US09716157B2
A silicon carbide substrate includes a first impurity region, a well region in contact with the first impurity region, and a second impurity region separated from the first impurity region by the well region. A first main surface includes a first region in contact with a channel region, and a second region different from the first region. A silicon-containing material is formed on the second region. A first silicon dioxide region is formed on the first region. A second silicon dioxide region is formed by oxidizing the silicon-containing material. A gate runner is electrically connected to a gate electrode and formed in a position facing the second silicon dioxide region. Consequently, a silicon carbide semiconductor device capable of achieving improved insulation performance between the gate runner and the substrate while the surface roughness of the substrate is suppressed, and a method of manufacturing the same can be provided.
US09716155B2
Various embodiments disclose a method for fabricating a semiconductor structure including a plurality of vertical transistors each having different threshold voltages. In one embodiment the method includes forming a structure having at least a substrate, a source contact layer on the substrate, a first spacer layer on the source contact layer, a replacement gate on the first spacer layer, a second spacer layer on the replacement gate, and an insulating layer on the second spacer layer. A first trench is formed in a first region of the structure. A first channel layer having a first doping concentration is epitaxially grown in the first trench. A second trench is formed in a second region of the structure. A second channel layer having a second doping concentration is epitaxially grown in the second trench. The second doping concentration is different from the first doping concentration.
US09716152B2
A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor layer having a trench, a first insulating film formed along an inner surface of the trench, and an upper electrode and a lower electrode embedded in the trench via the first insulating film and disposed above and below a second insulating film. An electric field relaxation portion that relaxes an electric field arising between the upper electrode and the semiconductor layer is provided between a side surface of the trench and a lower end portion of the upper electrode.
US09716149B2
A III-N semiconductor channel is formed on a III-N transition layer formed on a (111) or (110) surface of a silicon template structure, such as a fin sidewall. In embodiments, the silicon fin has a width comparable to the III-N epitaxial film thicknesses for a more compliant seeding layer, permitting lower defect density and/or reduced epitaxial film thickness. In embodiments, a transition layer is GaN and the semiconductor channel comprises Indium (In) to increase a conduction band offset from the silicon fin. In other embodiments, the fin is sacrificial and either removed or oxidized, or otherwise converted into a dielectric structure during transistor fabrication. In certain embodiments employing a sacrificial fin, the III-N transition layer and semiconductor channel is substantially pure GaN, permitting a breakdown voltage higher than would be sustainable in the presence of the silicon fin.
US09716148B2
Methods of fabricating semiconductor structures include the formation of molybdenum nitride at one or more surfaces of a substrate comprising molybdenum, and providing a layer of III-V semiconductor material, such as GaN, over the substrate. Semiconductor structures formed by methods described herein may include a substrate comprising molybdenum, molybdenum nitride at one or more surfaces of the substrate, and a layer of GaN bonded to the molybdenum nitride.
US09716146B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a fin active region formed on a semiconductor substrate and spanning between a first sidewall of a first shallow trench isolation (STI) feature and a second sidewall of a second STI feature; an anti-punch through (APT) feature of a first type conductivity; and a channel material layer of the first type conductivity, disposed on the APT feature and having a second doping concentration less than the first doping concentration. The APT feature is formed on the fin active region, spans between the first sidewall and the second sidewall, and has a first doping concentration.
US09716140B2
Embodiments relate to a fluid sensor and a method for examining a fluid. A fluid sensor includes a substrate which comprises a recess for receiving a fluid to be examined, wherein the fluid sensor is implemented to detect electrical changes in the recess caused by the fluid to be examined.
US09716138B1
Devices and methods of fabricating integrated circuit devices for dynamically applying bias to back plates and/or p-well regions are provided. One method includes, for instance: obtaining a wafer with a silicon substrate, at least one first oxide layer, at least one silicon layer, and at least one second oxide layer; forming at least one recess in the wafer; depositing at least one third oxide layer over the wafer and filling the at least one recess; depositing a silicon nitride layer over the wafer; and forming at least one opening having sidewalls and a bottom surface within the filled at least one recess. An intermediate semiconductor device is also disclosed.
US09716136B1
A method of forming an embedded polysilicon resistor body contact. According to the method, a transistor is formed in and above a crystalline active region that is positioned in a semiconductor layer of a multilayer semiconductor device. A resistor region is defined in single crystal semiconductor material of the semiconductor layer formed on a buried insulating layer. The resistor region is adjacent the transistor. An amorphized semiconductor material is formed in the resistor region. A barrier is formed in the amorphized semiconductor material. The barrier is between the transistor and an electrical body contact for the transistor. The amorphized semiconductor material is annealed, forming a polysilicon semiconductor. The barrier prevents the amorphized region from recrystallizing back to single crystal silicon.
US09716132B2
A system suppresses a variation in luminance for each pixel by appropriately suppressing a variation in the parasitic capacitance of a sampling transistor. The system may include a pixel comprising a first transistor having a first deviation that results in a parasitic capacitance and a compensation element having a second deviation that results in a compensatory capacitance that compensates for the parasitic capacitance
US09716131B2
A manufacturing method of an AMOLED backplane includes manufacturing a TFT substrate and forming a corrugation structure on the TFT substrate, which includes raised sections and recessed sections alternating each other; coating organic photoresist on the TFT substrate that includes the corrugation structure formed thereon to form a planarization layer in such a way that an upper surface of a portion of the planarization layer corresponding to and located above the corrugation structure includes a curved configuration corresponding to the corrugation structure; forming a pixel electrode on the planarization layer in such a way that the pixel electrode shows a curved configuration; and forming, in sequence, a pixel definition layer that has an opening to expose the curved configuration and a photo spacer on the pixel electrode and the planarization layer.
US09716128B2
Active patterns spaced apart from each other by an isolation layer are formed in a substrate. Gate structures extending in the isolation layer through the active patterns are formed. Each active pattern is divided into a central portion and a peripheral portion facing the central portion by the gate structures. A protrusion of at least one of active pattern is formed. The protrusion is exposed from a top surface of the isolation layer, and transformed into silicide such that a first silicide ohmic pad is formed at the central portion of the active pattern and a second silicide ohmic pad is formed at the peripheral portion of the active pattern. A conductive line structure electrically connected to the first silicide ohmic pad is formed. A conductive contact electrically connected to the second silicide ohmic pad is formed. A data storage unit electrically connected to the conductive contact is formed.
US09716125B2
An imaging array with integrated circuitry for supporting automatic exposure control and a method for using such an imaging array are provided. One or more electrodes are disposed substantially parallel with at least a portion of the array of pixels forming the imaging array and provide capacitively coupling to at least one photodiode electrode.
US09716123B2
A photodiode includes a cap layer defining an inboard side and an outboard side. A plurality of pixels are formed in the cap layer extending from the inboard side to the outboard side. At least a portion of the cap layer is defined in between the pixels. A metal barrier is in between the pixels and is operatively connected to the inboard side of the cap layer in between the pixels to reflect light rays into the cap layer reducing the leakage of photons between the pixels.
US09716118B2
A thin film transistor (TFT) located on a thin film transistor substrate includes a first insulating film formed so as to cover a gate electrode, a channel layer that is formed at a position on the first insulating film overlapping the gate electrode and formed of an oxide semiconductor, a second insulating film formed on the channel layer, and a third insulating film formed so as to cover the second insulating film. A source electrode and a drain electrode are formed on the third insulating film. Each of the source electrode and the drain electrode is connected to the channel layer through the corresponding one of contact holes penetrating the second insulating film and the third insulating film.
US09716112B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and provides an array substrate, its manufacturing method and a display device. A signal line on the array substrate includes at least two conductive layers electrically connected to each other. When one of the conductive layers is broken, a signal may be transmitted through the other conductive layer(s). As a result, it is able to improve the reliability of the electrical connection of the signal line, thereby to improve the yield of the display device. Further, the plurality of conductive layers of the signal line is formed simultaneously in an existing process for manufacturing the conductive layer patterns for the array substrate, so it is unnecessary to form the signal line separately, and thereby the manufacturing process is simplified.
US09716111B2
A display device includes a display panel which is configured to display an image, and includes a cell identification section configured to indicate an identification number of the display panel, and a pad section at least partly disposed on the cell identification section and being at least partly overlaid with the cell identification section, a printed circuit board configured to drive the display panel, and a chip-on-glass package electrically configured to connect the display panel with the printed circuit board.
US09716108B2
The present invention discloses a thin film transistor (TFT), an array substrate, and fabrication methods thereof, and a display device. The TFT includes a gate, an oxide active layer, a source, and a drain formed on a substrate, wherein a source and drain transition layer is provided between the oxide active layer and the source, the drain. One patterning process is reduced and one mask process is saved through forming the source and drain transition layer between the oxide active layer and the source, the drain, thus effectively simplifying the fabrication procedure. At the same time, the additionally provided source and drain transition layer may prevent the oxide active layer from being corroded during etching, also effectively reduce threshold voltage (Vth) drift of the TFT, improve Ion (on-state current) /Ioff (off-state current), and enhance thermal stability.
US09716104B2
A memory device includes a plurality of channel regions that each extend in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of a substrate, a plurality of gate electrode layers and a plurality of insulating layers stacked on the substrate adjacent the channel regions, each of the gate electrodes extending different lengths, and a plurality of dummy channel regions adjacent first ends of the plurality of gate electrode layers, wherein the substrate includes a substrate insulating layer formed below the plurality of dummy channel regions.
US09716103B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a stacked body which is provided on a substrate and in which an insulating film and an electrode film are alternately stacked. The semiconductor memory device also includes an insulating member which penetrates the stacked body in a stacking direction of the insulating film and the electrode film to thereby separate the stacked body. The semiconductor memory device also includes a semiconductor pillar which penetrates the stacked body in the stacking direction. A maximum portion of the insulating member where a first distance from a side surface of the insulating member to a central plane of the insulating member becomes maximum and a maximum portion of the semiconductor pillar where a second distance from a side surface of the semiconductor pillar to a center line of the semiconductor pillar becomes maximum being provided in different positions in the stacking direction.
US09716090B2
A FinFET structure includes a substrate, a plurality of stripes, a metal gate and an oxide material. The stripes are on the substrate. The metal gate is on a sidewall and a top surface of one of the stripes. The oxide material is between the metal gate and the stripes. An average roughness of an interface between the metal gate and the oxide material is in a range of from about 0.1 nm to about 0.2 nm.
US09716086B1
A semiconductor structure is provided that includes an electrostatic discharge (ESD) device integrated on the same semiconductor substrate as semiconductor fin field effect transistors (FinFETs). The ESD device includes a three-dimension (3D) wrap-around PN diode connected to the semiconductor substrate. The three-dimension (3D) wrap-around PN diode has an increased junction area and, in some applications, improved heat dissipation.
US09716084B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to integrated circuit (IC) package assemblies with three-dimensional (3D) integration of multiple dies, as well as corresponding fabrication methods and systems incorporating such 3D IC package assemblies. A bumpless build-up layer (BBUL) package substrate may be formed on a first die, such as a microprocessor die. Laser radiation may be used to form an opening in a die backside film to expose TSV pads on the back side of the first die. A second die, such as a memory die stack, may be coupled to the first die by die interconnects formed between corresponding TSVs of the first and second dies. Underfill material may be applied to fill some or all of any remaining gap between the first and second dies, and/or an encapsulant may be applied over the second die and/or package substrate. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09716079B2
A multi-chip package having no substrate is presented. The multi-chip package includes a chip stacked assembly, a first redistribution layer, a plurality of wire bonds, a plurality of metal pillars, an encapsulation, a second redistribution layer, and a plurality of vertical interposers. The first redistribution layer and the second redistribution layer are used in place of a substrate to reduce the thickness of the multi-chip package. In this way, a package-on-package device formed using the multi-chip package has a reduced thickness.
US09716072B2
A power semiconductor element is fixed on a die pad of the lead frame. A metal plate is bonded to a lower surface of the die pad via an insulating film. The inner lead etc. are disposed in a cavity between a lower mold and an upper mold and are encapsulated with an encapsulation resin. The lower mold has a stepped portion provided in a bottom surface of the cavity below the inner lead. A height of an upper surface of the stepped portion is larger than a height of an upper surface of the power semiconductor element disposed in the cavity. When an encapsulation resin is injected into the cavity, a lower surface of the metal plate is in contact with the bottom surface of the cavity, and the encapsulation resin flows downward from above the stepped portion toward the upper surface of the power semiconductor element.
US09716071B2
A semiconductor device with fine pitch redistribution layers is disclosed and may include a semiconductor die with a bond pad and a first passivation layer comprising an opening above the bond pad. A redistribution layer (RDL) may be formed on the passivation layer with one end of the RDL electrically coupled to the bond pad and a second end comprising a connection region. A second passivation layer may be formed on the RDL with an opening for the connection region of the RDL. An under bump metal (UBM) may be formed on the connection region of the RDL and a portion of the second passivation layer. A bump contact may be formed on the UBM, wherein a width of the RDL is less than a width of the opening in the second passivation layer and may be constant from the bond pad through at least a portion of the opening.
US09716063B1
A pattern is provided in a dielectric layer in which a set of features are patterned for a set of metal conductor structures. An adhesion promoting layer is created disposed over the patterned dielectric. A metal layer is deposited to fill a first portion of the set of features disposed the adhesion promoting layer. A ruthenium layer is deposited disposed over the metal layer. Using a physical vapor deposition process, a cobalt layer is deposited disposed over the ruthenium layer. A thermal anneal reflows the cobalt layer to fill a second portion of the set of features. In another aspect of the invention, a device created by the method is described.
US09716059B2
A package substrate includes an outermost interlayer, an outermost conductive layer including first pads positioned to mount at electronic component and second pads positioned to mount another electronic component, a first conductive layer including first circuits and formed such that the outermost interlayer is on the first conductive layer and that the first circuits are connecting the first and second pads, an inner interlayer formed such that the first conductive layer is on the inner interlayer, a second conductive layer formed such that the inner interlayer is on the second conductive layer, via conductors penetrating through the outermost interlayer and including first via conductors connecting the first conductive layer and the first pads and second via conductors connecting the first conductive layer and the second pads, and third via conductors penetrating through the inner interlayer and positioned such that the first and third via conductors form stacked via conductors.
US09716055B2
A thermal interface material (TIM) includes a modified release layer having an organosilane-coated surface covalently bound to a TIM formulation layer. The modified release layer may be formed by applying an organosilane (e.g., vinyltriethoxysilane) to the surface of a thermally conductive release layer (e.g., aluminum foil). The organosilane reacts with hydroxyl groups on the surface of the thermally conductive release layer. The TIM formulation layer may be formed by applying a TIM formulation (e.g., a graphite TIM formulation) containing an unsaturated monomer (e.g., methyl acrylate) to the organosilane-coated surface of the modified release layer, and then curing the TIM formulation so that the unsaturated monomer of the TIM formulation reacts with the organosilane-coated surface of the modified release layer.
US09716046B1
Described herein is a FinFET device in which epitaxial layers of semiconductor material are formed in the source/drain regions on dielectrically isolated fin portions. The fin portions are located within a dielectric layer that is deposited on a semiconductor substrate. Surfaces of the fin portions are oriented in the {100} lattice plane of the crystalline material of the fin portions, providing for good epitaxial growth. Further described are methods for forming the FinFET device.
US09716036B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a semiconductor layer, a dielectric layer disposed on the semiconductor layer, circuitry disposed on the dielectric layer that includes interconnected cells, first contact line metallization and second contact line metallization, first power metallization disposed in-plane with or above the circuitry and second power metallization disposed in a trench defined in at least the dielectric layer. The electronic device further includes insulation disposed to insulate the second power metallization from the circuitry and the first power metallization at first locations and to permit electrical communication between the second power metallization, the circuitry and the first power metallization at second locations.
US09716031B2
A semiconductor wafer has a non-uniform array of integrated circuit dies formed on it. Each die is enclosed by a respective seal ring, and each die has a group of bond pads and probe pad coupled to the bond pads. Common electrical interconnects selectively electrically couple together respective probe pads of each of the dies. The common electrical interconnects allow the dies to be tested concurrently before being cut from the wafer.
US09716030B2
A method comprises forming one or more fins in a first region on an insulated substrate. The method also comprises forming one or more fins formed in a second region on the insulated substrate. The insulated substrate comprising a silicon substrate, and an insulator layer deposited on the silicon substrate. The one or more fins in the first region comprising a first material layer deposited on the insulator layer. The one or more fins in the second region comprising a second material layer deposited on the insulator layer.
US09716019B2
Semiconductor die assemblies with heat sinks are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor die assembly includes a stack of semiconductor dies and a mold material surrounding at least a portion of the stack of semiconductor dies. A heat sink is disposed on the stack of semiconductor dies and adjacent the mold material. The heat sink includes an exposed surface and a plurality of heat transfer features along the exposed surface that are configured to increase an exposed surface area compared to a planar surface.
US09716011B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method, comprising a first etching step of etching a substrate on which a silicon member and a compound member containing nitrogen and silicon are exposed, by using a first etching gas containing XeF2 and H2, and a second etching step of etching the substrate by using a second etching gas containing XeF2, wherein the second etching gas satisfies at least one of (i) a condition that the second etching gas is lower in a partial pressure of H2 than the first etching gas, and (ii) a condition that the second etching gas is smaller in a quantity of flow of H2 than the first etching gas.
US09716004B2
A crystal laminate structure, in which crystals can be epitaxially grown on a β-Ga2O3-based substrate with high efficiency to produce a high-quality β-Ga2O3-based crystal film on the substrate; and a method for producing the crystal laminate structure are provided. The crystal laminate structure includes: a β-Ga2O3-based substrate, of which the major face is a face that is rotated by 50 to 90° inclusive with respect to face; and a β-Ga2O3-based crystal film which is formed by the epitaxial crystal growth on the major face of the β-Ga2O3-based substrate.
US09716001B2
A method for analyzing ionic structure, including: applying a radio frequency electric field on an ion mass analyzer to cause sample ions to be excited to a motion amplitude, the motion amplitude at this moment being recorded as a primary motion amplitude; continuously feeding carrier gas into the ion mass analyzer and keeping a certain degree of vacuum in the ion mass analyzer, the sample ions being collided with the carrier gas and the motion amplitude being decreased gradually, and collecting a time domain signal of an image current generated by the sample ions during the process; and analyzing the time domain signal through a time-frequency analysis method and obtaining time-varying characteristic curves indicating corresponding relations between the motion frequencies of the ions having corresponding sizes and the collision cross sectional areas of the ions and the carrier gas, thus distinguishing among ions having different sizes.
US09716000B2
A lens pulsing apparatus and method for transferring ions in a mass spectrometry system from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure which includes a gating apparatus that contains multiple electrostatic lenses. Each of the lenses operates at different voltages. The first lens operates at a predetermined fixed voltage and the second lens operates between two different voltages.
US09715997B2
A sputtering apparatus includes: a first cylindrical target unit, a second cylindrical target unit facing the first cylindrical target unit; a third cylindrical target unit facing the first cylindrical target unit and the second cylindrical target unit; a fourth cylindrical target unit facing the first cylindrical target unit, the second cylindrical target unit, and the third cylindrical target unit; and a power unit configured to provide power such that two of the first cylindrical target unit, the second cylindrical target unit, the third cylindrical target unit, and the fourth cylindrical target unit function as different electrodes.
US09715995B1
One embodiment relates to an apparatus for electron beam lithography. The apparatus includes an array of cold cathode electron sources for generating an array of electron beams, and driver circuitry underlying the array of electron sources. The driver circuitry is configured to selectively blank individual electron beams so as to create a patterned array of electron beams. The apparatus further includes an imaging system configured to focus and demagnify the patterned array of electron beams and a movable stage for holding a target substrate. The movable stage is configured to translate the target substrate under the patterned array of electron beams. A computer may be configured to send drive signals to the driver circuitry to cause a pattern to be written onto the target substrate to roll across the array in synchronization with the translation of the target substrate. Other embodiments, aspects and feature are also disclosed.
US09715989B2
In one embodiment, an X-ray source target is provided that includes two or more layers of X-ray generating material at different depths within a source target for an electron beam. In one such embodiment the X-ray generating material in each layer does not extend fully across an underlying substrate surface.
US09715988B2
A cylindrical waveguide with a mode converter transforms a whispering gallery mode from a gyrotron cylindrical waveguide with a helical cut launch edge to a quasi-Gaussian beam suitable for conveyance through a corrugated waveguide. This quasi-Gaussian beam is radiated away from the waveguide using a spiral cut launch edge, which is in close proximity to a first mode converting reflector. The first mode converting reflector is coupled to a second mode converting reflector which provides an output free-space HE11 mode wave suitable for direct coupling into a corrugated waveguide. The radiated beam produced at the output of the second mode converting reflector is substantially circular.
US09715984B2
A solenoid switch for a vehicle starter is disclosed, which comprises a housing defining an axial direction; a cap carrying a pair of contact studs, the cap having a front end which is fixed in the housing; a solenoid core mounted in the housing in front of the cap; and an elastic element having a maximum (extreme) allowance compression in the axial direction, the elastic element being compressed between the cap and the solenoid core in the axial direction by an elastic pre-compression amount which is smaller than the maximum allowance compression; wherein the solenoid core is supported by the housing at its front side and is supported by the elastic element at its back side. A vehicle starter comprising such a solenoid switch is also disclosed. Axial bouncing of the cap can be reduced by the invention.
US09715979B2
A low voltage switch pole which comprises an insulating casing having lateral walls and a front and a rear wall and defining an internal space with a contact area and an arc extinguishing area, a fixed contact assembly and a movable contact assembly being positioned in said contact area, said movable contact assembly being movable between a closed position in which it is into contact with said fixed contact assembly and an open position in which it is spaced apart from said fixed contact assembly, an arc chamber comprising a plurality of substantially parallel metallic plates inserted into an enclosure made of insulating material being positioned in said arc extinguishing area; the switch pole further comprises an insulating wall which is positioned in said internal space between said contact area and said arc extinguishing area and partially separates said contact area from said arc extinguishing area, a channel connecting said contact area to said arc extinguishing area being provided in said insulating wall.
US09715976B2
A keyboard device includes a base plate, a circuit board and plural keys. The base plate includes plural fixing parts. Each of the plural fixing parts includes two extension structures, an opening and a guiding slot. Each key includes a keycap and a metallic elastic element. The keycap includes plural positioning parts. The base plate includes plural fixing parts. The plural positioning parts are connected with the plural fixing parts, respectively. Each positioning part includes a positioning bulge. The positioning bulge is introduced into the guiding slot of the fixing part through the opening of the fixing part, so that the keycap is fixed on the base plate. When the keycap is depressed, the positioning bulge of the positioning part is moved downwardly within the guiding slot, so that the keycap is moved toward the base plate.
US09715971B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an aluminum alloy foil for electrode current collectors having superior rolling properties, high conductivity, and high strength after the drying step following the application of the active material. According to the present invention, an aluminum alloy foil for electrode current collector, including 0.03 to 0.1% of Fe, 0.005 to 0.02% of Ti, 0 to 0.1% of Si, 0 to 0.01% of Cu, 99.85% or more of Al, with the rest being unavoidable impurities, wherein tensile strength of the aluminum alloy foil is 175 MPa or higher, and electrical conductivity of the aluminum alloy foil is 60% IACS or higher, is provided.
US09715958B2
A method for charging a magnet arrangement having a superconducting tape conductor with a first transition temperature in a cryostat device. The magnet arrangement is temperature-controlled to a first pre-operating temperature between the first transition temperature and the operating temperature, a first pre-operating current is excited, the magnet arrangement is cooled to operating temperature and a first operating current is excited. The magnet arrangement has a second magnet winding composed of a second superconductor material with a second transition temperature above the operating temperature and at least 15 K below the first transition temperature, wherein a second operating current in the second magnet winding is excited at the latest after cooling of the magnet arrangement to the operating temperature, and with the second operating current the second magnet winding generates a second operating magnetic field in the volume of the first magnet winding.
US09715955B2
A cable bushing includes a metal tube, at least one cable for signal transmission received from a sensor which extends in an opposite direction inside the metal tube, which, in at least one axial end region sits with an immovable fit in a through-hole of a bearing block. The bearing block is arranged in a sealed manner in a passage of a housing wall or is connected in a sealed manner to the sensor.
US09715953B2
Wideband negative-permittivity and negative-permeability metamaterials utilizing non-foster elements
A metamaterial simultaneously exhibiting a relative effective permeability and a relative effective permittivity below unity over a wide bandwidth, including: one of a two-dimensional and a three-dimensional arrangement of unit cells, wherein each of the unit cells has a magnetic dipole moment and an electric dipole moment that are dependent upon one or more of an incident magnetic field and an incident electric field; and a coupling mechanism operable for coupling one or more of the incident magnetic field and the incident electric field to one or more devices. Optionally, the coupling mechanism includes one or more of a split ring and a pair of parallel plates coupled by one of a rod and a wire. The one or more devices are non-Foster elements.
US09715952B2
A shielded electrical cable includes a plurality of conductor sets. Each conductor set includes two insulated conductors. One of the conductor sets also includes a drain wire that generally lies in the plane of the two insulated conductors of the one conductor set. The conductor of each insulated conductor has a size that is not greater than 24 AWG. Each conductor set is substantially surrounded by a shield. The cable also includes first and second non-conductive polymeric layers disposed on opposite sides of the cable. The polymeric layers include cover portions and pinched portions arranged such that, in transverse cross section, the cover portions, in combination, substantially surround the plurality of the conductor sets, and the pinched portions, in combination, form pinched portions of the cable on each side of the plurality of the conductor sets. When the cable is laid flat, the distance between the center of the drain wire of the one conductor set and the center of the nearest insulated conductor of the closest conductor set is σ1, the center-to-center spacing of the insulated conductors of the closest conductor set is σ2, and σ1/σ2 is greater than 0.7.
US09715944B1
A memory array includes m·(n+1) memory cells, wherein n and m are natural numbers greater than zero. Each of the plurality of memory cells is connected to one of (n+1) bitlines and one of m wordlines. The memory array further includes n outputs configured for reading a content of the memory array. The memory array further includes n output switches, wherein an i-th output switch is configured for selectively connecting, in response to a switching signal, either an i-th bitline or an (i+1)-th bitline to an i-th output, and wherein i is a natural number and 0≦i≦n−1. The memory array further includes an (n+1)-th output switch, wherein the (n+1)-th output switch is configured for selectively connecting, in response to the switching signal, either the (n+1)-th bitline or a defined potential to an (n+1)-th output.
US09715942B2
Disclosed is a chip with a built-in self-test (BIST) circuit that incorporates a BIST engine that tests memories in parallel and that, prior to testing, dynamically sets the size of the address space to be swept. The BIST engine comprises an address generator that determines a superset of address space values associated with all the memories. This superset indicates the highest number of banks, the highest number of word lines per bank and the highest decode number for any of the memories. The address generator then generates test addresses and does so such that all test addresses are within a composite address space defined by the superset and, thereby within an address space that may, depending upon the memory configurations, be less than the predetermined maximum address space associated with such memories so as to reduce test time. Also disclosed is an associated BIST method for testing memories.
US09715937B1
Techniques are provided for improving the accuracy of read operations of memory cells, where the threshold voltage (Vth) of a memory cell can shift depending on when the read operation occurs. Countermeasures are provided for a first read situation in which a memory is read after a power on event or after a long delay since a last read. Read voltages of lower or higher programmed data states are set according to a positive or negative temperature coefficient (Tco), respectively. Read voltages for error recovery can be set similarly. In another aspect, a wait period between a dummy voltage and a read voltage is a function of temperature. In another aspect, word line voltages of unselected blocks are set according to a negative Tco. In another aspect, pass voltages are set based on a Tco for each programmed data state.
US09715936B2
A flash memory device including: a memory cell array; a signal generator inputting a first data fetch signal and outputting a second data fetch signal; and an output buffer circuit configured to output data from the memory cell array in sync with rising and falling edges of the second data fetch signal, wherein second data fetch signal is output along with data output from the output buffer circuit.
US09715932B2
A semiconductor memory cell and arrays of memory cells are provided In at least one embodiment, a memory cell includes a substrate having a top surface, the substrate having a first conductivity type selected from a p-type conductivity type and an n-type conductivity type; a first region having a second conductivity type selected from the p-type and n-type conductivity types, the second conductivity type being different from the first conductivity type, the first region being formed in the substrate and exposed at the top surface; a second region having the second conductivity type, the second region being formed in the substrate, spaced apart from the first region and exposed at the top surface; a buried layer in the substrate below the first and second regions, spaced apart from the first and second regions and having the second conductivity type; a body region formed between the first and second regions and the buried layer, the body region having the first conductivity type; a gate positioned between the first and second regions and above the top surface; and a nonvolatile memory configured to store data upon transfer from the body region.
US09715923B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a first and a second TFET whose gates and drains are cross-coupled. The drain of the first TFET is connected to a first node. The drain of the second TFET is connected to a second node. Included are a first access transistor connecting the first node to a first write bit line, a second access transistor connecting the second node to a second write bit line, and a third access transistor connecting the first node to a first read bit line. The first access transistor is constructed of a TFET connected in such a manner as that current flows from the first node to the first write bit line upon turning-on. The second access transistor is constructed of a TFET connected in such a manner as that current flows from the second node to the second write bit line upon turning-on.
US09715921B2
A method for writing a mode register in a semiconductor device, the method includes receiving a mode register command and a mode signal; generating a first mode register setting signal; delaying the first mode register setting signal in a first latency shifter to provide a second mode register setting signal; receiving a data signal in synchronization with the second mode register setting signal; and writing the mode signal to the mode register only if the received data signal has a first logic level.
US09715920B2
A memory device capable of optimizing a refresh cycle is provided. The memory device includes a monitor circuit capable of generating a signal serving as a trigger for a refresh operation. The monitor circuit includes a transistor and a capacitor. The monitor circuit has a function of sensing that a potential retained in the capacitor is lower than a reference potential, a function of generating a first signal and a second signal on the basis of the sensing result, and a function of turning on the transistor in response to the second signal and resetting the potential retained in the capacitor to an initialization state. It is possible to start refresh of a memory cell in response to the first signal.
US09715911B2
Input power quality for a processing device is sensed. In response to detection of poor power quality, input power is disconnected, and the processing device backs up its machine state in non-volatile logic element arrays using available stored charge. When power is restored, the stored machine state is restored from the non-volatile logic element arrays to the volatile logic elements whereby the processing device resumes its process from the state immediately prior to power loss allowing seamless processing across intermittent power supply.
US09715909B2
Apparatuses, multi-memory systems, and methods for controlling data timing in a multi-memory system are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a plurality of memory units. In the example apparatus, a memory unit of the plurality of memory units includes a memory configured to provide associated read data to a data pipeline based on row control signals and column control signals. The memory unit further includes local control logic configured to provide the row control signals and the column control signals to the memory, and a configurable delay circuit coupled between the local control logic and the memory, the configure d to delay receipt of the column control signals to the memory.
US09715908B2
A controller for a solid state drive is proposed. The solid state drive comprises a plurality of memory cells each one storing a symbol among a plurality of possible symbols. Each bit of each symbol is associated with a respective memory page. The controller comprises a spreading unit configured to mark a memory page whose bit error rate overruns an admitted bit error rate as a failed memory page, or as an unfailed memory page otherwise, and to determine allowed symbols that are allowed to be stored in a group of memory cells associated with the failed memory page. The allowed symbols are a subset of the possible symbols such that the bits of the allowed symbols associated with the unfailed memory pages include all possible bit combinations. The controller comprises a writing unit configured to write information bits into the group of memory cells according to the allowed symbols.
US09715906B2
A bootstrap circuit of which the capacitance of a bootstrap capacitor is small and which requires a shorter precharge period is provided. The bootstrap circuit includes transistors M41 and M42, capacitors BSC1 and BSC2, an inverter INV41, and keeper circuits 43 and 44. A signal OSG with a high voltage is generated from an input signal OSG_IN. As the signal OSG_IN is made a high level, a node SWG is made a high level by BSC1. After a signal BSE1 is made a high level and the node SWG is made a low level by the keeper circuit 44, a signal BSE2 is made a high level. By the capacitance coupling of BSC2, a voltage of an output terminal 22 increases.
US09715900B2
Disclosed are methods, circuits, devices, systems and associated computer executable code for composing composite content. According to embodiments, there is provided an authoring device which may facilitate acquisition or generation of one or more content segments at least partially based on one or more portions of a composite content authoring template. According to further embodiments, content segments produced by the authoring device may be automatically processed in accordance with instructions embedded within the same template used by the authoring device.
US09715896B2
A data storage device testing system may be configured with at least a test slot, a loader assembly, and an exchange assembly. The loader assembly can be positioned to respectively engage and disengage a test deck with the test slot. The exchange assembly may be configured to open an access port portion of the test deck and subsequently replace a tested data storage component housed within the first test deck with an untested data storage component.
US09715894B2
Embodiments include systems and methods for providing throughput increase and/or physical expansion of a data storage library. Some embodiments include multiple robotic assemblies, each having its own hand assembly, which are electrically and mechanically integrated for concurrent use in a single storage library environment for increased throughput. Other embodiments include an active vertical pass-through assembly that operates to ferry cartridges from one storage library environment to another, vertically adjacent storage library environment. Some such embodiments use existing robotic mechanisms of the libraries to exploit a shared slot through which vertical pass-through functionality can be realized. Other embodiments include an active horizontal pass-through assembly that operates to ferry cartridges from one storage library environment to another, horizontally adjacent storage library environment. Some such embodiments include a separate robotic mechanism that couples with each library and actively passes a cartridge among them and is adjustable to varying spans between the libraries.
US09715883B2
In an embodiment, bitstream elements of sub-frames are encoded differentially to a global gain value so that a change of the global gain value results in an adjustment of an output level of the decoded representation of the audio content. Concurrently, the differential coding saves bits. Even further, the differential coding enables the lowering of the burden of globally adjusting the gain of an encoded bitstream. In another embodiment, a global gain control across CELP coded frames and transform coded frames is achieved by co-controlling the gain of the codebook excitation of the CELP codec, along with a level of the transform or inverse transform of the transform coded frames. In another embodiment, the gain value determination in CELP coding is performed in the weighted domain of the excitation signal.
US09715881B1
An apparatus and method are disclosed for filtering and performing high frequency reconstruction of an audio signal. The apparatus includes an analysis filter bank, a phase shifter, a high frequency reconstructor, and a synthesis filter bank. The analysis filterbank receives real-valued time domain input audio samples and generates complex valued subband samples. The phase shifter shifts a phase of the complex-valued subband samples by an arbitrary amount. The high frequency reconstructor modifies at least some of the complex valued subband samples. A phase shifter unshifts a phase of the modified complex-valued subband samples by the arbitrary amount. The synthesis filter bank receives the modified complex valued subband samples and generates time domain output audio samples. The analysis filter bank comprises analysis filters that are complex exponential modulated versions of a prototype filter with an arbitrary phase shift.
US09715878B2
A method for arbitrating spoken dialog results includes receiving a spoken utterance from a user within an environment; receiving first recognition results and a first confidence level associated with the spoken utterance from a first source; receiving second recognition results and a second confidence level associated with the spoken utterance from a second source; receiving human-machine-interface (HMI) information associated with the user; selecting between the first recognition results and the second recognition results based on at least one of the first confidence level, the second confidence level, and the HMI information.
US09715877B2
A method searching navigation system data includes receiving a spoken utterance from a user, processing the spoken utterance to produce a dictation text substantially corresponding to the spoken utterance, and querying the navigation system data with the dictation text using an approximate string matching criteria and producing a results list associated therewith.
US09715870B2
A method for generating a musical composition based on user input is described. A first set of musical characteristics is extracted from a first input musical piece. The first set of music characteristics is prepared as an input vector into an unsupervised neural net comprised of a plurality of computing layers by perturbing the first set of musical characteristics according to a user intent expressed in the user input to create a perturbed vector. The perturbed vector is input into the first set of nodes of the unsupervised neural net. The unsupervised neural net is operated to calculate an output vector from a highest set of nodes. The output vector is used to create an output musical piece.
US09715858B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of data lines arranged in a first direction, where the data line extends substantially in a second direction, and a plurality of pixels electrically connected to the data lines, and a data driver configured to output a first data voltage and a second data voltage to the data lines and configured to control the number of the data lines which receives the first data voltage and the number of the data lines which receive the second data voltage, where the first data voltage has a positive polarity during a first frame and a negative polarity during a second frame, and the second data voltage has the negative polarity during the first frame and the positive polarity during the second frame.
US09715852B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a display panel and a stage block. The display panel includes 4m (m is a natural number) number of horizontal lines in which organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) are arranged. The stage block provides a scan signal and an emission control signal to each of the horizontal lines. An i (i is a natural number equal to or smaller than m) stage block includes a block signal generating unit, an emission control signal generating unit, and a plurality of scan signal generating units.
US09715845B2
It is an object to provide a semiconductor display device with high reliability. Further, it is an object to provide a semiconductor display device which can reduce power consumption. A decoder is provided for a scan line driver circuit and operates such that, in accordance with a signal input to the scan line driver circuit, a pulse is sequentially input only to scan lines included in pixels of rows performing display and a pulse is not input to scan lines included in pixels of rows at which display is not performed. Then, all pixels or part of pixels in the line selected by the pulse is supplied with a video signal from a signal line driver circuit, whereby display of an image is performed in pixels arranged in the specific area of the pixel portion.
US09715842B2
A media frame assembly for displaying a sheet of media against a mounting surface comprising a base plate and a cover plate. The base plate has multiple features so as to minimize contact with the mounting surface, space for rivet nuts, adhesive strip to secure media prior to mating with cover plate, and a channel and groove to mate with legs and protrusion from cover plate. The cover plate has multiple features so as to mate with base plate, simplify installation, and legs and protrusion to mate with channel and groove located in the base plate. The channel and groove located in the base plate operate in conjunction with legs and protrusion in cover plate to provide some tensioning of the media when the cover plate is mated to the base plate.
US09715838B2
A positioning table assembly for a crash test dummy includes a table bed adapted to be attached to an impact table for the crash test dummy and a table top adapted to support the crash test dummy and movably attached to the table bed for independent movement in X and Y axes and rotationally about a Z axis to position the crash test dummy relative to the table bed.
US09715832B2
A navigation aid method for an aircraft flying a reference trajectory between a point of departure and a point of arrival subject to a field of wind vectors comprises: decomposing the reference trajectory into a plurality of discrete waypoints Pi, loading meteorological data comprising the field of wind vectors, iterating the following steps N times, to generate an improved trajectory: for each waypoint Pi named current point, determining a reference plane, determining an orthonormal reference frame, determining a wind curl ((∇W)Pi), determining a sign of the projection of the wind curl on axis zi ((∇W)zi Pi), determining a direction of displacement from the current point Pi to a new current waypoint Pi′, determining a line of displacement, determining a displacement distance, determining the new current waypoint, determining a new trajectory, assigning the new waypoints Pi′ determined in the preceding iteration to the waypoints Pi for the next iteration.
US09715827B2
The specification and drawings present a multi-view traffic signage system using electronic multi-view displays (EMVDs) and a corresponding method to controllably direct individual information to vehicles (or to “moving vehicles” as broadly defined herein) as appropriate to their individual circumstances. The system may comprise one or more multi-view displays, one or more computers, and one or more vehicular sensing systems.
US09715826B1
Systems, methods and media for remote control of electronic devices using a proximity sensor are provided. In some implementations, the system comprises: a proximity sensor comprising an infrared emitter and an infrared detector, wherein the proximity sensor is configured to emit infrared light having specific properties using the infrared emitter and sense reflected light having the specific properties using the infrared detector to determine proximity of the sensor to an object; and a hardware processor that is programmed to: receive a user instruction to cause a command to be issued to control an electronic device; determine a code to be transmitted that corresponds to the command from a plurality of codes associated with the electronic device; and provide at least one signal to the proximity sensor to cause the proximity sensor to emit an infrared signal corresponding to the code instead of emitting infrared light having the specific properties.
US09715822B2
An electromotive furniture drive has a control device, a power-supply arrangement, a hand-held control connected to the control device via a bidirectional transmission path and having a connection configuration for at least one electrical motor client. The hand-held control has at least one display arrangement for displaying stored images for operation. The hand-held control has a detection device designed to detect the connection configuration.
US09715819B1
A emergency alert assembly includes a band that may be worn around a hand of a user. A communication unit is coupled to the band and the communication unit may be selectively manipulated. The communication unit may be in electrical communication with an extrinsic communications network. Thus, the communication unit may selectively contact an emergency response. The communication unit may be in electrical communication with a global positioning satellite. Thus, the communication unit may communicate a physical location of the band to the emergency response.
US09715813B1
An electronic module housing having a rounded stylized dog-bone-type shape and an equatorial partial light bar. The shape provides a view of parts of the light bar from many locations. The controller circuitry can detect a malfunction among one or more of a plurality of current-drawing components by detecting that the total cumulative current drawing by all the components falls outside a predetermined nominal range.
US09715812B2
A motor-driven screwdriver operation information indicator is retrofittable to a motor-driven screwdriver to indicate information related to an operation of the motor-driven screwdriver. An indicator housing of the operation information indicator is secured to a supporting and securing member configured to be secured to an outer peripheral surface of a screwdriver housing of the motor-driven screwdriver, thereby holding the indicator housing at a rear position of a rear end portion of the motor-driven screwdriver. An indication control circuit disposed in the indicator housing is connected to at least one of a motor-driven screwdriver drive control circuit and an external control circuit to receive a signal from the circuit connected thereto. The indication control circuit transmits a signal related to an operation of the motor-driven screwdriver on the basis of the received signal and indicates information related to the operation of the motor-driven screwdriver on an operation information indicating part.
US09715805B1
A personal protective device is combined with a cellular telephone. Activation of either device causes activation of the other device. Activation is achieved by a switch or voice command. Upon activation, a message asking for assistance at the present location is sent to a previously agreed upon emergency contact. The smartphone also starts both audio and video recording, which are also part of the data sent to the emergency contact person or service. Additionally, the personal protective devices are integrated into a unit that may combine such items as a protective spray, Taser, strobe light, dye pack, siren and other deterrent technologies to ward off would-be attackers. These devices are integrated into a hand held unit that can be unobtrusively worn or carried in a purse or pocket or in the user's hand. An optical safety device is included to protect the user from a potential assailant approaching from rearward.
US09715787B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for processing jackpot events occurring at electronic gaming devices of a casino environment. Upon a player hitting a jackpot, tax documentation can be automatically populated with the player's information, such as social security number and mailing address. The populated tax information can be electronically transmitted to recipients, such as the player. The player's information used to populate the tax documentation can be based on personally identifiable information provided by the player to obtain a stored value payment vehicle that is issued to the player and tied to a player identifier used by the casino environment for player tracking.
US09715780B2
An approach is provided to facilitate storage space rental services from a self sustaining solar powered storage locker rental system that may be remotely monitored and controlled. The apparatus includes one or more storage lockers each having respective electronic locking mechanisms. The apparatus is configured to process a request to access a storage locker and determine storage locker availability. The apparatus displays which of the one or more storage lockers is available and processes a selection of an available storage locker to generate an access message that includes a locker number, a randomly generated access code, and a duration of access indication based on a confirmed financial transaction. The apparatus also includes at least one solar energy collection unit configured to collect solar energy, and an energy storage unit configured to store the collected solar energy and supply power to the apparatus.
US09715774B2
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for spoofing bone conduction signals. According to one aspect, a device can compare a first unique body signature associated with a first user to a second unique body signature associated with a second user to determine a first unique effect of a first body of the first user on a signal and a second unique effect of a second body of the second user on the signal. The device can generate an authentication signal based upon the first unique effect and the second unique effect to include signal characteristics that, after propagating through the first body of the first user, are representative of the second unique body signature. The device can transmit the authentication signal through the first body of the first user to an authentication device that authenticates the first user on behalf of the second user.
US09715771B2
A trip data management and display system for a vehicle. The system includes a processor, a memory, a user-interface and a display. During a trip traveled by the vehicle, the processor receives data from one or more systems or components. The processor receives input via the user-interface to associate a category and a filename with the received data for storage in the memory. The stored data may then be retrieved for display upon the display of the vehicle. The trip traveled by the vehicle is predefined according to user-settable parameters or is automatically determined based on vehicle characteristics. Instantaneous data corresponding to a trip currently being traveled by the vehicle may also be displayed on the display adjacent to the stored data from memory. The data stored may be managed by a user to associate it with different or multiple categories or to delete particular stored data.
US09715770B2
A method is disclosed that comprises severing an I/O channel between an EMAC and an aircraft component; sending a test signal to the brake system controller; receiving, from the brake system controller, a feedback signal to the test signal; and determining an appropriateness of the feedback signal.
US09715762B2
The disclosed embodiments include a method, apparatus, and computer program product for modeling three dimensional objects, such as, but not limited to, fractures, for the purpose of reservoir simulation. For example, one disclosed embodiment includes a method that receives a set of 3D fractures with geometry that has been discretized by 2D surfaces by a collection of polygonal facets, generates a set of 3D stadia at specified radii around each facet in the collection of polygonal facet, generates closed 3D stadia surfaces around intersecting facets, discretizes all 3D stadia surfaces using various shape cells, generates 3D cells within each of the closed 3D stadia surfaces, and assigns each cell reservoir properties suitable for a numeric simulation program, such as, but not limited to, Nexus® Reservoir Simulation Software.
US09715760B2
The present invention includes a method of creating analysis suitable models from discrete point sets. The proposed methodology is completely automated, requiring no human intervention, as compared to traditional mesh-based methods that often require manual input. The present invention is directly applicable to engineering approaches in medicine where the object to be analyzed is described by discrete medical images, such as MRI or CT scans. Moreover, the present invention is useful in any application where the object of interest is created from digitized imaging technology.
US09715752B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus, including a display control section which determines which display layers out of a plurality of mutually overlapping display layers information is to be displayed on based on parameters associated with the information.
US09715751B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, are described for zooming into a portion of an image that is associated with a specified feature, for example, a portion of an image that depicts a human or an animal face. In one aspect, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of receiving user input requesting to zoom to faces depicted in one or more digital images, where the faces include either human faces or animal faces. Additionally, in response to said receiving the user input and for each of the one or more digital images, the methods include the actions of presenting a zoomed view of the digital image that shows an instance of a face depicted in the digital image, such that the zoomed view is presented at a zoom-level that is selected (i) to be less than or equal to a predetermined zoom-level and (ii) to maximize a fraction occupied by the depicted instance of the face within the zoomed view of the digital image.
US09715747B2
Techniques are disclosed for performing flood-fill operations on vector artwork. In one embodiment, a region under a point of interest (POI) of vector artwork is rasterized and flood-filled, and an initial bounding shape around that area is used as a first guess as to the area to be filled. In other cases, the initial bounding shape is created around some initial area that includes the POI (no rasterization). In any such case, vector objects having bounding shapes that intersect the initial bounding shape are identified and fed into a planar map. After map planarization, a new bounding shape is created around a new area resulting from the planarizing and that includes the POI. In response to that bounding shape not extending beyond the initial bounding shape, a vector-based flood-fill operation can be performed on that new area. The process repeats if a new bounding shape extends beyond previous bounding shape.
US09715740B2
A method of recognizing motion of an object may include periodically obtaining depth data of a first resolution and two-dimensional data of a second resolution with respect to a scene using an image capturing device, wherein the second resolution is higher than the first resolution; determining a motion tracking region by recognizing a target object in the scene based on the depth data, such that the motion tracking region corresponds to a portion of a frame and the portion includes the target object; periodically obtaining tracking region data of the second resolution corresponding to the motion tracking region; and/or analyzing the motion of the target object based on the tracking region data.
US09715738B2
Conventionally, when an input operation is recognized based on a three-dimensional measurement of user's hands, it was difficult to discriminate whether a plurality of detected hands is a pair of hands of a user or a plurality of users. An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an image acquiring unit configured to acquire information about an image capturing a space on an operation surface, a position identifying unit configured to identify the position where each of a plurality of objects to be used for an operational input has entered into the space based on information about the acquired image, and an association unit configured to identify a combination of a plurality of objects based on the position identified for each of the plurality of objects and associate the combined plurality of objects with each other.
US09715737B2
An image adjusting method capable of varying scaling ratios according to different regions of an image includes setting a first ROI (region of interest) circle on the image, acquiring a center of the first ROI circle to be a first reference point for setting at least one first bridging region circle, and utilizing a first scaling ratio, a second scaling ratio and a third scaling ratio to respectively adjust pixels of the first ROI circle, pixels between the first bridging region circle and the first ROI circle, and pixels out of the first bridging region circle. Dimension of the first bridging region circle is greater than dimension of the first ROI circle, and the first scaling ratio and the third scaling ratio are greater than the second scaling ratio. Further, the foresaid image adjusting method is applied to a camera and a related image processing system with image adjusting function.
US09715736B2
The present invention generally relates to automatic detection of video artifacts. The present invention relates to automatically detect out the images with visible artifacts due to STB decoding error based on a generated artificial edge map. In particular, the application teaches a method to detect out the images with the visible artifacts and how to identify artificial edges from texture (natural) edges. The present system identifies that artificial edges are most significant in local area, while texture edges are often together with some other texture edges.
US09715734B2
There is provided an image processing apparatus including a distance information generation portion configured to generate first distance information about an object to be measured based on a phase difference between images provided by a plurality of first cameras having a first base length, and generate second distance information about the object to be measured based on a phase difference between images provided by a plurality of second cameras having a second base length that is different from the first base length; and a distance extraction portion configured to extract distance information from an imaging position and the object to be measured based on the first distance information and the second distance information.
US09715732B2
The preset invention relates to an apparatus and a method for reconstructing a medical image for obtaining a 2D medical image (for example, a Cephalo image) from a 3D medical image (for example, a CT image), and a computer-readable recording medium keeping a program for implementing the method. In detail, the present invention provides an apparatus for reconstructing a medical image that includes: a 3D medical image obtaining unit obtaining 3D medical image information for making a 3D medical image of an object; a medical image overlapping unit overlapping the 3D medical image information in accordance with a radial beam path in a projection direction of a 2D medical image; and a 2D medical image obtaining unit obtaining and displaying the 2D medical image based on the overlapping result, and a method of reconstructing a medical image.
US09715729B2
Concepts herein relate to processing urine sediment images. An example method comprises: approximating the color of a pixel in a block to be processed to one of the kc colors in a code book, wherein the code book is a set of the kc colors generated in a set of urine sample blocks; obtaining a distribution histogram of the number of pixels the color approximation results of which fall on each color of the kc colors; using an occurrence frequency correction factor to correct the number of pixels the color approximation results; standardizing the corrected number of pixels the color approximation results; and processing the block to be processed.
US09715728B2
In order to provide a tomographic image analyzing apparatus which is simple and which obtains stable results, the tomographic image analyzing apparatus according to this invention includes an image standardizing unit which transforms PET images, in advance of tomographic image analysis, so that the contour of the brain of an subject appearing in the PET images become the contour of a brain represented by standard data. By carrying out such transforming operation before the analysis, there is no need to acquire MRI images like before, to be able to ease the burden on the subject. And according to this invention, the time of analysis is shortened. Further, according to this invention, an analysis of time variations of radioactive drug distribution is conducted with respect to a corresponding site on standardized PET images which corresponds to the ROI on the standard data. This can make analysis results stable.
US09715726B2
A method and apparatus for B0 correction in echo-planar (EP) based magnetic resonance image (MRI) is disclosed. Two phase images are obtained from each of a first echo-planar imaging (EPI) acquisition and a second EPI acquisition. A first susceptibility map is generated based on the two phase images obtained from the first EPI acquisition and a second susceptibility map is generated based on the two phase images obtained from the second EPI acquisition. A smooth polynomial function for modeling the B0 drift and respiratory motion between the first EPI acquisition and the second EPI acquisition is initialized based on the first and second susceptibility maps. A compensated temperature map is then iteratively reconstructed based on the smooth polynomial function.
US09715723B2
A method for defect classification includes storing, in a computer system, a definition of a region in a feature space. The definition is associated with a class of defects and comprises a kernel function comprising a parameter. The parameter determines a shape of the region. A confidence threshold for automatic classification of at least one defect associated with the class is received. A value of the parameter associated with the confidence threshold is selected. Inspection data for a plurality of defects detected in one or more samples under inspection is received. The plurality of defects for the class are automatically classified using the kernel function and the selected value of the parameter.
US09715719B2
A display system is provided. The display system comprises a display module, a signal control module, an image processing module, a backlight control module and backlight source modules; the signal control module is configured to transmit an image scaling signal and an image composition signal to the image processing module, wherein the image scaling signal is used for instructing the image processing module to scale each frame of image according to an image scaling ratio, and the image composition signal is used for instructing to synthesize the scaled image and a background image into one frame of image according to the position intended to display the scaled image; and transmit a backlight control signal to the backlight control module wherein the backlight control signal is used for instructing the backlight control module to only turn on the backlight source modules corresponding to the position intended to display the scaled image.
US09715715B2
Methods, systems, and software are provided that may perform, for example, the following. A preload table may be determined based on a graphics item to be processed. The graphics item may comprise a plurality of graphics lines. The preload table may indicate a pattern of pixel processing and cache line preloading operations for a single one of the graphics lines. For each of the graphics lines of the graphics item, the pixels may be processed and the cache line preloading operations may be performed in accordance with the preload table.
US09715710B2
A method (and system) for providing a forecast, the method including providing a multi-dimensional database storing data at a lowest level in a first dimension, calculating a first forecast at a level that is higher than the lowest level of a first dimension in the database, calculating a forecast for each category within the lowest level of the first dimension, aggregating a second forecast across all categories at the lowest level of the first dimension based upon an aggregation of the calculated forecasts for each category within the lowest level of the first dimension, determining a difference between the first forecast and the second forecast, and storing the difference in a dummy category at the lowest level of the first dimension.
US09715707B2
A system and method is provided for using information broadcast by devices and resources in the immediate vicinity of a mobile device, or by sensors located within the mobile device itself, to ascertain and make a determination of the immediate environment and state of the mobile device. The sensor data is then used to identify situational profiles to target and determine the relevance of apps, advertisements, content, and recommendations.
US09715706B2
A system and method for rendering a graphical user interface. The method includes accessing, within a mobile device, a data store corresponding to a social media multimedia container. The social media multimedia container comprises a plurality of objects and a first subset of the plurality of objects comprises a first social media application and second social media application and a second subset of the plurality of objects comprises a first social media widget. The social media multimedia container is operable to comprise one or more applications, widgets, pieces of content, and other multimedia containers. The method further includes displaying a first plurality of images each corresponding to the first social media application and the second social media application in a linear configuration and displaying a first image corresponding to the first social media widget. The first image is adjacent to a second image of the plurality of images corresponding to the first social media application.
US09715700B2
A system is disclosed for allowing a merchant to create offers for distribution via multiple distribution channels. The distribution channels may include social media networks and location based services. The method may include receiving offer parameters for generating the offer, generating offer data based on the offer parameters and merchant transaction data, and determining data subsets of the offer data for distribution through multiple electronic distribution channels. The systems and methods may include associating a transaction account of the account holder with the offer, monitoring a transaction of the transaction account, comparing with a criterion governing the offer, and generating a report for the merchant. The report may include various metrics of the offer, such as return on investment, tracking information on the number of repeat customers and new customers during an offer period, and may occur approximately real-time with the transaction.
US09715684B2
A point of sale terminal that performs purchase transactions is presented. The point of sale terminal includes an optical code scanner and weigh scale device. The optical code scanner portion of the optical code scanner and weigh scale device continuously scans for an optical code while the weigh scale portion of the optical code scanner and weigh scale device weighs an item placed on the scale. When the point of sale terminal receives data for an optical code that is read during the time an item is being weighed, the point of sale terminal compares information from the optical code data to the identification data entered by an operator for the item being weighed. If the item information does not match, the point of sale terminal halts the current purchase transaction until a supervisor intervenes.
US09715680B2
In one embodiment, event data descriptive of an event to occur at an event time is received at a first computer system via a network. Reminder data, descriptive of a reminder time to occur on or before the event time, is received via the network. At a time after receipt of the event data, article data descriptive of an article to be associated with the event is receive via the network. The article data is data created during an electronic scanning operation. At the reminder time a reminder message describing the event and the article is sent via the network to a second computer system, for presentation at the second computer system.
US09715677B2
An instant message sender user interface for an instant messaging communications session involving an instant message sender and an instant message recipient is rendered, the user interface including a conversation window. User input is entered by the instant message sender through manipulation of the user interface, the user input including data for transmission as an instant message from the instant message sender. An instruction by the instant message sender to send the data to the instant message recipient based on manipulation by the instant message sender of the user interface is resolved. Display of advertising content on the user interface is triggered responsive to the instruction by the instant message sender to send the data to the instant message recipient. The advertising content is displayed in the conversation window during at least a portion of the time that the instant message sender awaits a reply from the instant message recipient.
US09715674B1
Features are disclosed for using location awareness, bin capacity, and environmental cues to provide in context guidance to the associate when stowing items such as at a fulfillment center. In accordance with aspects of the present disclosure, the associate may scan an item he or she may want to stow. In response, lights on the bins in the associate's vicinity are illuminated to indicate bins in which the item can be stowed (e.g., because the item fits in the bin) without breaking stow etiquette. For example, in order to prevent mix up, stow etiquette may indicate that two types of erasers should not be stored in the same bin. As yet another example, stow etiquette may indicate that an item should not be stowed in a bin, even if it fits and there is room, so that a total weight for the bin is not exceeded.
US09715671B2
A system for managing medications facilitates documentation of medication returned from remote dispensing units to a central storage location such as a pharmacy vault. The system may be especially useful in facilitating the tracking of controlled substances. The system receives an indication that a medication previously removed from the remote dispensing units has been designated for return to the medication management system. The system computes an estimated return amount of the medication, and causes a queued return list to be displayed at the central storage location. The system can accommodate multiple remote dispensing devices and multiple medications.
US09715656B1
Technical solutions are described for improving efficiency of training a resistive processing unit (RPU) array using a neural network training methodology. An example method includes reducing asymmetric RPUs from the RPU array by determining an asymmetric value of an RPU from the RPU array, and burning the RPU in response to the asymmetry value being above a predetermined threshold. The RPU can be burned by causing an electric voltage across the RPU to be above a predetermined limit. The method further includes initiating the training methodology for the RPU array after the asymmetric RPUs from the RPU array are reduced.
US09715655B2
Method and apparatus for performing close-loop programming of resistive memory devices in crossbar array based hardware circuits and systems. Invention provides iterative training of memristor crossbar arrays for neural networks by applying voltages corresponding to selected training patterns. Error is detected and measured as a function of the actual response to the training patterns versus the expected response to the training pattern.
US09715654B2
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.
US09715645B2
In one example of the disclosure, credit data indicative of a subscription credit is received at a printer via a first network. The printer is connected to a marking agent supply. The subscription credit is to authorize the printer to at least one of dispense or consume a credit quantity of marking agent from the supply according to a subscription. Job data is received at the printer via a second network.
US09715642B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for image processing using deep neural networks. One of the methods includes receiving data characterizing an input image; processing the data characterizing the input image using a deep neural network to generate an alternative representation of the input image, wherein the deep neural network comprises a plurality of subnetworks, wherein the subnetworks are arranged in a sequence from lowest to highest, and wherein processing the data characterizing the input image using the deep neural network comprises processing the data through each of the subnetworks in the sequence; and processing the alternative representation of the input image through an output layer to generate an output from the input image.
US09715634B2
A method is provided for determining a distance of a vehicle from a traffic-regulating object, including the following steps: taking an image of the vehicle surroundings, in case of the presence of a traffic-regulating object in the image taken, determining an image size of the object in the image taken, providing an object size of the object in the vehicle surroundings, determining the distance of the vehicle from the object based on the image size and on the object size. A corresponding device, a corresponding driver assistance system, as well as a corresponding computer program are also provided.
US09715631B2
A birds-eye-view image generation device includes a captured image acquisition unit, an image conversion unit, a birds-eye-view image combining unit, and a joint setting unit. The joint setting unit sets any position of a rim of a vehicle image corresponding to a vehicle included in the birds-eye-view image as an end point in an overlapping imaging range in two birds-eye-view images corresponding to two imaging devices of which imaging ranges overlap each other, and sets a line which extends in any direction on an opposite side to the vehicle image from the end point between two radial directions directed to the end point from the two imaging devices, as a joint which joins two birds-eye-view images which are combined.
US09715630B2
A method of searching an image, which is disclosed in the present invention, includes selecting a first timing and a second timing to generate a first period, obtaining a plurality of first images from a first video streaming within the first period, and setting a second period according to at least one first image so as to obtain a plurality of second images from the first video streaming within the second period. The method of searching the image further includes simultaneously displaying a plurality of third image from a second video streaming within the second period, enlarging a selected image of the second images or the third images, and simultaneously enlarging another image that is captured at the same time as the time when the enlarging selected image is captured. The two enlarging images respectively belong to the first video streaming and the second video streaming.
US09715623B2
For reduced storage of user stroke data, systems, apparatus, and methods are disclosed. The apparatus includes a handwriting input device that receives input stroke data, a processor, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor, the code including code that identifies a handwritten character from the stroke data, maps the handwritten character to a user-specific font character based on the stroke data, and creates a file storing a character encoding corresponding to the user-specific font character. The handwriting input device may include an input device selected from the group consisting of: a touchscreen, a touch panel, a digitizer, a digital pen, a scanner, an imager, and a digital camera.
US09715622B2
A method and system for predicting neurological disorders is provided. The method comprises receiving videos of individuals and detecting Regions of Interest (ROI) in video frames. The method further comprises determining a Motion Vector (MV) for each ROI in a set of successive frames and comparing value of the determined MV with pre-stored values. Furthermore, the method comprises identifying a MV matching a pre-stored value thereby identifying a ROI and a frame corresponding to the identified MV, wherein the pre-stored value indicates onset of an expression. Also, the method comprises determining MVs for the identified ROI in subsequent sets of successive frames and comparing value of the determined MVs with a pre-stored value of MV corresponding to peak and offset of the indicated expression. The method further comprises identifying the frame corresponding to the peak and offset of the indicated expression and generating pictorial representation for predicting neurological disorders.
US09715617B2
A fingerprint sensor includes a first reference capacitor, a second reference capacitor, a first capacitor and a second capacitor. A first reference voltage is established across the first reference capacitor. The first reference voltage is depended on a touch event, a first reference capacitance of the first reference capacitor and a stray capacitance. The second reference capacitor has a first end and a second end, and is being configured to maintain a voltage difference between the first end and the second end, the voltage difference being a function of the first reference voltage. The first capacitor has a first capacitance and is coupled to the first end. The second capacitor has a second capacitance and is selectively coupled in parallel with the first capacitor. The ratio of the stray capacitance to the first reference capacitance equals the ratio of the second capacitance to the first capacitance.
US09715614B2
An imaging apparatus can be operative to capture a frame of image data representing a scene having one or more decodable indicia and display image data corresponding to the one or more decodable indicia. The imaging apparatus can be operative so that responsively to a user input control decoded message data of a selected decodable indicia is selectively output. One or more processor executable program can be provided for facilitating selective output of decoded message data.
US09715611B2
An optical information detecting apparatus is formed as an integrated, solid state monolithic structure. The monolithic structure includes a plurality of light sensors disposed on a substrate and electrically isolated from one another, a plurality of light emitting elements disposed on the substrate and electrically isolated from one another, the light sensors being optically isolated from the light emitting elements, and a circuit connected to the light emitting elements to generate light towards a target and connected to the light sensors to detect reflected light from the target, wherein a signal is generated in response to the detected light. The signal is indicative of an optical characteristic of the target.
US09715608B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed for improving RFID coverage using an antenna array having an adaptive antenna beam. The apparatus includes an RFID reader including an antenna array having a plurality of antenna elements. Subsets of the plurality of antenna elements are selectively activating in order to direct an antenna beam to communicate with at least one RFID tag. The method includes transmitting an interrogation signal from an antenna array by activating one or more subsets of a plurality of antenna elements forming the antenna array. In this way, the interrogation signal is directed thereby improving antenna coverage.
US09715596B2
In one embodiment, a method includes retrieving, from one or more data stores, one or more objects requested by an application accessed by a first user of an online social network, wherein each object is associated with a privacy setting, and wherein a percentage of the retrieved objects have a privacy setting likely to make the object visible to the first user, determining, for each retrieved object, a visibility of the object with respect to the first user, and sending, to the application accessed by the first user, one or more of the retrieved objects, wherein each sent object has a visibility that is visible to the first user, and wherein objects having a visibility that is not visible to the first user are not sent.
US09715593B2
This invention discloses a system and methods of detecting software vulnerabilities in a computer program. The invention models compiled software to examine both control flow and data flow properties of the target program. A comprehensive instruction model is used for each instruction of the compiled code, and is complemented by a control flow graph that includes all potential control flow paths of the instruction. A data flow model is used to record the flow of unsafe data during the execution of the program. The system analyzes the data flow model and creates a security finding corresponding to each instruction that calls an unsafe function on unsafe data. These security findings are aggregated in a security report along with the corresponding debug information, remediation recommendations and any ancillary information related to each instruction that triggered the security finding.
US09715584B2
An electronic device provides a tracking report to a computing device that is located remotely from the electronic device. The tracking report may include location information that identifies the geographical location of the electronic device, and device user information that identifies the user of the electronic device. The electronic device acquires location information for the tracking report through a location awareness capability such as a global positioning system. The electronic device acquires user identification information for the tracking report through a biometric scanning component, such as a finger print sensor or other device that senses biometric properties when a user is touching or in close proximity to the device.
US09715579B2
A system is disclosed in which a plurality of in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) devices each include a network communication device for connecting to a publicly accessible data network. For example, IVD devices are provided with a cellular modem for connecting to a public cellular network. These IVD devices connect to the data network upon completion of a diagnostic test, and upload results of the test, as well as other appropriate data, to a remote device which is also on the network. The IVD devices also download appropriate data from remote network elements. The remote network element may be a network element such as a Hospital Information System (HIS) or Laboratory Information System (LIS) database. Alternatively, the remote device may be a remote server or another IVD device. This connectivity enables the system to accumulate diagnostic test data, and to analyze, report, and/or update the IVD devices based on the accumulated data.
US09715575B2
A method includes obtaining image data for a patient. The image data corresponds to acquisition data from an imaging acquisition from a set of planned image acquisitions in an examination plan for the patient. The method further includes analyzing the image data with a processor based on an imaging practice guideline and producing electronically formatted data indicative of the analysis. The processor generates a signal indicative of a recommendation of a change to the examination plan based on the data indicative of the analysis.
US09715574B2
The redundancy in genomic sequence data is exploited by compressing sequence data in such a way as to allow direct computation on the compressed data using methods that are referred to herein as “compressive” algorithms. This approach reduces the task of computing on many similar genomes to only slightly more than that of operating on just one. In this approach, the redundancy among genomes is translated into computational acceleration by storing genomes in a compressed format that respects the structure of similarities and differences important to analysis. Specifically, these differences are the nucleotide substitutions, insertions, deletions, and rearrangements introduced by evolution. Once such a compressed library has been created, analysis is performed on it in time proportional to its compressed size, rather than having to reconstruct the full data set every time one wishes to query it.
US09715565B2
A method of performing physical aware technology mapping in a logic synthesis phase of design of an integrated circuit and a system to perform physical aware technology mapping are described. The system includes a memory device to store a logic design of the integrated circuit, and a processor to subdivide a core area representing a sub-block of the integrated circuit into equal-sized grids, the core area including one or more input ports and one or more output ports, to determine a location of each latch in a logic design based on an algorithm, to determine a location of each combinational logic gate in the logic design, and to obtain the technology mapping based on the locations of the one or more latches, the locations of the one or more combinational logic gates, and associated path delays.
US09715564B2
A method for performing redundancy identification in an integrated circuit design. An optimized gate in a logic circuit is identified. A first netlist with a representation of the logic circuit is generated. An error is induced on the optimized gate. A second netlist is generated from a copy of the first netlist incorporating changes based on the error. Fan-out boundaries of the logic circuit are propagated for the first and second netlists. A redundancy report representing optimization steps performed to obtain the original logic circuit is analyzed to identify which steps are adequate to cause unobservability of the optimized gate. This is done by representing the optimization steps as constraints over the first and second netlists. Responsive to the error becoming undetectable under the constraints derived from the redundancy report, a minimal set of reductions is identified from the first netlist as the reason for unobservability of the optimized gate.
US09715560B2
Various embodiments of the invention relate to optimizing storage of schema-less data. At least one of a schema-less dataset including a plurality of resources one or more query workloads associated with the plurality of resources is received. Each resource is associated with at least a plurality of properties. At least one set of co-occurring properties from the plurality of properties is identified. A graph including a plurality of nodes is generated. Each of the nodes represents a unique property in the set of co-occurring properties. The graph further includes an edge connecting each node representing a pair of co-occurring properties. A schema is generated based on the graph that assigns a column identifier from a table to each unique property represented by one of the nodes in the graph.
US09715542B2
A method of determining relevancies of objects to a search query includes associating multiple tags with multiple objects, recording bookmarks to the multiple objects, or both, and determining a relevance score for each of the multiple objects and a search query. One embodiment of the method combines full-text relevance algorithms with tag relevance algorithms. Other embodiments include statistical relevance algorithms such as statistical classification or rank regression algorithms. When a user executes a search query, a results list containing the objects is returned, with the objects organized based on the relevance scores. The objects are organized by, for example, listing those with the highest relevance scores first or by marking them with an indication of their relevance. Preferably, relevance scores for a tag-object pair are based on a number of times a term in the tag has been associated with the object, a number of tags associated with the object, a number of times that the tag has been associated with the multiple objects, a number of tag-object pairs that contain a term in the tag, a number of tag-object pairs that contain a reference to the object, or any combination of these.
US09715538B2
A method, system, and computer program product for managing time dimension tables are disclosed. In a first aspect, the method comprises providing an intelligent time dimension agent application and optimizing a time dimension table by the intelligent time dimension agent based upon changing data in associated fact tables. In a second aspect, the system comprises a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory includes an application which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to carry out the steps of the method. In a third aspect, the computer program product comprises a non-transitory computer readable medium having a computer readable program recorded thereon, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computer device, causes the computer device to carry out the steps of the method.
US09715531B2
A mechanism is provided, in a data processing system comprising a processor and a memory configured to implement a question and answer (QA) system, for weighting search criteria based on similarities to an ingested corpus in the QA system. A set of question characteristics found in a received input question are compared to a set of data characteristics respectively describing data in each corpus of a corpora. For each question characteristic in the set of found question characteristics, a first weight is assigned to the corpus within which data associated with the data characteristic resides in response to the question characteristic being more related to a data characteristic; otherwise a second weight is assigned, where the first weight is greater than the second weight. A selective search is then performed for an answer to the received input question in one or more corpora with a higher weighting.
US09715524B1
A search method, a search system, and a natural language comprehension system are provided. The search system includes a structured database and a search engine. The structured database stores a plurality of records, each of which has a title field and a content field. The title field includes at least one sub-field, and each sub-field includes an indication field and a value field. The indication field stores indication data, the value field stores value data, and the content field stores detailed content data. The search engine conducts a full-text search to the records in the structured database according to a keyword derived from a user's request formation, and a search result is transmitted to a knowledge comprehension assistance module, so as to recognize the user's intention. After the user's intention is recognized, information associated with the recognized user's intention is transmitted back to the user.
US09715519B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for managing multiple sets of metadata. A method includes maintaining a first set of metadata on a volatile recording medium and a second set of metadata on a non-volatile recording medium. The first and second sets of metadata are associated with one or more logical addresses for data stored on the non-volatile recording medium. The first and second sets of metadata relate to a state of the data. A method includes updating the second set of metadata in response to a first operation performed on the data. The second set may be updated based on the first operation. A method includes updating the first set of metadata in response to a subsequent operation performed on the data. The first set may be updated based on the first operation.
US09715512B2
A system and method for modifying a bulk set of domain names through bulk operations. A request to modify a bulk set of data associated with domain names is received by a registry. A bulk processing engine associated with the registry can analyze the requested update job, and enforce compliance with a set of policies governing the operation of registry. A priority level can also be assigned to the requested job, so that it will be executed before or after other pending jobs. The user can likewise provide user-supplied policies, which can also be validated against the set of registry policies. Data faults can be reduced or eliminated, and update operations can be performed by comparatively inexperienced personnel.
US09715502B1
Techniques are described for migrating data from source storage to destination storage using a chunking technique. The data to be migrated may be divided into a number of chunks according to a factor that is the number of migration modules to be employed in migrating the data. The chunks may be stored on intermediate storage and migrated from the intermediate storage to the destination storage by the migration modules executing in parallel. Because the number of chunks is based on a factor that is the number of migration modules, the utilization of the migration modules may be substantially equivalent during the migration process. The chunks are generated with a size to optimize input/output operations and prevent timeouts during read operations.
US09715501B2
Technologies are described herein for converting presentations between differing slide dimensions and aspect ratios. A scaling factor is calculated from the difference between the original dimensions of the slide and the new dimensions of the converted slide. Next, the content objects on the slide are scaled based on the scaling factor such that the aspect ratio of the content object is maintained. A horizontal position zone and vertical position zone is determined for each content object on the slide, and new coordinates for the position of the content objects are calculated utilizing formulas based on the horizontal position zone and a vertical position zone determined for each.
US09715500B2
Methods and systems for publishing a playlist are disclosed. A user generates or selects a playlist, which is then provided (e.g., uploaded) for publishing. A playlist identifying at least one of one or more tracks and one or more albums is received. The playlist may then be published such that the playlist is viewable by one or more individuals. A user may then purchase one or more tracks/albums identified in the playlist via an online store.
US09715499B2
Systems and methods are provided for generating an interactive map for displaying and analyzing a compressive intellectual property landscape within a given field. Based on content analysis of relevant patents and patent applications, this prior art map provides a systematic review of vast quantities of data, thereby allowing the user to discern critical technology and product trends, prior art references, and the strategies of both leading and emerging competitors. Each patent represented on the map can be analyzed within the context of the prior art landscape to uncover novel features, strong claims, and business and technology trends. This comprehensive view can provide a foundation for creating effective corporate strategies in-tune with the realities of the intellectual property terrain.
US09715490B2
In an approach to automating multilingual indexing, a computer receives text of a conversation between at least two users. The computer detects at least one language associated with the text. The computer determines whether the language associated with the text is detected with a confidence level that exceeds a threshold. The computer retrieves text from one or more previous conversations between the two users. The computer detects at least one language associated with the text. The computer determines whether the at least one language associated with the text is detected with a confidence level that exceeds a pre-defined threshold. The computer analyzes the text using at least one of the detected languages to create one or more terms. The computer indexes the one or more terms and stores a boost value associated with each of the one or more indexed terms corresponding to confidence level of the detected language.
US09715488B2
Mechanisms are provided for processing logical relationships in natural language content. A logical parse of a first parse of the natural language content is generated by identifying latent logical terms within the first parse indicative of logical relationships between elements of the natural language content. The logical parse comprises nodes and edges linking nodes. At least one knowledge value is associated with each node in the logical parse. The at least one knowledge value associated with at least a subset of the nodes in the logical parse is propagated to one or more other nodes in the logical parse based on propagation rules. The propagating of the at least one knowledge value generates transaction records in a transaction knowledgebase data structure. A reasoning operation is executed based on the transaction knowledgebase data structure.
US09715486B2
In order to address annotation bias in batch annotations, obtained via crowdsourcing, on a set of comments on user posts in a social network, a system determines an annotation probability distribution based on a factor-graph model of the batch annotations. In particular, during operation the system computes the factor-graph model that represents relationships between feature vectors that represent the comments and the annotations for the comments. Note that, for a given batch of k comments, the factor-graph model may include a statistically dependent combination of statistically independent models of the interrelationships between the feature vectors and the annotations for the k comments. Then, the system calculates the annotation probability distribution based on model parameters associated with the factor-graph model, a mapping function that maps from the feature vectors to the annotations, and an indicator function that represents the annotations for the comments in the batches.
US09715479B2
A memristor linear modeling method for a switched reluctance motor. A non-inverting operational amplifier circuit and an inverting operational amplifier circuit are employed to construct a switched reluctance motor linear phase inductance characteristic element.
US09715472B2
A USB Type-C connector module including a circuit board, and a USB Type-C connector, a configuration-channel (CC) chip and a plurality of conductive terminals electrically connected with the circuit board. CC pins of the USB Type-C connector are electrically connected to the CC chip for accepting an operation of the CC chip. Power pins of the USB Type-C connector are electrically connected to a power control chip of an external mainboard through the plurality of conductive terminals for receiving power from the mainboard. Data pins of the USB Type-C connector are electrically connected to a PCH of the external mainboard for transmitting data with the mainboard.
US09715465B2
An operating method of a storage device including a nonvolatile memory and a memory controller configured to control the nonvolatile memory may include selecting one of a plurality of submission queues; fetching, from the selected submission queue, a command for accessing the storage device; executing the fetched command; outputting an execution result of the fetched command to a selected completion queue corresponding to the selected submission queue; determining whether a submission queue is a full submission queue, the full submission queue corresponding to a full completion queue; and inhibiting the selecting from selecting the full submission queue until the full completion queue becomes a normal completion queue, when the determining determines a submission queue is the full submission queue, wherein the plurality of submission queues are sequentially selected in accordance with round robin scheduling.
US09715459B2
In a multithreaded data processing system including a plurality of processor cores, storage-modifying requests, including a translation invalidation request of an initiating hardware thread, are received in a shared queue. The translation invalidation request is removed and buffered in sidecar logic. While the translation invalidation request is buffered in the sidecar logic, the sidecar logic broadcasts the translation invalidation request so that it is received and processed by the plurality of processor cores. In response to confirmation of completion of processing of the translation invalidation request by the initiating processor core, the sidecar logic removes the translation invalidation request from the sidecar. Completion of processing of the translation invalidation request at all of the plurality of processor cores is ensured by a broadcast synchronization request. Subsequent memory referent instructions are ordered with respect to the broadcast synchronization request by a synchronization instruction.
US09715457B2
An apparatus is contemplated for storing and decompressing configuration data in a multi-core microprocessor. The apparatus includes a shared fuse array and a plurality of microprocessor cores. The shared fuse array is disposed on a die and comprises a plurality of semiconductor fuses programmed with compressed configuration data. The plurality of microprocessor cores is also disposed on the die, where each of the plurality of microprocessor cores is coupled to the shared fuse array and is configured to access all of the compressed configuration data during power-up/reset, for initialization of elements within the each of the plurality of cores. The each of the plurality of cores have a reset controller that is configured to decompress the all of the compressed configuration data, and to distribute decompressed configuration data to initialize the elements.
US09715448B2
A method for collection instance resizing. The method may include identifying at least one collection object within a collection framework of a virtual machine. The method may also include determining the at least one identified collection object satisfies at least one preconfigured criteria. The method may further include determining a garbage collection cycle count associated with the at least one identified collection object exceeds a preconfigured threshold. The method may also include determining an occupancy ratio associated with the at least one identified collection object is less than a preconfigured shrink threshold. The method may further include restructuring the at least one identified collection object based on the at least one identified collection object satisfying the at least one preconfigured criteria, the garbage collection cycle count exceeding the preconfigured threshold, and the occupancy ratio being less than the preconfigured shrink threshold.
US09715444B2
Disclosed is a method of writing data in a storage device including a nonvolatile memory device. The method includes receiving write data with a write request, detecting a number of free blocks, if the detected number of free blocks is less than a threshold value, allocating a log block only in accordance with a sub-block unit, but if the detected number of free blocks is not less than the threshold value, allocating the log block in accordance with one of the sub-block unit and a physical block unit, wherein the sub-block unit is smaller than the physical block unit.
US09715442B2
An apparatus may receive bus data from a vehicle, may receive removable media storing an application and settings, and may interface with an external test hardware device. The apparatus may include a processor programmed to set up the test hardware device in accordance with the settings, and execute the application using the bus data and the external test hardware devices as configured. The apparatus may also update an indicator associated with a device category of a connected test hardware device to indicate presence of the test hardware device.
US09715436B2
A method provides rebuilding data in a hot spare storage device when multiple storage devices fail in a storage system. The method includes a storage controller determining if a first storage device storing first data has failed within a first group of storage devices. In response to the first storage device failing, the first data is rebuilt in the hot spare storage device from a copy of the first data stored in a first mirrored storage device of the first group of storage devices. In response to a second storage device failing, third data is generated by performing a first exclusive or (XOR) operation with the first data stored on the hot spare storage device and a copy of the second data stored in a second mirrored storage device of the second group of storage devices. The third data is rebuilt in the hot spare storage device. The method recovers original data and prevents complete failure of a virtual disk.
US09715434B1
Techniques for data migration of a storage system are described herein. According to one embodiment, for at least one of segments of a file to be migrated from a source storage tier to a target storage tier, a fingerprint of the segment is transmitted to the target storage tier. In response to a response received from the target storage tier indicating that the segment has not been stored in the target tier based on the fingerprint, a storage space of the target tier estimated for migrating the file is incremented. One or more segments of the file that have not been stored in the target tier are migrated if the one or more segments of the file fit in the target storage tier based on the estimated storage space of the target tier.
US09715426B2
A monocular holographic storage device or system to provide for compact recording and/or reading of data pages in a holographic storage medium. Also provided are methods for carrying out such data storage and/or data recovery using a monocular holographic storage device or system. Further provided are articles including holographic storage media for recording or for reading recorded data using such devices or systems.
US09715420B2
An apparatus for comparing strings comprises a first and a second set of input registers, a matrix of comparator circuits wherein rows of the matrix correspond to the first set of input registers and columns of the matrix correspond to the second set of input registers, a set of row control registers wherein each register corresponds to a row of the matrix of the comparator circuits, the matrix of comparator circuits configured to compare data provided by the first set of registers with data provided by the second set of registers according to the row control registers, and an error detection circuit configured to compare results from four comparator circuits corresponding to two adjacent rows and two columns of the matrix of comparator circuits. A method that invokes the above mentioned apparatus is also disclosed herein, along with a computer program product corresponding to the method.
US09715416B2
Adaptive queued locking for control of speculative execution is disclosed. An example apparatus includes a lock to: enforce a first quota to control a number of threads allowed to concurrently speculatively execute after being placed in a queue; and in response to the first quota not having been reached, enable a first thread from the queue to speculatively execute; and an adjuster to change a first value of the first quota based on a result of the speculative execution of the first thread.
US09715414B2
A method, apparatus, and system for a multi-instance database scan server is provided to process data scan operations for segments within in-memory stores, such as in-memory columnar (IMC) stores. The scan server uses a client/server based model, wherein each database instance in the database management system (“DBMS”) is associated with a client-side scan server and a server-side scan server. The client-side scan server can reside in the data and/or index layer of the DBMS, receiving requests for scan operations on in-memory segments. After receiving a data scan request from an IMC client, the client-side scan server can create several independently executable scanning tasks to process the request. The scanning tasks are each assigned to a particular server-side scan server for processing based on one or more factors, which may include a load balancing component. Additional factors to be considered may include instance affinity and/or NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access) affinity.
US09715409B2
An information processing apparatus includes a monitoring unit and a predicting unit. The monitoring unit monitors, during execution of a first job, the amount of data output by the execution of the first job. The predicting unit predicts, based on the amount of data output by the execution of the first job, whether execution of a second job finishes by a preset time limit. The second job performs a process using the data output by the execution of the first job.
US09715407B2
A non-transitory, computer-readable recording medium stores a scheduling program that causes a first core among multiple cores to execute a process that includes selecting a core from the cores; referring to a storage unit to assign first software assigned to the selected core, to a second core different from the selected core and among the cores, the storage unit being configured to store for each core among the cores, identification information of software assigned to the core; and assigning second software to the selected core as a result of assigning the first software to the second core, the second software being assigned when an activation request for the second software is accepted.
US09715401B2
In an embodiment of the invention, a method for secure live migration of a virtual machine (VM) in a virtualized computing environment can include selecting a VM in a secure virtualized computing environment for live migration to a different virtualized computing environment and blocking data communications with the selected VM and other VMs in the secure virtualized computing environment. The selected VM can be live migrated to the different virtualized computing environment and the VM can be restarted in the different virtualized computing environment. Notably, a secure communicative link can be established between the restarted VM and at least one other of the VMs in the secure virtualized computing environment. Finally, data communications between the restarted VM and the at least one other of the VMs can be enabled over the secure communicative link.
US09715396B2
A terminal device, which can reduce a calculation amount for displaying an annotation text, an annotation method, a computer system, and a computer program.A plurality of annotation rules created for each window in which an annotation text is to be displayed are accumulated in an annotation DB, which of windows displayed on an operation screen is an active window is always monitored by a business screen state acquisition section, and when annotation display operation is performed by a user, an annotation display section obtains an annotation rule of an active window associated with the user's operation from the annotation DB and displays an annotation text included in the annotation rule on the operation screen.
US09715395B2
A help interface is generated to present static help content and customized help content for an application. Help content data is accessed to define the static help content and a control command to support incorporation of the customized help content. The control command is implemented to determine a configuration of the application, and a user context is determined based on a user characteristic and the application configuration. The customized help content is then resolved based on the control command and the user context. In some cases, a help system may include a help viewer module or program in communication with a computer-readable memory storing the help content data. The help viewer may then render the help interface based on the static help content and customized help content resolved from the control command, the application configuration, and other aspects of the user context in which it is presented.
US09715388B2
Logic and instruction to monitor loop trip count are disclosed. Loop trip count information of a loop may be stored in a dedicated hardware buffer. Average loop trip count of the loop may be calculated based on the stored loop trip count information. Based on the average trip count, loop optimizations may be removed from the loop. The stored loop trip count information may include an identifier identifying the loop, a total loop trip count of the loop, and an exit count of the loop.
US09715387B2
An apparatus and method for dynamically controlling functional aspects of an MCU. In one embodiment an MCU includes a central processing unit (CPU), a memory for storing instructions executable by the CPU, and a T/C channel coupled to receive control values generated by CPU and M event signals, wherein M is an integer greater than 1. The T/C channel is configured to select one or more of the M event signals based on the one or more of the control values. The T/C channel is configured to generate a control signal as a function of the selected one or more of the M event signals. A function of the T/C channel can be controlled by the control signal.
US09715379B2
A message processing system, such as an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) gateway, sends a first message having a specific type of data content to a wireless communications device within a wireless communications network. In response to being unable to process the specific type of data content, the wireless communications device sends an error message to the message processing system. In response to receipt of the specific error message, the message processing system automatically triggers a transmission of a firmware upgrade notification message (e.g., a Wireless Application Protocol PUSH message) to the wireless communications device, which triggers the wireless communications device to request a firmware upgrade, from an external server (e.g., a Firmware Over The Air server), that enables the wireless communications device to become capable of processing the specific type of data content.
US09715366B2
A computer-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product generates a digital map of a physical location based on a user's field of interest and local sounds. One or more processors receive a user's field of interest from a computing device used by a user. The processor(s) map the user's field of interest to a specific sound pattern, and retrieve a digital audio file from a sound capturing device. The sound capturing device generates the digital audio file and a physical location descriptor for captured sound. The processor(s) match the digital audio file to the specific sound pattern, and generate an icon that represents the specific sound pattern and the physical location at which the sound is captured. The icon is overlaid onto a digital map, which is sent to the computing device used by the user.
US09715365B2
Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to facilitate portable playback of multimedia content are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a communication interface to send and receive data via a network connection, the data including multimedia content for playback. The example apparatus includes a memory to store instructions and data. The example apparatus includes a processor. The processor is to search for an available playback network and, if available, automatically connect to the playback network. The processor is to, in an absence of an available network, establish a mobile zone to facilitate multimedia content playback via the mobile zone. The processor is to automatically switch between the playback network and the mobile zone depending upon availability of the playback network to provide content playback via the portable playback device. The processor is to facilitate control and playback of content on the playback network via the portable playback device.
US09715359B2
An information processing apparatus includes a manager setting application configured to perform a manager setting requiring an input to a predetermined item of a print setting; a first print setting application executed on a first execution environment; and a second print setting application executed on a second execution environment. If the manager setting application performs the manager setting requiring the input to the predetermined item of the print setting and there is no input to the predetermined item requiring the input, the first print setting application and the second print setting application display a screen for prompting the input to the predetermined item.
US09715358B2
An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention determines whether there is a setting value that belongs a target category and can be set in combination with another setting value and changes an input setting value that has been input via a print setting screen and has been determined not to be able to be set in combination with the other setting value to the setting value that can be set in combination with the other setting value on the basis of a result of the determination.
US09715353B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for an application to provide for, in one embodiment, using hierarchical storage management to respond to a request to delete a data set by migrating the data set to another storage tier in a storage system before deleting the data set from its current location. As a result, the data set is stored on another tier to provide an opportunity to reverse the decision to delete the data set. In one embodiment, a temporary interval of time is provided to reverse the deletion decision and restore the data set from the migrated data set, before the data set is permanently deleted.
US09715342B2
A fast and lean way of performing logical-to-physical address translation is presented. A logical address is divided into a most significant bits portion and a least significant bits portion. Instead of using the entire logical address to locate an entry in an address translation table, only the most significant bits portion of the logical address is used, which substantially reduces the size of the address translation table. The entry includes a most significant bits portion of a physical volatile memory address and a most significant bits portion of a physical non-volatile memory address. The actual physical volatile memory address and the actual physical non-volatile memory address can be derived by combining the most significant bits portions of the addresses stored in the address translation table entry with the least significant bits portion of the logical address.
US09715330B2
A wearable computing device receives user preferences, wherein the user preferences include information detailing one or more types of information to display based on one or more criteria being satisfied. The wearable computing device determines information to display on the wearable computing device based on the user preferences. The wearable computing device displays the determined information.
US09715329B2
Systems and methods are provided for provisioning a hosted computing environment in accordance with customer requirements relating to a service. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method is provided. The method includes generating a graphical interface on a computing device and receiving input corresponding to an indication of one or more requirements, wherein the input is received using the graphical interface, and wherein the one or more requirements correspond to a hosted computing environment. The method further comprises converting each indication of the one or more requirements into one or more entries of a provisioning template, wherein the provisioning template includes multiple entries, and wherein the provisioning template is associated with the hosted computing environment. The method further comprises providing the provisioning template to a provisioning program to provision the hosted computing environment.
US09715322B2
According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display section that has a first period to consume predetermined power and a second period to consume less power than in the first period, and power consumption of which periodically changes by repeating the first period and the second period; a smoothing capacitor that stabilizes power supplied to the display section; and a power consumption unit that consumes the supplied power in the second period.
US09715314B2
Electrode matrices for capacitive touch-sensing are provided. An electrode matrix may include a plurality of electrodes separated by gaps. Each electrode may include a plurality of spaced apart conductors electrically connected at opposed ends by respective tie structures. The conductors of each electrode may be electrically bridged at intervals by a plurality of jumpers. The electrode matrix may further include a plurality of pseudo jumpers positioned within the gaps and configured to be non-conductive across their entire lengths.
US09715312B2
An input device having an anti-static layer coupled to a grounding element such as a cellphone bottom chassis via a current hindering circuit having a resistive circuit element. Without the current hindering circuit having a resistive circuit element, a large amount of the current from an input object would flow through the connection to the grounding element and would not flow to a receiver channel for processing. This decreases the signal strength within the receiver channel, making sensing more difficult to perform. However, with the current hindering circuit having a resistive circuit element, current is hindered from flowing to ground and thus flows to the receiver channel, thereby increasing the signal strength. The current hindering circuit having a resistive circuit element may be a resistor or a Zener diode that is directed to prevent current flow from the anti-static layer to the grounding element until a significant voltage has built up across the Zener diode.
US09715303B2
The present invention provides an in-cell self capacitive touch control display panel and a manufacture method thereof. The in-cell self capacitive touch control display panel comprises: an array substrate, a CF substrate and a liquid crystal layer arranged between the array substrate and the CF substrate, and light is incident from a CF substrate side, and exits out of an array substrate side. The array substrate comprises: a plurality of gate scan lines (11) separately arranged along a horizontal direction, a plurality of data lines (41) separately arranged along a vertical direction, and a plurality of pixel electrodes (50) aligned in array; a touch scanning line is commonly shared with the gate scan line (11), and a touch receiving line is commonly shared with the data line (41), and a touch control self capacitance is commonly shared with the pixel electrode (50), under the premise of not adding more to the present process flow of the array substrate, the in-cell self capacitive touch control function can be realized and the driving cost of the panel can be reduced. The manufacture method of the in-cell self capacitive touch control display panel can reduce the driving cost of the panel without adding more to the present process flow of the array substrate.
US09715300B2
A method, system, and one or more computer-readable storage media for providing multi-dimensional haptic touch screen interaction are provided herein. The method includes detecting a force applied to a touch screen by an object and determining a magnitude, direction, and location of the force. The method also includes determining a haptic force feedback to be applied by the touch screen on the object based on the magnitude, direction, and location of the force applied to the touch screen, and displacing the touch screen in a specified direction such that the haptic force feedback is applied by the touch screen on the object.
US09715297B2
A display and touch driver architecture is described that includes a plurality of source drivers and a processing system. The processing system operates receivers within the source drivers to selectively receive sensing data from the receivers and determines positional information based on the sensing data. The processing system may selectively operate different source drivers in low power modes and/or for capacitive sensing based on the determined positional information.
US09715291B2
Embodiments of the present invention generally provide a display line selection system. The display line selection system includes a first register element configured to select a first gate electrode to update a first display line during a first display update period and transfer charge to a second register element during the first display update period. The second register element is configured to select a second gate electrode to update a second display line during a second display update period. The display line selection system further includes a third register element configured to receive charge during a non-display update period and transfer charge to a fourth register element during the non-display update period. The fourth register element is configured to select a third gate electrode to update a third display line during a third display update period.
US09715280B2
A method and apparatus of actuator mechanisms for a multi-touch tactile touch panel are disclosed. The tactile touch panel includes an electrical insulated layer and a tactile layer. The top surface of the electrical insulated layer is capable of receiving an input from a user. The tactile layer includes a grid or an array of haptic cells. The top surface of the haptic layer is situated adjacent to the bottom surface of the electrical insulated layer, while the bottom surface of the haptic layer is situated adjacent to a display. Each haptic cell further includes at least one piezoelectric material, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (“MEMS”) element, thermal fluid pocket, MEMS pump, resonant device, variable porosity membrane, laminar flow modulation, or the like. Each haptic cell is configured to provide a haptic effect independent of other haptic cells in the tactile layer.
US09715278B2
A user interface device includes a housing, a touch sensitive surface supported by the housing, a haptic output device supported by the housing, and a processor disposed within the housing. The processor is configured to receive a gestural input from the touch sensitive surface, generate a signal for a haptic effect to be generated by the haptic output device, and output the signal to the haptic output device to generate the haptic effect.
US09715277B2
Disclosed is a mobile terminal for displaying at least one graphical user interface (GUI) on a standby screen, by which a graphic user interface for supporting interactions between a user and an operating program, an operating system or the like more smoothly can be efficiently displayed. The present disclosure includes a display unit configured to display a 1st standby screen and a prescribed graphic user interface displayed on the 1st standby screen and a controller, if a region of the 1st standby screen displayed on the display unit is changed, controlling at least one of a display style and a display information of the prescribed graphic user interface displayed on the display unit to be changed based on the changed region of the 1st standby screen.
US09715274B2
The present invention relates to a method for determining the direction in which a user is looking, which includes acquiring images of the eye, in particular by means of an optical sensor, the method including: a) a first processing of the images, yielding information on the orientation of the eye according to the observation of an area of the eye in which the aspect varies with the rotation of the eye; and b) a second processing of the images, yielding information on the kinematics of the eye by comparing at least two consecutive images; method in which information is generated relating to the direction in which the user is looking relative to the head of the user, at least according to the information supplied by the first and second processes.
US09715271B2
A system, method and device for providing over-current protection to USB ports comprised in a USB hub, whereby a single switch is used to control the power supply to one or more groups of USB ports based on determinations whether the current drawn by a group of USB ports has exceeded a predefined current limit. Embodiments provide the cost savings associated with gang mode power port switching and the reduced stress on USB components and individualized protection of USB ports associated with individual mode power switching. Embodiments utilize a plurality of current measurement units to measure the current drawn by each group of USB ports supported by a switch and further utilize a power port control logic unit to control the switch based on whether the current measurements have exceeded a current limit.
US09715270B2
A digital data communications mechanism includes multiple parallel lines, in which components of one or more lines are temporarily powered down to save power. Preferably, both the transmitter and receiver contain respective generators generating identical pre-determined pseudo-random bit streams, which are initially synchronized and which remain powered up when the line is temporarily powered down. Upon re-powering the line, the transmitter transmits the locally generated bit stream, and the receiver compares the received bit stream with its internally generated bit stream to determine an amount of shift required for re-synchronization.
US09715266B2
Methods and systems for attention-based rendering on an entertainment system are provided. A tracking device captures data associated with a user, which is used to determine that a user has reacted (e.g., visually or emotionally) to a particular part of the screen. The processing power is increased in this part of the screen, which increases detail and fidelity of the graphics and/or updating speed. The processing power in the areas of the screen that the user is not paying attention to is decreased and diverted from those areas, resulting in decreased detail and fidelity of the graphics and/or decreased updating speed.
US09715264B2
A system and method of scheduling tasks, comprising receiving activity and performance data from registers or storage locations maintained by hardware and an operating system; storing calibration coefficients associated with the activity and performance data; computing an energy dissipation rate based on at least the activity and performance data; and scheduling tasks under the operating system based on the computed energy dissipation rate.
US09715261B2
Methods and apparatus for dynamically balancing at least one load characterized by an associated energy reservoir with at least one renewable energy source where both the load and the renewable energy source coupled to a power transmission system. A central controller regulates energy delivery to one or more loads over the power transmission system by anticipating energy demand over an interval of time, accounting for the status of the associated energy reservoir. Each load is linked with at least one renewable energy source. The anticipated energy demand is synchronized with delivery of energy by the renewable energy source by commands delivered to a local switching and monitoring device coupled to the load and subject to override by a local user.
US09715252B2
Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface or “desktop” across two devices are provided. More particularly, a unified desktop is presented across a device and a computer system that comprise a unified system. The unified desktop acts as a single user interface that presents data and receives user interaction in a seamless environment that emulates a personal computing environment. To function within the personal computing environment, the unified desktop includes a process for docking and undocking the device with the computer system. The unified desktop presents desktops or windows based on a set of pre-determined rules.
US09715241B2
A wireless system for monitoring and control of the temperature of a product in transport includes a controller system wirelessly connected to a temperature system and a valve control system. The temperature system measures the current temperature of the product and wirelessly transmits the temperature information to the controller system. The valve control system controls the position of a valve allowing heated fluid to move through the product, heating the product. The controller system allows an operator to input a high temperature limit and low temperature limit and alarm, and using the current temperature of the product, wirelessly signals the valve control system to open or close the valve in order to keep the temperature of the product between the high temperature limit and low temperature limit. The controller system monitors and records the product temperature, high and low temperature limits and alarms, and provides a report of the data.
US09715236B2
A forklift operation assist system includes a forklift truck having a load-handling device with a lifting portion, a small unmanned aerial vehicle that is mountable on the forklift truck and has an image capture device, and a display device that presents images captured by the image capture device. The forklift truck includes a vehicle controller that is electrically connected to the display device. The small unmanned aerial vehicle includes an aircraft controller that communicates with the vehicle controller. The small unmanned aerial vehicle takes off the forklift truck when a lifting operation of the lifting portion is detected. The display device presents the images captured by the image capture device while the aerial vehicle is flying.
US09715227B2
The robot controller includes an operation command part configured to output an operation command so as to perform a first operation of conveying a workpiece from an initial position to a first position adjacent to the machine tool, a time prediction part configured to predict processing completion time of the workpiece based on a processing start signal output from a machine tool controller, a time length prediction part configured to predict time length necessary for the first operation, and a time determination part configured to determine start time of the first operation so that the first operation is completed at the processing completion time on the basis of the predicted processing completion time and time length necessary for the first operation.
US09715223B2
A scent delivery system includes scent delivery units that are configured to deliver scent at a variable scent level by being turned on and off successively according to a variable duty cycle. The scent delivery units are associated with corresponding base scent settings. The scent delivery system also includes a central controller configured to control the scent delivery units by generating command data based on a scenting schedule that indicates a desired activation time for more than one implicated scent delivery unit. The scenting schedule is configured to further indicate a scent level bias to be applied to the base scent settings that are associated with different of the implicated scent delivery units. The central controller is configured to generate the command data, based upon a variation in the scent level bias, that takes into account a corresponding variation to duty cycles that are associated with different of the implicated scent delivery units and to communicate the command data to the different implicated scent delivery units.
US09715215B2
A display system (300) comprising an optical system and a processing system. The optical system comprising a spatial light modulator (380), a light source, a Fourier transform lens, a viewing system (320, 330) and a processing system. The spatial light modulator is arranged to display holographic data in the Fourier domain, illuminated by the light source. The Fourier transform lens is arranged to produce a 2D holographic reconstruction in the spatial domain (310) corresponding to the holographic data. The viewing system is arranged to produce a virtual image (350) of the 2D holographic reconstruction. The processing system is arranged to combine the Fourier domain data representative of a 2D image with Fourier domain data representative of a phase only lens to produce first holographic data, and provide the first holographic data to the optical system to produce a virtual image.
US09715212B2
A toner container includes a body housing, the body housing being provided with a toner containing portion, an air flowing portion, an air inlet, and an air outlet. The toner containing portion is configured to contain toner for use in image formation. The air flowing portion adjoins the toner containing portion. The air inlet is configured so that air is taken into the air flowing portion therethrough. The air outlet is configured so that the air is discharged from the air flowing portion therethrough. The toner containing portion is separated from the air flowing portion by a partition wall and the toner container is configured to bring the air flowing through the air flowing portion comes into contact with the partition wall.
US09715209B2
A replaceable unit for an electrophotographic image forming device according to one embodiment includes a housing having a toner reservoir and a circuit board retainer removably mounted on an exterior surface of a first side of the housing. The retainer includes a circuit board mounted on a mounting platform. The circuit board is spaced from the exterior surface of the first side of the housing forming a pocket between the circuit board and the exterior surface of the first side of the housing. The retainer includes an opening facing toward the front of the housing into the pocket formed between the circuit board and the exterior surface of the first side of the housing for receiving an electrical connector of the image forming device that mates with the electrical contacts of the circuit board when the replaceable unit is installed in the image forming device.
US09715207B2
An image forming apparatus includes a conveyer roller exposed to an attachment space and a drive force transmission mechanism for transmitting a drive force from a drive source. The drive force transmission mechanism includes a plate driving gear exposed to the attachment space, a transmission gear train transmitting a drive force to the conveyer roller and to the plate driving gear, and a switching mechanism. The switching mechanism includes a driven gear transmitting the drive force to the transmission gear train, a pendulum gear revolvable between a coupled position in which the pendulum gear is engaged with the driven gear and an uncoupled position in which the pendulum gear is separated from the driven gear, and a transmission switch movable between a first position for holding the pendulum gear in the uncoupled position and a second position for allowing the pendulum gear to revolve between the coupled and uncoupled positions.
US09715201B2
A fixing device includes a fixing rotator rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation and a pressure rotator to press against the fixing rotator to form a fixing nip therebetween, through which a recording medium bearing a toner image is conveyed. A rotation load applicator is coupled to one of the fixing rotator and the pressure rotator to apply a rotation load to the one of the fixing rotator and the pressure rotator. The rotation load is in a range of from 0.1 Nm to 0.6 Nm.
US09715200B2
An image heating apparatus includes: a heater including a substrate and a heat generating element; a supporting member; a high heat-conductive member. The recording material on which an image is formed is heated by heat from the heater. The supporting member has a bottom region, where the supporting member supports the heater, including a first region where the supporting member contacts the high heat-conductive member so as to apply pressure between the heater and the high heat-conductive member and including a second region where the supporting member is recessed from the high heat-conductive member relative to the first region. At least a part of the first region overlaps, with respect to a movement direction of the recording material, with a region where the heat generating element is provided.
US09715196B2
A method of controlling an image forming apparatus, an image forming apparatus and image forming system are described, with which banner paper can be processed by appropriately detecting the banner paper in the fixing position when the conveyance of the banner paper is halted. The image forming apparatus comprises a paper conveying unit for conveying banner paper, an image forming unit for transferring an image to the banner paper, a fixing unit for fixing the image to the banner paper in a fixing nip by heating and pressing the banner paper conveyed along a conveying route, and a control unit. This control unit identifies information about the paper position which coincides with the fixing nip when the conveyance of the banner paper is halted and information about the amount of paper deformation of the banner paper in the paper position, and outputs the information which is identified.
US09715195B1
A transfer device includes a transfer body, a resistance value measuring unit, and a contact pressure adjusting unit. The transfer body receives a transfer bias and transfers a toner image held on an image carrier which is rotating onto a sheet sandwiched between the transfer body and the image carrier. The resistance value measuring unit measures a resistance value determined by a voltage and a current of the transfer bias. The contact pressure adjusting unit adjusts a contact pressure of the transfer body against the image carrier so that the transfer body will contact the image carrier at a second contact pressure determined based on a first contact pressure. The second contact pressure is equal to or higher than the first contact pressure. The first contact pressure is located at a position at which the resistance value measured by the resistance value measuring unit reaches a predetermined threshold.
US09715183B2
A device having a waveguide formed of a continuous body of material that is transparent to radiation that passes through the waveguide, wherein the body has an input surface and an output surface, and a cooler configured to cool the input surface and/or the output surface. An exposure apparatus having a programmable patterning device that comprises a plurality of radiation emitters, configured to provide a plurality of radiation beams; and a projection system, comprising a stationary part and a moving part, configured to project the plurality of radiation beams onto locations on a target that are selected based on a pattern, wherein at least one of the radiation emitters comprises a waveguide configured to output a radiation beam that comprises unpolarized and/or circularly polarized radiation.
US09715181B2
A lithography tool is calibrated using a calibration substrate having a set of first marks distributed across its surface in a known pattern. The tool is operated to apply a pattern comprising a plurality of second marks at various positions on the substrate, each second mark overlying one of the first marks and being subject to an overlay error dependent on an apparatus-specific deviation. The second marks are applied by multiple exposures while the substrate remains loaded in the tool. An operating parameter of the apparatus is varied between the exposures. An overlay error is measured and used to calculate parameter-specific, apparatus-specific calibration data based on knowledge of the parameter variation used for each exposure.
US09715178B2
A liquid immersion photolithography system includes an exposure system that exposes a substrate with electromagnetic radiation and includes a projection optical system that focuses the electromagnetic radiation on the substrate. A liquid supply system provides liquid flow between the projection optical system and the substrate. An optional plurality of micronozzles are arranged around the periphery of one side of the projection optical system so as to provide a substantially uniform velocity distribution of the liquid flow in an area where the substrate is being exposed.
US09715176B2
A first drive system of a first stage and a second drive system of a second stage are controlled based on measurement information of a first encoder system and a second encoder system, respectively, and so that a mask and a substrate are moved relative to illumination light in scanning exposure of the substrate. To move the second stage in another second area, one head of the second encoder system, different from two heads, of three heads used in one second area is switched to another head so that drive control of the second stage by three heads, including the another head and the two heads, that are used in the another second area is performed, instead of drive control of the second stage by the three heads used in the one second area. The switching is performed while the second stage is in a first area.
US09715165B2
A dome (102) for a monitoring camera system comprises several monitoring cameras. The dome is formed from a transparent material, and has a toroidal shape with a rotational symmetry along a rotational angle (α) around a first axis of symmetry (S1). An outer segment of the dome, in section, has a shape further defined by a second axis of symmetry (S2) arranged at a first radius (R) from the first axis of symmetry (S1) and is orthogonal to the first axis. The outer segment has a curvature following a second radius (r) over an angle (β) around the second axis of symmetry (S2).
US09715155B1
Electrode sub-assemblies for use in electro-optic displays comprise an electrically non-conductive substrate, for example poly(ethylene terephthalate); a light-transmissive electrically-conductive ceramic layer, for example indium tin oxide; and a light-transmissive non-ceramic electrically-conductive layer, for example PEDOT:PSS.
US09715126B2
An image blur correction device includes: a lens unit that has at least one lens and is rotatable at least in a first direction, which is an axial rotation direction of a first fulcrum axis orthogonal to an optical axis of the lens, and a second direction which is an axial rotation direction of a second fulcrum axis orthogonal to the first fulcrum axis; a fixing member that rotatably supports the lens unit in the first and second directions; a first actuator that has a first driving portion movable in a predetermined direction so as to rotate the lens unit in the first direction; and a second actuator that has a second driving portion movable in a predetermined direction so as to rotate the lens unit in the second direction.
US09715117B2
The present invention is an improvement in glasses-free autostereoscopic three dimensional image viewing systems. In particular, it comprises transmissive front projection and reflective rear projection screens with high optical efficiency and precision that facilitate the use of multiple low-cost digital projectors to display multiple perspective views of the displayed scene in well defined virtual apertures in the viewing region. In certain applications the invention facilitates indefinitely wide three dimensional displays that accommodate large groups of observers.
US09715113B2
A head-mounted display device with which a user can visually recognize a virtual image and an outside scene includes an outside-scene acquiring unit configured to acquire outside scene information including at least a feature of the outside scene in a visual field direction of the user, a position estimating unit configured to estimate, on the basis of at least two kinds of the outside scene information acquired by the outside-scene acquiring unit over time, a position of any target object present in a real world, and an augmented-reality processing unit configured to cause the image display unit to form, on the basis of the estimated position of the target object, the virtual image representing a virtual object to be added to the target object.
US09715109B2
When a combiner is used, a cut part of a shift in an outer circumferential edge portion of the combiner is reduced, and a front scenery of a vehicle is more easily seen and recognized. A vehicular display device includes a displayer 4 configured to project display information; and a combiner 1 which enlarges and reflects the display information projected to the displayer 4, images the display information on a vehicle front side, and shows both a virtual image made by the imaging and the front scenery of the vehicle which is seen through. The thickness of an end portion of the combiner 1 gradually becomes thinner as being close to an edge of the combiner 1.
US09715101B2
The invention taught herein provides a method, device and system for modulating or switching electromagnetic radiation by controlling a state of the radiation, such as a polarization state. Radiation is directed at a reflective or transmissive structure, such that the radiation is incident on the structure. The structure includes a property that can be dynamically switched between two configurations, one of which is asymmetric and is configured to modify the polarization characteristic of the radiation. The dynamically configurable structure can be combined with polarization components to achieve modulation. Embodiments suitable for mode-locking a laser and for cavity dumping a mode-locked laser are also disclosed.
US09715099B2
A method of imaging includes illuminating a sample spaced apart from an image sensor at a multiple distances. Image frames of the sample obtained at each distance are registered to one another and lost phase information from the registered higher resolution image frames is iteratively recovered. Amplitude and/or phase images of the sample are reconstructed based at least in part on the recovered lost phase information.
US09715098B2
Methods and a computer program product for applying deconvolution to spatial light interference microscopy for resolution enhancement with respect to the diffraction limit in two and three dimensions. By exploiting the sparsity properties of the phase images, which is prominent in many biological imaging applications, and modeling of the image formation via complex fields, the very fine structures can be recovered which were blurred by the optics. The resolution improvement leads to higher accuracy in monitoring dynamic activity over time. Experiments with primary brain cells, i.e. neurons and glial cells, reveal new subdiffraction structures and motions. This new information can be used for studying vesicle transport in neurons, which may shed light on dynamic cell functioning. Finally, the method may flexibly incorporate a wide range of image models for different applications and can be utilized for all imaging modalities acquiring complex field images.
US09715097B2
A stereomicroscope includes a stereoscopic main observer beam path having a main observer zoom system, a stereoscopic co-observer beam path having a co-observer zoom system, and a main objective common to the main observer beam path and the co-observer beam path. The co-observer beam path is coupled out from the main observer beam path via a geometrical beam splitter arranged between the main objective and the main observer zoom system, wherein in the co-observer beam path the co-observer zoom system succeeds the geometrical beam splitter and is constructed from lenses having dimensions such that both a first and a second stereoscopic partial beam of the co-observer beam path in each case pass through the lenses.
US09715088B1
A photographing optical lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element has negative refractive power. The second lens element has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element has negative refractive power. The sixth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being planar or convex in a paraxial region thereof.
US09715086B2
An imaging lens, consisting essentially of six lenses, composed of in order from the object side, a first lens having a positive refractive power with a convex surface on the object side, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a convex surface on the object side, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power, in which predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.
US09715078B2
Examples are disclosed herein that relate to a lens mount for aligning a lens relative to an image sensor in a camera module. One example provides a lens mount comprising a first housing having a first tiltable joint structure and a first receptacle, and a second housing having a second tiltable joint structure complementary to the first tiltable joint structure and also having a second receptacle, wherein the first receptacle and the second receptacle are configured to accommodate a lens holder when the first housing and the second housing are joined by the first tiltable joint structure and the second tiltable joint structure, and wherein the first housing and the second housing are configured to permit the lens holder to be tiltably adjustable when the lens holder is positioned within the first receptacle and the second receptacle.
US09715076B2
An optical cable includes an optical core and sheath enclosing the optical core. The optical core includes a number of optical units having respective colors and being wound about a longitudinal axis of the cable. The sheath includes at least one non opaque longitudinal section through which a sequence of colors of the optical units is visible from outside the cable. The color sequence acts as an identifier for the cable. The cable may therefore be easily identified (e.g. amongst other cables laid down within the same duct) by a simple visual inspection of the cable's inner structure through the non opaque section(s) of its external sheath.
US09715072B2
The invention relates to an optical coupler (10) in a vertical configuration, comprising a first waveguide (12) and a second waveguide (14). The optical coupler (10) comprises a third waveguide (16) distinct from the first and second waveguides (12, 14) and extending parallel to the first and second waveguides (12, 14), the third waveguide (16) being arranged between the first waveguide (12) and the second waveguide (14) in a transverse direction (X) perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (Z) and having parameters influencing the evanescent wave coupling between the first waveguide (12) and the second waveguide (14), those parameters being chosen such that the coupling (C) is greater than 15%.
US09715071B1
Provided is a bending type optical module, which includes a substrate and one or more optical devices disposed on the substrate. An integrated circuit (IC) device is disposed on the substrate for driving the one or more optical devices. One or more optical fibers are in optical communications with the one or more optical devices. An optical bench is attached to the substrate and has a first curved surface on a top surface thereof. A cover block is attached to the optical bench and has second curved surface on a bottom surface thereof. The one or more optical fibers extend curved between the first curved surface of the optical bench and the second curved surface of the cover block.
US09715064B1
Disclosed are multi-chip modules (MCMs) that allow for chip-to-chip transmission of light signals. The MCMs can incorporate at least two components, which are attached (e.g., by interconnects). For example, in one MCM disclosed herein, the two components can be an integrated circuit chip and an interposer to which the integrated circuit chip and one or more additional integrated circuit chips are attached by interconnects. In another MCM disclosed herein, the two components can be two integrated circuit chips that are stacked and attached to each other by interconnects. In either case, the two components can each have a waveguide and a grating coupler coupled to one end of the waveguide. The grating couplers on the different components can be approximately vertically aligned, thereby allowing light signals to be transmitted between the waveguides on those different components. Also, disclosed herein are methods of forming such MCMs.
US09715058B1
The invention relates to a light device that generates uniform light beam over a panel. A light device includes a light source and a light panel. The light panel includes: a lightguide that has an input port for receiving light from the light source, the input port is formed on a bottom surface of the lightguide; a beam reflector disposed on a top surface of the lightguide, the beam reflector reflects a portion of the light; a mirror disposed on the bottom surface of the lightguide, the mirror reflects a portion of the light toward the top surface; and a plurality of light scattering features disposed on the bottom surface of the lightguide, the plurality of light scattering features reflects a portion of the light toward the top surface.
US09715056B1
A lighting system can comprise an edgelit panel, for example a lightguide that may have a panel or slab shape with an edge that receives light from an array of light emitting diodes extending along the edge. The lightguide can guide the received light towards an opposing edge of the lightguide and gradually release light to provide illumination. An optic can manage light that reaches the opposing edge of the lightguide, for example via softening, spreading, concentrating, or diffusing the light. The optic can have a tubular shape and may have lengthwise extending features for light management.
US09715055B2
Disclosed are a display device and an optical member. The display device includes a light source, a wavelength conversion member provided adjacent to the light source, and a reflection-transmission part interposed between the light source and the wavelength conversion member.
US09715051B2
There is provided a liquid crystal display device in which a decrease in the voltage holding ratio (VHR) of a liquid crystal layer and an increase in the ion density (ID) are prevented and problems of display defects such as white streaks, alignment unevenness, and image sticking are overcome. In the liquid crystal display device, a decrease in the voltage holding ratio (VHR) of a liquid crystal layer and an increase in the ion density (ID) are prevented and display defects such as image sticking are suppressed. Therefore, the liquid crystal display device is useful for active matrix liquid crystal display apparatuses that use a VA mode or a PSVA mode and can be applied to liquid crystal display apparatuses of liquid crystal televisions, monitors, cellular phones, smart phones, and the like.
US09715050B2
An optical wavelength dispersion device includes a first substrate, an input unit formed on the first substrate having a slit for receiving an optical signal, a grating formed on the first substrate for producing a diffracted light beams from the optical signal, a first optical reflector formed on the first substrate for reflecting the diffracted light beams from the grating for outputting, and a second substrate covered on the top of the input unit and the grating, wherein the input unit, the grating and the first optical reflector are formed from a photo-resist layer by high energy light source exposure.
US09715041B2
There is provided an optical film including a (meth)acrylic resin having a cyclic structure in its main chain as a main component, a compound represented by Formula (1) below, and a rubber elastic body: where each of R1 to R8 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, X represents a divalent alicyclic group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, and the alicyclic group represented by X may have at least one substituent selected from a halogen atom, an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms and an aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms.
US09715032B2
A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) system that uses a feedback induction coil to detect NMR signals generated within a substance is described herein. In one embodiment, the NMR system uses the Earth's magnetic field in conjunction with a transmitter coil that applies NMR sequences to a formation. The NMR sequences generate a weak NMR signal within the formation due to the weakness of the Earth's magnetic field. This weak NMR signal is detected using the feedback induction coil.
US09715026B2
A system and method of performing a microseismic fracture operation for a wellsite having a subterranean formation with a complex fracture network therein are provided. The method involves describing a relationship between microseismic events to determine the complex fracture network of the subterranean formation, generating a fault volume by extracting faults from the fracture network based on the relationship between the microseismic events, generating a discrete fracture network comprising discrete fractures from the complex fracture network by extracting fracture planes from the obtained fault volume, and simulating fracture geometry and proppant placement.
US09715021B2
A radiation imaging apparatus includes a first control line electrically connected to a control electrode of an imaging switching element, a second control line electrically connected to a control electrode of a detection switching element, a signal line electrically connected to a main electrode of the detection switching element, a capacitance line arranged to be capacitively coupled with the signal line, wherein the capacitance line is different from the first control line and the second control line, a driving unit electrically connected to the second control line and the capacitance line and configured to apply a voltage to the detection switching element and the capacitance line, and a control unit configured to control the driving unit to apply, in a case where an on-state or off-state voltage is applied to the detection switching element, a voltage having an opposite polarity to that of the voltage to the capacitance line.
US09715015B2
A periphery-monitoring device for working machines creates an output distance image based on an input distance image taken by a distance image sensor attached to a working machine. The periphery-monitoring device for working machines includes a computer programmed to execute a process including obtaining coordinates on an input distance image plane on which the input distance image is positioned, obtaining coordinates on an output distance image plane on which the output distance image is positioned and associating the input distance image and the output distance image with each other.
US09714995B2
The present disclosure provides various methods and systems for performing magnetic resonance studies. In accordance with many embodiments, image or other information of interest is derived from super radiant pulses. In various illustrative methods, beneficial agents can be administered to samples or subjects to be studied. Some beneficial agents can include biomarkers, or precursors to biomarkers.
US09714993B2
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes static and gradient magnetic field generators, at least one radio frequency (RF) coil, at least one RF transmitter and at least one RF receiver. At least one power consumption monitor is coupled to locally measure power consumed by the RF coil. The MRI control system has at least one computer configured to determine a specific absorption rate (SAR) for a patient coupled to the RF coil based on at least: (a) RF power transmitted to said RF coil while the RF coil is inductively coupled to the patient, and (b) an electrical signal output from the at least one power consumption monitor while the RF coil is inductively coupled to the patient.
US09714981B2
Aspects of the invention relate to a test-per-clock scheme based on dynamically-partitioned reconfigurable scan chains. Every clock cycle, scan chains configured by a control signal to operate in a shifting-launching mode shift in test stimuli one bit and immediately applies the newly formed test pattern to the circuit-under-test; and scan chains configured by the control signal to operate in a capturing-compacting-shifting mode shift out one bit of previously compacted test response data while compacting remaining bits of the previously compacted test response data with a currently-captured test response to form currently compacted test response data. A large number of scan chains may be configured by the control signal to work in a mission mode. After a predetermined number of clock cycles, a different control signal may be applied to reconfigure and partition the scan chains for applying different test stimuli.
US09714980B2
Testing of integrated circuits is achieved by a test architecture utilizing a scan frame input shift register, a scan frame output shift register, a test controller, and a test interface comprising a scan input, a scan clock, a test enable, and a scan output. Scan frames input to the scan frame input shift register contain a test stimulus data section and a test command section. Scan frames output from the scan frame output shift register contain a test response data section and, optionally, a section for outputting other data. The command section of the input scan frame controls the test architecture to execute a desired test operation.
US09714969B2
A method and system for spectroscopic measurement of a characteristic of a biological tissue is provided. The method includes the steps of: (1) using at least one light source to emit light that penetrates the biological tissue; (2) using at least one light detector to detect light emitted by the at least one light source and passed through the biological tissue, and to convert the detected light into a detection signal, the detection signal including an unwanted noise component; and (3) using a processor to process the detection signal and to determine an adjusted peak-to-peak amplitude value that is representative of an amplitude of the detection signal adjusted for the unwanted noise component.
US09714953B2
Methods, devices, and compositions for assaying therapeutic agents. In one aspect, methods, devices, and compositions for assaying paclitaxel to provide therapeutic drug monitoring guided therapy of paclitaxel.
US09714945B2
The invention relates to a centrifuge for separating a sample into at least two components, comprising a chamber for receiving a sample to be centrifuged. According to the invention, the centrifuge further comprises a means for controlling the progress of the sample separation is located at the chamber.
US09714944B2
The present invention discloses an in vitro method for diagnosing a Leptospira infection in a biological sample of a subject, comprising a step of contacting said sample with bacterial cells of a serovar of the Leptospira fainei species, preferably bacterial cells of the Leptospira fainei serovar Hurstbridge, or an antigenic fraction of said bacterial cells. In a preferred embodiment, said Leptospira infection is not due to bacteria belonging to the serovar of the Leptospira fainei species used in the diagnostic method.
US09714943B2
The subject invention concerns materials and methods for detecting a target cell in a population. Methods of the invention comprise internally labeling cells via fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using probes that target rRNA, followed by binding of capture antibodies targeted (CAT) for specific cell surface epitopes on the target cells. In one embodiment, the target cells are bacterial cells.
US09714939B1
Through special formulations, stable twenty-fold concentrate of single component TMB substrate is produced to minimize the volume and reduce the transportation cost. Reconstitution of the concentrate upon delivery to the distal site can be made with deionized water to yield single component TMB substrate solution for routine immunodiagnostic applications.
US09714937B2
The invention provides methods, compositions, kits and devices for the detection of proteins. In some embodiments, the invention allows for multiplexed protein detection.
US09714934B2
A multi-phase system includes a phase-separated solution comprising at least two phases, each phase having a phase component selected from the group consisting of a polymer, a surfactant and combinations thereof, wherein at least one phase comprises a polymer, wherein the phases, taken together, represent a density gradient. Novel two-phase, three-phase, four-phase, five-phase, or six-phase systems are disclosed. Using the disclosed multi-phase polymer systems, particles, or other analyte of interest can be separated based on their different densities or affinities.
US09714931B2
A system includes a sensor that may measure one or more engine oil parameters to assess engine oil health of an engine and a processor communicatively coupled to the sensor and that may receive a signal from the sensor. The signal is representative of a real-time measurement of the one or more engine oil parameters. The processor may also estimate the one or more engine oil parameters over time via an adaptive predictive model associated with the one or more engine oil parameters to generate estimated data and reconcile the real-time measurement and the estimated data to generate an integrated engine oil degradation model and predict engine oil remaining useful life based on the integrated engine oil degradation model and one or more condemn limits associated with the one or more engine oil parameters.
US09714928B2
A gas-sensor control device includes a sweep circuit, a return sweep circuit, and a control portion. The sweep circuit energizes a detection current to flow through an oxygen sensor to calculates an impedance of the oxygen sensor. The return sweep circuit energizes a neutralization current to flow through the oxygen sensor in a direction opposite to a direction of the detection current, so as to remove electricity from the oxygen sensor that is energized by the detection current. The control portion executes a detection of an off failure of the sweep circuit and the return sweep circuit, only based on a sensor voltage acquired in a time period where the neutralization current flows through the oxygen sensor, and a threshold.
US09714921B2
A method of identifying a direction of a multilayer ceramic capacitor includes the steps of transporting a plurality of multilayer ceramic capacitors in one line before each of a magnetism generator and a magnetic flux density measurement instrument, measuring a magnetic flux density with the magnetic flux density measurement instrument at the time when each of the plurality of multilayer ceramic capacitors passes before the magnetic flux density measurement instrument, and identifying a direction of stack of the multilayer ceramic capacitors based on the magnetic flux density measured in the step of measuring a magnetic flux density.
US09714915B2
Methods, compositions, systems, apparatuses and kits comprising modified proteins, particularly modified nucleic acid-binding proteins with altered buffering properties are provided. For example, in some embodiments, methods of forming modified proteins including one or more amino acid modifications to achieve desired pKa values are described. Furthermore, the invention provides methods for using such modified proteins in ion-producing reactions, such as ion-based nucleic acid sequencing reactions.
US09714913B2
A control device for an exhaust gas sensor includes first means for estimating a temperature of a sensor element in accordance with impedance of a solid electrolyte, and second means for estimating the temperature of the sensor element in accordance with resistance of a heater. A first element temperature according to impedance of the sensor element in a predetermined detection timing is detected by the first means, and a second element temperature according to resistance of a heater of the sensor element in the predetermined detection timing is detected by the second means. The control device corrects the temperature of the sensor element that is estimated in accordance with heater resistance by the second means in accordance with a difference between the first element temperature and the second element temperature.
US09714909B2
The invention concerns a method of performing a quantitative and/or qualitative determination of catalytic fines in fuel oil and a system suitable for determining catalytic fines in an oil using the method.The method comprises determining aluminum using NMR and quantitatively and/or qualitatively determining the catalytic fines based on the aluminum determination.The system comprises a NMR spectrometer, a digital memory storing a calibration map comprising calibrating data for calibrating NMR spectra obtained by the NMR spectrometer and a computer programmed to analyze the NMR spectra obtained by the NMR spectrometer using calibration map and performing at least one quantitative and/or qualitative catalytic fines determination.
US09714906B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a nuclide identification method, a nuclide identification system, and a photoneutron emitter. The photoneutron emitter comprises: a pulsed electron accelerator configured for emitting electrons; and a photoneutron converting target configured to receive the electrons emitted by the pulsed electron accelerator and convert the electrons into photoneutrons. The photoneutron converting target has a volume of about 100 to about 8000 cm3, of about 100 to about 2500 cm3, or of about 785 cm3. These embodiments of the present invention can improve an accuracy of identification of a nuclide, and provide a practical photoneutron emitter, method and system for identifying a nuclide. Especially, these embodiments of the present invention can improve an accuracy of identification of a fissile nuclide such as 233U, 235U, and 239Pu, and provide a practical photoneutron emitter, method and system for identifying a fissile nuclide such as 233U, 235U, and 239Pu.
US09714903B2
Provided is a specimen analysis apparatus. The specimen analysis apparatus includes an image photographing unit photographing an identification code disposed on a kit for specimen analyzing and a specimen reaction result reacting by injecting a specimen into the kit for specimen analyzing and a main body on which the image photographing unit is mounted. The image photographing unit photographs the identification code and the specimen reaction result with a time difference.
US09714890B2
A mechanical separator for separating a fluid sample into first and second phases is disclosed. The mechanical separator includes a float having a first portion and a second portion, a ballast circumferentially disposed about a section of the float, and a deformable bellows defining an open passageway extending between a first end and a second end. The ballast is longitudinally moveable with respect to the float and engaged with the deformable bellows between the first end and the second end. At least a portion of the float is transitionable from a restraint position to a sealed position through the first end of the bellows. The first portion of the float can be positioned within the interior of the deformable bellows in the restraint position, and the first portion of the float can be positioned at an exterior location longitudinally displaced from the deformable bellows in the sealed position.
US09714887B2
A detection method for a substance and a system thereof are provided. The detection method for a substance contained in a sample includes providing a reagent in reaction with the substance to form a chelate; and pressurizing the substance to accumulate the chelate.
US09714881B2
In order to determine the machining axis of a rotatable workpiece blank, a reference workpiece, which has bearing surfaces concentric to its imbalance reference axis, and subsequently a workpiece blank are received in a measurement device, and as yet unmachined surface regions of the reference workpiece and of the workpiece blank are measured by a sensor device, and the measured position data are stored by a computer as a reference partial surface and a blank partial surface in a data storage device. The computer calculates deviations between the blank partial surface and the reference partial surface and, from these, an imbalance effect which is expressed by the position of the main axis of inertia of a given workpiece. The machining axis is calculated by adding an offset to the position of the main axis of inertia, which offset has been empirically determined with the aid of the actual imbalances of previously produced workpieces measured relative to the machining axis.
US09714878B2
A pressure sensitive device includes a ring having a central axis, first side and second side. The ring includes a dielectric portion parallel to the central axis and between the first and second sides. A flexible membrane is connected to a periphery of the ring on the first side, the flexible membrane including a conductive portion. A perforated membrane is connected to a periphery of the ring on the second side. The perforated membrane is spaced apart and electrically isolated from the flexible membrane by the ring below a threshold pressure differential across the pressure sensitive device. The perforated membrane includes an opening therethrough and a conductive portion facing and corresponding to the conductive portion of the flexible membrane such that a threshold pressure differential across the pressure sensitive device causes deflection between the conductive portions of the flexible membrane and the perforated membrane to change an electrical property.
US09714874B2
By correcting temperature measurements above a surface (such as the ground) for the first-order filtering associated with the thermal inertia of a temperature sensor (such as a thermocouple) that performed the temperature measurements, the heat flux conveyed from the surface by air can be accurately determined without requiring a calibration procedure. Instead, a predefined calibration value may be used. This predefined calibration value may be a function of a size of the temperature sensor and/or a distance between the temperature sensor and the ground. Moreover, the predefined calibration value may have a fixed value for a given size of the temperature sensor. In addition, the measurement of the heat flux conveyed from the surface can be used to accurately determine the residual heat flux that vaporizes water from the surface without a calibration procedure.
US09714873B2
Method and equipment for measuring the heat flow (J) through a construction (K) having a thickness (D), where a temperature difference (ΔT) is formed transversely through the thickness of the construction. According to the invention, at least two temperature sensors (G1, G2) are placed against a first surface (S1) and at least one first temperature sensor (G1) is insulated thermally from the second temperature sensor (G2), so that the temperature (T1′) sensed by the thermally insulated sensor (G1) is affected by the heat flow through the construction (K) more than the temperature (T1″) detected by the second temperature sensor. The temperature difference (T1″−T1′) between the second sensor (G2) and the first sensor (G1) is determined and the first sensor is supplied with energy by warming the first surface in a region surrounding the first sensor (G1), in order to reduce the temperature difference (T1″−T1′) and based on the amount of energy (EQ) supplied, the heat flow (J) through the structure is determined as a function of the temperature difference (ΔT). The present invention makes it possible to easily determine the U-value of a construction.
US09714872B1
A solid thermal simulator sensing device, the device can simulate and sense the thermal characteristics of a perishable element and is easily calibrated to a verifiable standard. The device is fabricated from a single piece of solid material sized to have a thermal mass substantially equal to that of said perishable element. A sensing channel is located within the single piece of solid material. The sensing channel extends from one end towards the center. A temperature sensor is mounted within the sensing channel. The thermal response time of the device is slowed by the single piece of solid material to mimic the thermal properties of the perishable element. A calibration channel is extends from the outer surface of the device to a point adjacent the temperature sensor. A calibration probe may be inserted into the calibration channel to quickly verify the accuracy of the device.
US09714870B2
An apparatus according to the invention may include one or more fuses placed on a printed circuit board on which an printed circuit board assembly is formed. Each fuse changes in response to ambient thermal conditions beyond a threshold temperature. The change can be detected with a testing apparatus such as in in-circuit tester after a process such as a solder assembly process to determine whether the process was performed within the desire temperature range. Fuses may be positioned at different locations on the printed circuit board to provide localized and differentiated temperature measurements. An array of fuses may be designed to change at a progressing sequence of ambient temperatures to enable trends in the process temperature to be recorded. Temperature data may be recorded and linked to an identifier on the apparatus such as a product serial number.
US09714863B2
An optical spectrometer contains a photodiode and a straining mechanism for imposing adjustable strain on the photodiode. The spectrometer includes a measurement apparatus for measuring variation of photocurrent with strain at different values of the adjustable strain imposed by the straining mechanism. Adjusting the strain allows adjustment of the band gap Eg of the photosensitive region of the photodiode, and this determines the cut-off energy for absorption of photons. Measuring variation of photocurrent with strain at different values of the adjustable strain imposed by the straining mechanism allows study of photons within a desired energy range of the band gap energy corresponding to each strain value.
US09714861B2
A loop powered process instrument comprises a control system measuring a process variable and developing a measurement signal representing the process variable. An output circuit, for connection to a remote power source using a two-wire process loop, controls current on the loop in accordance with the measurement signal. A power supply is connected to the output circuit and the control system. The power supply receives power from the two wire process loop and supplies power to the control system. The power supply comprises a voltage regulator receiving loop power and developing a regulated output voltage and an adjustable shunt regulator controlling voltage supplied to the voltage regulator.
US09714858B2
A consumption meter is provided with a conductive feed through for external communication equipment. The meter comprises a housing (104) which forms a closed compartment when an opening of the housing is closed with a cover (106). The compartment includes a communication module (204) and the conductive feed through comprises at least one conductive path (202, 408) from the communication module (204) to an outside part of the meter (102), which outside part is subject to ambient conditions. The path is provided via the opening of the housing and a sealing means (210) in the opening of the housing is used to seal against a first surface (308) of the conductive path when the cover is attached to the housing.
US09714857B2
This invention concerns a device for dosing a liquid detergent for soaking cleaning cloths, which releases an exact amount of liquid detergent; in particular, the invention refers to the actuating devices for operating the valve that the above-mentioned dosing device is fitted with.
US09714856B2
A yield monitor system is configured to determine how the calibration characteristics of a grain mass flow sensor on an individual combine are affected by grain moisture content and/or other grain parameters which can be measured instantaneously or periodically by the yield monitor system or its operator, or which can be observed by the operator, or which can be determined from other reference information, such as maps of where different grain varieties or hybrids were planted. Other systems, methods, and apparatuses are also provided.
US09714848B2
An angle detection device include photoemitters, photodetectors, a scale plate disposed therebetween, and a control section to control them. The control section includes an analog-front-end (AFE) to convert analog signals of the photodetectors to digital signals and an arithmetic processor to detect a rotating posture of the scale plate based on the digital signals. The control section simultaneously emits lights from the photoemitters and simultaneously receives the lights by the corresponding photodetectors. The control section then executes the following data processing for each photodetector one by one in sequence: outputting the analog signals representing an entire area of a light-receiving area of one of the photodetectors and outputting the digital signals converted by the AFE to the processor.
US09714823B2
A method for measuring a separation (a) between blade tips of rotor blades (40) on a rotor and a casing (41) annularly surrounding the rotor blade tips, when the rotor is rotating: measuring separation using at least one separation measurement device (1) which measures in contactless fashion. A separation measurement device for carrying this method includes a tubular housing (2), a separation sensor which measures in contactless fashion and which is accommodated in the housing (2) such that the sensor moves axially between an operating position, wherein a tip of the sensor projects outward from the separation measurement device (1), and a withdrawn position, wherein the tip of the separation sensor (7) is arranged within the separation measurement device (1); and an arresting device (8) which arrests the separation sensor (7) at least in its operating position.
US09714817B1
A central initiating charge according to embodiments of the invention includes a pellet. The pellet has a proximal end and a distal end. A central longitudinal axis spans from the proximal end to the distal end. A void spans longitudinally in said pellet. The void spans parallel to the central longitudinal axis.
US09714815B2
Aspects of the disclosed subject matter involve an airborne-based network for implementing a laser-based visual disruption countermeasure scan pattern system, method, and computer program product. The scan pattern can be comprised of a plurality of lasers each with their own scan pattern and may be used to disrupt an optical system of a weapon or an individual. One vehicle in the network can transmit target information and/or scan information to one or more other vehicles or to a non-vehicle remote location in the network.
US09714813B1
A hinged archery sight for a bow for shooting arrows includes an oval configured sight portion when the hinged archery sight is disposed in a substantially vertical position, and a substantially annular configuration when the hinged archery sight is disposed in a predetermined angular position corresponding to an archer's draw on the bow string. The hinged archery sight also includes hinged portion for pivotally securing the archery sight to a bow string. To maintain a predetermined optimum position of the hinged archery sight on the bow string, securing spikes are integrally joined to inner walls of bow string receiving recesses such that pointed ends of the securing spikes radially penetrate the bow string when the hinged archery sight is secured about the bow string.
US09714812B2
A device for preventing secondary light emitted by a laser sight from being seen is disclosed. The device includes a cavity defined by a sidewall and first and second ends of a light containment structure. In some embodiments, the light containment structure is mountable so as to receive light from a laser sight of a weapon through a first opening located at the first end of the light containment structure. The device can include a first portion located at the second end of the light containment structure, and a second opening defined by the first portion and that can pass light from the cavity toward an object such that the object is illuminated to a user of the weapon by the light from the second opening. In some embodiments, the cavity can be configured such that light does not directly illuminate the sidewall.
US09714810B1
The rifle sling is a backpack style rifle sling. The rifle sling secures the rifle in a two point back mounted holster that runs along the center of the back along the spine. The rifle sling comprises a chest harness and a rifle sling.
US09714803B2
The present invention relates to devices and methods for introducing, in a firearm comprising a movement space arranged in a housing of the firearm and provided for a moveable component of the firearm or for a fluid moveable within the firearm, a filling material, which, at least in part, fills the movement space and preferably solidifies therein, into the movement space, when there is a condition in which the firearm is to be disabled.
US09714800B1
A body comprising at least two components having one or more different properties and a method of producing the same are disclosed. One of the body components is in the form of particles with optional adhesive interlayers. A second of the components has a surface locally melted in a predetermined pattern and only to a predetermined depth by scanning an electron beam there across to incorporate the particles and form a metal composite film. Thereby, a predetermined volumetric concentration of the incorporated particles varies continuously from the locally melted surface so as to provide two surfaces in the body having different coefficients of thermal expansion.
US09714798B2
A heat exchanger comprises an end mounting arrangement including a mounting bracket having a first portion for attachment to a support structure and a second portion attached to the heat exchanger. A projection rigidly attached to the end of the heat exchanger is resiliently received in an aperture in the second portion of the mounting bracket. The projection may comprise a pin extending from a plate pair of the heat exchanger, and one end of the pin may be secured between the plates of the plate pair. The mounting bracket may be metal with a resilient element such as a rubber grommet provided in each aperture, or the bracket may comprise plastic in which case a grommet may not be required.
US09714789B2
A method of supplying refrigeration to air separation plants within an air separation plant facility in which a refrigerant stream is produced at cryogenic temperature within a centralized refrigeration system. Streams of the refrigerant at the cryogenic temperature are introduced into the air separation plants such that all or a part of the refrigeration requirements of the air separation plants are supplied by the streams of the refrigerant.
US09714788B2
An insulated rolling cooler which affords the user the ability to easily tow and transport perishable items for an extended period of time, to various locations, and over various terrains, and also affords superior ground clearance capabilities. The insulated rolling cooler includes a multi-functional front wheel mechanism which allows for easy maneuvering of the cooler during travel and the insulated inner liner keeps the perishable items colder for longer. The cup holders, side mesh pockets, and the optional duel storage cavities allow the user to transport more items then any basic cooler.
US09714784B2
A refrigerator that has a fresh food compartment, a freezer compartment, and a door that provides access to the fresh food compartment is disclosed. An icemaker is mounted remotely from the freezer compartment. The icemaker includes an ice mold. A thermoelectric device is provided and includes a warm side and an opposite cold side. The icemaker is thermally influenced by the cold side of the thermoelectric device. Air or fluid may be moved from the fresh food compartment across the warm side of the thermoelectric device. Cold air or fluid, such as from the refrigerator compartment, is used to dissipate heat from the warm side of the thermoelectric device for cooling the ice mold of the icemaker.
US09714780B2
A refrigeration system includes a compressor, a condenser fluidly connected to the compressor, an evaporator fluidly connected to the condenser and the compressor, such that fluid may flow from the compressor through the condenser, through the evaporator, and again through the compressor. An expansion device is fluidly connected between the condenser and the evaporator, and a micro-expansion valve is also connected between the condenser and the evaporator.
US09714778B2
A thermoelectrically cooled container is provided, the thermoelectrically cooled container including a container body have an internal cavity and an outer surface. The container further includes a lid assembly removably connected to the container body, and a thermoelectric cooling unit associated with the container body. The thermoelectric cooling unit is configured to cool the container body.
US09714773B2
Disclosed herein is an air conditioner including a suction panel which includes a suction port through which air is suctioned in inside a housing. The suction panel is formed to rotate with an axial direction of an air blowing fan or a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the air blowing fan as a rotation axis to be coupled with or separated from the housing. Accordingly, a user may easily and intuitively separate the suction panel and falling of the suction panel, which may occur when the suction panel is separated, may be effectively reduced using a supporting unit disposed at the suction panel. Also, the housing and cover members which cover an outer perimeter of a lower portion of the housing may be coupled with each other by pressurizing the cover members toward the housing, thereby allowing the user to easily coupled the cover members.
US09714768B2
A gas turbine engine that includes: a combustor coupled to a turbine and a downstream injection system that includes two injection stages, a first stage and a second stage, positioned within an interior flowpath, wherein the first stage comprises an axial position that is aft of the primary air and fuel injection system and the second stage comprising an axial position that is aft of the first stage. Each of the first stage and the second stage include a plurality of circumferentially spaced injectors, each injector of which is configured to inject air and fuel into a flow through the interior flowpath. The first stage and the second stage have a configuration that limits a fuel injected at the second stage to less than 50% of a fuel injected at the first stage.
US09714767B2
A premix fuel nozzle assembly includes a center body, a pilot premix fuel nozzle assembly that extends axially through the center body and that includes a premix tip having a plurality of premix tubes that each defines a premix passage and a fuel port. The premix passage of each premix tube is in fluid communication with the pilot air passage. The premix fuel nozzle assembly further includes a purge air cartridge assembly that extends axially within the pilot air passage. The purge air cartridge assembly includes a feed tube portion and a tip portion that define a purge air passage within the pilot air passage. The tip portion comprises an aft wall that extends at least partially through an opening defined by the premix tip. The aft wall includes a single axially extending orifice that is in fluid communication with the purge air passage.
US09714765B2
The invention provides a burner configured for use with a dryer for drying aggregates, the burner comprising: a burner chamber (3) is which is mounted a fuel-atomizing burner nozzle (3.32) and means for conveying fuel to the burner nozzle; means providing a flow of air through the burner chamber and into the combustion chamber; a combustion chamber (4) in which the fuel is burnt; the combustion chamber (4) having an opening at an upstream end thereof communicating with the burner chamber (3) and an opening at a downstream end thereof for passing combustion gases and heated air into a drying chamber of the dryer; the burner nozzle (3.32) being arranged to direct a flow of atomized fuel into the combustion chamber; a first airflow modifier device (3.11) mounted in or across the opening at the upstream end of the combustion chamber such that there is a gap constituting an air escape channel around a periphery of the first airflow modifier device, the first airflow modifier device (4.3) having one or more windows therein through which a flow of air provided by the fan is directed into the combustion chamber to mix with atomized fuel from the burner nozzle, the one or more windows being configured to impart turbulence to the airflow; and a second airflow modifier device (4.3) comprising one or more air deflector elements (4.31) mounted peripherally about the opening at the upstream end of the combustion chamber, the second airflow modifier device (4.3) being arranged to impart turbulence to excess air passing through the said air escape channel.
US09714762B2
An LED photo-electric source assembly includes a radiator, a radiating fan, a driving circuit board subassembly, an LED light source component, an upper cover of a power supply box, a lower cover of the power supply box and a waterproof bolt component. The radiator comprises a bottom plate, on top of which a radiating part is provided. A space area of the radiating part contains a dust-proof, water-proof fan. An LED road lamp further includes an LED photo-electric source assembly, an installing board and a housing assembly of a traditional road lamp for containing light source. A light outlet arranged on the installing board adapts in size and shape to an opening arranged at the bottom of the housing assembly. The LED photo-electric source assembly is fixedly connected to the installing board and emits light. The installing board is fixedly connected with the housing assembly through a clamping fixture.
US09714761B2
A light fixture including at least one LED emitter and at least one LED power-circuitry unit within an enclosure formed by a base and a cover movably secured with respect to the base. The at least one LED emitter is secured with respect to the base and in thermal communication therewith. The at least one LED power-circuitry unit is secured with respect to the base such that, when the cover is closed, the power-circuitry unit is in thermal communication with the cover. During operation primary heat transfer from the power-circuitry unit and primary heat transfer from the LED emitter(s) are to separate enclosure members.
US09714756B2
Device for providing comprising: A panel having rigid layer having a patterned electrical circuit thereon. An array of illuminating units, each unit being formed by at least one rigid element and a portion of the rigid layer; and including: a rigid optical dispersing element, a light source sandwiched within the panel for generating light from electrical energy, and an electrical conductor. The electrical conductor being the primary heat sink for the light source, the light source being primarily cooled via conduction. The electrical conductor and the optical dispersing element being dimensioned and arranged within the unit such that the electrical conductor does not materially impede transmission of light generated by the light source to the outside of the device. The electrical conductor transmitting electrical and thermal energy received from the light source away from the unit.
US09714755B2
A device for illuminating a portion of a hand-held scanner to indicate a status of the scanner provides an even distribution of light emission. The device might include various elements that facilitate an even distribution of the light. For instance, in one aspect the device includes a set of reflective surfaces that are positioned throughout the scanner together with light-emitting devices (e.g., LED) in a manner to evenly transmit light emissions. In another aspect, the device includes a light-diffusing translucent member, which smoothly and evenly presents the light emissions that are reflected off of the reflective surfaces.
US09714751B2
An illumination lens includes a light incident surface that defines a cavity and has a flat top and lateral flanks, the light incident surface configured to receive light from an underlying light emitting element. The illumination lens also includes a light exiting surface having a central indentation and a surrounding toroid. The flat top has an angular range of 0 to 25° with respect to a vertical optical axis and faces the central indentation.
US09714748B2
An optical unit, in particular for an optical module, comprising: at least one first and one second mutually distant luminous sources, at least one convergent multifocal lens, comprising at least one undulated face, the undulated face comprising at least three distinct portions, two of these portions being focused substantially on the first luminous source and the other portion being positioned between these two portions and being focused substantially on the second luminous source.
US09714743B2
A retrofit light emitting diode (LED) lamp is provided for replacement of ballast driven fluorescent lamps. The retrofit LED lamp comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes. The plurality of light emitting diodes is mounted on a metal core printed circuit board (MCPCB). A PCB circuit is provided for driving the plurality of LEDs that further comprises a bridge rectifier made of a schottky diode.
US09714731B2
A system for joining pipe segments, the system including a first pipe connector connected to a first pipe segment, and a second pipe connector threadingly connectable to the first pipe connector, and connected to a second pipe segment. The system further includes a recess in the outer surface of the first pipe connector, and an elongated key having first and second lengthwise surfaces. One of the lengthwise surfaces has protrusions that embed into a transverse surface of the second pipe connector when the key is mounted into the recess. The thickness of the key decreases with distance radially inward from the outer surface.
US09714728B2
A tube fitting includes a multi-way tube member and a coupler. The multi-way tube member includes three interconnected tube-connecting segments, one of which has two locking portions disposed at a distal end thereof. The coupler includes a cap section covering one of the tube-connecting segments having the locking portions, two resilient retaining portions snapped respectively to the locking portions, a guide tube section extending from the cap section into the one of the tube-connecting segments, and a connecting tube section extending from the cap section in a direction away from the guide tube section for connection with an additional coupler. A curable filler can be filled among the multi-way tube member, the coupler, and a tube for fixing the tube within the multi-way tube member.
US09714723B1
A speed-adjustable returning device of a valve actuator including a transmission assembly, an energy storage device arranged at one side of the transmission assembly and is operatively coupled thereto, an arrestment device arranged beside the energy storage device and is operatively coupled to the transmission assembly, and a valve device arranged at one side of the transmission assembly and is operatively coupled thereto. Under a condition of normal power supply, the energy storage device is controlled to store energy, and when power supply is interrupted, the energy storage device releases the stored energy to drive the transmission assembly to operate in a reversed direction so that the transmission assembly drives the arrestment device in such a way that the arrestment device makes the transmission assembly and the energy storage device operated at fixed speeds to thereby make the valve device operated at a fixed speed.
US09714717B2
A flow switch assembly features a two-part base assembly having lower and upper base parts. The lower base part is made from a metallic material, adapted on piping having a fluid flow, and configured with a central orifice to receive a paddle arm that pivots on an axis and responds to fluid flow in the piping. The upper base part is made from a non-metallic material, configured with a corresponding central orifice to receive the paddle arm, and configured with a channel to receive a pivot arm to mount and allow the paddle arm to pivot on the axis to actuate an ON/OFF switch in response to fluid flow. The non-metallic material has a lower coefficient of heat transfer than the metallic material to reduce condensation build-up in the flow switch assembly when the flow switch assembly is used in cold applications and exposed to temperatures below freezing.
US09714715B2
A control valve (10) includes a valve body with a plurality of ports (A, B, C, D, E, F) and a plurality of annular flow passages (53, 55, 57). A piston (34) which includes a plurality of annular flow passages and a longitudinal flow passage is selectively movable within a bore (32) within the valve body through operation of a valve controller (70). The valve controller is selectively operative to control the position of the piston so as to enable liquid flow through a plurality of flow paths. The valve controller further includes a installable and removable valve controller housing (74) which is releasibly engageable with a valve base (72). The valve may include a changeable piston and changeable injector and plug components to adapt the valve to different flow and fluid mixing requirements.
US09714713B2
A seal ring is disclosed. The seal ring can have one or more exterior surfaces extending between a first outer axial end of the seal ring to a seal flange. The seal flange can be positioned adjacent to a second outer axial end of the seal ring and can extend radially outward to an outer diameter of the seal ring. An outer surface of the seal flange can form an annular sealing band. A seal ramp can extend outwardly from a first end proximate to the first outer axial end of the seal ring to a second end positioned adjacent to the seal flange. The seal ramp can include a first surface configured to form a frictional, sealing contact interface between the first surface and an elastomeric seal compressed into contact with the first surface when the elastomeric seal is in a loaded state.
US09714707B2
A sealing structure seals first and second components of a device. The second component is removable from the first component so as to gain access to an interior of the device. The structure includes a body composed of compressible material. An axial seal portion of the body defines an axial seal between the first and second components. A radial seal portion of the body defines a radial seal between the first and second components. A lip seal portion of the body defines a lip seal between the first and second components. The first and second component can be a housing and a cover of a vehicle fob.
US09714701B2
An elastic bushing which has novel damping by corresponding design measures and devices in order to eliminate, or greatly reduce, undesired vibrations in planetary bearings, particularly for planet gears for planetary gearboxes. This invention also relates, in particular, to the use of bushings, planet gears or planetary gearboxes of this type in machine parts and installations which transmit only low or no moments such, for example, wind turbines.
US09714699B2
A harmonic drive includes a rigid internal gear, a flexible external gear meshed with the rigid internal gear, and a wave generator abutted against the flexible external gear. Through a special parameter setting to design the outer peripheral edge of the wave generator in a surface of variable curvature, the contact area between the wave generator and the flexible external gear is increased to improve fretting wear, thereby enhancing transmission accuracy and reducing hysteresis error.
US09714697B2
A stepless transmission includes: a transmission shaft; first to fourth power transmission elements; a plurality of rolling bodies clamped by the first and second power transmission elements disposed in confrontation with each other, and tiltably held by the fourth power transmission element; an axial force generator configured to generate axial force in an axial direction for pressing at least one of the first and second power transmission elements against the rolling bodies; and a transmission device configured to change a gear ratio between an input and output by tilting the rolling bodies. Young's moduli of a contact section and an additional contact section, in contact with the rolling body, of one of the first and second power transmission elements are larger than those of other one of the first and second power transmission elements.
US09714688B2
A shock absorber spring retention structure is provided for a remote control car. A spring is arranged between a shock absorption cylinder and a piston rod that are axially movable relative to each other to produce an effect of damping. The spring has a top supported on an adjustment ring that is threadingly screwed to an outer circumference of the shock absorption cylinder and a bottom having a wire rotatably coupled to a clip and held in position by a mounting seat to be coupled to a connection seat mounted to an end of the piston rod. The connection seat includes an engagement section with which the clip is engageable for locking. Thus, in the assembly of the shock absorber, the clip securely retains and couples the spring, the mounting seat, and the connection seat together to prevent the spring from detaching during the operation of the shock absorber.
US09714676B2
A fastener assembly which includes a sleeve which includes a cylindrical construction having a first and second end portions and an outside diameter. The fastener assembly further includes a washer associated with the sleeve wherein the washer includes a body which defines a first side and an opposing second side and defines an opening which extends from the first side toward the second side. The opening defines a diameter greater than the outside diameter of the sleeve and the body defines a recess which has a diameter greater than the diameter of the opening wherein the recess extends from the second side toward the first side such that the recess and the opening are in communication with one another. A method for using this fastener assembly is also provided.
US09714674B1
A fastener adapted to be mounted through an aperture of a wall has an inner stud, a spiral structure, and an outer fastener. The inner stud is sized to fit through the aperture of the wall and hold the spiral structure. The outer fastener engages the inner stud to compress the spiral structure into a washer-like structure, which supports the fastener on the wall.
US09714673B2
A connector assembly for connecting the free ends of the adjacent panels of a ready to assemble article of furniture together when assembled, said connector assembly comprising a male connector having opposite ends insertable into respective opposing receiving apertures provided in adjacent ends of the panels, each end of said male connector being provided with retaining means to retain the ends of the male connectors in said respective apertures and a ready to assemble article of furniture comprising a plurality of substantially rigid panels attached together end to end, the ends of the panels being bevelled or otherwise shaped such that the panels can be folded to bring said ends into abutting relationship to define a polygonal article, wherein said panels are attached together by means of a flexible sheet material extending between the panels.
US09714672B2
A set of panels includes a first panel having a first main plane and a second panel having a second main plane. The panels are provided with a mechanical locking device for locking a first edge of the first panel to a second edge of the second panel. The mechanical locking device includes an edge section groove at the first edge, wherein an edge section of the second edge is insertable into the edge section groove. A flexible tongue is arranged in an insertion groove provided in the edge section groove, and cooperates with a tongue groove provided at the edge section of the second panel. A first thickness of a core material between the edge section groove and the outermost surface of the first edge is greater than a minimum second thickness of a core material of the edge section of the second panel.
US09714667B2
A hydrostatic hybrid drive device (H) includes only one hydrostatic displacement machine (1) operated in an open circuit. A delivery line (2) leads to a high pressure accumulator device (3). A shutoff valve (5) controls flow to the high pressure accumulator device (3). A branch line (6) is connected with a low pressure accumulator device (7). A shutoff valve (9) in the intake line (8) shuts off flow to the low pressure accumulator device (7). A discharge line (10) is connected between the intake side (S) of the displacement machine (1) and the shutoff valve (9). A valve device (15) controls the discharge line (10) and the branch line (6).
US09714659B2
An axial flow fan includes: an impeller, a hub of which is attached to a rotation shaft of a rotation driving device; and a venturi casing that surrounds an outer circumference in a radial direction of the impeller and includes a suction port and a discharge port facing each other in an axial direction of the rotation shaft. A positive pressure surface of a plurality of blades integrally attached to the hub includes a plurality of step portions that is curved so as to comply with a curved shape of a front edge portion in a rotation direction of the blades.
US09714658B2
A centrifugal compressor, the capacity of which can be increased with keeping the diameter of the impeller at minimum, is provided. The centrifugal compressor includes: a drive gear (11); a drive shaft (3) protruding from one side of the drive gear (11) in a central axis direction of the drive gear (11); a no. 1 driven pinion gear (12) configured for rotation of the drive gear (11) to be transmitted thereto; a no. 1 driven pinion shaft (5) protruding from both sides of the no. 1 driven pinion gear (12) in a central axis direction of the no. 1 driven pinion gear (12); and a couple of first stage compressor sections (7a, 7b), each of which is provided in each end of the no. 1 driven pinion shaft (5) and is configured to compress fluid by rotation of the no. 1 driven pinion shaft (5).
US09714657B2
A variable displacement vane pump and a power steering can secure a discharge flow rate when a steering wheel is turned, and restrict the discharge flow rate when the steering wheel is not turned. In the variable displacement vane pump and power steering system, a bypass line is formed. The bypass line causes a hydraulic fluid in a high pressure chamber of a control valve, which controls an eccentricity of a cam ring, to flow directly to a low pressure chamber side of the control valve. The hydraulic fluid flows directly to the low pressure chamber side of the control valve when the steering wheel is turned.
US09714653B2
An electric vehicle includes: a wheel drive motor; an inverter that supplies electric power to the motor; a pump that delivers refrigerant to the motor and the inverter; and a controller that controls the pump. When a main switch of the vehicle is at an ON position, the controller limits the pump output at or below a predetermined pump output upper limit value, and, when the main switch is switched to an OFF position while travelling, the controller drives the pump at an output higher than the pump output upper limit value irrespective of the pump output upper limit value.
US09714644B2
A thermal actuator for a rotating shaft shutdown seal that has a piston with a portion of its axial length enclosed within a chamber shell with a material that expands upon a rise in temperature. The portion of the actual length of the piston within the chamber has at least two different diameters with the larger diameter leading in the direction of travel of the piston. Upon a rise in temperature, expansion of the material surrounding the piston within the chamber creates a force on the piston in the desired direction of travel. Below a preselected temperature the piston is positively locked with a passive release when the preselected temperature is reached.
US09714633B2
The present invention relates to a control valve for a fuel injector. The control valve has a control valve body which defines a supply passage for high pressure fuel. A control chamber and a pressure compensating chamber are provided in the control valve. The control chamber and the pressure compensating chamber are both in fluid communication with the supply passage. A control valve member is provided for controlling fuel pressure in the control chamber. The pressure compensating chamber is spaced radially outwardly from the control chamber. The invention also relates to a control valve member having a pressure compensating cavity.
US09714627B2
A propulsion system of an aircraft may include an inner fixed structure (IFS) and an outer sleeve. The IFS and the outer sleeve may be separately coupled to the pylon. The inner fixed structure may be hingeably coupled directly to the pylon with a first set of hinges defining a first axis of rotation. The outer sleeve may be hingeably coupled directly to the pylon with a second set of hinges, wherein the second set of hinges are distinct from the first set of hinges and define a second axis of rotation. Thus, portions of the pylon are exposed to the fan duct air flow path.
US09714610B2
An air-oil cooler (AOC) for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The AOC may comprise an oil inlet, an oil outlet, and heat exchange elements between the oil inlet and the oil outlet. The AOC may be longitudinally positioned between a fan and a V-groove of the engine and radially spaced between a low pressure compressor and a low pressure compressor panel. A gas turbine engine comprising an AOC is disclosed. The AOC of the engine may comprise an oil inlet, an oil outlet, and heat exchange elements between the oil inlet and the oil outlet. The AOC of the engine may be longitudinally positioned between a fan and a V-groove of the engine and radially spaced between a low pressure compressor and a low pressure compressor panel. A method of operating an AOC for use on a gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
US09714609B2
An electric machine is disclosed integrated to rotate with a shaft of a gas turbine engine. In one form the electric machine is integrated with a fan of the gas turbine engine. A rotor of the electric machine can be disposed at the end of the fan blades and the stator integrated into a flow path forming surface of the gas turbine engine. In one form the windings of the electric machine can change configuration permitting some windings to be placed in parallel with one or more other windings, and then connected together in series with remaining windings, if any. The voltage of the electric machine can change as a result of a change in configuration of the windings. A moveable member can also be used to alter a magnetic field produced from the electric machine when operated such that a voltage can be changed as a result of altering the magnetic field.
US09714607B2
An internal combustion engine comprises an engine block defining a cylinder having a longitudinal axis A. A piston is arranged slidably within the cylinder and an impeller is arranged at one end of the cylinder. The impeller is rotatably mounted on a shaft, which extends out of the cylinder and which is driven in rotation by rotation of the impeller. The engine further comprises an anti-rotation formation to prevent the piston rotating about a longitudinal axis of the cylinder and a swirl-inducing vane arranged on the face of the piston which faces the end of the cylinder at which the impeller is arranged. Combustion gas generated by combustion of a fuel in the cylinder between the piston and the impeller is caused to swirl by reaction with the swirl-inducing vane and the swirling combustion gases, in turn, cause the impeller to rotate.
US09714592B2
A handheld four-stroke engine lubricating system comprises: an oil storage chamber formed by a bottom casing and a lower tank body, a crankshaft chamber formed by the lower tank body and an upper tank body, an air valve chamber formed by the upper tank body and a cylinder head cover, a cam chamber formed by the upper tank body and a cam chamber cover, and a tappet chamber connected between the air valve chamber and the cam chamber. The two sides of the upper and lower tank bodies are correspondingly provided with a first and a second oil inlet passages communicated with the oil storage chamber and the crankshaft chamber. The first and the second oil inlet passages are correspondingly provided with first and second check valves thereon. The first oil inlet passage is connected to a hose pressed against the bottom casing.
US09714590B2
Methods and systems are provided for using a crankcase vent tube pressure or flow sensor for diagnosing a location and nature of crankcase system integrity breach. The same sensor can also be used for diagnosing air filter plugging and PCV valve degradation. Use of an existing sensor to diagnose multiple engine components provides cost reduction and sensor compaction benefits.
US09714584B2
A damping treatment is applied to the ligaments of a squirrel cage type bearing support. The damping treatment reduces the vibrations transmitted to the engine casing as the engine passes through various resonance frequencies of the various parts of the gas turbine engine. A squeeze-film damper damps engine vibrations, but the oil in the squeeze-film damper can act as a stiffener during certain operational ranges, which increases the transmission of vibrations to the engine structure. Applying a damping treatment to the ligaments of the squirrel cage provides effective vibration damping.
US09714583B2
Fan blade containment systems and methods for producing the same are provided. The fan blade containment system comprise a first ballistic material configured to be wrapped in overlapping layers around a fan casing to form a containment covering of a fan containment case for the fan casing. A plurality of patches comprised of a second ballistic material are configured to be loosely disposed between adjacent overlapping layers of the first ballistic material with each patch partially overlapping a circumferentially adjacent patch.
US09714581B2
A Rankine cycle apparatus (1A) of the present disclosure includes a main circuit (10), a heat exchange portion (HX), a bypass flow path (20), a flow rate-adjusting mechanism (3), and a pair of temperature sensors (7A). The main circuit (10) is formed by an expander (11), a condenser (13), a pump (14), and an evaporator (15) that are circularly connected in this order. The heat exchange portion (HX) is located in the main circuit (10) at a position between an outlet of the expander (11) and an inlet of the pump (14). The bypass flow path (20) branches from the main circuit (10) at a position between an outlet of the evaporator (15) and an inlet of the expander (11), and joins to the main circuit (10) at a position between the outlet of the expander (11) and an inlet of the heat exchange portion (HX). The flow rate-adjusting mechanism (3) adjusts the flow rate of the working fluid in the bypass flow path (20). The pair of temperature sensors (7A) detects temperatures of the working fluid at two positions spaced from each other in a flow direction of the working fluid.
US09714580B2
This disclosure relates to a gas turbine engine including a first engine component and a second engine component. The first engine component has a mate face adjacent a mate face of the second engine component. The engine further includes a seal provided between the mate face of the first engine component and the mate face of the second engine component. The seal includes least one trough.
US09714575B2
A propeller is provided including a hub and a first blade group and a second blade group. The first blade group includes at least one first propeller blade and the second blade group includes at least one second propeller blade. The at least one first propeller blade and the at least one second propeller blade are mounted to and equidistantly spaced about the hub. The at least one first propeller blade of the first blade group has at least one geometric characteristic different from the at least one propeller blade of the second blade group. The different blade groups will generate different noise signatures over a wider range of frequencies allowing for the design of low noise propeller systems.
US09714568B2
Event-based telemetry for artificial lift in wells is described. An example downhole system can sense triggering events and anomalies in a well or electrical submersible pump (ESP) string, and send information about the triggering event with priority to a monitoring and control system. A telemetry manager can select specific sensors to address the triggering event, and then determine how frequently the selected sensors acquire or sample sensor data. The telemetry manager may then assemble a data stream that prioritizes the sensor data for transmission on limited bandwidth, thereby sending the most important data about the triggering event with the highest priority, even when there is limited transmission bandwidth available.
US09714557B2
A sliding sleeve opens with a deployed ball. The sleeve has a seat disposed in the housing, and the seat has segments biased outward from one another with a C-ring or other biasing element. Initially, the seat has an expanded state in the sliding sleeve so that the seats segments expand outward against the housing's bore. When an appropriately sized ball is deployed downhole, the ball engages the expanded seat. Fluid pressure applied against the seated ball moves the seat into the inner sleeve's bore. As this occurs, the seat contracts, which increases the engagement area of the seat with the ball. Eventually, the seat reaches the shoulder in the inner sleeve so that pressure applied against the seated ball now moves the inner sleeve in the housing to open the sliding sleeve's flow port.
US09714555B2
A method of plugging a well extending into a hydrocarbon bearing formation fascilitates temporary or permanent abandonment of the well. The method includes detonating one or more explosive charges within a tubular or tubulars extending through the well in order to remove, fragment and or cut one or more sections of the tubulars around the entire circumference of the well to expose the surrounding formation or cement. The well is then filled in the region of the exposed surrounding formation or cement with a sealing material so as to form one or more plugs within the well to seal the well.
US09714545B2
Polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) cutting elements include leached and un-leached regions. The leached region may be or include a leached annular region. An inner boundary of the leached annular region remote from a side surface of the polycrystalline diamond may have a non-linear profile in a plane extending through the PDC cutting element along a longitudinal axis of the cutting element. Methods of forming PDC cutting elements include configuring polycrystalline diamond of a PDC cutting element to have such a leached annular region with a non-linear profile. Earth-boring tools may be formed that include such PDC cutting elements.
US09714537B2
A door communication device for use with a door. The door communication device includes a rotatable message wheel for selectively displaying a selected one of a plurality of messages and a rotatable shaft that provides an optical viewing pathway through the door. The shaft is formed from an intumescent material that expands to block the bore of the shaft when sufficiently heated, such as by a fire, to inhibit the passage of heated air and smoke through the door.
US09714525B2
An anti-ligature handle and escutcheon for operating a lock. The handle and escutcheon are smoothly curved in all directions to eliminate hanging points and prevent suicide by preventing the attachment of a ligature to the handle or escutcheon. The handle is curved to allow fingers to be inserted behind the handle to pull on the handle. The handle is attached to a handle plate that slides behind an escutcheon plate portion of the escutcheon. Multiple ligature traps in the form of an inverted “V” are positioned in parallel offset rows between the handle plate and the escutcheon plate to prevent the insertion of a ligature around the handle and handle plate.
US09714523B2
A connector for interlocking structures includes a first Y-shaped connector affixed to a portion of a first structure, a second Y-shaped connector affixed to a portion of a second structure. A loop-type engaging element is mounted on one of: (i) the inner faces of both the first and second arms of each of the first and second Y-shaped connectors; (ii) the outer faces of both the first and second arms of each of the first and second Y-shaped connectors. A hook-type engaging element mounted on the other of: (i) the inner faces of both the first and second arms of each of the first and second Y-shaped connectors; (ii) the outer faces of both the first and second arms of each of the first and second Y-shaped connectors. Each of the first and second Y-shaped connectors is selectively configurable to either a male configuration or a female configuration.
US09714519B2
An extendable structure which may be used in space-based applications, for example forming the body of a telescope. The structure is movable between a stowed configuration and an extended configuration, and comprises a plurality of walls arranged to give a polygonal cross-section in the extended configuration. Each wall comprises a plurality of repeating units which are connected by a plurality of hinges. Each repeating unit itself comprises a plurality of sections connected by pluralities of first and second hinges, and in the extended configuration, each of the first hinges lies between two second hinges with the second hinges having axes which are inclined with respect to the first hinge axis.
US09714514B2
The invention relates to a lighted rail for a false wall with a stretched canvas comprising a first wing for securing the rail onto a wall, a first channel so arranged as to enable the canvas to be hung and a second channel provided between the first channel and the first wing, and wherein lighting elements are mounted, characterized in that said rail comprises a cover partially closing the second channel, with said cover being so arranged as to extend under the lighting elements secured on a wall laterally delimiting the first and second channels with respect to each other.
US09714512B2
A cool roofing system includes highly reflective calcined kaolin particles having a solar reflectance of 80% to 92%. When applied to a roofing substrate, the highly reflective kaolin particles produce a roofing system having a solar reflectance greater than or equal to 70%.
US09714511B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for manufacturing unitary insulated wall panels, wherein the panels form a cavity for receiving expandable foam insulation, and form integral attachment means for attaching the panel to a building wall system. Unitary foam insulated panels having integral attachment means are further provided.
US09714497B2
A system for setting a dump height of a work implement includes a linkage assembly and a linkage position sensor. In one embodiment, a controller stores an identifying code corresponding to the dump body, stores a desired dump height, associates the desired dump height with the identifying code, and subsequently receives the identifying code. In another embodiment, the controller stores a plurality of linkage positions corresponding to a plurality of desired dump heights, receives data indicative of a minimum lifting height of the dump body, and determines a desired dump height at which the linkage assembly is to be positioned. In both embodiments, the controller generates a command to position the linkage assembly at the desired dump height and generates a command to dump material within the material engaging work implement into the dump body.
US09714485B2
The present disclosure relates to creped tissue webs that demonstrate low surface-roughness and high sheet bulk. The present disclosure relates to a creped, single ply tissue web having a single wire probe mean deviation of MIU (MMD) of less than about 0.040 and a sheet bulk of greater than about 12 cc/g. The present disclosure also relates to a creped, multi-ply tissue web having a single wire probe mean deviation of MUI (MMD) of less than about 0.035 and a sheet bulk of greater than about 10 cc/g.
US09714484B2
Fibrous structures that exhibit a pore volume distribution such that at least 25% and/or at least 43% of the total pore volume present in the fibrous structures exists in pores of radii of from 91 μm to 140 μm, and to methods for making such fibrous structures are provided.
US09714480B2
Acoustically insulated machines have an internal source of noise and an insulation member. The insulation member may include a plurality of porous, sound absorbing layers and a plurality of dense or facing layers attached to faces of the sound absorbing layers. The dense or facing layers each have a density that is greater than the densities of the sound absorbing layers. The insulation member may be oriented such that one of the dense or facing layers faces toward the internal source of noise. The insulation member may be configured such that most of the low frequency sound energy generated by the internal source of noise is not reflected back into the machine. That is, the dense or facing layer may be configured to allow a majority of low frequency sound energy from the internal source of noise to pass into the insulation member.
US09714478B2
A method to produce a unidirectional reinforcement for fiber reinforced composites by a resin transfer or vacuum infusion molding process include: laying continuous rovings unidirectionally side by side in one layer for forming a unidirectional web, applying thermoplastic or thermoset binder on the web, activating the binder for bonding the rovings together to form a unidirectional reinforcement, and forming flow passages for resin in a direction transverse to the direction of the unidirectional rovings by laying thin discrete flow passage having, under compression, an aspect ratio of equal or less than 2 on the continuous unidirectional rovings.
US09714477B2
A fastening mechanism is provided to detachably fasten and position a compaction module on a drafting unit of a spinning machine, wherein the compaction module has a carrier, which is provided with at least one suction channel that is connected to suction inserts of compaction elements that are movably mounted on the carrier. A coupling device using the fastening mechanism. In order to ensure simple and positionally accurate attachment of a compaction module, the fastening mechanism is composed of at least one clamping element that has retaining elements for fixed and positioned fastening on the spinning machine and is provided with a first receiving slot, which is open on one side and has a retaining section, by means of which a retaining element fastened on the carrier can form a positive-fitting clamped connection.
US09714472B2
A gas diffusion electrode is described, especially for use in chloralkali electrolysis, said gas diffusion electrode having finely divided components on the liquid side. The electrode is notable for a low perviosity to gases and a lower operating voltage.
US09714469B2
The present invention describes the highly advantageous properties of a mixture of thiol-perfluoropolyether (PFPE) molecules with perfluorinated bisphosphonic (PF-BP) compounds. This mixture makes it possible in effect to obtain a lipophobic behavior (also referred to as “epilame” effect) with common watch-making lubricants on all the materials tested, including metals, inter alia gold and alloys thereof, ceramics and semiconductors, and gives the surface treated a good resistance to ageing and to cleaning products.
US09714451B2
Gene expression profiling is a powerful tool that has varied utility. It enables classification of multiple myeloma into subtypes and identifying genes directly involved in disease pathogensis and clinical manifestation. The present invention used gene expression profiling in large uniformly treated population of patients with myeloma to identify genes associated with poor prognosis. It also demonstrated that over-expression of CKS1B gene, mainly due to gene amplification that was determined by Fluorescent in-situ hybridization to impart a poor prognosis in multiple myleoma. It is further contemplated that therapeutic strategies that directly target CKS1B or related pathways may represent novel, and more specific means of treating high risk myeloma and may prevent its secondary evolution.
US09714449B2
A nucleic acid amplification method includes ligating a double-stranded adapter (20) containing adapter DNA strands capable of forming a folded structure to a double-stranded DNA (1, 2) containing a target DNA sequence (1) to prepare a cyclic DNA template composed of double-stranded DNA containing a nick (5). A 3′-end elongation reaction is performed using a strand-displacement DNA polymerase from the nick (5) as an origin, thereby producing a concatemer (29) in which a plurality of the target DNA sequences (1) and the adapter DNA strands capable of forming the folded structure are linked in series as a single-stranded DNA. The concatemer (29) contains a plurality of the target DNA sequences (1) suitable for nucleotide sequence analysis and has a folded shape such that it takes the form of a ball due to its folded structure.
US09714445B2
A chip device for manipulating an object component is described, in which multiple liquid substances such as reagents required for a series of manipulations on a sample are stably secured in separated states throughout the manipulations within the device. The chip device includes a manipulation chip, magnetic particles, and a magnetic field application means. The manipulation chip includes a substrate, a groove formed in the surface of the substrate, and a manipulation medium accommodated in the groove such that gel phases and aqueous liquid phases are alternately disposed in the longitudinal direction of the groove and are in contact with each other. The magnetic particles are for capturing and carrying the object component. The magnetic field application means is capable of moving the magnetic particles in the longitudinal direction of the groove in the substrate by the application of a magnetic field to the substrate.
US09714439B2
The present disclosure relates to the use of an amino acid dehydrogenase in combination with a cofactor regenerating system comprising a ketoreductase. In particular embodiments, the process can be used to prepare L-tert-leucine using a leucine dehydrogenase.
US09714436B2
This invention provides a recombinant microorganism into which an acyl-CoA reductase exerting excellent activity in a reduction reaction involving the use of acyl-CoA as a substrate has been introduced. Such recombinant microorganism comprises a nucleic acid encoding a protein (a) or (b) below introduced into a host microorganism: (a) a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; or (b) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence having 70% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and having activity for synthesizing an aldehyde compound from acyl-CoA.
US09714428B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for transforming soybean, corn, cotton, or canola explants using spectinomycin as a selective agent for transformation of the explants. The method may further comprise treatment of the explants with cytokinin during the transformation and regeneration process.
US09714427B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions for inducing expression of Ube3a in a cell by contacting the cell with a topoisomerase inhibitor. Particular embodiments include a method of treating a genomic imprinting disorder, such as Angelman syndrome, in a subject by administering to the subject an effective amount of a topoisomerase inhibitor.
US09714421B2
Provided herein are oligomeric compounds with conjugate groups. In certain embodiments, the oligomeric compounds are conjugated to N-Acetylgalactosamine.
US09714416B2
The present invention relates enzyme composition comprising a cellulolytic preparation and an acetylxylan esterase (AXE); and the used of cellulolytic enzyme compositions for hydrolyzing acetylated cellulosic material. Finally the invention also relates to processes of producing fermentation products from acetylated cellulosic materials using a cellulolytic enzyme composition of the invention.
US09714412B2
The present invention provides a method for freezing a stem cell or a cell derived therefrom, the method including the steps of providing a cell suspension, performing ice nucleation on the cell suspension, and lowering the temperature of the ice nucleated cell suspension to a temperature sufficiently low to allow long term storage of the stem cell. The method is preferably used for the cryopreservation of human embryonic stem cells.
US09714401B2
A composition including a plurality of particles, wherein the particles include: about 30% to about 95% by weight of a carrier; about 0.1% to about 30% by weight of a perfume; and about 0.00025% to about 30% by weight of a malodor agent; wherein the malodor agent comprises one or more malodor reduction materials having a Blocker Index of less than 3 or a Blocker Index average of 3 to about 0.001; and wherein each of the particles has a mass between about 0.1 mg to about 5 g.
US09714397B2
A method of forming microcapsules having improved physical properties and release control as well as the microcapsules formed by the process wherein the capsule wall is formed by the concurrent polymerization of monomers, oligomer and/or prepolymers on the inside of the capsule wall and different monomers, oligomers and/or prepolymers on the exterior of the capsule wall as it forms.
US09714395B2
A lubricating oil composition is provided by blending a base oil and an additive, the additive including (a) at least one of an alkaline earth metal sulfonate, an alkaline earth metal salicylate and an alkaline earth metal phenate, (b) a sulfur-containing phosphorus compound, and (c) a thiadiazole compound. A product ((c)×P) of a mass (mass %) of the component (c) and a mass (mass ppm) of a phosphorus element in the component (b) in the composition is in a range from 1 to 50.
US09714390B2
A process for purifying a hydrocarbon feed, using a first adsorption unit with first and second adsorption columns respectively filled with first and second adsorbent solids by simultaneously: a) treating the liquid phase hydrocarbon feed in the first adsorption column by contact with the first adsorbent solid to adsorb at least a portion of impurities present and to produce hydrocarbon effluent which is depleted in impurities; b) treating a secondary liquid hydrocarbon feed constituted either by a fraction of the hydrocarbon feed or by a fraction of the hydrocarbon effluent and depleted in impurities to purify the secondary liquid hydrocarbon feed; c) heating the treated secondary liquid hydrocarbon feed from step b); d) regenerating the second adsorbent solid of the second adsorption column which comprises impurities with the secondary hydrocarbon feed heated in step c) to desorb the impurities to produce an effluent with impurities.
US09714386B2
This disclosure relates to the production of xylenes from syngas, in which the syngas is converted to an aromatic product by reaction with an isosynthesis catalyst and an aromatization catalyst. The isosynthesis catalyst and aromatization catalyst may be different catalysts or combined into a single catalyst. The aromatic product is then subjected to one of more of (i) xylene isomerization, (ii) transalkylation with at least one C9+ aromatic hydrocarbon, and (iii) alkylation with methanol and/or carbon monoxide and hydrogen to increase its p-xylene content.
US09714384B2
The invention relates to a layer or article comprising cholesteric liquid crystal polymer particles, which are optionally dispersed in a continuous phase, to cholesteric polymer particles for use in such a layer or article, to methods of preparing such a layer or article, and to the use of such a layer or article as optical element, in windows or electrooptical devices like liquid crystal displays (LCDs).
US09714378B2
A proppant comprises a particle and a polycarbodiimide coating disposed on the particle. The polycarbodiimide coating comprises the reaction product of an isocyanate reacted in the presence of a phospholene oxide catalyst. A method of forming the proppant comprises the steps of providing the particle, providing the isocyanate, providing the phospholene oxide catalyst, reacting the isocyanate in the presence of the phospholene oxide catalyst to form the polycarbodiimide coating, and coating the particle with the polycarbodiimide coating.
US09714366B2
In the case of a liner for the protection of adhesives, the protective effect is to be enhanced in respect of permeates originating from the environment and also permeates included during winding or stacking and other processing steps. This enhancement is accomplished through provision of a liner which comprises at least one adhesive release layer and at least one layer of a getter material capable of sorbing at least one permeable substance.
US09714362B2
The present disclosure is directed to process for forming a coating layer curable at ambient temperature. This disclosure is further directed to a process for forming a coating layer using a coating composition comprising a crosslinkable component and a crosslinking component that comprises: (a) one or more alkylated melamines that are essentially unreactive to a polyisocyanate, and (b) a polyisocyanate. The process and the coating composition can be particularly suitable for vehicle coatings.
US09714356B2
A black ink composition includes: carbon black and a water-insoluble resin that covers at least a part of the surface of the carbon black; a cyan pigment and a water-insoluble resin that covers at least a part of the surface of the cyan pigment; a magenta pigment and a water-insoluble resin that covers at least a part of the surface of the magenta pigment; water-insoluble resin particle; and water, wherein a content ratio of the carbon black is from 1.0 to 2.0% by mass with respect to the total mass of the composition, and a total amount of pigments is from 1.8 to 3.5% by mass with respect to the total mass of the composition. The black ink composition can be used in an ink set and an image forming method.
US09714353B2
An ink composition contains the following (A) to (D): (A) a polymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated group, (B) a photopolymerization initiator other than a photopolymerization initiator having a biimidazole structure, (C) water, and (D) a chain transfer agent precursor represented by the following Formula (1). In Formula (1), each of R1 to R4 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; and M represents an alkali metal.
US09714344B2
The present invention pertains to an ultraviolet-ray-curable organopolysiloxane composition containing: (A) (A-1) a straight-chain organopolysiloxane containing an alkenyl group, and (A-2) a three-dimensional-network-shaped organopolysiloxane resin containing an R12R2SiO1/2 unit, an R13SiO1/2 unit, an SiO2 unit, and an alkenyl group; (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane; (C) a photoactive platinum complex curing catalyst; and (D) an organopolysiloxane oligomer containing an R12R2SiO1/2 unit or the R12R2SiO1/2 unit and an R13R2SiO1/2 unit, also containing an R1SiO3/2 unit, not containing an SiO2 unit, and also containing an alkenyl group. As a result, this ultraviolet-ray-curable organopolysiloxane composition retains high strength and does extremely well suppressing heat-induced expansion or contraction; hence, it is possible to transfer a pattern and print with high dimensional accuracy.
US09714343B2
The present invention is a polyamide resin composition containing a polyamide resin (A) that contains from 95 to 99.95% by mass of a polyamide (a-1) having a number-average molecular weight of 2000 or more and from 0.05 to 5% by mass of a polyamide oligomer (a-2) having a number-average molecular weight of from 500 to less than 2000, in which at least 25 mol % of all the monomer units constituting the polyamide (a-1) and the polyamide oligomer (a-2) are structural units derived from a specific alicyclic monomer and the content ratio of the trans isomer structural units derived from the alicyclic monomer is from 50 to 85 mol %, and containing an inorganic filler (B). The polyamide resin composition is excellent in heat resistance, low water absorption, high-temperature rigidity and flowability, and exhibits the effects of securing sufficient crystallization even when molded in a mold at 80° C. and causing minimal mold deposit during production.
US09714336B2
To produce a method for producing a fluorinated copolymer latex with a low content of metal components and with favorable stability of the latex even with a low content of an organic solvent. A method for producing a fluorinated copolymer latex, which comprises emulsion-polymerizing a monomer mixture containing tetrafluoroethylene and propylene in the presence of an aqueous medium, an anionic emulsifying agent and a thermally decomposable radical polymerization initiator at a polymerization temperature within a range of from 50° C. to 100° C., wherein the aqueous medium comprises water alone, or water and a water-soluble organic solvent, and the content of the water-soluble organic solvent is less than 1 part by mass per 100 parts by mass of water; and the amount of use of the anionic emulsifying agent is from 1.5 to 5.0 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the fluorinated copolymer to be formed.
US09714332B2
The combination foam comprises a matrix composed of polyurethane foam and foamed particles of thermoplastic polyurethane comprised therein, where matrix and particles are each made up of polyol components and polyisocyanate components, wherein at least 50% by weight of the basic building blocks forming the polyol component of the matrix and particles are identical and at least 50% by weight of the basic building blocks forming the polyisocyanate component of the matrix and particles are identical.
US09714317B2
The present invention relates to a temporarily bonded adhesive composition used in wafer manufacturing, to the production method and use thereof. The adhesive composition comprises a component A and a component B, wherein the component A comprises an epoxy resin; and the component B comprises a thiol, an amine and a water soluble polymer.
US09714311B2
A hollow polymer particle includes a structure body that contains a structure including (1) a core polymer formed by copolymerizing a monomer mixture (a) consisting of 20 to 60% by weight of an acid group-containing monomer and 80 to 40% by weight of another monomer that is copolymerizable with the acid group-containing monomer and (2) a shell polymer formed by copolymerizing a monomer mixture (b) consisting of 0 to 15% by weight of an acid group-containing monomer and 100 to 85% by weight of another monomer that is copolymerizable with the acid group-containing monomer so that the shell polymer substantially surrounding the core polymer. The structure body has at least one void formed by neutralization of at least one portion of an acid group contained in the core polymer. The hollow polymer particle is obtained by adding a preservative during a time period after formation of the core polymer and before formation of the shell polymer.
US09714301B2
Disclosed is a method for selectively hydrogenating a copolymer, including contacting a heterogeneous catalyst with a copolymer to process hydrogenation. The copolymer includes aromatic rings and double bonds, and the double bonds are hydrogenated, and the aromatic rings are substantially not hydrogenated. The heterogeneous catalyst includes a metal catalyst such as platinum, palladium, platinum-iridium alloy, or platinum-rhenium alloy formed on a porous support. The hydrogenation is processed at a temperature of 40° C. to 150° C. under a hydrogen pressure of 10 kg/cm2 to 50 kg/cm2.
US09714300B2
The invention relates to continuous polymerization apparatus comprising a tubular reactor with a continuous loop section (32), a secondary line section (33) and a pigging system (39) that allows for cleaning of both sections of the reactor in a single continuous pass without manual removal of the pig.
US09714298B2
The present invention provides an antibody which binds to a fibroblast growth factor receptor.
US09714292B2
The present invention relates to Bispecific antibodies against human TWEAK and human IL17 (bispecific TWEAK-IL17 antibodies), methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions containing said antibodies, and uses thereof.
US09714285B2
The present disclosure relates, in general, to materials and methods for antibodies specific for transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ), including TGFβ1, TGFβ2 and TGFβ3, and uses of these antibodies in the treatment of subjects having cancer, an eye disease, condition or disorder, fibrosis, including ophthalmic fibrosis or fibrosis of the eye, and other conditions or disorders related to TGFβ expression.
US09714279B2
The instant invention provides TCRs having one or more amino acid substitutions that bind to the AL9 epitope of the HIV protein vpr (AIIRILQQQL).
US09714274B2
The present disclosure pertains to methods of producing recombinant peptides that contain between 10 and 200 amino acid residues using novel carrier proteins derived from superfolder green fluorescent protein and its mutants.
US09714271B2
Analogs of cyclosporin-A are disclosed comprising modifications of the substituents as the positions of amino acids 1 and 3, according to the following Formula. The disclosed compounds include compounds having affinity for cyclophilin, including cyclophilin-A, and reduced immunosuppressivity in comparison with cyclosporin-A and analogs thereof modified solely at position 1.
US09714267B2
A method for processing thin stillage (TS), characterized by the following steps: a) feeding of thin stillage (TS) into a working vessel (3); b) concentrating of thin stillage (TS) in a filtration unit (9); and c) returning of a first substream of concentrated thin stillage to the thin stillage (TSI) present in the working vessel (3) in order to adjust the solids content, and apparatus for producing a protein-containing product of value.
US09714265B2
The present disclosure provides nucleoside analogs of Formula (I) or (II). The nucleoside analogs are expected to show multiple tautomerism and may increase the mutation of an RNA and/or DNA (be mutagenic) of a virus or cancer cell. The multiple tautomerism and mutagenesis of the nucleoside analogs may be adjusted by substituting the nucleoside analogs with one or more electron-donating groups and/or electron-withdrawing groups to increase or decrease the pKa (e.g., to a pKa between 5.5 or 8.5). The present disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions and kits including the nucleoside analogs and methods of treating a viral infection (e.g., influenza, HIV infection, or hepatitis) or cancer using the nucleoside analogs, pharmaceutical compositions, or kits.
US09714263B2
The present invention relates to processes for the reduction by hydrogenation, using molecular H2, of a C5-C20 substrate containing one or two aldehydes functional groups into the corresponding alcohols or diol, characterized in that said process is carried out in the presence of —at least one catalyst or pre-catalyst in the form of a ruthenium complex having a coordination sphere of the N1P3O2, wherein the coordinating atom N and one coordinating atom P are provided by a first bidentate ligand, and the two other coordinating atoms P2 are provided by a second bidentate ligand and the coordinating atoms O2 are provided by two non-linear carboxylate ligands; and —optionally of an acidic additive.
US09714261B2
An ionic liquid supported organotin reagent of formula (I) A process for manufacturing the ionic liquid supported organotin reagent of formula (I), a process for manufacturing an halogenated or radio-halogenated compound using compound of formula (I), a device for implementing the halogenating process and a kit including the compound of formula (I) are also described.
US09714254B2
The present invention discloses an anilino-substituted podophyllin derivative having antitumor activity, method for preparation thereof, and use thereof. By means of anilino reactions, the present invention introduces 4-chloro-3-methylaniline, 3-fluoro-4-methoxyaniline, 4,4′-diaminodiphenylmethane, o-anisidine, 4-chloro-2-aminoanisole, anthranilonitrile, 2,6-dichloro-4-aminophenol, N,N-dimethylamino meta-aniline, 2-ethyl-5-nitroaniline, 2 2′-diaminodiphenylsulfide, or 2-aminobenzotrifluoride into position 4 of the active C-ring of podophyllotoxin or 4′-demethylepipodophyllotoxin to obtain the aniline-substituted podophyllotoxin derivative shown in formula (V); by means of multi-pathway and multi-target effects on tumor cells, said derivative has significantly increased antitumor activity, and can be prepared as an antineoplastic drug and applied in clinical antitumor therapy.
US09714241B2
The present invention provides a compound having a lysine-specific demethylase-1 inhibitory action, and useful as a medicament such as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for schizophrenia, developmental disorders, particularly diseases having intellectual disability (e.g., autistic spectrum disorders, Rett syndrome, Down's syndrome, Kabuki syndrome, fragile X syndrome, Kleefstra syndrome, neurofibromatosis type 1, Noonan syndrome, tuberous sclerosis), neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, spinocerebellar degeneration (e.g., dentatorubural pallidoluysian atrophy) and Huntington's disease), epilepsy (e.g., Dravet syndrome) or drug dependence, and the like. A compound represented by the formula wherein each symbol is as defined in the present specification, or a salt thereof.
US09714236B2
Disclosed are compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods/uses of using the same, for example, for treating a JAK-related disorder, such as cancer, cancer cachexia or an immune disorder: wherein R1 is methyl or ethyl; R2 is selected from methyl, ethyl, methoxy and ethoxy; R3 is selected from hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, bromine and methyl; R4 is selected from methyl, ethyl and —CH2OCH3; R5 and R6 are each individually methyl or hydrogen; and R7 is selected from methyl, ethyl, —(CH2)2OH and —(CH2)2OCH3, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US09714235B2
Disclosed herein are protein kinase inhibitors, more particularly novel quinazoline derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and method of use thereof.
US09714233B2
This invention relates to processes and intermediates for making {1-{1-[3-fluoro-2-(trifluoromethyl)isonicotinoyl]piperidin-4-yl}-3-[4-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]azetidin-3-yl}acetonitrile, useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of Janus kinases (JAK) including inflammatory disorders, autoimmune disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
US09714225B2
The present invention relates to stable crystalline Form I of lorcaserin hydrochloride of Formula (IA) and processes for its preparation. The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of lorcaserin and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates and hydrates thereof.
US09714220B2
A tetradentate organic ligand H3-MN-16Bn containing a long alkyl group, a precursor thereof, and a method for preparing the same are revealed. A precursor of H3-MN-16Bn, benzyl 16-bromohexadecanate, is obtained by esterification reaction of 16-bromohexadecanoic acid. Then bimolecular nucleophilic substitution reaction (SN2) of Benzyl 16-bromohexadecanate with nitrogen sulfide (N2S2) is carried out to get H3-MN-16Bn that is used as a standard hydrolysis metabolites of non-radioactive 185Re-complex compound.
US09714219B2
The present invention relates to a new compound of formula (I) wherein the variables have the meaning as indicated in the claims; or an enantiomer or salt thereof. The compounds of formula (I) are useful in the control of parasites, in particular endoparasites, in and on vertebrates.
US09714208B2
Methods for catalytically dehydrating hydroxypropionic acid, hydroxypropionic acid derivatives, or mixtures thereof to acrylic acid, acrylic acid derivatives, or mixtures thereof with high yield and selectivity and without significant conversion to undesired side products, such as, acetaldehyde, propionic acid, and acetic acid, are provided. The catalysts are mixed condensed phosphates.
US09714198B2
A method for preparing a titanium nitride-titanium diboride-cubic boron nitride composite material is disclosed. Titanium powder and cubic boron nitride raw powders are mixed by a planetary ball milling method, and then the titanium nitride-titanium diboride-cubic boron nitride composite material is prepared through the steps of wet mixing, drying, sieving, pre-sintering through a high-temperature vacuum furnace, cold isostatic press molding and high-temperature sintering.
US09714191B2
The invention relates to an process for coating a glass substrate with an environmentally friendly aqueous, fluoropolymer coating composition. The process involves applying a polyurethane primer to the glass substrate, and partially, but not completely crosslinking this primer coating. An aqueous hydroxyl-functional fluoropolymer coating is then applied to the partially crosslinked primer coating, and the coating allowed to fully cure. The invention also relates to the intertwined multilayer primer/fluoropolymer coating on the glass substrate. The final coating has excellent wet adhesion to glass, good weathering, durability, chalking resistance, chemical resistance, and dirt pickup resistance.
US09714170B2
A filler that can suppress thermal expansion of a glass composition with a small amount thereof added and is also excellent in terms of flowability when the glass composition is melted, and a glass composition containing the filler are provided. There is also provided a process for producing a hexagonal phosphate-based compound that can be suitably used as the filler using a simple, industrially advantageous method.The filler of the present invention contains a hexagonal phosphate-based compound that has a purity of 90% or higher and is represented by the following Formula 1, the filler having a content of an ionic compound that is no greater than 1.0 wt %, KaZrb(PO4)3 (1) wherein, in Formula 1, a is a positive number of from 0.8 to 1.2 and b is a positive number satisfying a+4b=9.
US09714169B2
The invention relates to a four-component catalyst and a seven-component catalyst and refractory supports for use in the thermoneutral reforming of petroleum-based liquid hydrocarbon fuels.
US09714155B2
A method is provided for condition monitoring of a rope of an elevator including an elevator car and a rope wheel arrangement, which rope is connected to the elevator car and passes around at least one rope wheel included in the rope wheel arrangement. The method includes obtaining travel data of the elevator car, the travel data including information describing occurrence(s) of car start(s) and/or bypass(es); and determining based on the travel data a total number of car visits at a predetermined landing in the path of the elevator car, which total number is the sum of the number of starts of the elevator car away from said predetermined landing so as to travel to any other landing irrespective of the traveling direction, and the number of times the elevator car has bypassed said predetermined landing without stopping irrespective of the traveling direction; and comparing the total number or a multifold of the total number with a first predetermined limit value, wherein said multifold equals to the total number multiplied with factor n wherein n equals the number of said at least one rope wheel; and performing one or more predetermined action if said total number or the multifold of the total number meets the first predetermined limit value, said one or more action including one or more of indicating a weakened rope condition, indicating a need for maintenance or replacement of elevator rope(s), calculating an estimated moment of maintenance or replacement of elevator rope(s), sending a specific or general warning signal, sending a fault signal, sending a signal to a service center the signal indicating weakened rope condition or a need for maintenance or a need for replacement of elevator rope(s). An arrangement implements the method.
US09714154B2
A reel and a method for use of same are arranged for supporting a cable drum. The reel comprises a reeling device for controlling the cable and at least one drive unit for provision of rotation of the cable drum for out- and in-winding of the cable, where the reeling device comprises two cable guiding portions which in a position of use are held at a mutual distance and connected to a reeling carriage by brackets arranged in each of the end portions of the cable guiding portions. At least one portion of the reeling device is releasably arranged to the reeling carriage so that the cable guiding portion or parts of this may be lifted out of, or displaced to the side in the framework, so that the cable drum may be removed from the reel.
US09714150B2
A sheet conveying apparatus that restricts conveyance of sheets to a post-processing apparatus which has become incapable of continuing a post-processing operation. The sheet conveying apparatus is communicably connected to the post-processing apparatus that performs post-processing on a sheet bundle formed by sheets. The sheet conveying apparatus includes a conveying unit for conveying sheets and an escape tray for receiving conveyed sheets which are not conveyed to the post-processing apparatus. A value corresponding to the number of sheet bundles formed by conveyed sheets is counted. A CPU circuit section determines based on communication with the post-processing apparatus whether or not the post-processing operation can be continued thereby. When it is determined that the post-processing operation cannot be continued, the CPU circuit section switches the sheet conveying destination from the post-processing apparatus to the escape tray, based on the counted value.
US09714138B2
Methods for facilitating hygienic storage and disposal of waste packages such as used with disposable diapers includes a housing, a rotatable member, and a bag unit having a bag frame and attached single use flexible bag. The user aligns and releasably mounts the bag frame to the housing. The rotatable member has a plurality of inwardly extending fingers. The inwardly extending fingers have a bag contact surface that operatively interacts with the single use flexible bag. A temporary seal is created by twisting a portion of the single use flexible bag with the rotatable member and the package is pushed through the twist for disposal.
US09714130B1
A beverage and snack consumption enhancing lid. The lid includes at least one of a snack receiving receptacle and at least one beverage flavoring capsule receptacle. A snack ejector is installed or integrated into the snack receiving receptacle. A snack is packaged within the snack receiving receptacle and retained therein by a snack cover. A beverage flavoring capsule is placed in each at least one beverage flavoring capsule receptacle and retained therein by a seal. The snack cover can multi-function as the capsule seal. The snack ejector would raise the snack from the snack receptacle when the cover is opened. The capsule can be compressed against a piercing element integrated into the capsule receptacle. Flavoring from within the capsule would be dispensed into the beverage to enhance the beverage flavor.
US09714128B2
A cushioning package, particularly an envelope or bag whose walls are internally lined by a cushion made of air cells consists of a row of elongated and contiguous tubular chambers parallel to each other sealed to the walls of the package and contains air at substantially environmental pressure.
US09714127B2
A blister and package system made of a blister card and an outer package with unique interacting locking mechanisms. The blister card or strip is inserted into the outer package or sleeve and locks immediately without having to further process the outer package or the blister card or strip. The user is able to expose the blisters from the outer package by disengaging the lock. The blister card or strip includes a formable, pliable sheet material, into which one or more individual cavities or blisters are formed. The separated cavities are loaded with product and sealed with one or more layers of puncturable or tearable sheet material, such as aluminum foil. The blister card or strip contains a plastic rivet assembly that forms an interference mechanism. The rivet is trapped by an internally formed panel and stopped by a catch flap included in the outer package.
US09714115B2
A metallic container end closure is provided that generally comprises a dispensing opening and a vent opening. The vent opening improves pourability through the dispensing opening and provides an alternative option for consuming the contents of the container. The end closure may include features to ease opening of the vent opening, such as stiffeners and/or vent form features.
US09714114B2
A full aperture unseamed can end having a vent test rating of at least 90 psi comprising a center panel having an periphery and including a coined portion proximate a rivet, a first score defining a removable panel, a tab, including a nose, mounted to of the removable panel, and a second score disposed on the removable panel, the second score having (i) a central portion spaced apart from the coined portion; (ii) a pair of check slots disposed on either side of the central portion; (iii) a pair of lateral portions that extend from the check slots; and (iv) a pair of side portions that extend from the lateral portions, respectively.
US09714103B2
A packaging machine including an insertion station for inserting the rolls in wrapping sheets; a feed path of the rolls; a conveyor for feeding the rolls along the feed path; and a folding station adapted to be equipped alternatively with different types of folding members, as a function of the type of pack to produce.
US09714102B2
A method and system for dynamically adjusting the placement of internal content material to optimally position the content material relative to a wrapped enclosure, and obviate the requirement to out-sort the assembled envelope. Upon assembly, a detection system visually images each envelope in predetermined regions of interest (ROIs). A controller captures the image data for comparison with a set of predefined position data and issues a feedback signal indicative of a directional change which drives an error signal to zero. The correction signal is used by the phase nip roller assembly to adaptively adjust the position of the content material by incrementally adjusting, advancing or retarding, the phase-nip roller assembly, i.e., forward or aft. A predefined number of envelopes is selected to acquire a running average of the image data.
US09714101B1
An orbital debris interception vehicle includes a satellite bus and a debris interception module releasably coupled to the satellite bus. The debris interception module includes a debris impact pad, such as a pancake-shaped Whipple shield. A plurality of such vehicles can be deployed into an equatorial orbit and maneuvered to intercept orbital debris as it passes through the equatorial plane. In particular, the satellite bus can release the debris interception module before an intercept and reconnect to it after the intercept.
US09714097B1
A protective cover that is resistant to absorption and transfer of heat resistant to shocks and penetration of sharp objects and damping shocks at the events, Which combined with the seat fully covers the passenger, and protects him/her against shocks, burns and sharp objects in accidents and is searchable by location-finders.
US09714095B2
A vehicle seat includes a seat, a swivel connected to and rotatably supporting the seat, a swivel frame connected to the swivel, a first lateral rail supporting the swivel frame, the first lateral rail permitting the swivel frame to move in a first direction, and a first longitudinal rail supporting the first lateral rail such that the first lateral rail is movable along the first longitudinal rail, thereby permitting the swivel frame to move in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction.
US09714093B2
A tie rod assembly which includes a first rod member and an enclosure which defines an opening and contains a fluid with the first rod member affixed to the enclosure. A second rod member extends through the opening with a seal member positioned between the second rod member and the enclosure. The assembly also includes a head member affixed to the second rod member wherein the head member is positioned within the enclosure and the head member and the second rod member are moveable relative to the enclosure.
US09714089B1
Techniques are provided for analyzing data obtained while delivering items with unmanned aerial vehicles. For example, instructions may be provided to an unmanned aerial vehicle to deliver an item. The unmanned aerial vehicle may be configured to record data while delivering the item. In embodiments, the captured data may be received by a computer system and properties about a destination for the delivery may be identified by analyzing the data. A recommendation may be generated based at least in part on the identified properties.
US09714081B1
A computer-implemented method includes determining via a processor in an avionics system that a personal electronic device is in communication with the avionics system, and establishing a limitation on the functionality of the personal electronic device with respect to the avionics system via the processor.
US09714075B2
A jet boat includes a hull, a jet propulsion nozzle mounted to a rear of the hull, and an articulating keel attached at the rear of the hull. The articulating keel is connected to the jet propulsion nozzle via a connecting portion such that when the jet propulsion nozzle is turned, at least a portion of the articulating keel is turned with the jet propulsion nozzle. The jet propulsion nozzle turns about a first pivot axis extending vertically or substantially vertically, and the articulating keel turns about a second pivot axis extending vertically or substantially vertically. The first pivot axis of the jet propulsion nozzle is coaxial with the second pivot axis of the articulating keel.
US09714062B2
A saddle-ride-type vehicle for allowing a passenger's hand holding a grip to minimally slip. The saddle-ride-type vehicle is provided with grips mounted on a seat frame and formed for a passenger who rides behind an operator to grip. The seat frame is covered by a rear cowl. The rear cowl includes front sidewardly projecting portions arranged at positions which overlap with the grips as viewed in a side view of a vehicle and arranged close to the grip as viewed in a plan view.
US09714061B1
A cup holder includes a housing and a retractable strap configured to secure a cup to the housing in a deployed configuration and to at least partially retract into the housing in a stowed configuration. The cup holder may include a tensioner assembly disposed within the housing configured to retract the strap into the housing.
US09714052B2
A pair of rear side frames respectively comprise front bending-promotion portions, middle bending-promotion portions and rear bending-promotion portions which cause the rear side frames to bend inward, in a vehicle width direction, in a trough-folding shape in a rear collision of a vehicle, and a longitudinal distance L2 between the front bending-promotion portions and the middle bending-promotion portions is set to be longer than a longitudinal direction L1 between the middle bending-promotion portions and the rear bending-promotion portions. Thereby, there is provided a rear vehicle-body structure of an automotive vehicle which can properly absorb a collision load at a vehicle-body rear portion, even if a rear side frame is made from material which may not cause smooth bucking of the rear side frame.
US09714051B2
A control system for a vehicle includes an input including a rotatable rotary element and a controller. The controller executes a trailer backup assist mode including interpreting a first instantaneous position of the rotary element as a trailer control commanding position and generating a vehicle steering command based thereon. The controller also executes a parking assist mode including implementing a parking assist action corresponding to a second instantaneous position of the rotary element.
US09714047B1
The disclosure provides pallet trucks having a selective turning radius. The pallet trucks include load wheel systems having at least two load wheel assemblies below each fork. A forward load wheel assembly is located near the forward end of the fork and a central load wheel assembly is located near the center of a central portion of the fork. A first turning radius is defined by the distance between the forward load wheel assembly and a directionally adjustable rear wheel when the forward load wheel assembly supports the fork. The central load wheel assembly may be selectively deployed to lift and support the fork to yield a second, shorter turning radius defined by the distance between the central load wheel assembly and the directionally adjustable rear wheel.
US09714030B2
Methods and systems are provided for detecting leaks in an intake manifold of an engine. In one example, a method may include closing all intake valves of all cylinders of the engine during an engine shut down responsive to vacuum in the intake manifold reaching a pre-determined vacuum level. The method may further include indicating a leak in the intake manifold responsive to a change in a level of vacuum in the intake manifold after closing all the intake valves of all cylinders.
US09714028B1
Disclosed herein are a method capable of controlling an engine clutch by estimating the speed of an electric motor in a situation where the speed of the motor is not measured, and a hybrid vehicle for performing the same. The method of controlling an engine clutch of a parallel-type hybrid vehicle includes determining whether a state of a transmission clutch and a predetermined state condition of an engine clutch are satisfied in a first controller, when an error occurs in motor RPM information sent from a second controller, replacing the motor RPM information with an input RPM of a transmission or an RPM of an engine, based on a result of the determination in the first controller, so as to send the same to a third controller, and controlling the engine clutch using the replaced motor RPM information in the third controller.
US09714014B2
An electric brake apparatus includes an electric actuator configured to actuate a brake mechanism according to an actuation request signal, and an actuator controller configured to control an operation of the electric actuator with use of a power source mounted at a vehicle to perform control of holding and a release of braking by the brake mechanism. When a system recovers and the actuator controller detects that the control of the holding or the release has been interrupted with an uncompleted control state since system down occurred in the middle of the control of the holding or the release of the braking by the brake mechanism, the actuator controller maintains the interrupted state until a new actuation request signal is issued, and controls the operation of the electric actuator according to the content of the new actuation request signal.
US09714004B2
An electronic key registration system includes an electronic key and a communication master. The electronic key transmits a registration code. The communication master receives the registration code from the electronic key, obtains key information using the registration code, and registers the key information. The registration code is set in accordance with the communication master to which the electronic key is registered. The communication master includes a level determination unit, which determines a key registration security level when the electronic key is registered to the communication master, and a registration execution unit, which obtains the key information using the registration code based on the determined key registration security level and registers the key information to the communication master.
US09714002B2
A vehicle safety chair includes a safety belt buffering mechanism applied to a shoulder belt and a crutch belt. The safety belt buffering mechanism includes a first belt connecting component applied to the shoulder belt, a second belt connecting component applied to the crutch belt, and a pivoting component. The first belt connecting component includes a first body whereon a first pivoting hole and a first buffering unit are formed, and a first belt fixing portion disposed on the first body. The first buffering unit is located adjacent to the first pivoting hole. The second belt connecting component is rotatably assembled with the first belt connecting component. The second belt connecting component includes a second body whereon a second pivoting hole is formed and a second belt fixing portion disposed on the second body. The pivoting component passes through the first pivoting hole and the second pivoting hole.
US09714000B1
An airbag system includes an airbag with a vent hole formed therein, an actuator operatively coupled to the airbag, and a vent hole cover operatively coupled to the airbag so as to cover the vent hole and so as to form an enclosure extending between the actuator and the vent hole.
US09713999B2
Provided are a curtain airbag apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same, which may prevent a head of an occupant from being moved forward after coming into contact with an airbag. To this end, according to the curtain airbag apparatus according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a deployment guide is disposed to penetrate a deployment ring coupled to one surface of the airbag, and tightened by expansive force of the airbag to allow the airbag to be bent in a shape that protrudes toward the other surface.
US09713994B2
According to one aspect of one embodiment of the present invention, a safety control system for using applications in vehicles, includes, a communication device having at least one of an input accessible from within the vehicle and an output communicated within the vehicle, at least one sensor operable to sense at least one condition related to vehicle operation, and data about distraction features of a running application, to and a controller communicated with the sensor and the communication device to selectively suppress at least one of said input and said output in response to a sensed parameter of said at least one condition being outside of a threshold. When an input is suppressed, the driver is prevented from accessing or inputting information into the communication device. When an output is suppressed, communication between the device and the driver of a vehicle is suppressed to, among other things, avoid distracting the driver during certain driving situations or conditions relating to the driver, vehicle and/or environment.
US09713992B2
A transmission system for avionics application data is disclosed. In one aspect, the system is for transmitting avionics application data between data producing means and data consuming means, the application data being transmitted in the form of data transmission units, each including: at least one portion of an application message, and an additional message containing identification and control information. The additional message includes: an identification sequence including a static part making it possible to identify the application message and its source and a variable part making it possible to distinguish the message in a unique manner, and a control sequence designed to check the integrity of the application message and based on a sequence representing a cyclic redundancy control code of the concatenation of at least one portion of the application message corresponding to said unit, with the identification sequence.
US09713990B2
The invention relates to a haptic feedback module to be built into a motor vehicle for a mobile device (3) having touch-sensitive surface (3a), characterized in that said haptic feedback module comprises at least one actuator (17) configured to transmit a movement to said mobile device (3). The invention also relates to a control device for a motor vehicle which includes such a haptic feedback module.
US09713984B2
A lens provided on a surface of a vehicle-mounted camera has a problem that a field of view becomes undesirable because small water droplets caused by fog, light rain and others adhere and scatter incident light. In the vehicle-mounted camera provided on a periphery of a vehicle, a hydrophilic film made of silicon dioxide particles and binder is provided on the lens surface, a mean particle diameter of silicon dioxide particles dispersed on the lens side of the hydrophilic film is larger than a mean particle diameter of silicon dioxide particles on the side in contact with air space outside the vehicle-mounted camera. The mean particle diameter on the side affixed to the lens side out of the silicon dioxide particles is 40 to 100 nm, and the mean particle diameter on the side in contact with air space is 10 to 15 nm.
US09713981B2
A sound collecting unit (10) mounted on a vehicle is configured to collect sounds, a frequency resolution unit (21c) is configured to perform frequency analysis on the collected sound information, and when an object around the vehicle is detected based on a frequency characteristic of the sound information, a traveling sound detecting unit (21d) is configured to perform object detection such that object detection using a predetermined frequency band when a sound pressure of the predetermined frequency band is high in a frequency characteristic of a sound reproduced from a reproduction unit (11) mounted on the vehicle is more suppressed than object detection using a predetermined frequency band when a sound pressure of the predetermined frequency band is low in the frequency characteristic of the sound reproduced from a reproduction unit (11).
US09713979B2
A vehicular headlamp apparatus includes: a headlamp that illuminates ahead of a vehicle; light distribution pattern switching means for switching light distribution pattern of the headlamp between a plurality of light distribution patterns which include, at least, a high beam and a low beam; detecting means for detecting a forward vehicle present in front of the vehicle; controlling means for controlling the light distribution pattern switching means based on a detection result of the detecting means; and turning radius acquiring means for acquiring a turning radius of the own vehicle during running. Moreover, when the turning radius of the own vehicle acquired by the turning radius acquiring means is less than a predetermined value, the controlling means inhibits the switching of the light distribution pattern of the headlamp to a higher side.
US09713960B2
A power supply system and method for providing uninterrupted low voltage electrical power to control circuitry in an electric or hybrid-electric vehicle. A transformer includes a first primary side configured to receive a low voltage input from a vehicle battery and a second primary side configured to receive a rectified AC high voltage input. A first controller coupled to the low voltage input is operational to drive a first switching device to regulate a low voltage output using energy from the low voltage input when the rectified AC high voltage input is absent. A second controller connectable to the rectified AC high voltage input is operational to drive a second switching device to regulate the low voltage output using energy from the rectified AC high voltage input and deactivate or activate the first controller using a switching signal when the rectified AC high voltage input is present or absent, respectively.
US09713930B2
An inkjet recording device is described in which maintenance is performed by a maintenance unit upon a recording head. The maintenance unit is located on a base unit. The base unit includes a wall portion supporting a plurality of gear shafts protruding in a width direction from the wall portion.
US09713928B2
A line for decorating and controlling products, in particular ceramic tiles and the like, includes a conveyor of products to be decorated, at least one decorating device of the jet type actuated by piezoelectric-control nozzles adapted to apply at least one layer of enamel on the products passing on said conveyor; the line further includes at least one control and diagnostic module of the decorated products, provided with means for detecting decoration and/or structural defects of the products themselves.
US09713927B2
A printing press for digital printing on three-dimensional objects includes a plurality of printing stations arranged in a specified radian on an outer peripheral edge of a press wheel. Each one of the printing stations includes an inkjet print head for digital printing on three-dimensional objects and a rotary table for holding the three-dimensional object. A printing unit prints on the three-dimensional object by separate printing of a mark or a logo executed as a pad print. The printing unit includes a mechanical feed unit and a plurality of pads successively arranged on a rotating wheel. The pads and the surfaces of the printed three-dimensional objects held in the printing stations are held in the same radian and move at the same circumferential speed so that the pads print on the three-dimensional objects by means of a tampograph.
US09713924B2
A liquid jet head includes ejection channels and dummy channels alternately arrayed across partitions to configure a channel row, and drive electrodes that are side surfaces of the partitions and are positioned from upper ends of the partitions in a depth direction, and an average depth of two drive electrodes positioned on facing side surfaces of the ejection channel is different from an average depth of two drive electrodes positioned on facing side surfaces of the dummy channel adjacent to the ejection channel.
US09713922B2
There is provided a driving circuit for a capacitive load including: a modulation portion which generates a modulation signal pulse-modulated from a source signal; a gate driver which generates an amplification control signal based on the modulation signal; a boosting circuit which boosts and supplies a voltage to the gate driver; a transistor which generates an amplification modulation signal amplified from the modulation signal based on the amplification control signal; a low pass filter which demodulates the amplification modulation signal and generates a driving signal; and in which a wiring impedance between the ground terminal and the gate driver is smaller than a wiring impedance between the ground terminal and the boosting circuit.
US09713918B1
An evaporation device includes a carrier stage, a base and a light source. The carrier stage is placed on the base; the base provides with a vacuum pin; the vacuum pin can move with respect to the base; the carrier stage provides with a pin hole; the vacuum pin can pass through the pin hole to absorb a substrate. A side of the carrier stage away from the base is coated with a photosensitive adhesive, the light source is used to irradiate the photosensitive adhesive between carrier stage and the substrate in order to decrease the adhesiveness of the photosensitive adhesive so that the substrate and the carrier stage can be separated smoothly in order to achieve a small deformation and improve the product yield rate. The evaporation method can achieve a small deformation and improve the product yield rate when separating the substrate and the spacing pad.
US09713916B2
A method of transferring materials by using petroleum jelly is provided. An example of the method involves forming a material on a first substrate, forming a transfer support made from petroleum jelly on the material, removing the first substrate, stacking the material and the petroleum jelly transfer support after removing the first substrate on a second substrate, and removing the petroleum jelly transfer support.
US09713914B2
A breathable and waterproof composite fabric includes: a fabric sheet having opposite first and second surfaces and defining a plurality of micropores extending through the first and second surfaces; and a waterproof plastic film of a non-porous material that is bonded to the first surface of the fabric sheet, that conforms to the first surface of the fabric sheet, and that is perforated to form a plurality of hollow protrusions extending into the micropores, respectively. The plastic film has inner and outer surfaces. The inner surface is in contact with the first surface of the fabric sheet. Each of the hollow protrusions defines a channel that extends through the inner and outer surfaces for imparting breathability to the plastic film.
US09713904B2
Embodiments of a solid free form printer and a discrete deposition head are disclosed. The solid free form printer may include one or more discrete deposition heads. A discrete deposition head includes a feeder configured to feed a target material in solid form to a deposition assembly. The deposition assembly is configured to create a deposition piece from the target material and dispense the deposition piece onto a portion of the printed object, wherein the deposition piece is in solid form within the deposition assembly. The discrete deposition head also includes a target heat source that heats the portion of the printed object where the target material is to be placed.
US09713889B2
A method of fabricating a housing includes: providing a metal member including a base plate and a sidewall, the base plate having an inner surface connected to the sidewall; providing a filler having a connecting surface and a first top surface; fixing the filler onto the metal member to make the connecting surface connect to the inner surface and the first top surface to respectively form first and second included angles larger than 90 degrees and smaller than 180 degrees; providing a film attached with an ink layer, and then performing a process of In-Mold-Roller Injection Molding to form a plastic on the sidewall and the filler, the ink layer attached to the plastic; and removing a part of the filler and a part of the plastic at the sidewall to form a machined surface connected to the inner surface and the upper appearance surface.
US09713888B2
The invention proposes a device for manufacture of a composite piece, which exhibits a shaped plate and at least one plastic functional piece molded on to the shaped plate. The device has a heater for heating a plate blank; a shaping tool with at least two shaping elements and for admitting and shaping of the plate blank, to bring the plate blank into a desired shape and thus to manufacture the shaped plate; means for insertion of a shaped mass into the shaping tool for molding the plastic functional piece onto the shaped plate in the shaping tool to manufacture the composite piece, wherein the shaping tool is so configured that after the shaping of the plate blank, at least one cavity remains, in which the plastic functional piece is shaped; and a closing unit for opening and closing the shaping tool; wherein the heater is integrated into the closing unit and the closing unit is furnished to open and close the heater.
US09713887B2
An injection molding system, to produce fiber-reinforced plastics material parts, has an injection molding device with a housing and a housing bore formed therein. A screw shaft, which is rotatably drivable about a rotational axis and can be displaced along the rotational axis, is arranged in the housing bore to melt and introduce plastics material into a mold. For feeding fibers, the injection molding system furthermore has a feed device, which is configured in such a way that cut fibers can be fed through a feed opening directly into the housing bore. The injection molding system according to the invention allows simple and flexible production of fiber-reinforced plastics material parts.
US09713880B2
A chainsaw includes a body housing, an elongated guide bar projecting forward from the body housing, a saw-chain mounted on the periphery of the guide bar for rotation, an electric motor mounted within the body housing for rotating, and a top handle provided on an upper portion of the body housing above the guide bar and extending in a fore-and-aft direction. A plurality of rechargeable battery packs is mounted on the body housing as a source of power supply for the electric motor. The battery packs are mounted to the body housing in such a manner that a center of gravity of the chainsaw observed from the back side is positioned in a two times extent of lateral width of a gripe portion of the top handle at both sides of a vertical centerline of the gripe portion.
US09713872B2
Disclosed is a multi-input reduction gear having an input/output position feedback, including: a reduction gear body including an input unit and an output unit; an output feedback unit which is detachably provided in the reduction gear body and detects a position of the output unit; an input mediating unit which is detachably provided in the reduction gear body, is connected to a shaft of a power source, and transmits power to the input unit; and an input feedback unit which is stacked between and coupled to the reduction gear body and the input mediating unit and detects a position of the input unit.
US09713870B2
A method for locating a first vehicle component relative to a second vehicle component includes the following steps: (a) moving the robotic arm to a first position such that a form feature of the first vehicle component is within a field of view of a camera; (b) capturing an image the form feature of the first vehicle component; (c) moving the robotic arm to a second position such that the form feature of the second vehicle component is within the field of view of the camera; (d) capturing an image of the form feature of the second vehicle component; (e) picking up the second vehicle component using the robotic arm; and (f) moving the robotic arm along with the second vehicle component toward the first vehicle component.
US09713866B2
A pneumatic ratchet wrench includes a main body, an output unit, a driving unit, and a transmission unit. The main body has a handle section and a shrunk head section narrower than the handle section. The output unit includes a driving head for outputting a power. At least a major portion of the output unit is disposed within the shrunk head section. The driving unit is disposed within the main body for generating the power pneumatically. The transmission unit is disposed within the handle section for transmitting the power to the driving head.
US09713863B2
The present invention is to provide an automatic steel bar coupling head making machine including a positioning mechanism, a transverse moving mechanism, a longitudinal moving mechanism, a processing mechanism assembly and a control mechanism, wherein, when a steel bar is positioned between two fixtures of the positioning mechanism and an end of the steel bar presses against a positioning detection rod of the processing mechanism assembly, the processing mechanism assembly sends a start signal to the control mechanism and, upon receipt of the start signal, the control mechanism drives the positioning mechanism, the transverse moving mechanism, the longitudinal moving mechanism and the processing mechanism assembly, for enabling the two fixtures to clamp the steel bar and then enabling the processing mechanism assembly to sequentially perform a first turning, a second turning and a thread rolling on peripheral edge of the steel bar adjacent to the end of the steel bar.
US09713860B2
A method for joining, assembling, at least two parts made of silicon carbide-based materials by non-reactive brazing is provided. According to the method, the parts are contacted with a non-reactive brazing composition, the assembly formed by the parts and the brazing composition is heated to a brazing temperature sufficient to melt the brazing composition totally or at least partly, and the parts and brazing composition are cooled to that, after solidification of the brazing composition, a moderately refractory joint is formed; wherein the non-reactive brazing composition is an alloy comprising, in atomic percentages, 45% to 65% silicon, 28% to 45% nickel and 5% to 15% aluminum. A brazing composition as defined above is provided. A brazing paste, suspension comprising a powder of said brazing composition and an organic binder as well as a joint and assembly obtained the foregoing method are also provided.
US09713859B2
A coating arrangement (16), including: a layer (18) of bond coat material (20); and a light-transmissive thermal barrier coating (TBC) mesh (28) having a TBC material (24) and secured in position relative to the layer of bond coat material. The coating arrangement may be positioned over a superalloy substrate material (12) and melted with a laser beam (62) to metallurgically bond the thermal barrier coating onto the substrate.
US09713846B2
A three-flute drill includes: three chip discharge flutes; and three cutting edges each having concavely-curved and convexly-curved cutting edge portions, an axially perpendicular cross-sectional view orthogonal to an axial center having first convex and concave curves respectively corresponding to the convexly-curved and concavely-curved cutting edge portions intersecting each other, in the axially perpendicular cross-sectional view, a concave amount of the first concave curve being within a range of 0.01D to 0.05D in terms of a drill cutting diameter relative to a reference line connecting an outer circumferential point, at which a drill outer circumferential portion intersects with the first convex curve, and the axial center, and in the axially perpendicular cross-sectional view, a rake chamfer width being a distance from an intersection between a straight line through the intersection and orthogonal to the reference line and the reference line, to the outer circumferential point, and being within 0.005D to 0.06D.
US09713844B2
Various embodiments provide a method and apparatus for forming a three-dimensional article through successive fusion of parts of at least one layer of a powder bed provided on a work table in an additive manufacturing machine, which parts corresponds to successive cross sections of the three-dimensional article. The method comprises the steps of: applying a layer of predetermined thickness of powder particles on the work table, applying a coating on at least a portion of the powder particles, which coating is at least partially covering the powder particles, and fusing the powder particles on the work table with an electron beam.
US09713841B2
A die casting assembly has a cavity defined by multiple dies, the cavity includes at least one sharp corner. Each of the dies includes multiple die segments. A die segment joint between at least two of the die segments is aligned with the sharp corner.
US09713835B2
The invention is a transfer arrangement for transporting and/or positioning and/or aligning a workpiece and is used in particular in presses or press lines. A cross member can be moved and/or pivoted in a plurality of directions in space. The movement of the cross member is controlled or regulated by means of a control unit and by means of a corresponding number of axial drives. A servomotor is located on the cross member. A base support can be coupled to the cross member and a drivable shaft is arranged on the base support. A coupling arrangement of the cross member interacts with a mating connecting means on the base support to establish the mechanical fastening. A coupling means interacts with a mating coupling means to establish a rotational connection between the servomotor and the drivable shaft. A workpiece gripping arrangement is present on the base support.
US09713833B2
In the proposed hydro ironing method, through an innovative arrangement of loads and using a novel configuration for the die components, the thickness reduction in one stage of ironing is almost equal to twice the common approaches.
US09713831B2
An external weld bead removal system for removing and chopping an external weld bead from a tube includes a weld bead cutting apparatus and a weld bead chopper apparatus for chopping the removed external weld bead. The weld bead cutting apparatus includes a cutting tool operative to cut and remove an external weld bead from a tube. The weld bead chopper apparatus, the weld bead chopper apparatus includes a first blade member, a second blade member mounted adjacent the first blade member, and a chopper actuator operable to forcibly rotate the first blade member about a rotation axis relative to the second blade member such that the first and second blade members cooperatively cut the removed external weld bead into smaller weld bead segments as the removed external weld bead is advanced through the chopper apparatus.
US09713830B2
A direct double-action extrusion press includes a main crosshead to which an extrusion stem is fixed; a main cylinder having a main ram that advances the main crosshead and pressing on a billet; a piercer cylinder disposed inside the main ram and drives a mandrel; a plurality of side cylinders that retracts the main ram via the main crosshead; and a hydraulic circuit for supplying hydraulic oil to the main cylinder, the piercer cylinder, and the side cylinders. Cylinder chambers of the plurality of side cylinders on a side where the hydraulic oil is discharged when the main crosshead is advancing have a pressure-receiving area equal in total to that of a rod side chamber of the piercer cylinder. During billet extrusion, the hydraulic circuit causes fluid communication through the rod side chamber of the piercer cylinder and each cylinder chamber of the plurality of side cylinders on the side where the hydraulic oil is discharged.
US09713825B2
A multilayer backing absorber for use with an ultrasonic transducer comprises a plurality of absorber elements, each absorber element having at least one metal layer and at least one adhesive layer, wherein the backing absorber is adapted to be coupled to a vibrating layer of the ultrasonic transducer.
US09713824B2
The method to radially displace liquid liner inside a pipe includes the step of flowing the liner around a distributive body placed within a pipe gas stream. As the gas streams past the distributive body, the liner coats the pipe homogeneously from top to bottom.
US09713823B2
A continuous galvanizing line having an annealing furnace of an all radiant tube heating type includes a moisture removal device, dew-point meters, outlets through which the atmospheric gas in the furnace is collected and inlets through which the atmospheric gas from which moisture has been removed with the moisture removal device is fed into the furnace, the dew-point meters and the outlets being placed at least at two points which respectively exist on a side wall in the vicinity of the entrance of the annealing furnace and on a side wall in the vicinity of the furnace top or the furnace bottom at a position where a steel sheet has a maximum end-point temperature, the inlets being placed at two points which respectively exist on side walls on the sides opposite to the sides of the two points for the outlets in the height direction of the furnace, making it possible to steadily control the dew-point of the atmospheric gas to be −45° C. or lower and −80° C. or higher throughout the whole area of the annealing furnace.
US09713820B2
A system for use in producing a nanotube mesh structure is provided. The system includes a first nanotube collection apparatus including a first substrate configured to collect a plurality of nanotubes substantially aligned in a first orientation on an attachment surface thereof, and a second nanotube collection apparatus including a second substrate configured to collect a plurality of nanotubes substantially aligned in a second orientation on an attachment surface thereof. The first and second nanotube collection apparatuses are configured to combine the pluralities of nanotubes at an interface. The system also includes a first energy source configured to direct energy towards the interface between the pluralities of nanotubes, wherein the energy is configured to join the pluralities of nanotubes to form the nanotube mesh structure.
US09713819B1
A shield for a rim of a vehicle wheel for covering a rim during treatment of a tire mounted on the rim includes a panel that is circularly shaped and rigid. The panel is dimensioned such that the panel is configured to abut to a rim of a vehicle wheel to substantially cover the rim while leaving a tire attached to the rim exposed for treatment. A brace is pivotally coupled to the panel proximate to a center of the panel. The brace is configured to extend between the panel and a surface upon which the vehicle wheel rests, retaining the panel in abutment to the rim of the vehicle wheel. The improvement is the brace positioned on the panel, allowing the panel to be retained in abutment to the rim without further action by a user.
US09713817B2
Control method and apparatus for a manual spray gun may include a second manually actuated trigger disposed on the spray gun handle, with the second trigger being operational to select one or more coating operation parameters.
US09713805B2
A catalyst for exhaust gas purification includes a carrier and a platinum group element supported on the carrier. The carrier includes a modified aluminum borate which contains an aluminum borate and at least one of oxides of an element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Si, Fe, and Ti. The modified aluminum borate contains the oxide in a concentration of 0.06% to 18% by mass relative to the mass of the modified aluminum borate.
US09713801B2
The present application provides a self-healing material which comprises silica sol as self-healing agent encapsulated by a polymeric shell. The self-healing material may be further embedded in a concrete mixture to heal micro-cracks in concrete. A method for preparing the self-healing material is also provided.
US09713793B2
A microporous membrane may be manufactured using a polymer binder and a filler material using a liquid pore forming agent having a surface free energy that is lower than that of the filler and higher than that of the polymer. The repulsion of the pore forming agent to the polymer may form the pores of the membrane, while the attraction of the polymer to the filler may encapsulate the filler into the structure of the membrane. The filler may be particles that are on the order of or smaller than the wall thickness of the microporous structure.
US09713782B2
A filter has first and second fittings, a permeable filter medium, and a housing. The housing defines a fluid flow path within the housing between the first and second fittings, and the permeable filter medium is arranged in the fluid flow path to remove one or more substances from a fluid flowing along the fluid flow path. A reservoir is positioned in an upper region of the housing and includes a wall surrounding the first and second fittings of the filter. Each of the fittings has a topmost portion and the wall of the reservoir has a topmost portion, the topmost portion of each filter fitting being at or below the topmost portion of the reservoir wall. A filter arrangement may include a filter and a manifold assembly having first and second fittings which may be sealingly coupled to or uncoupled from the first and second fittings of the filter.
US09713775B2
A balloon gun comprising a hollow cylindrical body, one or more hand grips attached to the cylindrical body, a release trigger pivotally mounted on one of the hand grips or on the hollow cylindrical body and a balloon attaching mechanism. A balloon inflated with a fluid can be inserted inside the hollow cylindrical body and the inflated balloon is held by the balloon attaching mechanism. When the trigger is pressed the neck of the inflated balloon gets released from the balloon attaching mechanism and by the difference in fluid pressure that exists between the inside and outside of the balloon, the fluid rushes out of the balloon once the neck gets released from the balloon attaching mechanism and the force of the fluid coming out of the inflated balloon pushes the balloon forward and the balloon flies till the fluid pressures inside and outside of the balloon get equalized.
US09713773B2
A game system executes a first match based on at least one first game object which a first player uses and a plurality of opponent game objects which an opponent uses and are not the opponent itself, executes a second match based on at least one second game object which a second player uses and the plurality of opponent game objects, and identifies at least one opponent game object which is selected by the first player as at least one selected game object. The game system also acquires input information that is input by the first player during or after the first match in regard to the at least one selected game object. The game system records, in an online storage, the input information in association with the at least one selected game object and presents to the second player, the input information.
US09713765B2
Technologies and implementations for providing an online game experience using multiple devices are generally disclosed including methods and devices for, in some examples, receiving first data from a first device, the received first data being associated with a first interaction with the online game, receiving a request to utilize a second device and responsive to the received request, transmitting second data to the second device, the second data being associated with a second interaction with the online game, the second interaction related to the first interaction but being different from the first interaction.
US09713756B1
An Internet of Thing (IoT) sport device includes a helmet and sensors including a camera and an accelerometer; a processor; and a wireless transceiver coupled to the processor.
US09713755B1
A golf green repair tool having a plurality of spears centered around a plurality of tines. The tines and spears are biased by a spring inside a housing and sleeve. When the cap the housing is pressed by the foot of a greenskeeper or golfer the spring is compressed forcing the tines and spears into the turf. The tines are inserted around the periphery of the ball-mark to aerate and loosen the turf. The spears are inserted into the center of the ball-mark and aerate and pull the bottom of the ball-mark to the level of the surrounding turf. The bottom side of the ground-contacting sleeve pressed down the raised rim of the ball-mark correcting the entire ball-mark to the level of the surrounding turf.
US09713744B2
Provided are a control apparatus and method for an exercise therapy device, including: an isokinetic load control part for holding and adjusting a target rotation speed value and a gain for a left pedal and a target rotation speed value and a gain for a right pedal independently, to thereby perform the isokinetic load control to control a load torque to be applied to the left pedal and a load torque to be applied to the right pedal independently; and a switch for determining which of the isokinetic load control for the left pedal and the isokinetic load control for the right pedal is to be used, to thereby switch a measured rotation speed value and a target torque value.
US09713740B1
An abdominal exercising device includes a base supporting member having a seat element for supporting a user, two handles each having a lower portion rotatably attached to the base supporting member with a pivot shaft, two spring biasing members engaged between the handles and the base supporting member for biasing the handles relative to the base supporting member, and two adjusting members are engaged with the beams of the base supporting member respectively and engageable with the spring biasing members for adjusting the spring biasing members relative to the base supporting member and the handles and for adjusting the spring biasing force to the handles and for users of different strengths.
US09713737B2
A pedal mechanism for use with a stair-climber includes a first pedal unit, a second pedal unit, a restoring unit, and a baffling board. The first pedal unit has a first pedal holder and a first pedal disposed at the first pedal holder. The second pedal unit has a second pedal holder and a second pedal disposed at the second pedal holder. The restoring unit is disposed at the first pedal holder of the first pedal unit and has a restoring element. The baffling board is movably disposed between the first pedal holder and the first pedal. The baffling board has one end connected to the restoring element and the other end pivotally connected to the second pedal. The baffling board always conceals hollowed-out regions disposed between the first and second pedals, regardless of any change in the positions of the first and second pedals relative to each other.
US09713728B2
A system capable of self-adjusting both sound level and spectral content to improve audibility and intelligibility of medical device audible cues. Audible cues are stored as sound files. Ambient noise is detected, and the output of the audible cues is altered based on the ambient noise. Various embodiments include processed sound files that are more robust in noisy environments.
US09713726B1
A system for transferring power to, and communicating with, at least one body-implantable active device includes an external power transfer system associated with an external device disposed outside of a body, operable to transfer power through a dermis layer to each body-implantable active device, and communicate data to and from each body-implantable active device, and also includes a power receiving system associated with each body-implantable active device, operable to receive power transferred from the external power transfer system, and communicate data to and from the external power transfer system. The body-implantable active device may include an implantable neurostimulation system.
US09713723B2
A method is provided for use with a human subject. The method includes accessing a cardiac site via a vena cava of the subject, and alleviating heart failure of the subject by applying to the cardiac site, during a refractory period of the site, a refractory-period signal that affects the left ventricle of the subject's heart. Other embodiments are also described.
US09713720B2
A neurostimulation system configured for providing therapy to a patient, comprises at least one implantable neurostimulation lead configured for being implanted adjacent target tissue of the patient, and an implantable neurostimulator configured for delivering electrical stimulation energy to the implantable neurostimulation lead(s) in accordance with a set of stimulation parameters capable, and monitoring circuitry configured for taking at least one measurement indicative of a three-dimensional migration of the neurostimulation lead(s) from a baseline position. The neurostimulation system further comprises at least one controller/processor configured for determining whether the three-dimensional migration of the neurostimulation lead(s) from the baseline position has occurred based on the measurement(s), and, based on the determined three-dimensional migration, generating a new set of stimulation parameters, and reprogramming the implantable neurostimulator with the new set of stimulation parameters.
US09713712B2
A system for electrically stimulating a user comprising: a first housing portion defining an array of openings; an array of permeable bodies with portions exposed through the array of openings and wetted with a solution that facilitates electrical coupling between the system and a body region of the user, wherein each permeable body has a cavity at a proximal portion and a distal portion and is configured to transmit the solution to the body region of the user; a substrate region defining an array of protrusions configured to support the array of permeable bodies and composed of a conductive polymer; and a set of conductors in communication with the substrate region and including a first conductor that provides a first subset of the array of permeable bodies with a first polarity and a second conductor that provides a second subset of the array of permeable bodies with a second polarity.
US09713700B2
Sinusitis and other disorders of the ear, nose and throat are diagnosed and/or treated using minimally invasive approaches with flexible or rigid instruments. Various methods and devices are used for remodeling or changing the shape, size or configuration of a sinus ostium or duct or other anatomical structure in the ear, nose or throat; implanting a device, cells or tissues; removing matter from the ear, nose or throat; delivering diagnostic or therapeutic substances or performing other diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. Introducing devices (e.g., guide catheters, tubes, guidewires, elongate probes, other elongate members) may be used to facilitate insertion of working devices (e.g. catheters e.g. balloon catheters, guidewires, tissue cutting or remodeling devices, devices for implanting elements like stents, electrosurgical devices, energy emitting devices, devices for delivering diagnostic or therapeutic agents, substance delivery implants, scopes etc.) into the paranasal sinuses or other structures in the ear, nose or throat.
US09713690B2
A controller or processor for a respiratory pressure treatment device determines an estimate of patient respiratory flow based on a measure of pressure associated with flow generated by a flow generator and a measure of frequency of the flow generator, such as a rotational velocity of a servo-controlled blower motor. The estimate can be made without data from a flow sensor. The measure of frequency may be converted to an expected pressure based on characteristics of the flow generator and subtracted from the measured pressure to determine the flow estimate. The flow estimate can be implemented in the provision of respiratory pressure treatment with the flow generator. For example, the flow estimate may be utilized to trigger expiratory pressure relief during a patient's expiration as detected with the estimated flow signal.
US09713680B2
Disclosed are applicators and methods injecting of a liquid anesthetic into a dental patient with no or minimal pain. In accordance with one embodiment the applicator is for intraligamentary injection and includes an elongated, thin member having an open distal free formed of a resilient and somewhat conformable material suitable for producing a substantially fluid-tight interface with the anatomic structures at the gingival sulcus to inject the anesthetic therein. In another embodiment the applicator includes a flexible skirt surrounding a sharpened cannula, with the cannula being movable with respect to the skirt. The skirt is arranged to receive the anesthetic to anesthetize the gum, whereupon the cannula can then pierce the gum to inject the anesthetic into the underlying anatomic structure.
US09713674B2
Disclosed is a drug infusion system comprising a drug infusion device having a reservoir, a window for viewing the contents of the reservoir, a cannula arranged to be deployed beneath the skin of a patient, and an actuator configured to be manually actuated to drive a medicament from the reservoir to the cannula. The system also has a cannula cover and a needle handle that holds a needle for insertion into the patient. The cannula cover and needle handle are detachably attached to the drug infusion device, and each is attachable to the other. The device further comprises a septum and a septum pincher to seal the device. The device also comprises a pumping mechanism, part of which are a last-dose lock-out mechanism and an occlusion detection mechanism, both of which operate on the same actuator.
US09713673B2
A safety needle assembly is described, including a cap, a housing movable relative to the cap from a first position adjacent the cap to an extended second position spaced from the cap, a hollow needle secured in and extending from the housing, and a collapsible sheath secured to both the cap and the housing. The sheath is concentrically disposed about the needle in a collapsed state with the housing in the first position. The sheath is extendable from the collapsed state to an extended state in response to movement of the housing from the first position to the second position.
US09713672B2
According to preferred embodiments and methods of the present disclosure, a medical injection system employs a single pump for the injection of multiple fluids, rather than employing a pump for each type of fluid, for example, like the prior art system described above. Embodiments of pumps disclosed herein preferably include a disposable pump cartridge configured to be contained within a hull of a medical injection system, wherein the hull may be formed when a pressure plate member is closed against a base plate; and, when the pressure plate member is opened with respect to the base plate, the disposable pump cartridge may be removed and replaced.
US09713666B2
A blood based solute monitoring system for measuring at least one blood solute species that has a first recirculation flow path in fluid communication with a dialyzer. The first recirculation flow path is configured to allow a fluid to recirculate through a dialyzer such that the concentration of at least one solute species in the fluid becomes equilibrated to the solute species concentration of the blood in a blood compartment of the dialyzer. The blood solute monitoring system has at least one sensor to measure a fluid characteristic.
US09713664B2
This disclosure relates to medical fluid sensors and related systems and methods. In some aspects, a circuit includes a radio frequency coil tuned to at least one frequency and at least one switching circuit directly connected to the radio frequency coil. The radio frequency coil is characterized by a high impedance.
US09713661B2
A drainage and/or collection system (1) for biological fluids includes at least one conduit (40) for transporting a biological fluid (F) from a catheter (10) to a collection device (50) and a gas pressure source (70) configured to feed a gas (G) into the at least one conduit (40) between the catheter (10) and the collection device (50). The gas (G) causes the biological fluid (F) arranged in the at least one conduit (40) to drain into the collection device (50). A method includes inserting a catheter (10), draining a fluid (F) into a collection device (50) via a conduit (40), and introducing gas (G) into the conduit (40) so as to force fluid (F) remaining in the conduit (40) into the collection device (50).
US09713643B2
The invention relates to an alcohol-free cosmetic or therapeutic foam carrier comprising water, a hydrophobic organic carrier, a foam adjuvant agent, a surface-active agent and a gelling agent. The cosmetic or therapeutic foam carrier does not contain aliphatic alcohols, making it non-irritating and non-drying. The alcohol-free foam carrier is suitable for inclusion of both water-soluble and oil soluble therapeutic and cosmetic agents.
US09713642B2
The disclosure relates to, among other things, pharmaceutical compositions, such as solid oral dosage forms, comprising itraconazole, methods of making the compositions, and methods of using the same for treating disorders including, but not limited to, fungal infections.
