US09716045B2
Semiconductor mandrel structures are formed extending upward from a remaining portion of a semiconductor substrate. A first oxide isolation structure is formed on exposed surfaces of the remaining portion of the semiconductor substrate and between each semiconductor mandrel structure. A silicon germanium alloy fin is formed on opposing sidewalls of each semiconductor mandrel structure that is present in a pFET device region of the semiconductor substrate and directly on a surface of each first oxide isolation structure. Each semiconductor mandrel structure is removed and a second oxide isolation structure is formed between each first oxide isolation structure and extending beneath a bottommost surface of each first oxide isolation structure.
US09716039B2
A wafer having a substrate and a functional layer formed on the front side of the substrate is processed by attaching a protective tape curable by an external stimulation to the front side of the functional layer. The substrate is cut from the back side along each division line by using a cutting blade, thereby forming a cut groove having a depth not reaching the functional layer, with a part of the substrate left between the bottom of the cut groove and the functional layer. A laser beam is applied along the cut groove, thereby dividing the remaining part of the substrate to divide the wafer into device chips. When the groove is formed, an uncut portion in which the cut groove is not formed is left in a peripheral marginal area of the wafer.
US09716035B2
An embodiment semiconductor device includes a substrate and a dielectric layer over the substrate. The dielectric layer includes a first conductive line and a second conductive line. The second conductive line comprises a different conductive material than the first conductive line.
US09716033B2
A method of three-dimensionally integrating elements such as singulated die or wafers and an integrated structure having connected elements such as singulated dies or wafers. Either or both of the die and wafer may have semiconductor devices formed therein. A first element having a first contact structure is bonded to a second element having a second contact structure. First and second contact structures can be exposed at bonding and electrically interconnected as a result of the bonding. A via may be etched and filled after bonding to expose and form an electrical interconnect to interconnected first and second contact structures and provide electrical access to this interconnect from a surface. Alternatively, first and/or second contact structures are not exposed at bonding, and a via is etched and filled after bonding to electrically interconnect first and second contact structures and provide electrical access to interconnected first and second contact structure to a surface. Also, a device may be formed in a first substrate, the device being disposed in a device region of the first substrate and having a first contact structure. A via may be etched, or etched and filled, through the device region and into the first substrate before bonding and the first substrate thinned to expose the via, or filled via after bonding.
US09716032B2
The present disclosure provides a method for forming a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first conductive line disposed over a substrate. The first conductive line is located in a first interconnect layer and extends along a first direction. The semiconductor device includes a second conductive line and a third conductive line each extending along a second direction different from the first direction. The second and third conductive lines are located in a second interconnect layer that is different from the first interconnect layer. The second and third conductive lines are separated by a gap that is located over or below the first conductive line. The semiconductor device includes a fourth conductive line electrically coupling the second and third conductive lines together. The fourth conductive line is located in a third interconnect layer that is different from the first interconnect layer and the second interconnect layer.
US09716027B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device with improved manufacturing efficiency for the semiconductor device. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of: (a) forming a circuit at a front surface side of a wafer (semiconductor wafer) having the front surface and a back surface opposite to the front surface; (b) grinding the back surface of the wafer that has a center part (first part) and a peripheral edge part (second part) surrounding a periphery of the center part in such a manner that the center part is thinner than the peripheral edge part; (c) attaching an upper surface (bonding surface) of a holding tape to the front surface of the wafer; and (d) separating the center part from the peripheral edge part by cutting a part of the center part with a blade (rotary blade) while the wafer is held by the first tape.
US09716021B2
Disclosed is a substrate heat treatment apparatus. The apparatus includes: a conveyance storage unit which includes a first storage section and a second storage section each of which stores a plurality of conveyance containers, and a conveyance mechanism configured to convey the conveyance containers, each of the conveyance containers accommodating a plurality of wafers; and a heat treatment unit including a heat treatment furnace which accommodates a holder configured to hold the plurality of wafers in multiple stages, and performs the heat treatment on the wafers. A mounting stage of a transfer section is provided below the first storage section in the conveyance storage unit. On the mounting stage, the conveyance containers are mounted so that the wafers within the conveyance containers are transferred to the holder in the heat treatment unit.
US09716015B2
According to various embodiments, a carrier may include: a hollow chamber spaced apart from a surface of the carrier; and at least one support structure within the hollow chamber connecting a first region of the carrier disposed over the hollow chamber with a second region of the carrier disposed below the hollow chamber, wherein at least a part of a surface of the at least one support structure is spaced apart from an inner surface of the hollow chamber, and wherein the at least one support structure includes an electrically insulating material.
US09716013B2
A method of etching a metal containing layer including a metal including material includes providing a substrate including a top semiconductor surface having the metal containing layer thereon. A photoresist pattern is formed from a photoresist layer on the metal containing layer including forming sloped edge regions of the photoresist layer, wherein the sloped edge regions have an average angle over a full length of the sloped edge regions of from ten (10) to fifty (50) degrees. The metal containing layer is dry etched using the photoresist pattern, wherein the sloped edge regions of the photoresist layer reduce deposition and growth of an etch byproduct including the metal including material into sidewalls of the photoresist layer (metal/polymer sidewall defect) as compared to a conventional vertical (or near-vertical) edge of the photoresist layer.
US09716012B2
Provided are methods for selective deposition. Certain methods describe providing a first substrate surface; providing a second substrate surface; depositing a first layer of film over the first and second substrate surfaces, wherein the deposition has an incubation delay over the second substrate surface such that the first layer of film over the first substrate surface is thicker than the first layer of film deposited over the second substrate surface; and etching the first layer of film over the first and second substrate surfaces, wherein the first layer of film over the second substrate surface is at least substantially removed, but the first layer of film over the first substrate is only partially removed.
US09716002B2
A disclosed substrate cleaning apparatus for cleaning a back surface of a substrate includes a first substrate supporting portion configured to support the substrate at a first area of a back surface of the substrate, the back surface facing down; a second substrate supporting portion configured to support the substrate at a second area of the back surface of the substrate, the second area being separated from the first area; a cleaning liquid supplying portion configured to supply cleaning liquid to the back surface of the substrate; a drying portion configured to dry the second area of the back surface of the substrate; and a cleaning portion configured to clean a third area of the back surface of the substrate when the substrate is supported by the first substrate supporting portion, the third area including the second area, and a fourth area of the back surface of the substrate when the substrate is supported by the second substrate supporting portion, the fourth area excluding the second area of the back surface.
US09715991B2
In general, in a multipole lens of an aberration corrector of a charged particle beam device, there is only one condition that can be set where both a spherical aberration correction condition and magnetic saturation are satisfied. Therefore, a plurality of acceleration voltages cannot be handled. Consequently, the present invention provides a spherical aberration corrector that satisfies the magnetic saturation state for a plurality of aberration correction conditions by selectively magnetizing a plurality of pole groups of the multipole lens according to the changes in the objective lens magnetization current.
US09715985B2
An electric switch is disclosed. The electric switch includes first and second terminals, and a contact sub-assembly is disposed between the first and second terminals and includes at least two contact members. The contact sub-assembly has a connecting position in which the contact members contact each other, wherein a current path extends from the first terminal to the second terminal through the contact sub-assembly in the connecting position, and an interrupting position in which the contact members are spaced apart from each other, wherein the current path does not extend from the first terminal to the second terminal in the interrupting position. At least two conductor members are disposed in the current path between the first terminal and the contact sub-assembly, and the current generates a Lorentz force between the conductor members that is mechanically translated to bias the contact sub-assembly into the interrupting position.
US09715973B2
A keyswitch includes a board, a cap, and a support device. The support device is disposed between the board and the cap and includes first and second support members movably connected to the cap and the board. A stopping member is formed on one of the first support member and the cap. An elastic member is formed on the other one of the first support member and the cap. When the cap is not pressed, the stopping member abuts against the elastic member to keep the cap at a non-pressed position. When the cap is pressed to a pressed position, the cap and the first support member slide relatively to make the stopping member deform the elastic member. When the cap is released, the elastic member drives the cap and the first support member to slide relatively, so as to move the cap back to the non-pressed position.
US09715966B2
A supercapacitor, principally ceramic, with a fast recharging rate and extremely high energy density. Energy densities can exceed 9.5 KW-hr/L (0.27 MW-hr/ft3). High permittivity, high voltage breakdown and nanoporous electrodes achieve these features. High permittivity is reached through a ceramic dielectric consisting of a titanium oxide variant, doped with various combinations of trivalent positive ions. Example: (Al0.5Nb0.5)0.5%Ti99.5%O2. The dielectric permittivity is further increased by adding layers of conductive island matrices placed in the dielectric. Charge capacity is expanded by use of nanoporous electrodes with an effective area over twenty times a flat surface electrode. Example: graphene. The key process involves sintering wafers, adding conductive island matrices' conductors, typically vacuum impregnating wafers with a polymer, then stacking wafers and electrodes, followed by connecting electrodes. Subassemblies are then stacked into unlimitedly larger macro-assemblies.
US09715965B2
An electrical component is formed with a directed self assembly portion having a random electrical characteristic, such as resistance or capacitance. The random pattern can be produced by using a directed self assembly polymer with guide structures 2 including randomness inducing features. The electrical components with the random electrical characteristics may be used in electrical circuits relying upon random variation in electrical characteristics, such as physically unclonable function circuitry. The electrical components may be resistors and/or capacitors.
US09715962B2
The embodiments relate to a circuit for transmitting an input voltage from an electrical energy source in a stator to a load within a device movable relative to the stator including an control element for converting an input voltage into a transmission voltage, a resonant circuit for receiving the transmission voltage, wherein the resonant circuit contains a capacitor and a primary winding of a transformer and the transformer having the primary winding and a secondary winding, wherein the primary winding is provided for transmitting the transmission voltage to the secondary winding and the secondary winding is provided for supplying the received transmission voltage to the load.
US09715961B2
A pulse transformer includes a winding drum and a coil portion in which wires are wound around the winding core. The coil portion includes a first general winding area, a second general winding area, and a low density winding area. In the first general winding area, the wires are mutually closely wound around the winding core. In the second general winding area, the wires continuing from the wires of the first general winding area are mutually closely wound around the winding core. The low density winding area is formed along a winding axis of the winding core between the first general winding area and the second general winding area and has a low winding density of the wires along the winding axis.
US09715951B2
A cable includes one or more conductor sets. Each conductor set includes one or more central conductors surrounded by a dielectric material. Shielding films are disposed on opposite sides of the conductor sets. In cross-section, cover portions of the shielding films in combination substantially surround each conductor set, and pinched portions of the shielding films in combination form pinched portions of the cable on each side of each conductor set. For at least one shielding film in a pinched portion, the conductive layer, but not the non-conductive layer, includes a break.
US09715945B2
A fusion reactor includes a columnating panel disposed between the positive electrode and negative electrode for channeling deuterium ions along predetermined paths that are likely to lead to fusion-producing collisions with previous deuterium ions. Deuterium ions are introduced to the reactor adjacent to the positive electrode, and then pass from the columnating panel, through a reduced pressure chamber, and then proceed towards the negative electrode. Once the deuterium ions strike the negative electrode, they remain attached to the negative electrode so that subsequent deuterium ions following the same channels through the columnating panel are more likely to collide with them.
US09715943B2
Data words to be written to a memory location are delta encoded in multi-write avoidance (“MWA”) code words. MWA code words result in no re-writing of single-bit storage cells containing logical “0's” to a “0” state and no re-writing of logical “1's” to cells that have already been written once to a logical “1.” Potential MWA code words stored in a look-up table (“LUT”) are indexed by a difference word DELTA_D. DELTA_D represents a bitwise difference (“delta”) between a data word currently stored at the memory location and a new data word (“NEW_D”) to be stored at the memory location. Validation and selection logic chooses an MWA code word representing NEW_D to be written if the MWA code word does not violate the principle of multi-write avoidance. Some embodiments generate the MWA code words using a pattern generator rather than indexing the MWA code words from a LUT.
US09715940B2
A shift register is configured by connecting unit circuits 1 in multiple stages. An output transistor Tr1 switches between whether or not to output a clock signal CKA in accordance with a gate potential. A set transistor Tr2 switches between whether or not to provide an output of an on-potential output unit 2 to a gate terminal of Tr1 in accordance with an output of a set control unit 3. The set control unit 3 controls a gate terminal of Tr2 into a floating state in part of a period during which a high-level potential is provided to the gate terminal of Tr1. The gate potential of Tr2 is raised by being pushed up, whereby a high-level potential without a threshold drop is provided to the gate terminal of Tr1, and rounding of an output signal OUT is decreased when the output signal OUT shifts to a high level. Accordingly, an operation margin with respect to fluctuation of a threshold voltage of the transistor is increased.
US09715938B2
A non-volatile memory system includes a plurality of groups of connected non-volatile memory cells (e.g., charge trapping memory cells), a select line, and a plurality of select gates connected to the select line. Each select gate is connected at an end (e.g. source end or drain side) of one of the groups of memory cells. The system includes one or more control circuits that are configured to determine whether the select gates are abnormal. If a select gate is determined to be abnormal, then one of the memory cells connected to the select gate is converted to operate as a select gate. The system will then perform memory operations by operating the converted memory cell as a select gate.
US09715935B2
A non-volatile semiconductor memory apparatus and a data erasing method thereof are provided to suppress deterioration in reliability due to data rewriting. An erasing method of a flash memory is provided, which includes the following steps. A control gate is maintained at 0V, a high-voltage erase pulse is applied to a P well, such that electrons is emitted from a floating gate to the P well. Then, the control gate is again maintained, and a weak erase pulse with a voltage lower than the erase pulse is applied to the P well.
US09715934B2
The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, and more particularly, to a peripheral circuit, semiconductor memory device, and an operating method of the semiconductor memory device and/or peripheral circuit. The method of operating the semiconductor memory device may include turning on pass transistors.
US09715933B2
A dual function hybrid memory cell is disclosed. In one aspect, the memory cell includes a substrate, a bottom charge-trapping region formed on the substrate, a top charge-trapping region formed on the bottom charge-trapping region, and a gate layer formed on the top charge trapping region. In another aspect, a method for programming a memory cell having a substrate, a bottom charge-trapping layer, a top charge-trapping layer, and a gate layer is disclosed. The method includes biasing a channel region of the substrate, applying a first voltage differential between the gate layer and the channel region, injecting charge into the bottom charge-trapping layer from the channel region based on the first voltage differential. The method also includes applying a second voltage differential between the gate layer and the channel region and injecting charge from the bottom charge-trapping layer into the top charge-trapping layer based on the second voltage differential.
US09715929B2
Memory devices provide a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell including a memory element and a selection device. A plurality of first (e.g., row) address lines can be adjacent (e.g., under) a first side of at least some cells of the plurality. A plurality of second (e.g., column) address lines extend across the plurality of row address lines, each column address line being adjacent (e.g., over) a second, opposing side of at least some of the cells. Control circuitry can be configured to selectively apply a read voltage or a write voltage substantially simultaneously to the address lines. Systems including such memory devices and methods of accessing a plurality of cells at least substantially simultaneously are also provided.
US09715914B1
Provided are, among other things, systems, apparatuses methods and techniques for changing the sampling rate of a discrete-time signal. One such apparatus includes a plurality of parallel processing paths, with each path comprising multiple storage banks and multiplexing elements that operate at a subsampling rate.
US09715907B1
An optimized method and apparatus for determining optimal DQS delay for DDR memory interfaces are disclosed. The method performs data eye training in a two dimensional space with time delay value as x-axis and reference voltage (Vref) as y-axis to determine a rectangular data eye within an overall data eye with Vref margin.
US09715905B2
A computing system, processing unit, and method are disclosed for detecting a maximum voltage power supply for performing memory testing. The method includes generating, using a sense amplifier of a processing unit and based on a timing of a received pulse signal, first and second drive signals that collectively indicate which of first and second voltages is greater, the first and second voltages produced by respective first and second power supplies. The method also includes coupling, based on the first and second drive signals, the power supply corresponding to the relatively greater voltage of the first and second voltages with the memory.
US09715904B2
Apparatus for dissipating heat during the operation of a device. In accordance with some embodiments, the apparatus compares spaced-apart first and second heat sources. A thermally conductive plate is disposed between the first and second heat sources. A thermal interface layer is contactingly disposed between the plate and the first heat source, and has a relatively higher thermal conductivity so that heat generated by the first heat source passes through the thermal interface layer and to the plate. A thermal barrier layer is contactingly disposed between the plate and the second heat source to mechanically support the plate relative to the second heat source. The thermal barrier layer has a relatively lower thermal conductivity to thermally isolate the conductive plate from the second heat source.
US09715902B2
A technique for determining annotation items associated with video information is described. During this annotation technique, a content item that includes audio information and the video information is received. For example, a file may be downloaded from a uniform resource locator. Then, the audio information is extracted from the content item, and the audio information is analyzed to determine features or descriptors that characterize the audio information. Note that the features may be determined solely by analyzing the audio information or may be determined by subsequent further analysis of at least some of the video information based on the analysis of the audio information (i.e., sequential or cascaded analysis). Next, annotation items or tags associated with the video information are determined based on the features.
US09715899B2
Improved automated methods of dynamically customizing displayed presentation of media content playback and/or live streams with the users seeking to add, remove, change, and/or fuse displayed information. Specifically, a user or users are able to add, remove, or move IntelliMark (Intelligent Bookmarks) that are separate parallel temporal bookmarks with associate dynamic run-time display manipulations within a separate file(s) that are NOT part of the media content nor live stream, and are stored within media players, enabling customized viewings without violating copyrights or terms of use for the underlying unaltered, un-copied original media content.In addition to an individual user customizing his own viewing experience, by sharing his IntelliMarks file(s) with others that have access to the same media content, these others can experience the customized playback as constructed by other users. Further, they can evolve their own interpretations and share back to the original user and/or others.
US09715893B2
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and information processing apparatuses. The medium stores instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method including automatically reading first management data from a first storage medium. The first management data identifies files of source data stored on the first storage medium. One of the files of source data is automatically identified based on the first management data and second management data. The second management data identifies files of transferred data stored on a second storage medium. The one of the files of source data is absent from the second storage medium and automatically transferred to the second storage medium. The one of the files of source data being transferred becomes one of the files of transferred data. The method further includes automatically displaying transferring status of the one of the files of source data by a symbolic figure.
US09715891B2
A drive-implemented method according to one embodiment includes determining an extent of tape dimensional instability, and adjusting a tilt angle of a first array of transducers based on the determined extent. A readback operation is performed using the array oriented at the tile angle. During the readback operation, a longitudinal axis of the first arrays is not parallel to the longitudinal axis of a second array of transducers coupled thereto.
US09715882B2
A method performed in an audio decoder for decoding M encoded audio channels representing N audio channels is disclosed. The method includes receiving a bitstream containing the M encoded audio channels and a set of spatial parameters, decoding the M encoded audio channels, and extracting the set of spatial parameters from the bitstream. The method also includes analyzing the M audio channels to detect a location of a transient, decorrelating the M audio channels, and deriving N audio channels from the M audio channels and the set of spatial parameters. A first decorrelation technique is applied to a first subset of each audio channel and a second decorrelation technique is applied to a second subset of each audio channel. The first decorrelation technique represents a first mode of operation of a decorrelator, and the second decorrelation technique represents a second mode of operation of the decorrelator.
US09715873B2
The present disclosure provides a method for adding realism to synthetic speech. The method includes receiving text (218) that is to be converted into synthetic speech from a mobile device (108). The text (218) may include embedded emoticons indicating a first prosody information and a predefined sound stored in a stored data repository (208). The method also includes identifying a user associated with the text (218) based on a comparison between metadata associated with the text (218) and user profiles stored in the stored data repository (208); retrieving a speech font from a speech data corpus associated with the user stored in the stored data repository (208). The speech font includes a second prosody information and a predefined accent of the user. The method further includes converting the text (218) into synthetic speech based on the retrieved speech font, which is being modulated based on the emoticon.
US09715868B2
A multi-panel pickguard for an electric guitar having one or more strings is disclosed herein. The multi-panel pickguard enables a user to access one or more pickups and one or more user controls without removing the strings. The multi-panel pickguard comprises a controller pickguard configured to house one or more sound altering controls. The controller pickguard further includes at least one beveled edge that is beveled in a one direction. The multi-panel pickguard also comprises a pickup pickguard configured to house the one or more pickups. The pickup pickguard also includes at least one beveled edges that are beveled in an equal and opposite direction with respect to the beveled edge of the controller pickguard. The beveled edge of the controller pickguard and the pickup pickguard are configured to overlap with each other.
US09715867B1
The present invention includes a retractable stringed musical instrument; specifically a stringed musical instrument having a tailpiece, a body coupled to the tailpiece, a neck coupled to the body and a fingerboard coupled to the neck. The fingerboard and the neck extends and retracts relative to the body. The retractable stringed instrument further comprises a mechanism to maintain tension on the strings of the instrument regardless if the neck is in the extended or retracted position.
US09715866B2
A method for displaying data in a graphical overlay. The method includes overlaying a first lens, including a first dataset, on a first region of the graphical overlay while a second lens, including a second dataset, overlaps the first lens. The first and second datasets are simultaneously displayed, and a correlation between the datasets is determined. Separation of the first and second lenses preserves a circumscribed region within each lens. The first dataset corresponds to first orientation position of the first lens. Rotation of the first lens to a second orientation position reconfigures the first dataset to provide a modified first dataset which corresponds to the second position. A rotational position may also be associated with points in time, a first position corresponding to a first point in time and the first dataset representing the first dataset at the first point in time.
US09715865B1
A projection equipped computing device is described that projects an accurate representation of an item available for purchase from an electronic marketplace onto a projection surface. For example, the device may identify physical dimensions of an item from an image of the item. The device may then determine the distance between it and the projection surface and project a light beam toward the projection surface to form a representation of the item on the projection surface. The representation of the item formed on projection surface has representative dimensions that mimic, at the determined distance, the physical dimensions of the item as identified from the image of the item. Accordingly, the user of the device can envision how the item would appear in a space located relative to the projection surface if the user purchased the item from the electronic marketplace and placed the item in that space.
US09715863B2
Techniques for scale factor based on viewing distance are described. In at least some embodiments, a viewing distance refers to a distance at which a user typically views and/or is viewing a display device. For instance, different displays can be used in different ways and for different purposes, and thus may have different viewing distances. Techniques discussed herein consider the estimated viewing distance of a particular display in determining a scale factor to be applied to visual elements (e.g., graphics) for output via the particular display. A scale factor, for instance, can specify that visual elements are to zoomed-out or zoomed-in prior to be displayed. As detailed herein, this enables a consistent viewing experience to be maintained across different devices with different display sizes and different viewing distances.
US09715862B2
Image processing apparatus which acquires: a first field of view of an user with respect to a first region in an image on a display; a second field of view of the user with respect to a second region that corresponds to the first region on printed matter on which the image is printed; first information on spectral characteristics of the display; and second information on spectral characteristics of reflected light from the printed matter; and converts image data to be displayed on the display based on the first field of view, the first information, the second field of view, and the second information so that a color perceived by the user in the first field of view on the display becomes a color that corresponds to a color perceived by the user in the second field of view on the printed matter.
US09715857B2
The present invention discloses a signal conversion device, a signal conversion method, a signal generating system and a display apparatus. The signal conversion device comprises: a pixel signal transmitting chip transmitting a plurality of pixel signals arranged in a first arrangement order; a patch unit rearranging the plurality of pixel signals in second arrangement order; a signal conversion chip converting the plurality of pixel signals arranged in the first or second arrangement order into a display signal packet in a first or second predetermined format; and a signal generating and outputting unit converting the display signal packet in the second predetermined format into display signal packet in a third predetermined format.
US09715854B2
A display has a graphics processor that extracts from image memory just rows that have non-zero luminance information items for the colour under consideration. For each row to be written, the processor sends to a set of N sampling and conversion circuits, at high frequency, a pattern representing the rows to be written, in the form of a succession of N bits. The N samplers successively sample these bits during the succession, to sample and block the bit of rank i in the sampling circuit of rank i, and produce a pattern of N control voltages VGon or VGoff on the rows as a function of the pattern of the received succession, while the graphics processor applies to the columns the luminance data to be written. The operation is repeated solely for the rows that have a luminance information item to be written in the colour under consideration.
US09715850B2
A display panel optical compensating apparatus, a display panel and a display panel optical compensating method are provided. The display panel optical compensating apparatus comprises a storage unit (1), a data unit (2), a timing control unit (3) and a switch (4). When the switch (4) is in a first position, the timing control unit (3) has no data exchange with the storage unit (1), and the data unit (2) receives compensated data and burns the compensated data into the storage unit (1). When the switch (4) is in a second position, the timing control unit (3) reads the compensated data in the storage unit (1), performs a compensating operation on display data, and outputs compensated display data. The display panel optical compensating apparatus, the display panel and the display panel optical compensating method realize simple structure, flexible operation, high stability, and fast tempo, and are suitable for mass production.
US09715844B2
The technology described in this document may be embodied in a method for controlling a display element. The method includes setting a first drive voltage configured to drive a first terminal of the display element such that the first drive voltage is set to a higher value than a second drive voltage configured to drive a second terminal of the display element. The first and second drive voltages can be configured to cause the display element to present a first display state. The method also includes performing adjustments to the first drive voltage and the second drive voltage such that the first drive voltage is less than the second drive voltage. The adjustments are configured in accordance with whether the display element is to present a second display state different from the first display state.
US09715834B2
Computer-based systems provide a wireless, high fidelity, real-time video and audio immersive environment for multiple users. A user may be equipped with a head mounted display device which wirelessly receives real-time video signals transmitted by a radio transceiver linked to a computer that generates the real-time video images. Aspects include body, arm and leg motion and orientation sensors in wireless communication with a radio transceiver linked with a computer. Video images may be generated using a portable array of user dedicated computers controlled by a single computer that is controlled by an operator.
US09715833B2
A communication network includes an instructor wireless communication device and a plurality of student wireless communication devices, which may be conventional smartphones. The student devices do not communicate with the wireless service provider, but communicate with the instructor device in the classroom via a short-range communication network established between the student devices and the instructor device directly or via an access point. In one embodiment, communication with the cellphone network service provider is cut off by disabling the network transceiver in each student device. The instructor device can exchange question and answer data with the student devices. The system can be configured to provide security in student responses to prevent potential cheating. Student answers may be automatically collected, collated, and graded. The answers are accompanied by an ID that uniquely identifies each student. The system may further provide for automatic classroom attendance and participation by logging nonresponsive student devices.
US09715830B2
Disclosed are an apparatus for assisting in a lane change and an operating method thereof. The apparatus includes a driving information collecting unit, an image generating unit, a line detecting unit, a lane change determination unit, and a danger determining unit. The apparatus calculates a danger of an accident based on an image photographed by a camera and notifies a driver of the danger of the accident in advance when two or more vehicles, which are travelling with one lane interposed therebetween, simultaneously change lanes toward the same lane, thereby enabling a driver of a vehicle to be safe according to a lane change before the driver actually changes the lane.
US09715829B2
A method for coordinating operation of motor vehicles with a coordination device having a sensor, a computing device and a communication device includes determining from sensor data location and movement information of the motor vehicles, calculating an expected trajectory for each motor vehicle from the location and movement information, checking whether trajectories of different motor vehicles spatially and temporally overlap so as to create a conflict, in the event of a conflict transmitting a driving instruction to at least one motor vehicle, and executing the driving instruction or displaying the driving instruction on a display device of the at least one motor vehicle.
US09715823B2
A remote control device (1) for remotely controlling an appliance (A) is provided. The remote control device (1) comprises a contact sensing facility (10), a control mode selection facility (20), an input facility (30), a processor facility (40) and a transmission facility (50). The contact sensing facility (10) determines a degree of physical contact between the remote control device and a user (U) and generates a mode control signal (Smc) indicative for this degree. The control mode selection facility (20) selects one of a plurality of selectable operational modes (M1, M2, M3) of the remote control device dependent on the degree indicated by the mode control signal. The selectable operational modes enable respective subsets of user control modes from a plurality of user control modes. The input facility (30) is arranged to receive user input and generating a user input signal (Sinp) indicative for the user input. The processor facility (40) derives appliance control information (Saci) for the appliance from the user input signal according to a function enabled by the selected operational mode and the transmission facility (50) transmits the appliance control information to the appliance.
US09715821B2
Systems and methods for managing device controls are disclosed. One method can comprise receiving validation information regarding validity of a plurality of command codes and identifying one or more code indices based upon the received validation information. If the one or more of the code indices is a full function match, the one or more of the code indices can be transmitted to the control device. If the one or more of the code indices is a partial function match, supplemental validation information can be requested regarding validity of one or more second command codes.
US09715811B2
A water immersion detection unit detects that an electronic device has been immersed in water. If it is detected that the electronic device has been immersed in water, a salt detection unit measures the salt concentration. A processor makes a determination whether or not the electronic device has been immersed in seawater based on the salt concentration. The processor determines whether or not the electronic device should be washed in water based on a result of the determination whether or not the electronic device has been immersed in seawater. The processor causes a display to display a warning if it is determined that the electronic device should be washed in water.
US09715806B2
A system receives body area network (BAN) data and calculates an end of life of a fall protection harness as a function of the BAN data.
US09715803B2
A tag assembly for securing a tag to a projection on merchandise, such as a temple arm on a pair of eyeglasses. The tag assembly includes a tag having a tag body and cover to hold a security device and a shrink tube. The tag body is placed within the shrink tube and the tube is then slid over the projection of the merchandise. The tube is then subjected to heat to shrink the tube around the projection on the merchandise to secure the tag assembly thereon. The cover is then moved from the open, installation position to the closed position.
US09715802B2
An anti-theft device includes a constraint component (1) which may be engaged with a locking component (2), in turn including an anti-intrusion containment body (4) which houses an operating clamp (5), the locking component (2) being provided with at least one engagement seat (3) for plug element (1a) of the constraint component (1), wherein the anti-intrusion containment body (4) is associated with a similar box-like, auxiliary anti-intrusion body (6), also provided with at least a through-seat (6a) for the plug element (1a) between which a compartment is defined for a drawer element (7), the drawer element (7) including at least one electronic unit (8) provided with an alarm-generating device and with at least a position and/or attitude detection sensor.
US09715798B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for converting a control track designed for use with a number and/or type of haptic output devices to be used with other numbers and/or types of haptic output devices. For example, a computing device may convert the control track into another control track that can be applied to other types and/or numbers of haptic output devices. The converted control track may be compatible for use with a smartphone or other system that includes a different number and/or type of haptic feedback devices than the system for which the haptic track was originally designed. In this manner, the user of the smartphone or other system may experience haptic feedback using a device that is different from another haptic feedback system for which the control track was originally designed for use. The conversion may occur locally at the smartphone or other system and/or remotely at another device.
US09715790B2
A tournament management system is disclosed, including a plurality of network distributed processing systems including: a server connected to a controller via a communication link, the server constructed to determine a wagering outcome; a mobile computing device connected to the controller by a network, the mobile computing device constructed to provide an entertainment game outcome; and the controller connected to the mobile computing device by the network and connected to the server by the communication link, the controller constructed to: receive the entertainment game outcome and element utilization information; determine the wagering event; request and receive the wagering outcome; and a tournament manager coupled to the plurality of network distributed processing systems, constructed to: determine a set of tournament players; determine a set of individual prizes; receive updates associated with the set of tournament players; determine a player to win each of the individual prizes.
US09715777B2
An RFID reader for use in a pet door to control access for a pet bearing an RFID tag or implant. The RFID reader incorporates and is operable in two modes, a learn mode and a normal mode. In learn mode, the reader stores the ID code of an RFID transponder in the vicinity of the reader and also derives additional reader information corresponding to the RFID transponder. In normal mode, the reader compares the ID codes stored in memory to the RFID signal returned from an RFID transponder in the vicinity of said the reader. The RFID reader behavior is at least in part determined by the additional reader information corresponding to said ID codes stored in memory. We also describe a confidence threshold for acceptance of an ID code in learn mode and normal mode. The confidence threshold in normal mode may be less than in learn mode.
US09715776B2
An apparatus including a central access control system and an access reader. The access reader is structured to receive an access credential from the central access control system, and includes a first connector connected with a second connector with the second connector connected to a cable, and with the cable in electronic communication with the central access control system. Connection of the first connector and the second connector places the access reader in electronic communication with the central access control system.
US09715773B2
A method for access control wherein verification of access authorization is effected by evaluating an ID sent at regular intervals from a mobile electronic device or a data carrier nearest an access control device (3, 4, 5, 6), via bluetooth low energy standard as part of a “broadcasting”, to which at least one access authorization is unequivocally assigned, which is received by BLE transceiver units (TRX-1, TRX-2, TRX-3, TRX-4) connected to a computer comprising a CPU and storage located within range of the mobile electronic device or the data carrier. Localization of the mobile electronic devices or the data carriers is carried out by evaluation of the RSSI, wherein the signal strength is measured, with which that signal of a mobile electronic device or a data carrier is received, which contains the ID of BLE transceiver units (TRX-1, TRX-2, TRX-3, TRX-4).
US09715769B2
A process for determining a stationary state of a vehicle includes providing a camera and a control having an image processor. Vehicle data is provided to the control by an accelerometer of the vehicle and by at least one of (i) a transmission sensor of the vehicle and (ii) a speed sensor of the vehicle. A determination that the vehicle is stationary is made when at least one of (i) the control determines a jerk value that is approximately zero for a selected duration of time and the control receives vehicle data indicating that the speed of the vehicle was approximately zero for the selected duration of time and (ii) the control determines a jerk value that is approximately zero for a selected duration of time and the control receives vehicle data indicating that the transmission of the vehicle was in ‘Park’ for the selected duration of time.
US09715763B2
Disclosed are methods of operating augmented reality (AR) contents, and a device and a system supporting the same. In one method, a real world image is captured using a camera in a portable device. A virtual space corresponding to the real world image is built, by partitioning image elements included in the virtual space into plural background objects and displaying the background objects. Augmented reality contents are generated by mapping one or more user contents onto the background objects. In other embodiments, location information of the portable device is used to obtain AR contents for enhancing captured images.
US09715757B2
The present invention relates to an ultrasound imaging system (10) comprising an ultrasound probe (20) having a transducer array (21) configured to provide an ultrasound receive signal. The system further comprises a B-mode volume processing unit (30) configured to generate a B-mode volume (31) based on the ultrasound receive signal, and a B-mode image processing unit (40) configured to provide a current B-mode image (41) based on the B-mode volume (31). The system further comprises a memory (50) configured to store a previously acquired 3D-vessel map (51). Also, the system comprises a registration unit (60) configured to register the previously acquired 3D-vessel map (51) to the B-mode volume (31) and to select a portion (61) of the 3D-vessel map corresponding to the current B-mode image (41). Further, the system comprises a display configured to display an ultrasound image (71) based on the current B-mode image (41) and the selected portion (61) of the 3D-vessel map (51). The present invention further relates to a method for providing such ultrasound image with vessel information and a corresponding computer program.
US09715756B2
Rendering a 3-D scene using bent ray, including; tracing a path of the bent ray from a camera to an object for each pixel in a view window, wherein the amount of bending in the bent ray is a function of the distance from the camera; rendering the each, pixel in the view window until all pixels in the view window have been rendered; and outputting the rendered view window as a rendered 3-D scene. Keywords include bent rays and object depth.
US09715753B2
Augmented reality is used to simulate the impact of medical conditions on body parts and other objects within images taken of the objects. The simulations enable a user to see how a medical condition can affect the user by dynamically simulating the impact of the medical condition on captured images of body parts associated with the user in real-time. A user can select different medical conditions that are associated with different body parts. These objects are then identified within images containing the body parts using image recognition algorithms and/or user input. Thereafter, the images are modified so as to render the body parts as though the body parts were being impacted by the medical condition. The modifications are made by blending image data of the captured image with condition image data available to the processing system.
US09715749B2
A computer-implemented method for displaying graphical representation of legends in a data visualization engine is provided. The computer-implemented method includes receiving input to configure a plurality of swatches of the legends of graphical charts, the input comprises at least one of a threshold number of swatches, an identification of graphical area for displaying the swatches, and a size or a data of the swatches for display in the graphical charts of the data visualization engine. The computer-implemented method further includes modifying the legend swatches, based on the received input. The computer-implemented method further includes generating a plurality of graphical charts of the data visualization engine for displaying the swatches, based on the modification, wherein the display is generated randomly, based on at least one user preference for displaying the swatches.
US09715724B2
A method for image processing includes providing a microscopic image of a structure fabricated on a substrate and computer-aided design (CAD) data used in fabricating the structure. The microscopic image is processed by a computer so as to generate a first directionality map, which includes, for a matrix of points in the microscopic image, respective directionality vectors corresponding to magnitudes and directions of edges at the points irrespective of a sign of the magnitudes. The CAD data are processed by the computer so as to produce a simulated image based on the CAD data and to generate a second directionality map based on the simulated image. The first and second directionality maps are compared by the computer so as to register the microscopic image with the CAD data.
US09715717B2
The present invention provides an image processing method applied to a graphics processing unit including: receiving data of an image, wherein the image is a first rectangle constituted by a plurality of pixels, and the pixels of the image are represented by a plurality of image values with a predetermined bit depth in the data; using a predetermined number of bits to perform an accumulation of the image values of the pixels for constructing an integral image of the image, wherein the predetermined number of bits is less than log2(W×H×2k) number of bits, W is the width of the first rectangle, H is the length of the first rectangle, and k is the predetermined bit depth.
US09715709B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for allowing financial transactions to be conducted using consumer devices. In some embodiments, the consumer device is a mobile communication device, such as a mobile phone. A payer initiates a transaction by sending a payment request message from a mobile phone which specifies the payee and amount to be paid. Payees are identified by unique aliases, which are maintained in a database. The aliases, in turn, are comprised of multiple parts. Each part of the alias may identify a relevant aspect of the transaction. For example, one part of the alias may identify the payee and another part of the alias may identify the financial institution of the account of the payee. Methods for assembling the enrollment and alias database are included.
US09715705B2
The present disclosure provides a sunglass testing station that is useful for determining the effectiveness and desirability of a pair of sunglasses in “real world” environments. In one embodiment, the sunglass testing station comprises a base, a vertical member, and a viewing box. In other aspects, the sunglass testing station comprises a base, a handheld viewing sphere, a visual display, and interactive simulation components.
US09715687B1
One embodiment is a flat card that includes an electrically non-conductive substrate and a plurality of electrical conductors disposed on a surface of the non-conductive substrate. The conductors are connected together to form patterns of conductive lines connected to conductive geometric shapes located at ends of the conductive lines. A switch is positioned between two of the conductive geometric shapes and switchable between an open state and a closed state.
US09715682B2
A system for purchasing fuel is provided. The system includes, but is not limited to, a local device for retrieving identification information which identifies a fuel dispensing station, the identification information containing information identifying the fuel dispensing station from which fuel is desired to be purchased, and a remote server connected with the local device. Upon receiving the identification information at the local device, the local device automatically forwards the identification information along with a unique identifier to the remote server. The remote server generates and transmits an unlock code to the fuel dispensing station. The unlock code signals the fuel dispensing station to dispense fuel.
US09715669B2
A system and associated method for monitoring and reporting productivity in an enterprise environment. The enterprise environment has a server, a database, a client program and a web interface. The database stores transaction data and administration data. The transaction data stores records of time spent by an end user to perform a certain volume of work for a transaction. The administration data configures operations of the client program per transaction. The client program records a time log and provides an interface to upload a volume log of the transaction. The end user or an administrative user manages content of the database via web interface. The server processes a respective request for recording transaction time and volume log and subsequently generates a productivity report including efficiency, availability, and utilization values based on the transaction data in the database.
US09715668B1
A patrol presence management system having a dosage processing unit in communication with one or more prediction and dosage related data processing modules and an output device for monitoring, generating, and displaying a crime prediction field, a pre-determined dosage, and a current dosage to provide real-time or historical analysis of a police presence within a particular region within a particular time window for one or more crime types to improve policing strategy and tactics.
US09715658B2
Methods and systems are provided for generating a maintainer troubleshooting tree from the content of a digitally stored fault model of a complex system in real time. The method comprises retrieving all failure modes from a fault model of the complex system for a specific corrective action. The method then receives symptoms from sensors monitoring the complex system in real time and generates a symptom pattern and an associated symptom hash from the received symptoms. The method creates san ambiguity group from the retrieved failure modes. The method further retrieves all repair procedures and test procedures related to the ambiguity group of failure modes, creates a troubleshooting tree for the ambiguity group by ranking each repair procedure and test procedure, and retrieves all technical references encountered while creating the trouble shooting tree. The method then compiles and renders the troubleshooting tree and the references into a user perceivable document.
US09715653B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to a multi-scale spatio-temporal neural network system. One embodiment comprises a neural network including multiple heterogeneous neuron populations that operate at different time scales. Each neuron population comprises at least one digital neuron. Each neuron population further comprises a time scale generation circuit that controls timing for operation of said neuron population, wherein each neuron of said neuron population integrates neuronal firing events at a time scale corresponding to said neuron population. The neural network further comprises a plurality of synapses interconnecting the neurons, wherein each synapse interconnects a neuron with another neuron. At least one neuron receives neuronal firing events from an interconnected neuron that operates at a different time scale.
US09715641B1
A highlight learning technique is provided to detect and identify highlights in sports videos. A set of event models are calculated from low-level frame information of the sports videos to identify recurring events within the videos. The event models are used to characterize videos by detecting events within the videos and using the detected events to generate an event vector. The event vector is used to train a classifier to identify the videos as highlight or non-highlight.
US09715638B1
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate the review of at least portions of a panoramic image and to increase the likelihood that a viewer consumes at least those portions of the panoramic image that are considered to be both interesting and of aesthetic value. In the context of a method, one or more regions within a panoramic image are identified based upon a saliency of the one or more regions. The method also includes identifying candidate subimages that at least partially overlap with at least one of the regions identified within the panoramic image. The method further includes scoring the candidate subimages based upon predefined criteria and causing information for one or more of the candidate subimages to be provided based upon scores associated therewith.
US09715633B2
Provided is a vehicle-mounted image processing device capable of recognizing the outside of a vehicle based on an image taken by a vehicle-mounted camera more precisely. A vehicle-mounted image processing device of the present invention includes: an image acquisition unit (12) that acquires through-images (21) to (24) taken by cameras (1) to (4) disposed on front, rear and sides of a vehicle (10); a bird's eye view image generation unit (13) that converts the acquired through images (21) to (24) to generate a bird's eye view image (25); a parking line recognition unit (15) that performs parking line recognition processing to recognize a parking line WL based on at least one of the through-images (21) to (24) and the bird's eye view image (25). The parking line recognition unit (15) performs first parking line recognition processing (S111) based on the bird's eye view image (25) to recognize a parking line WL in a predetermined range of the bird's eye view image (25), and second parking line recognition processing (S112) based on the through-images (21) to (24) to recognize a parking line WL in an area that is far away from the predetermined range of the bird's eye view image (25).
US09715632B2
An intersection recognizing apparatus includes a stereo image obtaining unit configured to obtain a stereo image by capturing a forward image in a street by a stereo camera; a parallax image generator configured to generate a parallax image based on the stereo image obtained by the stereo image obtaining unit; a parallax map generator configured to generate a parallax map based on the parallax image; a feature data storage unit configured to store feature data of an intersection road shoulder width regarding a road surface; and a recognition processing calculation unit configured to recognize an intersection condition based on the parallax map and the feature data of the intersection road shoulder width.
US09715625B2
Systems, methods, and media for extracting and processing entity data included in an electronic document are provided herein. Methods may include executing one or more extractors to extract entity data within an electronic document based upon an extraction model for the document, selecting extracted entity data via one or more experts, each of the experts applying at least one business rule to organize at least a portion of the selected entity data into a desired format, and providing the organized entity data for use by an end user.
US09715615B2
A method of processing geological log data to construct missing information from destroyed or occluded parts using cues from observed data comprises the steps of: a. in respect of one or more data dimensions associated with missing values in a log data set, decomposing the signal into a plurality of morphological components; and b. morphologically reconstructing the signal such that missing values are estimated.
US09715613B2
A system for use in authenticating an object is provided. The system includes a radio-frequency identification tag coupled to the object and an interrogation system. The interrogation system includes a backscatter x-ray source configured to discharge backscatter x-ray beams towards the object. The backscatter x-ray source is calibrated such that the backscatter x-ray beams cause the radio-frequency identification tag to emit a signal. The system also includes a radio-frequency detector configured to receive the signal from the radio-frequency identification tag and a computing device in communication with the radio-frequency detector. The computing device is configured to obtain first identifying information of the object from the signal and authenticate the object from the first identifying information.
US09715612B2
This invention provides a lens assembly for a vision system, allowing for a constant magnification at various focal distances. The lens assembly resides movably/adjustably along the optical axis relative to the sensor. In an embodiment, the lens assembly includes a fixed rear lens and a front lens that is moved mechanically to focus the object image on the image sensor. The lens assembly can alternatively include a liquid lens that is controlled to adjust magnification with respect to a fixed front lens so as to maintain a constant system magnification. The liquid lens resides between the (fixed) front lens assembly and the image sensor and can be controlled to focus the image onto the image sensor.
US09715604B2
An RFID reading device according to the present invention includes: response requesting unit (20) configured to output a response request signal to a wireless tag; response reception unit (24) configured to extract an ID of the wireless tag and detecting a signal collision of a response from the wireless tag, based on a response signal output from the wireless tag in response to the response request signal; reading result acquisition unit (25) configured to acquire a read tag number indicating the number of wireless tags from which the corresponding ID has been successfully read; collision occurrence status acquisition unit (26) configured to count the number of time slots in which the signal collision has occurred and calculating the number of collisions; and reading result complementing unit (27) configured to estimate the number of readable wireless tags based on the read tag number and the number of collisions.
US09715603B1
A smart card connector including a housing defining a smart card receiving slot communicating with a smart card ingress slit formed in the housing, a plurality of smart card contacts mounted within the housing and being configured for reading contact with a smart card inserted into the slot and a movable smart card contact mounting assembly supporting at least one of the plurality of smart card contacts and for positioning the at least one of the plurality of smart card contacts in a first position, in the absence of a smart card in the slot, and in a second position, different from the first position, when a smart card is fully inserted in the slot, wherein when the at least one of the plurality of smart card contacts is in the first position it is relatively inaccessible to tampering via the smart card ingress slit.
US09715597B2
Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to receive untrusted input data at an enclave in an electronic device, isolate the untrusted input data from at least a portion of the enclave, communicate at least a portion of the untrusted data to an integrity verification module using an attestation channel, and receive data integrity verification of the untrusted input data from the integrity verification module. The integrity verification module can perform data integrity attestation functions to verify the untrusted data and the data integrity attestation functions include a data attestation policy and a whitelist.
US09715587B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with implementing security functions are described. According to one embodiment, a device includes a memory storing (i) a plurality of functions and (ii) a mapping of locations of the plurality of functions in the memory. The device includes a processing unit configured to, in response to a request by a process being executed by the processing unit, determine a location in the memory of a security function of the plurality of functions using the mapping. The processing unit is configured to execute the security function for the process from the memory according to the mapping.
US09715582B2
A preference-based management interface for use on a portable electronic device, such as a wireless phone, a tablet, or any other device, and the associated method of use thereof, and more specifically the invention relates to a parental credit-based software interface that manages a child's cell phone or portable tablet applications using a credit-based system to allow a child to accumulate play time of favorite applications by accumulating credited time by using applications a parent has set up in the interface to promote use by the child.
US09715578B2
A remote interactive method, system and computer program product is provided for self-managing a person's regular lifestyle needs through controlled notification and feedback. The invention provides a simple, cost effective and flexible self-management and compliance scheme that does not require third party intervention or treatment options typical with immediate-response or alert-based systems. The invention also provides for long term management and analysis for the benefit of the individual. In implementing the invention in a healthcare environment, the individual will gain a better understanding of managing their lifestyle and behavior. A related business model is also disclosed.
US09715573B2
Disclosed herein are compositions, systems and methods related to sequence assembly, such as nucleic acid sequence assembly of single reads and contigs into larger contigs and scaffolds through the use of read pair sequence information, such as read pair information indicative of nucleic acid sequence phase or physical linkage.
US09715567B1
Systems and methods are provided for generating an equivalent circuit model. RLGC parameters representing a segment of a layered structure of a specified length are received. The layered structure includes two conductors (also called planes) and at least one trace or a transmission line located between the two conductors. An admittance matrix corresponding to the segment is computed based at least in part on the received RLGC parameters. One or more loading parameters representing a loading of one of the two conductors due to the trace or traces are also computed, and a segment circuit model for the segment of the layered structure based at least in part on the admittance matrix and the one or more loading parameters.
US09715561B2
A first stream operator can receive a first tuple including a first set of attributes to be stored in a first window and a second tuple including a second set of attributes to be stored in a second window. The first window and the second window can each have an eviction policy. In response to triggering the eviction policy for the first window and the second window, the first tuple stored in the first window can be compared with the second tuple stored in the second window. Based upon the comparing, it can be determined that the first tuple and the second tuple go outside of a join threshold. In response to determining that the first tuple and the second tuple go outside of a join threshold, the eviction policy of the first window can be altered.
US09715559B2
An apparatus configured to encode video information of a picture includes a memory unit and a processor in communication with the memory unit. The memory unit is configured to store a hash table that includes at least one hash index corresponding to reference blocks in the picture, the reference blocks being a subset of available blocks in the picture. The processor is configured to map a current block to a hash index in the hash table based on the application of a hash function to the current block, identify, from the hash table, reference blocks that correspond to the hash index, select a prediction block from among the reference blocks based on a comparison of the current block to the reference blocks, and encode the video information using the selected prediction block.
US09715552B2
Techniques for presenting content to users. The techniques include: obtaining user context information including a first keyword; identifying, based on the first keyword, a first attribute and a second attribute among the plurality of attributes, the first attribute being a characteristic of the first keyword and the second attribute being another characteristic of the first keyword; obtaining, based on the user context information, at least one second-order user preference among attributes in the plurality of attributes including a preference between the first attribute and the second attribute; identifying a set of content items among the plurality of content items based on the first attribute and the second attribute; determining a ranking of content items in the set of content items based on the at least one second-order user preference; and presenting content items to the user in accordance with the ranking.
US09715551B2
A plurality of web pages prompts a user to record data through a series of graphical user interfaces which provide inputs for a user to select. The data is related to the actions and behavior of individuals being observed and the functional relationship between the individual and his/her environment. The present method provides a means for assessing the data and providing a proposed intervention method and presents the data in a modified form by way of charts, graphs and compiled data for simplicity of use.
US09715541B1
A method to enhance collaboration by enabling users of a content-sharing platform to identify media items to credit the entities that contributed to the media item. Such a method includes receiving a request for a media item and obtaining credit data associated with the media item. The method further includes providing for presentation the media item and a list of entities contributing to the media item as defined by the credit data and when receiving the request pertaining to an entity from the list, providing for presentation a list of media items that the entity has contributed to.
US09715539B2
A hardware accelerator receives a request to decompress a data stream that includes multiple deflate blocks and multiple deflate elements compressed according to block-specific compression configuration information. The hardware accelerator identifies a commit point that is based upon an interruption of a first decompression session of the data stream and corresponds to one of the deflate blocks. As such, the hardware accelerator configures a decompression engine based upon the corresponding deflate block's configuration information and, in turn, recommences decompression of the data stream at an input bit location corresponding to the commit point.
US09715532B1
The present disclosure provides a method for content object optimization. The method includes selecting an object user; obtaining content objects; determining a ranking of the content objects; determining a rotation value; presenting the content objects based on the ranking and rotation value; obtaining feedback associated with the content objects, the feedback obtained at least partially from one or more remote user systems over a communication network; determining empirical scores for the content objects; obtaining behavioral data of an observer user; determining behavioral scores for at least one of the content objects based on the behavioral data; determining a composite score for the at least one of the content objects based on empirical and behavioral scores; updating the ranking based on the composite score(s); presenting at least one of the content objects to the observer user based on the updated ranking.
US09715528B2
A database server receives a data request from a client. In response to the data request, the database server selects, from a database, actual data that satisfies criteria specified by the data request. The database server retrieves the selected actual data from the database. Also in response to the data request, the database server redacts the retrieved data in real time without modifying the actual data contained within the database. This may be accomplished by the prior insertion of masking operators into a top SELECT clause of a query representation generated during semantic analysis. The database server returns the redacted data to the client as a reply to the data request.
US09715526B2
A fair scheduling system with methodology for fairly scheduling queries for execution by a database management system. The system obtains query jobs for execution by the database management system and cost estimates to execute the query jobs. The cost estimate can be a number of results the query is expected to return. Based on the cost estimates, the system causes the database management system to execute the query jobs as separately sub-query tasks in a round-robin fashion. By doing so, the execution latency of “low cost” query jobs that return few results is reduced when the query jobs are concurrently executed with “high cost” query jobs that return a large number of results.
US09715523B2
A method for selecting at least one data record from a relational database having a plurality of data records each having at least two attributes each with a type of the attribute and a value of the attribute includes: providing a first subset of data records from the relational database on the basis of a stipulation for the type of a first attribute and independently of a stipulation for the value of the first attribute; selecting data records from the first subset on the basis of a stipulation for a second attribute; providing the selected data records in a second subset; and then selecting the at least one data record from the second subset on the basis of the stipulation for the value for the first attribute.
US09715522B2
A storage unit stores update data corresponding to transactions being executed and indicating updating processes yet to be reflected in a database. A control unit generates a list indicating transactions. When apparatuses executing transactions are switched from an information processing apparatus to another information processing apparatus, the control unit transmits the list to the other information processing apparatus, and migrates the update data to the other information processing apparatus based on the list.
US09715521B2
Disclosed is the technology for data scrubbing in a cluster-based storage system. This technology allows protecting data against failures of storage devices by periodically reading data object replicas and data object hashes stored in a plurality of storage devices and rewriting those data object replicas that have errors. The present disclosure addresses aspects of writing data object replicas and hashes, checking validity of data object replicas, and performing data scrubbing based upon results of the checking.
US09715518B2
Techniques for cross-ACL multi-master replication are provided. The techniques allow a replication site in a multi-master replication system implementing an asynchronous replication protocol and an access control policy to appropriately apply received data change updates to data maintained at the site even where a data change update is missing information because of the implemented access control policy.
US09715504B2
A method includes receiving a request to retrieve a data object. The method further includes identifying an index file based on the search attribute. The method further includes entering a loop that includes: determining an address for a current index file; retrieving encoded data slices based on the address; decoding the encoded data slices to reproduce the current index file; determining whether the current index file includes the address for the data object; when the current index file does not include the address for the data object: identifying the other index file based on the search attribute; and repeating the loop for the other index file; and when the current index file includes the address for the data object, exiting the loop. The method further includes retrieving encoded data slices based on the address. The method further includes decoding the encoded data slices to recapture the data object.
US09715492B2
The sentiment of a message may not be obtainable from the message itself. However, many messages have an associated context that provides information useful in determining the sentiment of a message. Messages may include links to other resources, such as graphics or videos, which in turn include titles, comments, viewer ratings or other attributes that may provide a sentiment of the message.
US09715482B1
In some implementations, a user may use an electronic device to consume content of a content item in a non-linear or noncontiguous manner. The electronic device may display a consumption representation in connection with the content item. The consumption representation may represent locations of portions of content of the content item that have been consumed. In addition, the electronic device may track the consumption of the content using various techniques for determining whether a particular portion of content is likely to have been consumed. In some examples, the consumption representation may be displayed with an indicator to indicate the presence of embedded content that may be provided with certain content items. The indicator of embedded content may further indicate information such as a location, a content type, and/or a consumption status of the embedded content.
US09715480B1
A method for approximating the behavior of a periodic parameter of a time-domain device in response to a perturbation, the method comprising the following steps: collecting data points at discreet times, wherein each data point represents a measurement of the parameter; dividing the time domain into intervals, each given interval containing at least one data point sampled during the given interval; fitting a polynomial function to the data points of each interval such that each interval has a corresponding polynomial function that is time-centered on the interval's center point and that accurately describes the parameter behavior over that interval; and stitching together the polynomial functions piece-wise to create an analytic approximation of the behavior of the system parameter over the entire time domain.
US09715474B2
A method for synchronizing display elements of a plurality of subscribers of a distributed, bus-based control system is proposed. The subscribers comprise a message transmitter and a plurality of message receivers. The message receivers each comprise a respective display element, which can be toggled between a switched-on state and a switched-off state, and a control unit for producing a control signal for toggling the display element from one state to the other. The message transmitter sends a respective current bus message via the bus in defined recurring bus message time intervals. The respective bus message comprises a bus message counter that has a respective value from a defined value range. The counter value is changed in a predefined manner each time when a current bus message is sent. The message receivers receive the respective bus messages via the bus. The control units each evaluate the respective bus message counter in the same manner and take this as a basis for producing the control signal, so that the display elements are toggled between the switched-on state and the switched-off state in sync with one another and with a defined on/off period.
US09715468B2
It is desirable for interrupt handling routines to be aware of the interrupt latency—the time between a interrupt request is received and the time when the interrupt service routine begins executing. A method is shown wherein the latency is measured by a dedicated counter and is available to the interrupt service routine. Alternately, a threshold may be set indicating the maximum acceptable latency and the interrupt service routine is signaled when said maximum is reached.
US09715463B2
A code protection scheme for controlling access to a memory region in an integrated circuit includes a processor with an instruction pipeline that includes multiple processing stages. A first processing stage receives one or more instructions. A second processing stage receives address information identifying a protected memory region of the memory from the first processing stage and protection information for an identified protected memory region. The protection information indicates a protection state assigned to each protected memory region. Based on the instruction type of the received instruction and the protection information associated with a particular protected memory region, the second processing stage determines whether to enable or disable access to the particular protected memory region by the processor or other external host.
US09715451B2
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for providing distributed caching in a transactional processing environment. The caching system can include a plurality of layers that provide a caching feature for a plurality of data types, and can be configured for use with a plurality of caching providers. A common data structure can be provided to store serialized bytes of each data type, and architecture information of a source platform executing a cache-setting application, so that a cache-getting application can use the information to convert the serialized bytes to a local format. A proxy server can be provided to act as a client to a distributed in-memory grid, and advertise services to a caching client, where each advertised service can match a cache in the distributed in-memory data grid, such as Coherence. The caching system can be used to cache results from a service.
US09715441B2
A processor receives a rule containing a first set of code statements. The processor compares the first set of code statements of the rule to a second set of code statements of a plurality of code statements of source code. The processor responds to a match of the first set of code statements of the rule and the second set of code statements of the plurality of code statements of the source code, by applying a weight modifier to the rule, which adds a weighted value to the rule, and the processor, in response to a second matching of the first set of code statements of the rule to the second set of code statements of the plurality of code statements of the source code, applies the weight modifier to the rule, which includes a weighted value, and the weight modifier adjusts the weighted value of the rule.
US09715440B2
Techniques are described herein that are capable of determining a scope of testing to be performed with respect to machine code based on change(s) that occur with respect to corresponding program code. For instance, behaviors that may be exhibited during execution of the machine code may be determined based on relationships between code elements in the program code, relationships between program data elements that are produced by and/or consumed by the code elements, relationships between the code elements and the program data elements, and/or relationships between the code elements and runtime attributes of the program code. When a change is made to the program code, functionalities are recommended for inclusion in the testing of the machine code. The functionalities are defined to test the machine code with regard to those behaviors that are to be altered by the change that is made to the program code.
US09715438B2
Provided are techniques for static execution of statements. Information from an execution file that describes statements that have been bound to a database during a previous execution of those statements dynamically and describes metadata about the statements is loaded. While executing a program that includes statements, for each of the statements, it is determined whether that statement is bound to the database. In response to determining that the statement is bound to the database, the statement is executed statically using the loaded information. In response to determining that the statement is not bound to the database, the statement is executed dynamically.
US09715431B2
The present disclosure provides a system that includes an array of disk drives and a controller communicatively coupled to the array of disk drives. The controller is to identify, within the array of disk drives, a predictive failed disk. The controller also rebuilds data of the predictive failed disk on a spare drive in a regeneration mode and determines a regeneration time baseline. The controller also rebuilds data of the predictive failed disk on the spare drive in a copy mode and determines the copy mode execution time. The controller switches to regeneration mode if the copy mode execution time is greater than the regeneration time baseline.
US09715429B1
A decoding method, a memory storage device and a memory control circuit unit are provided. The decoding method includes: reading first data from a plurality of first memory cells of a rewritable non-volatile memory module based on a first read voltage level and performing a first decoding operation; estimating a channel status of the rewritable non-volatile memory module and obtaining a second read voltage level according to the channel status if the first decoding operation fails, and the second read voltage level is different from the first read voltage level, and the second read voltage level is different from an optimal read voltage level; and reading second data from the plurality of first memory cells based on the second read voltage level and performing a second decoding operation. Therefore, an encoding efficiency can be improved.
US09715424B1
A memory device is disclosed that includes a row of storage locations that form plural columns. The plural columns include data columns to store data and a tag column to store tag information associated with error locations in the data columns. Each data column is associated with an error correction location including an error code bit location. Logic retrieves and stores the tag information associated with the row in response to activation of the row. A bit error in an accessed data column is repaired by a spare bit location based on the tag information.
US09715419B2
This disclosure relates to selectively performing a read with increased accuracy, such as a self-reference read, from a memory. In one aspect, data is read from memory cells, such as magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) cells, of a memory array. In response to detecting a condition associated with reading from the memory cells, a self-reference read can be performed from at least one of the memory cells. For instance, the condition can indicate that data read from the memory cells is uncorrectable via decoding of error correction codes (ECC). Selectively performing self-reference reads can reduce power consumption and/or latency associated with reading from the memory compared to always performing self-reference reads.
US09715415B2
A method for improving thread execution speed within a multi-processor system includes a first processor and a second processor. The first processor generates threads to schedule for execution on the processors and initially assigns at least one thread to the first processor for execution on a core of the first processor. The first processor determines a core utilization rate for each of the threads and identifies whether the threads being scheduled have a core utilization rate greater than a pre-established core utilization rate threshold. In response to identifying a specific thread executing on the first processor that has a core utilization rate that is greater than the pre-established core utilization rate threshold, the first processor re-assigns execution of the specific thread from the first processor to the second processor. The re-assigned thread executes on the second processor at a greater execution rate than the pre-established core utilization rate threshold.
US09715413B2
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for selecting a first processor included in a plurality of processors to receive work related to a compute task. The technique involves analyzing state data of each processor in the plurality of processors to identify one or more processors that have already been assigned one compute task and are eligible to receive work related to the one compute task, receiving, from each of the one or more processors identified as eligible, an availability value that indicates the capacity of the processor to receive new work, selecting a first processor to receive work related to the one compute task based on the availability values received from the one or more processors, and issuing, to the first processor via a cooperative thread array (CTA), the work related to the one compute task.
US09715405B2
A first computer of a distributed computing system receives a request for a transaction. The transaction is an eXtended Architecture (XA) protocol based global transaction. The first computer generates a unique identifier for the request. The first computer sends the unique identifier to a second computer of the distributed computing system. The unique identifier enables the second computer to participate with the first computer as an XA protocol based resource participant.
US09715398B2
A program code loading method of an application is applied to a computing system that stores a program code of an application in a flash memory. The program code is loaded in a recording mode, including generating an initial address and a data length of a second program code of the application by executing a first program code of the application. According to the initial address and data length, the second program code is loaded from the flash memory to a DRAM. A replay file, including the initial address and the data length of the second program code, is generated and stored to the flash memory. The program code is loaded in a replay mode, including loading the second program code from the flash memory to the DRAM according to the initial address and data length of the second program code in the replay file.
US09715397B2
An apparatus comprises a plurality of cores and a controller coupled to the cores. The controller is to lower an operating point of a first core if a first number based on processor clock cycles per instruction (CPI) associated with a second core is higher than a first threshold. The controller is operable to increase the operating point of the first core if the first number is lower than a second threshold.
US09715394B2
Methods and a computer program product for providing a user interface including earlier versions of data. In one implementation, a method is provided. The method includes receiving, while a current view is displayed in a user interface, a first user input requesting that a backup interface be displayed. In response to the first user input, the transition from displaying the current view in the user interface to displaying the backup interface is animated. The backup interface is displayed including a display area for presenting at least a first visual representation of an earlier version of the current view, where the earlier version includes a first element. While the backup interface is displayed, a second user input is received requesting that the current view be modified according to the earlier version. In response to the second user input, the current view is modified according to the earlier version.
US09715391B2
A cache memory apparatus includes an L1 cache memory, an L2 cache memory coupled to the L1 cache memory, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) within the L2 cache memory, the combined ALU and L2 cache memory being configured to perform therewithin at least one of: an arithmetic operation, a logical bit mask operation; the cache memory apparatus being further configured to interact with at least one processor such that atomic memory operations bypass the L1 cache memory and go directly to the L2 cache memory.
US09715386B2
In an embodiment, a processor may implement a conditional stop instruction that includes a first predicate vector identifying the active elements of the instruction, a second predicate vector indicating true and false results for a conditional expression within a loop that is being vectorized, and a source operand specifying which combinations in the true and false results may indicate a dependency. The conditional stop instruction may generate a vector result indicating vector elements that have a dependency on a prior vector element, as well as an identification of which element position the dependency is on. More particularly, dependencies may be detected only on active elements as indicated by the first predicate vector. False dependencies that may occur due to inactive elements may be avoided, which may improve performance and/or provide for correct functional operation.
US09715384B2
Method, apparatus, and program means for performing a conversion. In one embodiment, a disclosed apparatus includes a destination storage location corresponding to a first architectural register. A functional unit operates responsive to a control signal, to convert a first packed first format value selected from a set of packed first format values into a plurality of second format values. Each of the first format values has a plurality of sub elements having a first number of bits The second format values have a greater number of bits. The functional unit stores the plurality of second format values into an architectural register.
US09715374B2
A multi-branch determination syntax optimization apparatus includes: a memory that retains multi-branch determination syntax including tokens; a database that retains (1) CPU performance information being a parameter depending on a CPU incorporated in the multi-branch determination syntax optimization apparatus and set based on time required for multi-branch determination processing and (2) frequently-appearing token table representing types and rates of appearance of tokens sorted in order of appearance frequency in a query that statically analyzes a source code and performs lexical analysis in advance; and a conversion section that executes determination for the multi-branch determination syntax by referring to the CPU performance information and the frequently-appearing token table, and creates a branch code converted to make a speculatively executable branch for the token type having a high frequency of appearance and to make a branch using the jump table for the token type having a low frequency of appearance.
US09715371B2
This invention provides a system and a method for online, web-based point of sale (POS) building and configuration, which can assist non-expert business operators in building, editing and testing a point of sale system to manage their businesses. The business operations range from a single branch to a large chain of stores or branches. The key advantages of the Web-based POS builder are that it is completely built on the foundation of the Web. The POS builder is accessible anywhere in the world. It can be used by a person of any skill level. The POS builder builds, edits, and tests new POS terminals in real time.
US09715369B2
Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for estimating environmental conditions. An example method can comprise determining location information associated with a vehicle and determining status information indicative of time periods when one or more vehicle accessories are engaged. An example method can also comprise providing the location information and the status information to a device configured to estimate environmental conditions based on the location information and the status information.
US09715363B2
For displaying data on a wearable device, a public display wearable on a wrist presents public data. A private display wearable on the wrist presents private data. The private data may include a correspondent identity.
US09715354B2
A printing apparatus includes a holding unit configured to hold an envelope having a flap, a detection unit configured to detect a guide width between two guides provided in the holding unit, an acceptance unit configured to accept information about envelope size and flap length from a user, and a display control unit configured to determine whether to perform an error notification display based on the guide width detected by the detection unit as well as based on the envelope size and the flap length accepted by the acceptance unit.
US09715349B2
Technical solutions for providing real time analytics of a private area of a virtual address space are described. One general aspect includes a method that includes determining, by a processor, a start address and a size of the private area of the virtual address space. The method also includes determining, by the processor, a highest address corresponding to a user region of the private area. The method also includes determining, by the processor, a lowest address corresponding to a high-end region of the private area. The method also includes storing, by the processor, the determined information in a common area outside the virtual address space.
US09715345B2
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods to select a target memory portion in a first memory location to store information. One such method can conditionally store the information in a second memory location when the information is stored in the target memory portion. Other embodiments are described.
US09715321B2
A sensor for providing an output signal that is a function of a sensed capacitance, in a touch interface for example. The sensor includes a charger for repetitively applying first and second voltages to charge the sensed capacitance to first and second charge values in first and second phases respectively. A sampler provides first and second sample signals that are a function of the first and second charge values respectively. An accumulator uses an accumulator signal to provide the output signal. The accumulator repetitively uses the first sample signal incrementally and the second sample signal decrementally in providing the accumulator signal. The accumulator signal is a progressive function of the sensed capacitance but tends to cancel a noise in the first and second sample signals at frequencies less than a repetition rate of operation of the accumulator.
US09715313B2
The present disclosure discloses a touch input device including a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes that are formed on a first surface of a substrate. An improved touch input device (with e.g. reduced area occupied by electrodes or improved touch control resolution, and/or decreased number of driving electrode leads) is provided by 1) divisionally using the sensing electrode in a horizontal direction; and optionally 2) further divisionally using the driving electrode in the column direction. One sensing electrode which is divisionally used in a row direction can be further split into two adjacent sub-sensing electrodes in the row direction. Also disclosed is a touch display device including the touch input device.
US09715310B2
The invention discloses a touch controller, a touch system, and a method for detecting a touch screen. At first, a full screen driven detection is performed on a touch screen to determine whether at least one external object touches or approaches the touch screen. Then, if the full screen driven detection represents that no external object touches or approaches the touch screen, an updating determination is performed to determine whether a plurality of reference values are updated during a predetermined updating period of time. If the updating determination represents that the reference values are not updated during the predetermined updating period of time, the reference values will be updated based on a first 2D sensing information.
US09715307B1
An electronic device includes a pressure-sensitive touch screen display that can dynamically monitor a user's interaction with the device, and adjust the pressure thresholds of different areas of the touch screen display based on the user's monitored interactions. The orientation of the device is determined, the touch screen display is divided into sections, and the device monitors the pressure the user applies in the different sections of the screen. A pressure map is then created that includes pressure detection thresholds specific to the orientation and user. One or more preferred regions of the screen are defined based on the pressure map. When a pressure-sensitive input is located in a less preferred screen region, the pressure-sensitive input may be relocated to a preferred screen region, or may be enlarged while remaining in the less preferred screen region to allow the user to more easily press on the pressure-sensitive input.
US09715301B2
In various implementations, a sensor operates in a force sensing mode by determining an applied force based on a first change in capacitance between first and second electrodes related to compression of a compressible material positioned between while the third electrode functions as a shield and in a proximity sensing mode by sensing proximity of an object based on a second change in capacitance of the third electrode while the first and/or second electrodes function as a shield. In some implementations, a device has a cover glass including a surface having a display area, an edge surface, and a cavity; a touch sensing electrode oriented toward the surface; an electrode positioned in the cavity oriented toward the edge surface; and a processing unit operable to detect touch or proximity of an object to the edge surface based on a change in capacitance between the electrode and the object.
US09715296B2
A shift register unit includes a pull-down maintenance module configured to pull down potentials at a pull-up node and a gate signal output end; a reset module configured to, at a touch stage within one frame of time, reset a potential of a signal from the gate signal output end to a potential of a fourth signal; a first signal output control module configured to, at a display stage within one frame of time, control a first signal output end to output a first common electrode signal, and at the touch stage within one frame of time, control the first signal output end to output a first signal input in the first signal input end. The first signal is a signal inputted at the touch stage to a common electrode connected to the shift register unit.
US09715294B2
The present invention discloses an in-cell touch panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. A plurality of nanowire arrays are added between an array substrate and an opposite substrate, nanowires in each nanowire array extend in a direction perpendicular to the array substrate and the opposite substrate; the newly-added nanowire arrays and s pacers provided between the array substrate and the opposite substrate form piezoelectric sensitive elements. Thus, when cell thickness between the array substrate and the opposite substrate is slightly changed due to pressure on the touch panel by any object, a nanowire array may be slightly deformed by squeeze of a spacer, the deformed nanowire array may release charges to change an electrical signal applied to an electrode wire connected thereto, and a touch point can be positioned by detecting a change in the electrical signal, thus achieving high touch sensitivity.
US09715293B2
A liquid crystal display device includes as a monolithically integrated part thereof, a touch sensor that operates during a blanking period of the display device. In one embodiment, the LCD device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a plurality of common electrodes, a plurality of sensing electrodes, a data driver, a gate lines driver, a common electrodes driver, a touch controller and a display controller. A plurality of pixels coupled to gate lines and data lines are formed on the first substrate. The second substrate is positioned opposite to the first substrate. The plurality of common electrodes corresponding to the respective pixels are formed on the second substrate. The plurality of sensing electrodes are also formed on the second substrate to cross with the common electrodes. The data lines driver outputs data signals to the data lines during a display period. The gate lines driver includes a plurality of stages receiving first and second clock signals. The gate lines driver outputs a gate-on signal to the gate lines during the display period, and outputs a gate-off signal to the gate lines during the blanking period. The common electrodes driver supplies touch driving signals to the common electrodes during a touch driving period included within the blanking period. The touch controller supplies the touch control signal to the common electrode driver during the touch driving period. The display controller supplies the first and second clock signals to the gate lines driver, in synchronization with the touch control signal, during the touch driving period.
US09715282B2
Described herein are embodiments that relate to implementation of multi-stage gestures, using multi-stage gestures to control applications, and allowing, under certain conditions, invocation of an open operation (which would normally only open an application or bring an application to the fore) to cause a target application to terminate before being newly opened. A multi-stage gesture may be used to invoke different functions at respective gesture stages of a same input stroke. The functions may be different forms of application “closing”, such as backgrounding or suspending an application, terminating an application, and restarting an application. The restarting (including termination) of an application when the application is opened may be termed a “smart-restart”, which may involve interpreting from specific user activity that a user intends to restart an application.
US09715263B2
A BMC processing circuit, a USB power delivery controller, a BMC reception method, and a program capable of achieving stable BMC reception processing with low power consumption are provided. A BMC processing circuit 1100 includes an edge detection unit 1102 that detects change edges of a reception signal encoded by a Biphase Mark Code (BMC) method; an interval measuring unit 1103 that measures an interval value, the interval value being a period between the change edges; a threshold determination unit 1105 that corrects a first threshold using a plurality of interval values to generate a second threshold; and a BMC decoding unit 1107 that decodes the reception signal using the second threshold.
US09715262B2
A wired-line transmitter may include architecture that provides control of the current profile during power-up and/or power-down of the transmitter. The current profile may include a sloped ramp up during power-up and/or a sloped ramp down during power-down. The sloped ramps of the current profile mitigate supply bouncing during power-up and/or power-down. Individual enable signals may be derived from an enable signal provided to the transmitter. These individual enable signals may be provided (or turned off) in a time delayed (e.g., staggered) manner to provide the sloped ramps for the current profile.
US09715259B1
A server allowing individual dismounting of data storage units includes a housing, a frame, and a data storage device mounting structure. The frame defines two openings and is slidably attached to the housing. The data storage device mounting structure includes a fixing plate rotationally attached to the frame. The fixing plate includes a first end, a second end opposite to the first end, and a protrusion extending from each of the first end and the second end. The two protrusions are alternately received in the two openings. When the protrusion on the second end is received in an opening, the protrusion on the first end is retracts from the other opening and the protrusion on the second end abuts against the housing to allow a single data storage unit but not the frame to be taken out of the housing.
US09715257B2
An electronic device includes one or more screens, multiple screen protectors moveable between a retracted position and extended position where they extend above the screen to create a gap, and one or more sensors. When the sensor detects a drop event, the screen protectors move from the retracted to extended position, functioning as a shock absorber and preventing the screen from connecting with a surface that the electronic device contacts. In some implementations, the screen protectors may be multiple tabs that may be moved between the retracted and extended positions by one or more motors and/or other actuators coupled to one or more pinions. Such tabs may be formed of various flexible and/or rigid materials such as plastic, plastic film, polyethylene terephthalate or other polymers, metal, thin film metal, combinations thereof, and/or other such materials.
US09715253B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a mounting surface configured to accept another electronic device, a holder recess provided in the mounting surface and configured to hold the other electronic device at certain angles, and a rotatable clip installed in the mounting surface, and configured to control at least one part of the other electronic device, wherein other electronic device is accommodated at one end by the holder recess, and is accommodated at another end by the rotatable clip, such that the other electronic device is combined with the electronic device.
US09715251B2
A portable device includes a keyboard unit; a display unit; a connection unit which is connected to each of the keyboard unit and the display unit, moves relatively with respect to each of the keyboard unit and the display unit, and supports the display unit so that the display unit covers or uncovers the keyboard unit; and a controller which is placed inside the connection unit and controls operation of the portable device.
US09715242B2
Environmental characteristics of habitable environments (e.g., hotel or motel rooms, spas, resorts, cruise boat cabins, offices, hospitals and/or homes, apartments or residences) are controlled to eliminate, reduce or ameliorate adverse or harmful aspects and introduce, increase or enhance beneficial aspects in order to improve a “wellness” or sense of “wellbeing” provided via the environments. Control of intensity and wavelength distribution of passive and active Illumination addresses various issues, symptoms or syndromes, for instance to maintain a circadian rhythm or cycle, adjust for “jet lag” or season affective disorder, etc. Air quality and attributes are controlled. Scent(s) may be dispersed. Hypoallergenic items (e.g., bedding, linens) may be used. Water quality is controlled. Noise is reduced and sounds (e.g., masking, music, natural) may be provided. Passive and active pathogen controls are employed. Controls are provided for the occupant and/or facility personnel, as is instruction, and surveys, including assessing wellness.
US09715240B2
A facility equipment operation device includes an affected section determiner and a mismatch detector. An affected section determiner computes an affected section that is affected by a controlled equipment that is facility equipment with a changed control parameter, by referencing data including an installation position of facility equipment in an objective space, and a capability related to an area affected by the facility equipment. The mismatch detector detects a mismatched state on the basis of whether or not an effect exerted by the controlled equipment on the affected section when the controlled equipment operates according to the changed control parameter, and an effect exerted on the affected section by a facility equipment currently operating, are in a predetermined relationship.
US09715238B2
A water delivery system is disclosed. The water delivery system may have an electronic user interface. The electronic user interface may be a portable device. The electronic user interface may include inputs to select water temperature, water flow rates, water flow patterns, and/or task based presets. A mixing valve for use with either manual faucets or electronic faucets is disclosed.
US09715234B2
A multiple rotors aircraft and a control method thereof are provided. The control method comprises the following steps. First, current motion information of the multiple rotors aircraft is obtained. Then, at least one control gain is adjusted through a gain adjustment function according to the current motion information. The gain adjustment function conforms to a non-Lipschitzian characteristic, and at least one rotor of the multiple rotors aircraft is controlled according to the control gain. Therefore, the multiple rotors aircraft would be ensured that its flight attitude is toward a target position, and the expected result would be conformed rapidly.
US09715232B1
Example implementations may relate to a mobile robotic device that is operable to detect pallets using a distance sensor. According to these implementations, the robotic device causes the distance sensor to scan a horizontal coverage plane in an environment of the robotic device. Then, the robotic device receives from the distance sensor, sensor data indicative of the horizontal coverage plane. The robotic device compares the sensor data to a pallet identification signature. Based on the comparison, the robotic device detects a pallet located in the environment. Further, based on the sensor data, the robotic device determines a location and an orientation of the detected pallet.
US09715231B2
An agriculture support system includes: an operation contents creation part configured to create an operation contents, the operation contents being carried out in an agricultural field; an operation instruction part configured to send the operation contents to a mobile terminal allocated to the agricultural operator; an operation contents storage part configured to storage the operation contents; a first display part configured to display the operation contents on the mobile terminal, the operation contents being sent by the operation instruction part; a notification part configured to notify an external device of completion of confirming the operation contents, the operation contents being displayed on the mobile terminal, the external device being different from the mobile terminal; and a second display part configured to display the operation contents on the external device, the operation contents being already confirmed by the notification part.
US09715229B2
Provided is a power equalization device capable of equalizing the power supplied to a manufacturing line from outside even in the case where a plurality of materials are simultaneously processed at different locations. For this purpose, the power equalization device has a power demand prediction function of predicting power consumption expected when a plurality of materials are simultaneously processed at different locations of a manufacturing plant or manufacturing line of a metallic material, and a power equalization control function of causing a power storage device to make the manufacturing plant or the manufacturing line perform discharging in the case where power consumption predicted by the power demand prediction function exceeds a prescribed value, so that power supplied to the manufacturing plant or the manufacturing line from an external power system becomes not more than the prescribed value.
US09715225B2
Positions to be synchronized with a reference value are stored as command data in table format. Velocity changing points of a tool path designated by the table format data are calculated. Two intersection points between the tool path and a circle or a sphere having a designated radius and centered on the velocity changing point are connected by a smooth curved tool path according to a multidimensional function or the like. In this way, the table format data is corrected.
US09715222B2
A data center infrastructure management (DCIM) system having an infrastructure control fabric (ICF) subsystem for enabling a manager component of an independent computing device to communicate directly with the DCIM system. The DCIM system, in one embodiment, may have a manageability subsystem engine for monitoring data being transmitted from the independent computing device. A domain model may be included that has an extension relating to information on the independent computing device. A services server may be used which provides a shared services infrastructure layer. The ICF subsystem may have components located in each of the manageability subsystem engine, the domain model, on the services server, and in the manager component of the independent computing device, to enable the independent computing device to directly query the DCIM system to obtain at least one of real time power, cooling and space information that is useful for the independent computing device to know before at least one of initiating an operation or continuing with an operation.
US09715221B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program product for increasing closed-loop stability in a MPC controller controlling a process where there are significant uncertainties in the model used by the controller. This invention focuses on the improvement of the robustness of the steady-state target calculation. This is achieved through the use of a user defined robustness factor, which is then used to calculate an economic objective function giveaway tolerance and controlled variable constraint violation tolerance. The calculation engine uses these tolerances to find a solution that minimize the target changes between control cycles and prevent weak direction moves caused by near collinearity in the model. If the controller continues to exhibit large variations in the process, it can slow down the manipulated variable movement to stabilize the process.
US09715218B2
The disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for dimming an alarm clock with three displays. An alarm clock can include three displays each positioned on a different side of the alarm clock to allow the alarm clock to be read from different vantage points. In some implementations, the alarm clock can include a front display, a right side display, and a left side display. Each display can have multiple brightness settings. Each display also can have a respective dimming button to allow a user to select a desired brightness level. In some implementations, the dimming button for the front display can serve as a master dimming button by controlling the brightness of all three of the displays, while the right side dimming button and the left side dimming button control only the brightness setting for the right side display and the left side display, respectively.
US09715214B2
A confocal rainbow holographic imaging system and hologram fabrication method. The system employs a multi-spectral light source, a multiple grating volume hologram and a dual pass illumination and imaging pathway which provide for depth sectioning of an object, coverage of the full FOV of the system, and high lateral and depth resolution. Dual matched holograms are used to provide a high image contrast ratio. A method for fabricating the holograms employ a novel combination of design tools is also provided.
US09715184B2
A method for producing a toner for electrostatic image development containing at least an amorphous polyester and a crystalline polylactic acid, including step 1: mixing an amorphous polyester and a crystalline polylactic acid at a temperature of from 140° to 250° C.; step 2: melt-kneading a mixture obtained in the step 1; and step 3: pulverizing and classifying a melt-kneaded product obtained in the step 2; and a toner for electrostatic image development obtainable by the method. The toner for electrostatic image development obtainable by the method of the present invention is suitably used in development or the like of latent images formed in an electrostatic development method, an electrostatic recording method, an electrostatic printing method, or the like.
US09715179B2
A lithographic apparatus includes a projection system configured to project a patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of a substrate. The projection system has a final element. The apparatus also includes a barrier member surrounding a space between the projection system and, in use, the substrate, to define in part with the final element a reservoir for liquid. The barrier member is spaced from the final element to define a gap therebetween. The apparatus further includes a deformable seal between a radially outer surface of the final element and a radially outer surface of the barrier member. The deformable seal is configured to substantially prevent a gas from flowing past the seal towards or away from the reservoir of liquid.
US09715177B2
A projection objective having a number of adjustable optical elements is optimized with respect to a number of aberrations by specifying a set of parameters describing imaging properties of the objective, each parameter in the set having an absolute value at each of a plurality of field points in an image plane of the projection objective. At least one of the optical elements is adjusted such that for each of the parameters in the set, the field maximum of its absolute value is minimized.
US09715173B2
An alignment exposure method and a method for fabricating a display substrate are disclosed. The alignment exposure method includes a first alignment exposure process and a second alignment exposure process. Multiple groups of alignment marks are provided at an edge of at least one side of the substrate in the first alignment exposure process. At least one group of mark structures are provided at an edge of at least one side of a mask employed in the second alignment exposure process. In multiple mask alignment processes in the second alignment exposure process, each group of the at least one group of the mark structures of the mask are aligned with groups of the alignment marks at a corresponding side of the substrate group by group. The alignment exposure method is employed to realize alignment exposure of a substrate with a size larger than a size of a mask.
US09715158B1
The present invention is notably directed to a (quasi) one-dimensional photonic crystal cavity. This cavity comprises a set of aligned pillars, where the pillars are embedded in a cladding. At least one of the pillars has a sandwich structure, wherein a layer of nonlinear optical material is between two layers of materials having, each, a refractive index that is higher than the refractive index of the nonlinear optical material. The invention can furthermore be embodied as an all-optical modulator or an all-optical transistor, comprising a photonic crystal such as described above. Finally, the invention is further directed to methods for modulating an optical signal, using such a photonic crystal cavity.
US09715154B2
A liquid crystal display including a first substrate, a gate line disposed on the first substrate, a gate insulating layer disposed on the gate line, a data line disposed on the gate insulating layer, a first passivation layer disposed on the data line, a color filter disposed on the first passivation layer, a second passivation layer disposed on the color filter, and a pixel electrode and a shielding electrode disposed on the passivation layer. The shielding electrode includes a lower layer formed at a same layer as that of the pixel electrode and an upper layer formed on the lower layer by using an opaque metal layer.
US09715153B2
A display device includes a transparent substrate having a display region with a plurality of scanning signal lines and video signal lines intersecting thereon, a first terminal formed outside the display region connecting to a first terminal wiring and a second terminal wiring connected to a semiconductor chip, and an inverted staggered thin film transistor. The first terminal includes a first portion, a second portion on the first portion, a third portion having an exposed planar terminal plate on the second portion, a plurality of first vias between the first portion and the second portion, and a plurality of second vias between the second portion and the third portion. The first portion is connected to the first and second terminal wirings, and each of the plurality of first vias is not overlapped with each of the plurality of second vias in plan view.
US09715151B2
A liquid crystal display includes: first and second substrate opposite to each other; data lines on the first substrate which transmits a first voltage; a voltage transmitting line on the first substrate which transmits a second voltage; and first and second pixel electrodes on the first substrate and spaced apart from each other, where one of the first and second pixel electrodes is applied with the first voltage through the data lines, the other of the first and second pixel electrodes is applied with the second voltage through the voltage transmitting line, each of the first and second pixel electrodes includes a stem and branches electrodes extending from the stem, the branches of the first pixel electrode and the branches of the second pixel electrode are alternately disposed, and the stems of the first and second pixel electrodes overlap at least a portion of the voltage transmitting line.
US09715147B2
A manufacturing method for a substrate for an LCD panel includes providing a substrate, and applying photoresist techniques to form a first wiring layer on the substrate and patterning the first wiring layer to form a first laminating layer. An insulating layer and a semiconductor film are also formed and the semiconductor film is patterned to form a second laminating layer. A second wiring layer is formed and patterned to create a third laminating layer, a passivation layer, and a conductive film, and the conductive film is patterned to form a pixel electrode and a fourth laminating layer. The first, second, third, and fourth laminating layers stack together to form the necessary spacer. A color filter substrate with a constant gap is held between the insulating layer and the first laminating layer, and between the passivation layer and the third laminating layer.
US09715144B2
The present invention relates to a photoalignment composition comprising a) 0.001 to 20%, by weight, preferably, 1 to 10% by weight, more preferably 1 to 9% by weight of at least one photoreactive compound (I) that comprises a photoalignment group and b) 80 to 99.999% by weight, preferably, 90 to 99% by weight, more preferably 91 to 99% by weight of at least one compound (II) that does not comprise a photoalignment group, and c) optionally at least one reactive or non reactive additives, and d) optionally at least one solvent. Further the present invention relates to the use of this photoalignment composition for the alignment of liquid crystals or liquid crystal polymers, in electro—optical and optical elements, systems and devices.
US09715142B2
A display device is provided. The disclosed display device includes: a frame having a display panel; a back surface cover for covering the back surface of the frame; a glass part for covering the front surface of the frame; and an edge light part, included in the frame, for irradiating light to the front surface and the back surface of the edge of the frame.
US09715141B2
A backlight module for a liquid crystal display including a light source, a triangular wedge for generating parallel beams, a reflecting device, and a deflection-collimating device, all of which are disposed in front of a liquid crystal display in sequence. The triangular wedge includes a first incident surface, a first emergent surface, and a second emergent surface. The included angle formed between the first emergent surface and the second emergent surface is 5°. The first incident surface is opposite to the light source. The reflecting device is disposed at one side of the first emergent surface to reflect the light rays from the first emergent surface back to the triangular wedge. The deflection-collimating device is disposed between the second emergent surface and the liquid crystal display to refract parallel beams from the second emergent surface to generate light rays vertical to the plane of the liquid crystal display.
US09715139B2
A curved display device comprises a liquid crystal panel; a backlight unit providing light to the liquid crystal panel, the backlight unit including a light guide plate having a curvature. The backlight unit further includes an elastic optical guide member coupled to the light guide plate, the elastic optical guide member having a substantially same curvature as the curvature of the light guide plate. The curved display device further comprises a first frame having a substantially same curvature as the curvature of the elastic optical guide member, the first frame coupled to the backlight unit and configured to support the backlight unit and a reinforcing member having a substantially same curvature as the curvature of the first frame, the reinforcing member coupled to the first frame.
US09715133B2
The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display and a driving method thereof. The liquid crystal display of the present invention includes a pixel electrode including: a first subpixel electrode, a second subpixel electrode, and a third subpixel electrode electrically separated from each other; a first thin film transistor connected to the first subpixel electrode; a second thin film transistor connected to the second subpixel electrode; a third thin film transistor connected to the third subpixel electrode; a fourth thin film transistor connected to the second subpixel electrode and the third subpixel electrode; a first gate line connected to the first to third thin film transistors; a second gate line connected to the fourth thin film transistor; a data line connected to the first and second thin film transistors; and a storage electrode line connected to the third thin film transistor.
US09715131B2
A semiconductor structure and a method are disclosed herein. The semiconductor structure includes a dielectric waveguide vertically disposed between a first layer and a second layer, a driver die configured to generate, at a first output node, a driving signal, a first transmission electrode located along a first side of the dielectric waveguide and configured to receive the driving signal from the first output node, a first receiver electrode located along the first side of the dielectric waveguide, and a receiver die configured to receive a received signal from the first receiver electrode.
US09715114B2
Integral optical stacks and optical systems including an image surface, a stop surface and an integral optical stack disposed between the image surface and the stop surface are described. The integral optical stack includes an optical lens, a partial reflector, a multilayer reflective polarizer and a quarter wave retarder. At least one chief light ray transmitted through the stop surface and the image surface passes through the stop surface at an incident angle of at least 40 degrees.
US09715112B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to suppression of stray light in head worn computing.
US09715111B2
Operations by an electronic device include randomly selecting an initial location among ordered keys for display of a selection indicia, and displaying on a display device the ordered keys containing symbols and the selection indicia at the initial location selected among the ordered keys. The operations further include moving the selection indicia from the initial location to a next location among the ordered keys responsive to a navigation signal from a user, and identifying one of the symbols as being selected by the user based on a present location of the selection indicia relative to one of the ordered keys containing the one of the symbols when a selection signal is received from the user. The one of the symbols is provided to an application as an input from the user.
US09715108B2
In a scanning optical apparatus provided with: a deflector including a rotating polygon mirror which deflects incident light; and an optical box which fixes the deflectors in a positioned state, the deflector uses any one of deflectors of a plurality of types having respectively different shapes of a fitting portion, which is fitted into a fit receiving portion provided in the optical box, and the optical box is provided with fit receiving portions of different shapes corresponding to the respective fitting portions of the deflectors of a plurality of types.
US09715091B2
A zoom lens, including, in order from object side: a positive first unit which is fixed during zooming; a negative second unit which moves for zooming; a positive third unit which moves for zooming; a positive fourth unit which moves for zooming; and a positive fifth unit which is fixed during zooming, in which 1.50
US09715089B1
A camera lens is disclosed. The camera lens includes five piece ultra-thin and wide angle lenses with excellent optical properties and with chromatic aberration sufficiently corrected as follows: a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with negative refractive power; a third lens with negative refractive power; a fourth lens with positive refractive power; a fifth lens with negative refractive power which are arranged sequentially from an object side to an image side. The camera lens is characterized in that it meets specified conditions.
US09715067B1
A head up display include an image source, and a waveguide. The waveguide has a first diffraction grating and a first end and a second diffraction grating at a second end. The waveguide is positioned as a combiner and allows viewing of an outside scene and information from the image source. The first and second diffraction gratings are surface relief gratings having a high index of modulation.
US09715063B2
A light interconnection device includes a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) waveguide including first and second metal layers and a dielectric layer provided between the first and second metal layers, and a plasmonic antenna including a slot penetrating through the second metal layer.
US09715061B2
In a backlight module of a display, a plurality of optical films has positioning protrusions disposed in a positioning slot of a plastic frame for correct installation of the optical films on a light guide plate. One or more middle optical films further include a fixing protrusion at the side corresponding to the light source and an existing opening formed by bending a system bracket out of a holder is provided for placement of the fixing protrusion of the middle optical films. A double-sided adhesive tape disposed between a display panel and the holder is further utilized for securing the fixing protrusion such that the middle optical films can be securely fixed and not falling apart during an impact test or a falling test.
US09715060B2
Light sources are disposed to face two opposite end surfaces of light guide plate. Cutout parts are provided at respective centers of other two opposite end surfaces of the light guide plate. Pinching members which pinch the light guide plate are attached to rear cover which covers one surface of the light guide plate, the pinching members being at positions corresponding to the respective cutout parts of the light guide plate. The rear cover pinches the other two opposite end surfaces of the light guide plate by two pinching members, while supporting the one surface of the light guide plate.
US09715057B2
A surface light source device includes a laser beam source, a laser beam guide rod for converting a laser beam into first linear light, an LED light source, an LED light guide rod for converting LED light into second linear light, a reflecting bar having a reflecting portion for reflecting part of the first and second linear light and a diffusion reflecting portion for diffusing and reflecting a residual part of the first and second linear light, and a light reflecting portion formed in a box shape and having an opening portion with an emission side opened and a reflecting surface on an inside of the box shape. Part of the first and second linear light is reflected by the reflecting portion and the reflecting surface, and a residual part is diffused and reflected by the diffusion reflecting portion and is emitted from the opening portion.
US09715052B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for a colloidal amorphous silicon liquid filter device, methods of using a colloidal amorphous silicon liquid filter device, and the like.
US09715046B2
Provided is a lens array, wherein partition walls are formed, using a blade, on a surface of a liquid-repellent substrate subjected to a lyophilic surface treatment, liquid-repellent groove sections formed by the blade, each of the liquid-repellent groove sections is V-shaped, lyophilic sections between the partition walls that are adjacent each other, and lenses are formed on the lyophilic sections using a liquid polymer.
US09715040B2
There is provided an optical film comprising a (meth)acrylic resin as a main component, a compound represented by the specific formula, and a rubber elastic body, and a method of manufacturing an optical film through a solution film-forming method, in which the optical film is composed of a (meth)acrylic resin as a main component, and contains a compound represented by the specific formula and a rubber elastic body, and a polarizing plate protective film having the optical film, and a polarizing plate having the polarizing plate protective film, and a liquid crystal display device provided with the polarizing plate.
US09715039B2
This invention consists of a unique apparatus and system consisting of devices, materials and methods specially engineered to perform high precision and smart cloud seeding by the dispersion of micro and nanoparticles of sodium chloride and similar chemistry compounds at specific locations with the purpose of rain induction and related applications. A safe and precise unmanned aerial vehicle UAV device instrumented with portable thermometer, hygrometer, barometer, anemometer and 3D visual register will scrutinize these internal cloud climate parameters. By means of these real time measurements and communications, a meteorological ground operating team is enabled to perform the data acquisition and processing from the clouds. This device and system be enabled to select the locations suitable for rain induction and perform on site accurate particulate seeding dispersion from a device mounted on the same UAV within the eligible clouds. Typical applications of this apparatus and system besides rain induction are fog condensation for airports, highways and other environments where visibility impairment may have critical consequences. This invention may also provide a valuable tool to provide solutions to control and mitigate snow, sleet and hail effects.
US09715037B2
An integrated acoustic and induction logging tool enables efficient logging operations and reduces logging string length. In some of the disclosed embodiments, an integrated acoustic and induction logging tool includes a mandrel compatible with acoustic logging operations and induction logging operations. The integrated acoustic and induction logging tool also includes an acoustic logging transducer set and an induction logging coil set, where a plurality of transducers of the acoustic logging transducer set are interspersed among a plurality of coils of the induction logging coil set along the mandrel. A related assembly method includes obtaining a mandrel compatible with acoustic logging and induction logging. The method also includes assembling an acoustic logging transducer set and an induction logging coil set along the mandrel, where a plurality of transducers of the acoustic logging transducer set are interspersed among a plurality of coils of the induction logging coil set along the mandrel.
US09715030B1
An apparatus for searching laundry articles to detect foreign objects commingled with the laundry articles, and for removing one or more laundry articles with which at least one detected foreign object is commingled, the apparatus including a detector creating a magnetic field through which the laundry articles are conveyed by a conveyor, and a removal mechanism activated by a trigger signal from the detector for removing from the conveyor one or more of the laundry articles with which at least one detected foreign object is commingled, and leaving other laundry articles on the conveyor for continued conveyance and free from detected foreign objects.
US09715025B2
A method and apparatus for normalizing an acoustic wellbore tool by correcting measured sector acoustic signals due to changes in pressure and temperature downhole, the method and apparatus comprising an acoustic wellbore tool having at least one monopole transmitter and monopole receiver, and one or more sector transmitters and receivers disposed along the longitudinal axis of the tool, determining the attenuation values of received monopole and sector acoustic signals, determining a correction ratio using an average sector attenuation value and a theoretical attenuation value, and correcting the sector acoustic signals using the correction ratio.
US09715022B2
A radiation detector package includes a support apparatus at least part of which is constructed from a naturally occurring radioactive material. A scintillator is associated with the support apparatus. The support may include a detector housing carrying a photodetector and the scintillator, and the detector housing may be constructed from the naturally occurring radioactive material.
US09715014B2
An antenna array, particularly for a radar system, having first antenna elements which are situated in a horizontal direction in a plane and which are developed to receive a first radio signal, having second antenna elements which are each situated above or below the horizontally situated first antenna elements and which are developed to receive the first radio signal, and having a processing device which is developed to calculate an azimuth angle and an angle of elevation of an object, that is located in front of the antenna array, from the radio signal received by the first antenna elements and from the radio signal received by the second antenna elements. Also described is a radar system, a vehicle and a method.
US09715011B2
A locating device, particularly a handheld locating device, includes a housing, a display unit, and a locating unit, which is provided in order to detect a presence of an item arranged in an examination object by means of a measurement signal and which comprises an arithmetic unit. The arithmetic unit determines an orientation of an item image relative to a reference variable.
US09715009B1
A system (100) for providing an integrated multi-sensor detection and countermeasure against commercial unmanned aerial systems/vehicles (44) and includes a detecting element (103, 104, 105), a tracking element (103,104, 105) an identification element (103, 104, 105) and an interdiction element (102). The detecting element detects an unmanned aerial vehicle in flight in the region of, or approaching, a property, place, event or very important person. The tracking element determines the exact location of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The identification/classification element utilizing data from the other elements generates the identification and threat assessment of the UAS. The interdiction element, based on automated algorithms can either direct the unmanned aerial vehicle away from the property, place, event or very important person in a non-destructive manner, or can disable the unmanned aerial vehicle in a destructive manner. The interdiction process may be over ridden by intervention by a System Operator/HiL.
US09715008B1
In one embodiment, an augmented reality application generates an augmented reality view that displays three-dimensional (3-D) ground penetrating radar (GPR) data on boundary surfaces of a virtual excavation. The augmented reality application calculates an intersection of the one or more boundary surfaces of the virtual excavation and the 3-D GPR data, and extracts data items of the 3-D GPR data that intersect the one or more boundary surfaces of the virtual excavation. The augmented reality application then projects two-dimensional (2-D) images based on the extracted data items onto the one or more boundary surfaces of the virtual excavation to show subsurface features in the augmented reality view that can be manipulated (e.g., moved, rotated, scaled, have its depth changed, etc) by a user.
US09715005B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media are disclosed for improving, in some examples, real time location systems with multiple location technologies. In one embodiment, a method is provided including receiving blink data from a location tag associated with a first sensor; receiving proximity data generated based on communications between the first sensor and a second sensor, the proximity data including a sensor identifier; calculating location data associated with the location tag based on the blink data; and determining sensor position calculation data associated with the first sensor based on the proximity data.
US09715004B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for radio positioning of a vehicle using a virtual positioning reference established by logging a known position of the vehicle together with a local time that a first instance of a predictably repeated code word is received from an opportunistic terrestrial radio transmitter. During movement of the vehicle to a second, unknown position, a local clock is used to determine the time difference between when the virtual positioning reference is predicted to receive a second instance of the code word and when the vehicle actually receives the second instance of the code word, thereby providing positioning information when traditional navigation signals such as GPS are not available. The radio positioning information is then used to initiate an action such as recording the location information for future retrieval by a user, and/or controlling the movements of an autonomous vehicle.
US09715001B2
A base station includes an antenna, a radio transceiver, an optical splitter, an optical-to-electrical converter, and a computation module. The antenna may be mounted to a tower and may be configured to receive an RF signal. The radio transceiver may be coupled to the antenna and mounted near the top of the tower. The transceiver may be configured to convert the RF signal to a baseband signal for transmission over a fiber optic link as a first optical signal. The splitter may be configured to split the first optical signal, received via the fiber optic link, into a second optical signal and a third optical signal. The optical-to-electrical converter may be configured to convert the second optical signal into an electrical digital signal including in-phase and quadrature (I/Q) data. The computation module may be configured to compute, based on the I/Q data, signal measurements for location of a mobile station.
US09715000B2
A system for use in identifying one of an unmanned ground vehicle and an unmanned aerial vehicle includes a signal emitter associated with the unmanned vehicle. The signal emitter includes at least one quantum cascade laser. The signal emitter emits a signal having a wavelength between approximately 2 μm and approximately 30 μm, and the signal is detectable to identify the unmanned vehicle as friendly at a distance from the signal emitter greater than approximately 1 meter.
US09714999B1
To acquire a more accurate tissue contrast image such as a water-fat separation image in time-series imaging by an MRI apparatus, a static magnetic field non-uniformity map is created from a plurality of echo signals having different TEs obtained in time series, and a water-fat separation image is obtained using the static magnetic field non-uniformity map. Processing (spatial direction discontinuity correction processing) for correcting discontinuity of a phase or a frequency in a spatial direction and processing (time-series direction discontinuity correction processing) for correcting discontinuity in a time-series direction are performed for the static magnetic field non-uniformity map.
US09714997B2
Positive contrast localization of magnetic (e.g. superparamagnetic) particles in vivo or in vitro by means of SWIFT-MRI using the imaginary component of MR image data in combination with an anatomic reference image derived from the real or magnitude component.
US09714996B2
The embodiments relate to a B1-map establishment system for establishing B1-maps, operating using a method including: establishing a number of relative B1-maps and storing the relative B1-maps for subsequent, in particular repeated use. The B1-maps are used in a method for establishing an actuation sequence including: establishing a quantitative B1-map. establishing normalized B1-maps on the basis of the relative B1-maps and the quantitative B1-map, and establishing an actuation sequence or acquiring magnetic resonance measurement data using the normalized B1-maps. Furthermore, the embodiments relate to an actuation sequence establishment system and a magnetic resonance imaging system including such an actuation sequence establishment system.
US09714986B2
A resolver has a stator includes a circular yoke, multiple salient poles radially projecting inward from the yoke, and winding wires wound around the salient poles via an insulator; a rotor disposed inside the stator; a wire outgoing portion arranged with plural terminal pins, the terminal pins being connected to end portions of the winding wires; and a terminal pin cover attached to the wire outgoing portion and covering the terminal pins. The terminal pin cover includes multiple spaces that individually contain one of the terminal pins. A filler is filled in each space, whereby the end portion of the winding wire electrically connected to the terminal pin is sealed in the filler.
US09714985B2
According to one embodiment, a calibration assembly includes an outer layer having at least one calibration trench extending along a y-axis, and an encapsulation layer within the calibration trench. The encapsulation layer has a plurality of nanoparticles spaced apart along said y-axis of said at least one calibration trench. Each of said plurality of nanoparticles are provided at known y-axis locations in said calibration trench, and each of the plurality of nanoparticles have a known magnetic property.
US09714983B2
A test instrument for use with a sample having a plurality of electrically conducting contact pads, the instrument including: a controllable, variable force linear actuator; a probe assembly operated by the linear actuator, the probe assembly having a probe head at one end with a surface for contacting the sample; a movable contactor assembly including a plurality of contacts for electrically contacting the plurality of contact pads on the sample; a housing on which the linear actuator and contactor assembly are mounted, the housing having an identified area for holding the sample during testing; a position sensor assembly for measuring changes in the position of the probe; and a sensor for measuring a force applied to the sample by the probe head.
US09714977B2
A burn-in test system may include a burn-in test chamber, a heating chamber and a cooling chamber. The burn-in test chamber may receive an object thereon. The burn-in test chamber may perform a burn-in test at a burn-in test temperature. The heating chamber may be positioned at a first sidewall of the burn-in test chamber, and may preheat the object. The cooling chamber may be positioned at a second sidewall of the burn-in test chamber, and may cool the object.
US09714976B2
A device for detecting a fault attack, including: a circuit for detecting an interruption of a power supply; a circuit for comparing the duration of the interruption with a first threshold; and a counter of the number of successive interruptions of the power supply having a duration which does not exceed the first threshold.
US09714972B2
A power distribution unit including a base, at least one socket, at least one detecting unit and a management unit is provided. The socket is disposed at the base and has at least one power end and a ground end. The detecting unit is disposed at the base. When a plug is disposed at the socket, the detecting unit outputs an alarm signal if the plug is electrically connected to the power end of the socket but the plug is not electrically connected to the ground end of the socket. The management unit is electrically connected to the detecting unit and performs a predetermined operation in response to the alarm signal.
US09714958B2
A detector for an electrical conductor includes a frame on which is mounted a mechanism including a magnetic toroid, divided into a first and a second branches and at least two jaws for anchoring the detector on the electrical conductor, each jaw being rotationally mobile between an open position and a locked position. The first branch of the toroid is secured to the frame and its second branch is rotationally mobile relative to the first branch, under the action of an elastic return member, between an open position, a preclosure position and a closed position of the magnetic toroid. The mechanism also includes a bearing member, secured to the second branch and defining at least one concave volume for partially receiving the electrical conductor. The bearing member is suitable for transmitting to the second branch a torque of pre-closure to a pre-closure position.
US09714954B2
An automation system for use with in-vitro diagnostics that includes a track configured to provide one or more paths and a plurality of sleeves. Each sleeve is configured to hold one of a plurality of fluid containers. The system also includes a plurality of carriers configured to travel along the track. Each carrier is separable from each sleeve and configured to hold one of the plurality of sleeves. The system further includes a tray having a plurality of rows. Each row is configured to hold at least one of: (i) one or more of the plurality of sleeves; and (ii) one or more of the plurality of carriers. The tray is configured to at least one of: (i) unload the plurality of sleeves or the plurality of carriers from the tray; and (ii) load the plurality of sleeves or the plurality of carriers to the tray.
US09714952B2
A sensor including a surface plasmon resonance detector with a reservoir for containing a liquid sample. The sensor further includes a sensing metallic film positioned within the reservoir so that at least a majority of a surface of the sensing metallic film is to be in contact with the liquid sample being housed within the reservoir. The sensory also includes a semiconductor device having a contact in electrical communication with the sensing metal containing film that is positioned within the reservoir. The semiconductor device measures the net charges of molecules within the liquid sample within a Debye length from the sensing metallic film.
US09714948B2
The invention provides a method for detecting one or more biological ligands, where the method generally uses two arrays of biological reagents. The two arrays have two different functionalities: the first array captures the ligands on the array; and the second array delivers detecting reagents to the captured ligands. Use of arrays affords the method high-throughput detection capability; and the use of two different arrays ensures high specificity. The first array has a support structure fixed with a first set of reagents, each at a pre-determined position on the support. The second array has a support structure fixed with a second set of reagents, each at a pre-determined position on the support. The first array contains reagent(s) binding to a ligand, while the second array contains second reagent(s) binding to the same ligand. In preferred embodiments, antibodies are used as reagents, and used in detecting proteins in protein samples.
US09714941B2
The invention provides a bio-sensing nanodevice comprising: a stabilized biologically-derived G-protein coupled receptor—the olfactory receptor—on a support, a real time receptor-ligand binding detection method, an odorant delivery system and an odorant recognition program. The biologically-derived G-protein coupled receptor can be stabilized on nanotechnology using surfactant peptide. The said nanodevice provides a greater surface area for better precision and sensitivity to odorant detection. The invention further provides a microfluidic chip containing a stabilized biologically-derived G-protein coupled receptor—the olfactory receptor—immobilized on a support, and arranged in at least two dimensional microarray system. The invention also provides a method of delivering odorant comprising the step of manipulating the bubbles in complex microfluidic networks wherein the bubbles travel in a microfluidic channel carrying a variety of gas samples to a precise location on a chip. The invention further provides method of fabricating hOR17-4 olfactory receptor.
US09714935B2
Provided are a noninvasive measurement of cell signals and a method thereof, wherein the measurement method can ascertain cell proliferation and differentiation states using MRS and can enable cells to be reused so that cell states can be evaluated with improved reproducibility and reliability. And since the cell signals are noninvasively measured using the MRS, the corresponding cells can be reused so that the cost and time needed for one experiment can be remarkably reduced.
US09714923B2
A system for measuring topography of the surface of a ground engaging tool is disclosed. The system may include a machine and the ground engaging tool. A phased array ultrasonic sensor may be associated with the ground engaging tool and configured to create ultrasonic pulses within the ground engaging tool. A communication device may be associated with the phased array ultrasonic sensor. A monitoring component may communicate with the phased array ultrasonic sensor via the communication device, and may be configured to receive signals from the phased array ultrasonic sensor and monitor the topography of the ground engaging tool.
US09714918B2
Provided herein is an apparatus for gel electrophoresis comprising a cassette and a comb having at least one wedge-shaped tooth.
US09714917B2
A desired effective voltage can be ensured with certainty in a preheating control. An operation control part 52 reads a correction value c with respect to a battery voltage Vb at the time of performing correction based on preliminarily stored correlation between a battery voltage Vb of a vehicle-use battery and a correction value c (S104, S106), and compensates for lowering of an effective value of a pulse voltage by adding a correction value c to a duty ratio calculated by a predetermined arithmetic expression thus ensuring a desired effective voltage with certainty in a preheating control.
US09714914B2
The present disclosure relates to an integrated chip having an integrated bio-sensor with a sensing well having one or more sensing well spacers that reduce a size of the sensing well after its formation. In some embodiments, the integrated bio-sensor has a sensing device disposed within a semiconductor substrate. A dielectric structure is disposed onto a first side of the semiconductor substrate. The dielectric structure has an opening with a first width, which is exposed to an ambient environment and that overlies the sensing device. One or more sensing well spacers are arranged on sidewalls of the opening. The one or more sensing well spacers expose a bottom surface of the opening to define a sensing well having a second width that is smaller than the first width.
US09714912B2
The invention provides a composition for lateral flow assay device that comprises at least one fabric strand coated with a conducting material and a diagnostic material. The invention also provides a lateral flow assay device(10) having a proximal end(12), a distal end(14) and a testing zone intermediate between the proximal end(12) and the distal end(14). The lateral flow assay device(20) is made of a fabric comprising at least one strand(22) that defines a flow path. The at least one strand of the fabric in the testing zone is coated with a conducting material(24). The at least one strand is made of at least one of a cotton, a silk-based material, and combinations thereof. The invention also provides a lateral flow assay system(40) comprising the lateral flow assay device(42) of the invention, wherein the at least one electrode(52) connected to the strand(50) coated with the conducting material and measurement means(54) to measure the output from the at least one electrode(52).
US09714910B2
An apparatus to detect and measure suspended particles in a molten metal where the suspended particles have an associated noise frequency range has in addition to the electrically non-conductive barrier for immersion in the molten-metal, a device to move the molten metal through an orifice in the barrier and electrodes, a time varying excitation source that generates an AC current at a predetermined range of excitation frequency that is out of the predominant noise frequency range to generate an AC signal that is representative of the measure of the suspended particles. A detector detects and quantifies from the measurement AC signal the suspended particles. The detector can be a synchronous detector.
US09714905B1
Methods and systems for setting up a wafer inspection recipe are provided. Inspection results produced by complete wafer inspection recipe candidates, each of which includes one or more optical mode candidates with at least one set of defect detection parameters, are compared to determine which of the complete wafer inspection recipe candidates is the best for use as the wafer inspection recipe. The method does not involve making any decisions regarding performance of the complete wafer inspection recipe candidates until after the inspection results have been compared. In other words, the method does not involve selecting optical mode(s) that will be used in the wafer inspection recipe followed by selecting the defect detection parameters for the selected optical mode(s). In this manner, a greater number of optical mode and defect detection parameters can be considered in an efficient manner to determine the best wafer inspection recipe for any given wafer.
US09714904B2
A light-emitting structure includes two outer shells configured to be joined together to cooperatively define a receiving space therein, a connecting assembly configured to join the two outer shells together, and two light-emitting assemblies coupled to the connecting assembly and configured to emit light inside the receiving space. The two outer shells define a number of viewing holes therein for viewing inside the receiving space. The light-emitting assemblies shine light from a number of different angles inside the receiving space.
US09714900B2
A system and optimization algorithm for determining the preferred operational wavelengths of a device configured for measurement of molecular analytes in a sample. Operational wavelengths are determined by solving a system of equations linking empirically defined functions representative of these analytes, spectrally dependent coefficients corresponding to these analytes, path lengths traversed by waves probing the analytes at wavelengths corresponding to the absorption level described by the functions representative of these analytes, and, optionally, a cost-function taking into account at least one of spectral separation between the operational wavelengths, manufacturability of wave source(s) producing wave(s) at operational wavelength(s), and the noise factor associated with the operation of such wave source(s).
US09714897B2
Hydrogel particles and their use in cytometic applications are described. The hydrogel particles described herein are selectively tunable to have at least one optical property substantially similar to the at least one optical property of a target cell. In this regard, the hydrogel particles provided herein in one aspect, are used as a calibration reagent for the detection of a target cell in a sample.
US09714884B2
A statistical basic classification model of acoustic features generated for at least one reference object is automatically adapted by a data processing unit based on acoustic features of a noise generated by an object to be investigated to obtain an individually adapted statistical classification model. The data processing unit then classifies the state of the noise-generating object based on the individually adapted statistical classification model.
US09714859B1
An oil level sensor assembly for an oil tank includes a cell with a first set of holes along the cell, an oil level sensor within the cell that is configured to be inserted into and removed from a bottom of the cell, and a ball valve column within the cell and adjacent to the oil level sensor. The ball valve column is rotatable, has ball valves that correspond with the first set of holes along the cell, and is configured such that the ball valve column is rotatable to an open position aligning the ball valves with the first set of holes to allow oil to access the oil level sensor and rotatable to a closed position misaligning the ball valves with the first set of holes to prevent oil from accessing the oil level sensor.
US09714854B2
Ultrasound tomography arrays and vortex shedding devices are provided which measure average flow velocity through Doppler shift of the fluid as well as cross sectional multiphase fluid composition in pipe or tubing conduits. Multiple tomographic arrays in conjunction with correlation of sensed flow patterns in time provided determination of flow velocity as well as cross sectional multiphase fluid composition. The tomographic arrays may be arranged in a skewed or slanted plane to measure velocity fluctuations downstream of a vortex shedding device where the period and amplitude of the fluctuations is correlated with the mass flow of the fluid. Additionally, the tomographic arrays provide the relative composition of the multiphase fluid. The multiple arrays together with correlation to determine velocity fluctuations downstream of a vortex shedding device where the period and amplitude of the fluctuations is correlated with the mass flow of the fluid. Additionally the tomographic arrays output the relative composition of the multiphase fluid.
US09714851B2
The invention relates to a detection device for detecting a property of a medium, comprising at least one detection sensor, wherein the detection sensor is arranged in a housing, the housing comprising a housing cover. The housing cover is a one-piece molded part, and a compensation element is arranged on or in the housing cover which forms at least one inlet channel with an inlet port for the medium. The inlet channel has a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion and the second portion are arranged at an angle different from zero to each other and a closure means closes the first portion of the inlet channel.
US09714850B2
An information processing device includes a storage section 50 that stores a history relating to the acquisition of measurement data, a history relating to an analysis position within an analyzer, and a history relating to a predetermined operation performed on a specimen using the analyzer as log information linked to time information, and a display control section 22 that performs a control process that displays these histories within a log display area on a display screen 40 in time series based on the log information, the display control section 22 performing a control process that displays a measurement result image generated based on the measurement data on the display screen, and, when an operation input that selects one measurement result image, performing a control process that displays a history that corresponds to the measurement data used to generate the selected measurement result image.
US09714844B1
A wireless sensor network at a monitored location can be configured to generate sensor channel(s) of data to assess operational conditions at the monitored location. Inputs based on the sensor channel(s) of data are provided to a host system for analysis of a demand to one or more resources at the monitored location. Response messages can be generated based on the demand analysis and transmitted to actuator(s) at the monitored location to effect an adjustment to the operational conditions.
US09714842B2
A self-test method by rotating the proof mass at a high frequency enables testing the functionality of both the drive and sense systems at the same time. In this method, the proof mass is rotated at a drive frequency. An input force which is substantially two times the drive frequency is applied to the actuation structures to rotate the proof mass of the gyroscope around the sensitive axis orthogonal to the drive axis. An output response of the gyroscope at the drive frequency is detected by a circuitry and a self-test response is obtained.
US09714834B2
An electronic device configured to detect arrival at a specified location, includes: a location information acquisition unit configured to acquire current location of the electronic device; a detection range setting unit configured to set detection ranges for detecting arrival of the electronic device at specified locations given the order; and a detection range control unit configured to change the detection ranges according to location status of the electronic device based on relationship between the current location and the specified locations.
US09714833B2
A method of determining the location of a point of interest is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of providing an optical detector; capturing an image by the optical detector; obtaining the position and orientation of the optical detector; identifying at least one coordinates of the point of interest within the captured image; mapping the position of the optical detector and the coordinates of the point of interest in a digital elevation model; and determining the location of the point of interest by projecting at least one path from the position of the optical detector through the coordinates of the point of interest in the digital elevation model. A system for determining the location of a point of interest by utilizing the aforesaid method is also disclosed herein.
US09714832B2
To dynamically vary map content based on the speed at which a portable device is moving, for a map in which a portable device user is following, a request for map data for a particular location is received along with an indication of the speed of the portable device. As a result, at least two versions of map data for the particular location are identified and one of the versions is selected based on the speed. The selected version is then transmitted to the portable device for display.
US09714825B2
A device (10) and methods for simultaneously measuring the thickness of individual wafer layers, the depth of etched features on a wafer, and the three-dimensional profile of a wafer. The structure of the device (10) is comprised of a source/receiver section (12) having a broadband source (14), a receiver (16) and a signal processing section (20). An interferometer (28) separates or combines measurement and reference light and has a measurement leg (30) and a reference leg (34), and a reference mirror (36). The device (10) analyzes a received spectrum which is comprised of a measurement of intensity versus wavelength. There are two measurement methods disclosed: the first method is utilized for taking a single measurement and the second method is utilized for multiple measurements.
US09714824B2
A lens shape measurement device, includes: a rotation unit that rotates a lens supported by a stage; a laser displacement meter; a first moving unit that moves the laser displacement meter in a X-direction; a second moving unit that moves the lens in a Y-direction; and a drive controller that controls a drive of the rotation unit, the first moving unit, and the second moving unit in a mirror reflection state in which an incidence angle of the laser beams incident on a measurement target from the laser displacement meter, and a reflection angle of the laser beams reflected by the measurement target are equal to each other with a normal line of the lens passing through the measurement target set as a reference, for each of a plurality of measurement targets set on an edge of the lens in a rotating direction of the lens.
US09714822B2
Projection exposure apparatus for microlithography comprising an optical distance measurement system
A projection exposure apparatus (10) for microlithography has a plurality of optical components (M1-M6) forming an exposure beam path, as well as a distance measurement system (30, 130, 230) configured to measure a distance between at least one of the optical components and a reference element (40, 140, 240). The distance measurement system comprises a frequency comb generator (32, 132, 232), which is configured to generate electromagnetic radiation (36, 236) having a comb-shaped frequency spectrum.
US09714816B2
A target and/or sign which is light weight, sturdy and easy to use may include a main body and a base configured for coupling to the main body. The base may include a main portion with two sides coupled to it. A coupling slit may be formed in each of the two sides. The sign may include two coupling locations formed in the main body. The coupling slits on the base are configured for receiving the two coupling locations on the main body. Embodiments of a target system may include a main body. At least one coupling location may be formed in the main body. The target system may also include a base. The base may include at least one coupling slit configured to receive the at least one coupling location. An extension piece may be placed between the base and the main body in the target and/or sign.
US09714811B2
A rear gun sight mountable to a firearm that includes an aperture module defining a gun sight aperture and a base. The base defines a recess for receiving the aperture module and the aperture module includes ribs that are slidably received by associated recess in the base to constrict the aperture module to relative rectilinear movement with respect to the base. At least one spring acts between the base and the aperture module. An adjustment member couples the module to the base such that rotation of the adjustment member moves the module towards and away from the base depending on direction of rotation. A detent resists uncontrolled rotation of the adjustment member. The aperture module includes a recess for receiving a light emitting member such as a tritium module.
US09714808B2
A bow for launching a projectile has a stock extending along a longitudinal axis and adapted for receiving the projectile. A biasing element has a traveling end and is biased in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal axis. A launcher has a traveling end adapted to engage the projectile for propelling the projectile in a forward direction. A launch system is mounted to the stock and has a leveraging component, the traveling end of the biasing element being coupled to the traveling end of the launcher through the launch system. Movement of the traveling end of the biasing element at a first rate from a cocked position to a released position during launch causes forward movement of the traveling end of the launcher at a second rate higher than the first rate, thereby launching the projectile from the stock.
US09714806B2
An apparatus (112) includes a housing (104) configured to couple the apparatus to a weapon mount (110) and to secure one or more gas springs (102). The one or more gas springs are configured to provide one or more forces. The apparatus also includes one or more wire ropes (114), where each wire rope is fixed at a first end to the weapon mount and has a hook at a second end. The apparatus further includes one or more guides (108) configured to guide the one or more wire ropes. In addition, the apparatus includes one or more bearings (106) configured to facilitate movement of the one or more wire ropes. The one or more wire ropes are configured to couple movement of the one or more gas springs to a tensile force on a front portion of the weapon mount or a weapon (116) so as to counter-balance a weight of the weapon in the weapon mount.
US09714790B2
A facility for controlling moisture in grains provided with a grain storage silo conveniently installed on a hard flat floor and inside of which a raised floor drilled with air passageways is provided, determining an air chamber inside the silo and below the perforated floor, into which previously conditioned air is blown by an air heater, wherein the control of hot air blowing times is determined based on modeling and calculating carried out by a programmable controller operatively connected to an ambient air temperature sensor located outside the silo, an ambient relative humidity sensor located outside the silo and a temperature air sensor located into the air chamber inside the silo, thereby causing the application of different stages of drying, rewetting and maintenance of the first bottom layer of grain, ranging between an upper and lower moisture limits narrowing around the desired moisture while the drying progress, leading to an homogeneous final moisture content of all the grain bulk.
US09714785B2
An appliance includes a cabinet; a first compartment; and a second compartment. The first compartment and the second compartment are separated by a horizontal mullion. The cabinet also typically includes a coolant system that has: a single compressor for regulating a temperature of the first compartment and a temperature of the second compartment operably connected to at least one evaporator; a shared coolant fluid connection system; and a coolant fluid spaced within the shared coolant fluid connection system used to regulate both the temperature of the first compartment and the second compartment. The compressor can provide the shared coolant at least two different pressures to at least one evaporator using the shared coolant fluid connection circuit. The ratio of the substantially steady state heat gain for the first compartment to the substantially steady state total heat gain for the overall cabinet is about 0.65:1 or greater.
US09714781B2
According to the present disclosure, in a container refrigeration apparatus configured to cool the inside of a container, the accuracy of determination of occurrence of a lock abnormality and a connection abnormality of a motor is increased, and erroneous detection of the motor abnormalities is reduced or prevented. The container refrigeration apparatus of the present disclosure includes an abnormality determinator configured to compare a value for current flowing through an in-compartment motor with a preset current threshold to determine occurrence of the motor abnormalities of the in-compartment motor, and a threshold changer configured to change the current threshold of the abnormality determinator in accordance with a supply voltage for each supply frequency of a power supply configured to supply power to the in-compartment motor.
US09714777B1
A thermal control arrangement includes a first heat pipe and a plurality of thermoelectric coolers. The plurality of thermoelectric coolers is disposed between the first heat pipe and a thermal load, each of the plurality of thermoelectric coolers having a first surface and a second surface, each respective first surface having a first thermally conductive coupling to the first heat pipe and each respective second surface having a second thermally conductive coupling to the thermal load.
US09714769B2
An air conditioner is disclosed. The air conditioner includes an indoor unit, a first outdoor unit including a first outdoor heat exchanger and a first compressor to be driven by electricity, a second outdoor unit including a second outdoor heat exchanger and a second compressor to be driven by an engine, a cooling water line, through which cooling water to cool the engine flows, and at least one waste heat-recovering heat exchanger for exchanging heat between refrigerant to be introduced into at least one of the first outdoor heat exchanger and the second outdoor heat exchanger and the cooling water flowing through the cooling water line. By provision of the waste heat-recovering heat exchanger, which heat-exchanges hot cooling water with refrigerant flowing through the first and second outdoor heat exchangers, frost formed on the first and second outdoor units during low-temperature heating is removed. It is possible to cope with a wide range of heating loads while achieving high efficiency, using both the electric heat pump (EHP) system and the gas engine-driven heat pump (GHP) system.
US09714766B2
A gasifier for disposing of biomass and other waste materials through a gasification and combustion process. The gasifier includes a primary chamber for receiving and holding biomass or a selected waste product. A heat transfer chamber is disposed adjacent the primary chamber. A burner is associated with the gasifier for generating heat and heating the gasifier during various phases or portions of the gasification and combustion process. In the gasification process, the heat transfer chamber is heated and the heat is transferred to the primary chamber where the biomass is heated. During the gasification process, biomass material is volatized generating fumes and gases that later react and release heat through exothermic reactions. Once the gasification process has been concluded, the process enters a combustion phase where the biomass is actually burned. During the gasification-combustion phases, the amount of heat supplied by the burner will vary. Generally the amount of energy or heat supplied by the burner will decrease throughout the process because the biomass itself will supply substantial amounts of heat through exothermic reactions.
US09714760B2
A light fixture installation mounting device facilitates electrical connection when installing a light fixture. The device includes a base assembly for coupling to a structure. The base assembly includes a mounting bar and a first support bar. Each of a plurality of first electrical couplers extends from the first support bar. First coupler wiring is coupled to each of the first electrical couplers. A connector couples the first support bar to a second support bar such that the second support bar is rotatable relative to the first support bar. Each of a plurality of second electrical couplers extends from the second support bar. Second coupler wiring is coupled to each second electrical coupler. The second electrical couplers engage and couple to the first electrical couplers wherein the first electrical couplers and the second electrical couplers are configured for electrically coupling the light fixture to an electrical source.
US09714745B2
An illumination device or method of generating illumination using an illumination device is described with two light sources with different spectral distribution a number of displaceable light collectors collecting light from the light sources where in one mixing position receiving light from both light sources where at least one of the light sources has two independently controllable light emitting areas and in one mixing position the collecting area collects light form the first light emitting area and substantially not from the second light emitting area. Further an unrelated illumination device with at least one Light Emitting Diode, LED and a current spreader connected to and covering a first area of a first side of the lead, spreading current in an irregular pattern and a current controller controlling current flowing through the first current spreader. The current spreader can be patterned to produce a round beam illumination or illumination in a form of a static picture or logo. A round beam illumination can better cooperate with an optical system of lenses in an illumination device. Further the current spreader can be patterned to have lower current density in the center to reduce/avoid temperature hotspot in the center and obtain a more even die temperature.
US09714737B2
A kinematic support structure of a “groove-groove-groove” type that reduces friction between a first base and a second base is provided. In the kinematic support structure, a first base comprises three grooves and a second base comprises three other grooves. Balls are all movable with respect to the first base and the second base. Two grooves corresponding in the two bases face each other across respective one of the balls.
US09714734B2
An expansion joint spring clip can eliminate flutter, pulsations and reverse bending on non-metallic fabric flue duct expansion joints. The expansion joint spring clip can hold the expansion joint in a fixed arch such that it can still perform its function with regard to accommodating the ducting system movements. The expansion joint spring clip allows the entire width of the non-metallic expansion joint to retain its position during start-ups, downloading and during full or partial boiler, kiln, furnace loads and the like. The expansion joint spring clip can be installed in the existing geometry of an expansion joint by producing an arch while not damaging the expansion joint after being installed. The expansion joint can still accommodate axial and limited lateral movements, allowing the expansion joint to perform its function.
US09714732B2
A connecting device for conduits or hose lines comprising a connecting body which has a borehole for conducting a medium flowing through the conduit or hose line therethrough, and a pipe-like end piece which can be inserted into a receptacle that is formed at the front end of the connecting body and which can fixed in said receptacle by means of a union nut that is arranged rotatably between a loosened position and an assembly position on the outside of the connecting body, wherein a display rendering the assembly state of the connecting device is arranged between the mutually facing end faces of the union nut and connecting body, is characterized in that the display consists of two annular display bodys (13, 14) as carriers of at least one marking in each case, each display body being formed at the end faces of the connecting body (10) and union nut (12), whereby at the start of assembly of the union nut (12) the markings of the two displays bodys (13, 14) are located at different locations on the circumference of the connecting body (10) and union nut (12) and when the assembly of the connecting device is completed, they are moved into a mutually agreeing position by the relative rotation of the two display bodys (13, 14) relative to each other that takes place when the union nut (12) is screwed on.
US09714730B2
Various identification tags are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a coupling with an extended skirt having an opening to receive an identification tag. The identification tag may be configured to be snapped into the opening, slid into the opening, or threaded into the opening, for example. The identification tag, such as an RFID tag, may include an electronics module to enable wireless communication with a reader. The electronics module may be received within a body to facilitate installation and retention of the tag and increase durability. The disclosed tags may also be installed in other components. Various other tags, systems, devices, and methods pertaining to identification tags are also disclosed.
US09714720B2
An electrical actuator (1) especially for operating a valve (2) has at least one electric motor (3), a drive shaft (4) driven by the electric motor (3) and a gear shaft (5) rotatable by the drive shaft (4), which gear shaft is connected to a valve member (6) in a motion-transferring manner. Between the drive shaft (4) and the gear shaft (5), a return stop device (7) especially acting both ways in rotational direction is formed. This return stop device (7) has a pot-shaped outer part (8) and a hub part (9) rotatably supported therein. The hub part (9) is connected to the gear shaft (5) in a torque-proof manner and within at least one free space (10) between the hub part (9) and the outer part (8) a wedging member is arranged. This is only movement into free rolling position by the drive shaft (4) under a rotation of the drive shaft (4). The invention enables an improvement of an electrical actuator to the effect that this is provided with a so-called “fail as is”-device, while having a simple, reliable and cost-efficient construction and without the use of a stronger motor.
US09714714B2
An outlet valve assembly for a fluid dispenser of a type having a pump fluidically coupled to a fluid reservoir includes an outlet nipple having a proximal end configured to be fluidically coupled to the pump and a distal end opposite the proximal end. The outlet nipple defines a conduit extending in a flow direction and has an annular protrusion extending radially inwardly intermediate the proximal end and the distal end. An outlet nozzle is coaxially received within the distal end of the outlet nipple. A resiliently deformable valve member is received within the conduit. The valve member includes a valve head portion having one or more slits defining an orifice and a peripheral valve portion outward of the valve head portion. The peripheral valve portion is retained between the annular protrusion of the outlet nipple and an end edge surface of the outlet nozzle.
US09714710B2
An energy saving seal seals between a bore and a shaft for separating an oil side from an air side of the seal. The seal includes an annular mounting portion having a bellows portion extending axially and radially inward from the mounting portion. An axial leg extends axially from the bellows portion toward the air side. A lay down sealing lip extends radially inward and axially toward the oil side from an end of the axial leg. The sealing lip includes a bead on an outer surface. A dust lip extends from the end of the axial leg in a direction opposite the lay down sealing lip. When the oil side is under a negative pressure, the axial leg flexes inward in response to the negative pressure and engages the bead to provide a self-contact feature that holds the lay down sealing lip in engagement with the shaft.
US09714705B2
A control method is provided for a powertrain in a vehicle, the powertrain including an engine mechanically connected to a gearbox and an Electronic Control Unit (ECU), wherein the method includes allowing an extraordinary gear shift in spite of a first torque comparison indicating an expected engine output torque demand above a first general limit for allowed output torque associated with the extraordinary gear shift provided that: a second torque comparison indicates that the expected engine output torque demand after the extraordinary gear shift is within the limits of a second temporarily increased allowed engine output torque limit; and an extraordinary gear shift criteria is fulfilled indicating a gear shift is allowed the criteria being dependent on at least one parameter chosen among estimated fuel efficiency, engine efficiency, expected future torque demand, time of running the engine above the general engine torque limit and engine temperature.
US09714700B2
A pulley for a continuously variable transmission and a method of creating an engineered surface on an outer surface of a pulley of a continuously variable transmission, with the engineered surface engaging with a belt or chain of the continuously variable transmission. The method comprising the steps of: determining an actual engineered roughness (Rpk) on the outer surface needed to obtain a predetermined friction between the engineered surface and the belt or chain; and etching microgrooves in at least a portion of the outer surface to create the engineered surface by employing a laser to etch the microgrooves, the microgrooves being formed to a depth that produces the actual engineered roughness (Rpk).
US09714698B2
A shifting device for a dual clutch transmission as a speed-change transmission for motor vehicles, including two coaxially arranged input shafts, each being activatable via a clutch, an axially parallel output shaft and gearwheel sets that are mounted on the shafts and can be shifted by means of shifting clutches to allow a plurality of forward gears and a reverse gear, the gearwheel sets being subdivided into a sub-transmission having the one input shaft and a sub-transmission having the other input shaft. To achieve a wider gear-ratio spread in a structurally compact construction, a planetary gear train that can be shifted between two gear ratio stages is mounted upstream of the sub-transmission having the hollow input shaft.
US09714692B2
The present invention relates to a power train of an automatic transmission, which includes seven rotating elements configured through two planetary gear sets, and selectively fastens three rotating elements through four clutches and three brakes, thereby providing nine forward speeds and one reverse speed.
US09714687B2
Method and device for indicating wear of a brake pad in a disk brake with an electric motor actuator
A method and device are provided for indicating wear of at least one brake pad in a disc brake having an electric motor actuator. The method adds up wear adjustment travel paths of the electric motor actuator and/or of an adjustment motor, and indicates the sum of the wear adjustment paths so obtained as the wear of the brake pad or as a residual brake pad service life.
US09714684B2
A ventilated brake disk for a motor vehicle has a rotor provided with two disks having respective inner faces, which are axially spaced apart and are joined to each other through a plurality of pins; the radially outermost end areas of the two faces axially define between them an annular passage, which houses the wavy intermediate portion of a wire damping element; this intermediate portion is elastically deformed in a direction parallel to the axis of the rotor so as to be forced against the disks; at its opposite ends, the wire damping element ends with two fastening portions which are radially inwardly bent with respect to the intermediate portion and are hooked to respective pins.
US09714677B2
In one or more embodiments, a coated connecting rod includes a first head including a first aperture, a second head including a second aperture, and a body connecting the first and second heads along a longitudinal axis, wherein the first head further includes face and back thrust surfaces abutting the first aperture and an anti-friction coating partially contacting at least one of the face and back thrust surfaces.
US09714671B2
A clamp is provided that allows for easily and securely mounting an object such as a PV panel to a rail having an internal recess or channel. The clamp utilizes one or more splice bars that extend into a recess of a rail that supports a PV panel. In one arrangement, the splice bar is inserted through an end of the rail into the recess such that a portion the splice bar extends beyond the end of the rail. A sliding clamp body engages lateral edges of the slice bar to, in one embodiment, compress a PV panel against a surface of the rail. The sliding clamp body may be affixed to the splice bar to secure the panel.
US09714670B2
A clamping assembly for attaching loads to various kinds of flanged seams, the assembly comprising a generally U-shaped clamp body, at least one clamping hammer disposed interior of the clamp body, the clamping hammer is secured to the clamp body along the longitudinal axis of the clamp body, at least one adjustment screw extending through the clamp body and adapted to selectively impinge against the clamping hammer and cause it to pivot about its axis or otherwise move inwardly within the clamp body, the adjustment screw extending transverse to the longitudinal axis of the clamping hammer, at least one locking screw adapted to selectively impinge against the clamping hammer to prevent pivoting of the same may be optionally provided whereby a standing seam received within the clamp body may be tightly grasped between the clamp body and the clamping hammer under action of the adjustment screw.
US09714666B2
The invention relates to a cooling fan module for a motor vehicle, having a fan impeller which has a multiplicity of fan impeller blades which are connected to one another via a fan impeller outer ring, having a frame, on which the fan impeller is mounted, having an annular reverse flow guide device, which has an inner ring and an outer ring and which is designed to de-spin a reverse flow between the inner ring and the outer ring and to mix said reverse flow with the slot flow between inner ring and fan impeller outer ring.
US09714656B2
A rotary machine includes a rotor, a rotating shaft fixed to the rotor, and a balance weight fixed to the rotor. The balance weight has a balance part fixed to the rotor and not contacting the shaft, a locking part, a shaft abutting part, and a coupling part coupling the balance part and the shaft-abutting part, The locking part is disposed on a side of the shaft opposite from the balance part. The locking part is locked with the shaft to limit movement of the balance part along a direction of centrifugal force. The shaft-abutting part is positioned between the shaft and the balance part, is coupled with the locking part, and contacts the shaft. A length of the locking part along a rotor radial direction is shorter than a rotor radial distance between the shaft and the balance part. The shaft-abutting part is radially shorter than the locking part.
US09714639B2
Some embodiments provide a pool cleaner generator module with magnetic coupling. The generator module can include a housing, a paddle wheel, a magnetic follower, and a generator. The generator can power components of the pool cleaner, such as light emitting diode (LEDs). The housing can be removably coupled to the pool cleaner and can include a flow directing portion positioned in a fluid path of the pool cleaner. The paddle wheel can be located adjacent to the flow directing portion and can rotate in response to fluid flow through the fluid path. The generator can be magnetically coupled to the paddle wheel and can generate power through rotation of the paddle wheel. The LED can be coupled to the generator and can receive the generated power from the generator to illuminate an area adjacent to the pool cleaner.
US09714630B2
A baffle for an air intake section of a rotary machine includes a pair of oppositely disposed perforated walls that at least partially define an exterior of the baffle and an interior cavity of the baffle. The baffle also includes a pair of panels disposed within the interior cavity. Each of the panels is coupled proximate a respective one of the perforated walls, such that a chamber is defined between the panels. Each of the panels includes a first sound absorbing material that is substantially completely vaporizable at an operating temperature of the rotary machine.
US09714628B2
An air cleaner includes an air cleaner case, a first filter element, a lid, at least one first engagement portion, and at least one second engagement portion. The air cleaner case includes an opening. The first filter element is preferably tubular and detachably disposed inside the air cleaner case. The lid is disposed on an extension line of an axis of the first filter element to cover the opening. The lid includes a rotatable handle. The first engagement portion rotates with rotation of the handle. The second engagement portion engages with the first engagement portion. When the first engagement portion is rotated along a first direction and engaged with the second engagement portion, the lid is fixed to the air cleaner case. When the first engagement portion is rotated along a second direction and disengaged from the second engagement portion, the lid is detached from the air cleaner case.
US09714626B2
An object of this disclosure is to provide a fuel injection device that can reliably detect an operation timing of a valve body, that is, a valve opening timing with high accuracy. The current of an electromagnetic valve reaches I2 at time t3, an FET 201 and an FET 221 are turned on, and a battery voltage VB is applied to the electromagnetic valve until time t5 is reached. The amount of displacement of the valve body reaches a target amount of control lift at time t4 between time t3 and time t5, that is, a movable core 304 comes into contact with a fixed core 301. The detection of the valve opening timing is performed during the period from time t3 to time t5.
US09714615B2
A method for controlling an electronically actuated valve is described. An ignition signal for a combustion engine is received. The ignition signal is filtered. A control pulse for controlling an electronically actuated valve is generated based at least on the filtered ignition signal. The electronically actuated valve may control the release of compressed gas.
US09714600B2
A ship comprises: a hull; an engine for propelling the hull; a harmful substance reducing device for reducing harmful substances included in exhaust gas discharged from the engine; and a preheating device for the harmful substance reducing device, preliminarily heating the harmful substance reducing device when the hull is located at an emission control area (ECA) preliminary entry point close to an ECA in which the emission of the harmful substances is restricted. The ship comprises: the hull; the engine for propelling the hull; the harmful substance reducing device for reducing the harmful substances included in the exhaust gas discharged from the engine; and an engine output control device for controlling the output of the engine to be lowered so as to reduce the amount of the exhaust gas discharged from the engine when the hull is located in the ECA or at the ECA preliminary entry point.
US09714596B2
A method of manufacturing an exhaust gas carrying device, in particular an exhaust gas purification device, and a tool provided therefor include segment-like jaws that are used to deforma an outer housing. The jaws have indentations or projections adjacent to each other, and which are complementary to form a continuously surrounding indentation/projection. The reshaped outer housing is provided with one or more surrounding projections or indentations by the deformation.
US09714594B1
An exhaust gas assembly includes an exhaust gas tube configured to receive an exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine, which includes at least one cylinder. An oxidation catalytic device may be operatively connected to the exhaust gas tube and includes a catalyst. A first temperature sensor is operatively connected to the oxidation catalytic device. A controller is operatively connected to the first temperature sensor. A hydrocarbon injector is operatively connected to the controller and configured to selectively inject an amount of hydrocarbon at a hydrocarbon injection rate. The controller includes a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which is recorded instructions for executing a method of controlling the hydrocarbon injection rate. The controller may be programmed to limit the hydrocarbon injection rate based at least partially on a combination of space velocity, temperature of the catalyst in the oxidation catalytic device and temperature of a particulate filter.
US09714591B2
A gas separator for removing contaminants from a crankcase gas which is produced during operation of an internal combustion engine includes a centrifugal rotor with a plurality of separation discs for separating the contaminants from the crankcase gas, the centrifugal rotor being arranged inside a stationary rotor housing having a gas inlet for conducting crankcase gas to the centrifugal rotor and a gas outlet for discharging the cleaned crankcase gas from the centrifugal rotor, and an electric motor which is arranged for rotation of the centrifugal rotor about a rotational axis, and A gear device is arranged between the electric motor and the centrifugal rotor, the gear device having a gear ratio arranged to increase the rotational speed of the centrifugal rotor in relation to the electric motor.
US09714589B2
The present invention refers to a crankshaft (1) for an alternative compressor comprising a main shaft (21) connected to an eccentric pin (2) by means of a peripheral flange (3) containing a lubricating hole (24) extending through said eccentric pin (2) and through at least part of the body of main shaft (21), one of the edges of said hole (24) being on the cylindrical surface (2a) of said eccentric pin (2). With this type of hole, the present invention allows for the use of shafts having extremely low diameters (and, as result, with low viscous loss), even with high eccentricities, whereby an excellent capacity of oil pumping and mechanical strength is maintained.
US09714588B2
An oil recirculation system for an engine is disclosed. The oil recirculation system includes a first conduit coupled to the engine to receive an oil and a second conduit coupled to the engine to supply the oil to the engine. The oil recirculation system further includes a filtering device disposed between the first and second conduits. The filtering device includes a first housing member defining a first chamber therein. The first chamber is in fluid communication with the first conduit. The filtering device further includes a second housing member removably coupled to the first housing member and defines a second chamber therein. The second chamber is in fluid communication with the second conduit. The first and second chambers together define a passage to receive the oil therethrough. The filtering device further includes a filter member disposed in the passage to filter the oil flowing therethrough.
US09714586B2
A CHP system includes a combustor (heat source), a Rankine cycle apparatus, and a second heat exchanger. The Rankine cycle apparatus includes, as an evaporator, a first heat exchanger that absorbs thermal energy produced in the combustor. The second heat exchanger is located farther from the combustor than is the evaporator, is in direct contact with the evaporator or in indirect contact with the evaporator via a thermally-conductive member, absorbs thermal energy produced in the combustor, and transfers the thermal energy to a heat medium.
US09714582B2
A sensor assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The sensor assembly includes a bushing and a probe. The probe includes a body, an anti-vortex tip, and a tip end. The body extends from the bushing and includes a body surface. The body surface is a right circular cylinder with a first diameter. The anti-vortex tip extends from the body and includes an anti-vortex tip surface. The anti-vortex tip surface is a conical surface extending from the body surface to a second diameter at a taper angle from fourteen degrees to sixteen degrees. The tip end extends with a spherical shape from the anti-vortex tip.
US09714570B2
A downhole tool having multiple packers and a controller operable to operate the packers to establish upper, middle, and lower intervals. The controller then establishes the upper and lower intervals at formation pressure, and establishes the middle interval at hydrostatic pressure. The controller then creates a pressure signal in one of the upper and lower intervals and then records a resulting pressure transient in both of the upper and lower intervals. The controller is also operable to establish the middle interval at formation pressure and establish the upper and lower intervals at below hydrostatic pressure but above formation pressure, and then create the pressure signal in the middle interval and subsequently record a resulting pressure transient in the middle interval.
US09714560B2
Treatment fluids suitable for use in subterranean operations may include a base fluid; a protected scale inhibitor; and at least one selected from the group consisting of (1) a metal crosslinker and a gelling agent, (2) an amine-based resin curing agent and an epoxy-based composition, and (3) any combination thereof, wherein the protected scale inhibitor is a scale inhibitor with at least one chelating group functionalized with a protecting group.
US09714551B2
A plug for well drilling process comprising: (a) a mandrel formed from a degradable material; (b) a pair of rings placed on an outer peripheral surface existing in the orthogonal to an axial direction of the mandrel, at least one of the rings being formed from a degradable material; and (c) at least one diameter-expandable circular rubber member placed at a position between the pair of rings on the outer peripheral surface existing in the orthogonal to the axial direction of the mandrel; the percentage of mass loss in the degradable material after immersion for 72 hours in water at a temperature of 150° C. preferably being from 5 to 100%; and a well drilling method comprising the step of plugging well hole using the plug for well drilling process, wherein part or all of the plug for well drilling process degrades after the plugging.
US09714547B2
A riser joint connection includes a box connector having a box preload fixture, a pin connector having a pin preload fixture, at least one shear element configured to fit into at least one shear element cavity defined by a box connector shear groove in alignment with a pin connector shear groove, wherein the at least one shear element contacts load surfaces of the pin connector and the box connector.
US09714543B2
A downhole stabilizer (5), such as a drill motor stabilizer, comprises at least one reaming means and/or reinforcing means (10). The present invention also relates to an assembly (30), such as a downhole drilling assembly (31), comprising at least one such stabilizer (5) and/or a drill bit (40,41) comprising a gauge bit (42) at or near a drilling end (45) thereof, and a connection means (46) for connecting the drill bit (40,41) to a drill motor assembly (60), wherein the drill bit gauge (42) comprises a substantially cylindrical portion having a length less than or equal to approximately 1.0 times the nominal bit diameter. The present invention also relates to a novel locking mechanism (80), such as a lock and key mechanism, to allow locking of a shaft (70′), e.g. a motor drive shaft (71′), through or together with a stabilizer (5′).
US09714540B2
The present invention concerns a fast roll-up door for closing an aperture (20), said roll- up door comprising: (a) a curtain (1) having two opposite and parallel lateral edges extending along a longitudinal direction, and two opposite end edges joining the lateral edges, the curtain comprising a continuous bead (3b) extending parallel and adjacent to each of the two lateral edges, said continuous beads (3b) being held in, (b) a pair of elongated guiding rails (4) suitable for interacting with the continuous beads (3b) of the lateral edges of the curtain, for holding said lateral edges, and for guiding them as the curtain is being wound or unwound about a rotating axle, X1, characterized in that, the curtain comprises a plurality of windows (8) of same geometry and evenly distributed along a line the continuous beads (3b) of the lateral edges of the curtain and in that, the roll-up door further comprises a speed device (10) for detecting and monitoring during the winding and unwinding of the curtain about the rotating axle, X1, of the time sequence of passage of the windows (8) before a fixed point, and thus for determining the instantaneous translation speed of the curtain along the guiding rails (4).
US09714533B2
In order to provide a biaxial hinge and terminal device which ensure that a first and a second casings can open and close 360 degrees relative to each other, as well as enable a keyboard portion and rubber feet to sink relative to the upper surface of the first casing, from a predetermined opening/closing angle, the biaxial hinge comprises a biaxial hinge portion and an actuating mechanism for actuating operating mechanism(s) working on keyboard and rubber feet. Further, the actuating mechanism comprises a cam part moving in association with the movement of the biaxial hinge portion and together with opening/closing operations of the first and the second casings, and a slide part of which an end contacts with the cam part. The slide part is further provided on the attaching plate attached to the first and the second hinge shafts so as to start moving from a predetermined opening/closing angle.
US09714531B2
A push-push latch arrangement includes, but is not limited to, a movable component adapted for mounting to a vehicle interior and configured to move between a first position and a second position. The arrangement further includes a latch component configured to engage the movable component and configured to move with respect to the movable component as the movable component moves between the first and second positions. The arrangement further includes a push-push pathway associated with either the movable component or the latch component. The push-push pathway has an ingress segment, a confining segment, and an egress segment. The arrangement further includes a pathway follower associated with either the movable component or the latch component. The pathway follower is engaged with the push-push pathway. The arrangement still further includes a damper engaged with the latch component and configured to retard movement of the latch component with respect to the movable component.
US09714524B2
A force transmission device configured to laterally displace a plane, such as a sliding door or glass, by joining with the plane and transmitting a lateral force to the plane. Once securely joined with the plane, the device forms a securely fastened, textured surface area enabling an object, such as a foot or hand, to laterally displace both the device and the attached plane. The device includes a base portion having a mount surface and an outer surface. The mount surface adheres to the plane through an adhesive portion. A cover portion may detachably cover the adhesive portion and be removed by a tab. A wedge portion having an apex end and a base end extends from the base portion to provide a surface for the object to apply a force on the device. The force is transmitted to the plane for lateral or pivotal displacement.
US09714520B1
An anchor bracket is secured to monopole reinforcing bars. The anchor bracket optionally includes a stiffener plate attached to the reinforcement plate. The stiffener plate is also attached to a hollow tube. An anchor passes through the tube of the anchor bracket and into the foundation of the monopole being reinforced.
US09714517B2
A cover for a hot tub comprises at least one deck that includes a rigid frame surrounded by a foam material covered on a top side and at side edges thereof with a layer of plywood coated with an elastomeric paint. A bottom side of each deck is covered with a first water impervious web. A skirt made from a second water impervious web is fixed proximate to at least one of the side edges of each deck and extends down to cover at least a portion of a peripheral wall of the hot tub when the cover is fixed over the hot tub. In one embodiment, a plurality of foam beams, each mutually separated and including a plurality of notches, convey heat from the hot tub through the deck to melt snow or ice formed on the top side of each deck.
US09714515B2
Building panels provided with a locking system for vertical and horizontal locking of a first edge and a second edge of adjacent panels. The locking system includes a displaceable tongue at least partly arranged in a displacement groove, a tongue groove, a cavity provided in a strip at the first edge, and a protrusion extending downwards at the second edge. The displaceable tongue is arranged to be displaced at least partly into the tongue groove during locking, and wherein the protrusion is arranged to be located in least a portion of the cavity when the panels are locked vertically and horizontally.
US09714510B2
Disclosed is a wall assembly including preformed building blocks and a trellis type support member for maintaining the building blocks in place in the desired orientation. The wall assembly further includes at least one support for holding the trellis upright. The individual blocks are connected to the supporting trellis for added stability. Although not every block in the wall need be connected to the trellis support member in order to achieve the desired added stability, it is preferred to connect each block in the wall to the trellis. Connectors are provided for connecting the blocks to the trellis. Each block preferably is connected to the trellis by at least one connector, most preferably by a pair of connectors. To accommodate relative movement or shifting of the blocks during installation and in situ, the connectors are preferably movably connected to the trellis or the block, or both.
US09714509B2
A glazing system for a building comprising a glazing panel, a support and an attachment assembly for attaching the glazing panel to the support is disclosed. The attachment assembly comprises a mounting secured to the support and a glazing fitting secured to the glazing panel. The mounting comprises a mounting member and the glazing fitting comprises a hook portion and the mounting is connected to the glazing fitting by a connection between the hook portion and the mounting member. The attachment assembly further comprises a shock absorber that allows the attachment assembly to move relative to the support upon applying an impact to the glazing panel, thereby improving the impact resistance of the glazing panel. Mountings and fittings for use in such glazing systems are also disclosed, as are methods of improving the impact resistance of a suspended glazing panel.
US09714507B1
A toilet sprayer having a mixing reservoir assembly for receiving incoming fresh water from a service line and for holding deodorizing tablets such that the deodorizing tablets mixes with incoming fresh water to form a solution. A spray hose in fluid communication with the mixing reservoir receives the solution. The spray hose connects to a hand-held spray wand assembly for emitting released solution from the spray hose. A shut-off valve can be used to shut off incoming water, a proportional valve can be used to adjust the concentration of the solution, a control valve controls the flow of solution from the spray wand assembly, and the spray wand assembly includes an adjustable spray head.
US09714503B2
An intelligent control faucet includes a faucet that includes a manual operation valve, an intelligent control module, a water egress tube, a cold water ingress tube, a hot water ingress tube, and a magnetic reed detection device. The water egress tube, the cold water ingress tube, and the hot water ingress tube are connected to the manual operation valve. The intelligent control module is connected, in a series manner, to the water egress tube. The magnetic reed detection device is mounted to the water egress tube and is connected through a feeding cable or directly to the intelligent control module. Water flow can be established or cut off through pulling the water egress tube so that the use is made easy.
US09714498B1
A berm repair assembly repairs a berm adjacent to a roadway. The assembly includes a hitch configured for coupling to a vehicle. An elongated frame has a main section coupled to the hitch. A triangular first outer section of the frame is coupled to and extends from the main section of the frame terminating at a first end of the frame. The first end of the frame is positioned in laterally spaced relationship to the hitch. A leveler is coupled to the first outer section of the frame. The leveler has a substantially V-shaped medial section and a pair of spaced opposed side walls. Each side wall extends from an associated end of the medial section.
US09714491B2
A holder assembly for a crowd control barrier has a bobbin 13 rotatably mounted within a container 12 and configured to have a flexible band 15 wound therearound with the free end 16 of the band emerging from the container whereby the band may be extended so that the free end can be connected to a remote support. When assembled, a spring 25 acts on the bobbin 13 such that tension in the spring is increased as the band 15 is extended whereby the spring may re-wind the band on to the bobbin. The bobbin 13 is axially insertable into and removable from the container 12 to allow the band to be changed. The spring 25 is associated with a carrier 24 and there is a screw-threaded mechanism 27 arranged to rotate the carrier 24 to pre-load the spring 25, as the bobbin 13 is inserted into the container 12.
US09714486B2
A railroad tie (1) is manufactured from at least plastic (2), wherein an elongated reinforcing structure (3) is embedded in the plastic. The reinforcing structure in the longitudinal tie direction (L) is extending at least from and including at least a part of one (15) of the two rail supporting longitudinal tie segments up to and including at least a part of the other (16) of the two rail supporting longitudinal tie segments of the railroad tie. In the two rail supporting longitudinal tie segments the railroad tie has a lower lateral stiffness than in an intermediate longitudinal tie segment (17), lying in-between the two rail supporting longitudinal tie segments, which lower lateral stiffness is realized at least by change of shape of the elongated reinforcing structure in the longitudinal tie direction and/or by the range within which said reinforcing structure extends in the longitudinal tie direction.
US09714483B2
An endless fabric belt for use in a paper, cardboard or tissue machine has machine-direction threads and cross-machine-direction threads. At least part of the threads are yarns composed substantially of a thermoplastic polymer material which is transparent for light of a wavelength. The fabric belt is a flat-weave with two front-side ends that are subsequently connected by bringing together end sections of the machine-direction threads in pairs with the formation of junction points and are woven with cross-machine-direction threads, forming a seam region. A material-to-material bond is formed in the seam region by absorbing light at the wavelength at yarn contact points. In the seam region, a plurality of spaced-apart, strip-shaped fabric sections are formed, in which the junction points and the yarn contact points which are connected to one another are arranged, and one strip-shaped fabric section without junction points is formed between two immediately adjacent fabric sections having the junction points.
US09714482B2
A method including: (a) contacting lime with an extract including an S1 solvent carrying a contaminant load to form a lime treated extract; and (b) reducing the contaminant load by removing solids.
US09714475B2
Provided is a method for obtaining a cooking vessel comprising the following steps: producing a container having an aluminum outer face and an inner face, carrying out hard anodization of at least the outer face of the container. At least one coloring step is carried out on the anodized outer face following hard anodization, said coloring step employing at least one water-soluble anthraquinone organic dye. Also provided is a culinary article or an electric cooking appliance comprising a cooking vessel obtained by the above method.
US09714474B2
A method and system for coating the interior surfaces of microscale hole features fabricated into the substantially planar surface of a work piece. The method comprises providing a work piece with a barrier metal coating that is substantially continuous and uniform both along the planar surface of the work piece and the inner surfaces of the microscale hole features wherein said barrier metal coating is applied by a substantially surface reaction limited process. The workpiece is provided with a coating, on the planar surface of the work piece, of a thick metal layer anchored to the barrier metal coat and disposed to provide substantially uniform electrical conduction capability to the microscale features located throughout and across the workpiece. An electrical contact path is provided to the electrically conductive coating at the perimeter of the work piece. The workpiece is immersed in a chemical bath, causing said chemical bath to fully contact the interior surfaces of the microscale hole features, said chemical bath containing metal ions suitable for electrodeposition. An electric potential is applied at the perimeter of the work piece to cause electrodeposition of metal ions onto all surfaces of the work piece including the interior surfaces of the microscale hole features to a predetermined finish coating in one step.
US09714471B2
This invention covers a formulation providing protection against corrosion in liquid and vapor phase. Such formulations are used in applications where engine parts or fuel cell systems are subjected to a “running-in” or “hot-test” prior to final assembly or storage. The invention includes a concentrate as well as a dilute solution. The synergistic combination of inorganic ammonium derivatives in combination with monocarboxylic or dicarboxylic acids increases the period of protection. This enables storage for a longer period when the engine parts are shipped or stored prior to assembling. The use of the described invention pre-conditions the metal surface and provides protection even if afterwards the liquid is almost completely removed.
US09714466B2
A vapor deposition device (50) in accordance with the present invention is a vapor deposition device for forming a film on a film formation substrate (60), the vapor deposition device including a vapor deposition source (80) that has an injection hole (81) from which vapor deposition particles are injected, a vapor deposition particle crucible (82) for supplying the vapor deposition particles to the vapor deposition source (80), and a rotation motor (86) for changing a distribution of the injection amount of the vapor deposition particles by rotating the vapor deposition source (80).
US09714462B2
A processing apparatus may include a down-facing substrate processing chamber fixed at acute angle to horizontal. A chuck plate on a platform may pivot from an open position wherein the platform is at an acute angle to the processing chamber, to a parallel position wherein the platform is parallel to the processing chamber. The chuck plate may then be moved linearly into sealing engagement with the processing chamber. A chuck holder may be provided on the platform to hold the chuck in place.
US09714459B2
The present invention is directed to a heat-resistant austenitic stainless steel sheet comprising, by mass %, C: 0.03% to 0.06%, N: 0.1% to 0.3%, Si: 1% or less Mn: 3% or less, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Ni: 5 to 12%, Cr: 15 to 20%, Al: 0.01% to 0.1%, Nb: 0.05% to 0.3%, V: 0.05% to 0.30%, Ti: 0.03% or less, (Nb+V)/(C+N): 2 or less and further a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, and wherein an amount of precipitates mainly comprised of carbonitrides is 1% or less.
US09714458B2
The embodiments provide a high-performance permanent magnet. The permanent magnet includes a sintered body having a composition expressed by a composition formula RpFeqMrCutCo100-p-q-r-t, with carbon in a range from 50 mass ppm to 1500 mass ppm. The sintered body also includes a metallic structure. The metallic structure includes a main phase having a Th2Zn17 crystal phase, and a secondary phase having a carbide phase of the M element of the composition formula. A ratio (I2/I1) of a maximum intensity I2 of a diffraction peak at an angle 2θ in a range from 37.5 degrees to 38.5 degrees to a maximum intensity I1 of a diffraction peak at the angle 2θ in a range from 32.5 degrees to 33.5 degrees is greater than 25 but no greater than 80 in an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by applying an X-ray diffraction measuring method to the sintered body.
US09714456B2
Pharmaceutical compositions comprising spray-dried oxalate decarboxylase crystals are disclosed. Methods to treat a disorder associated with elevated oxalate concentration using compositions comprising spray-dried oxalate decarboxylase crystals are also disclosed.
US09714455B2
A device for detecting nucleic acid amplification in a sample, comprising: a loading unit (thermoregulation unit) which is provided with a plurality of holes for loading reaction containers and capable of arbitrarily controlling a measurement unit for measuring samples in the containers that are loaded in the holes. The loading unit and the measurement unit, which are placed opposite to each other, can be operated independently from each other. In a transfer operation, the operation speeds of the thermoregulation unit and measurement unit are controlled so that the sum of these speeds amounts to an arbitrary constant value.
US09714444B2
Systems and methods for multiple analyte detection include a system for distribution of a biological sample that includes a substrate, wherein the substrate includes a plurality of sample chambers, a sample introduction channel for each sample chamber, and a venting channel for each sample chamber. The system may further include a preloaded reagent contained in each sample chamber and configured for nucleic acid analysis of a biological sample that enters the substrate and a sealing instrument configured to be placed in contact with the substrate to seal each sample chamber so as to substantially prevent sample contained in each sample chamber from flowing out of each sample chamber. The substrate can be constructed of detection-compatible and assay-compatible materials.
US09714440B2
The present invention provides a method of producing patchoulol and 7-epi-α-selinene, said method comprising contacting at least one polypeptide with famesyl phyrophosphate (FPP). In particular, said method may be carried out in vitro or in vivo to produce patchoulol and 7-epi-α-seline, compounds which can be useful in the field of perfumery. The present invention also provides the amino acid sequence of polypeptide useful in the method of the invention. A nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide of the invention and an expression vector containing said nucleic acid are also part of the present invention. A non-human host organism or a cell transformed to be used in the method of producing patchoul and 7-epi-α-selinene is also an object of the present invention.
US09714438B2
Sugar mixtures containing nonfermentable oligomers are fermented in the presence of certain enzymes that depolymerise the oligomers simultaneously with the fermentation process.
US09714431B2
The present invention provides transgenic plants with altered oil content. The invention further provides nucleic acid sequences and methods for generating such plants.
US09714426B2
Methods are described for the delivery of one or more small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) to a eukaryotic cell using a bacterium or BTP. Methods are also described for using this bacterium to regulate gene expression in eukaryotic cells using RNA interference, and methods for treating viral diseases and disorders. The bacterium or BTP includes one or more siRNAs or one or more DNA molecules encoding one or more siRNAs. Vectors are also described for use with the bacteria of the invention for causing RNA interference in eukaryotic cells.
US09714425B2
Disclosed are specific aphid dsRNA constructs that target either Chloride Intracellular Channel (CLIC) gene expression or Sucrase gene expression. Also disclosed is the use of dsRNA constructs of a CLIC gene to interfere with critical functions of CLIC gene peptide products. A novel method to develop nucleic acid control for pest management is also disclosed. Also disclosed is the use of dsRNA constructs to interfere with critical functions of Sucrase gene peptide products.
US09714418B2
Provided are modified santalene synthase polypeptides, nucleic acid molecules encoding the modified santalene synthase polypeptides, and methods of using the modified santalene synthase polypeptides. The modified santalene synthase polypeptides include those that catalyze production of increased levels of terpenes or altered profiles thereof or both.
US09714415B2
A method for stem or progenitor cell culture. More precisely, the invention relates to a method for cell culture using one or more IαI (inter-alpha trypsin inhibitor or Inter-alpha inhibitor) protein(s) or part(s) thereof as a component in a cell culture media or a coating on a cell culture surface material. Furthermore the invention relates to a cell culture media and a cell culture coating/matrix provided with one or more IαI proteins(s) or part(s) thereof.
US09714413B2
Disclosed is a method of producing non-exhausted immature dendritic cells (DCs) originating from at two different, allogeneic donors. In the method, a mixture of allogeneic leukocytes, which allogeneic leukocytes have been obtained from at least two different, allogeneic donors is provided. Subsequently, allogeneic monocytes are isolated from the mixture of allogeneic leukocytes. Thereafter, non-exhausted immature DCs are generated from said isolated allogeneic monocytes.
US09714409B2
The invention may be broadly defined as the addition of Argon to FFPE procedures as an RNA stabilizing agent. Argon is an inert gas from the Noble gas group with low saturation concentrations in water. It is therefore highly surprising that Argon would have any effect on RNA stability in the presence of Formalin, or any other chemical. This property of Argon appears to be specific in that other inert gases fail to show any RNA stabilizing effect.
US09714399B2
A process includes the transesterification of a fatty acid triglyceride ester with a salt of hydroxycarboxylic acid without making use of organic solvents. The process can carried out with natural oils as starting material and produces a mixture of medium chain mono and diglycerides and medium chain esters of hydroxycarboxylic acid.
US09714388B1
A process includes continuous steps and batch steps for recycling waste oil, fuel or antifreeze. The continuous steps include determining the volume of waste; pumping waste toward a distillation vessel; mixing waste with heated waste, and while flowing the waste into the distillation vessel performing steps of: maintaining a vacuum; heating the waste; returning a first portion of heated waste to the distillation vessel and a second-portion to mix with the waste feed; sending gaseous vapors to a condenser; returning some condensed liquid to the distillation vessel; and delivering condensed liquid as a product. The batch steps include: stopping waste flow into the distillation vessel; reducing pressure; heating the waste; returning the heated waste to the distillation vessel; condensing gaseous vapors; returning some condensed effluent to the distillation vessel; delivering some condensed effluent as a first product; and delivering heated waste as a second product.
US09714383B2
A liquid crystal composition having a suitable balance regarding at least one or two of characteristics such as a high maximum temperature of a nematic phase, a low minimum temperature of the nematic phase, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy, large positive dielectric anisotropy, large specific resistance, high stability to ultraviolet light and heat or a large elastic constant; and an AM device having a short response time, a large voltage holding ratio, a low threshold voltage, a large contrast ratio or a long service life. The composition has positive dielectric anisotropy and contains a specific compound having high stability to ultraviolet light as a first component, and a liquid crystal display device includes the composition.
US09714382B2
A liquid crystal composition having at least one or a suitable balance regarding at least two of characteristics such as high maximum temperature of a nematic phase, low minimum temperature thereof, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy, large negative dielectric anisotropy, large specific resistance, high stability to ultraviolet light or heat and a large elastic constant; an AM device having characteristics such as short response time, a large voltage holding ratio, low threshold voltage, a large contrast ratio and long service life are described. The liquid crystal composition has negative dielectric anisotropy, and contains a specific compound having negatively large dielectric anisotropy and a large elastic constant as a first component, and may contain a specific compound having high maximum temperature or small viscosity as a second component, a specific compound having negative dielectric anisotropy as a third component, and a specific compound having a polymerizable group as an additive component.
US09714381B2
The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds which contains at least one compound of the formula I, and at least one additional compound, and to the use of the LC mixtures for an active- or passive matrix addressed displays, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, IPS, FFS, PS-IPS, PS-FFS technology, preferably in optical displays for the self-aligning VA mode.
US09714374B2
Embodiments described herein provide a system and methods for protecting a fluid stream from fouling using particles that include phase change materials. In an example, the particles are injected into the fluid stream and release energy at a selected temperature, which may warm the fluid stream.
US09714372B1
A hydraulic cementing composition and a method of making the same is disclosed. The composition is useful to form a sheath of hardened cement in the annular space between a well pipe disposed in a well bore and the walls of the well bore. The cementing composition is a mixture of dry ingredients comprising hydraulic cement and an additive to control the loss of fluid from an aqueous slurry containing the cementing composition. The fluid loss additive and a method of making the same is disclosed. The fluid loss additive is the reaction product of three chemical compounds each having an ethylene backbone and functional groups selected from carboxylates, hydrogen, anhydrides and combinations thereof.
US09714370B2
Electrically and/or thermally conductive polymer composites and methods of preparing same are provided. In some embodiments, a method for preparing an electrically and/or thermally conductive polymer composite may include (1) mixing a polymer, a conductive particulate filler, and a solvent to form a non-conductive polymer solution or melt; (2) processing, the non-conductive polymer solution or melt to form a non-conductive polymer network composition; wherein the presence of solvent during three-dimensional network formation manipulates the polymer network structure; and (3) removing the solvent from the non-conductive polymer network composition to form an electrically and/or thermally conductive polymer composite. The altered polymer chain structure present in the non-conductive polymer network composition is maintained in the composite, and offsets the impact of particulate filler addition including increased modulus, decreased elasticity, and decreased elongation at break. This method enables development of composite materials with electrical/thermal and mechanical performance that can be tailored independently.
US09714368B2
A pressure-sensitive adhesive polymeric composition comprising the blend or reaction product of butyl rubber, an olefinic polymer component, filler that includes titanium dioxide, and an unfunctionalized phenolic resin, where the composition is devoid of isocyanate or isocyanate residue.
US09714365B2
Cure in place pressure sensitive adhesive compositions are described that comprise one or more of a bodying component, a structural diluent, a radical diluent as well as additives such as crosslinkers, external catalysts, photoinitiators and stabilizers/process aids. The bodying component can be acrylic or non-acrylic.
US09714359B2
The present invention is a composition comprising a stable aqueous dispersion of polymer particles and a sorbate ester, which is a liquid at 20° C. and has a molecular weight in the range of 125 to 500 g/mol. The composition of the present invention provides a way to enhance film formation of coatings prepared using relatively high Tg latexes without the aid of high volatile organic content (VOC) coalescents.
US09714358B2
A colorless varnish for digital printing includes a colorless paste, which is made up of anon-polar carrier fluid and a resin swollen in the non-polar carrier fluid. The resin is present in the paste in an amount ranging from about 20% (w/w) to about 50% (w/w). A solid polar compound is dispersed in the resin. The solid polar compound is present in an amount up to 60 wt. % of solids in the colorless paste.
US09714357B2
An object is to provide phthalocyanine pigment compositions that have good transparency, gloss, and suitability in the initial viscosity after production as well as outstanding storage stability when used in liquid ink.A copper phthalocyanine pigment composition containing copper phthalocyanine, a rosin compound, copper phthalocyanine sulfonic acid or its salt, and an aliphatic amine with the calcium content of the pigment composition being 200 ppm or less has good transparency, gloss, and suitability in the initial viscosity after production as well as outstanding storage stability when used in liquid ink.
US09714354B2
An active ray-curable inkjet ink which contains a photocurable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, a gelling agent and a non-polymerizable liquid compound that is in a liquid state at 25° C., with the liquid compound being contained in an amount of 15-50% by mass relative to the mass of the ink. Since droplets of this active ray-curable inkjet ink are prevented from combining with each other after landing, this active ray-curable inkjet ink is capable of providing high quality images. Meanwhile, the surface gloss of printed images is increased, and printed images having less coating film thickness difference (namely, less relief-like texture) can be formed.
US09714349B2
Provided is a hydrolysis-resistant polyester film having a low acid value due to suppression of acid value-increase during film formation. The hydrolysis-resistant polyester film of the present invention is a polyester film comprising a polyester resin composition, wherein the polyester resin composition that forms the films comprises 0.03 to 6.7 eq/ton of hindered phenol structural units, an acid value of a polyester that forms the film is less than 25 eq/ton, and an intrinsic viscosity of a polyester that forms the film is more than 0.64 dL/g and not less than 0.90 dL/g.
US09714345B2
Described are organopolysiloxane compositions that are capable of cross-linking and/or of hardening by polyaddition reactions so as to produce elastomers or materials made of silicone. Further described, is how the composition is useful for making a dental impression in the context of preparing prostheses.
US09714339B2
A rubber composition based on at least one diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler, a crosslinking system, an epoxy resin, at a content within a range extending from 1 to 20 phr, and a polyimine hardener, at a content within a range extending from 0.2 to 15 phr.
US09714338B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a polymer composition having properties resembling those of natural rubber, e.g. good durability (fracture resistance, wear resistance, and crack growth resistance), and a method for manufacturing the polymer composition. Specifically, the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a polymer composition including a mixture of polyisoprene and polystyrene/polybutadiene, comprising: polymerizing styrene monomer or butadiene monomer in the presence of a catalyst to synthesize polystyrene or polybutadiene; adding isoprene monomer to the polystyrene or polybutadiene thus synthesized, to synthesize polyisoprene and thus generate said mixture, wherein content of the styrene monomer or the butadiene monomer is set to be 10 mol % or less with respect to the total quantity of the styrene monomer/the butadiene monomer and the isoprene monomer.
US09714335B2
The invention has an object of providing a curable resin composition, an optical component, and a lens having excellent mold printability and excellent mold releasability. The invention relates to a curable resin composition including an alicyclic (meth)acrylate monomer having 2 or more (meth)acryloyl groups in a molecule; a polymer having a radically polymerizable group; a non-conjugated vinylidene group-containing compound; and a phosphoric acid ester, in which the phosphoric acid ester is contained by greater than 0.02 mass % and equal to or less than 3 mass % with respect to a mass of the curable resin composition; an optical component and a lens including the curable resin composition; and a method for manufacturing an optical component.
US09714320B2
A process for preparing a high molecular weight heteraromatic polyester or copolyester is disclosed. A process for preparing a high molecular weight heteroaromatic polyester or copolyester includes the steps of: (a) processing comonomers by mixing together to form a homogeneous solution (1) at least one heteroaromatic dicarboxylic acid having 2-12 carbon atoms or a diester or an acid anhydride derived therefrom, or a mixture thereof; (2) at least one alcohol having 2 to 12 carbon atoms and at least two hydroxyl functionalities; and (3) optionally aromatic or aliphatic dicarboxylic acids or diesters or acid anhydrides derived therefrom; (b) converting the paste/solution obtained in step a) into an esterification product containing at least one diester or at least one oligoester formed from the at least one heteroaromatic dicarboxylic acid and the at least one alcohol; and (c) polycondensing/copolycondensing the reaction product obtained from step b) under reduced pressure.
US09714312B2
Disclosed are a vinyl chloride based nanocomposite composition and a method of preparing the vinyl chloride based nanocomposite. According to the present invention, a method of preparing a straight vinyl chloride based nanocomposite having a nanomaterial uniformly dispersed therein, by using the vinyl chloride based nanocomposite composition when a vinyl chloride monomer is suspension polymerized in the presence of a protective colloidal agent and a polymerization initiator after preparing a water dispersion suspension using the vinyl chloride based nanocomposite composition based on a hydrophilic composition is provided.
US09714290B2
The invention provides an anti-CTLA4 antibody which inhibits the binding of CTLA4 to human B7, in particular, it inhibits binding of CTLA4 to human B7.1 and/or human B7.2. Specific antibodies are provided with specific variable region sequences as well as compositions comprising such antibodies for use in treating disease.
US09714281B2
The present invention relates to fibronectin based scaffold domain protein that bind interleukin 23 (IL-23), specifically the p19 subunit of IL-23. The invention also relates to the use of the innovative proteins in therapeutic applications to treat autoimmune diseases. The invention further relates to cells comprising such proteins, polynucleotide encoding such proteins or fragments thereof, and to vectors comprising the polynucleotides encoding the innovative proteins.
US09714275B2
Cancer cells when treated with cisplatin, paclitaxel, gemcitabine, Mycobacterium w or combination there of shows altered protein profile. Thus altered protein profile has at least one protein commonly expressed or over expressed. The commonly expressed or over expressed protein induces immune response specific to cancer cells (homologue and hetrologus) of tissue/organ of origin. The immune response generated by administration of commonly expressed or over expressed antigen not reactive to normal cells and cancer cells or different tissue/organ of origin.
US09714273B2
A method of producing synthetic spider silk, including: transforming Escherichia coli with an expression vector; fermenting the transformed E. coli in a culture medium; inducing spider silk protein expression in the cultured E. coli; extracting the spider silk; and purifying the spider silk. Related vectors and genetically modified cells are also disclosed.
US09714272B2
The invention relates to polynucleotides coding for the PPVO viral genome, to fragments of the polynucleotides coding for the PPVO genome and to polynucleotides coding for individual open reading frames (ORFs) of the PPVO viral genome. The invention also relates to recombinant proteins expressed from the above mentioned polynucleotides and to fragments of said recombinant proteins, and to the use of said recombinant proteins or fragments for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions.
US09714266B2
The invention relates to AKR1C3 inhibitors of formula (I) and to processes for preparation thereof, to the use thereof for treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases and to the use thereof for production of medicaments for treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, especially of bleeding disorders and endometriosis.
US09714262B2
A composition for forming a passivation layer, comprising a compound represented by Formula (I): M(OR1)m. In Formula (I), M comprises at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Nb, Ta, V, Y and Hf, each R1 independently represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms or an aryl group having from 6 to 14 carbon atoms, and m represents an integer from 1 to 5.
US09714260B2
[Problem] To provide: a compound resulting from substituting with a silicon atom the oxygen atom at position 10 of a xanthene ring site of a rhodamine of which amino groups at position 3 and position 6 have an asymmetrical structure; a method for producing the compound; and a fluorescent probe that uses the compound.[Solution] The compound represented by general formula (I) or a salt thereof.
US09714259B2
A compound includes the structure of general Formula II, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and/or solvates thereof: wherein R1, R2, R3, are independently selected from the group consisting of null, hydroxy, alkoxy, and halo, or R1 and R2 taken together form a cyclic boronate ester and R3 is null; wherein when four bonds to boron are present, boron bears a formal negative charge and the structure further comprises a countercation that is potassium or sodium, X1, X2, X3, and X4 are independently selected from the group consisting of O, CH, and N, with the proviso that no more than two of combined O and N are selected, and Z is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, and halogen, any of which may be optionally substituted. Such compounds can increase glucose uptake by cells and preferably do not substantially increase adipogenesis.
US09714245B2
The present invention relates to a compound according to Formula (A) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, hydrate or polymorph thereof, and its use.
US09714243B2
The present invention relates to 4-Pyridinonetriazine Derivatives of Formula (I); and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A, X, Y, R1, R2, R3 and R5 are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising at least one 4-Pyridinonetriazine Derivative, and methods of using the 4-Pyridinonetriazine Derivatives for treating or preventing HIV infection in a subject.
US09714230B2
Provided herein are substituted pyrazolylpyridine, pyrazolylpyridazine, and pyrazolylpyrimidine derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for inhibition histone demethylase. Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of cancer, such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, lung cancer and/or melanoma and the like.
US09714227B2
The present invention relates to a catalyst for the epoxidation of alkenes, comprising silver, rhenium, cesium, lithium, tungsten and sulfur on a support. The present invention further relates to a process for producing the catalyst and the use of the catalyst for the oxidation of alkylenes to alkylene oxides. In addition, the present invention relates to a process for preparing ethylene oxide from ethylene, which comprises the oxidation of ethylene with oxygen in the presence of said catalyst.
US09714213B2
A compound represented by general formula (1) a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a solvate thereof; wherein Ar represents an aryl group, or a 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl group containing a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; Y represents, for example, a hydrogen atom or a C1-C6 alkyl group; A represents a C1-C3 alkylene chain which may be substituted with two C1-C2 alkyl groups; X represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; V represents an oxygen atom or a methylene chain; and R represents a group selected from the formulae below:
US09714210B2
A liquid crystal composition satisfies at least one of characteristics such as a high maximum temperature, a low minimum temperature, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy, large negative dielectric anisotropy, large specific resistance, high stability to ultraviolet light, to heat or the like, or has a suitable balance regarding at least two of the characteristics; and an AM device has characteristics such as a short response time, a large voltage holding ratio, a low threshold voltage, a large contrast ratio and a long service life. The liquid crystal composition contains a specific compound having at least two polymerizable groups, and the liquid crystal display device includes the composition. The composition contains a specific compound having large negative dielectric anisotropy as a first component, and may contain a specific compound having the high maximum temperature or the small viscosity as a second component.
US09714206B2
Disclosed is a process for the reductive carbonylation of a low molecular weight alcohol to produce the homologous aldehyde and/or alcohol. The process includes conducting the reaction to produce the aldehyde in the presence of a catalyst complex composed of cobalt, an onium cation and iodide in a ratio of 1:2:4 with a phosphine ligand. A ruthenium co-catalyst is used in the production of the homologous alcohol. The reductive carbonylation reaction does not require an additional iodide promoter and produces a crude reductive carbonylation product substantially free of methyl iodide.
US09714203B2
The present invention is directed to reduced-energy improvements in methods and systems to produce styrene monomer via ethylbenzene dehydrogenation. The methods and systems reduce utility cost and provide savings in comparison with the current technology practiced in the industry.
US09714201B2
Process for preparing isononylamines starting out from 2-ethylhexanol, characterized in that (a) 2-ethylhexanol is dehydrated in the presence of a catalyst to form octene; (b) the octene obtained in step a) is reacted with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a transition metal compound of group VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements to form isononanal; and (c) the isononanal obtained in step b) is converted into isononylamines.
US09714195B2
A sizing composition for insulating products based on mineral wool, in particular glass or rock wool, includes at least one reducing saccharide, at least one hydrogenated saccharide, at least one polyfunctional crosslinking agent, and at least one polyglycerol.
US09714186B2
A device for bending sheets of glass running between a bed of upper rolls and a bed of lower rolls forming a shaping bed that pinches the sheets as they run, the shaping bed being disposed in a path having a curved profile in the running direction of the sheets of glass, the shaping bed including at least one roll of what is known as the rod/sheath type including a fixed metal rod preformed in a curved profile lengthwise and a flexible sheath that is able to rotate about the rod, the sheath being rotated about the rod. The roll of the rod/sheath type may include a metal rod preformed in a curved profile lengthwise and a flexible sheath that is able to rotate about the rod, the sheath including a first envelope made of a polymer material and a second envelope made of a flexible metal material disposed around the first envelope, the first and the second envelope rotating together as one.
US09714179B2
The present invention provides a process of oxygenated feed-water treatment of boilers in power station, carried out under an OT treatment process, suitable for both the monotube type boiler and the drum type boiler, and comprising an oxygenation stage comprising: a normal oxygenation converting stage and a decreased oxygenation film-supplementing stage; the normal oxygenation converting stage is a stage in which the feed water system is oxygenated both at the outlet of a condensate polishing system and at the inlet of a feed water pump of a high pressure feed water system, and the concentration of dissolved oxygen in the main steam is controlled to be ≦5 μg/L; the decreased oxygenation film-supplementing stage is a stage in which, after an oxide film is formed in the feed water system, the amount of oxygenation at the high pressure feed water system is decreased so that the amount of the oxygen added is only for supplementing and maintaining the oxide film, while the concentration of dissolved oxygen in the main steam is controlled to be ≦5 μg/L. It can ensure that a dense protection film can be formed and maintained on the metal surface of the pipes in a feed water system, thereby reducing the iron content in the feed water; excessive oxygen is prevented from entering the high temperature heating surface and causing the peeling off of the oxide skin; and the amount of oxygen consumed is significantly reduced, thereby decreasing the amount of maintenance.
US09714168B1
A method for making a high activity ortho-para hydrogen conversion catalyst is set forth wherein a solution of ruthenium cation is mixed with a solution of a poorly coordinating anion such as aluminate to form a precipitate and the precipitate-containing solution is adjusted to a pH of 7 before recovering the catalyst. A product of this process and a method of using such product is disclosed.
US09714167B2
In an embodiment, a process of making C2+ hydrocarbons comprises contacting a feed comprising a methane steam reforming gas and an additional carbon dioxide with a manganese oxide-copper oxide catalyst to produce a product syngas in a contacting zone under isothermal conditions at a temperature of 620 to 650° C.; and converting the product syngas to C2+ hydrocarbons in the presence of a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst; wherein the methane steam reforming gas has an initial H2:CO volume ratio greater than 3; wherein the product syngas has a H2:CO volume ratio of 1.5 to 3; and wherein the contacting further comprises removing water.
US09714160B2
A lifting apparatus for lifting and lowering vehicles or the like, including a support which is movable up and down and on which a load receiver is provided, the load receiver having at least one supporting arm. An articulated connection is formed between the supporting arm and an add-on part and once the add-on part is oriented in an angular position with respect to the supporting arm, the add-on part and the supporting arm are mountable and fixable with respect to each other by a toothed element, a blocking element and a lock pin.
US09714158B2
In an elevator counterweight device, a frame body includes a first stile, a second stile, a crosshead provided between upper portions of the stiles, and a plank provided between lower portions of the stiles. On both sides of the frame body in a width direction thereof, a plurality of guide devices are provided. Each of the crosshead and the plank is coupled to the first stile and the second stile so as to be pivotable. Each of the guide devices is displaceable in the width direction of the frame body and a thickness direction of the frame body relative to the frame body, and is pivotable about an axis parallel to a vertical direction of the frame body as a center.
US09714156B2
The apparatus includes a positioning unit and an alignment unit. The positioning unit extends across the elevator shaft in a second direction and comprises at each end a first attachment mechanism movable in the second direction for supporting the positioning unit on opposite wall structures in the elevator shaft. The alignment unit extends across the elevator shaft in the second direction and is supported with support parts on each end portion of the positioning unit. Each end portion of the alignment unit is individually movable in relation to the positioning unit in a third direction perpendicular to the second direction. The alignment unit includes further at each end a second attachment mechanism movable in the second direction for supporting the alignment unit on opposite guide rails in the shaft. The second attachment mechanism includes a gripper for gripping on the guide rail.
US09714152B2
An apparatus for folding in two a continuous web (10) that advances in a longitudinal direction (A), comprising: a folding station (22) designed to fold said continuous web (10) along a line of longitudinal folding (B) parallel to said longitudinal direction (A); and an alignment station (24) for mutual alignment of opposite longitudinal edges (14) of said continuous web (10), wherein said alignment station (24) comprises two suction belt conveyors (42, 44) having respective branches facing one another (50, 52) designed to pick up by means of suction respective folded sections (34, 32) of said web (10), said suction belt conveyors (42, 44) being mobile in a transverse direction (D) and being associated to a control device (72) designed to move said suction belt conveyors (42, 44) by the same amount and in opposite directions in said transverse direction (D) as a function of information on the position of said longitudinal edges (14).
US09714148B2
An image forming apparatus, including: a decision unit configured to decide a size of a recording material on a manual feed tray; a storage unit configured to store the size of the recording material decided by the decision unit when the image forming apparatus is shifted from a first mode in which power is supplied to the decision unit to a second mode in which the power is not supplied to the decision unit; a display unit configured to display information; and a control unit configured to cause the display unit to display a screen for confirming the size of the recording material on the manual feed tray in a case where the size of the recording material decided by the decision unit when the apparatus is shifted from the second mode to the first mode does not match the size of the recording material stored in the storage unit.
US09714147B2
A sheet processing apparatus, comprising a thickness detecting device, the thickness detecting device including: a plurality of conductive displacement members; a plurality of resonance circuits that are disposed to correspond to the plurality of displacement members, each include a coil facing the corresponding displacement member and a capacitor, and neighboring resonance circuits resonate at different resonance frequencies; and a calculator that calculates a thickness of the sheet based on impedance values of the plurality of resonance circuits and the plurality of displacement members.
US09714146B2
A sheet storage apparatus includes a storage apparatus body, a sheet stacking portion, a rear end regulation member, and a rear end regulation attachment. The sheet stacking portion has an opening opened in an upward and downward direction, and is movable upward and downward with respect to a bottom portion of the storage apparatus body. The rear end regulation attachment is detachably attached to the rear end regulation member, which regulates an upstream end position in the sheet feed direction of the sheet stacked on the sheet stacking portion. The rear end regulation attachment includes a regulating portion that extends toward the bottom portion through the opening. The rear end regulation attachment regulates the upstream end of the sheet on a position downstream, in the sheet feed direction, of a regulating position of the rear end regulation member.
US09714144B2
A product conveying and accumulation system utilizes multiple moving conveyors, including a first conveyor which transports product from an upstream location. A second accumulator conveyor, curvilinear in configuration, traveling at substantially the same or similar speed or a designated variable speed as the first conveyor, is aligned in the same plane as, is adjacent to, and may mate with the first conveyor at a predetermined location for contiguous movement in the same direction as the first conveyor at this predetermined location. A third accumulator conveyor is located within the curvilinear conveyor and substantially within the same transverse plane as the first and second conveyors. The presence of this third accumulator component into the conveyor system permits additional products to accumulate and circulate on and then ultimately be discharged from the conveyor system.
US09714136B2
A pad of the optionally flexible, disc-shaped/flat type filled with a product to be extracted and/or a product to be dissolved, provided with an optionally flexible bottom sheet and an optionally flexible top sheet manufactured from, the top sheet and the bottom sheet being interconnected at their longitudinal edges so that a covering with a circumferential sealing seam is formed, with the product situated between the top sheet and the bottom sheet, the bottom sheet and the top sheet each forming a filter which is at least virtually impermeable to the product and which is at least permeable to water, while an area of the covering is designed to be at least virtually impermeable to water, the area comprising, preferably, at least one annular sub-area covering at least a part of the sealing seam, and that the area extends outside the sealing seam at predetermined positions.
US09714132B2
Manually operated dispenser for media, with a reservoir (1), with a pump part (2) which is mounted on the reservoir (1) and comprises a nozzle-shaped discharge portion (3) with a discharge portion end (5) having a discharge opening (4), with an actuation mechanism (6) assigned to the pump part (2), and with a protective cap (7) covering at least the discharge portion end (5), wherein a soft porous insert (8) provided with an antimicrobial additive is inserted into the protective cap (7) and can be pressed when the protective cap (7) is fitted from above onto the discharge portion end (5) with spring support.
US09714112B1
The sealing device for a paper-based container has an elongated release base member with a double-sided adhesive layer on a major side along the length of the release base member. The release base member is adhered to a front portion of a flap of the container by the double-sided adhesive layer so that the flap may be used to seal the container. To open the container, a pull strip of the release base member is pulled off and the flap is separated. To reuse the container, a second sealing device is applied to another flap of the container so that the container may be reused.
US09714111B2
The cushioning material is assembled by: bending a single sheet, which comprises a bottom sheet, a first side sheet, a second side sheet, and an upper sheet, into a rectangular cylinder shape and inserting second flaps and an interlocking sheet in an insertion hole of a middle sheet; bending each first flap away from the first side sheet and bending the middle sheet towards the first side sheet to fit together second interlocking grooves with first interlocking grooves; bending the interlocking sheet to be roughly perpendicular to the upper sheet and bending the second flaps to be roughly perpendicular to the interlocking sheet to engage interlocking sections with the first flaps.
US09714107B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for counting a plurality of objects and parsing the objects into groups of varying quantities. In various embodiments, the system includes a singulating and counting module operable to singulate and count a plurality of objects from a large volume of the objects. Additionally, the system includes a diverter and accumulator module operable to receive the singulated objects, parse the objects into groups of varying quantities, and direct each group into a selected one of a plurality of discharge funnels. Furthermore, the system includes an object collection module operable to position a plurality of object collection receptacles adjacent the discharge funnels such that each group of objects is deposited into a respective corresponding one of the object collection receptacles.
US09714104B2
A packing method for applying a heat-seal overwrap to a package of tobacco articles having an inner container, which houses a group of tobacco articles; an outer container housing the inner container in sliding manner; and a hinged lid, which closes an open top end of the inner container; the packing method including the steps of folding a sheet of heat-seal wrapping material into a tube about the package to form a tubular wrapping; folding two ends of the tubular wrapping to complete the overwrap; stabilizing the overwrap with two transverse heat seals; and, at least when making the transverse heat seals, compressing a front wall of the outer container, so as to move at least part of a top edge of the front wall of the outer container beneath a top wall of the lid.
US09714099B2
A processing station for registering a piece of passenger's luggage for a trip, wherein the processing station includes an injector for receiving the piece of luggage associated with the passenger; at least one sensor associated with the injector, the at least one sensor, in combination with at least the floor of the injector, creating a zone around the piece of luggage. A controller associated with the sensor being adapted to monitor, via the at least one sensor, intrusions through the zone to determine one or more of whether a predetermined limit on dimensions of the piece of luggage has been exceeded or whether a foreign object has intruded the zone from outside, and allow further processing of the piece of luggage only if no intrusion of the zone is detected. The controller also adjusts the area of the zone to accommodate different sizes of luggage.
US09714090B2
An aircraft for vertical take-off and landing includes an aircraft assembly which includes at least one first wing portion providing a lift force during a horizontal flight, at least one wing opening disposed on a vertical axis of the at least one first wing portion and at least one propeller-based thruster positioned inside the at least one wing opening to provide vertical thrust during a vertical flight. The aircraft assembly can further include air vents positioned inside at least one of the wing openings. The air vents can further include louvres positioned over or under the air vents to open and close the wing openings. The thruster can further be used to provide flight control for the aircraft.
US09714083B2
Color applications for aerodynamic microstructures are disclosed herein. One disclosed example apparatus includes an aerodynamic microstructure of a vehicle, sub-microstructures superimposed on the aerodynamic microstructure, and a color application defined on or within the microstructure.
US09714082B2
Apparatus and methods for robust lift generation through flow separation suppression are disclosed. One example apparatus includes a cowling extending from a surface of a fluid dynamic body to provide an exhaust stream directed over the fluid dynamic body. The example apparatus also includes a fluid ejection slot proximate or on the fluid dynamic body, where the fluid ejection slot is to direct a compressed fluid along a surface of the fluid dynamic body. The example apparatus also includes rotatable vanes having blunt leading edges, where the vanes are proximate the fluid ejection slot to direct the compressed fluid to affect attachment of the exhaust stream to the fluid dynamic body to enhance lift.
US09714079B2
A high-lift device includes a flap body which is provided at a rear portion of a main wing which generates a lift for the air vehicle such that the flap body is deployed with respect to the main wing and stowed in the main wing and extends along a wingspan direction of the main wing; and a gap increasing section provided at an end portion of the flap body in an extending direction of the flap body, to increase a gap between the rear portion of the main wing and a front portion of the flap body in a state in which the flap body is deployed.
US09714076B2
A rowing shoe retaining system includes a plate mountable to a sole of a shoe and a receiver mountable to a footboard of a rowing boat. The receiver removably retains the plate, thereby removably retaining the shoe.
US09714073B2
An underwater propulsion belt that propels a user underwater and includes a plurality of gates, each gate has a channel. A pump is found in each gate and is controlled independently form the other gates. A power supply powers the pumps to pump water in either direction through the channel. The underwater propulsion belt further includes circuitry configured to receive diver information from the user and from one or more sensors. The underwater propulsion belt controls, based on the information, the movement of the user. The user's position is calculated based on whether the user is in an upright or prone position, and maintains, based on the calculation, the user's balance.
US09714067B1
A bicycle chain device that includes a mounting bracket configured to be affixed to a bicycle. The bicycle has a solitary bicycle front sprocket. A cage is movably mounted to the mounting bracket so that the cage is positioned adjacent to the front sprocket. The cage has a chain-receiving slot, through which a bicycle chain passes. The cage is configured to move in accordance with a shifting operation of a bicycle rear derailleur to maintain alignment with a chain to prevent the chain from falling off the sprocket.
US09714065B2
A modifiable bicycle includes a frame having a frame mount to which various components with mounting plates can be attached. The bicycle can be modified in a variety of ways by adding and removing components so as to function as a pedaled bike, a balance bike, or a scooter.
US09714058B2
A vehicle includes a vehicle body arranged along a longitudinal axis and having a first vehicle body end configured to face oncoming ambient airflow when the vehicle is in motion relative to a road surface. The vehicle additionally includes a spoiler assembly mounted to the vehicle body. The spoiler assembly includes a spoiler body arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The spoiler assembly also includes a mechanism configured to vary a position of the spoiler body relative to the first vehicle body end. Such varying of the position of the spoiler body relative to the first vehicle body end is intended to control a movement of the ambient airflow relative to the vehicle body.
US09714056B2
A method of controlling a vehicle includes moving a lift generating device to generate lift when a vehicle speed is greater than a pre-defined speed, a steering angle of the vehicle is equal to or less than a minimum angle value, a lateral acceleration of the vehicle is equal to or less than a minimum lateral acceleration value, and a corner brake fluid pressure at any of the wheels is equal to or less than a minimum brake fluid pressure. A downforce generating device is moved to generate downforce when the vehicle speed is greater than the pre-defined speed, the steering angle is equal to or greater than a maximum angle value, the lateral acceleration is equal to or greater than a maximum lateral acceleration value, and the corner brake fluid pressure at any of the wheels is equal to or greater than a maximum brake fluid pressure.
US09714039B2
A knuckle thrower for a railway coupler assembly, the thrower having a knuckle actuating leg, a leg lock seat, an upper pivot structure, a lower trunnion, and stress relief feature for relieving stresses imparted on the thrower, which, according to some embodiments may include a recess provided in the perimeter wall thereof, and one or more supporting ribs.
US09714036B2
An autonomous driving device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a value corresponding to a steering operation during an autonomous driving, and a control unit configured to perform the autonomous driving and to control switching of a driving state between the autonomous driving and a manual driving. In a case where a first value corresponding to the steering operation is equal to or greater than a first threshold value and a second value corresponding to the steering operation before the driving state is switched from the autonomous driving in progress to the manual driving is equal to or greater than a second threshold value, the control unit decelerates the vehicle and switches the driving state from the autonomous driving in progress to the manual driving.
US09714035B2
A deceleration control system includes: a travel distance acquisition unit configured to acquire a travel distance measured by a sensor of a vehicle; a measured distance recording unit configured to record a measured distance in a recording medium for each travel road segment through which the vehicle travels, the measured distance being the travel distance from a predetermined measurement start position; a reference position setting unit configured to set a reference position based on the measured distance and a deceleration position in which the vehicle decelerates, the reference position being a position located on the near side of the deceleration position by a predetermined reference distance; and a deceleration control unit configured to perform deceleration control based on the travel distance from the reference position.
US09714033B2
A vehicle collision avoidance system that utilizes signal emitters and receivers positioned around the periphery of vehicles to detect nearby vehicles. Upon detection of a nearby vehicle, the system may execute any of a variety of predefined responses based on the distance from the local vehicle to the detected nearby vehicle.
US09714026B2
A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle is provided with a first charge controlling device configured to maintain output of an internal combustion engine at a predetermined value or more, and to charge a power storing device with an output excess with respect to an output request for the internal combustion engine. The control apparatus includes a second charge controlling device configured to charge the power storing device with an output increment caused by upshift of a gear shifting device. The control apparatus further includes a transmission time changing device configured to extend an execution time of the upshift or to delay start timing of the upshift, in order to prevent charge power for the power storing device from exceeding an input limit value for the power storing device, if the control time of the output reduction request overlaps the control time of the upshift request.
US09714020B1
A hovercraft assembly includes a vehicle that may be driven. A pair of propulsion units is provided and each of the propulsion units is coupled to the vehicle. Each of the propulsion units may urge air outwardly from the body. Thus, the vehicle may levitate with respect to support surface. Each of the propulsion units may direct the air in a selected direction with respect to the body. Thus, the propulsion units may urge the vehicle along the support surface in a selected direction. Each of the propulsion units is operationally coupled to the handlebars such that the handlebars control operational parameters of each of the propulsion units.
US09714018B2
A solenoid valve for a brake system capable of reducing noise and vibration caused during operation of the solenoid valve. The solenoid valve includes a valve core, a valve dome, an armature, and a plunger. An upper surface of the armature is recessed to form an insertion recess, a buffer member buffers an impact between the armature and the valve dome, the buffer member includes a support part between the upper surface of the armature and the valve dome and buffers and supports the armature, and an insertion part connects to the support part and inserted into the insertion recess.
US09714001B2
A pedestrian protection apparatus of a vehicle includes a first pressure sensor installed at a first side of a front side of the vehicle and a second pressure sensor installed at a second side of the front side of the vehicle. A hollow tube extends between and is connected with each of the first and second pressure sensors. A control unit is configured to receive pressure values output by the first and second pressure sensors and determine whether a collision object is a pedestrian based on the received pressure values.
US09713998B2
An airbag system includes an airbag. The airbag includes a face portion configured such that when the airbag is inflated; the face portion forms a corrugated section. The corrugated section has a plurality of corrugations. The plurality of corrugations is configured to impede movement of an occupant's head from a center of the airbag toward a side of the airbag during impact. The plurality of corrugations is formed using a plurality of tethers attached to the face portion.
US09713977B1
A cargo handling device is disclosed for a vehicle. The cargo handling device comprises a base and a lower track. A traveler and a storage unit slidably engage the lower track between a proximal end and a distal end. A linear actuator displaces the traveler between the proximal end and the distal end. A telescoping actuator is pivotably coupled to the traveler and the storage unit. A contracted length in the telescoping actuator maintains the traveler abutting the storage unit during displacement of the traveler between the proximal end and the distal end. An extended length in the telescoping actuator displaces the storage unit from the traveler upon the traveler positioned at the distal end. The extended length defines a horizontal displacement and a vertical displacement of the storage unit from the traveler for positioning the storage unit adjacent the surface.
US09713964B2
In a drive control system for a fuel cell-equipped vehicle including a rotating electrical machine, a control unit includes a rapid warm-up processing module for performing rapid warm-up by the low-efficiency power generation of a fuel cell, a torque command value limiting module 68 for limiting the torque command value in accordance with the change of a system voltage caused by rapid warm-up processing, and an FC output command value calculating module for calculating the output command value of the fuel cell in accordance with the limited torque command value. In a storage device connected to the control unit, a system voltage characteristic map which shows the torque-rotation speed characteristics of the rotating electrical machine corresponding to the system voltage is stored.
US09713963B2
A system includes a processor configured to send likelihood-of-success request, including vehicle state information. The processor is further configured to receive information representing likelihood of reaching route points, utilizing a current vehicle charge, along with effects on the likelihood based on one or more power utilization changes. The processor is also configured to interactively display the received information and receive power utilization change selection. Also, the processor is configured to calculate a new likelihood of reaching the points based on the selection and display updated information based on the calculation.
US09713959B2
Motor vehicle having a hybrid drive which includes at least one wheel which can be driven by an electric machine, wherein a recuperation device is provided which permits recuperation of energy in a recuperation phase during a braking process, wherein a brake system is provided with a pedal, at least one master brake cylinder and at least one wheel brake which fluidically activates the wheel brake on the basis of a movement of the pedal by a brake pressure, wherein a pressure-reducing valve device is provided which reduces the brake pressure in the recuperation phase, and wherein a compensator is provided for compensating a hydraulic effect of the pressure-reducing valve device, wherein in the effective range of the pressure-reducing valve device two master brake cylinders are provided whose pistons are rigidly coupled to one another via a connecting element.
US09713947B2
A system is configured to control aerodynamics of a vehicle. The vehicle includes a vehicle body having a front end facing an ambient airflow when the vehicle is in motion relative to a road surface. The system includes an adjustable aerodynamic-aid element mounted to the vehicle body. The system also includes a mechanism configured to vary a position of the adjustable aerodynamic-aid element relative to the vehicle body and thereby control movement of the airflow. The system additionally includes a sensor configured to detect a height of the vehicle body relative to a predetermined reference frame and a controller configured to receive a signal from the sensor indicative of the detected vehicle body height. The controller is also configured to determine a ride-height of the vehicle using the detected vehicle body height and to regulate the mechanism in response to the determined ride-height to control aerodynamics of the vehicle.
US09713942B2
A tire with a radial carcass reinforcement, having a crown reinforcement, itself capped radially by a tread connected to two beads by two sidewalls, the tread having at least two layers of blended elastomeric compounds that are radially superposed and have a voids ratio that is lower in the central part than at the axially outer parts. A first layer of blended elastomeric compounds of the tread is made up of a first blended elastomeric compound forming a part extending at least into the region of the equatorial plane and of at least two axially outer parts formed of a second blended elastomeric compound, the first blended elastomeric compound having a macro dispersion Z-value higher than 65 and a maximum tan(δ) value, denoted tan(δ)max, lower than 0.150, and the second blended elastomeric compound having a maximum tan(δ) value, denoted tan(δ)max, lower than 0.130.
US09713941B2
A tire of which the tread contains at least two layers of blended elastomeric compounds that are radially superposed and have a voids ratio that is lower in the central part than at the axially outer parts. A first layer of blended elastomeric compounds of the tread is made up of a first blended elastomeric compound forming a part extending at least into the region of the equatorial plane and of at least two axially outer parts formed of a second blended elastomeric compound, the first blended elastomeric compound having a Z-value higher than 55 and a tan(δ)max value lower than 0.120, the second blended elastomeric compound having a Z-value higher than 50 and a tan(δ)max value lower than 0.100, and the complex modulus G*1% at 100° C. of the second blended elastomeric compound having a value at least 5% higher than that of the modulus G*1% at 100° C. of the first blended elastomeric compound.
US09713926B2
A photo-curable ink jet ink set includes an undercoating photo-curable ink jet ink containing a (meth)acrylic acid ester having a vinyl ether group expressed by general formula (I), and an overcoating photo-curable ink jet ink. The undercoating photo-curable ink jet ink has a higher surface tension than the overcoating photo-curable ink jet ink.
US09713912B2
An article may include a substrate comprising a matrix material and a reinforcement material, a layer formed on the substrate, an array of features formed on the layer, and a coating formed on the layer and the array of features. The article may have improved thermal and/or mechanical stress tolerance compared to an article not including the array of features formed on the layer.
US09713909B2
An adjustment system for adjusting the position of at least one sliding block of a movable crosspiece of a press with respect to the respective column of the press on which the sliding block may slide, a first wedge is integral with the movable crosspiece, a second wedge is sliding on the first wedge, a pin defining an axis and having a first eccentric end accommodated in a cavity provided in the second wedge, a first actuating member adapted to rotate the pin causing the translation of the second wedge along a direction transversal to the axis, a second actuating member adapted to translate the pin from a first locked position to a second unlocked position in which the pin can rotate about the axis.
US09713897B2
A preform, which makes it possible to obtain PEF containers (bottles) having the awaited properties, notably mechanical, by an industrial injection stretch blow molding process, is of made of a thermoplastic PEF polymer of 2,5-FuranDiCarboxylic Acid (2,5-FDCA) monomer and monoethylene glycol (MEG) monomer and comprises a neck end 2, a neck support ring 3, and a closed tubular body portion 4. The preform is designed so as to produce, by injection stretch blow-molding, a container, the axial stretch ratio of which is greater than or equal to its hoop stretch ratio. Also provided is a plastic container 10, preferably a bottle, obtained by injection stretch blow-molding of PEF preform, the bottle 10 having an axial stretch ratio greater than or equal to the hoop stretch ratio. A method for manufacturing the bottle 10 is also provided.
US09713893B2
Methods of preconditioning comestible materials such as foods or feeds include the step of separately injecting steam and water into a static mixer in order to create a blend, which is then injected into the materials within a preconditioner barrel. The methods yield increased cook values in the preconditioned materials, with a reduction in evolved steam from the preconditioner.
US09713891B2
A method is provided of cleaning of a portion of a mold component, the portion of the mold component including a passage configured, in use, to allow passage of fluid and to prevent passage of melt, the method comprising: entering the mold component into a cleaning configuration, whereby a portion of the passage becomes part of a molding surface; performing a molding cycle to fill in at least the portion of the passage with molding material for incorporation and removal of a residue there from. Also provided is a mold having a first mold half and a second mold half, the halves being movable relative to each other. A mold shut height adjustment apparatus can provide for a change in the mold shut height.
US09713886B2
A cavity between inner and outer walls of an open-box-shaped mold is filled with a polyurethane reaction mixture, containing an isocyanate and an emulsion of an isocyanate-reactive composition with three polyols and a blowing agent, which is cured to a polyurethane containing polymer. The inner and outer wall are a fixed distance from one another and each wall comprises a bottom and sides. The mixture is fed through an inlet in the bottom of the outer wall. Before filling the cavity, the mold is turned downwards so that the mixture foams upwards, filling the cavity. The three polyols are polyether polyol obtained by adding an epoxy to carbohydrates or difunctional or higher-functional alcohols; polyether polyol obtained by adding an epoxy to an aromatic amine; and polyester polyether polyol obtained by adding an epoxy to the esterification product of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid derivative and a difunctional or higher-functional alcohol.
US09713885B2
A device and method for reinforcing, baffling or sealing a vehicle structure, comprising the steps of providing a flexible composite sealing device including one or more fastening structures.
US09713857B2
To obtain a laser joining structure and a laser joining method that can suppress a decrease in strength or rigidity of a third plate that is disposed at an interval apart from at least two metal plates. A laser joining structure has at least two metal plates whose superposed region, at which the at least two metal plates are superposed with one another, is joined by laser welded portions at two or more places, and a third plate that is disposed at an interval apart from the superposed region. A through-portion, that passes-through the third plate and through which laser light is irradiated onto the superposed region and that is of a number that is less than a number of the laser welded portions, is formed in the third plate.
US09713854B2
A system and method of friction welding a workpiece. A curl forming die may be disposed proximate a first part and a second part. The curl forming die may form a curl that is generated when the first part is friction welded to the second part.
US09713852B2
A welding tool includes a first handle and a second handle. The welding tool also includes a torch nozzle holder configured to hold a nozzle of a welding torch therein, and to block the nozzle from extending therethrough. The welding tool includes a blade assembly positioned a predetermined distance from the torch nozzle holder. The blade assembly is configured to cut welding wire extending through the blade assembly to calibrate wire stickout from the welding torch to the predetermined distance.
US09713851B2
A method and system for securing a flexible circuit to a mounting structure is disclosed. The system can include a surface-mount device, flexible circuit, stiffener, and bracket. The stiffener is used as an intermediate coupling device between the flexible circuit and bracket. The flexible circuit is coupled to the stiffener with a heat-activated adhesive. Next, the surface-mount device is mounted to the flexible circuit with surface-mounting techniques. A peripheral area of the stiffener is then welded to the bracket. The bracket in turn can be fastened to the enclosure of an electronic device.
US09713850B2
A reaming tool includes a main tool body disposed about a rotational axis, a plurality of peripherally arranged cutting inserts coupled to the tool body, and a fine adjustment mechanism associated with each cutting insert. The adjustment mechanism includes an adjusting screw with a conical section that acts on the cutting insert for fine adjustment, the conical section being arranged between a first and a second cylindrical guide section. The two guide sections ensure high-precision guidance of the adjusting screw.
US09713849B2
In some examples, an apparatus includes a base including an arm selectively movable with respect to the base. The arm is selectively rotatable about a first arm axis. A base plate is engaged with the arm. A tool is configured to be detachably coupled to the base plate. The tool is movable with the base plate when coupled to the base plate. The apparatus includes a first mode with the tool coupled to the base plate and the arm being selectively rotatable about the first arm axis, a second mode with the tool coupled to the base plate and the arm being constrained from rotating about the first arm axis, the arm being substantially stationary with respect to the base; and a third mode with the tool detached from the base plate.
US09713848B2
A one piece four-sided hardened steel boot tip for a distal end upper jaw tang of a heavy duty demolition shear having a upper movable shear jaw with a shear tip or tang. The tang has a front edge, side faces with apertures therethrough, a top seat, a rear seat and a bottom seat. The boot tip has a front wall seated on the tang front edge and a right side wall seated on the shear side tang face, rear seat and the top seat. A bottom wall of the boot tip is seated on the tang bottom seat and rear seat forming a shear punching edge between the front wall and the bottom wall. An access plate is seated on the guide side tang face, the top seat and the rear seat. The boot tip right side and access plate have matching apertures therethrough and alignable with the tang apertures to secure the boot and access plate to the tang. One or more shims may be used against the tang faces.
US09713837B2
The present invention provides a water spot cooling device of a bottom mold for wheel hub casting, a method for cooling a bottom mold by using the device, and a method for manufacturing the device. The device and the method of the present invention have the advantages that multi-path spot cooling required by spoke cooling is integrated into one device; the influence of backwater on the mold is eliminated and stable production is benefited; the effluent water from the multi-path spot cooling is gathered to one backwater opening through a backwater crossing and a backwater annular passage, thereby simplifying a backwater device and making the pipeline connection of the device simpler; and there is no special part in the whole device so that the machining cost is reduced and the maintenance is more convenient.
US09713832B2
The drawing press (10) according to the invention has for driving its ram (15) a directionally reversing gear mechanism (22, 54), for example a coupling gear mechanism, and at least one servomotor (23). The servomotor (23) passes through the reversal point (Ut) of the ram movement, which is predetermined by the kinematics of the coupling gear mechanism, for example the extended position of an eccentric drive. During the closing of the die (18), that is to say during a press stroke, the servomotor (23) is activated in such a way that it first passes through this reversal point (Ut), then stops, reverses and then passes through it once again, in order to open the die (18) again. Consequently, the braking to a standstill and re-acceleration of the servomotor for the upper ram (15) takes place while the actual drawing operation is still or already being performed, i.e. during the forming of the metal blank, which significantly reduces the cycle time.
US09713811B2
A bottom grate for a crusher for chipping or comminuting material which includes: support ribs each substantially perpendicular to the rotational axis of the crusher; grate blades mounted to the support ribs and substantially parallel to the rotational axis, wherein the grate blades are releasably mounted to the support ribs and the grate blades each have a cutting edge proximate to a cutting or crushing rotor in the crusher; pulling members extending between two of the support members, wherein the pulling members are in tension and the tension in the pulling members binds the blades in the support members.
US09713802B2
The present invention provides microsphere manufacturing method and apparatus capable of stable obtaining microspheres of a desired size and reducing facility cost. According to the method and the apparatus, to manufacture microspheres made of a second liquid in a first liquid, the first liquid is supplied into a first channel to flow therein and the second liquid is supplied to an intermediate part of the first channel through a second channel. The supply velocities of the first and second liquids are set such that the second liquid closes the first channel and the closing part of the second liquid is cut off due to a pressure difference between an upstream side and a downstream side to form microspheres.
US09713800B2
A multi-tubular reactor (1) comprising a cylindrical shell (2), a plurality of reaction tubes (10) located in the shell, and a disk-and-doughnut type baffle (5), wherein the reaction tubes (10) are arranged so as to be in a triangular configuration, one or more of the reaction tubes (10) is/are a temperature-measuring reaction tube(s) provided with a thermometer (20), and a line (BL) through a central axis of the temperature-measuring reaction tube and a central axis of the shell (2) forms an angle from 0 to 15 degree with a line (CL) through the central axis of the temperature-measuring reaction tube and a central axis of at least one adjacent reaction tube next to the temperature-measuring reaction tube, in a cross section of the reactor (1) perpendicular to the central axis of the shell (2), as well as a design and production method thereof.
US09713798B2
An apparatus for regulating a temperature of a fluid inside a container, and aerating and dispensing the fluid from the container is disclosed. The apparatus has a body that contacts the fluid inside the container. The apparatus includes an axis, a cavity, a fluid inlet, and an air outlet. A second fluid is located and sealed inside the cavity. An aerator separates the fluid inlet from the air outlet. The aerator includes a channel to the fluid inlet through which fluid flows out of the aerator, an air inlet through which air flows to the air outlet and into the container, and a passage from the air inlet into the channel to aerate the fluid.
US09713797B2
In one aspect, the present disclosure involves a re-aeration device and re-aeration method for constructed wetland. In one aspect, the re-aeration device comprises a re-aeration pipe and a windmill. The re-aeration pipe has a tubular structure with openings at both ends; one end inserts into the wetland substrate, and the other end connects with the windmill for receiving and accelerating air flow. The re-aeration pipe may also contain several telescoped or parallel arranged pipes with openings at both ends as well as with different pipe diameters and lengths, which connect with the windmill to form the re-aeration device. The present disclosure also provides a method of re-aeration for constructed wetlands by using the above-mentioned device. The re-aeration device provided herein has features of being simple in structure, environment friendly, and low-cost. In one aspect, the re-aeration method is characterized as simple, practicable, energy-efficient, environment friendly, low-cost, widely applicable, and having good effect and high performance on re-aeration.
US09713796B2
Disclosed herein is an in-situ process for the preparation of Metallic Organic Framework's (MOF's)—polymer composites at room temperature, without requirement of pre-seeding o MOF's or substrate modification. Further, the invention provides MOF-polymer composites membranes, wherein MOF forms a layer substantially covering the porosity of the membrane.
US09713795B2
Provided is a porous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membrane that satisfies the following expressions: 0.2≦F≦4.0; 0.2≦R≦1.0; and R≧−0.1F+0.5, for the Frazier number F [cm3/sec/cm2] and the water entry pressure R [MPa]. This porous PTFE membrane may be a single-layer membrane. This porous PTFE membrane has the properties suitable for use as a waterproof air-permeable membrane, and achieves a good balance between high water resistance and high air permeability.
US09713791B2
The invention relates to a process for separating a composition of matter with the aid of a membrane cascade having at least two stages, in which a separation is effected in each stage at at least one membrane at a separation temperature set for the particular stage. The invention further relates to a corresponding membrane cascade, to the use of said membrane cascade for catalyst separation from homogeneously catalyzed mixtures, and to a process for hydroformylation, in which the catalyst is separated by means of a membrane cascade. The problem addressed thereby is that of specifying a membrane-based process for separating compositions of matter, which has a minimum membrane area requirement and nevertheless fulfills the separation task and separation performance required. This problem is solved by the use of a membrane cascade with falling separation temperature.
US09713790B2
Disclosed are a compound including an oxalate, a carbon dioxide absorbent including the same, a method of preparing the carbon dioxide absorbent and a method of removing carbon dioxide, which may overcome issues of high recycling energy and low absorptivity of a conventional carbon dioxide absorbent to considerably reduce recycling energy and absorb a greater amount of carbon dioxide per unit absorbent, so that a size of a carbon dioxide absorption tower may be reduced and a less amount of recycling energy may be used, contributing to a substantial decrease in device manufacture costs and management costs.
US09713776B1
A multi-component collapsible and portable shape-sorting learning and development toy including a soft housing, an aperture plate element with a plurality of openings together with a matching number of blocks adapted to be inserted in the openings of the aperture plate element, a photographic display element, and a baby-safe mirror element. The toy and the individual component parts are adapted to a variety of uses for play.
US09713761B2
A card shuffler that moves cards one at a time from the bottom of a group that may be a deck in a deck-crib, to randomly designated single-card receptacles in a receiving or dealing rack, and a method for shuffling and for dealing cards. Either the deck-crib or the receiving rack is moved by a motor to align a single-card receptacle, randomly selected from among remaining empty single-card receptacles, with an outfeed slot of the deck-crib to receive each card to be moved from the deck-crib. A space is provided in the dealing rack in one embodiment, where a dealer's hand can reach cards and remove them from the dealing rack. A controller can cause the dealing rack to move so as to allow a selected number of cards to be removed by the dealer for dealing as a player hand or a dealer hand. A card reader may be included, and positions in the receiving or dealing rack of cards identified by the card reader can be stored in memory in the controller.
US09713754B2
A modular golf bag having an external frame is provided. Poles connect a frame top capable of receiving golf clubs to a frame bottom. A pliable bag body extends between the frame top and the frame bottom such that a cavity capable of receiving golf clubs through the frame top is formed. Poles may be affixed to the pliable bag body using internally positioned pole sleeves, one or more slits in the pliable bag body, or a combination thereof. Also, storage compartments may be detachably connected between the poles.
US09713749B2
Golf balls comprising a multi-layer core and a cover are disclosed. The multi-layer core comprises a zero or negative hardness gradient center that, optionally, is hard relative to an intermediate core layer.
US09713745B2
A device for supporting an exerciser performing callisthenic exercises that includes a right and left, rigid, upright frame supports and an intermediate fork assembly. The fork assembly is adjustable in length and linked to the front sections of the two frame supports. Each frame support is angled inward to provide greater stability. The rear sections of the frame supports are detached and may be rotated laterally to reposition the gripping surfaces on the two frame supports and to adjust the size of the exercise space located between the two frame supports to accommodate different individuals and exercises. Each frame support includes an adjustable front leg and an adjustable rear leg that allows height adjustment of each frame support. The device may include one or two pairs of handles attached to the two frame supports, and a suspension seat and one or two horizontal bars extending between the two frame supports.
US09713743B1
Each club in the bag has a small sensor mount on its shaft with indicia indicating what club (9-iron, 7-iron, fairway 5-wood etc.) the mount is attached to. A swing sensor can then engage the mount and read the indicia, sending both sensed swing information and club type to an app on the golfer's mobile phone. In this way, the app knows not only the swing information but also the type of club that was used to generate that swing information.
US09713733B2
An exerciser and an elastic band. The exerciser includes first and second arms, a connector, and at least one elastic band. The first arm has a first body portion and first and second ends extending from the first body portion. The first body portion includes a first elongate slot and a first hinge portion disposed on opposite sides of the first body portion. The exerciser includes a second arm having a second body portion and first and second ends extending from the second body portion. The second body portion includes a second elongate slot and a second hinge portion disposed on opposite sides of the second body portion. The exerciser includes a connector rotatably coupling the first and second hinge portions of the respective first and second arms. The exerciser includes at least one elastic band formed as a continuous loop and disposed within the first and second elongate slots.
US09713727B2
A multi-modal electrotherapy apparatus including circuitry for administering defibrillation therapy and for administering medium voltage therapy (MVT) adapted to reduce the side effects of MVT. The electrotherapy apparatus is configured to selectively deliver MVT to vectors not involving the ventricles and defibrillation therapy to vectors involving the ventricles. The apparatus can use biphasic waveforms configured to avoid capture of cardiac cells during MVT. The electrotherapy apparatus can minimize the risk of applying MVT at inappropriate times, such as during atrial fibrillation or where conventional ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation therapy is more appropriate.
US09713724B2
In general, the invention is directed to a system with a fail-safe mode for remote programming of medical devices, such as implantable medical devices (IMDs). During a remote programming session, an adverse event, such as a programming session failure, may prevent proper completion of a programming or result in improper programming due to data corruption or other factors. If a programming session is not completed correctly, the IMD is susceptible to improper operation, possibly exposing a patient to delivery of unnecessary or inappropriate therapies. A fail-safe mode reduces the likelihood of improper operation following a programming session failure. The fail-safe mode defines one or more fail-safe operations designed to preserve proper operation of the IMD. In some embodiments, the fail-safe operations include notifying a person concerning the failure of the programming session, modifying programming parameters within the implantable medical device, and delivering a therapy to a patient.
US09713717B2
An improved circuit board for an implantable stimulator device is disclosed having components embedded within the device's circuit board, and in particular having embedded components in the electrodes current paths, such as various numbers and/or combinations of DC-blocking capacitors, EMI filtering capacitors, and EMI filtering inductors. By embedding at least some of these components, the improved circuit board can accommodate additional IPG circuitry, or can be made smaller, which is significant given the trend to increase the number of electrodes in such devices. In a preferred embodiment, at least the filtering capacitors are embedded in the circuit board, while the DC-blocking capacitors are traditionally surface mounted, without reducing the number of DC-blocking capacitors compared to the number of electrodes the IPG supports.
US09713716B2
An implantable device, including a first electrically non-conductive substrate; a plurality of electrically conductive vias through the first electrically non-conductive substrate; a flip-chip multiplexer circuit attached to the electrically non-conductive substrate using conductive bumps and electrically connected to at least a subset of the plurality of electrically conductive vias; a flip-chip driver circuit attached to the flip-chip multiplexer circuit using conductive bumps; a second electrically non-conductive substrate attached to the flip-chip driver circuit using conductive bumps; discrete passives attached to the second electrically non-conductive substrate; and a cover bonded to the first electrically non-conductive substrate, the cover, the first electrically non-conductive substrate and the electrically conductive vias forming a hermetic package.
US09713708B2
A flat interface nerve electrode provides a plurality of electrical contacts embedded in a non-conductive cuff structure, which acts to gently and non-evasively redefine the geometry of a nerve through the application of a force acting on the nerve without causing damage to the nerve. The cuff is open at one side and has a connection to a lead at the other side. During implantation the open sides of the cuff are closed so as to capture the nerve in the cuff in a single motion.
US09713706B2
An implantable medical elongated member extends between a proximal end configured to be coupled to a medical device and a distal end. The implantable elongated member includes one or more fixation elements coupled to at least a middle portion and/or a proximal portion of the elongated member in order to substantially fix a position of the elongated member to tissue at one or more intermediate points between the proximal end and the distal end of the elongated member.
US09713703B2
Exemplary embodiments of devices and methods for treating a lung including, for example, treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are disclosed. A device may include a plurality of media and a deployment member. The media may be configured for deployment into one or more airways of a lung. The deployment member may be configured for insertion into or proximate the one or more airways of the lung. Also, the deployment member may be configured to deploy the plurality of media substantially simultaneously. Further, the plurality of media may be configured to be retained within the one or more airways of the lung.
US09713702B2
In accordance with the purpose(s) of the present disclosure, as embodied and broadly described herein, embodiments of the present disclosure, in one aspect, relate to methods of delivering a compound, a composition, and the like.
US09713699B2
A device for transporting waste gases and liquid exudates from a wound. The device may include a multi lumen tubing and a connector for securing the multi lumen tubing to a fitting. The multi lumen tubing may include a double wall containment structure with a first lumen and a second lumen. The connector may include a body with a first cavity on one side, a second cavity on another side, and an interior wall located between the first cavity and the second cavity. The interior wall may form a projection in the second cavity. The projection may include an outer surface and a ledge adjacent the outer surface. The projection may cooperate with the multi lumen tubing to form a liquid-gas separator. The ledge may include a bore extending between the first cavity and the second cavity. The bore may house a gas permeable and a liquid impermeable barrier.
US09713696B2
A device for regulating blood pressure between a patient's left atrium and right atrium, and apparatus for delivery the device, are provided. The delivery apparatus may include one or more latching legs, a release ring, a pull chord, and a catheter wherein the latching legs are configured to engage the device for delivery. The inventive devices may reduce left atrial pressure and left ventricular end diastolic pressure, and may increase cardiac output, increase ejection fraction, relieve pulmonary congestion, and lower pulmonary artery pressure, among other benefits. The inventive devices may be used, for example, to treat subjects having heart failure, pulmonary congestion, or myocardial infarction, among other pathologies.
US09713695B2
Various medical procedures benefit from the creation of multiple access sites in a single anatomical vessel. For example, in some cardiac procedures, a plurality of catheters may be introduced into a single blood vessel through a corresponding plurality of access sites. The present application discloses devices for creating multiple access sites in a vessel and methods of using the same.
US09713694B2
A medical catheter assembly includes a catheter hub, an elongate catheter member extending from the catheter hub and having at least one longitudinal lumen for passage of fluids, an extension tube extending from the catheter hub and defining an internal lumen in fluid communication with the at least one longitudinal lumen of the catheter member and a clamp positionable about the extension tube. The catheter hub defines a reduced profile to facilitate passage of the catheter hub through a surgical tunnel. The clamp includes first and second clamp sections and defines a longitudinal clamp axis. The clamp has a longitudinal opening for passage of the extension tube and a movable member adapted to move from a first position to a second position to substantially close the internal lumen. The first and second clamp sections are separable to facilitate transverse positioning of the clamp sections about the extension tube.
US09713692B2
A humidifier for use with a pressure support system. The humidifier includes a body having an inlet, a fluid holding chamber, and an outlet. The inlet is positioned upstream and in fluid communication with the fluid holding chamber. The outlet is positioned downstream of and in fluid communication with the fluid holding chamber. A back-flow preventing valve is positioned upstream of the fluid chamber. The back-flow preventing valve is movable between an open position, in which the inlet is unblocked, and a closed position in which the inlet is blocked. In the closed position, the back-flow preventing valve prevents fluid, fluid vapor, or both from entering the pressure support via the inlet to the humidifier.
US09713689B2
Methods of automatically evaluating a patient for positive and expiratory pressure (PEEP) therapy include providing respiratory assistance to the patient with a mechanical ventilator. The patient is provided PEEP therapy at a first PEEP. A first end expiratory lung volume (EELV) is measured from the patient. PEEP therapy is provided to the patient at a second PEEP. A second EELV is measured from the patient. A difference from the first EELV and the second EELV is calculated. A value indicative of the patient's response to PEEP therapy is calculated from the difference between the first EELV and the second EELV.
US09713688B2
Described is a system including an air pressure supply arrangement, a sensor and a titration device. The air pressure supply arrangement provides air pressure to a patient's airways. The sensor detects input data corresponding to a patient's breathing patterns of a plurality of breaths. The titration device receives and analyzes the input data to determine existence of breathing disorder and corresponding characteristics. The titration device generates output data for adjusting the air pressure supplied to the patient as a function of an index of abnormal respiratory events included in the input data.
US09713684B2
Methods and devices for delivering a dose, such as a medicament, for inhalation. A dose may be stored by a delivery device and dispersed and delivered in a metered fashion to a subject, such as by the subject inhaling via a mouthpiece of the delivery device. One or more chambers of the device may have a toroidal shape and may be arranged to be selectively opened for fluid communication with a flow path of the delivery device, such as by sliding the chamber relative to a portion of the flow path. The flow path may include a restriction that permits air to bypass the chamber, and/or the chamber may be arranged so that fluid entering the chamber interacts with fluid exiting the chamber so as to enhance dispersion of the dose.
US09713681B2
An ultrasonic nebulizer including a circuit unit, a nebulization module, and a frequency sweeping unit. Constant electric power in the nebulization module of the ultrasonic nebulizer is maintained by automatic compensation of electric power consumption and/or current consumption. A fixed current consumption and electric power consumption of the nebulization module of the ultrasonic nebulizer is achieved by auto compensation, thereby improving nebulization performance.
US09713677B2
The present invention relates to a medicament delivery device comprising a drive means configured to act on a medicament container for expelling a medicament; a holding means configured to hold said drive means in a pre-tensioned state; an activation means configured to interact with said holding means for releasing said drive means from the pre-tensioned state; wherein the device further comprises feedback means configured to interact both with said holding means and with said drive means for generating an audible and/or tactile and/or visual signal indicating that the medicament has been completely expelled.
US09713669B2
A method is provided for separating a suspension of cellular material comprising at least two differently-sized cell types using a spinning membrane separator. The method comprises selecting the cell type to be separated by passing through the membrane; determining a concentration of the selected cell type in the suspension; selecting an inlet flow rate for the suspension; selecting a rotational speed for the spinning membrane separator related to one or more of the concentration and relative size of the selected cell type in the suspension; rotating the spinning membrane separator at the selected rotational speed so that the selected cell type tends to migrate to regions of the shear field adjacent the porous membrane; and flowing the suspension through the spinning membrane separator.
US09713667B2
A method for delivering a target volume of fluid to a destination is provided. The method includes delivering a first volume of fluid to the destination in increments each having approximately a first incremental volume, the first volume of fluid being less than the target volume and delivering a second volume of fluid to the destination in increments each having approximately a second incremental volume, the second incremental volume being less than the first incremental volume, such that the sum of the first volume and the second volume is approximately equal to the target volume.
US09713665B2
The degassing system can include a degassing vessel and can utilize a vacuum pump and a fluid pump located downstream of the degassing vessel to control the pressure within the degassing vessel in order to control the concentration of gases in fluid exiting the degassing system. The degassing system can further comprise sensors in communication with the pumps to control the rate of flow and pressure through the degassing system. The degassing system may be placed in a dialysate flow path to remove dissolved gases including carbon dioxide from the dialysate.
US09713663B2
A blood pump system is implantable in a patient for ventricular support. A pumping chamber has an inlet for receiving blood from a ventricle of the patient. An impeller is received in the pumping chamber. A motor is coupled to the impeller for driving rotation of the impeller. A motor controller is provided for tracking systolic and diastolic phases of a cardiac cycle of the patient and supplying a variable voltage signal to the motor in a variable speed mode to produce a variable impeller speed linked to the cardiac cycle. The impeller speed comprises a ramping up to an elevated speed during the diastolic phase in order to reduce a load on the ventricle at the beginning of the systolic phase.
US09713658B2
Methods and apparatus for a free-standing biodegradable patch suitable for medical applications, especially intravascular, minimally-invasive and intraoperative surgical applications are provided, wherein the patch comprises a free-standing film or device having a mixture of a solid fibrinogen component and a solid thrombin component that, when exposed to an aqueous environment, undergoes polymerization to form fibrin. In alternative embodiments the patch may comprise a solid fibrinogen component, with or without an inorganic calcium salt component. The patch may take a non-adherent form during delivery to a target location within a vessel or tissue, and thereafter may be activated to adhere to vessel wall or tissue, and may include a number of additives, including materials to improve the mechanical properties of the patch, or one or more therapeutic or contrast agents.
US09713655B2
Joint resurfacing and/or replacement devices, systems and methods that include thin film ternary ceramic coatings that are effective to provide reliable articulation and bearing surfaces and protection of both articular and modular junction surfaces from the potential for corrosion, wear, and fretting, and reduce the potential for release of metal ions from the joint systems. Isoelasticity is provided according to the particular joint resurfacing/replacement devices, systems and methods based on parameters that include material of construction, porosity and coating system. The thin film ternary ceramic coatings may be functionalized to enhance hydrophilicity and may be employed in any anatomical articulating joint region. Titanium alloy composite structures are provided that include an ultra-porous structured titanium alloy bone fixation surface and an opposed solid articular surface and a thin film ternary ceramic coating applied to one or both opposed surfaces.
US09713649B2
A PSMA-specific imaging agent comprising a compound according to formula I: are described, wherein S1 is an organic spacer group having from 5 to 30 carbons, A is an amino acid forming a portion of a negatively charged peptide oligomer, n is from 3 to 6, S2 is an organic spacer group having from 5 to 15 carbons, and I is an imaging group, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The PSMA-specific imaging agents can be used to image PSMA within a tissue region to guide the treatment of diseases such as prostate cancer.
US09713638B2
Embodiments of the present invention report compositions and methods for vaccinating a subject against all dengue virus serotypes. In some embodiments, multiple vaccine compositions may be administered to a subject in different anatomical locations in order to induce a rapid response to all dengue virus serotypes. In certain embodiments, administration of two or more vaccine compositions to a subject against all dengue virus serotypes may include two or more routes of administration.
US09713635B2
Materials and methods useful for generating highly mannosylated pseudotyped lentiviral vector particles comprising a Vpx protein are provided.
US09713630B2
The disclosure provides oral compositions and methods of using such compositions in treating subjects infected with one or more hepatic disorders. The compositions include lysates or cell wall extracts of one or more gram positive bacteria, exhibit particular activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV), and may be useful in treating those infected with HCV as well as other hepatic diseases or disorders. Also described are methods of treating a hepatic disease or disorder by administering a therapeutically effective amount of at least one therapeutically active agent capable of upregulating or downregulating the Complement system pathway, wherein the therapeutically active agent enhances the formation of one or more convertase enzymes.
US09713629B2
The present invention provides novel compositions comprising multipotent cells or microvascular tissue, wherein the cells or tissue has been sterilized and/or treated to inactivated viruses, and related methods of using these compositions to treat or prevent tissue injury or disease in an allogeneic subject.
US09713617B2
Described herein is the Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) inhibitor 1-((R)-3-(4-amino-3-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-1-yl)piperidin-1-yl)prop-2-en-1-one, including crystalline forms, solvates and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the Btk inhibitor, as well as methods of using the Btk inhibitor, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions.
US09713615B2
Tetrahydroisoquinolin-2-yl-(quinazolin-4-yl)methanone derivatives represented by formula (I), pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof, and compositions containing such compounds are described. Methods for treating hyperproliferative disorders by administering the compounds are also described. 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline derivatives for making tetrahydroisoquinolin-2-yl-(quinazolin-4-yl)methanone compounds are also described.
US09713612B2
The present invention relates to compounds as inhibitor of WNT signal transduction pathway, as well as a composition comprising the same. Further, the present invention relates to the use of the compounds in the treatment of cancer.
US09713607B2
The present invention is based on the discovery that certain fermentation products of the marine actinomycete strains CNB392 and CNB476 are effective inhibitors of hyperproliferative mammalian cells. The CNB392 and CNB476 strains lie within the family Micromonosporaceae, and the generic epithet Salinospora has been proposed for this obligate marine group. The reaction products produced by this strain are classified as salinosporamides, and are particularly advantageous in treating neoplastic disorders due to their low molecular weight, low IC50 values, high pharmaceutical potency, and selectivity for cancer cells over fungi.
US09713604B2
The invention provides non-irritating, stable topical compositions including at least Vitamin C, Vitamin E and a polyphenol antioxidant. Such compositions can be used to facilitate the prevention or treatment of free oxygen, nitrogen, and/or other free radical related skin damage. Also provided are methods for modifying free radical damage to skin by administering such compositions in an amount sufficient to treat and/or prevent free radical damage to the skin.
US09713602B1
The present invention relates to a method for increasing the oxygen release efficiency of a hemoglobin-based blood substitute by using a phthalide compound, comprising the steps of: administering to a subject in need thereof the phthalide compound or co-administering to the subject in need thereof the phthalide compound along with the hemoglobin-based blood substitute, wherein the phthalide compound has an effect of increasing the oxygen release efficiency of the hemoglobin-based blood substitute, wherein the hemoglobin-based blood substitute can be fetal hemoglobin (HbF) or other Hb variants retaining two native α subunits. The phthalide compound is used to substitute for or cooperate with 2,3-BPG, to play a role of a 2,3-BPG substitute, to act on the hemoglobin-based blood substitute to effectively substitute the function of normal hemoglobin in releasing oxygen to tissue cells, in order to maintain the cellular oxygenation level within a normal range.
US09713601B2
The present invention relates to new ingenol derivative compounds for inhibiting cancer cell viability and treating cancer. In other aspects, the invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition, a medicament, methods for treating cancer, and a dosage form.
US09713599B2
The present invention describes novel methods for using Treprostinil or its derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the treatment and/or prevention of ischemic lesions, such as digital ulcers, in subjects with scleroderma (including systemic sclerosis), Buerger's disease, Raynaud's disease, Raynaud's phenomenon and/or other conditions that cause such lesions. The invention also relates to kits for treatment and/or prevention of ischemic lesions, comprising an effective amount of Treprostinil or its derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US09713598B2
Insulin resistance biomarkers and related methods of using the biomarkers are provided. The biomarkers may be blood biomarkers and include C-peptide, Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein 2 (IGFBP-2), and Leptin. Also provided is a method of reducing the effect of prolonged physical inactivity on insulin resistance in a subject who is experiencing prolonged physical inactivity, or who is expected to experience prolonged physical inactivity in the near future.
US09713588B2
The present invention relates to a nail polish composition comprising: at least one high gloss film forming agent chosen from a styrene maleic anhydride copolymer; at least one co-film forming agent chosen from an epoxy resin; at least one reactive agent chosen from a combination of a polyalkyleneamine and a polyurethane, at least one polyalkyleneamine, and at least one alkoxysilane comprising at least one solubilizing functional group; at least one solvent chosen from at least one volatile solvent and water; optionally, at least one plasticizer; and optionally, at least one colorant, wherein the composition does not require use of nitrocellulose and can be used to makeup or protect nails.
US09713583B1
Methods, formulations, and kits for curling and/or preventing damage in the curling of hair are disclosed herein. Hair can be curled by treatment with hydroxide-containing agents, in combination with one or more active agents, without the need for thiol-based or peroxide-based agents. The active agent can be applied simultaneously with the hydroxide-containing agent, to impart curl to the hair. They may be applied as a combined formulation or as separate formulations applied simultaneously. Use of the active agent along with a hydroxide-containing agent can be used to control the level of curl imparted to hair, as compared to the natural amount of curl, if any, in the untreated hair.
US09713580B2
A cosmetic applicator for providing a natural looking cosmetic benefit. The cosmetic applicator includes a substrate and a solid, transferrable cosmetic composition disposed on the substrate. The cosmetic composition is configured as a multitude of dots arranged in a discontinuous stochastic pattern. The cosmetic composition comprises a colorant and an adhesive and in some instances has an L* value of from about 30 to 80, a c* value of from about 15 to 50, and an h* value of from about 30 to 80.
US09713571B2
A spa cabinet construction system where horizontal panels on the sides are mounted with a horizontal clip strip that mates with horizontal snaps attached to vertical members, and where corner profiles are mounted with a vertical clip strips that mate with vertical snaps.
US09713570B2
A mobile treatment apparatus for use in treating a user of the apparatus with medical or therapeutic gases, comprising a mixing unit for containing water and having a motionless mixing means; a gas cartridge unit removably mounted to the mixing unit via a cartridge piercing module, wherein a pressure-regulating valve regulates a flow rate of a gas from the cartridge through the mixing means, to achieve a specified gas-water mixture that is effective for transdermal delivery of the gas to the user; and a wearable receiver suit for forming a space around at least an area of the user's body to be treated, wherein the suit is connected to the mixing unit, for delivery of the gas to treat the area via the transdermal delivery.
US09713560B1
A wheelchair with a lift assistance device including a wheelchair, a scissor lift disposed on the wheelchair, a battery compartment attached to the scissor lift, a rechargeable battery disposed within the battery compartment, a seat portion attached to the scissor lift, an activation control disposed on the wheelchair, and a pair of lift controls. The seat portion has an extended position and an alternate retracted position. The seat portion is in the extended position when the scissor lift is extended above a rear support of a support frame of the wheelchair. The seat portion is in the retracted position when the scissor lift is retracted proximal the rear support of the support frame of the wheelchair.
US09713556B2
An absorbent core (28) and an absorbent article (20) comprising the core. The absorbent core comprises a core wrap (16, 16′) enclosing an absorbent material (60), wherein the absorbent material comprises at least 80% of superabsorbent polymers (“SAP”) by weight of the absorbent material. The absorbent core has a Relative Wet Caliper Increase (RWCI) after compression of less than 10% as measured by the Wet Caliper And Compression Force (WCACF) Test as described herein, and wherein the core wrap (16, 16′) is at least partially sealed so that substantially no absorbent material leaks out of the core wrap while performing the WCACF Test.
US09713555B2
A disposable diaper 10 has sheet-like leg hole stretch units 100 that extend in a product lengthwise direction L in an area where leg hole concave units 35 are formed and are at least partially stretchable along a product lengthwise direction L. End edges in a product widthwise direction W of the leg hole stretch units 100 meander in the product lengthwise direction L. Distances between the end edges in the product widthwise direction W of the leg hole stretch units 100 and a center line CL change from a front waistline unit 20 toward a rear waistline unit 30. Provided are a plurality of inflection points where an amount of change in the distance starts decreasing instead of increasing and a plurality of inflection points where an amount of change in the distance starts increasing instead of decreasing, respectively.
US09713554B2
The present invention relates to sensor signal analysis. It relates particularly, but not exclusively, to methods, systems and devices for monitoring and processing the sensor signals to determine automatically characteristics of events represented by the sensor signals. The present invention is particularly, but not exclusively, related to methods, systems and devices for monitoring moisture in absorbent articles such as diapers, incontinence garments, dressings and pads resulting from wetness events caused by, for example, urinary and/or faecal incontinence. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method for processing sensor signals representing an event in an absorbent article. The method comprises: receiving sensor signals from a sensor representing one or more events in an absorbent article; and processing the sensor signals to determine a characteristic of at least one event in the absorbent article. One such characteristic can include the volume of a voiding event such as a urinary incontinence event. In another embodiment, the method includes carrying out a learning phase including the steps of: receiving sensor signals representing one or more events in each of one or more absorbent articles; receiving observation data indicative of a cumulative characteristic of the one or more events in each absorbent article; and identifying an optimal mathematical model describing a relationship between the sensor signals and the observation data. Such events can include urinary incontinence events occurring in absorbent articles such as diapers. Observation data can be measured cumulative volume of a cycle of voiding events occurring in a diaper.
US09713547B2
A fluid capturing device is described herein that can contain and manage urine or other secretions that may be emitted from a penis. The fluid capturing device can include a sheath that conforms to at least part of the penis. For example, the sheath can include a proximal portion that covers at least a part of the shaft of the penis and a distal portion that covers at least a part of the head of the penis. In addition, the fluid capturing device can include an absorbent that can absorb the excretions or emissions from the penis. The absorbent can be removed and replaced from the sheath, including while the sheath is at least partially secured to the penis.
US09713543B2
A method of reducing pain and induce/enhance the stem cell growth/differentiation reaction includes identifying a pair of related Noxipoints on an identified muscle/organ and applying a chemical/electrical stimulation to the pair of Noxipoints.
US09713538B2
The present invention provides a device and methodology for use in spinal fusion surgeries. An implant is proved for forming a rigid structure between adjoining vertebrae in a patient. The implant is a cage defined by at least a first end, second end, first side, and second side surface, wherein first and second side surfaces extend substantially parallel to each other to span a space between adjoining vertebrae and first and second ends interconnect said first side surface and second side surface. The cage incorporates one or more flexible joints that allow the cage to be deformed for insertion into a patient. The ability to deform the cage allows a greater ease and flexibility in inserting and positioning the implant.
US09713536B2
An expandable spinal implant for insertion in a disc space between two adjacent vertebrae. The expandable spinal implant is moveable from an unexpanded configuration to an expanded configuration. The expandable spinal implant includes a first plate having plastically deformable links, a second plate, two transverse members, and a screw. The screw forces apart the transverse members which causes rotational deformation of the links and separation of the plates.
US09713531B2
An acetabular shell for use in hip arthroplasty. The shell includes a first wall having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a rim. The shell further includes a second wall extending from the outer surface of the first wall. The second wall has an outer surface, an inner surface, and a rim. The rim of the second wall is spaced outwardly from the rim of the first wall.
US09713529B2
A sequentially deployed prosthetic cardiac valve includes a self-expanding frame having an atrial skirt, a ventricular skirt, and an annular region disposed therebetween. A first anterior tab is disposed on an anterior portion of the frame. A posterior tab is on a posterior portion of the self-expanding frame. The frame may be designed so that any portion may expand sequentially in any desired order. For example, a portion of the first anterior tab and a portion of the posterior tab may partially self-expand first. Next, the first anterior tab may fully self-expand before the posterior tab fully self-expands. The posterior tab may fully self-expand next followed by the ventricular skirt, or the ventricular skirt may self-expand next followed by full expansion of the posterior tab.
US09713525B2
An intraocular lens for reducing aberrant optical effects includes a substantially oval, elliptical, or rectangular optic with an anterior surface, a posterior surface and a peripheral region/zone disposed about a central optical axis and a plurality of haptics coupled to the optic. The peripheral region/zone has an inflection region/transition area that is inclined with respect to the anterior surface at an angle between about 40 degrees and 120 degrees with respect to the optical axis. The thickness at the edge of the IOL is less than or about 0.03 mm.
