sends a tuner reservation instruction to the other content streaming apparatus to instruct the other content streaming apparatus to reserve a tuner in advance of a transfer of the streaming session. The gateway streaming manager receives a tuner reservation confirmation from the other content streaming apparatus, and sends an alternate streaming notification to the client device. The gateway streaming manager receives an alternate streaming acceptance from the client device, and ends the streaming session between the content streaming apparatus and the client device when the alternate streaming acceptance is received.
US09716759B2
The invention is directed to increasing interoperability between web-based applications and hardware functions of a mobile device. The invention includes a thick-client hardware compatibility wrapper (HCW), which renders web-based applications and manages communication between hardware functionality and the web-based application. Specifically, the HCW monitors the web-based application and identifies commands to the hardware components of the mobile device. These commands are interpreted by the HCW, which then uses native calls to perform the hardware-specific activities. The HCW is also capable of calling functions on a webpage within the web-based application in response to query commands to the web-based application or in response to hardware events from the hardware components.
US09716754B2
A method for replicating data between two or more network connected data storage devices, the method including dynamically determining whether to compress data prior to transmitting across the network based, at least in part, on bandwidth throughput between the network connected data storage devices. If it has been determined to compress the data, the method involves compressing the data and transmitting the compressed data over the network. If it has been determined not to compress the data, the method involves transmitting the data, uncompressed, over the network. Dynamically determining whether to compress data may include comparing bandwidth measurements with a predetermined policy defining when compression should be utilized. In some embodiments, the policy may define that compression should be utilized when an estimated time for compressing the data and transmitting the compressed data is less than an estimated time for transmitting the data uncompressed.
US09716751B2
The sharing of objects may be executed by performing various share type administrations. Objects may be shared directly to a site or may be made available indirectly for reuse by a site. The objects shared and made available for reuse may be added to the site to which they are shared and made available for reuse. References to the objects shared and made available for reuse are stored in repositories in response to, and in accordance with, the share type administration performed. The storage of the references to objects is based on privileges associated with at least one of a repository, a site and a user. Objects made available for reuse by, and shared to, a site may be made unavailable for reuse by, and unshared to, the site through the execution of a share type administration.
US09716749B2
Telemetry data from a plurality of peer computers of a peer-to-peer network is aggregated via a computer network. Each of the plurality of peer computers sends telemetry data relating to transfer of a digital content item within the peer-to-peer network. A mitigation operation that modifies transfer of a digital content item between peer computers of the peer-to-peer network is performed according to one or more health metrics of the peer-to-peer network. The one or more health metrics are derived from the telemetry data aggregated from the plurality of peer computers.
US09716747B2
A computer-implemented method includes identifying a primary computing platform, identifying one or more secondary computing platforms, and identifying a requesting virtual server. The requesting virtual server resides on the primary computing platform and is associated with one or more requesting clients. One or more donating virtual servers are identified. The donating virtual servers reside on the primary computing platform and are associated with one or more donating clients. One or more external virtual servers are identified. The external virtual servers reside on the secondary computing platforms. A resource donation scenario is determined. The resource donation scenario includes one or more resource exchanges between the requesting virtual server and the donating virtual servers. A resource adjustment scenario is determined. The resource adjustment scenario includes one or more resource exchanges between the external virtual servers. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed.
US09716744B2
In one embodiment, a mobile device 102 may execute a mobile client 104 to access a remote client 108 on a remote computer device 110. A mobile client 104 may connect to a data network 106. The mobile client 104 may establish a peer-to-peer connection with a remote client 108 executing on a remote computer device 110 over the data network 106.
US09716733B2
An electronic device with one or more processors, memory and a display obtains information that enables distribution of content to a plurality of clients having different file format processing capabilities. The device provides, to a first client, first information that enables access to respective content in a first file format and provides, to a second client, second information that enables access to the respective content in a second file format different from the first file format. The first information identifies a first set of file portions that can be combined to generate the respective content in the first file format. The second information identifies a second set of file portions that can be combined to generate the respective content in the second file format. The second set of file portions includes one or more shared file portions that are included in the first set of file portions.
US09716732B2
A communication system capable of enabling one or more communication devices to remotely execute one or more applications includes one or more communication devices that are coupled to a data connection. At least one of the one or more communication devices is operable to communicate a request to establish a communication session over the data connection. The system also includes one or more application servers that are coupled to the data connection. At least one of the one or more application servers is adapted to execute an application to establish the requested communication session with the at least one communication device. The at least one application server resides at a location remote from the at least one communication device. The at least one application server communicates a request for processing service to the at least one communication device. The request for processing service is communicated to the at least one communication device over the data connection.
US09716728B1
A method of managing keys and policies is provided. The method includes communicating policies from a key and policy manager in an enterprise environment to an agent in a cloud environment. The method includes generating keys at the key and policy manager and distributing one or more of the keys to computing or communication devices in the enterprise environment, in accordance with the policies. The method includes enforcing the policies in the cloud environment via an application of the policies by the agent, wherein at least one method operation is executed through a processor.
US09716722B2
A method for providing an abuse sentry service for responding to domain name abuse is described. The method comprises the following steps. A plurality of disparate abuse feeds is received, each comprising data relating to a subset of potential domain name abuse. Filters are applied to the data to create a custom abuse feed. Data from the custom abuse feed is grouped based on priority levels. For each of the groups, one or more corresponding workflows are executed as a response to the potential domain name abuse. A computer readable medium including instructions for implementing the method is also described.
US09716720B2
Various embodiments of the present technology involve the sharing of a content item though a synchronized content management system (CMS) without requiring a user to register or provide login credentials. For example, the CMS can receive a request from a first user of a computing device to share a content item with a second user. Instead of requiring the user to register or provide their login credentials, the CMS can generate an unregistered user account using a unique identifier associated with the computing device. Accordingly, in order to share the content item, the CMS can generate a link to retrieve the content item and send the link to the second user. Thus, creation of an unregistered user account can require no login credentials, thereby providing a simple, user friendly interface for initiating interactions with the CMS.
US09716717B2
The subject disclosure is directed towards securely synchronizing passwords that are changed at a source location (e.g., an on-premises directory service) to a target location (e.g., a cloud directory service), so that the same credentials may be used to log into the source or target location, yet without necessarily having each domain controller handle the synchronization. The plaintext password is not revealed, instead using hash values computed therefrom to represent the password-related data. The target may receive a secondary hash of a primary hash, and thereby only receive and store a password blob. Authentication is accomplished by using the same hashing algorithms at the target service to compute a blob and compare against the synchronized blob. Also described are crypto agility and/or changing hashing algorithms without requiring a user password change.
US09716714B1
A variety of techniques for performing identity verification are disclosed. As one example, a verification request is received from a remote user. The verification request pertains to a cryptographic key. In response to receiving a confirmation from a local user of the local device, a verification process is initiated. A result of the verification process is transmitted to the remote user. As a second example, a verification request can be received at the local device, from a local user of the device. A verification process with respect to the local user is initiated, and a result of the verification process is transmitted to a remote user that is different from the local user.
US09716702B2
In an embodiment, a method comprises intercepting, from a first computer, a first set of instructions that define one or more original operations, which are configured to cause one or more requests to be sent if executed by a client computer; modifying the first set of instructions to produce a modified set of instructions, which are configured to cause a credential to be included in the one or more requests sent if executed by the client computer; rendering a second set of instructions comprising the modified set of instructions and one or more credential-morphing-instructions, wherein the one or more credential-morphing-instructions define one or more credential-morphing operations, which are configured to cause the client computer to update the credential over time if executed; sending the second set of instructions to a second computer.
US09716698B2
A method and system for securely enrolling personal identity credentials into personal identification devices. The system of the invention comprises the manufacturer of the device and an enrollment authority. The manufacturer is responsible for recording serial numbers or another unique identifier for each device that it produces, along with a self-generated public key for each device. The enrollment authority is recognized by the manufacturer or another suitable institution as capable of validating an individual before enrolling him into the device. The enrollment authority maintains and operates the appropriate equipment for enrollment, and provides its approval of the enrollment. The methods described herein discuss post-manufacturing, enrollment, backup, and recovery processes for the device.
US09716694B2
An encryption method for packaging, encrypting, and transmitting a plurality of contents included in a web application to a communication device, the encryption method includes: acquiring performance information relating to performance of the communication device; determining, by circuitry, an encryption algorithm to be applied to each of the plurality of contents, based on the performance information; performing first encryption processing on the plurality of contents using the encryption algorithm respectively; performing second encryption processing on identification information that identifies the encryption algorithm used for the plurality of contents respectively; packaging encrypted contents and encrypted identification information, the encrypted identification information being stored in a location specified by the communication device; and transmitting the encrypted contents and the encrypted identification information, which are packaged, to the communication device.
US09716692B2
A technology-agnostic and protocol-agnostic system for transferring data between an enterprise, such as a financial institution or the like and external entities, such as commercial banking customers and the like. The embodiments described provide the user with a data transfer solution that is compatible with all major operating systems, supports mobile platforms and allows for local data transfer, as well as, data transfer from cloud services and cloud connection services. The comprehensive nature of the application provides for applicable data transfer amongst all of the different services provided by the enterprise and provides the user/external entity with a streamlined means for transferring data to and from the enterprise. The application minimizes external entity involvement from an Information Technology (IT) standpoint, such that any user can efficiently, effectively and reliably transfer data to and from an enterprise with minimal risk and high confidence.
US09716691B2
A security server receives a request of a user to activate a secure communications channel over the network and, in response, transmits an activation code for delivery to the user via another network. The security server receives an activation code from the user network device via the network, compares the received activation code with the transmitted activation code to validate the received activation code, and activates the secure communications channel based on the validation. The security server next receives a query including a question for the user from an enterprise represented on the network, transmits the received enterprise query to the user network device via the secure communications channel, and receives, from the user network device via the secure communications channel, a user answer to the transmitted enterprise query. The security server then transmits the received user answer to the enterprise to further authenticate the user to the enterprise.
US09716689B2
The connectivity and security of wireless handheld devices (HDs) can be leveraged to provide a presentation appliance (PA) such as a laptop with an ability to securely communicate with an enterprise's private network. A split-proxy server, with part of it executing on the HD and a part executing on the PA, implements a full HTTP 1.1 compliant Internet/Web Proxy to couple the PA for communication through the HD. Specifically, the split proxy provides support for the pragmatic keep-alive header, the CONNECT method, socket connection sharing, and thread pooling, to enable a fully functional browsing environment. Such an environment enables access to commercial web-based applications that are built on standard Internet technologies without the need for re-rendering or re-writing the user interfaces to suit the HD. In addition, Intranet web-based applications are made securely accessible without the need for additional VPN and remote access technologies.
US09716684B1
Method and system are disclosed for redelivering failed messages in asynchronous communication systems. The methods and systems automatically delay redelivery of such failed messages in order to allow required system resources to become available. In one implementation, the methods and systems provide two levels of redelivery: a micro level in which redelivery is attempted right away for a certain number of times, and a macro level in which a predefined, user-selectable delay is imposed before any additional micro level redeliveries are attempted. After a certain number of unsuccessful macro level redeliveries, the message is backed out to a backout queue for manual intervention by a system operator. Such an arrangement reduces or eliminates the burden on the system operator to manually resolve failed message deliveries.
US09716683B2
An example approach is provided for causing, at least in part, a generation of token data associated with at least one scheduled meeting between at least one first user and at least one second user. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, a transmission of the token data to at least one first device associated with the at least one first user and at least one second device associated with the at least one second user. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a sharing of location information between the at least one first device and the at least one second device based, at least in part, on the token data.
US09716673B2
There is provided a packet storage method including: processing in which a sequence identifier is successively assigned to a packet captured from a network and the packet is stored in a buffer; creation processing in which the packet is read out from the buffer, a first identifier involved in a first property of the packet is identified, and an index data that mutually correlates the sequence identifier and the first identifier is created; and storage processing in which the packet corresponding to the sequence identifier included in the index data is read out from the buffer, the packet is sorted according to the first identifier included in the index data, and the sorted packet is stored in a storage unit on a per-first-identifier basis, executed by a processor.
US09716669B2
A system may comprise a first group of switches, each switch including a first group of inputs and outputs, and a first group of controllers, each controller being independent from one another and corresponding to a switch of the first group of switches, to selectively control the switch to connect the switch's inputs with outputs. The first group of switches and controllers may be installed in a chassis. The system may comprise a second group of switches, each switch including a second group of inputs and outputs, and a second group of controllers, each controller corresponding to a switch of the second group of switches, to selectively control the switch to connect the switch's inputs with outputs. The second group of controllers may control and connect, via a group of control links, to the first group of controllers.
US09716668B2
Systems, methods and devices provide efficient bandwidth allocation on a satellite, mobile telephone or other data connection by allowing nodes to share bandwidth for commonly-requested data. A transmission center, uplink or other gateway suitably recognizes when content requests from multiple different nodes are simultaneously requesting delivery of the same content. When the same content is recognized, the gateway device allocates shared bandwidth on the data transmission link for the requested content that is accessible to both the first and second nodes.
US09716664B2
A network device that performs information centric networking (ICN) in an ICN network receives an Interest from a consumer as the Interest traverses an Interest path to a data responder. The Interest requests data by name and indicates an accumulated Interest queuing delay experienced by the Interest on the Interest path. The network device enqueues the Interest to an Interest queue and dequeues the Interest from the Interest queue, and determines a local Interest queuing delay between the enqueing and dequeuing. The network device increases the indicated accumulated Interest queuing delay by the local Interest queueing delay, and forwards the Interest along the Interest path. The network device receives a Data packet satisfying the Interest as the Data packet traverses the Interest path in reverse. The network device increases an accumulated Data queueing delay indicated in the Data packet, and then forwards the Data packet to the consumer.
US09716662B2
A communication system contains a control apparatus and switch(es). The control apparatus transmits, to a switch, two or more flow entries having an identical match condition but having different processing content to be applied, and a condition for changing application priorities of the two or more flow entries. The switch holds the two or more flow entries, and switches the application priorities in accordance with the condition specified by the control apparatus, to process received packet(s).
US09716655B2
Measures for processing requests in a telecommunications network are provided. A blacklist for determining routing attempts to be conducted during a default routing attempt procedure is maintained. A request comprising an identifier for a given destination for the request is received and, in response to performing a destination address lookup for the identifier, a set of one or more destination addresses for routing the request to is received. One or more destination addresses in the set are compared to the list of destinations on the blacklist. If the comparison indicates that at least one of the destination addresses in the set is not present on the blacklist, the request is processed according to a default routing attempt procedure. If the comparison indicates that all of the destination addresses in the set are present on the blacklist, the request is processed according to an alternative routing attempt procedure.
US09716653B2
Embedding a flow handle (FH) in an IPv6 address portion of a packet may reduce the amount of overhead needed to support path selection in flow-based packet forwarding. The FH may replace an interface identifier in a standard IPv6 address such that the FH does not add any additional overhead to the IPv6 packet itself. Information specified by the FH embedded in the IPv6 address may be used to select the path or next-hop. In addition, the FH may identify a quality of service (QoS) requirement associated with the packet, and the route selection function may identify a path capable of satisfying the QoS requirement, a service function chain (SFC) ID, an access point (AP) ID, a radio bearer ID, a path ID, and/or a device ID.
US09716646B2
In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there is provided systems and methods for using thresholds to gate timing packet generation in a tracing system (TS). For example, the method may include generating and outputting a trace data (TD) packet into a packet log. The method also includes generating and outputting a timing packet (TM) corresponding to the TD packet into the packet log when a number of clock cycles elapsed since an output of a previous TM packet exceeds a clock threshold value.
US09716645B2
Various embodiments illustrated and described herein include systems, methods and software for content type classification. Some such embodiments include determining a potential state of classification for packets associated with a session based at least in part on a packet associated with the session that is a packet other than the first packet of the session.
US09716640B2
In an approach to manage isolation requirements of a multi-node workload application, a computer determines one or more first isolation levels for each of a plurality of workload nodes. The computer receives performance data for the plurality of workload nodes and analyzes the performance data for statistical trends in the performance data. The computer identifies an adverse trend in the statistical trends of the performance data and identifies a root cause of the adverse trend in the performance data. The computer then identifies one or more second isolation levels required to meet performance targets, the second isolation levels including an adjustment to the first isolation levels for the plurality of workload nodes.
US09716639B2
A network topology including at least one protection infrastructure segment for each work infrastructure segment, such that the work infrastructure segment and the corresponding protection infrastructure segment terminate on the same nodes, wherein the two protection infrastructure segments pass through at least one bridge node, monitoring for failure in the work and protection infrastructure segment in the network, switching Traffic Engineered Service Instance (TESI) over high priority protection infrastructure segment, and provisioning two SPG of co-joint node to prevent infrastructure segment from forwarding ambiguity and retracing of the TESI.
US09716626B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for adding a new element to a Network Function Virtualization based (NFV-based) communication network. In use, at least one new element to implement in an NFV-based communication network is identified, the at least one new element including at least one new service, at least one new virtual network function (VNF), at least one new device, or at least one new software upgrade. Additionally, the at least one new element is added to a service model associated with the NFV-based communication network, without disruption of existing elements in the NFV-based communication network. Further, a selection policy associated with the at least one new network element is generated. Moreover, the at least one new element is utilized in the NFV-based communication network, in accordance with the selection policy.
US09716625B2
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for identifying compatible system configurations are provided herein. A method includes generating a second graph from a first graph of multiple devices in a network and a set of one or more network compatibility rules, wherein said generating comprises dividing each device in the first graph into multiple nodes in the second graph, and wherein each node in the second graph represents a valid configuration of a device in the first graph; identifying a sub-graph of two or more linked nodes in the second graph that is isomorphic to at least a portion of the first graph, wherein the two or more linked nodes in the second graph represent two or more configurations that are compatible based on the set of one or more network compatibility rules; and determining each of one or more changes needed to convert a current configuration in the network to a target configuration specified by the sub-graph.
US09716614B2
The performance and/or state of communication infrastructure that transmits data may be correlated with the transmitted data. In one implementation, a method may include receiving infrastructure data relating to a state of communication infrastructure; receiving identifiers corresponding to machine to machine nodes that transmit data using the communication infrastructure; storing the infrastructure data to associate the infrastructure data to the identifiers corresponding to the nodes; generating structured data that represents a correlation of the received data and the infrastructure data; and providing at least a portion of the structured data, to one or more devices relating to the plurality of computing nodes or the communication infrastructure.
US09716602B2
An approach for increasing transmission throughput of a non-linear wireless channel, and efficient decoding of the transmitted signal via a simplified receiver, is provided. A signal reflects a source signal, and includes linear inter-symbol interference based on a faster-than-Nyquist signaling rate and a tight frequency roll-off, and non-linear interference based on high-power amplification for transmission over the wireless channel. The signal is received over a non-linear wireless channel, and is processed via a plurality of decoding iterations. A set of soft information of a current decoding iteration is generated based on a current estimate of the source signal and a final set of soft information from a previous decoding iteration. The current estimate of the source signal is based on an estimate of the linear ISI and the non-linear interference, which is based on the final set of soft information from the previous decoding iteration.
US09716599B1
Methods for preventing the transmission of sensitive information to locations outside of a secure network by a person who has legitimate access to the sensitive information are described. In some embodiments, in order for an end user of a computing device to establish a secure connection with a secure network and access data stored on the secure network, a client application running on the computing device may be required by the secure network. The client application may monitor visual cues (e.g., facial expressions and gestures) associated with the end user, detect suspicious activity performed by the end user based on the visual cues, and in response to detecting suspicious activity may perform mitigating actions to prevent the transmission of sensitive information such as alerting human resources personnel or requiring authorization prior to sending information to locations outside of the secure network.
US09716596B2
Notifications regarding data usage may be transmitted to mobile devices based on a threshold of data usage determined from a profile associated with the device. Upon receiving a request for service from a mobile device, a network device, such as a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) device, may determine a current bandwidth usage for the device and obtain a profile associated with the device. The network device may determine a threshold of data usage for the mobile device from the profile and determine whether the mobile device has met the threshold. If so, a notification may be transmitted to the mobile device indicating that the threshold has been met.
US09716595B1
System and method for establishing a secure communication between a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, includes issuing a first digital certificate to the second IoT device, inviting the second IoT device by the first IoT device to establish a communication line with the first IoT device by receiving a digital token from the second IoT device, authenticating the second IoT device using the unique identification and cryptographic key of the second IoT device; establishing a secure communication line between the first IoT device and the second IoT device by authenticating the established communication line and issuing a second digital certificate to the communication line between the first IoT device and the second IoT device; and preventing a third IoT device for which a secure communication line to the first or second IoT device has not been established from communicating with the first or second IoT device.
US09716583B2
Various embodiments provide systems and methods for performing clock recovery on a received signal using a split loop architecture. A split loop timing recovery apparatus is provided comprising a first path configured for performing frequency offset tracking on a signal by adjusting a receiver clock frequency to match a remote transmitter frequency associated with the signal and a second path configured for tracking random jitter on the signal.
US09716577B2
A base station initializes pseudo-random sequence generators on which wireless devices base generation of uplink reference signals. The base station determines a first sequence from a first subset of possible initialization sequences for a sequence generator of a first device, and determines a second sequence from a second subset of possible initialization sequences for a sequence generator of a second device. The range of this second subset spans at least the range of the first subset. The base station further encodes the first sequence as a first set of two or more parameters, and encodes the second sequence as a second set of one or more parameters. This second set includes at least one parameter not included in the first set, and comprises fewer bits than the first set. The base station initializes the sequence generators by transmitting the first and second sets of parameters to the devices.
US09716567B2
A method and apparatus for improving performance in communication systems is provided. In one implementation, initial encoded data that has been encoded with a rateless code is received. A quality metric is determined for a communication medium on which the initial encoded data has been received. A modulation scheme used in sending the initial encoded data on the communication medium is identified. An estimate is determined, based on the identified modulation scheme and the determined quality metric, of an amount of mutual information being received per unit of received encoded data. An amount of mutual information being received is determined, based on the determined estimate.
US09716565B2
Novel apparatus and methods for generating and transmitting an interruption signal to a request for a substantially autonomous vehicle taxi-service based on user-supplied input are presented. The disclosure provides an efficient technique for interrupting an initial request for a substantially autonomous vehicle taxi-service and in some embodiments, further enables for the rescheduling of the request for a substantially autonomous vehicle taxi-service to a future point in time based upon user supplied input.
US09716564B2
A digital signal processor (DSP) of an optical receiver may receive information representing a polarization multiplexed signal including tone information. The polarization multiplexed signal may have an uncorrected state of polarization (SOP). The DSP may determine sets of Stokes parameters based on the tone information. The DSP may determine a set of polarization parameters based on the sets of Stokes parameters. The DSP may apply, based on the set of polarization parameters, a set of operations to the information representing the polarization multiplexed signal. An operation, of the set of operations, may represent a rotation or a phase retardation of the polarization multiplexed signal and may correspond to a polarization parameter of the set of polarization parameters. The set of operations may be applied to the information representing the polarization multiplexed signal in order to generate information representing the polarization multiplexed signal with a corrected SOP.
US09716562B2
A radio communication device capable of randomizing both inter-cell interference and intra-cell interference. In this device, a spreading section primarily spreads a response signal in a ZAC sequence set by a control unit. A spreading section secondarily spreads the primarily spread response signal in a block-wise spreading code sequence set by the control unit. The control unit controls the cyclic shift amount of the ZAC sequence used for the primary spreading in the spreading section and the block-wise spreading code sequence used for the secondary spreading in the spreading section according to a set hopping pattern. The hopping pattern set by the control unit is made up of two hierarchies. An LB-based hopping pattern different for each cell is defined in the first hierarchy in order to randomize the inter-cell interference. A hopping pattern different for each mobile station is defined in the second hierarchy to randomize the intra-cell interference.
US09716557B2
A calibration device includes reference signal normalizing units 5-1 to 5-M that set, as a reference signal, a frequency domain signal being associated with either one 2 of reception antennas and being included in frequency domain signals obtained by conversions made by Fourier transform units 4-1 to 4-M, and divide the frequency domain signals after the conversion made by the Fourier transform units 4-1 to 4-M by the reference signal, thereby normalizing the frequency domain signals, and reference frequency normalizing units 6-1 to 6-M that normalize the frequency domain signals normalized by the reference signal normalizing units 5-1 to 5-M by using a signal having a reference frequency included in the frequency domain signals.
US09716555B2
An optical signal is received at a coherent optical receiver. The received optical signal is converted to a first electrical signal and a second electrical signal through a first photodetector and a second photodetector, respectively. The first electrical signal is input into a first single input variable gain amplifier, and the second electrical signal is input into a second single input variable gain amplifier. A gain of at least one of the first single input variable gain amplifier or the second single input variable gain amplifier is controlled to balance the output of the first single input variable gain amplifier and the output of the second single input variable gain amplifier. The output of the first single input variable gain amplifier and the output of the second single input variable gain amplifier are input into a differential amplifier. A receiver output is obtained at an output of the differential amplifier.
US09716547B2
An apparatus for satellite selection within a multi-satellite communication system, comprising an antenna, receiver, and transmitter, and a processing module configured to calculate a normalized distance metric for the plurality of user spot beams of a first and second satellite, select the user spot beam with the lowest normalized distance metric, and determine which of the at least first or second satellite is transmitting the selected user spot beam. Further, a method for increasing the aggregate capacity of a satellite communications network, comprising identifying high traffic regions within a coverage area of a first satellite, determining which user spot beams of the first satellite are available to each of the identified regions, determining a normalized distance metric for each user spot beam identified, and plotting a second beam pattern of a second satellite to produce at least one user spot beam with a lower normalized distance metric.
US09716544B2
An aircraft communication system is provided that includes: i) a self-contained onboard communication system, the onboard communication system comprising a first peripheral device and an at least one second peripheral device, the first and second peripheral devices each comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon a computer program for data communication, the computer program having a plurality of protocols, the protocols being extensible, the protocols executable by a processor to cause the first and second peripheral devices to send data and commands between one another, the first peripheral device further caused to perform the steps of: directly controlling a satellite communication device; directly dialing the satellite communication device; sending data directly to the satellite communication device; and receiving data from the satellite communication device, each of said steps being performed without the assistance of an on-board server.
US09716538B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for grouping antennas in a multiple-input multiple-output antenna system. The method of the present invention comprises the steps of: measuring a channel vector for a plurality of antennas of a base station; grouping channel coefficients of the channel vector in accordance with a plurality of antenna grouping patterns and determining grouped codebook vectors corresponding to the grouped channel coefficients; selecting one of the antenna grouping patterns using the grouped codebook vectors for the antenna grouping patterns; and feeding back, to the base station, a pattern index indicating the selected antenna grouping pattern and a codebook index indicating the grouped codebook vector corresponding to the selected antenna grouping pattern.
US09716534B2
A base station that includes a data control circuitry that processes a transmission signal to be simultaneously transmitted to a plurality of mobile terminals; a modulator circuitry that modulates the transmission signal processed by the data control circuitry; a radio frequency modulator circuitry that modulates the transmission signal modulated by the modulator circuitry into a radio frequency transmission signal; and a plurality of antennas that wirelessly transmit the radio frequency transmission signal to the plurality of mobile terminals. In a case that the number of the plurality of mobile terminals to which the transmission signal is to be transmitted is Nv and the number of the plurality of antennas is Nb, the data control circuitry multiplies the transmission signal by a precode matrix.
US09716530B2
A system includes a network device that is disposed at a site and configured to communicate with a wireless network. A controller is disposed at the site and is in communication with the wireless network, and a passive device is disposed at the site and includes a unique identifier disposed thereon. The system further includes a mobile device associated with the site and which includes a communication chip. The communication chip is configured to read the unique identifier when the mobile device is placed in close proximity to the passive device, and a mobile application disposed on the mobile device is configured to transmit the unique identifier to the controller for use in controlling the network device.
US09716510B2
Comparator circuits suitable for use in a column-parallel single-slope ADC comprise a comparator, an input voltage sampling switch connected between an input voltage Vin and a first node, and a sampling capacitor connected between the first and second nodes and which stores a voltage which varies with Vin when the sampling switch is closed. A first reset switch is connected between the second node and a reset voltage, an isolation buffer is coupled between the second node and a comparator input, and a voltage ramp switch applies a voltage ramp Vramp to the first node when closed. The comparator output toggles when Vramp exceeds Vin, with the isolation buffer maintaining a nearly constant capacitive load on Vramp. A ‘ramp disconnect’ feature can be used to increase the circuit's input range, and a dummy capacitor can be employed to maintain a constant capacitance on Vramp.
US09716500B2
Driving a back-gate of a transistor with a follower signal that corresponds to an information signal. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: passing an information signal from a drain terminal to a source terminal of a main field effect transistor (FET), the information signal has a peak-to-peak voltage; generating a follower signal that corresponds to the information signal, the follower signal electrically isolated from the information signal, and the follower signal has a peak-to-peak voltage lower than the peak-to-peak voltage of the information signal; and applying the follower signal to a back-gate of the main FET.
US09716494B1
A, a frequency-to-voltage converter including a calculation module, a quantification module and a signal processing module is disclosed. The calculation module receives a frequency signal and calculates a rotational speed signal according to the frequency signal. The quantification module is coupled with the calculation module and receives the rotational speed signal. The quantification module quantifies the rotational speed signal according to a quantification equation and generates a digital quantified signal. The signal processing module is coupled with the quantification module, receives the digital quantified signal, and converts the digital quantified signal into a digital voltage signal. As such, the proper transition time and ripple magnitude can be endured at the same time.
US09716488B2
A CNFET based pulse generator, including a first Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistor (CNFET), a second CNFET, a third CNFET, a fourth CNFET, a fifth CNFET, a sixth CNFET, a seventh CNFET, an eighth CNFET, a ninth CNFET, a tenth CNFET, an eleventh CNFET, a twelfth CNFET, a thirteenth CNFET, and a fourteenth CNFET. The first CNFET, the third CNFET, the fifth CNFET, the seventh CNFET, the tenth CNFET, the twelfth CNFET, and the thirteenth CNFET are P-type CNFETs. The second CNFET, the fourth CNFET, the sixth CNFET, the eighth CNFET, the ninth CNFET, the eleventh CNFET, and the fourteenth CNFET are N-type CNFETs.
US09716486B1
An apparatus and method are disclosed for filtering and performing high frequency reconstruction of an audio signal. The apparatus includes an analysis filter bank, a phase shifter, a high frequency reconstructor, and a synthesis filter bank. The analysis filterbank receives real-valued time domain input audio samples and generates complex valued subband samples. The phase shifter shifts a phase of the complex-valued subband samples by an arbitrary amount. The high frequency reconstructor modifies at least some of the complex valued subband samples. A phase shifter unshifts a phase of the modified complex-valued subband samples by the arbitrary amount. The synthesis filter bank receives the modified complex valued subband samples and generates time domain output audio samples. The analysis filter bank comprises analysis filters that are complex exponential modulated versions of a prototype filter with an arbitrary phase shift.
US09716474B2
The disclosure provides a circuit. The circuit includes a primary amplifier. A first common mode detector is coupled to the primary amplifier. A second common mode detector is coupled to the primary amplifier. An error correction circuit is coupled between the second common mode detector and the primary amplifier.
US09716472B2
Methods and circuits for maximizing gain of a voltage follower circuit are provided. The method includes using a NMOS voltage replica generation circuit, a PMOS voltage replica generation circuit, a NPN BJT voltage replica generation circuit, a n-channel JFET voltage replica generation circuit, a P-Channel JFET voltage replica generation circuit and a PNP BJT voltage replica generation circuit. The overall gain for the various transistor families is almost equal to unity.
US09716471B2
A quasi-switched, multi-band, high-power amplifier includes an input matching network, a low band path, a high band path, and an output matching network. The input matching network includes a single input port that is configured to receive an input signal. The input signal includes at least one tone within a specified frequency band. The low band path is configured, when the specified frequency band is a low frequency band, to amplify the input signal to generate a low band amplified signal. The high band path is configured, when the specified frequency band is a high frequency band, to amplify the input signal to generate a high band amplified signal. The output matching network includes a single output port and is configured to filter at least one of the low band amplified signal and the high band amplified signal into a load through the single output port.
US09716457B2
[Problem] To enhance a speed loop gain even in a three-inertia mechanical resonance system. [Solution] A motor control apparatus (100) for controlling a motor, includes: a speed estimator (6) configured to estimate and output an equivalent rigid body speed of the motor, based on a torque command that is input to a motor model (4); a first feedback gain (Kd1) configured to obtain a first differential speed between a motor speed and the equivalent rigid body speed; a torque command generation unit (2) configured to generate the torque command, based on a speed deviation between a speed command and a second differential speed between the motor speed and the output of the first feedback gain (Kd1); and a stabilizing compensator (9) configured to obtain the first differential speed in parallel with the first feedback gain (Kd1), to change frequency characteristics of the first differential speed and to add the frequency characteristics to an output of the first feedback gain (Kd1).
US09716453B2
The present teaching relates to a magnetic sensor comprising an input port to be connected to an external power supply, a magnetic field detecting circuit configured to generate a magnet detection signal, an output control circuit configured to control operation of the magnetic sensor in response to the magnet detection signal, and an output port. The magnetic field detecting circuit includes a magnetic sensing element configured to detect an external magnetic field and output a detection signal, a signal processing element configured to amplify the detection signal and removing interference from the detection signal to generate processed detection signal, and an analog-digital conversion element configured to convert the processed detection signal into a magnet detection signal, and the output control circuit is configured to control the magnetic sensor to operate in at least one of a first state and a second state responsive to at least the magnet detection signal.
US09716452B2
An ECU has a function of calculating a rotation angle, which is used for torque control, based on amplitude-modulated signals SIN and COS outputted from an angle sensor and a synchronous detection signal. Frequency components generated at the time of switching operation of switching elements of an inverter connected to a motor-generator is included in an output voltage of the inverter. The ECU has a function of shifting frequencies of the frequency components and an excitation frequency of an excitation signal from each other so that noise having the frequencies of the frequency components are not superimposed on the amplitude-modulated signals SIN and COS.
US09716449B2
A system and method are provided for reducing the energy consumed by a pump jack electric motor by reducing the supply voltage to the motor when the motor would be generating energy in open loop mode. By substantially eliminating the energy generation mode, the braking action of the utility grid in limiting the acceleration of the motor and system that would otherwise occur is substantially removed. The motor and system will speed up, allowing the natural kinetic energy of the cyclic motion to perform part of the pumping action. In particular, when the energy consumption for the electric motor connected with the device having a rotating or reciprocating mass goes to zero, the line voltage to the motor is switched off, causing the frequency of the voltage across the motor terminals to increase. When the period of the voltage across the motor terminals returns to substantially the same as the period of the line voltage, the line voltage is switched on or reapplied to the motor.
US09716448B2
A power tool and a control circuit thereof by which electric energy can be recovered into a battery pack while an electric motor is braked. The control circuit includes a battery, the electric motor, an operation switch, a first control switch, a second control switch, a controller and an inductive element. The control circuit has a discharging state, a braking state and a charging state. In the charging state, the operation switch is in a second switched-on state, the first control switch is switched on, the second control switch is switched off, the battery, the inductive element, the operation switch, the electric motor and the first control switch form a charging circuit, and the electric motor charges the battery. The controller is electrically connected with the operation switch, the first control switch and the second control switch, respectively.
US09716446B2
A self-powered piezoelectric energy harvesting microsystem device has CMOS integrated circuit elements, contacts and interconnections formed at a proof mass portion of a die region of a semiconductor wafer. Piezoelectric energy harvesting unit components connected to the integrated circuit elements are formed at a thinned beam portion of the die region that connects the proof mass portion for vibration relative to a surrounding anchor frame portion. A battery provided on the proof mass portion connects to the integrated circuit elements. In a cantilever architectural example, the battery is advantageously located at a distal end of the proof mass portion, opposite the joinder with frame portion via the beam portion.
US09716442B2
A power conversion unit performs an AC mode or DC mode conversion operation in which AC or DC power is converted to power driving a motor in order to supply a load. In response to the output of a sequence test signal instructing execution of a sequence test, a power source output switching switch shuts off the supply of a power from a power source to the power conversion unit. When the sequence test signal has been output and the supply of power to the power conversion unit has been shut off by means of the power source output switching switch, a control unit controls the AC mode or DC mode in order to cause the power conversion unit to execute a conversion operation corresponding to the power supplied to the power conversion unit in accordance with the switching history of sequence test signal output and non-output.
US09716440B2
Provided is a receiving circuit that operates in a power supply system different from a transmitting circuit outputting a transmission signal and receives the transmission signal through an AC coupling device where a primary coil through which the transmission signal flows and a secondary coil having a center tap to which a specified voltage is supplied from an external terminal are magnetically coupled, which includes a pulse width amplifier circuit that holds pulse signals appearing at both ends of the secondary coil for a specified period of time and outputs them as hold signals, respectively, and a differential amplifier that compares a voltage of the hold signal and a voltage of the hold signal and outputs a comparison result.
US09716436B2
A DC-to-DC converter includes first and second switches. If on, the first switch provides a signal path through a common node to an output voltage node. If on, the second switch provides a signal path through the common node to the output voltage node. Control logic provides first and second control signals to control the first and second switches. A node produces a first voltage that ramps up from zero during initialization, and a soft start controller controls the second control signal while the first voltage is not greater than a predefined level. While the first voltage is not greater than the predefined level, the soft start controller keeps the second control signal at a higher level to maintain on the second switch, and transitions the second control signal to a lower level only when the first control signal transitions from a lower level to a higher level.
US09716435B2
Aspects of the present invention provide a DC/DC converter for use with a supply voltage and operable to drive a load, wherein the DC/DC converter includes a VIN node, a VOUT node, a switching component, a filter, a comparator, a current detecting component and a control component. The VIN node can receive the supply voltage and the VOUT node can provide an output voltage to drive the load. The filter electrically connects the switching component with the VOUT node. The comparator can generate a comparison signal based on the output voltage. The current detecting component can detect when a current in a direction from the filter toward the VOUT node decreases to zero. The control component can control the switching component so as to provide the output voltage at the VOUT node in a discontinuous conduction mode to drive the load.
US09716432B2
A control circuit for controlling a switching circuit has a ramp compensation circuit, a DC calibration circuit, a comparison circuit and a logic circuit. The ramp compensation circuit generates a ramp compensation signal. The DC calibration circuit generates a DC calibration signal by sampling and holding the ramp compensation signal. The comparison circuit generates a comparison signal according to the ramp compensation signal, a feedback signal representative of an output voltage of the switching converter, a reference signal and the DC calibration signal. The logic circuit generates a control signal to control the switching circuit according to an on-time signal and the comparison signal.
US09716430B1
Circuitry and methods for sampling a signal are disclosed. An example of the circuitry includes a node for coupling the circuitry to the signal being sampled and a plurality of capacitors, wherein each capacitor is selectively coupled to the node by a switch. An analog-to-digital converter is coupled to the node and is for measuring the voltages of individual ones of the plurality of capacitors and converting the voltages to digital signals. Delay circuitry is coupled to each of the switches, the delay circuitry is for closing one switch at a time for a predetermined period.
US09716425B2
A multilevel converter converting between AC and DC includes a phase arm with a number of cells between a DC pole and an AC terminal, the cells include at least one hybrid full bridge cell including a first cell connection terminal for coupling to the DC pole, a second cell connection terminal for coupling to the AC terminal, an energy storage element having a positive and a negative end, a first group of series connected semiconducting units in parallel with the energy storage element, where a junction between these forms one cell connection terminal, and a second group of series connected semiconducting units in parallel with the energy storage element and including a third semiconducting unit and a fourth semiconducting unit consisting of a number of unidirectional conducting elements including at least one unidirectional conducting element, where a junction between these forms a further cell connection terminal.
US09716420B2
In one embodiment, a fan for a rotating device having a shaft with an axis of rotation is provided. The fan includes a base plate having a front surface, a rear surface, and a hub configured for coupling to the shaft. The fan further includes at least one blade projecting from the front surface of the base plate substantially perpendicular to the base plate. The base plate is contoured to direct air at an acute angle relative to the axis of rotation.
US09716415B2
A housing for a crankshaft starter generator is designed so as to be divisible and/or a crankshaft starter generator without a housing and with a stator is designed so as to be divisible.
US09716408B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for controlling a battery power source. In one aspect, a system includes a first MOSFET having a first gate, a first source, and a first drain. A second MOSFET having a second gate, a second source, and a second drain. The first source is connected to the second source, and the second drain is coupled to a ground. A control circuit connected to the first gate and the second gate and that provides control signals to the first gate and the second gate that cause the first and second MOSFETS to operate in saturation regions during a first operational state to cause the first power source to discharge and the first MOSFET operates in a linear region during a second operational state to limit a charging current that charges the first power source.
US09716406B2
A photovoltaic system has a plurality of subsystems, each with a photovoltaic generator and an associated inverter. The inverter has a control element for setting the maximum power point of its subsystem. A battery is connectible in parallel with the photovoltaic generator. The inverters are connectible to a power grid, which is operated by a utility operator. When a control device receives an emergency signal from the utility operator indicating impending instability of the grid, the following is initiated: If the battery voltage is above the current voltage as set by the MPP control element, the battery is immediately connected to the input of the inverter while the generator remains connected to the inverter. If the battery voltage is below the current voltage the battery connection is delayed until the MPP control element has adjusted the voltage. Then the voltage is further lowered to generate a discharge current from the battery.
US09716403B2
A battery charger circuit includes a transistor having a first current electrode for receiving a charging voltage, a control electrode for receiving a control signal, and a second current electrode for providing an output voltage. The battery charger circuit further includes a rectifier having a terminal coupled to the second current electrode of the transistor, and another terminal coupled to a power supply voltage terminal. The battery charger circuit also includes a control and regulation circuit having an input for receiving a feedback signal representative of a temperature, and an output for providing the control signal. The control and regulation circuit operates in either a switching mode or a linear mode in response to the feedback signal.
US09716401B2
A rechargeable battery pack includes a housing, a rechargeable battery, a first inductive coil, a second inductive coil, and electrical circuitry. The first inductive coil is proximate a first surface of the housing and configured for wirelessly receiving electrical power from an external power source. The electrical circuitry stores the received electrical power in the rechargeable battery. The second inductive coil is proximate a second surface of the housing. The second inductive coil is configured for wirelessly transmitting at least a portion of the received electrical power stored in the rechargeable battery to the electronic device.
US09716393B2
For reducing the current consumption from a battery in order to lengthen a battery remaining time when an interruption in a mains supply voltage occurs and battery backup operation follows, a controller initiates shutdown operation of selected devices.—Some of the selected devices experience a shutdown delay of, for example, 1-4 minutes, referred to as a transitional shutdown delay interval, from a time immediately following the interruption to a time when shutdown is fully completed. During the transitional shutdown delay interval, battery remaining time is calculated by using a value that is indicative of anticipatory current consumption, instead of by using the actural real time current measurements. Thus, fluctuation of the current consumption, during the transitional shutdown delay interval, will have no effect on a signal containing the battery remaining time, during the transitional shutdown delay interval. Because the calculated battery remaining time is unaffected by the transient loading, during the transitional shutdown delay interval, any “race” condition and its potentially harmful effects will be, advantageously, prevented.
US09716392B2
A battery pack and connecting circuits of battery modules. The battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules connected in series, wherein each battery module is provided with a connecting circuit. When the battery module operates normally, the connecting circuit serially connects the current battery module to the previous battery module and the succeeding battery module. When the battery module operates abnormally, the connecting circuit selectively disconnects the current battery module, and if it disconnects the current battery module, it directly connects the previous battery module and the succeeding battery module in series. When a battery module is damaged or abnormal, the current damaged battery module can be disconnected from the series battery pack and bypassed. As such, the previous battery module may be directly connected with the succeeding battery module, ensuring the normal connection of the series circuit.
US09716389B2
A power feeding system (100) includes a power feeding device (1) and a power receiving device (2). The power feeding device (1) includes: a drive transistor (13) connected to a feeding coil (11); a drive signal generation section (30) configured to generate a drive signal for driving the feeding coil (11); a crest value variation detection section (40) configured to detect the change in the resonant state of the resonant circuit (20) as a periodic waveform variation in a voltage excited in the feeding coil (11); and a drive control section (50) configured to determine whether or not electric power is suppliable to the power receiving device (2) based on the periodic waveform variation, and control to whether or not to continuously supply the drive signal to the drive transistor (13) based on a result of the determination.
US09716386B2
In a contactless power supply system 10 having a secondary coil 13 receiving electric power generated from a primary coil 12 to be connected to a high-frequency power source 11, and a resonance coil 14 arranged in direct contact with the secondary coil 13 in between the primary coil 12 and the secondary coil 13, respective planarly-viewed areas of the secondary and the resonance coils 13, 14 are equal to or smaller than a planarly-viewed area of the primary coil 12, the primary coil 12 is formed by planarly and spirally winding a first litz wire 25, the resonance coil 14 is formed by tandemly winding coils 27, 28 in a double layer, the coils 27, 28 being formed by planarly and spirally winding a second litz wire 26, and the secondary coil 13 is formed by parallelly arranging and planarly and spirally winding third litz wires 29, 29a.
US09716385B2
A solid state power control (SSPC) controls flow of current from a power bus to an inductive load. The SSPC utilizes load sharing, in which a plurality of current supply paths are connected in parallel to control and share the flow of current between the power bus and the inductive load. Each current supply path includes a main power switching field effect transistor (FET); a balance resistor, and a secondary FET. The balance resistor is connected between the main FET and the load. The secondary FET shunts the balance resistor when the main FET is turned on, and allows current flow through the balance resistor during a turn-off time of the main FET. The balance resistor modulates gate-source voltage of the main FET in order to compensate for gate-source threshold differences among the main FETs that could lead to unequal current sharing during the turn-off period.
US09716384B2
System and method for controlling a wind farm, for wind farms comprising a plurality of wind turbines having a rotor, a generator, a control unit and connections to the mains of the wind farm, the wind turbines generating reactive power according to the instructions of the wind farm control system, the control system calculating a global reactive power demand to be produced by the whole wind farm on the basis of the voltage at the connection point or the power factor required, and the control system sending reactive power instructions to the wind turbines of the farm, the control system receiving information based on one or more parameters indicating the level of heating of the electrical components of the wind turbines, the generation of reactive power being distributed between the various wind turbines.
US09716382B2
The present electrostatic protection circuit includes: a series circuit that is connected between a first node and a second node and includes a first impedance element and a clamp element connected to each other by a third node; a first transistor that is connected between the first node and a fourth node and turns on in accordance with an increase in voltage generated in the first impedance element; a second impedance element connected between the fourth node and the second node; a second transistor that turns on in accordance with an increase in voltage generated in the second impedance element, and increases current flowing in the first impedance element; and a discharge circuit that allows current to flow from the first node to the second node when the second transistor is in an on state.
US09716380B2
A power supply circuit for a trip unit of a circuit interrupter includes a current transformer, a startup circuit receiving a regulated voltage and a DC/DC converter. The startup circuit is structured to: (i) burden the current transformer with an impedance approximating the trip unit and cause the DC/DC converter to enter the shutdown mode when the regulated voltage is below a predetermined value, (ii) remove the burden and cause the DC/DC converter to exit the shutdown mode and provide power to the trip unit responsive to the regulated voltage reaching the predetermined value, and (iii) remove the burden and cause the DC/DC converter to exit the shutdown mode and provide power to the trip unit responsive to a rate of change of the regulated voltage being at least a predetermined level.
US09716379B2
A circuit interrupter that includes a passive integration channel structured to receive an output signal from a di/dt current sensor and generate a first signal output based on the output signal, and an active integration channel structured to receive the output signal from the di/dt current sensor and generate a second signal output based on the output signal that is proportional to the primary current received by the di/dt current sensor. Circuit protection functionality is provided based on the first signal output responsive to the primary current being determined to be greater than a threshold level, current metering and circuit protection functionality is provided based on the second signal output responsive to the primary current being determined to be less than or equal to the threshold level, and a seed current value is provided to the active integrator based on the first signal output.
US09716364B2
An optically pumped semiconductor disk laser including a pump light source, at least one semiconductor body (2), which semiconductor body (2) has at least one window region (8), an active region (7) and a reflection device (P), which reflection device has at least one first P-reflection element (P1) for the pump wavelength. The first P-reflection element (P1) is embodied and arranged such that pump light emerging from the pump light source (3) can be guided for at least two passes through the active region (7). A total thickness of the active region (7) and of the window region (8) in the direction of an optical axis of the semiconductor disk laser is less than three times the laser wavelength in the active region (7).
US09716356B2
An electrical receptacle connector for electrically connecting with a mating plug connector is disclosed. The electrical receptacle connector comprises an enclosure which has an upper wall and a lower wall at least one of which comprises a spring clip. The spring clip defines at its end an engaging head bending towards inside of the enclosure, and a bending angle of the engaging head is made to be greater than or equal to a certain threshold so that when said electrical receptacle connector connects with said plug connector, the spring clip and a metal area around a receiving member where the engaging head is received on the mating plug connector contact with each other.
US09716346B2
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a positive terminal received in the housing and a metallic shell shielding around the mating portion. The housing has a base portion and a mating portion extending forwardly from the base portion. The metallic shell shields around the mating portion to form a first mating cavity opening forwardly and surrounding an outer surface of the mating portion. The mating portion has a second mating cavity recessed from a front face thereof to be separated from the first mating cavity and opening forwardly. The positive terminal has a contacting portion exposed in the second mating cavity. The metallic shell has at least one elastic pressing portion extending into the first mating cavity to be used as a negative terminal.
US09716345B2
A connector including a resilient Radio Frequency (RF) shield circumscribing a central forward body portion of the connector. The resilient shield conforms to the shape of the recessed port upon axial engagement of the coupling device with the recessed port.
US09716341B2
A connector assembly is disclosed including a first connector and a second connector matable with the first connector. The first connector has a first housing, a first power terminal attached, and a first signal terminal. The second connector has a lever attached to a moving housing, the lever moving the moving housing between a mating released position, an intermediate position, and a mating completed position, a second housing movably disposed within the moving housing, a second power terminal disposed in the second housing and contacting the first power terminal in the intermediate position, a second signal terminal attached to the moving housing and contacting the first signal terminal at a position between the intermediate position and the mating completed position, and a separating protrusion disposed on the moving housing preventing the second power terminal from contacting the first power terminal in the mating released position.
US09716328B2
A flexible flat cable for low voltage differential signaling, includes upper and lower insulating films, and conductive lines interposed between the upper and lower insulating films and arranged at a predetermined pitch in parallel to each other. Each conductive line includes a central part having a circular sectional surface and a rolled part having flat upper and lower surfaces, which are formed by performing a rolling process with respect to an end portion of the central portion, and subject to a heat treatment process, end portions of rolled parts are arranged at a predetermined pitch and exposed to an outside to form a terminal part, a predetermined number of conductive lines interposed between the upper and lower insulating films are grouped in a strip, and a cutting line is formed while passing through the upper insulating film, a space between strips, and the lower insulating film.
US09716327B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to a system, circuit module, and connector. According to one embodiment, a circuit module connector includes first and second sets of opposing contacts on a first section of the connector; the first and second sets of opposing contacts are to contact corresponding first and second sets of contacts on opposite surfaces of a circuit module. The connector also includes a third set of contacts on a second section of the connector; the third set of contacts is to contact a corresponding third set of contacts on one of the surfaces of the circuit module. In one embodiment, the connector connects a memory module to a main board via first and second opposing sets of contacts and a third set of contacts.
US09716323B2
RFID antenna system with multi-axis polarization for field installation and beam steering operations
Antenna system includes a fixture having a first portion and a second portion joined along an alignment axis. A first planar antenna element having a first polarization direction is aligned with a first plane, and secured to the first portion of the antenna fixture. A second planar antenna element has a second polarization direction aligned with a second plane. The second planar antenna element is secured to the second portion of the antenna fixture so that the second plane is transverse to the first plane and the first and second planes intersect along a line parallel to the alignment axis. At least one tuned element mitigates near-field interference as between the first planar antenna element and the second planar antenna element. Signals applied to the antenna feed port will result in three-polarization radiation.
US09716322B2
A multi-polarization radio frequency (RF) antenna includes an array of impulse sensors that are capable of detecting RF signals within a surrounding environment. In some embodiments, antennas are provided for use within the high frequency (HF) band. The array of impulse sensors may include, for example, one or more B-dot sensors and/or one or more D-dot sensors. Various different antenna configurations are provided that are capable of operation with multiple different polarizations.
US09716320B2
Devices describe herein are configured to radiate radio frequency (RF) energy corresponding to RF signals from a first range of frequencies. The device comprises a patch antenna assembly comprising a microstrip disposed on a printed circuit board and a patch antenna. The device also includes a transmitter configured to generate RF signals from the first range of frequencies at an output of the transmitter and a center feed assembly comprising a waveguide, a lens and the patch antenna assembly disposed in the waveguide. The center feed assembly is configured to radiate from the lens radio frequency (RF) energy corresponding to RF signals from first range of frequencies at a power level greater than the first power level.
US09716317B2
An antenna device, which has wide-angle directivity and a configuration suitable to be used in a portable electronic apparatus, includes a flat board-like substantially rectangular soft magnetic body, and a loop-shaped coil disposed from a front surface to a rear surface of the soft magnetic body such that a region surrounded by the coil includes at least a part of a specific edge, i.e., one edge out of four edges of the soft magnetic body, and does not include a facing edge that faces the specific edge.
US09716309B1
A radar, communication, discovery and networking system is disclosed. The system utilizes a parallel plate waveguide simulator in combination with a circular array of Balanced Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna elements to support very broad bandwidth operations utilizing a low-profile aperture. It is contemplated that such configurations may be applied to linear arrays (i.e., with no curvature) as well. In addition, the antenna arrays may form multiple rows to resemble a planar antenna. The antenna system in accordance with the present disclosure may be installed on a size-constrained platform and utilized as a common shared asset aperture, providing multifunctional, multi-beam support to facilitate multiband communications.
US09716307B2
A mobile device includes a dielectric substrate, a metal layer, a metal housing, a nonconductive partition, at least one connection element, and a feeding element. The metal layer is disposed on the dielectric substrate, and includes an upper element and a main element, wherein a slot is formed between the upper element and the main element. The metal housing is substantially a hollow structure, and has a slit, wherein the slit is substantially aligned with the slot of the metal layer. The connection element couples the upper element of the metal layer to the metal housing. The feeding element is coupled to the upper element of the metal layer or coupled to the metal housing. An antenna structure is formed by the feeding element, the upper element of the metal layer, the connection element, and the metal housing.
US09716303B1
A new tuning probe for slide-screw impedance tuners uses a simplified semi-cylindrical tubular form. This ensures reduced manufacturing cost and high machining tolerance for probes using galvanic ground contact. RF performance matches or exceeds traditional cubical probes both using galvanic and capacitive ground contacts.
US09716293B2
Examples of the present technology may include a method of making a non-woven fiber mat. The wet nonwoven fiber mat may include a first plurality of first glass fibers and a second plurality of second glass fibers. The first plurality of first glass fibers may have nominal diameters of less than 5 μm, and the second plurality of second glass fibers may have nominal diameters of greater than 6 μm. The method may further include curing the binder composition to produce the nonwoven fiber mat. The nonwoven fiber mat may have an average 40 wt. % sulfuric acid wick height of between about 1 cm and about 5 cm after exposure to 40 wt. % sulfuric acid for 10 minutes conducted according to method ISO8787, and the nonwoven fiber mat may have a total normalized tensile strength greater than 2 (lbf/in)/(lb/sq) for a sq (100 ft2).
US09716284B2
Embodiments described herein provide for heat reclamation and temperature control of a SOFC for a submersible vehicle. The vehicle includes a SOFC, a hot box that surrounds the SOFC, a cooling loop, and a Stirling engine. The cooling loop has a heat exchanger and a coolant pump. The heat exchanger thermally couples the cooling loop to the water. The Stirling engine has a first end thermally coupled to an interior of the hot box and a second end thermally coupled to the cooling loop. The coolant pump modifies a rate of heat removal from the second end of the Stirling engine based on a pump control signal. A thermal management controller monitors a temperature of a cathode outlet of the SOFC, and modifies the pump control signal to maintain the temperature of the cathode outlet within a temperature range.
US09716280B2
Provided is a highly water repellent, air permeable, and liquid leakage resistant magnesium-air fuel cell that can quickly achieve a discharge reaction peak and can discharge a predetermined amount of current for a relatively long period of time. In a magnesium-air fuel cell, a cathode body includes: a first layer including a porous body formed by mixing a conductive carbon material and fluororesin; and a second layer including a porous body formed by mixing activated carbon and fluororesin, the second layer being joined to one surface of the first layer to be in contact with reaction liquid in the outer frame.
US09716277B2
A high permeable porous substrate for a solid oxide fuel cell and a production method to produce the substrate are provided. The high permeable porous substrate for a solid oxide fuel cell includes a porous substrate body and a plurality of channels. The plurality of channels penetrate the first surface of the porous substrate body and does not penetrate the second surface of the porous substrate body. In addition, a production method for the high permeable porous substrate of a solid oxide fuel cell is also provided.
US09716268B2
A positive electrode including a positive electrode mixture layer containing a positive electrode active material represented by Li1.08Ni0.43Co0.26Mn0.24O2 having a layered structure, a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material, a separator provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte are included, in which a film composed of carbon black permeable to lithium ions is formed on a surface of the positive electrode active material, and the film contains lithium fluoride particles serving as metal halide particles.
US09716267B2
A parameter for producing a positive electrode having excellent safety, and a positive electrode active material layer satisfying the parameter. The positive electrode active material layer includes a first positive electrode active material, a second positive electrode active material having a lower charge/discharge potential than the first positive electrode active material, and an additive. When the first positive electrode active material tap density is defined as dt1, the second positive electrode active material tap density is defined as dt2, a true density of the additive is defined as d3, a mass percentage of the first positive electrode active material is defined as Wt1, a mass percentage of the second positive electrode active material is defined as Wt2, a mass percentage of the additive is defined as Wt3, and a porosity of the positive electrode active material layer is defined as p, the positive electrode active material layer satisfies (1−p)×(Wt1/dt1)/((Wt1/dt1)+(Wt2/dt2)+(Wt3/d3))<0.38.
US09716264B2
An electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes a silicon-based alloy, and has a surface roughness of about 1 to about 10 μm and a surface roughness deviation of 5 μm or less. A method of manufacturing the electrode includes mixing an electrode composition, milling the composition, coating the milled composition on a current collector, and drying the milled composition. A lithium secondary battery includes the electrode.
US09716259B2
A vehicle underbody includes a tray structure, a battery pack having a plurality of footers and a bracket; and an enclosure surrounding the battery pack. The bracket has a wall attached to the enclosure, a ledge attached to the footers, and a stepped deformation region between the wall and ledge. The stepped deformation region deforms in response to impact to absorb energy associated with the impact.
US09716250B2
An organic electroluminescent display is disclosed. The organic electroluminescent display includes a substrate having a pixel region and a non-pixel region, a first electrode disposed on the pixel region, an organic light emitting layer disposed on the first electrode and capable of generating light, a second electrode disposed on the organic light emitting layer and including a conductive material capable of reflecting light, a pixel defining layer disposed on the non-pixel region, and a bump disposed on the pixel region and capable of reflecting light to the substrate. The pixel region may include multiple pixel regions defined in the substrate. The bump may include multiple bumps. At least two bumps may have thicknesses different from each other.
US09716244B2
An OLED device and a fabrication method thereof, a display substrate and a display device are provided. The OLED device comprises: a base substrate, and an anode, an organic light emitting layer and a cathode which are sequentially stacked on the base substrate. The anode includes a silver nanowire material.
US09716243B2
Transparent conducting electrodes incorporate an interface layer located on the transparent conducting oxide (TCO) layer of the electrode. The interface layer offers a suitable surface for deposition of further layers in order to fabricate electronic devices such as electrochromic devices or organic light emitting diodes. Problems such as pinholes and short circuiting, associated with the inherent roughness of the TCO layer, are reduced.
US09716242B2
Provided are a substrate for an organic electronic device (OED), an organic electronic device, a method of manufacturing the substrate or OED, and lighting. The substrate for an OED may be increased in durability by preventing penetration of external materials such as moisture or oxygen, and thus form an OED having excellent light extraction efficiency. In addition, since the substrate may be stably attached to an encapsulating structure sealing the OED, the device may have excellent durability with respect to abrasion of an electrode layer or pressure applied from an external environment. In addition, a surface hardness of an external terminal of the OED may be maintained at a suitable level.
US09716239B2
Some embodiments include a method of preparing a phototuned metal-organic framework by forming a first solution by dissolving ZrOCl2.8H2O in dimethylformamide (DMF) and formic acid, mixing and dissolving 1,4-phenylenediacrylic acid in a second solution of dimethylformamide (DMF) and trimethylamine, and at least partially mixing the first and second solutions to form a mixture. The method further includes sealing the mixture in an autoclave and heating the mixture to above ambient temperature for a specified period of time to prepare ZrPDA metal-organic framework, and extracting the ZrPDA metal-organic framework and at least partially reacting to a specified degree at least some of ZrPDA metal-organic framework through [2+2] cycloaddition reactions. The specified degree can be tunable based at least in part on at least one of the intensity of UV radiation, the exposure time, and the UV wavelength.
US09716234B2
Provided is a compound represented by Formula 1, Formula 2, or Formula 3:
US09716219B2
A qubit system includes a substrate layer, a qubit circuit suspended above the substrate layer and fine structure disposed between the qubit circuit and the substrate layer.
US09716216B2
[Object] Provided is a thermoelectric power generating device that is able to decrease thermal distortion of thermoelectric conversion modules and to upsize the thermoelectric conversion modules, thereby making it possible to simplify a manufacturing operation and to decrease a manufacturing cost. A thermoelectric power generating device (17) is configured to include: a body case (20) accommodating therein thermoelectric conversion modules (27); an exhaust-pipe portion (19) provided in the body case (20) so as to be opposed to heat-receiving substrates (31) of the thermoelectric conversion modules (27); a steam tank (37) attached to an outer side of the body case (20) so as to be opposed to heat-dissipation substrates (32) of the thermoelectric conversion modules (27); a steam tank (40) provided above the body case (20); thermoelectric conversion modules (41) provided above the steam tank (40) so that heat-dissipation substrates (43) thereof are opposed to the steam tank (40); and a cooling water tank (51) provided above the thermoelectric conversion modules (41) so as to be opposed to heat-receiving substrates (42) of the thermoelectric conversion modules (41).
US09716214B2
An LED package includes a substrate, a light-emitting structure provided on the substrate, an electrode structure provided on the light-emitting structure, and an external connection terminal provided on the electrode structure, the external connection terminal comprising a major axis and a minor axis. The major axis of the external connection terminal is perpendicular to a cleaving plane of the substrate.
US09716210B2
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention disclose a light emitting diode including an n-type contact layer doped with silicon, a p-type contact layer, an active region disposed between the n-type contact layer and the p-type contact layer, a superlattice layer disposed between the n-type contact layer and the active region, the superlattice layer including a plurality of layers, an undoped intermediate layer disposed between the superlattice layer and the n-type contact layer, and an electron reinforcing layer disposed between the undoped intermediate layer and the superlattice layer. Only a final layer of the super lattice layer closest to the active region is doped with silicon, and the silicon doping concentration of the final layer is higher than that of the n-type contact layer.
US09716205B2
Methods of fabricating solar cell emitter regions using ion implantation, and resulting solar cells, are described. In an example, a method of fabricating alternating N-type and P-type emitter regions of a solar cell involves forming a silicon layer above a substrate. Dopant impurity atoms of a first conductivity type are implanted, through a first shadow mask, in the silicon layer to form first implanted regions and resulting in non-implanted regions of the silicon layer. Dopant impurity atoms of a second, opposite, conductivity type are implanted, through a second shadow mask, in portions of the non-implanted regions of the silicon layer to form second implanted regions and resulting in remaining non-implanted regions of the silicon layer. The remaining non-implanted regions of the silicon layer are removed with a selective etch process, while the first and second implanted regions of the silicon layer are annealed to form doped polycrystalline silicon emitter regions.
US09716202B2
The present invention relates to a solid-state optically activated switch that may be used as limiting switch in a variety of applications or as a high voltage switch. In particular, the switch may incorporate the photoconductive properties of a semiconductor to provide the limiting function in a linear mode. In one embodiment, a configuration of the switch allows for greater than 99.9999% off-state transmission and an on-state limiting of less than 0.0001% of the incident signal.
US09716196B2
Embodiments of the invention generally relate to photovoltaic devices. In one embodiment, a method for forming a gallium arsenide based photovoltaic device includes providing a semiconductor structure, the structure including an absorber layer comprising gallium arsenide. A bypass function is provided in a p-n junction of the semiconductor structure, where under reverse-bias conditions the p-n junction breaks down in a controlled manner by a Zener breakdown effect.
US09716178B2
In accordance with various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, a fin field effect transistor and a fabricating method thereof are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: providing a semiconductor substrate including a fin part protruded above a surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming a metal sulfide layer on the semiconductor substrate, and across the top and side walls of the fin part, wherein the metal sulfide layer is used as a channel region of the fin field effect transistor; forming a first gate electrode structure on the metal sulfide layer and across the top and side walls of the fin part; and forming a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer on both sides of the first gate structure respectively.
US09716168B2
A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes a silicon carbide layer 32 of a first conductivity type, a silicon carbide layer 36 of a second conductivity type, a gate trench 20, a gate electrode 79 provided in the gate trench 20, and a protection trench 10 formed to a depth greater than the gate trench 20. A region in the horizontal direction that includes both the gate trench 20 and a protection trench 10 that surrounds the gate trench 20 with at least a part of the gate trench 20 left unenclosed is a cell region, and a region in the horizontal direction that includes a protection trench 10 and in which a gate pad 89 or a lead electrode connected to the gate pad is disposed is a gate region.
US09716167B2
A trench DMOS transistor with a very low on-state drain-to-source resistance and a high gate-to-drain charge includes one or more floating islands that lie between the gate and drain to reduce the charge coupling between the gate and drain, and effectively lower the gate-to-drain capacitance.
US09716165B1
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate structure formed over the semiconductor substrate, and an epitaxial structure formed partially within the semiconductor substrate. A vertically extending portion of the epitaxial structure extends vertically above a top surface of the semiconductor substrate in an area adjacent the gate structure. A laterally extending portion of the epitaxial structure extends laterally at an area below the top surface of the semiconductor substrate in a direction toward an area below the gate structure and beyond an area where the epitaxial structure extends vertically. The device further includes an interlayer dielectric layer between a side surface of the vertically extending portion of the epitaxial structure and a side surface of the gate structure. A top surface of the laterally extending portion of the epitaxial structure directly contacts the interlayer dielectric layer.
US09716162B2
Provided is a semiconductor device including a substrate with an active pattern, a gate electrode crossing the active pattern, and a gate capping pattern on the gate electrode. The gate capping pattern may have a width larger than that of the gate electrode, and the gate capping pattern may include extended portions extending toward the substrate and at least partially covering both sidewalls of the gate electrode.
US09716144B2
A semiconductor device may include a drift region having a first conductivity type, a source region having the first conductivity type, and a well region having a second conductivity type disposed adjacent to the drift region and adjacent to the source region. The well region may include a channel region that has the second conductivity type disposed adjacent to the source region and proximal to a surface of the semiconductor device cell. The channel region may include a non-uniform edge that includes at least one protrusion.
US09716134B2
A display may have an array of organic light-emitting diode display pixels. Each display pixel may have a light-emitting diode that emits light under control of a drive transistor. Each display pixel may also have control transistors for compensating and programming operations. The array of display pixels may have rows and columns. Row lines may be used to apply row control signals to rows of the display pixels. Column lines (data lines) may be used to apply display data and other signals to respective columns of display pixels. A bottom conductive shielding structure may be formed below each drive transistor. The bottom conductive shielding structure may serve to shield the drive transistor from any electric field generated from the adjacent row and column lines. The bottom conductive shielding structure may be electrically floating or coupled to a power supply line.
US09716115B2
A flexible display and method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a flexible substrate including first concave bent portion and a pad formed over the first concave bent portion of the flexible substrate and including a second concave bent portion overlapping the first concave bent portion. The display further includes a connection pin electrically connected to the second concave bent portion. The connection pin has a central portion and a boundary portion surrounding the central portion. The height of the central portion is greater than that of the boundary portion.
US09716113B2
The present invention discloses a conductive structure, a method of manufacturing the conductive structure, and an array substrate. The method of manufacturing the conductive structure, comprising steps of: Forming a barrier metal film and a copper metal film in this order on a substrate, wherein the copper metal film being laminated on the barrier metal film; forming a preset photoresist pattern on the copper metal film; etching the barrier metal film and the copper metal film; oxidizing an exposed sidewall of the etched barrier metal film and an exposed sidewall of the etched copper metal film, so as to generate metal oxide layers on the exposed sidewall of the etched barrier metal film and the exposed sidewall of the etched copper metal film, respectively; and stripping off the photoresist pattern by means of a photoresist stripping liquid. In the method of manufacturing the conductive structure according to embodiments of the present invention, the exposed sidewall of the conductive structure is oxidized to generate a uniform metal oxidization layer on the exposed sidewall before removing the photoresist from the conductive structure by a wet stripping process. In this way, it can effectively prevent the interfaces between the copper metal film and the barrier metal film from being separated during performing the wet stripping process.
US09716102B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device including forming a charge storage layer, and forming a first tunnel insulating layer covering the charge storage layer, the forming of the first tunnel insulating layer including heat treating the charge storage layer.
US09716100B2
A novel semiconductor device that can write and read multilevel data is provided. A memory cell includes a bit line, a power supply line, first and second nodes, first to fourth transistors, and first and second capacitors. One of two divided multilevel data is written to the first node through the first transistor. The other of the divided multilevel data is written to the second node through the second transistor. A gate of the third transistor is connected to the first node, and a gate of the fourth transistor is connected to the second node. The third and fourth transistors control electrical continuity between the bit line and the power supply line. Each of the first and second transistors preferably includes an oxide semiconductor in a semiconductor layer.
US09716099B2
A semiconductor device includes a first source seed layer, a second source seed layer disposed over the first source seed layer while being spaced apart from the first source seed layer, a stacked structure formed on the second source seed layer, channel layers extending inside the first source seed layer by penetrating the stacked structure, and an interlayer source layer extending into a space between the first source seed layer and the second source seed layer while contacting each of the channel layers, the first source seed layer, and the second source seed layer.
US09716089B2
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of transistor components disposed on a semiconductor substrate, and a guard ring disposed on the semiconductor substrate surrounding the transistor components. The guard ring includes a plurality of fin structures disposed in parallel on the semiconductor substrate, a plurality of first conductive connection members disposed on the fin structures and connecting at least two fin structures, and a plurality of second conductive connection members connecting at least two first conductive connection members. The first conductive connection members and the second conductive connection members are formed as one structure.
US09716087B1
An electrostatic discharge protection semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first well formed in the substrate, a second well formed in the substrate and spaced apart from the first well, a gate formed on the substrate and positioned in between the first well and the second well, a drain region formed in the first well, a source region formed in the second well, a first doped region formed in the first well and adjacent to the drain region, and a second doped region formed in the first well and spaced apart from both the first doped region and the gate. The first well, the drain region, and the source region include a first conductivity type, the second well, the first doped region and the second doped region include a second conductivity type, and the first conductivity type and the second conductivity type are complementary to each other.
US09716073B2
A machine for transferring at least one micro-device includes a carrier and a transfer device. The carrier includes a pedestal, a substrate, and at least one first cushion layer. The substrate allows the micro-device to be temporarily disposed thereon. The first cushion layer is disposed between the pedestal and the substrate. The transfer device includes a transfer head holder, transfer head, and at least one second cushion layer. The transfer head holder moves at least along a z-axis substantially perpendicular to the substrate. The transfer head has a grip force on the micro-device. The second cushion layer is disposed between the transfer head holder and the transfer head.
US09716069B2
A semiconductor substrate includes: an alignment mark being formed of a material that reflects a detection light for detecting positions and having a detection edge portion; a light-shielding layer portion having a larger outer shape than the alignment mark, being formed of a material that shields the detection light, and being disposed at a position on a backside of the alignment mark when seen from an incidence side of the detection light; and one or more light-transmitting layer portions being laminated between the alignment mark and the light-shielding layer portion so as to transmit the detection light and not being patterned at least in a range that overlaps the light-shielding layer portion.
US09716051B2
A packaging substrate, a packaged semiconductor device, a computing device and methods for forming the same are provided. In one embodiment, a packaging substrate is provided that includes a packaging structure having a chip mounting surface and a bottom surface. The packaging structure has at a plurality of conductive paths formed between the chip mounting surface and the bottom surface. The conductive paths are configured to provide electrical connection between an integrated circuit chip disposed on the chip mounting surface and the bottom surface of the packaging structure. The packaging structure has an opening formed in the chip mounting surface proximate a perimeter of the packaging structure. A stiffening microstructure is disposed in the opening and is coupled to the packaging structure.
