US09798754B1
An embodiment is described in which a memory device stores a record of I/O accesses to data blocks. And each access record indicates which data block was accessed and during which time period the access occurred. A memory-efficient data structure (MEDS) may be generated and stored in a cache or storage device and the access data moved from the memory device into the MEDS. The MEDS represents blocks that were accessed during a particular time period. When a second data block is accessed, a query function is applied to the second block's identifier to return a value based on data stored in the MEDS. The return value from the query function indicates whether the second data block was accessed during the particular time period associated with the MEDS. A storage management action is performed based on whether the second data block was accessed during the particular time period.
US09798751B2
A method and apparatus for constructing a neuroscience-inspired dynamic architecture (NIDA) for an artificial neural network is disclosed. The method comprises constructing, in one embodiment, an artificial neural network embodiment in a multi-dimensional space in memory such that a neuron is connected by a synapse to another neuron. The neuron and the synapse each have parameters and have features of long-term potentiation and long-term depression. Furthermore, crossover and mutation are employed to select children of parents. Through learning, an initial network may evolve into a different network when NIDA is applied to solve different problems of control, anomaly detection and classification over selected time units. The apparatus comprises in one embodiment a computational neuroscience-inspired artificial neural network with at least one affective network coupled to receive input data from an environment and to output data to the environment.
US09798750B2
An industrial control system includes a download verification subsystem to execute a verification test using the parameters stored in a configuration database before an execution subsystem downloads the recipe parameters to the input/output addresses of a piece of equipment to determine a first verification value. The download verification subsystem executes the verification test using the recipe parameters downloaded to the piece of equipment to determine a second verification value. The download verification subsystem compares the first and second verification values to determine whether the recipe parameters were downloaded to the input/output addresses of the piece of equipment successfully.
US09798726B2
A search query is received from a first user through one or more input devices. A set of results is determined from content stored on a computer system based on the search query. The set of results includes a first subset of results not accessible to the first user due to access control. A list of results is provided to the first user. The list excludes the first subset of results. A target result is identified from the first subset of results. An owner is identified with control over access to the target result. The owner is notified that the target result is not accessible to at least one user.
US09798725B1
In some implementations a query module generates one or more queries from multimedia objects that are encapsulated in inquiry transmissions and a variance analytic module generates a quantitative variance from responses to the inquiry transmissions, the quantitative variance describes variances and discrepancies within the multimedia objects and between the multimedia objects.
US09798722B2
A communication, such as a voice communication, is established between a communication device and a media application. The media application may be, for example, a voice conferencing system or a media server. Some or all of the communication is translated into a plurality of text streams that are in different languages. The plurality of text streams are transmitted to the communication device along with the stream of the communication. The communication device receives the text streams in the different languages and the stream of the communication. A user of the communication device can select a language for displaying one or more of the text streams in the different languages. The text stream associated with the selected language is then displayed to the user in conjunction with the stream of the communication.
US09798712B2
The present disclosure provides a method of producing a personalized medical record, comprising: sensing capabilities of a receiving device; retrieving stock information; retrieving personalized information; combining at least a portion of the stock information and at least a portion of the personalized information into the personalized record; formatting the personalized record based on a combination of the capabilities of the receiving device and a user's preference; and, transmitting the formatted personalized record to the device.
US09798710B2
Systems and methods for facilitating version control over an electronic document, the electronic document being subject to a distribution sequence among at least first and second reviewing parties over a network. The method includes receiving an instruction set from a source client. Based on the instruction set, at least one editable field populated with content is embedded in the electronic document. The progress of the electronic document through the distribution sequence is monitored over the network. The content of the editable field being edited by the first reviewing party is determined. In response to determining that the content has been edited by the first reviewing party, the edited electronic document is provided to the second reviewing party. The electronic document being electronically signed by the first and second reviewing parties is validated. The editable field is locked from further electronic editing.
US09798707B2
A method of creating a style sheet for the generation of a graphical representation of a data set made up of a plurality of data elements or values used in a data visualization computing system is described. The method having the steps of retrieving the data values of the data elements in the data set; determining the types of data elements in the set; obtaining the style attributes associated with each type of data element; developing a hierarchy of style attributes; and creating a style sheet to apply to the data set.
US09798704B2
A user interface is provided that may include a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may contain one or more listings corresponding to one or more entities. The second portion may include an editable surface for viewing and editing a first entity of the one or more entities displayed in the first portion. A command to drag and drop a listing corresponding to a second entity of the one or more entities from the first portion displaying the listing into the second portion displaying the first entity is received. In response to receiving the command to drag and drop the listing from the first portion into the second portion, a link to the second entity is inserted into the first entity.
US09798699B2
An information processing method for system identification includes: generating a fitting curve represented by a sum of exponential functions for each of a set of digital inputs and a set of digital outputs for a physical system that is represented by one or plural equations including m-order differential operators (m is an integer equal to or greater than 1); and calculating coefficients of the differential operators, which are included in first coefficients, so that a first coefficient of each exponential function included in an expression obtained by a product of the differential operators and the fitting curve for the set of the digital inputs is equal to a second coefficient of the same exponential function, which is included in the fitting curve for the set of the digital outputs.
US09798697B2
A high energy efficiency sensor node and an operating method thereof are provided. The high energy efficiency sensor node may include a sensing unit to generate sensed information and to store the sensed information in a database when a set period commences, and a control unit to obtain n pieces of sensed information corresponding to n periods from the database, and to transmit the n pieces of sensed information obtained to a first neighbor node when the n periods elapse.
US09798695B2
The specification and drawings present a new apparatus and method for access control for wireless memory. A memory controller communicating with a plurality of interfaces (at least one interface comprising a radio component for wirelessly communicating with a plurality of UE) can dynamically manage an access control to the memory by the UE and/or other users through any of the interfaces based on the preconfigured rules taking into consideration the identity of the least one interface and/or the determined directionality of the UE relative to the radio component.
US09798684B2
Methods and systems are described for reading from or writing to a plurality of slave devices connected to a communications bus having a common data line. The slave devices are mapped to a virtual device address and the communication is initiated by the master by signaling a start condition and the virtual device address. Each of the slave devices mapped to the virtual device address identifies a register in that slave device associated with the virtual device address and, in sequence, performs a read or write operation on the bus with regard to its identified register in a respective predetermined time slot within the communication or to a corresponding virtual register address assigned to the slave device previously.
US09798683B2
Data storage systems and methods for storing data in computing nodes of a super computer or compute cluster are described herein. The super computer storage may be coupled with a primary storage system. In addition to a CPU and memory, non-volatile memory is included with the computing nodes as local storage. The super computer includes a plurality of computing groups, each including a plurality of computing nodes. There is one burst buffer fabric per group and one input/output node per group. When data bursts occur, data may be stored by a first computing node on the local storage of a second computing node in the computing group through the burst buffer fabric without interrupting the CPU in the second computing node. Further, the local storage of other computing nodes may be used to store redundant copies of data from a first computing node to make the super computer data resilient.
US09798679B2
A semiconductor device including: a first slave device; a first master device outputting a first request control signal and a first access address signal; a second master device outputting a second request control signal and a second access address signal; a system bus connected to the first slave device, the first master device and the second master device, and selecting and outputting either the first request control signal or the second request control signal when the first request control signal is outputted from the first master device and the second request control signal is outputted from the second master device; and a range setting register holding an address range of which an access of the first master device is permitted, wherein the system bus blocks the first request control signal if the first access address signal is out of the address range.
US09798678B2
Protecting contents of storage in a computer system from unauthorized access. The computer system includes one or more processing units sharing the storage. Each of the processing units has at least one processor cache. Each processing unit respectively encrypts or decrypts, with a protected section key, data transferred between its processor cache and the storage, when data relates to the protected section used by the hypervisor; and each processing unit respectively encrypts or decrypts, with a virtual machine key, data transferred between its processor cache and the storage, when data relates to storage areas used by a virtual machine.
US09798673B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to storing translations in memory that are usable to access data on a recording medium. In one embodiment, a request is sent for a memory allocation within a non-pageable portion of a memory in a computer system. Responsive to the request, allocated memory is received. Translations usable to map logical addresses to physical addresses within a storage device are stored within the allocated memory. In some embodiments, the translations are usable to access an area within the storage device used to store pages evicted from the memory. In one embodiment, a size of the memory allocation is determined based on a size of the area. In another embodiment, a size of the memory allocation is determined based on a size of a partition including the area. In some embodiments, the storage device is a solid-state storage array.
US09798667B2
An aspect includes a method of streaming stress testing in a cache memory system. The method includes configuring, by a streaming stress generator, one or more streams of cache lines in the cache memory system to be accessed by a cache prefetch engine of a processor. One or more stream parameters are randomized to vary a streaming stress applied by the one or more streams to the cache memory system. The one or more streams are generated as read or write requests to the cache lines as prefetches from the cache prefetch engine absent a request for the cache lines from a processor core of the processor. A determination is made as to whether any faults are detected while the one or more streams are prefetched.
US09798662B2
In accordance with the present disclosure, a system and method for performing a system memory save in tiered or cached storage during transition to a decreased power state is disclosed. As disclosed herein, the system incorporating aspects of the present invention may include a solid-state drive, volatile memory, and at least one alternate storage media. Upon transition to a decreased power state, at least some of the data in the solid-state drive may be transferred to the at least one alternate storage media. After the SSD data is transferred, data stored in volatile system memory, such as a system context, may be transferred to the SSD memory. With the system context saved in SSD memory, power to the volatile system memory may be turned off.
US09798661B2
A receiving controller which receives a read request out of first and second storage controllers transfers the read request to an associated controller which is associated with a read source storage area out of the first and second storage controllers when the receiving controller is not the associated controller. It is however the receiving controller that reads the read-target data from a read source storage device, writes the read-target data to a cache memory of the receiving controller, and transmits the read-target data written in the cache memory of the receiving controller to a host apparatus.
US09798657B2
A method of operating a data storage device includes programming non-fully programmed memory blocks at a point in time when a reference time elapses from a point in time when each of the memory blocks is physically erased, acquiring a first interval and a second interval, calculating a disturb index based on the first interval and the second interval, selecting a victim block for garbage collection based on the disturb index, and copying valid page data of the victim block into a free block. The first interval is defined by a point in time when each of the memory blocks is physically erased and a point in time when each of the memory blocks is fully programmed. The second interval is an interval during which a fully programmed state is maintained after a point in time when each of the memory blocks is fully programmed.
US09798656B2
A method of operating a memory controller includes; counting a number of read operations directed to a page-group of data stored in a block and generating a first read count number, then comparing the first read count number with a first reference count threshold among a first set of reference count thresholds associated with the page-group, and upon determining that the first read count number exceeds the first reference count threshold, performing a copy-back operation of the page-group data from the block to another block.
US09798648B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for matching and attributing code violations. One of the methods includes receiving a plurality of snapshots of a code base, including data representing a revision graph of the snapshots of the code base and data representing respective violations in each of the plurality of snapshots. A plurality of transitively matched violations in the code base are generated, wherein each transitively matched violation represents a respective sequence of matching violations from a first violation of a first snapshot to a second violation of a second snapshot, wherein each transitively matched violation identifies a respective first violation representing an initial occurrence of a coding defect in the code base and a respective second violation representing a last occurrence of the coding defect in the code base.
US09798645B2
An electronic tracing process includes packing both stall (215) and reason (219) data into a single high priority timing information stream. An integrated circuit includes an electronic processor (110), and a tracing circuit (120) operable to pack both stall and events data into a single timing information stream. Other circuits, processes and systems are also disclosed.
US09798643B2
A system and method are provided for managing internal-computer system communications in an SPI management system. The system includes a storage device, at least one serial bus interface to interface with a serial bus, and a processing unit that accesses via the at least one serial bus interface, master data propagating from a master device along the serial bus. The processing unit stores, in the storage device, at least one of timing and phase data related to clock pulses associated with the master data, and a phase relationship between the clock pulses and at least one of the master data and return data propagating from a slave device in response to the master data.
US09798637B2
An information processing apparatus including a removable storage device for storing data includes a control unit that determines whether communication is possible with the storage device and, if communication with the storage device is determined not to be possible, prohibit data from being written to the storage device. When the information processing apparatus is started up, the control unit again determines whether communication is possible with the storage device to which the control unit prohibits data writing and permits data writing to the storage device if communication with the storage device is determined to be possible.
US09798629B1
Exemplary methods for predicting backup and restore failure include analyzing, at a management server, resource utilization statistics periodically collected during backup of data from a source storage system to a target storage system. In one embodiment, the methods include creating a predictive model based on the analysis of the collected resource utilization statistics. In one embodiment, the method includes predicting, using the predictive model, whether a backup time or a restore time of future backup will exceed a backup time threshold or restore time threshold, respectively.
US09798628B2
Memory system enabling memory mirroring in single write operations. The memory system includes a memory channel which can store duplicate copies of a data element into multiple locations in the memory channel. The multiple locations are disposed in different memory modules and have different propagation times with respect to a data signal transmitted from the memory controller. In a write operation, the relative timings of the chip select, command and address signals among the multiple locations are adjusted according to the data propagation delay. As a result, a data element can be written into the multiple locations responsive to a data signal transmitted from the memory controller in a single transmission event.
US09798622B2
Described is an apparatus which comprises: a first encoder to encode data with a first error correction scheme to generate a set of codewords, each codeword of the set having a data portion and a corresponding parity portion, and each codeword of the set to be stored in a separate memory bank of a memory block; and a second encoder to encode the data portions of each codeword of the set with a second error correction scheme, the second encoder to generate a combined codeword having a data portion and a corresponding parity portion, wherein the corresponding parity portion of the combined codeword is to be stored in an additional memory bank of the memory block.
US09798605B2
The embodiments relate to methods and systems for supporting a global effect analysis of a technical system. The embodiments include providing a meta-model stored in a computer readable storage medium, where the meta-model comprises at least one assembly of the technical system comprising parts having an associated set of failure mode elements, and where each failure mode element has an associated local effect element. The embodiments also include clustering local effect elements within global effect elements to generate a global effect tree stored within the meta-model.
US09798583B2
Described herein are techniques and systems for onboarding a service from client-managed computing infrastructure to network computing infrastructure. As part of the onboarding, a database that stores onboarding information is accessed and a set of tasks is identified. A state diagram is generated based on the onboarding information. The techniques and systems are configured to calculate, within the state diagram, a task execution path that is associated with a highest probability of success for moving the client organization from a current environment associated with the client-managed computing infrastructure to a target environment associated with the network computing infrastructure. The task execution path can be used to identify and provide subsets of tasks as part of an autonomously guided onboarding process. The task execution path can be re-calculated based on a determination that an individual task has not been completed within an expected amount of time to complete the individual task.
US09798581B2
A method performed at an electronic device with a display includes: processing tasks in an application program; at least partially processing a plurality of layout objects in the application program; in accordance with a determination that one or more predefined control criteria are satisfied, pausing the processing of the plurality of layout objects in the application program; while the processing of the plurality of layout objects in the application program is paused, processing system tasks; and, after processing the system tasks while the processing of the plurality of layout objects in the application program is paused, resuming the processing of the plurality of layout objects.
US09798578B2
Example implementations relate to enabling native application capabilities. Some implementations may determine a set of object capabilities related to a source object stored in a remote third party repository. In some examples, the set of object capabilities represent at least one capability associated with the source object available to a third party application handling the source object. Some implementations may also determine a native application capability associated with the source object based on the determined set of object capabilities. Some implementations may also enable, in a native application, the native application capability for the source object.
US09798571B1
Technology for generating, building, maintaining and sharing a pool of virtual environments. The virtual environments (for example, virtual machines) are instantiated and active prior to a request from a user to use a virtual environments. Delta maps are used to help match the request to the best-suited active virtual environment. The delta map is a data set that indicates differences between specification values of a given active virtual environment and specification values needed to reliably fulfill the user's request.
US09798568B2
A method of sharing a resource using a virtual device driver and an electronic device thereof are provided. The method includes generating a virtual device driver, which corresponds to a real device driver of a host electronic device, in the client electronic device, receiving a resource from the host electronic device by using the virtual device driver through a first communication mechanism designated in the host electronic device, and after the first communication mechanism is changed to a second communication mechanism designated in the host electronic device, receiving the resource from the host electronic device by using the virtual device driver.
US09798566B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for associating one or more of a plurality of metadata collections with one or more respective identifiers, wherein each metadata collection includes one or more pairings of metadata attributes with metadata values, and wherein each identifier is one of a project identifier, a tag identifier or an instance identifier; identifying, based on identifier information associated with a virtual machine instance, one or more metadata values to be provided to the virtual machine instance, wherein the identifier information specifies one or more of a project identifier, a tag identifier and an instance identifier, and wherein each identified metadata value belongs to a metadata collection associated with an identifier that is specified in the identifier information; and providing, to the virtual machine instance, the identified one or more metadata values.
US09798563B2
A network management device includes an information acquisition unit that receives a management packet from a virtual machine, the management packet containing management information that includes a combination of priority of applications operable on the virtual machine and information on communication bandwidth used for operation of the applications and a selection unit that selects an application to be stopped based on the management information and information on currently available communication bandwidth, and sends a reply packet containing information on the selected application to the virtual machine, in order for the virtual machine to stop the selected application.
US09798556B2
A dynamic reconfiguration to include on-line addition, deletion, and replacement of individual modules of to support dynamic partitioning of a system, interconnect (link) reconfiguration, memory RAS to allow migration and mirroring without OS intervention, dynamic memory reinterleaving, CPU and socket migration, and support for global shared memory across partitions is described. To facilitate the on-line addition or deletion, the firmware is able to quiesce and de-quiesce the domain of interest so that many system resources, such as routing tables and address decoders, can be updated in what essentially appears to be an atomic operation to the software layer above the firmware.
US09798553B2
Systems enable secure communication links with classified or unclassified networks using a single mobile computing device. In one embodiment, the system includes: a mobile computing device without an integrated data storage device that is configured to interchangeably receive an unclassified or classified data storage device; an encrypter device in signal communication with the mobile computing device; network security device in signal communication with the encrypter device; a classified data storage device loaded with a computer readable code configured for booting the mobile computing device when the classified data storage device is connected to the mobile computing device; and an unclassified data storage device loaded with a computer readable code configured for booting the mobile computing device when the unclassified data storage device is connected to the mobile computing device.
US09798542B2
A method and apparatus for zero overheard loops is provided herein. The method includes the steps of identifying, by a decoder, a loop instruction and identifying, by the decoder, a last instruction in a loop body that corresponds to the loop instruction. The method further includes the steps of generating, by the decoder, a branch instruction that returns execution to a beginning of the loop body, and enqueing, by the decoder, the branch instruction into a branch reservation queue concurrently with an enqueing of the last instruction in a reservation queue.
US09798539B2
A record of comments made in previous artifact versions is displayed in the latest artifact version. Comment and reply chains are maintained in the latest artifact version, linking them with the artifact versions where they were introduced. The comment/reply history of an artifact, is viewable in a single latest version of the artifact.
US09798527B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating efficient compiled code. In an example method, a compilation system obtains an un-optimized computational graph comprising a plurality of nodes representing operations and directed edges representing data dependencies. The un-optimized computational graph is analyzed using pattern matching to determine fusable operations that can be fused together into a single fusion operation. The un-optimized computational graph is transformed into an optimized computational graph by replacing the nodes representing the fusable operations in the un-optimized computational graph with a fusion node representing the single fusion operation. The compilation system produces efficient code by translating the fusion node of the optimized computational graph as a call that performs the fused operations.
US09798521B2
A system, method and apparatus for generating random numbers. An electronic device operates an electric motor to drive a mechanical device. The electronic device includes a processing device structured to take one or more current measurements of the electric motor. The processing device is also structured to generate a seed and/or a random number based on at least one of the current measurements of the electric motor.
US09798514B2
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for color beat display in a media content environment. A media device, operating as a client device, can receive and play media content provided by a media server, or another system or peer device. A user interface enables a user to select from a plurality of displayed media options to be played at the device, wherein each media option corresponds to a media content item, e.g., a song. During the playing of a selected media content, a visual display logic or component determines an audio beat, volume, or other characteristic of the playing media content, and uses this information to modify the visual display at the user interface, to match the audio beat, volume, or other characteristic, for example by synchronizing a variation in color, brightness, scale, transparency, or intensity of a particular region of the visual display.
US09798511B2
An audio data transmitting method applied to an audio data transmitting device. The audio data transmitting method comprises: (a) receiving first audio data from at least one audio data source, wherein the first audio data follows a first audio format; and (b) outputting the first audio data from the audio data transmitting device without encoding or decoding the first audio data.
US09798499B2
A hybrid storage device that includes a hard-disk drive (HDD) and a flash memory is described. When control logic in the hybrid storage device receives a request from an external device to write a block of data to a logical address in a first portion of an address space that maps to the HDD, the control logic writes the block of data to the HDD. However, if there is a change in environmental state information of the hybrid storage device during the write operation, the control logic writes at least a portion of the block of data to a logical address for the block of data in a second portion of the address space which maps to the flash memory. Note that the address space may be common to the external device and the hybrid storage device.
US09798496B2
Methods and systems for a networked system are provided. One method includes generating an object by a processor for storing a plurality of data chunks at a storage device, where the object includes a header segment and a data segment, the header segment providing a first offset address where an uncompressed data chunk is stored within the object and a second offset address of the object indicating a beginning of a compressed group having compressed data chunks and providing an indicator of a compression group size; reading the header segment by the processor to retrieve the second offset and the compressed group size in response to a first request for a data chunk within the compressed group; and decompressing the data chunk of the compressed group by the processor and providing the uncompressed data chunk for completing the first read request.
US09798493B2
An interface receives a command corresponding to a non-volatile memory. The interface determines whether a bypass mode is enabled and whether the command is a medium-access command. A primary processing node processes the command in response to determining at least one of the following: that the bypass mode is disabled or that the command is not a medium-access command. A secondary processing node processes the command, in response to determining that the bypass mode is enabled and that the command is a medium-access command.
US09798489B2
An administrator provisions a virtual disk in a remote storage platform and defines policies for that virtual disk. A virtual machine writes to and reads from the storage platform using any storage protocol. Virtual disk data within a failed storage pool is migrated to different storage pools while still respecting the policies of each virtual disk. Snapshot and revert commands are given for a virtual disk at a particular point in time and overhead is minimal. A virtual disk is cloned utilizing snapshot information and no data need be copied. Any number of Zookeeper clusters are executing in a coordinated fashion within the storage platform, thus increasing overall throughput. A timestamp is generated that guarantees a monotonically increasing counter, even upon a crash of a virtual machine. Any virtual disk has a “hybrid cloud aware” policy in which one replica of the virtual disk is stored in a public cloud.
US09798487B2
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a computer-implemented method for migrating a memory page from a first memory to a second memory. The method includes determining a first page size supported by the first memory. The method also includes determining a second page size supported by the second memory. The method further includes determining a use history of the memory page based on an entry in a page state directory associated with the memory page. The method also includes migrating the memory page between the first memory and the second memory based on the first page size, the second page size, and the use history.
US09798485B2
Improved path management techniques for storage networks are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit, a detection component for execution by the processor circuit to receive an advertisement of a set of paths for accessing a logical storage volume and determine whether the set of paths comprises an optimized path, and a modification component for execution by the processor circuit to, when the set of paths does not comprise an optimized path, send a first instruction to update a reporting nodes parameter for the logical storage volume to identify an owner node for the logical storage volume and a corresponding partner node. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09798471B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and apparatus for improving performance of a de-clustered disk array by making statistics on a number and types of active input/output (I/O) requests of each of the plurality of physical disks; dividing the plurality of physical disks at least into a first schedule group and a second schedule group based on the statistic number and types of the active I/O requests of the each physical disk for a predetermined time period, the first schedule group having a first schedule priority, the second schedule group having a second schedule priority higher than the first schedule priority; and selecting, in a decreasing order of the schedule priority, a physical disk for schedule from one of the resulting schedule groups thereby preventing too many I/O requests from concentrating on some physical disks and thereby improve overall performance of a de-clustered RAID.
US09798466B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for using a plurality of sub-buffers and a free segment list to allocate segments to a plurality of threads to use for writing data. Groups of threads are assigned to sub-buffers. At least one segment of data is indicated in each of the sub-buffers. The threads assigned to one of the sub-buffers write to the at least one segment indicated in the sub-buffer to which the threads are assigned. A free segment list indicates segments which are not indicated in one of the sub-buffers. In response to one of the segments in a containing sub-buffer comprising one of the sub-buffers becoming a full segment having less than a threshold amount of free space, the indication of the full segment in the containing sub-buffer is replaced with one of the segments indicated in the free segment list.
US09798465B1
Described are techniques for performing data storage management operations. A graphical user interface display includes multiple each associated with a tiering preference. The graphical user interface includes multiple user interface elements representing a plurality of logical devices. Each user interface element denotes a logical device located in one of the plurality of areas to thereby indicate any of a tiering preference and a tiering requirement for the logical device. First processing is performed to modify a tiering preference for a first logical device where the first processing includes selecting the first logical device by selecting a user interface element representing the first logical device, and moving the first user interface element from a first of the areas, denoting a first tiering preference, to a second of the area, denoting a second tiering preference.
US09798464B2
A computing device including a touch sensitive screen to display a graphical representation of a user interface and a processor module configured to control the graphical representation in response to signals representing user interaction. The user interface includes an orbital touch control to move in angular and radial directions relative to a reference point in response to signals representing user interaction with the orbital touch control. The processor module further can generate, in response to the signals representing the user interaction with the orbital touch control, control signals controlling parameters associated with data received at the computing device. The control signals include an indication of a value of a first parameter dependent on an angular position of the orbital touch control relative to the reference point and a value of a second parameter dependent on a radial position of the orbital touch control relative to the reference point.
US09798456B2
An information input device including: an indicator detection unit; a pointer position setting unit which sets a position of a pointer to be displayed on a display screen; a storage unit which obtains and stores time-sequenced positional information which indicates the set position; a first passage detection unit which detects that the pointer has passed through a first specific region which is a predetermined region on the display screen, using the time-sequenced positional information; and a direction obtainment unit which obtains a direction in which the pointer has passed through the first specific region if it is detected that the pointer has passed through the first specific region; and a first image modifying unit which modifies a displayed image, depending on the obtained direction.
US09798455B2
An operation display part according to the present invention includes a GUI display portion which displays each of display images having a size in a horizontal direction correlated with a duration of an operating time of each of the steps, a touch operating portion which extends or shortens the size of each of the display images, a controller which determines an operating time of each step based on the operating time corresponding to the size of each of the display images, and a memory which stores information of a settable range of the operating time of each steps set for each washing course, wherein, when an operating time of a step included in a predetermined washing course is set in the predetermined washing course, the GUI display portion displays the settable range of the operating time of this washing course as a range in a horizontal direction together with the display images. Consequently, in an electric machine and appliance which executes an operation action selected from a plurality of operation actions including a plurality of steps, it is possible to display a settable range of an operating time of each step of this selected operation action.
US09798453B2
A beak ribbon system provides a beak-based ribbon user interface with a gliding beak, shifting commands, and an expanding and collapsing beak box. When a user selects a first name of first commands, the beak ribbon system then displays a beak box that has a beak pointing to the first name and that contains the first commands. Upon receiving a selection of a second name of second commands, the beak ribbon system glides the beak in an animated manner from pointing to the first name to pointing to the second name and replaces the first commands in the beak box with the second commands. The beak ribbon system may also shift the second commands in an animated manner from the first identification towards the second identification. The beak ribbon system may also expand and collapse the beak box in an animated manner.
US09798451B2
An electronic control and display unit includes at least one display that has a touchscreen monitor and at least one control unit. The display has a plurality of visualization regions having visualization content. The touchscreen monitor associated with the display is subdivided into visualization regions and the visualization content of each visualization region is editable independently of the visualization content of the remaining visualization regions using available touchscreen functions.
US09798434B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image, a window member on the display panel and including a display area for transmitting the image, and a non-display area adjacent the display area, and a touch panel between the display panel and the window member, the touch panel including a touch sensor corresponding to the display area and including a sensor part and a connection part and a signal line including a connection part coupled to and overlapping the connection part of the touch sensor, and a line part coupled to the connection part of the signal line, wherein the connection part of the touch sensor and the connection part of the signal line define a plurality of mesh holes.
US09798433B2
An accessory device for use with an electronic user apparatus is disclosed. The electronic user apparatus includes at least one capacitive sensor for detection of at least one control object with respect to a control surface, and at least one apparatus guard placed at an alternating guard potential (VG), different from a ground potential of the at least one control object, and identical to a potential of the capacitive sensor. The accessory device includes at least one accessory guard capable of being set to the alternating guard potential (VG) by coupling with the electronic user apparatus.
US09798418B2
An in-cell touch panel and a display device are provided. The in-cell touch panel comprises a plurality of self-capacitance electrodes, a touch detection chip, and a plurality of conductive lines connecting the plurality of self-capacitance electrodes to the touch detection chip. The plurality of self-capacitance electrodes are arranged in columns, and any two self-capacitance electrodes in two adjacent columns are not in a same row; or, the plurality of self-capacitance electrodes are arranged in rows, and any two self-capacitance electrodes in two adjacent rows are not in a same column. The touch detection chip determines a touch position by detecting signals of the self-capacitance electrodes.
US09798416B2
A touch display device including a pixel array substrate, an opposite substrate, and a display medium layer is provided. The pixel array substrate includes a first substrate and a plurality of sensing electrodes. The first substrate has a plurality of sub-pixel areas arranged in array. The sensing electrodes are disposed on the first substrate and electrically insulated to each other, wherein at least portion of the sensing electrodes cover a number of the sub-pixel areas, respectively. The opposite substrate is opposite to the pixel array substrate and includes a second substrate and a pressure sensing layer. The pressure sensing layer is disposed on a surface of the second substrate facing the pixel array substrate. The display medium layer is located between the sensing electrodes and the pressure sensing layer. A driving method and a pressure detection method of the touch display device are also provided.
US09798413B2
Information is presented on a touchscreen display. An available viewing surface area of the touchscreen is separated into a first zone and at least a second zone. The first zone is operable for presenting a critical portion of the information. The second zone is operable for receiving haptic user inputs. Usage of the first zone and the second zone are coordinated. The presentation of the critical information in the first separated zone, and/or a prompt related to at least one of the one or more haptic user inputs may be controlled based on the coordinated usage.
US09798402B2
A touch control display screen includes: a touch control electrode layer including a plurality of touch control electrodes; a first electrode layer opposite to the touch control electrode layer and including a plurality of first electrodes; a liquid crystal layer between the touch control electrode layer and the first electrode layer; a switch control circuit connected with at least one touch control electrode; a display control circuit connected with the first electrodes; and a synchronization control circuit connected with the switch control circuit. In the display stage, the display control circuit outputs a first common voltage, and the synchronization control circuit controls the switch control circuit to output a second common voltage equal to the first common voltage. Many advantages are provided, such as a uniform display effect, fewer residual ions, better display quality, higher reliability, simplified circuit, lower cost, and increased light transmittance.
US09798381B2
The present invention describes a hands-free system for controlling the movement of a cursor on one or more display devices. A tracking device including a traceable marker and one or more accelerometers and gyroscopes are used to track position and acceleration of the marker relative to a target of interest. A processing means processes the motion signals from the tracking device to determine the location of the cursor on the operator's monitor, which may also be displayed on more monitors. The tracking device is worn by the operator, optimally on the operator's head. The operator's head movements determine movement of the cursor.
US09798380B2
The present disclosure relates to a modular apparatus and system for providing customized, reconfigurable user inputs. In an aspect, there is provided a modular apparatus comprising a plurality of reconfigurable Input Modules with different types of user inputs, such as buttons, sliders, knobs, joysticks, trackballs, touch pads, touch screens, and other types of user interfaces. The Input Modules may be physically interconnected to a Master Module which is adapted to communicate with each Input Module and to a System Controller Application running on a connected computing device. The Input Modules are reconfigurable into any number of different physical layouts. The Master Module determines the physical layout of the connected Input Modules, and communicates the layout to the System Controller Application. The function of each Input Module is then programmed via the System Controller Application and the Master Module for performing specific functions in a compatible computer application.
US09798375B1
In some embodiments, a system includes a plurality of processor cores and a credit distribution circuit. The credit distribution circuit is configured to provide credits to the processor cores. A quantity of the provided credits is based on a total credit budget and requests for additional credits corresponding to the processor cores. The total credit budget is based on an amount of energy available to the processor cores (e.g., made available by a power supply) during a particular window of time. A particular processor core is configured to determine, based on a remaining number of credits for the particular processor core, whether to perform one or more pipeline operations. The particular processor core is further configured to deduct, based on determining to perform the one or more pipeline operations, one or more credits from a remaining quantity of credits allocated to the particular processor core.
US09798374B2
A wearable computing device can detect device-raising gestures. For example, onboard motion sensors of the device can detect movement of the device in real time and infer information about the spatial orientation of the device. Based on analysis of signals from the motion sensors, the device can detect a raise gesture, which can be a motion pattern consistent with the user moving the device's display into his line of sight. In response to detecting a raise gesture, the device can activate its display and/or other components. Detection of a raise gesture can occur in stages, and activation of different components can occur at different stages.
US09798368B2
A method and system for enhancing computer peripheral safety is provided. In accordance with various aspects of the present invention, the exemplary method and system are configured to monitor and/or isolate alternating current (A.C.) supplies with and/or from any peripheral subsystems or devices. An exemplary method and system comprises an A.C. supply, a host computer system, and a peripheral subsystem or device connected to the host computer system, such as an ultrasound imaging and/or therapy peripheral, and an isolation subsystem configured for monitoring and/or isolating the A.C. supply from the peripheral subsystem or device. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, an isolation subsystem comprises application software and associated modules and functions that when executed continuously monitors and/or polls the host computer's hardware and/or operating system for the presence of an isolated source, such as a battery, or an unisolated power source, such as through a battery charger and/or other connection path to the A.C. main supply. In accordance with other exemplary embodiments, an isolation subsystem can comprises a wireless or other safe/isolated electrical link for connecting a patient contact device, and/or a verification link or other verification mechanisms configured between an isolation transformer and host computer to monitor or observe usage to power the host computer and peripheral subsystem.
US09798362B2
Technology is provided for a storage device storage tray for use with one or more storage devices. The storage device storage tray includes a chassis including at least one storage region and a motherboard attached to the chassis. A storage frame is positioned in the storage region and is pivotable relative to the chassis between a storage position and an access position. The storage frame comprises first and second substantially parallel panels and a backplane extending therebetween. A data communications cable interconnects the backplane and the motherboard. A plurality of dividers extend away from the backplane between the first and second substantially parallel panels to define a plurality of drive bays configured to receive a respective storage device. A leaf spring retainer is positioned in each drive bay to urge the storage devices against the second panel to hold the storage devices in their respective drive bays.
US09798360B2
An adjustable keyboard having a number of keys (205) is formed in at least two segments (202, 203) which are mutually movable relative-to one another using a hinge or joint (206). Each of the segments (202, 203) of the keyboard has mounted thereon some of the keys (205). The adjustable nature of the keyboard reduces stress and discomfort to the user by reducing contortion to the user's wrists. More particularly, discomfort to the user caused by pronation of the wrists and/or ulnar deviation of the wrists is reduced. The hinge or joint (206) is in the form of a ball and socket-type joint with a locking mechanism, which preferably includes a pivoted handle (100), in the form of a lever, used for locking and unlocking the hinge or joint (206). The surface of at least one of the ball and socket of the joint define a plurality of recesses or a plurality of projections, to provide increased resistance to joint movement.
US09798351B2
A vehicle pedal including a pedal body that has one longitudinal direction end portion disposed at a vehicle body floor side, and that is supported so as to be capable of pivoting about the one end portion, wherein: a friction regulating section is integrally formed to a tread portion of the pedal body; a first region and a second region are configured on the surface of the friction regulating section, a coefficient of friction of the second region in the longitudinal direction is greater than a coefficient of friction of the first region in the longitudinal direction; the first region configures another end portion side of the tread portion of the pedal body in the longitudinal direction; the second region configures one end portion side of the tread portion in the longitudinal direction.
US09798346B2
Provided is a reference voltage circuit capable of outputting, with a low voltage and low current consumption, a voltage that is less liable to change due to a temperature change, and has a low GND terminal reference voltage. The reference voltage circuit includes a first NMOS transistor and a second NMOS transistor connected by a current mirror circuit, the first NMOS transistor having a gate and a drain connected to each other via a first resistor, the second NMOS transistor having a gate connected to the drain of the first NMOS transistor, and a source connected to a GND terminal via a second resistor, the second NMOS transistor having a threshold voltage lower than a threshold voltage of the first NMOS transistor, in which a reference voltage is output from the source of the second NMOS transistor.
US09798345B1
A control circuit comprising a driving circuit, which comprises a voltage adjusting circuit for generating a control voltage, and comprises a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor comprises: a first terminal; a second terminal; and a control terminal, for receiving a bias voltage generated from at least operating voltage of the control circuit. The second transistor comprises: a first terminal, coupled to a second terminal of the first transistor; a second terminal, for receiving a first predetermined voltage; and a control terminal, for receiving the control voltage. The control circuit further comprises: a candidate voltage selecting circuit, for outputting one of a plurality of candidate voltages; and a voltage selecting circuit, for outputting one of the candidate voltage output from the candidate voltage selecting circuit and a ground voltage as the bias voltage.
US09798343B2
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for quantifying operating strategy energy usage. One embodiment describes an industrial control system that includes a tangible, non-transitory, computer readable medium storing a plurality of instructions executable by a processor of the industrial control system. The instructions include instructions to determine a plurality of operating strategies associated with an industrial automation component that is communicatively coupled to the industrial control system, in which each of the plurality of operating strategies includes a set of operational parameters associated with the industrial automation component, determine an expected energy usage cost associated with the industrial automation component for each of the plurality of operating strategies, determine an expected value added associated with the industrial automation component for each of the plurality of operating strategies, and select one of the plurality of operating strategies for operating the industrial automation component based at least in part on the expected energy usage cost and the expected value added associated with each of the plurality of operating strategies.
US09798342B2
Disclosed herein are methods for detecting and correcting a fault induced delayed voltage recovery event in an electric power transmission and distribution system. In some embodiments, a fault detection subsystem may receive an indication of a fault in the electric power transmission and distribution system. The system may also include a load analysis subsystem to analyze a plurality of loads supplied by the electric power system and to generate an estimated response of the loads. A fault analysis subsystem may analyze a plurality of factors relating to the fault and to determine a probability of the fault generating a fault induced delayed voltage recovery event. A control system may then implement a control strategy within a control window following the fault based on the probability of the fault generating a fault induced delayed voltage recovery event and the estimated response of the at least one load.
US09798341B2
Provided is a voltage regulator including a clamp circuit capable of protecting a gate of an output transistor without limiting a drivability of the output transistor. The voltage regulator includes a level shift circuit having an input terminal connected to the gate of the output transistor and an output terminal connected to an input of the clamp circuit. The clamp circuit is controlled by an output voltage of the level shift circuit.
US09798333B2
An enclosure system that can include a hazardous location enclosure having at least one wall forming a cavity. The enclosure system can also include a temperature-sensitive component positioned within the cavity. The enclosure system can further include a measuring device configured to measure a temperature within the cavity of the hazardous location enclosure. The enclosure system can also include a climate control device configured to change the temperature within the cavity. The enclosure system can further include a controller operatively coupled to the climate control device and the measuring device, where the controller controls the climate control device to change the temperature within the cavity of the hazardous location enclosure.
US09798332B2
There is provided a functional element capable of preventing an oblique vibration due to a vibration leakage phenomenon from propagating to degrade the detection accuracy. A gyro element as the functional element includes a support body, a detection section, a drive coupling section having a first part and a second part, and a mass section connected to the drive coupling section, and connected to the support body via the drive coupling section, and the mass section performs the drive vibration in a direction along a third axis parallel to a normal line of a plane including the first axis and the second axis perpendicular to each other.
US09798325B2
Structures and protocols are presented for configuring an unmanned aerial device to participate in the performance of tasks, for using data resulting from such a configuration or performance, or for facilitating other interactions with such devices.
US09798319B2
In an industrial control setting, different components can have information that can be valuable to various entities, such as other components, technicians, and the like. A decision can be made as to what information should be available to entities and a determination can be made if the information should be published in a directory or be discoverable. Security can be taken into account in determining if information should be published and decision making can employ adaptive learning, such that a publish and/or discovery decision criterion can be modified based on the learning.
US09798318B2
A system may include a controller that may control operations of a device according to a control loop and characterize a frequency response of the device while the device is operating. The controller may characterize the frequency response by adding a perturbation signal to any signal in the control loop. The controller may then determine a first transformed signal by performing a first discrete Fourier transform on a first signal in the control loop at a frequency of the perturbation signal and determine a second transformed signal by performing a second discrete Fourier transform on a second signal in the control loop at the frequency of the perturbation signal. The controller may then determine the frequency response at the frequency by comparing a first amplitude and a first phase of the first transformed signal to a second amplitude and a second phase of the second transformed signal.
US09798307B2
Controlled startup of devices is based on dynamic statistical predictions. Timely startup of onboard associated vehicle devices is based on dynamic statistical predictions and driver proximity to the vehicle. An apparatus for timely startup includes an interface operatively coupled with a power consuming device and control logic coupled with the interface. The control logic is operable in a first mode to perform processing for determining a presence of a first condition of the vehicle, and to selectively activate the power consuming device of the vehicle, via the interface, responsive to determining the presence of the first condition. The control logic is operable in a second mode to suspend, via the interface, the processing for determining the presence of the first condition of the vehicle. The control logic selectively transitions between the first and second modes in accordance with a stochastic modeling of the presence of the first condition over time.
US09798297B2
A control device (1) for controlling a control target comprising an astatic system (2) that has dead time is provided with: a dead time compensation system (5) that compensates for dead time at the control target based on the dynamic characteristics of the control target; and an integration error compensation system (6) that compensates for integration errors originating in the dead time compensation system (5). The integration error compensation system (6) comprises: an ideal response unit (7) in which the dynamic characteristics of the control target while in a state in which interference is not input are used as a model; and a correction unit (8) that is configured to correct a comparative value for the output of the ideal response unit (7) and the output of the control target and subsequently input the result to the control target.
US09798291B2
Wristwatch comprising a mechanical device for executing a first mechanical function arranged to produce a first acoustic alarm signal, and an electronic device housed in a bracelet and arranged to produce a second acoustic alarm signal and/or a mechanical vibration, wherein the electronic device is arranged to produce the second acoustic alarm signal at the moment when the mechanical device for executing the first mechanical function produces the first acoustic alarm signal.
US09798289B2
An image forming apparatus has a function to clean exhaust air from inside and to discharge cleaned air. The image forming apparatus has an exhaust air duct configured to guide internal air to outside, and a cleaning filter configured to clean air passing through the exhaust air duct. A cubic measure of an airflow path in the exhaust air duct during normal operation has a first value, and the cubic measure of the airflow path in the exhaust air duct during operation causing a large amount of harmful matters to be contained in the exhaust air from inside has a second value greater than the first value.
US09798280B2
The fixing apparatus includes a heating rotary member that heats the toner image on a recording medium, a pressure member that comes in contact with the heating rotary member, wherein the recording medium provided with the toner image is conveyed at a nip portion, a cover that covers part of an outer surface of the heating rotary member to form a space with the heating rotary member and extends in a longitudinal direction of the heating rotary member, the cover including a partition including a surface perpendicular to a longitudinal direction on a cover end portion in the longitudinal direction and partitioning the space and outside of the space, and a flange provided on an end portion on a same side as the partition in the longitudinal direction and including an extending portion extending in a direction approaching the cover.
US09798277B2
An image heating apparatus includes first and second rotatable members configured to form a nip for heating a toner on a sheet; a compressor; an air nozzle configured to blow air which is compressed by the compressor, to the first rotatable member; and a supplying mechanism configured to supply the air which is compressed by the compressor, to the air nozzle. The supplying mechanism includes a pressure adjusting valve configured to adjust an inside pressure and a metal pipe configured to form at least a part of an air supply passage from the compressor to the pressure adjusting valve.
US09798275B2
A system and method for applying lubricant to a surface, such as a heating surface of a fuser member. The system includes lubricant conduit for carrying pressurized lubricant toward a spraying assembly. A heating element surrounds the lubricant conduit and heats the pressurized lubricant before it arrives at the spraying assembly. The system also includes a pair of double O-ring sealing assemblies for sealingly coupling a lubricant tube to the system.
US09798265B2
The present invention can provide a liquid developer that can accommodate faster process speeds by image forming apparatuses, in which the liquid developer contains a toner particle comprising a polyester resin, and a carrier liquid having a vinyl ether compound. The liquid developer further contains a polymer compound having a structural unit represented by formula (1) in either of the toner particle or the carrier liquid.
US09798262B2
Provided is a method of producing a toner including the steps of: mixing a resin solution comprising a resin R, a colorant, and an organic solvent, a resin fine particle comprising a resin S containing an element α, and carbon dioxide to form a droplet having a surface covered with the resin fine particle; introducing carbon dioxide in a liquid state and pressurizing to extract the organic solvent in the droplet; and removing the extracted organic solvent together with the carbon dioxide to provide a toner particle. In the method of producing a toner, when the resin fine particle is treated with the carbon dioxide in a liquid state, a change in amount of the element α on the surface of the resin fine particle after the treatment as compared to the amount before the treatment falls within a specific range.
US09798261B2
The present disclosure relates to a chemically prepared toner composition including a toner particle having a core including a first polymer binder, an styrene acrylate encapsulated wax latex, a pigment, and a shell formed around the core including a second polymer binder and method to make the same. The disclosed method of preparing the toner results in a change in the distribution of the components of the toner particle wherein the lower molecular weight resins, the pigment, and the wax are located away from the surface of the toner particle and the pigment is clinging to the edge of the wax domain.
US09798260B2
Provided is a decolorizable toner including a binder resin and colorant particles which contain a color developable compound, a color developing agent, and a decolorizing agent, and have a capsule structure coated with an outer shell, wherein the binder resin is contained in an amount of 60 to 80% by mass with respect to the total amount of the toner components.
US09798249B2
The invention relates to a method for compensating at least one defect of an optical system which includes introducing an arrangement of local persistent modifications in at least one optical element of the optical system, which does not have pattern elements on one of its optical surfaces, so that the at least one defect is at least partially compensated.
US09798247B2
In an immersion lithography apparatus in which immersion liquid is supplied to a localized space, the space is substantially polygonal in plan substantially parallel to the substrate. In an embodiment, two corners of the space have a radius of curvature no greater than the width of a transition zone between the space configured to contain liquid and a surrounding configured not to contain liquid.
US09798245B2
A stage apparatus PST is provided with a holder PH, which has a substrate holding surface 33A that holds a substrate P; a stage 52, which supports and moves the holder PH; and a recovery apparatus 60, which is disposed in the vicinity of the holder PH and has lyophilic parts 3, 5 of which at least a part of each is lyophilic, that uses the lyophilic parts 3, 5 to recover a liquid 1. As a result, the infiltration of liquid into the space between the substrate and the holder is prevented, even if performing an exposure treatment by filling the space between a projection optical system and the substrate with the liquid.
US09798244B2
Methods, apparatus, and system for minimizing defectivity in top-coat-free immersion photolithography are provided. Embodiments include forming a photomask by defining a first pattern including a main functional pattern in the photomask; and defining a second pattern including a sub-resolution fill pattern in the photomask in areas between or and/or within structures of the first pattern, the fill pattern having a pitch or range of pitches smaller than a minimum resolved pitch of the lithographic exposure and/or at least a part of the sub-resolution structures of the sub-resolution fill pattern not substantially modifying an imaging of any structure of the main functional pattern in the lithographic exposure.
US09798239B2
A flow through Micro-Electromechanical Systems (MEMS) package and methods of operating a MEMS packaged using the same are provided. Generally, the package includes a cavity in which the MEMS is enclosed, an inlet through which a fluid is introduced to the cavity during operation of the MEMS and an outlet through which the fluid is removed during operation of the MEMS, wherein the package includes features that promote laminar flow of the fluid across the MEMS. The package and method are particularly useful in packaging spatial light modulators including a reflective surface and adapted to reflect and modulate a light beam incident thereon. Other embodiments are also provided.
US09798238B2
Methods for reducing reticle transmission differences and for optimizing layer placement for overlay in MTRs and CTRs are disclosed. Embodiments include providing a reticle having a prime area and a frame area surrounding the prime area; determining RT differences across the prime area; and providing RT adjustment structures on the reticle to decrease the RT differences. Other embodiments include grouping multiple layers of a semiconductor production flow, the layers for each group having an RT difference less than a predetermined value; and placing the layers on plural ordered reticles of a reticle set, each reticle having multiple image fields, by selecting, for each reticle, layers from a single group and optimizing placement of the layers for overlay. Other embodiments include selectively rotating image fields on a reticle having multiple image fields to improve overlay, or optimizing placement of DDLs on CTRs by placing each design orientation on a different reticle.
US09798235B2
A resist composition contains (A) a resin having a monocyclic or polycyclic cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon structure, the resin increasing its solubility in an alkali developer by an action of acid, (B) a compound generating acid upon irradiation with one of an actinic ray and a radiation, (C) particular an alkali soluble compound, and (D) a solvent.
US09798229B2
A method for designing a photomask blank comprising a transparent substrate and an optical film thereon is provided. The photomask blank is processed into a transmissive photomask having a pattern of optical film such that the film pattern may be transferred when exposure light is transmitted by the photomask. The optical film is selected using a specific reflectance, which is equal to the reflectance divided by the film thickness, as an index.
US09798228B2
Consistent with an example embodiment, there is a semiconductor wafer substrate comprising a plurality of integrated circuits formed in arrays of rows and columns on the wafer substrate. A plurality of integrated circuits are in arrays of rows and columns on the wafer substrate; the rows and the columns have a first width. First and second saw lanes separate the integrated circuits, the first saw lanes are arranged parallel and equidistant with one another in a first direction defined by rows, and the second saw lanes are arranged parallel and equidistant with one another in a second direction defined by the columns. A plurality of process modules (PM) are on the wafer substrate, the PM modules defined in an at least one additional row/column having a second width. The at least one additional row/column is parallel to the plurality of device die in one direction.
US09798223B2
A projection image display includes: a screen unit that has a screen; a projection unit that projects an image onto the screen from a back surface of the screen; a housing that houses the projection unit; a slide mechanism that supports the screen unit such that the screen unit moves in an anterior-posterior direction; a locking mechanism that restricts a movement of the slide mechanism; and an adjustment mechanism that is capable of adjusting a position of the screen unit with respect to the housing from the outside while the locking mechanism restricts the movement of the slide mechanism.
US09798219B2
A photon source to deliver single photons includes a storage ring resonator to receive pump photons and generate a signal photon and an idler photon. An idler resonator is coupled to the storage resonator to couple the idler photon out of the storage resonator and into a detector. Detection of the idler photon stops the pump photons from entering the storage resonator. A signal resonator is coupled to the storage resonator to couple out the signal photon remaining in the storage resonator and delivers the signal photon to applications. The photon source can be fabricated into a photonic integrated circuit to achieve high compactness, reliability, and controllability.
US09798218B2
A source of directional radiation in an IR band comprises at least a substrate and an external layer comprising controllable cells made of a metal insulator transition material that changes phase depending on its temperature relative to a temperature at which the corresponding wavelength is located in the IR band and that possesses a crystalline phase and an amorphous phase, and control means for controlling the phase change of the cells so as to form in this external layer a diffraction grating when the cells are controlled to the amorphous phase, in order thus to obtain a switchable directional source.
US09798213B2
Provided is an electrochromic element, including: a first electrode and a second electrode, at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode being transparent; a third electrode; and an electrolyte, an anodic organic electrochromic material, and a cathodic organic electrochromic material that are arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode, in which the third electrode is electrically connectable to at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode via the electrolyte, and in which the third electrode has an effective area that is larger than an effective area of the first electrode and an effective area of the second electrode.
US09798206B2
A liquid crystal display apparatus includes: an array substrate; a seal material; and an opposite substrate, wherein the array substrate includes: a plurality of thin film transistors formed in correspondence to respective intersection parts of a plurality of gate wirings and a plurality of source wirings; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; an opposite electrode formed to face the pixel electrode; a gate extraction wiring that connects the gate wirings and a connection terminal formed in an outer area of the seal material; a conductive film that covers the gate extraction wiring with sandwiching a first insulation film therebetween; and a second insulation film that covers the conductive film in at least part of the outer area of the seal material, and wherein the conductive film is applied with an electrical potential of the opposite electrode.
US09798202B2
An FFS mode array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The FFS mode array substrate has: a glass substrate provided with a gate electrode thereon; a first insulation layer; a semiconductor layer having a channel region and a common electrode region to form a channel semiconductor layer on the channel region of the semiconductor layer, and form a common electrode layer on the common electrode region of the semiconductor layer by doping semiconductor thereon; and a second insulation layer provided with a first through hole and a second through hole therein.
US09798196B2
A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate including a first through-hole; a second substrate facing the first substrate and including a second through-hole corresponding to the first through-hole; a sealant coupling the first substrate and the second substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a spacer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a supporting assistance member including a third through-hole connected to the first through-hole and the second through-hole, wherein the supporting assistance member includes a first supporting assistance member made with the same material as the spacer.
US09798189B2
Provided is a liquid crystal display device that has excellent visibility while using a protective film comprising a polyester film. The liquid crystal display device comprises a backlight light source, and a liquid crystal cell disposed between two polarizers; the backlight light source being a white light-emitting diode; each of the polarizers comprising a polarizing film and protective films laminated on both sides of the polarizing film; and at least one of the protective films being a polyester film having a retardation of 3,000 to 30,000 nm.
US09798188B2
The disclosure provides a detecting accessories of a liquid crystal panel. The detecting accessories comprises a backlight module and two adjusting plates. The backlight module comprises a bottom plate, an edge frame surrounding the bottom plate, a backlight source assembled on the bottom plate, and a diffusion plate disposed opposite to the bottom plate, and the diffusion plate covers the edge frame. Each adjusting plate comprises a carrying section and an assembling section. The two adjusting plates are disposed adjacent with each other. The assembling sections of each adjusting plates are detachably assembled on one side of the edge frame away from the bottom plate. The light of the backlight source emits outward through the diffusion plate. The carrying sections of the two adjusting plates are configured for shading an edge of the diffusion plate for changing an emitting area of the diffusion plate.
US09798186B2
A backlight unit according to an embodiment of the inventive concept includes a driving substrate and a plurality of first clusters and a plurality of second clusters arranged in rows and columns on the driving substrate, wherein the first clusters and the second clusters are alternately arranged in each row on the driving substrate, wherein at least one of the first clusters and at least one of the second clusters are repeatedly disposed in each column on the driving substrate, wherein each of the first clusters and each of the second clusters includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), the first and second clusters having structures inverted to each other, wherein each of LEDs that are most adjacent to a row directional edge of the driving substrate, among the LEDs of the first and second clusters, is connected in parallel to a resistor.
US09798180B2
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel comprises an upper substrate (10) and a lower substrate (20) cell-assembled, the lower substrate (20) including a base substrate (200), the base substrate (200) including an upper surface (202) close to the upper substrate (10) and a lower surface (203) opposite to the upper surface (202), scattering microstructures (205) being arranged on the lower surface (203) of the base substrate, and a display functional layer being arranged on the upper surface (202) of the base substrate. The display panel can solve a problem that a display device in the prior art cannot meet requirements of ultra-thinning and low cost.
US09798178B2
A variable capacitor is formed from a pair of electrodes and a dielectric interposed between the electrodes over a substrate, and an external input is detected by changing capacitance of the variable capacitor by a physical or electrical force. Specifically, a variable capacitor and a sense amplifier are provided over the same substrate, and the sense amplifier reads the change of capacitance of the variable capacitor and transmits a signal in accordance with the input to a control circuit.
US09798175B2
Provided are a liquid crystal display panel, a composite substrate and a method for fabricating the composite substrate. The composite substrate includes: a substrate, multiple electrodes insulated from each other and a carbon nanotube layer arranged on a surface of the substrate. The carbon nanotube layer is divided into multiple blocks insulated from each other in a plane where the carbon nanotube layer is located. Each block includes multiple carbon nanotubes extending in a same direction, and the extending directions of the carbon nanotubes in at least two blocks are different. Each of the electrodes is electrically connected to a respective block of a plurality of blocks.
US09798168B2
The present invention discloses a processing machine of a display apparatus, the processing machine comprises: a metal support plate; a plurality of support structures, which is movably disposed on the support plate, is used for supporting on the non-display region of the glass substrate, wherein the position of which the support structure is disposed on the metal support plate is corresponded to the position of the non-display region in the panel of the glass substrate, in order to make the support structure placed on the non-display region. The present invention also discloses a processing method of a glass substrate. Through the above way, the present invention can avoid the support structure placed on the display region of the glass substrate, effectively preventing the phenomenon of the brightness uneven.
US09798167B2
An alignment system includes: a light emitting device located on one side of an object to be aligned for emitting light towards the object to be aligned; a light receiving device located on the other side of the object to be aligned and at a standard position corresponding to an alignment mark disposed on the object to be aligned, the light receiving device being provided with a plurality of light sensors for sensing light emitting from the light emitting device on an end surface facing the object to be aligned; a processor configured to receive sensing signals transmitted from each of the light sensors and determine whether the object to be aligned is aligned accurately according to whether each of the light sensors sense the light emitted from the light emitting device. This alignment system shortens the processing time and enhances the processing efficiency.
US09798163B2
A system is provided that selectively blocks blue light in addition to having low overall transmittance values. The average value of the transmission spectrum of the system across the wavelength range 400 nm-470 nm is between 0% and 30% and the average value of the transmission spectrum across the wavelength range 470 nm-700 nm is between 0% and 70%. The transmission spectrum of the system has a first local minimum in transmission between 400 nm-470 nm.
US09798161B2
An eyewear article having a flexing portion including first and second longitudinally disposed ribs is disclosed. In another exemplary embodiment, the flexing portion has a maximum height (H), in a direction parallel to a mid-sagittal plane bisecting the eyewear into imaginary left and right halves, that is greater than 10 mm. The eyewear article of the present invention provides a balance of fit and comfort suitable for a range of user head sizes.
US09798158B2
An optical apparatus that is capable of improving impact resistance thereof. A holding member holding the optical element is movably attached to a first member so that the optical element is movable between an entering position where the optical element enters into an optical path and a retracted position where the optical element is retracted from the optical path. The first member is movably attached to a second member. A driving member engages with the holding member and drives the holding member. A regulation member regulates a moving amount of the first member with respect to the second member. The regulation member is arranged so that a distance from an engagement position of the holding member and the driving member at the entering position to the regulation member is longer than a distance from the engagement position at the retracted position to the regulation member.
US09798157B2
An image stabilizing apparatus includes a movable member holding a lens, a moving unit configured to move the movable member in a predetermined plane, a tilting unit configured to tilt the movable member relative to predetermined plane, a detection unit configured to detect shake, and a control unit configured to control the moving unit and the tilting unit based on shake information obtained from the detection unit. The control unit sets a tilt target value of the tilting unit in accordance with a displacement target value of the moving unit.
US09798156B2
The sight includes a main body, a regulating bolt movably joined to the main body, a securing bolt fixed to the regulating bolt, a regulating cover covering the regulating bolt and movable between a first position and a second position with respect to the regulating bolt, a first magnet disposed on the regulating cover, and a second magnet disposed on the regulating bolt and corresponding to the first magnet. The regulating cover is movable with respect to the regulating bolt when the regulating cover moves away from the second position. The regulating cover abuts the securing bolt and is rotatable with respect to the regulating bolt when the regulating cover moves to the first position. The regulating cover engages the regulating bolt when the regulating cover moves to the second position. The regulating cover is maintained in the second position through attraction of the first magnet and the second magnet.
US09798150B2
A system for distributing auto-stereoscopic images, a parallax blocking mask and methods for producing a parallax blocking mask. A parallax blocking mask is provided as an “add-on” for an existing image display device having a flat panel type display screen. The mask is tailored to the needs of the existing device and delivered to a remote user of the display device. The user mounts the mask to the display device so that the mask overlies the display screen. 3D content in the form of composite stereoscopic images derived from one or more stereoscopic image pairs, and application software, are downloaded to the display device over the Internet, and the application software interleaves the composite stereoscopic images for display on the display screen while the mask is in place. Use of a parallax blocking mask having variable edge transitions, a duty cycle less than fifty percent, or both, is disclosed.
US09798148B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for providing high quality display images in see-through head-worn optics.
US09798140B2
An image display device includes a light source, an imaging element to form an image with a light beam from the light source, and a lens array illuminated with the light beam forming the image for image display, in which lenses are arranged closely to each other. In which in the lens array a curvature radius of a surface of a border of neighboring lenses is set to be smaller than a wavelength of the light beam.
US09798132B2
Embodiments relate to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and more particularly to membrane structures comprising pixels for use in, e.g., display devices. In embodiments, a membrane structure comprises a monocrystalline silicon membrane above a cavity formed over a silicon substrate. The membrane structure can comprise a light interference structure that, depending upon a variable distance between the membrane and the substrate, transmits or reflects different wavelengths of light. Related devices, systems and methods are also disclosed.
US09798128B2
A scanning microscope includes a scanner, an objective irradiates a sample with illumination light deflected by the scanner, and a beam splitter that is arranged between the objective and an exit pupil position, and that reflects one of the illumination light and observation light from the sample and transmits the other. The objective has the exit pupil position outside the objective.
US09798114B2
Wafer-level optical elements and the concave spacer-wafer apertures in which they are formed are disclosed. The wafer-level optical elements include a spacer wafer comprising a plurality of apertures. Each aperture has a concave shape in a planar cross-section of the spacer wafer and an overflow region intersecting the planar cross-section. The wafer-level optical elements also include an array of optical elements, each optical element of the array being formed of cured flowable material within a respective one of the plurality of apertures. A portion of the cured flowable material forming each optical element extends into the overflow region of the respective aperture of the plurality of apertures. The spacer wafer includes a plurality of apertures, each of the plurality of apertures having a concave shape in a planar cross-section of the spacer wafer. Each of the plurality of apertures includes an overflow region intersecting the planar cross-section.
US09798105B2
An imaging 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 and a fourth lens element. The first lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element has negative refractive power. The imaging lens system has a total of four lens elements, and the imaging lens system further includes an aperture stop disposed between the second lens element and the third lens element.
US09798099B2
A communication module includes a printed circuit board, a housing including a left and right sidewall, a top and bottom panel, and a catch pin extending from the bottom panel, the housing enclosing the circuit board and configured to be inserted into and removed from the host device, and a delatch assembly slidably engaged with the bottom panel of the housing, including first and second delatch arms extending underneath the bottom panel of the housing and configured to removably engage with the host device, and a delatch cross-member extending underneath the bottom panel of the housing, including a hooking member configured to selectively engage the catch pin as the delatch assembly slides along the housing.
US09798096B2
An adapter block assembly includes at least one adapter block; a circuit board; a first contact set; and a second contact set. The contact sets are disposed at apertures defined in the adapter block and rotated 180° from each other. Each adapter block includes first and second latching arrangements that retain separately manufactured alignment arrangements against movement along the passages. The first latching arrangements include latching arms disposed at the apertures. The second latching arms include ramps and stops disposed opposite the apertures. Optical connectors suitable for plugging into the adapter block include an outer housing having an area of increased thickness of hold a storage device and an inner housing with a channel to accommodate the area of increased thickness of the outer housing.
US09798092B2
Described are examples of optical blind-mate connector adaptors, optical blind-mate connectors to blind-mate to the adaptors, and optical blind-mate systems. In various implementations, an optical blind-mate connector adapter may include a sleeve housing and a shutter mounted at an opening of the sleeve housing. The shutter may include a shutter flap to cover the opening in a closed position and a shutter tab to receive a force to move the shutter flap from the closed position to an open position extending away from the sleeve housing.
US09798082B2
Methods of depositing materials to provide for efficient coupling of light from a first device to a second device are disclosed. In general, these methods include mounting one or more wafers on a rotating table that is continuously rotated under one or more source targets. A process gas can be provided and one or more of the source targets powered while the wafers are biased to deposit optical dielectric films on the one or more wafers. In some embodiments, a shadow mask can be laterally translated across the one or more wafers during deposition. In some embodiments, deposited films can have lateral and/or horizontal variation in index of refraction and/or lateral variation in thickness.
US09798081B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for optical communications. In one aspect, an optical circulator array includes a plurality of stacked three port circulators each having a respective first port of a first port array, a respective second port of a second port array, and a respective third port of a third port array. Each of the plurality of staked three port circulators share optical components including a first micro lens array optically coupled to the first port array and the third port array, a first walk off crystal, a first half wave plate, a first faraday rotator, a first birefringence wedge pair, a second birefringence wedge pair, a second Faraday rotator, a second half wave plate, a second birefringence walk off crystal, and a second micro lens array optically coupled to the second port array.
US09798072B2
According to one aspect, an optical waveguide comprises a waveguide body exhibiting total internal reflection, a substrate, and a plurality of light extraction features disposed on a surface of the substrate. The light extraction features are non-adhesively bonded to the waveguide body or may be disposed on opposing sides of the substrate. A method of forming an optical element is also disclosed.
US09798068B2
Provided is an illumination module capable of preventing a light exit surface from being darker along peripheral edge portions as though having borders. An illumination module (1) includes: a light guiding plate (20), which has an end surface (21) and a first principal surface (23); a light source (30) configured to emit light that enters the end surface (21); and a diffusion plate (50), which has alight incident surface (55) and a light exit surface (56). The diffusion plate (50) includes a protruding part (51), which protrudes toward the light guiding plate (20) side and the light source (30), which is positioned so as to face a peripheral edge portion (26) on the end surface (21) side of the light guiding plate (20), and which has a light incident surface (52) into which light exiting the peripheral edge portion (26) enters.
US09798067B2
The invention relates to a luminaire (1) having a housing which is closed by a translucent cover (11). The housing accommodates a light source and control gear (6), the light source being formed from a plurality of LEDs (8) arranged on at least one circuit board (9). According to the invention the light from the LEDs (8) is coupled into at least one light guide (7) which extends from the cover (11) towards the LEDs (8). The coupled-in light from the LEDs (8) is guided in the light guide (7) to the cover (11) and is preferably emitted diffusely.
US09798058B2
Structures and methods of making wire grid polarizers having multiple regions, including side bars, strips, and/or side ribs along sides of a central region. The central region can include a single region or multiple regions. Each region can have a different function for improving polarizer performance. The various regions can support each other for improved wire grid polarizer durability.
US09798051B2
An improved mount for, and method of mounting, an optical structure having a grooved/relieved protruding member is provided. The mount may have the grooved/relieved protruding member extending from a surface of the optical structure, a base element for mounting the mount to another structure and an upper element extending from the base element having a first opening extending therethrough for receipt therein of at least a portion of the grooved/relieved member. The first opening defines first and second arms, each of the arms comprising a head portion and each of the head portions ending at an end. A second opening in the upper element extends through one of the head portions and the end thereof in a direction toward the other head portion, while a third opening exists in the upper element through the end of the other head portion in an orientation substantially opposite to and in communication with the second opening so that a tightening mechanism may be received through the second opening and the third opening. Tightening of the tightening mechanism into the third opening causes the ends of the head portions to draw toward each other so that the first opening of the upper element tightens around the at least a portion of the grooved/relieved protruding member.
US09798050B2
A substrate with a multilayer reflective film capable of facilitating the discovery of contaminants, scratches and other critical defects by inhibiting the detection of pseudo defects attributable to surface roughness of a substrate or film in a defect inspection using a highly sensitive defect inspection apparatus.The substrate with a multilayer reflective film has a multilayer reflective film obtained by alternately laminating a high refractive index layer and a low refractive index layer on a main surface of a mask blank substrate used in lithography, wherein an integrated value I of the power spectrum density (PSD) at a spatial frequency of 1 μm−1 to 10 μm−1 of the surface of the substrate with a multilayer reflective film, obtained by measuring a region measuring 3 μm×3 μm with an atomic force microscope, is not more than 180×10−3 nm3, and the maximum value of the power spectrum density (PSD) at a spatial frequency of 1 μm−1 to 10 μm−1 is not more than 50 nm4.
US09798045B2
An antireflection film, comprising a film including: hollow particles; and a binder bonding the particles, wherein: the binder contains voids; and the binder contains 10 or less voids each having a cross-sectional area of 1,000 nm2 or more with respect to 1 μm2 of a cross-sectional area of the binder. A method of producing the film, comprising: forming a paint into a film by applying the paint onto a substrate, the paint containing hollow particles, a binder, and a solvent, in which a content of the particles is 50-85 wt % and a content of the binder is 15-40 wt % with respect to a total weight of a solid content of the paint, and the paint has a viscosity of 1.3-2 mPa·s at its film-forming temperature; and drying the film.
US09798043B2
Provided is an optical fiber which has exceptional heat resistance and is highly safe. This optical fiber has a core, and a sheath of a least one layer around the outside circumference of the core, the sheath including a polymer that contains a repeating unit (A) derived from a fluoroalkyl (meth)acrylate having a specific structure.
US09798041B2
A light curtain controller is provided that serially tunes or optimizes the operating margin of each channel during an initialization sequence. The controller measures and adjusts the operating margin for each emitter-receiver pair individually, such that the margin for each channel satisfies a defined optimization criterion. In this way, the light curtain's unique environmental and installation conditions are taken into account when tuning each channel. By individually tuning each emitter-receiver pair, the operating margin of each channel is set sufficiently high to ensure accurate object detection, while excessive margin is limited to prevent signal processing errors, such as those associated with adjacent-channel signal bleed-through, susceptibility to internal and external noise, etc.
US09798037B2
A method for determining a formation thermal neutron decay rate from measurements of radiation resulting from at least one burst of high energy neutrons into formations surrounding a wellbore includes determining a first apparent neutron decay rate in a time window beginning at a first selected time after an end of the at least one burst, a second apparent decay rate from a time window beginning at a second selected time after the burst and a third apparent decay rate from a third selected time after the burst. The second time is later than the first time. A thermal neutron capture cross section of fluid in the wellbore is determined. A decay rate correction factor is determined based on the first and second apparent decay rates and a parameter indicative of the wellbore capture cross-section. The correction factor is applied to the third apparent decay rate to determine the formation thermal neutron decay rate.
US09798034B2
An electromagnetic exploration device minimizes signal interference due to a metal body or electronic components that constitute an air vehicle by installing a transmission coil and a receiving coil in an envelope of an airship, and enables a batch arrangement of the optimized transmission coil and receiving coil in accordance with various exploration purposes using the envelope shape, thereby acquiring exploration data from one flight. The device in an airship having an envelope includes: a transmission coil along the periphery of the horizontal axial direction of the envelope, for generating a primary magnetic field; at least one receiving coil along the periphery of the envelope, for detecting a secondary magnetic field induced by the primary magnetic field; and an analyzing device for applying an electric current to the receiving coil and analyzing a measurement value of the secondary magnetic field detected by the receiving coil, thereby performing air electromagnetic exploration.
US09798032B2
An arrangement and an associated method are described in which a boring tool is moved through the ground within a given region along a path in which region a cable is buried. The boring tool and the cable transmit a boring tool locating signal and a cable locating signal, respectively. Intensities of the boring tool locating signal and the cable locating signal are measured along with a pitch orientation of the boring tool. Using the measured intensities and established pitch orientation, a positional relationship is determined to relative scale including at least the boring tool and the cable in the region. The positional relationship is displayed to scale in one view. The positional relationship may be determined and displayed including the forward locate point in scaled relation to the boring tool and the cable. Cable depth determination techniques are described including a two-point ground depth determination method.
US09798029B2
A sensor streamer stretch section. At least some of the example embodiments are methods including measuring at least one parameter related to noise while towing the sensor streamer through a body of water with a towing vessel, and adjusting at least one of a spring constant and a damping coefficient of a stretch section disposed proximate the sensor streamer such that the measured parameter is minimized.
US09798026B2
Provided is elastic reverse-time migration system and method using an absolute value function for improving the quality of subsurface structure images, and more particularly, elastic reverse-time migration system and method using an absolute value function for improving the quality of subsurface structure images capable of minimizing waveform changing by separating wavefields using stress-displacement relationships and improving accuracy of the subsurface structure images by applying the absolute value function to migration images.
US09798024B2
A seismic detection line includes one or more identified element(s) arranged in a string, and a telemetry link connecting the element(s) along the string to convey seismic data from at least one of the element(s) to a data recorder and identification data to a topology controller. Each of the element(s) includes a respective first identification unit connected to the telemetry link to provide a respective first identifier to the topology controller. A seismic detection system also includes a processor that queries the identified element(s) for their respective identifiers, determines an arrangement of the seismic detection line using the received identifiers, and presents an indication of the determined arrangement. A method of operating a seismic detection line includes transmitting a query along the telemetry link, detecting whether the respective identifier of one of the element(s) was received or not, repeating until termination, and determining and indicating the arrangement.
US09798023B2
Disclosed are a system, apparatus, and method for optical fiber well deployment in seismic optical surveying. Embodiments of this disclosure may include methods of deploying a spooled optical fiber distributed sensor into the wellbore integrated in a ballast or weight for a seismic optic tool, to achieve deployment of a lightweight disposable fiber optic cable against the wellbore walls via gravity. The method may further include unspooling the spooled optical fiber distributed sensor and using the optical fiber as a distributed seismic receiver. Once the fiber optic distributed sensor is deployed according to methods of the present disclosure, surveys may be obtained and processed by various methods.
US09798020B2
Methods and systems are provided for performing cathode calibration in a detector assembly. In one embodiment, a method comprises adjusting a cathode bias of a detector based on a total number of events occurring in the detector during a time period while maintaining an anode bias at a desired value, the events corresponding to photon energy detected by the detector. In this way, an automated cathode calibration procedure may be applied to calibrate the detector assembly.
US09798017B2
A first plurality of differences (first differences or second differences) of carrier phase measurements of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals corresponding to a first measurement epoch is received. A plurality of differences of carrier phase ambiguities of the first plurality of differences of carrier phase measurements is resolved. A first fixed position of the rover is computed. A first plurality of sub-corrections is computed based at least in part on the first fixed position of the rover, a position of the base, a position of each specific GNSS satellite, and the first plurality of differences of carrier phase measurements. The first plurality of sub-corrections is then used to reduce the processing time for ambiguity resolution of carrier phase measurements in subsequent measurement epochs. The sub-corrections can be smoothed, aged, or smoothed and aged.
US09798015B2
A method of predicting the orbit of a satellite of a satellite positioning system, including: associating first and second types of satellites with first and second models of celestial mechanics forces, respectively; storing first ephemerides data of a satellite, associated to first time intervals and second ephemerides data associated to second time intervals. Further, the method comprises: calculating reference satellite positions based on the first ephemerides data; estimating first and second satellite positions in the first time intervals by using the second ephemerides data and the first and second forces models, respectively; determining first and second estimate errors by comparing the reference positions with the first and second positions, respectively; and detecting the type of satellite between the first and second types by an analysis of the first and second errors.
US09798014B2
A satellite signal receiving device having a receiver circuit that receives a satellite signal transmitted from a positioning information satellite further includes a solar cell that converts light energy to electrical energy; a generating state detection circuit that detects a generating state of the solar cell to obtain a detection value, which is a power generating evaluation time, which is a time during which the solar cell output is continuously in a high illuminance state; and a control circuit that controls the receiver circuit and the generating state detection circuit, sets a threshold value for the power generating evaluation time, and compares the detection value with the threshold value and operates the receiver circuit when the detection value is greater than or equal to the threshold value. The control circuit changes the threshold value for the power generating evaluation time when satellite signal reception failed.
US09798011B2
Methods and apparatuses to assist a global positioning system (GPS) module to determine GPS position estimates for a wireless communication device is disclosed. Processing circuitry in the wireless communication device determines a potential or an actual inaccuracy in a GPS position estimate obtained from a GPS module. The processing circuitry obtains a set of map vector data stored in or associated with the wireless communication device. The processing circuitry determines a location estimate of the wireless communication device based on at least a portion of the set of map vector data. The processing circuitry provides the location estimate to the GPS module and obtains an updated GPS position estimate from the GPS module, the updated GPS position estimate based at least in part on the location estimate provided to the GPS module.
US09798008B2
A method of guidance for placing a satellite on station comprises the following steps carried out during a predefined current cycle: A) determining on the ground a law of orientation of the thrust vector, and a history of state variables and of adjoint state variables of the satellite for the transfer from a starting orbit to a target orbit using optimal control theory, B) determining on the ground a law of evolution of the rotation of the satellite about the thrust vector, on the basis of the orientation law and of the history, C) representing according to a predetermined format the evolution of the state variables and adjoint state variables so as to obtain first parameters, D) representing according to a predetermined format a law of evolution of the rotation so as to obtain second parameters, E) concatenating the first and second parameters so as to obtain a guidance plan for the satellite, F) downloading onboard the guidance plan, G) periodically repeating according to a predefined period which is smaller than the duration of the guidance cycle: g1) reconstructing onboard the satellite a guidance instruction, g2) executing onboard the satellite the instruction by applying a closed control loop, H) measuring on the ground the real orbital trajectory of the satellite, I) repeating steps A) to H) with the trajectory measured at the end of the cycle as starting orbit of the following cycle, until the target orbit is attained.
US09798004B2
Systems and methods for measuring a distance to an object. An exemplary method includes directing light beams from three or more continuous-wave lasers onto a target, and also frequency shifting the light beams split off from the lasers to generate local oscillator beams. When the reflected sensor beam (reflected off the target) and the local oscillator beams are combined, the method further includes determining optical phases of heterodynes produced by combining the light beams within the reflected sensor beam and the local oscillator beams, and determining synthetic phases by taking the difference between the optical phases of the heterodynes. The method further includes determining synthetic wavelengths based on the differences between the frequencies of the lasers. The method further includes determining a distance to the target based on the synthetic phases and the synthetic wavelengths.
US09798000B2
Methods and systems to provide location and navigation information to a user within a building. In an embodiment, low power radars may be used to locate and track a user. Moreover, the systems and methods described herein may take advantage of the known layout of a building, or may ascertain the layout using the radar devices. This information may be used to direct a user from a current location to a desired destination. In some contexts, such as stores, radio frequency ID (RFID) tags may be used to identify a particular destination, such as a particular product in a particular aisle in a store. Multiple persons may be tracked as they move about the building, so that the more frequently used paths may be identified for moving from point to point. These identified paths may then be used in constructing a path for a user who needs directions.
US09797998B2
A method for determining a position of a receiver is provided. The method includes the emission of at least one electromagnetic field by a respective transmitter, an amplitude of the at least one electromagnetic field rotating respectively with respect to the respective transmitter. The method includes the measurement of the at least one electromagnetic field by the receiver and the determination of a differential phase. The method further includes the determination of the position based on the at least one differential phase.
US09797983B1
A method of operating a user equipment includes receiving, from a location server, first information about a first plurality of positioning signals expected to be transmitted by a first set of base stations; receiving, from a tile information server, second information about a second plurality of positioning signals expected to be transmitted by a second set of base stations, the second set of base stations including at least one additional base station not included in the first set of base stations; measuring a third plurality of positioning signals received from a combination of a first subset of the first set of base stations and a second subset of the second set of base stations, the third plurality of positioning signals including an additional positioning signal transmitted by the at least one additional base station; and sending measurement results for the third plurality of positioning signals to the location server.
US09797981B2
A moving-object position/attitude estimation apparatus includes: an image-capturing unit configured to acquire a captured image; a comparative image acquiring unit configured to acquire a comparative image viewed from a predetermined position at a predetermined attitude angle; a likelihood setting unit configured to compare the captured image with the comparative image and to assigns a high attitude angle likelihood to the comparative image and to assigns a high position likelihood to the comparative image; a moving-object position/attitude estimation unit configured to estimate the attitude angle of the moving object based on the attitude angle of the comparative image assigned the high attitude angle likelihood and to estimate the position of the moving object based on the position of the comparative image assigned the high position likelihood.
US09797979B2
An RFID tag reading system and method estimate bearings of RFID tags. When the RSSI of a primary and/or secondary RFID receive signal is below a threshold, a primary receive beam is steered in a limited scan to an array of locations distributed around the location at which the RSSI of the primary receive signal is a maximum, and the RSSI of the primary receive signal is recorded at each location. The recorded RSSIs are processed to determine an effective weighted center of distribution of the recorded RSSIs, and the bearing for the tag based on the weighted center of distribution is thus estimated.
US09797978B1
The invention is directed to a UAV, system, and method for radio frequency spectral analysis. Accordingly, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) having a flight body, a flight module, a geolocation module, and a signal detection module is utilized to detect and store signal data associated with various radio signal(s) during flight. The signal data may then be displayed on a processing device to provide a user with a visualization of the signal data parameters in various points of three dimensional space and at particular recorded times.
US09797976B2
A device includes a first biosensor of a biosensor array; a second biosensor of a biosensor array; a readout circuit electrically connected to the biosensor array; a decoder electrically connected to the biosensor array; a voltage generator electrically connected to the biosensor array; and a decision system electrically connected to the voltage generator and the readout circuit.
US09797974B2
A method for providing an magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with nonrigid motion correction of an object is provided. An MRI excitation is applied to the object. A magnetic field read out from the object using a plurality of sensor coils. Spatially localized motion estimates are obtained for each sensor coil of the plurality of sensor coils. The motion estimates are used for each sensor coil to provide motion correction.
US09797970B2
Representative methods and systems are disclosed for reducing image distortion or increasing spatial resolution in echo planar magnetic resonance imaging. In representative embodiments, a targeted field of view (FOV) image is divided into segments, with each segment having a predetermined overlap region with an adjacent segment, such as in a phase-encoding direction. Image data is acquired for each segment, sequentially or simultaneously, using a reduced phase-encoding FOV with a 2D radiofrequency (RF) excitation pulse, and rotated and scaled magnetic field gradients. The 2D RF excitation pulse may also be modulated, such as onto a plurality of different carrier frequencies, for simultaneous acquisition of multiple segments in the same imaging plane. Using the spatial response of the 2D RF excitation pulse, the acquired image data for each segment of the plurality of segments is combined to generate a combined magnetic resonance image having the targeted field of view.
US09797967B2
Gradient coils are operated to acquire magnetic resonance (MR) signals encoding a first MRI image over a first region inside a main magnet of the MRI system in which at least a portion of a subject is placed, the first region being located within a volume of uniform magnetic field with inhomogeneity below a defined threshold. An active coil is energized to shift the volume of uniform magnetic field such that a second region inside the main magnet of the MRI system is located within the shifted volume of uniform magnetic field, at least a portion of the second region being located outside of the volume of uniform magnetic field before the volume of uniform magnetic field has been shifted. The gradient coil is operated to acquire MR signals encoding a second MRI image over the second region.
US09797958B2
A monitoring system having a monitoring unit and a circuit element that are integrated in an enclosure for protecting connections between the monitoring unit and the circuit element. The monitoring unit monitors the circuit element via a first electrical quantity, and the monitoring unit has a control unit and a first circuit unit and a second circuit unit. The first current is essentially or precisely equal in amplitude to the first current, and the first current and the second current flow simultaneously in the two line sections. The first current direction is opposite to the second current direction, and the first circuit unit ascertains a first voltage drop at the first line section, and the second circuit unit ascertains a second voltage drop at the second line section. The control unit ascertains the first electrical quantity from the first voltage drop and the second voltage drop.
US09797944B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, in particular to a test fixture, comprising a pressing connection mechanism (1), an eccentric mechanism (2), and a working carrier (3), the pressing connection mechanism (1) and the working carrier (3) being arranged correspondingly, and the rotation of the eccentric mechanism (2) driving the pressing connection mechanism (1) to move up and down in a Y direction so as to conduct a signal pressing connection test for a tested product on the working carrier (3). The test fixture has a simple structure and steady properties, easy to be operated and maintained conveniently.
US09797941B2
A DC arc fault detection module includes an LF current section, an LF voltage section, and an HF current section having a plurality of outputs, each output being associated with a respective one of a plurality of frequency sub-bands. The HF current section is structured to, for each of the frequency sub-bands, (i) detect a rise in energy of the frequency sub-band above a first predetermined threshold level for at least a certain amount of time and (ii) cause the associated output to indicate a rise in energy detection in response to detecting the rise in energy above the associated threshold level for at least the associated certain amount of time. The module includes a processing device structured to determine whether a DC arc fault has occurred based on the outputs from the LF and HF current and LF voltage sections.
US09797931B2
To provide a measurement method of characteristics of an electrical element which causes variation in the luminance of pixels. In a device which includes components (pixels) arranged in a matrix and a wiring and where each component is capable of supplying current to the wiring through an electrical element included in each component, supply and non-supply of current of N components are individually set and current flowing through the wiring is measured N times. In the respective N measurements, combinations of the supply and non-supply of current in N components capable of supplying current to the wiring differ from one another. The amount of current flowing through each electrical element is obtained based on current obtained by the N measurements and the combinations of supply and non-supply of current in the N measurements.
US09797920B2
An electronic device monitors accelerations using a motion sensor. The electronic device determines a current motion state based on the accelerations. The electronic device identifies a plurality of applications that subscribe to a motion state identification service and notifies a subset of the applications of the current motion state, the subset meeting notification criteria associated with the current motion state.
US09797917B2
An apparatus and method for detecting microplate well surface contact and setting standoff is provided. The apparatus may include a sample probe, coupled to a spring-loaded carriage, and a sensor configured to detect when the sample probe is in contact with a surface. The sample probe is moved toward a surface of a well in a well-plate until the sample end of the sample probe contacts the surface, whereby the carriage allows the probe to be displaced. Displacement of the probe is detected by the sensor and further downward movement of the carriage is stopped. A processor records the location of the sample probe and sets standoff based on the recorded location.
US09797915B2
In an analyzing system including a commanding unit for sending a command and an executing unit for executing a processing upon receiving the command, a processing instruction may not be executed at the right time due to a heavy traffic of information and other factors. In order to solve this problem, in a preparative separation system 1 according to the present invention, a PC 20 provides the execution time for starting/finishing the fractionation processing to a controller 18. Therefore, even in the case where the time of the PC 20 and that of the controller 18 are not synchronized, the controller 18 can accurately set the execution time for starting/finishing the fractionation in a preparative separation unit 16. A piping 17 may be placed so that the traveling time of sample components is sufficiently larger than the delay time of signals due to the signal transfer lag and other reasons. This can absorb the delay time, allowing the units to cooperate with each other at a correct timing.
US09797912B2
The invention relates to a method of diagnosing or assessing an inflammatory bowel disease in a subject, comprising comparing the level of one or more markers in a tissue or body fluid of the subject relative to a reference value for the one or more markers, wherein the marker is selected from the group consisting of Secretogranin-1 or a fragment thereof, guanylin or a fragment thereof, SPP 24 or a fragment thereof, AMBP or a fragment thereof; and serglycin or a fragment thereof.
US09797910B2
The present invention relates to an assay for determining endogenous levels of analyte in vivo. In particular, the present invention is directed to an assay for determining endogenous levels of stromal cell-derived factor (SDF-1) isoforms in vivo.
US09797907B2
Described herein are compositions and methods of use of anti-Trop-2 antibodies or antigen-binding fragment thereof to isolate, enrich, detect, diagnose and/or characterize circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from patients with a Trop-2 positive cancer. Preferably, the antibody is an RS7, 162-46.2 or MAB650 antibody. The compositions and methods are of use to detect, diagnose and/or treat metastatic Trop-2+ cancers, such as breast, ovarian, cervical, endometrial, lung, prostate, colon, rectum, stomach, esophageal, bladder, renal, pancreatic, thyroid, epithelial or head-and-neck cancer.
US09797902B2
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods that are useful for normalizing the amount of signal detected in an assay, such as an immunoassay. The compositions and methods are useful for improving the accuracy of immunoassays, such as immunoassays that detect whether a subject is infected with a retrovirus such as HIV.
US09797889B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for the assembly of a bioluminescent complex from two or more non-luminescent (e.g., substantially non-luminescent) peptide and/or polypeptide units. In particular, bioluminescent activity is conferred upon a non-luminescent polypeptide via structural complementation with another, complementary non-luminescent peptide.
US09797883B2
The present invention relates to generating hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes and embryoid bodies that recapitulate the disease phenotype of Long QT Syndrome and their use in developing pharmacological treatments thereof. The present invention also includes the use of a compound which inhibits the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway for the preparation of a medicament for the prophylaxis or treatment of a disease associated with prolonged ventricular repolarization (cardiac arrhythmia) caused by one or more mutations in the amino acid sequence of the hERG potassium channel.
US09797879B2
Disclosed herein is a method of generating a high resolution image of a cellular sample, the method including i) labeling a cellular sample with at least one mass tag, thereby producing a labeled sample in which a biological feature of interest is associated with the at least one mass tag, ii) scanning the sample with a continuous or near-continuous primary ion beam to generate sputtered secondary ions and sputtered neutral species, iii) photoionizing the sputtered neutrals to generate ionized neutral species, wherein the sputtered neutrals are photoionized at a site that is proximal to their source on the sample, iv) detecting the ionized neutral species by mass spectrometry, thereby obtaining spatially addressed measurements of the abundance of the at least one mass tag across an area of the sample, and v) producing an image of the sample using the measurements. A system for performing the method is also provided.
US09797876B2
A measurement system includes semiconductor light sources generating an input beam, optical amplifiers receiving the input beam and delivering an intermediate beam, and fused silica fibers with core diameters less than 400 microns receiving and delivering the intermediate beam to the fibers forming a first optical beam. A nonlinear element receives the first optical beam and broadens the spectrum to at least 10 nm through a nonlinear effect to form the output optical beam which includes a near-infrared wavelength of 700-2500 nm. A measurement apparatus is configured to receive the output optical beam and deliver it to a sample to generate a spectroscopy output beam. A receiver receives the spectroscopy output beam having a bandwidth of at least 10 nm and processes the beam to generate an output signal, wherein the light source and the receiver are remote from the sample, and wherein the sample comprises plastics or food industry goods.
US09797865B2
An electromagnetic testing assembly to predict a usable life of an installed vacuum interrupter in the field, which can include an electromagnetic testing device connected to a flexible magnetic field coil to generate a potential in a vacuum interrupter in an installation, magnetically monitor ion flow across one or more gaps in the vacuum interrupter, and apply trend data, tube chart information, and an algorithm to predict the usable life.
US09797859B2
Methods are disclosed for measuring an analyte concentration in a fluidic sample. Such methods allow one to correct and/or compensate for confounding variables such as temperature before providing an analyte concentration. The measurement methods use response information from a test sequence having at least one DC block, where the DC block includes at least one excitation pulse and at least one recovery pulse, and where a closed circuit condition of an electrode system is maintained during the at least one recovery pulse. Information encoded in the at least one recovery pulse is used to correct/compensate for temperature effects on the analyte concentration. Also disclosed are devices, apparatuses and systems incorporating the various measurement methods.
US09797858B2
A method of measuring a quantity of a substrate contained in sample liquid is provided. This method can reduce measurement errors caused by a biosensor. The biosensor includes at least a pair of electrodes on an insulating board and is inserted into a measuring device which includes a supporting section for supporting detachably the biosensor, plural connecting terminals to be coupled to the respective electrodes, and a driving power supply which applies a voltages to the respective electrodes via the connecting terminals. One of the electrodes of the biosensor is connected to the first and second connecting terminals of the measuring device only when the biosensor is inserted into the measuring device in a given direction and has a structure such that the electrode becomes conductive between the first and second connecting terminals due to a voltage application by the driving power supply.
US09797852B2
An applied voltage control device is used for a sensor, in which a direct current corresponding to an oxygen amount flows when a DC voltage is applied to the sensor, and an alternating current corresponding to a sensor impedance flows when an AC voltage is applied to the sensor. The applied voltage control device includes: a filtering unit that sets a cutoff frequency of the AC voltage applied to the sensor variable.
US09797846B2
An inspection method for inspecting a substrate by using an optical image obtained by irradiating the substrate with light from a light source through an optical unit, and causing the light reflected by the substrate to be incident to a sensor, includes adjusting a focus offset value such that a focal distance for setting the signal-to-noise ratio of a programmed defect to the maximum level, is obtained by acquiring the optical image while changing a focal distance between the surface in which a first pattern is provided and the optical unit. The substrate includes the first pattern, a second pattern on the same plane as the first pattern, the programmed defect in the second pattern, and a third pattern on the same plane as the first pattern. The existence of a defect is detected by acquiring the optical image of the first pattern after the focus offset is adjusted.
US09797845B2
This invention addresses technical problem of optimizing output of a melt cascade, which is used in production of mineral fiber (so called mineral wool as known in state of the art being stone wool, slag wool or other type of mineral wool). These technical problems are solved by steps of determining (a) trajectory of movement of a melt stream, (b) melt concentration relative to surrounding air between the first and the second rotating wheels, and (c) movement vector, and further by regulating of movement of melt stream (i.e., drop mass), said regulation mostly achieved through variation in point of contact of melt and rotating wheel or plurality thereof. This is achieved by determining three key parameters: (a) trajectory of movement of melt stream, (b) melt concentration relative to surrounding air between the first and the second rotating wheels, and (c) movement vector, and further by analyzing these three key.
US09797837B2
There are provided a detector and a detection method capable of detecting a biological sample with high sensitivity. A detector is provided with a microchamber array including a plurality of storage sections to be filled with a hydrophilic solvent containing a biological sample; and an image sensor in which picture elements are disposed corresponding to the storage sections, wherein the microchamber array includes a flow channel in communication with openings of the storage sections; a hydrophobic solvent supply unit arranged in continuity with the flow channel; and a through-hole which allows the hydrophilic solvent to enter and exit the flow channel, and the hydrophobic solvent supply unit flows a hydrophobic solvent into the flow channel by an externally-applied force.
US09797821B2
The present invention provides a method for testing a helmet that uses a risk function that incorporates both linear and rotational acceleration to predict the helmet's ability to prevent a concussion. In certain embodiments, the testing matrix includes 3 impact energy levels and 4 impact locations, for a total of 12 testing conditions per helmet.
US09797817B2
Sandwich separation is based on forming a sandwich complex with a magnetic bead, buoyant bead, and a target. Once a sandwich formation is created, the sandwich can be separated using its dual physical properties, namely magnetism and buoyancy. Sandwich separation is highly specific, allows for removal of the beads that do not have any attached target, and reduces the number of background beads. Sandwich separation can also be used to allow for target detection in raw specimen. Also, improvement of detection capability is accomplished by performing AMBR measurements on a solid interface, where the rotational period speeds up and allows for dramatically reduced time-to-result.
US09797816B2
Exemplary embodiments of apparatus and method for facilitating an analysis of a sample(s) can be provided. For example, using a first arrangement(s), it can be possible to receive the sample(s) thereon. Further, for example, using a second arrangement(s), it can be possible to cause a force to be applied on a portion(s) of the sample(s) such that a surface(s) of the sample(s) can be flattened against a section(s) of the first arrangement(s).
US09797814B2
A probe for monitoring electrical conductivity of ground water in soil is provided. The probe includes a hollow tube that includes (a) an upper tube section with an apertured stopper, (b) a lower tube section, aligned with the upper tube section and having a porous ceramic cap for inserting into soil, and (c) a T-fitting connecting between the tube sections and having an apertured T-fitting stopper. A vacuum tube is inserted through the T-fitting stopper aperture; and a conductivity sensor electrode is inserted through the upper tube section stopper aperture. The conductivity sensor electrode includes a pair of electrode poles that are spaced apart at a distance of 3-5 mm and the distance between the conductivity sensor electrode and the hollow tube is greater than 3 mm, whereby interference by air bubbles in the ground water is mitigated.
US09797812B2
Methods and systems for predicting a filter lifetime include building a filter effectiveness history based on contaminant sensor information associated with a filter; determining a rate of filter consumption with a processor based on the filter effectiveness history; and determining a remaining filter lifetime based on the determined rate of filter consumption. Methods and systems for increasing filter economy include measuring contaminants in an internal and an external environment; determining a cost of a corrosion rate increase if unfiltered external air intake is increased for cooling; determining a cost of increased air pressure to filter external air; and if the cost of filtering external air exceeds the cost of the corrosion rate increase, increasing an intake of unfiltered external air.
US09797810B2
An assembly, system and method is disclosed for measuring fatigue and durability of a bicycle frame by applying and measuring a precise input of force to a frame. The system of the present invention is configured to measure failure points of different constructions and size of bicycle frames including carbon fiber, aluminum and steel frame constructions.
US09797808B2
A method and system for diagnosing gear condition by comparing data collected from each member of a set of coupled gears, including mating gears. Data containing vibrations or other signals from the set of coupled gears are collected. Condition indicators are calculated from the vibration data. The values of these condition indicators are compared for each pair of coupled gears. A divergence of the condition indicators as indicated by the comparison may indicate the presence of a faulted or otherwise anomalous condition. Such indication may be provided to a user. In one variation, the vibration data are used to calculate a synchronous average for each gear and the condition indicators are based on the synchronous average.
US09797805B2
A test object for measuring the point spread function (PSF) of an optical system having a given Airy diameter (dAiry) comprises a structure to be imaged having a plurality of structure elements to be imaged, wherein the structure elements are embodied and arranged in such a way that the structure has at least two axes of symmetry.
US09797802B2
A method for developing a virtual testing model of a subject for use in simulated aerodynamic testing comprises providing a computer generated generic 3D mesh of the subject, identifying a dimension of the subject and at least one reference point on the subject, imaging the subject to develop point cloud data representing at least the subject's outer surface and adapting the generic 3D mesh to the subject. The generic 3D mesh is adapted by modifying it to have a corresponding dimension and at least one corresponding reference point, and applying at least a portion of the point cloud data from the imaged subject's outer surface at selected locations to scale the generic 3D mesh to correspond to the subject, thereby developing the virtual testing model specific to the subject.
US09797801B2
A structural health monitoring system comprising intelligent sensors, wherein the intelligent sensors are individually programmable and can be tuned to listen to specific frequencies based on a scaling factor based on the sensor's location in the system being monitored, a set of pre-known frequencies based on the sensor's location in the system being monitored, and the output of a central frequency-based system sensor.
US09797795B2
A pressure sensing pad includes a flexible planar layer having a two-dimensional sensing area, and an optical fiber embedded in the plane of the flexible planar layer traversing the two-dimensional sensing area in a particular configuration. At least one end of the fiber optic strain sensor has a connector that is connectable to an interferometric-based fiber optic interrogation and processing system. When the connector is connected to the an interferometric-based fiber optic interrogation and processing system and pressure is applied to the pressure sensing pad, a signal from the optical fiber is provided to and processed by the interferometric-based fiber optic interrogation and processing system to determine a two-dimensional pressure map for the two-dimensional sensing area.
US09797787B2
A temperature detector and method of measuring temperature to obtain temperature readings in environments, such as fluids and gasses, by measuring electrical characteristics of the temperature detector that are influenced by the temperature. The temperature detector can be arranged such that a plurality of measurements can be obtained to provide sufficient diversity and redundancy of the measurements for enhanced diagnostics to be performed, such as optimization for fast dynamic response, calibration stability, in-situ response time testability, and in-situ calibration testability.
US09797778B2
An imager for obtaining an image of an object includes a substrate including a plurality of electrical emitting units for emitting electromagnetic waves and a plurality of electrical detecting units for detecting the electromagnetic waves reflected by the object. Each emitting unit includes an electrical emitter, a first antenna, a first metallic reflector, and a first dielectric element between the first antenna and the first metallic reflector. Each detecting unit includes an electrical detector, a second antenna, a second metallic reflector, and a second dielectric element between the second antenna and the second metallic reflector.
US09797776B2
This invention discloses a laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) apparatus based on a high repetition rate pulsed laser. The laser produces a train of laser pulses at a high repetition rate in the kHz or even higher range. When the laser beam hits the sample, it generates several thousands of micro-plasma emissions per second. Synchronized miniature CCD array optical spectrometer modules collect the LIBS signal from these micro-plasma emissions. By adjusting the integration time of the spectrometer to cover a plurality of periods of the laser pulse train, the spectrometer integrates the LIBS signal produced by this plurality of laser pulses. Hence the intensity of the obtained LIBS spectrum can be greatly improved to increase the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and lower the limit of detection (LOD). In addition, the influence of pulse to pulse variation of the laser is minimized since the obtained LIBS spectrum is the spectrum of a plurality of micro-plasma emissions produced by a plurality of laser pulses. The high repetition rate laser also makes it possible to measure the LIBS signal at a short and a long integration time and mathematically combining the two spectra to obtain a LIBS spectrum with enhanced dynamic range.
US09797774B2
A spectrometry system includes an imaging apparatus that includes an imaging element which captures an image, and a spectroscopic module that includes a wavelength variable interference filter and an attachment unit which holds the wavelength variable interference filter, is provided to be attachable to and detachable from the imaging apparatus, and can dispose the wavelength variable interference filter on an optical path of incident light to the imaging element during attachment to the imaging apparatus.
US09797772B2
A method for controlling the gain and zero of a multiple pixel photon counter device, and light-measuring system implementing said method.Signals provided by the device are acquired for predefined periods, until a predefined total measurement time is reached, an amplitude histogram is formed from the acquired signals, the positions of two consecutive peaks, measurable on the histogram, are determined, an error signal is produced, which is equal to the deviation between both peaks and, by means of the same, the voltage supplying the device is regulated, so as to keep the deviation equal to a predefined set point.
US09797761B2
A liquid level measurement device and method for a wastewater tank or tanks in a recreational vehicle may be implemented by attaching a visual liquid level measuring module (such as a liquid level sight or a mechanical pressure gage) to the inlet of a gate valve that is configured for attachment to the outlet of a recreational vehicle wastewater dump system. The visual liquid level measuring module is configured to entirely fit inboard of the sidewalls of the recreational vehicle and underneath the floor of the recreational vehicle. The liquid level of the wastewater tank may be measured by (a) closing the gate valve, (b) opening a shutoff valve upstream of the gate valve but downstream of the wastewater tank, and (c) reading the level of the liquid indicated by the visual liquid level indicating device.
US09797759B2
Integrated pipe pressure and temperature sensors and related methods are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a housing including an opening to provide a fluid flow path. The fluid flow path is to be coaxially aligned with a fluid flow path of a pipe when the housing is coupled to the pipe. The example apparatus includes a sensor disposed in the housing. The sensor includes an electrically conductive deformable material.
US09797758B2
Method for operating a vortex flowmeter device for measuring the flow of a fluid that flows through a measuring tube in which a baffle is arranged for producing eddies in the fluid. A signal-processing device processes signals of first and sensors produced by pressure fluctuations. A first signal is obtained by multiplication of the signal of the first sensor with a correction factor, and the second signal is obtained by multiplication of the signal of the second sensor with another correction factor such that a wanted signal is obtained from the deviation between the first signal and second signals, and a sum signal is formed from the sum of the first and second signals. A correlation between the wanted signal and the sum signal is determined and the correlation is minimized by variation of the correction factors, whereby same-phase interfering signals superimposed on anti-phase sensor signals are at least minimized.
US09797757B2
A sensor is placed on a plate lowered into the hollow of the shaft and guided by taut wires between a lower attachment device and an upper motorized winder. The deformations, responsible for measurement errors and caused either by static deformations, produced by the weight or poor construction of the apparatus, or by vibrations, are to a large extent eliminated.
US09797753B1
Rotary encoders suitable for inclusion within small form factor devices (e.g., as input devices to small form factor electronic devices) are disclosed. In one aspect, a light source can illuminate a pattern on a rotatable shaft in order to reflect the pattern onto an array of optical sensors. Each optical sensor from the array of optical sensors can be polled at the same time to yield a snapshot vector. The snapshot vector can be projected onto a subspace spanned by two vectors selected in part on the pattern of the rotatable shaft and the distance separating the shaft and array. The resulting projection can be used to determine error and phase of the reflected pattern across the array of optical sensors. The phase of the reflected pattern can correlate to rotation of the shaft.
US09797752B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an optical encoder for an electronic device. The optical encoder comprises an elongated shaft and a plurality of markings axially disposed around a circumference of the elongated shaft. The optical encoder also includes an optical sensor. In embodiments, the optical sensor includes an emitter and an array of photodiodes. The emitter and the array of photodiodes may be radially aligned with respect to the elongated shaft or axially aligned with respect to the shaft.
US09797746B2
Systems and methods for detecting a magnetic target include a plurality of magnetic field sensing elements arranged about a central point. Each one of the plurality of magnetic field sensing elements is configured to measure a magnetic field produced by a magnetic target and provide a respective output signal that represents a respective measurement of a strength of the magnetic field. A processor circuit is coupled to receive the output signal from each one of the plurality of magnetic field sensing elements and determine a barycenter of the measurements of the magnetic field based on a position of the magnetic field sensing elements.
US09797745B2
An inductive drawing or feeding device for inductively drawing off or feeding in electrical energy/electricity by electric vehicles is connected to a power grid. The inductive drawing or feeding device includes a measuring device configured to measure at least one physical parameter representing the electrical energy inductively transmitted through the associated drawing or feeding device. The inductive drawing or feeding device also includes an identifier for identifying the owner of the connection of the inductive drawing or feeding device. The inductive drawing of feeding device further includes a comparing device configured to compare the at least one physical parameter measured at a connecting side with at least one physical parameter measured at a drawing off or feeding side.
US09797740B2
A method of determining trajectories (1810-1813) through at least one junction of a transportation network for display on a visual representation of a digital map, the digital map comprising data that is a digital representation of the transportation network. The method comprises obtaining positional information relating to the movement of a plurality of mobile devices with respect to time on the transportation network through an area (1801) comprising the at least one junction, the border of the area being divided into a plurality of segments. The positional information is used to create an entry histogram (1802) by determining a count of positional information that enters the area at each segment of the border and an exit histogram (1804) by determining a count of positional information that exits the area at each segment of the border; the histograms subsequently being used to define one or more entry (1806) and exits (1808) gates into and out of the area (1801). A trajectory through the area is assigned to pairs of entry and exit gates using the positional information.
US09797735B2
Disclosed is a feature for a vehicle that enables taking precautionary actions in response to conditions on the road network around or ahead of the vehicle, in particular, a blind intersection along a section of road. A database that represents the road network is used to determine locations where a blind intersection is located along a section of road. Then, precautionary action data is added to the database to indicate a location at which a precautionary action is to be taken about the blind intersection located along the section of road. A precautionary action system installed in a vehicle uses this database, or a database derived therefrom, in combination with a positioning system to determine when the vehicle is at a location that corresponds to the location of a precautionary action. When the vehicle is at such a location, a precautionary action is taken by a vehicle system as the vehicle is approaching a blind intersection.
US09797733B2
Navigation system and method of determining a vehicle position A navigation system comprises an image sensor configured to capture image data. A map database comprises street lighting data which includes, for a plurality of street lights (41), position data indicating a position (31) at which a street light (41) is installed and height data indicating a height (34) at which a light source (42) of the street light (41) is located. A processing device is configured to refine a position estimate by analyzing the image data using the street lighting data.
US09797732B2
This disclosure is directed to enhancing the navigation solution of a portable device using map information. Sensor data for the portable device may be used to derive a navigation solution. Position information for the device may be estimated using the navigation solution. Map information for an area encompassing a current location of the user may also be obtained. Multiple hypotheses regarding possible positions of the portable device may be generated using the estimated position information and the map information. By managing and processing the hypotheses, updated estimated position information may be provided. The updated estimated position information may be provided as output or feedback to enhance the navigation solution.
US09797729B1
Systems and methods for automatic adjustment of a wearable device are provided. One embodiment of a method includes determining whether a navigation sensor is in a desired position and, in response to determining that the navigation sensor is not in a desired position, determining a desired modification to the navigation sensor for achieving the desired position. Some embodiments include determining a change of a repositioning device for achieving the desired modification to the navigation sensor and actuating the repositioning device to implement the change.
US09797727B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for determining the misalignment between a device and a platform (such as for example a vessel or vehicle) using acceleration and/or deceleration of the platform, wherein the device can be strapped or non-strapped to the platform, wherein in case of non-strapped the mobility of the device may be constrained or unconstrained within the platform. In case of non-strapped, the device may be moved or tilted to any orientation within the platform and still provide a seamless navigation solution without degrading the performance of this navigation solution. When the device is in a holder in the platform, it is still considered non-strapped, as it may move with respect to the platform. The present method can utilize measurements (readings) from sensors (such as for example, accelerometers, odometer/wheel encoders, gyroscopes, etc.) whether in the presence or in the absence of navigational information updates (such as, for example, Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) or WiFi positioning).
US09797726B2
A reduced-order fail-safe inertial measurement unit system. A first inertial measurement unit device includes a plurality of accelerometers measuring linear accelerations and gyroscopes measuring angular velocities. A second inertial measurement unit device includes a reduced number of accelerometers and gyroscopes relative to the first inertial measurement unit device measuring at least two linear accelerations and at least one angular velocity. A processor receives acceleration data from the first and second inertial measurement units. The processor detects faulty data measurements from the first inertial measurement unit. The processor supplements the faulty data measurements of the first inertial measurement unit with transformed data generated as a function of the measurement data from the second inertial measurement unit. The processor applies predetermined transformation solutions to transform the measurement data from the second inertial measurement unit into the transformed data. The processing unit provides the transformed data to the safety applications of the vehicle.
US09797724B2
Provided is a capsize risk level calculation system which can calculate a capsize risk level providing an index of the capsize risk on an oscillation of hull without using hull information. This system includes an acceleration sensor detecting a reciprocating motion in an up-down direction of a vessel as an oscillation in an up-down direction of a virtual oscillation center axis; an angular velocity sensor detecting a simple pendulum motion in a rolling direction around the vessel center axis as a simple pendulum motion of the vessel COG around the oscillation center axis; and an arithmetic part calculating a capsize risk level from an oscillation radius connecting between the oscillation center axis and the vessel COG, and a capsize limit oscillation radius connecting between the oscillation center axis and the vessel metacenter, which are obtained on the results of detection by the acceleration sensor and the angular velocity sensor.
US09797716B2
A plenoptic camera captures a plenoptic image of an object illuminated by a point source (preferably, collimated illumination). The plenoptic image is a sampling of the four-dimensional light field reflected from the object. The plenoptic image is made up of superpixels, each of which is made up of subpixels. Each superpixel captures light from a certain region of the object (i.e., a range of x,y spatial locations) and the subpixels within a superpixel capture light propagating within a certain range of directions (i.e., a range of u,v spatial directions). Accordingly, optical properties estimation, surface normal reconstruction, depth estimation, and three-dimensional rendering can be provided by processing only a single plenoptic image. In one approach, the plenoptic image is used to estimate the bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) of the object surface.
US09797709B2
Method of measuring the thickness of a layer by a light source irradiating the layer with a light beam, which light source is controlled by a sinusoidal control signal having a modulation frequency fm so that the light beam presents optical power that is sinusoidally modulated at the modulation frequency, the measurement method consisting in: using detector elements to determine a calibration phase shift (Δφcal) between the optical power and the control signal; heating the layer with the light beam; using the detector elements to detect a sinusoidal component of a heat flux radiated by the layer; calculating a phase shift (Δφth/opt) between the sinusoidal component of the radiated heat flux and the optical power of the light beam while taking account of the calibration phase shift; and determining the thickness of the layer of material as a function of the phase shift (Δφth/opt).
US09797707B2
A gage apparatus includes a probe, a processor, and a memory. The probe includes a plurality of transmitters and a plurality of receivers both aligned in an axial direction along the probe. The processor is in electronic communication with the plurality of transmitters and the plurality of receivers. The memory is in electronic communication with the processor. The memory includes programming code for execution by the processor. The programming code is configured to determine a length of a structure disposed adjacent to the probe based on which of the plurality of receivers receive signals transmitted by the plurality of transmitters and reflected off the structure.
US09797698B2
The invention relates to a common carrier munition ammunition device, more particularly to common carrier payload delivery shell.There is provided a common carrier munition comprising a tail unit, a main body which comprises a payload cavity for receiving a payload, a fuze, and located between said main body and the fuze an ogive element, wherein the tail unit and main body comprise cooperatively engaging male and female threaded portions, wherein at least one of the threads is a shearable thread.
US09797693B1
A low-cost, reliable and easy to use kit for neutralizing surface exposed landmine and unexploded ordnance for humanitarian demining is based on a liquid fuel and a solid/soluble fuel. Both fuels are premeasured in separate, sealed containers. The addition of a small quantity of solid/soluble fuel into the liquid creates an explosive. The resulting mixture is capable of detonating with a standard No. 8 blasting cap. The solid/soluble fuel can be in the form of a powder, tablet, or its saturated solution in water. The solid/soluble fuel is hexamethylenetetramine. The liquid fuel, nitromethane, is provided in premeasured quantities. User is provided instructions for choosing the appropriate quantity of liquid fuel, the corresponding solid/soluble fuel required, the method of mixing, placement and detonation of the kits. Also disclosed is a simple wooden stand to hold the bottle of explosive in place. A special fuel, liquid 2-ethylhexylnitrate, is provided to desensitize the mixed and sensitized explosive.
US09797678B2
A firing mechanism of an airsoft gun includes, in combination a gun body; a sleeve in a rear portion of the gun body; a discharge tube in a front end of the sleeve; a retaining ring on the front end of the sleeve; at least one assembly, each including an air canister and a piercing member facing the air canister; a locking member put on a rear end of the sleeve and configured to rotate to cause the piercing member to pierce the air canister of each of the at least one assembly; and an electromagnetic valve configured to activate by pulling a trigger. In response to opening the electromagnetic valve, pressurized air from the assembly drives a pellet out of the gun body.
US09797677B2
A compressed air cannon includes a launch pipe and a gas tube. The launch pipe has a closed end and an open end. The gas tube is into the top of the launch pipe, where the gas tube has an outlet directed toward the closed end of the launch pipe.
US09797675B2
An archery equipment conveyance bag including a container member, having a closure cover provided upon its upper surface, and connected thereto by means of a zipper, or other connectors, the bag being separated by at least one or more dividers, formed of rigid polymer or related material, so that a plurality of bows may be located within the formed compartments within the bag, and in an alternative arrangement, include a series of aligned tubes for holding arrows within the bag during transit or storage. Various pouches or accessory compartments may be applied to the outer surface of the conveyance bag, even those that may be removable, for aid in the conveyance of the accessories used during archery performance. In addition, the conveyance bag may rest upon and connect with a dolly member, in order to facilitate the wheeled movement of the archery ladened conveyance bag to another location, during application and usage.
US09797667B2
A self-contained magazine intended for a firearm, including a main housing configured to receive a plurality of cartridges and having an open upper end through which the cartridges are loaded and unloaded, a follower arranged relative to the main housing and able to slide in a longitudinal axial direction along the main housing, a spring urging the follower toward the upper end so as to push the cartridges toward the upper end, a secondary housing fixed and preferably removably relative to a substantially planar lower end of the main housing, and an indicator device arranged at least partially inside the secondary housing to indicate the number of cartridges contained in the main housing.
US09797662B2
A modular system for heat exchange between fluids includes a plurality of open elements that, by means of two end plates, are connected together. An open element is constituted of a folded and sealed sheet material that is arranged in a frame.
US09797660B2
A heat sink assembly includes a base block having a straight mounting groove on the middle and two U-shaped mounting grooves at two opposite lateral sides, cooling fins installed in the top wall of the base block, each cooling fin having multiple tight-fit mounting holes, a U-shaped heat pipe having a lower segment peripherally press-fitted into the straight mounting groove in flush with the bottom wall of the base block and an upper segment tightly inserted into one respective tight-fit mounting hole of each cooling fin, and two symmetrical, curved heat pipes with respective U-shaped lower segments thereof respectively and peripherally press-fitted into the U-shaped mounting grooves in flush with the bottom wall of the base block and respective upper segments thereof tightly inserted into respective tight-fit mounting holes of each cooling fin. Thus, heat can be drawn upwards from a heat source and evenly distributed through the cooling fins.
US09797655B2
An apparatus for drying wood veneer includes an elongate drying chamber including a conveyor for conveying material to be dried from an input end to an output end; and a cooling section for cooling veneer leaving the output end of the drying chamber, the cooling section including a pressure controller for maintaining a pressure in the cooling section that is slightly higher than pressure in the drying chamber while maintaining a near-zero pressure differential between the drying chamber and the cooling section.
US09797652B1
An invention for rapid chilling or heating of both carbonated and non-carbonated fluids is disclosed. The invention is a fluid dispensing device that can rapidly cool or heat carbonated or non-carbonated liquid from room temperature to a desired temperature. The electric on-demand device allows pour-through and pump-through fluid dispensing and temperature control.
US09797651B2
A system for facilitating communication of information between an information source positioned inside a refrigerated environment and a position outside the refrigerated environment comprising a transmitter for transmitting a signal including the information, a planar antenna fixed to a gasket for resonating the transmitted signal, the gasket providing a seal between the refrigerated compartment and a door providing access to the refrigerated compartment, and a receiver for receiving the signal including the information. The information could include information concerning at least one container positioned in a refrigerated environment. The system may utilize a Wi-Fi device, a Bluetooth® device, RFID device, or other devices for transmitting the information.
US09797645B2
The invention relates to a method for transporting heat-sensitive products in a refrigerated lorry of the indirect injection type, wherein the temperature Tint inside the storage chamber is regulated by varying the pinch of the exchanger (Pinch=Tint−TFluid outflow) according to the position of the internal temperature Tint in relation to a temperature set value.
US09797637B2
A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a compressor, a condenser, a first subcooling device that subcools a refrigerant by exchanging heat with the air, a second subcooling device that performs a heat exchange between refrigerant streams that have been branched by a branch pipe, thereby subcooling one of the refrigerant streams, a flow control device that adjusts a flow rate of the second stream of the refrigerant and passes this refrigerant through the second subcooling device, a bypass path that allows the refrigerant passing through the flow control device and the second subcooling device to flow therethrough, an expansion valve, an evaporator, and a controller configured to control an amount of heat exchanged in the first subcooling device and an amount of heat exchanged in the second subcooling device based on a temperature of the air.
US09797629B2
The invention relates to a method for carrying out a heat transfer between alternately working adsorbers (Ad1, Ad2) in an adsorption refrigeration installation comprising an external cooling circuit (Kw) and an external heating circuit (Hw). The method is characterized by a closed heat transfer circuit, connected between the first and the second adsorber, comprising a heat transfer medium (Wm) circulating therein, a heat transfer with the external cooling circuit (Kw) being carried out in the heat transfer circuit via a first heat contact and a heat transfer with the external heating circuit (Hw) being carried out via a second heat contact.
US09797622B2
A heat exchanger for supplying heat includes a housing, a bundle of helical fin-coil tubes, and a flue channel. The housing includes a burner, a water inlet, a water outlet and a flue gas outlet. The burner is disposed on a top portion of the housing and connected to an air/gas mixture unit. The bundle of helical fin-tube coils is disposed tightly, circularly, and coaxially around the burner. The flue channel is disposed below the burner and is formed by a plurality of serpentine bent fin-tube coils. A flow of flue gas vents from the flue channel to the flue gas outlet. The water inlet is connected to the plurality of serpentine bent fin-tube coils which forms the flue channel below the burner. The plurality of serpentine bent fin-tube coils below the burner are connected to the bundle of helical fin-tube coils. The bundle of helical fin-tube coils are connected to the water outlet.
US09797616B2
A navigation device (100) estimates a time when a user utilizing the navigation device (100) comes home, and transmits the estimated expected arrival time to a control device (203) in association with the user identifier of the user. In response to receiving the expected arrival times from a plurality of the navigation devices (100), the control device (203) transmits, to an air conditioner (201), a reservation instruction for setting the room temperature at the home to a predetermined target temperature by the estimated arrival time of the earliest user who is supposed to come home earliest. The air conditioner (201) is turned on in accordance with the transmitted reservation instruction among the users.
US09797612B2
Humidifying apparatus includes a chamber, and a water tank for supplying water to the chamber. A baffle located within the chamber divides the chamber into an inlet section and an outlet section, and guides water received from the water tank along the inlet section to the outlet section. An air flow is conveyed over water stored in the outlet section of the chamber and is emitted from the apparatus. Water within both the inlet section and the outlet section of the chamber is irradiated with ultraviolet radiation. The water within the outlet section is atomized by a transducer to humidify the air flow.
US09797603B2
A boiler unit comprises an enclosure including: a first circuit of a first fluid heat exchange medium, the first circuit having a heating device to heat the first medium, a boost heat exchanger, a valve and a first manifold; a second circuit of a second heating system fluid heat exchange medium, the second circuit having a flow and return port of the boiler unit, a second manifold and said boost heat exchanger for exchange of heat between said first and second heat exchanger media when said valve is open; a space in the enclosure receiving an auxiliary unit to be driven substantially exclusively by said first fluid heat exchange medium; and a boiler control unit to control operation of the heating device according to heat demand of the heating device and otherwise irrespective of the auxiliary unit when connected; and an organic rankine cycle (ORC) unit comprising: a third fluid heat exchange medium circuit, the circuit including a condenser adapted for connection to said second manifold to provide heat to said second circuit, a pump to circulate said third medium, an evaporator adapted for connection to said first manifold to heat said third medium and a rotary expander connected to an electricity generator; and an auxiliary control unit to control the ORC unit and operate said valve.
US09797599B2
A flow splitter distributes solid particles flowing in a fluid, such as coal particles flowing in air, through a piping system. The flow splitter includes a divider housing having an inlet configured to connect to an upstream pipe and having an outlet configured to connect to a plurality of downstream pipes, e.g., by way of a divider head. A divider body is mounted within the divider housing. A plurality of divider vanes is included, each extending from the divider body to the divider housing. The divider housing, divider body, and divider vanes are configured and adapted to reduce non-uniformity in particle concentration from the inlet and to supply a substantially equal particle flow from the outlet to each of the downstream pipes.
US09797586B2
A lighting module includes at least one light source arranged on a first printed circuit board, a support secured to the first printed circuit board, and a light source controlling device connected to the first printed circuit board by a flexible electrical link, the controlling device having integrated retaining means for detachably holding the controlling device on the support.
US09797585B2
LED lighting systems and methods for retro-fitting existing lighting systems such as acorn and other globe style fixtures is disclosed. The retro-fit systems can be provided with an LED driver, an adaptor casting which mounts to industry standard fixture, a riser for adjusting the height of the lighting fixture, and an assembly of an optically active sealing lens, a heat sink and a LED board, wherein the LED lights, which can be made up of a plurality of LEDs, are arranged in concentric rings on the LED board, and are fitted with a sealing lens in the form of a rotated bubble optic with concentric grooves on the inner surface.
US09797584B2
A decorative lighting displaying system for arranging a light cord into a plurality of coils on a stanchion includes a stanchion that extends upwardly from a support surface. A mount is positioned on the stanchion. The mount is vertically oriented on the stanchion. A light cord is wrapped around the stanchion. The mount engages the light cord such that the light cord is retained on the stanchion.
US09797577B2
A wavelength converting device, a method for manufacturing the device and a lighting unit using the device can emit various color lights. The converting device can include a substrate, a filter disposed on the substrate and the wavelength converting layer including a plurality of wavelength converting chips disposed on the filter, and can be manufactured by almost cutting process. The lighting unit using the device includes a laser device, a movable mirror and a controller, which enables the laser device to generate a pulsed laser beam and enables the movable mirror to scan the pulsed laser beam into a respective one of the wavelength converting chips. Thus, the disclosed subject matter can provide the wavelength converting device, which can form various colored light distribution patterns including a white light to use for a headlight and the like, and can provide methods for efficiently manufacturing such the devices with high accuracy.
US09797571B2
A method and apparatus for collecting and projecting light into a specified target illuminance. A lens may be mounted or otherwise paired to a carrier to form a lens/carrier combination, which may then be mounted to a printed circuit board containing a light emitting diode (LED). The lens/carrier combination may establish an optimum optical relationship between the LED and the lens, such that a predetermined photometric distribution of the LED is collected by the lens, while the remaining photometric distribution of the LED is rejected by the carrier. The photometric distribution of neighboring LEDs, if any, may also be rejected by the carrier so that interference light may not be allowed into any lens. A diffuser may then spread the specified target illuminance into a beam pattern that may be compliant with specific standards (e.g., Department of Transportation or Economic Commission for Europe standards).
US09797568B2
A vehicle lighting unit, such as a rear combination lamp, can include an LED serving as a light source and a light guiding lens housed within a lighting chamber defined by a housing and an outer lens covering an opening of the housing. The light guiding lens can have a light incident surface configured to receive light from the LED and an attachment portion provided near the light incident surface and extending in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the light is incident on the light incident surface. The light guiding lens is configured to guide and deflect the light to be illuminated with the light, and such that the thickness of a portion after the attachment portion is greater than that of a portion before the attachment portion.
US09797567B2
Organic light-emitting diodes as well as luminaires with such organic light-emitting diodes are specified. The luminaires may in particular be the following apparatuses, or the luminaires are part of existing apparatuses: alarm, shower cubicle, shower head, solar protection, rain protection, lamp, bed, signalling light, changing cubicle, vision protection, housing, emergency lighting, mirror, slabs, ceiling lights, radiator cladding, blinds, noise protection, umbrella, warning light.
US09797566B2
A street lighting apparatus, and method of generating illumination, designed to provide illumination without the use of an electrical grid, is described. The illumination device is designed to have a first component configured to generate power for a second component, wherein the second component powers one or more functional elements, such as an LED or camera. The first component relies on at least one photovoltaic panel and solar power to electrically charge a first battery. The first battery is operatively coupled to a second component having a generator which is driven by a motor. The generator provides for an electrical charge to be stored in one or more batteries of a battery bank, thereby providing the necessary power utilized by the LED, camera, or other functional components.
US09797559B2
There is a provided a lighting system comprising a first cable and a second cable for receiving a voltage difference. The first cable extends between a first pair of installation locations and the second cable extends between a second pair of installation locations. The lighting system also comprises a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) strips, each LED strip electrically connected to and extending between the first cable and second cable. The lighting system also comprises a cable tensioner system coupled to the first cable and second cable for adjusting the tension of the first cable and second cable.
US09797557B2
A multifunction decorative torch comprising has a base providing an upwardly directed light, a cap supporting a liquid fueled torch insert having a wick and a fuel reservoir, and an outer wall supporting the cap and defining an interior space between the base and cap. The upwardly directed light illuminates the outer wall from within the interior space. The liquid fueled torch insert is supported by the cap such that the wick burns outside the interior space between the base and cap and the fuel reservoir is at least partially inside the interior space between the base and cap.
US09797553B2
A method and apparatus for a natural gas filling station comprising a dispenser; a structure covering the dispenser and having a canopy top; at least one tank disposed on the canopy top, the tank having at least one gas therein comprising CNG or LNG; and at least one line between the tank and the dispenser for communicating the gas between the tank and the dispenser.
US09797551B1
In the art of sailing vessels, various styled tracks retain an edge of a sail. A retained sail edge is prone to fouling by environmental conditions and becomes exceptionally difficult to remove. A disclosed Foiling Rabbit 100 or track conditioner, cleans, lubricates and otherwise services the sail void area of a track or other sail retention area. A cleaning wick 400 may have main body 430 attached to a thickened or rolled interior edge and outer surface 430. An inner edge of the wick may be retained within a wick retaining cartridge 7. A lubricant cartridge 1 may be attached to the wick retaining cartridge. The lubricant cartridge may define one or more reservoir bodies 2a which may contain a lubricant and cleaning fluid. By use of various direct and indirect channels, and controlled capillary action, lubricant flows from the lubricant cartridge to a workpiece removes debris and lubricates.
US09797550B1
A decorative accessory holder for suspending decorations such as Christmas ornaments, stockings, lights, garland and the like from a mantel or shelf. The holder comprises a telescoping rod assembly with a clamping mechanism and end leg spring members adapted to fit securely over the upper surface of a mantel under tension, with a gap between the rod assembly and the upper surface of the mantel for inserting one or more detachable decoration holders such as hooks.
US09797545B2
An interretractable stand includes outer and inner pairs of mirror-image members. Each member of the outer pair rotatably connects to a member of the inner pair. The members of the outer pair are hingedly connected, and the members of the inner pair are hingedly connected, so that the inner pair when fully rotatably misaligned with respect to the outer pair allows the inner and outer pairs to be hingedly separated to an open position, and so that the inner pair when fully rotatably aligned with respect to the outer pair rests between members of the outer pair in a closed position. When open the outer members provide two tripod feet and a backrest, and the inner members provide a third tripod foot and a carriage, forming a stand for supporting a musical instrument, canvas, book, or board. When closed the inner members align between the outer members for easy carrying and storage. A top pair of mirror-image hingedly connected members may be rotatably connected to respective outer pair members to extend the backrest.
US09797542B2
One example of a latch and bezel system for a device enclosure can be implemented as a system for mounting electronic equipment. The system includes a support structure. A head unit is configured to receive electronic equipment, and to connect to the support structure. A bezel is positioned in the head unit. The bezel is configured to retain the electronic equipment in the head unit. A release system is configured to be inaccessible when the head unit is connected to the support structure. Upon activation, the release system is configured to release the bezel within the head unit to release the electronic equipment.
US09797540B2
A repair system for repairing a polyolefin pipe containing a transitional film applied over and bonded to the pipe and a reinforcement system, applied over the transitional film. The transitional film has a first side adapted to bond to polyolefins and the reinforcement system contains a fiber-reinforced polyurethane system bonded to the second side of the transitional film.A system two polyolefin tubular members joined end-to-end containing two tubular members arranged such that their respective ends are adjacent, thereby defining a circumferential joint, a transitional film applied and bonded to the circumferential joint and at least a portion of the two tubular members, and a reinforcement system applied over the transitional film. The transitional film has a first side adapted to bond to polyolefins and the reinforcement system contains a fiber-reinforced polyurethane or a fiber-reinforced epoxy system bonded to the second side of the transitional film.
US09797536B2
Provided are an article including a joint portion of a fluororesin having sufficient strength, and a method of producing the same. The article includes a joint portion including: a porous first layer of a first fluororesin; a second layer of a second fluororesin having a melting point lower than a melting point of the first fluororesin; and a non-porous third layer formed between the first layer and the second layer, the non-porous third layer including the first fluororesin.
US09797527B2
A pipe restraint device is disclosed. The pipe restraint device can include a pipe coupling portion to couple with a pipe to be restrained, and a support member coupling portion to couple with a support member extending from a building structure to support the pipe. The support member coupling portion can have a support member interface and a securing mechanism. The securing mechanism can be configured to exert a force on the support member to cause the support member to bear against the support member interface sufficient to secure the support member to the support member coupling portion.
US09797519B2
The invention relates to a micro-valve (1) comprising a valve ball (2), a valve seat (3) and a nozzle (14). In said valve, the valve seat (3) comprises a sealing region (5) and an outlet region (6) and guide means (40) are provided on the valve seat. The guide element is configured in the valve seat (3) in the form of a guide region (4) or a one-piece guide element (40) located in the vicinity of the valve seat (3). The micro-valves according to the invention exhibit substantial improvements with respect to dynamics, life cycle and stream pattern, In first embodiments, increased wear-resistance is achieved by the integration of guide means, in the form of a guide region (4), into the valve seat, optimizing the dimensions of the transition angle, guide angle and discharge angle. In versions comprising a one-piece guide element (40), wear is reduced by the fact that the ball primarily carries out a sealing function and a guide function to a lesser degree.
US09797518B2
A pressure medium container for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system. A pressure medium container is provided including a container casing the interior of which can be filled with a pressure medium via a filler pipe and is closed off by a closure cap fixed to the filler pipe. A sealing element made from an elastomeric material is provided between the filler pipe and a bottom of the closure cap. The sealing element has a valve which rests on a support pedestal arranged on the closure cap is closed in a non-actuated initial state and reaches an opened actuated state under the control of differential pressure, whereby a pressure is equalized between an interior of the pressure medium container and an ambient atmosphere. Direction-dependently, the valve has different valve opening resistances.
US09797513B2
An annular seal comprising a metallic ring having a cross section. The cross section includes an axially extending body portion having a radial width and an axial height. A spaced apart pair of sealing arms extend axially from the body portion, wherein each sealing arm includes a radially opposed arcuate sealing surface. The arcuate sealing surface may be convex, for example. The spaced apart pair of sealing arms are spaced apart a radial distance greater than the radial width of the body portion. A sealing system comprises a plurality of interconnected metallic rings wherein the body portion engages the sealing arms of an adjacent metallic ring.
US09797511B2
The invention relates to a piston, in particular, for use as a discharge and/or locking piston of a cartridge comprising a base body (25) having a lateral wall provided with sealants (14, 17) and a front-end wall having a vent (21). A locking element (18) is mounted rotatable in the vent (21), whereby a venting channel (23, 24) can be opened or closed by the relative rotation of the locking element (18) in the vent (21). Additionally, the invention relates to a cartridge configuration having such a piston.
US09797510B2
A rotational coupling device drives an output synchronous with either of two inputs. The device includes a hub disposed about an axis and an output member supported on the hub for rotation about the axis. First and second input members disposed about the hub are configured to rotate in first and second rotational directions and at first and second speeds, respectively, with at least one of the directions and speeds differing. A clutch member is disposed axially between the input members and coupled to the output member. An electromagnet is on an opposite side of the second input member relative to the clutch member. When the electromagnet is deenergized, the clutch member engages the first input member and the output member rotates with the first input member. When the electromagnet is energized, the clutch member engages the second input member and the output member rotates with the second input member.
US09797503B2
A differential is disclosed for use with a drivetrain of a mobile machine. The differential may have an input gear, a first side gear, a second side gear, and a side pinion disposed between and intermeshed with the first and second side gears. The differential may also have a carrier connected to the input gear and surrounding the first side gear, the second side gear, and the side pinion. The carrier may have a first orifice located in an annular wall at a base end of the side pinion, and a second orifice located in an axial wall. All lubrication passing through the first orifice may flow around an external surface of the side pinion.
US09797494B2
A hydrokinetic torque coupling device for coupling together a driving shaft and a driven shaft. The torque coupling device includes a casing rotatable about a rotational axis and having a casing cover shell and an impeller shell, an impeller coaxial aligned with the rotational axis, a turbine-piston coaxially aligned with and drivable by the impeller and including a turbine-piston shell, a stator situated between the impeller and the turbine-piston, a torsional vibration damper configured to operatively connect the turbine-piston shell to an output hub having radially outer gear teeth, a rotatable damper hub drivenly connected to the torsional vibration damper and having radially inner gear teeth, a carrier configured to connect to a stationary stator shaft, and a planet gear rotatably supported by the carrier and meshing with the radially inner gear teeth of the damper hub and the radially outer gear teeth of the output hub.
US09797493B2
An actuator for adjusting a seat includes a motor, a gear-box, and an output member. The gear-box includes a casing accommodating a two stage gear train connecting the motor to the output member. The gear train has a first and second transmission mechanisms. The first transmission mechanism includes a worm on a shaft of the motor, and a worm wheel meshed with the worm. The second transmission mechanism is a movable teeth gear transmission mechanism and has an eccentric wheel that rotates with the worm wheel, an internally toothed ring gear fixed to the casing, a fluted disc with radial grooves formed in its outer periphery, and rollers mounted in the radial grooves. The eccentric wheel drives the rollers to mesh with the ring gear to rotate the fluted disc, to drive the output member.
US09797491B2
An electric actuator assembly comprises a main actuator including a gear set containing a stepped friction portion located on a gear shaft of a drive gear thereof, an extension rod, and a power drive for rotating the gear set to move the extension rod through a lead screw, and a one-way bearing consisting of an inner race fitted to the gear shaft of the drive gear, an outer race surrounding the inner race, and a backstop mechanism mounted in between. When operating the power drive to rotate the gear set in lifting the extension rod, the inner race is rotated by the gear set relative to the outer race in one direction. When the driving power is off, the one-way bearing cannot rotate in reverse direction, the stepped friction portion is abutted against the flat contact surface of the inner race to produce a braking effect, preventing falling of the load that is supported on the main actuator.
US09797487B2
An assembly for converting motion is provided, the assembly comprising: a first arm rotatable about a first fixed pivot; a second arm rotatable about a second fixed pivot, the second fixed pivot spaced apart from the first fixed pivot; a third arm pivotably connected to the second arm; a fourth arm pivotably connected to the second arm; a first connecting arm pivotably connected to and extending between the first arm and the third arm; a second connecting arm pivotably connected to and extending between the first arm and the second arm; and a third connecting arm pivotably connected to and extending between the first arm and the fourth arm. The assembly finds particular use in the support and movement of moveable building assemblies.
US09797474B2
In a series of reduction gears including a parallel shaft reduction gear and an orthogonal shaft reduction gear, the parallel shaft reduction gear includes a motor, a parallel shaft reducer, and a first joint unit, and the first joint unit includes a first joint casing which is connected to a motor casing and a parallel shaft reducer casing, and a joint shaft which is connected to a motor shaft and the input shaft of the parallel shaft reducer. The orthogonal shaft reduction gear includes the motor and the parallel shaft reducer which are used in common with the parallel shaft reduction gear, a second joint unit in which a portion or all portions are used in common with the first joint unit, and an orthogonal reducer, and the motor, the second joint unit, the orthogonal reducer, and the parallel shaft reducer are connected to one another in this order.
US09797471B2
A mass damper system includes a damper mass carrier having movable damper mass and a stop. The damper mass moves within a predetermined movement region during an operating state. A first movement region portion bounded by an initial position in which the damper mass is free from a deflection in circumferential direction and by a limit position in which the damper mass has undergone a deflection, and a second movement region portion defined by the limit position and a stop position in which the damper mass has come in contact with the stop. At a side facing the stop, the damper mass has a proximity profile that correspond to a stop profile such that in the first movement region portion the damper mass remains within a residual distance region relative to the stop in one extension portion of the proximity profile.
US09797469B1
An isolating decoupler comprising a shaft, a pulley having a belt bearing portion, a one way clutch, a torsion spring, the torsion spring engaged between the pulley and the one-way clutch, and a single bearing disposed between the shaft and the pulley, the bearing comprising a radial centerline, the radial centerline aligned with a mid-line of the belt bearing portion.
US09797466B2
A damping force variable type shock absorber includes: a piston rod reciprocating within the cylinder; a piston valve connected to the piston rod to partition the cylinder into a compression chamber and a rebound chamber; a housing including an auxiliary chamber communicating with a connection passage penetrating an inside of the piston rod in a longitudinal direction of the piston rod, the housing being connected to a lower portion of the piston valve and forming an auxiliary passage connected to the compression chamber disposed thereunder; a first damping unit disposed in an upper side of the auxiliary chamber to form a first bypass passage communicating the connection passage with the auxiliary passage in a zigzag form, the first damping unit allowing a deformation according to a flow of a working fluid in a predetermined speed section; a second damping unit accommodated in the auxiliary chamber and disposed under the first damping unit to form a second bypass passage connected to the first bypass passage, the second damping unit allowing a deformation according to the flow of the working fluid in a predetermined speed section; and a seal unit accommodated in the auxiliary chamber and disposed under the first damping unit to vertically support the second damping unit. Accordingly, it is possible to improve ride comfort by bypassing the working fluid while allowing a deformation along the flow of the working fluid in a predetermined speed section.
US09797464B2
An urging spring (15) urges a friction pad toward the exit side of the rotational direction of a disk when a vehicle equipped with the disk brake runs forward. The urging spring is disposed between a lug portion (11A) of the friction pad and a torque receiving surface (5) of a carrier (2). The distal end of the urging spring is configured to abut against the disk to perform wear detection. The urging spring includes a mounting portion (15A), a first extending portion (15B), a boundary region (15E), a bent portion (15C), and a second extending portion (15D). The boundary region is reduced in width to lower stiffness. The bent portion is increased in width and provided with reinforcing portions, thereby enhancing the stiffness. Thus, the natural frequencies of the second extending portion in the rotational direction K and the vertical direction J come close to each other.
US09797463B1
A passive airflow regulation system for controlling temperature of a heat-absorbing subassembly is disclosed. The passive airflow regulation system includes a duct configured to provide a conduit for an incident ambient airflow to the heat-absorbing subassembly. The duct is arranged proximate to the heat-absorbing subassembly. The airflow regulation system includes a valve configured to control passage of the incident ambient airflow through the duct. The airflow regulation system also includes an actuator employing a phase-change element configured to selectively store and release energy in response to changes in temperature and stress. The actuator is arranged at the heat-absorbing subassembly and configured to select a position for the valve between and inclusive of fully-opened and fully-closed in response to a temperature of the heat-absorbing subassembly. The airflow regulation system can be arranged on a vehicle having a vehicle body including a first body end configured to face the incident ambient airflow.
US09797462B2
An electric linear motion actuator includes an electric motor, a motion conversion mechanism for converting the torque of the electric motor to the linear driving force of an outer ring member, a load sensor, and a motor control device. The motor control device is configured to control the electric current applied to the electric motor such that the torque of the electric motor increases until the pressing force detected by the load sensor exceeds a target value, and then the torque of the electric motor decreases until the pressing force detected by the load sensor reaches the target value.
US09797461B2
A removable brake cover apparatus is disclosed including a sidewall presenting frontal and posterior surfaces and a circumferential wall extending transversely from the sidewall to define a brake rotor receiving cavity adjacent the posterior surface of the sidewall. A brake caliper pocket having a limited circumferential extent is disposed along the sidewall and the circumferential wall to define a brake caliper receiving cavity adjacent the brake rotor receiving cavity. Engagement fingers extend radially into the brake caliper receiving cavity to engage a brake caliper received therein with an audible and/or tactile indicator defining a fully installed position of the brake cover apparatus. Locking recesses extend radially into the brake rotor receiving cavity to engage a brake dust shield received therein. Multiple ones of the brake cover apparatus disclosed are nestable with one another in a stacked arrangement wherein the engagement fingers and locking recesses perform locating and anti-rotation functions.
US09797460B2
A clutch apparatus is disclosed having concentrically spaced inner and outer clutches. The inner and outer clutches are coupled for rotation via a coupling ring. The present invention is well suited to a configuration wherein one of the clutches is dynamically actuated and one of the clutches is manually disengageable by the operator using a clutch lever. In this configuration, the operation of the clutch lever by the operator is unaffected by the dynamically actuated clutch. The concentric configuration of the clutches is beneficial in allowing the improved clutch to occupy a similar space compared to a traditional clutch mechanism.
US09797459B2
In a hydraulic system with a dog clutch (23-25), a hydraulically operated dog clutch actuator is arranged to alternatively bring the dog clutch into a connect mode or a disconnect mode. The clutch actuator has a piston (27) reciprocally movable under hydraulic pressure between two end positions, corresponding to the two clutch modes. Pressurized hydraulic oil is supplied to the clutch actuator by a hydraulic power system comprising a pump (4) driven by an electric motor (3). Means are provided in the clutch actuator to decrease the hydraulic pressure acting on the piston (27) at the approaching by the piston of either of its end positions, so that a hydraulic signal is transmitted back to the hydraulic power system.
US09797457B2
A fixed ball type joint for a vehicle, which reduces the friction between a cage and an outer race and friction between the cage and an inner race by changing shapes of an inner spherical diameter of the outer race and an outer spherical diameter of the inner race. The fixed ball type joint for a vehicle includes an inner race, an outer race installed at the outside of the inner race, a plurality of balls for transmitting rotational power of the inner race to the outer race, and a cage for supporting the balls. A first inner spherical radius of the outer race is set to be smaller than a second inner spherical radius of the outer race. A first outer spherical radius of the inner race is set to be larger than a second outer spherical radius of the inner race.
US09797455B2
A roller bearing assembly apparatus is provided that, when assembling the roller bearing, effectively prevents rollers R that are assembled inside an outer ring W from becoming tilted or dropping out from the state immediately after assembly. After the rollers R are aligned into an annular shape by an alignment jig 14, the roller group G aligned in an annular shape is pushed out from the alignment space 26 of the alignment jig 14, and pushed inside a guide hole 39 of an insertion jig 15. As a result, with the diameter of the roller group G being prevented from expanding by the inner-circumferential surface of the guide hole 39, a retaining member 36, the diameter thereof being elastically reduced, is inserted inside the roller group G. After that, a push-out cylinder 38 of the insertion jig 15 is caused to displace in the axial direction, simultaneously pushing the roller group G and the retaining member 36 out from the guide hole 39, and simultaneously assembling the roller group and the retaining member 36 inside the outer ring W.
US09797445B2
A bearing with a core and a sheath which surrounds the core, wherein the core is supported against the sheath by at least one elastomer or a plurality of elastomers, wherein at least two functional chambers which contain a working fluid are formed between the core and the sheath, and wherein the functional chambers are bounded at least partially by the elastomer or elastomers, characterized, with respect to the problem of configuring a bearing in such a way that a drop in rigidity of the bearing is as small as possible at low temperatures, in that at least one equalizing chamber is provided for an equalizing fluid, from which the equalizing fluid can be diverted into the functional chambers, wherein the equalizing fluid in the equalizing chamber is separated from a gas-filled space or a plurality of gas-filled spaces by a movable or elastic separating element.
US09797444B1
A threadless linear guide includes a rail, a slide block, a recirculation assembly, and a fixing member. The slide block, the recirculation assembly, and the fixing member are positionable with respect to each other through retention engagements therebetween so that the components can be coupled to each other without screws. A reinforcement plate is provided for reinforcing the strength of the recirculation assembly for the recirculation assembly is generally formed of injecting molding, while the fixing member and the reinforcement plate are made of metal. Thus, with the fixing member and the reinforcement plate enclosing the recirculation assembly, any foreign object jamming in the interior would not cause the rolling bodies to eject out through the recirculation assembly during the operation of rolling bodies.
US09797436B2
A rocking journal bearing is provided in a piston coupling mechanism of a two-stroke cycle engine. The bearing includes a sleeve and a wristpin constructed with two sets of eccentrically-disposed bearing surfaces which alternate in accepting a compressive load during an operational cycle of the bearing. The sleeve includes a network of grooves to transport oil to the bearing surfaces. Lubricating oil flow through the bearing is minimized by limiting provision of pressurized oil from the wristpin to the network of grooves to portions of the cycle when one or the other of the sets of bearing surfaces receives the compressive load.
US09797432B2
Systems and methods for providing a carabiner are discussed herein. While the carabiner can have any suitable component, in some cases, it includes a frame that extends between a first end and a second end, with the frame being defining an internal space, and with the frame defining a gap between the first and second end. Additionally, the carabiner includes a gate that is movably connected to the frame such that the gate is movable between a closed position (in which the gate closes the gap) and an opened position (in which it the gap is open). In some cases, a portion of the gate is configured to divide the internal space into a first and a second enclosure when the gate is in the closed position. Additionally, in some cases, the gate defines an aperture that receives the second end when the gate is closed. Other implementations are described.
US09797428B2
The invention relates to a connection comprising at least two components having the following features: a first component and a second component, of which at least the second component comprises reinforced plastic, a self-piercing connection element (30) having a head and a shaft, the head thereof being supported on the first component and the shaft thereof running completely through the first and the second component, and a disc-shaped counter bearing to which the shaft is fastened such that the at least two components are fastened between the head and the counter bearing. The invention further relates to a method for the production of said connection.
US09797419B2
A hydraulic system for recovering hydraulic energy, the hydraulic system made of at least: a first actuator for generating hydraulic energy and providing fluid under pressure; a tank line for receiving the fluid under pressure drained from the first actuator; a second actuator driven by the fluid under pressure drained from the first actuator; a recovery line for supplying the fluid under pressure drained from the first actuator. The system further includes a pressure compensating valve which controls flow of fluid in the tank line and maintains a fluid pressure differential across a first directional control valve. The first pressure compensating valve is provided with a first fluid pressure sensing line in communication with the recovery line and a second fluid pressure sensing line in communication with the first actuator.
US09797418B2
An object of the present invention is to prevent breakage of a unidirectional filter part for high-pressure oil. A hydraulic device 100 supplies oil to a high-pressure oil channel L1 and a low-pressure oil channel L2 from an oil tank 102 via a supply pump 104. The hydraulic device 100 includes an accumulator 106 capable of accumulating a hydraulic pressure of the oil supplied to the high-pressure oil channel from the supply pump; a filter part 120 disposed between the supply pump and a connection point N1 at which the high-pressure oil channel connects to the accumulator, along a direction in which the oil is supplied; and a check valve 110 capable of preventing a backflow of the oil to the filter part, and disposed between the filter part and the connection point.
US09797417B2
The invention relates to a master brake cylinder arrangement with actuation detection for a motor vehicle braking system, having at least one piston arrangement with a piston, which is movably guided in a cylinder bore in a cylinder housing, said piston with the cylinder bore defining a pressure chamber which is fluidically coupled to a hydraulic brake circuit. During a forward stroke, the piston can be moved from a start position into a possible actuation piston along a movement axis, which coincides essentially with a longitudinal axis of the cylinder bore, and during a return stroke, said piston is moved from an actuation position into a start position. The piston is associated with a coupling element which is coupled to a position detecting rod for common movement therewith, said position detecting rod being moved essentially parallel to the first cylinder bore, the position of the position detecting rod can be detected by means of a position detecting sensor placed on the cylinder housing. According to the invention, in order to save space, the coupling element can be locked relative to the piston for a common lift movement therewith and after exceeding a predetermined path of the lift movement, the piston can be moved further relative to the coupling element.
US09797412B2
A noise suppression system for an air-cooled internal combustion engine is disclosed. The system may include an acoustically designed shroud forming a cavity and configured for attenuating noise produced by a cooling air fan associated with the engine. In one system, the shroud is mountable on a housing of the air fan. A pair of air inlet passages may be provided which are operable to draw ambient cooling air into the shroud to the fan. The air inlet passages are acoustically configured and tuned to attenuate noise generated by the fan. In one system, the air inlet passages may each be formed in a rear quadrant of the shroud. Various configurations of the shroud may include quarter wave resonators and/or micro-perforated panels to further attenuate fan noise.
US09797408B2
A side-discharge blower fan unit with ductwork for controlling air flow is disclosed, according to certain embodiments.
US09797403B2
A fan is provided, including a driving member, a fan bracket, a main fan and a main cover. The fan bracket is assembled with the driving member. The main fan is disposed on a first connecting portion of the fan bracket. The main cover is disposed on a second connecting portion of the fan bracket. An airflow space is formed between the main fan and the main cover. The main cover is formed with a first wind-guiding cover. Thereby, when the driving member drives the main fan to rotate, air can be inhaled through the first wind-guiding cover into the airflow space, and air will be exhaled toward a periphery of the airflow space by using a guidance of the first wind-guiding cover.
US09797400B2
A scroll compressor is provided that may include a casing including a rotational shaft, a cover fixed inside of the casing to partition the inside of the casing into a suction space and a discharge space, a first scroll revolved by rotation of the rotational shaft, a second scroll disposed on or at one side of the first scroll to define a compression chamber together with the first scroll, the second scroll including a discharge, through which a refrigerant pressed in the compression chamber may be discharged, a switching device movably disposed on or at one side of the discharge to selectively open and close the discharge, a back pressure portion including a moving guide that accommodates at least a portion of the switching device, and a top surface that covers one side of the switching device; and an adhesion preventer that reduces a contact area between the switching device and at least a portion of the back pressure portion.
US09797397B2
A pump sleeve includes a tubular body extending from a first end to a second end along a center axis. A first hole is formed in the tubular body and is positioned axially on the tubular body between the first end and the second end. A second hole is formed in the tubular body, the second hole being axially aligned on the tubular body with the first hole. A third hole is formed in the tubular body and is positioned axially on the tubular body between the first end and the first hole. A fourth hole is formed in the tubular body, the fourth hole being axially aligned on the tubular body with the third hole.
US09797396B2
A removable cartridge for use with a liquid diffusion device is provided. The removable cartridge includes a cartridge housing defining an internal housing cavity, partially filled with a liquid to be diffused, and a diffusion head positioned within the internal housing cavity with a venturi device for generating diffused liquid from the liquid contained in the internal housing cavity. The diffusion head defines at least a portion of a gas supply conduit that extends from a bottom end of the removable cartridge to the venturi device through the liquid to be diffused to enable the venturi device to be supplied with pressurized gas from an external source via the bottom end of the removable cartridge.
US09797394B2
An improved air compressor includes a cylinder fitted with a piston body and an air storage container. The cylinder and the air storage container are detachably assembled to define an air chamber. A metal seat with a through hole is provided on top of the cylinder. A valve plug is spring-biased against the metal seat. The air storage container is provided with a pressure indicator, which includes a tube defining therein a first bore and a second bore, between which a tapered annular surface is formed. When the air pressure within the air storage container exceeds a predetermined pressure set for the air compressor, the pressure indicator allows excess air to flow into the first bore of the tube and sequentially pass through the tapered annular surface and an elongated opening to be released to the ambient environment, so that objects can be prevented from damages due to excessive inflations.
US09797388B2
An apparatus for connecting a resilient member 1 to a magnetic actuator 2 of a linear compressor. The apparatus includes at least one support member 6 cooperating with a resilient element 1, the support member 6 includes a substantially cylindrical part equipped with intermediate perimeter salient portion 61; at least one fastening element 7 cooperating with the support member 8 and the magnetic actuator 2, and enabling interconnection between a magnetic actuator 2 and a resilient member 1 of a detachable and electrically insulated linear compressor, the fastening element 7 being made in electrically insulating and non-magnetic material.
US09797382B2
A contribution is made to the assembly of a wind turbine intended to comprise, in a final assembly condition, a tower (2) surmounted by a nacelle (4) cooperating with a rotor (5) receiving a plurality of blades (3a-3c). To this end, a temporary association is made between at least some blades from said plurality of blades and the tower, so that said blades extend substantially in the longitudinal direction of the tower.
US09797378B2
A direct driven wind turbine and a main bearing used in such a wind turbine is provided. A rotor of the wind turbine is directly connected with a rotating drive train of the wind turbine, the rotating drive train is directly connected with a rotor of an electrical generator of the wind turbine. The rotating drive train is connected with a stationary part of the wind turbine via at least one bearing, which allows the rotation of the drive train in relation to the stationary part. The at least one bearing is a plain bearing and the bearing is a tapered bearing, which comprises at least one conical shaped sliding surface.
US09797371B2
An assembly of rotor blades and hub for a turbine, such as a tidal current turbine. Each rotor blade includes a cavity and at least two ribs extending into the cavity at a radially inward (lower) region of the rotor blade. The hub includes a journal for each blade and the journal extends into the cavity and is supported by the at least two ribs.
US09797369B2
A rotor blade of a wind turbine with a first rotor blade segment and a second rotor blade segment is provided. The rotor blade has a hollow space surrounded by a shell. The first rotor blade segment is connected with the second rotor blade segment by a bolt connection. The bolt connection has a first connection of the first rotor blade segment, a second connection of the second rotor blade segment, and a bolt establishing a bolted joint between the first connection and the second connection. At least the bolt is situated in the hollow space of the rotor blade. Furthermore, a method of connecting a first rotor blade segment of a rotor blade of a wind turbine and a second rotor blade segment of the rotor blade is provided.
US09797368B2
A wind turbine having a rotor blade geometric design which reduces blade loads in particular, blade root bending moments, tilt moments and yaw moments.
US09797365B2
Method for controlling a corona ignition system of a cyclically operating internal combustion engine
A method for controlling a corona ignition system in which a corona discharge is produced at an ignition electrode by exciting a resonating circuit with an AC voltage produced by a high-frequency generator. The AC voltage is adjusted to a target value depending on an operating state of the engine. Combustion onset is determined by evaluating an electrical variable of the resonating circuit and the target value of the AC voltage is reduced by a predefined value following a predefined number of engine cycles or a predefined operating period. The determined combustion onset is evaluated in one or more engine cycles. The target value for the momentary engine operating state is then increased if, by evaluation of the combustion onset, it is found that a predefined requirement is no longer met. Otherwise, the reduced target value is stored as a new target value for the momentary engine operating state.
US09797363B2
A control apparatus, which is for an internal combustion engine with a spark plug having a center electrode and a ground electrode disposed so as to form a spark discharge gap therebetween, includes a voltage applying section for applying a voltage to the spark discharge gap, a constant-voltage path including a constant-voltage element parallel-connected to the spark discharge gap of the spark plug for preventing the spark discharge gap from being applied with a voltage higher than a set voltage, and an operation control circuit for controlling an operating condition of the internal combustion engine. The operation control circuit is configured to measure a current-flowing time during which a current flows through the constant-voltage path when a voltage higher than the set voltage is applied to the constant-voltage path, and change the operating condition of the internal combustion engine in accordance with the measured current-flowing time.
US09797359B2
The invention relates to a starting device (10) for an internal combustion engine, the starting device (10) comprising a hub (12; 70) configured to drivingly engage an internal combustion engine when the hub (12; 70) is rotated in a first direction (A); a pulley (14; 47; 60) interconnected with the hub (12; 70) by a spring (23; 41); a shaft (21) on which the pulley (14; 47; 60) and hub (12; 70) are mounted independently rotatable; a flexible member (16) attached to and coiled about the pulley (14; 47; 60); and where the spring (23; 41) coupled at a first end (26; 53) to the hub (12; 70) and at a second end (28; 54) to the pulley (14; 47; 60). The pulley (14; 47; 60) comprises a recess (15) arranged to receive the flexible member (16), which recess has the shape of a conical helix having a first end (15A) with a first diameter and a second end (15B) with a second diameter, larger than the first diameter; and is attached to the pulley (14; 47; 60) at the second end (15B).
US09797352B2
A compression limiting fastener assembly includes a plastic intake manifold having an attachment flange and a molded and tuned compliance ring formed on the attachment side of the flange, a plastic cam cover having a threaded attachment insert, a compression limiting bolt fastener for attaching the intake manifold to the cam cover, and a spring stem compression limiter that, when fully threaded into its attachment position, prevents over-compression and possible damage to the plastic components while providing 100% compression. The compliance ring of the intake manifold is concentric with a fastener bore formed through the intake manifold attachment flange. The spring stem compression limiter includes a tubular body having an upper end and a lower end. A spring stem flange is attached to the upper end of the tubular body while a depth limiting flange is attached to the lower end.
US09797351B2
A ducted combustion system is disclosed. The ducted combustion system may include a combustion chamber and a fuel injector in fluid connection with the combustion chamber and including at least one orifice opening from an injector tip of the fuel injector, the at least one orifice injecting fuel into the combustion chamber as at least one fuel jet. The system may further include at least one duct disposed within the combustion chamber such that the at least one fuel jet, at least partially, enters the at least one duct upon being injected into the combustion chamber. The system may further include a duct cooling system configured to cool a mixture of fuel and air of the at least one fuel jet.
US09797345B2
A method for monitoring for a rupture in a storage element of a fuel tank system having a fuel tank includes: detecting, by a mass flow sensor, thermal conductivity of an unmoved air mass in a first line of the fuel tank system; and identifying a rupture in the storage element if the detecting by the mass flow sensor detects a change in the thermal conductivity of the unmoved air mass in the first line when a second valve is in a closed state and/or when an air pump is at a standstill.
US09797339B2
A hot-air engine (10) includes a compressor (12), a heating chamber (14), a rotary displacement type working engine (16) and a drive means (22). The compressor (12) has an inlet (12a) and an outlet (12b). The heating chamber (14) has an inlet (14a), in fluid communication with the outlet (12b) of the compressor (12), and an outlet (14b). The working engine (16) has an inlet (16a), in fluid communication with the outlet (14b) of the heating chamber (14), and an output shaft (16a). The drive means (22) connects the working engine (16) to the compressor (12) such that operation of the working engine (16) causes operation of the compressor (12).
US09797333B2
There is provided a configuration in which a cylinder which is in an inlet stroke when an internal combustion engine is in a stop (automatic stop) state is determined and stored, and when starting the engine upon detection of a start request, the fuel injection of an initial cycle to the cylinder, which has been determined as having been stopped in the inlet stroke when the engine was in the stop state before starting, is split into a plurality if injections at least including an injection before engine rotation, to thereby perform injections. As a result, startability is improved while suppressing pre-ignition at the time of starting.
US09797326B2
Method for optimizing the current A/F settings when accelerating the engine over at least one defined speed interval, the method comprising comparing at least two acceleration times of different A/F ratio that each encompasses at least one defined speed interval. Adjusting the A/F ratio based on the comparison.
US09797322B2
Methods and systems are provided for improving the efficiency of canister purge completion. Based on engine operating conditions, a canister is purged to a compressor inlet or a throttle outlet. During purging conditions, as canister loads change, a purge flow through the canister is varied so that a fixed preselected portion of total engine fueling is delivered as fuel vapors.
US09797321B2
An internal combustion engine includes a cylinder block that defines a cylinder and a cylinder head positioned relative to the cylinder block. A reciprocating piston is arranged inside the cylinder for compressing an air and fuel mixture at a geometric compression ratio of at least 10:1. A crankshaft is arranged in the cylinder block and rotated by the piston. An intake valve is operatively connected to the cylinder head and controls delivery of air to the cylinder for combustion therein. A mechanism provides late intake valve closing via constant peak lift of the intake valve over at least 5 degrees of crankshaft rotation. A multi-stage boosting system, having a turbocharger, a supercharger, and a continuously variable transmission for varying the supercharger's rotating speed, is regulated by a controller to selectively pressurize air being received from the ambient for delivery to the cylinder.
US09797320B2
An object is to provide an engine system including an intake bypass device whereby it is possible to expand the operation range of a compressor without causing the output of a turbine to become insufficient. An engine system includes an intake bypass device including a bypass channel connecting a downstream side of a compressor of a turbocharger in an intake channel and an upstream side of a turbine of the turbocharger in an exhaust channel, a bypass valve disposed in the bypass channel and configured to control a flow of compressed intake air in the bypass channel, and a heating unit for heating the compressed intake air flowing through the bypass channel.
US09797316B2
An operating method and device for a permanent brake system of a motor vehicle. The brake system includes a primary and a secondary permanent brake. Each brake generates respective adjustable braking torque components. The first primary brake has a response than the second primary brake. A third braking torque component is adjusted by the secondary brake. The permanent-brake braking request is applied by the first primary brake until the braking request exceeds a first threshold. The first threshold corresponds to a value less than or equal to a maximum braking torque generated by the first primary brake. After exceeding the first threshold, a component of the request is applied by the secondary permanent brake. A second threshold value corresponds to a value less than or equal to a braking torque that can be generated when the first primary permanent brake device interacts with the secondary permanent brake.
US09797309B2
A device powered by a method of heating a gas by directing X-rays at a mass of hafnium 178 to induce gamma rays. The gamma rays are directed at a heat exchanging apparatus, resulting in a stream of heated gas. This process powers a Hafnium gas turbine engine capable of providing shaft power or thrust to mechanical devices.
US09797300B2
A supercharging system includes a charging device having a turbine and a compressor, the compressor having a high speed shaft; a planetary gear set coupled to the high speed shaft and an electric motor, or generator, via a low speed drive shaft; a clutch unit; a power transmission for connecting a crank shaft of the combustion engine to the drive shaft via the clutch unit; at least one sensor to measure at least one physical parameter of the exhaust gases inside, or after having passed, an exhaust gas catalyzer of the internal combustion engine, the at least one sensor being configured to provide an output signal representing a measured value of the at least one physical parameter; and a system control unit to receive the output signal and to control the speed or effect of the electric motor, or generator, based on the output signal. A method is also disclosed.
US09797299B2
A supercharged internal combustion engine has a supercharger operable to selectively supply a mass of air from below through above atmospheric air pressure according to the operating requirements of the engine. The supercharger has a shuttle combined with a throttle valve that controls the mass of air directed to an air mass bypass opening and supplied to the internal combustion engine. The shuttle has rollers that ride on rails that allow the shuttle to move to open and close the air mass bypass opening in communication with a casing that directs a mass of atmospheric air and a bypass mass of air interfused with the mass of atmospheric air to an air mass inlet of the supercharger.
US09797290B2
A method and an internal combustion engine for the regeneration of a particle filter includes periodic regeneration phases, where a regeneration is performed by virtue of the soot particles that have been deposited in the particle filter being burned off. During the operation of the internal combustion engine, the reactivity of the soot deposits is determined on the basis of a characteristic map previously established empirically for different engine operating ranges of the internal combustion engine.
US09797285B2
A diesel particulate filter (DPF) canister for an exhaust gas aftertreatment module is disclosed. The DPF canister may include a canister housing having an inlet flange and an outlet flange attached at opposite ends, and a canister sealing flange installed there between. The outlet flange may have a greater outer diameter than the inlet flange, and the canister sealing flange may have a greater outer diameter than the inlet and outlet flanges. A DPF receptacle may include a cylindrical receptacle housing with a receptacle sealing flange attached at one end and having a receptacle sealing flange inner diameter that is greater than the outer diameter of the inlet flange, but less than the outer diameters of the outlet flange and the canister sealing flange so that the DPF canister can only be installed with the inlet flange inserted through the receptacle sealing flange.
US09797279B2
An exhaust valve includes a stem extending to a valve end. The valve end includes a pressure relief apparatus. An engine assembly includes a casing defining a cylinder bore, a combustion chamber and an exhaust passage. The combustion chamber is disposed between the exhaust passage and the cylinder bore. The engine assembly also includes a piston movable in the cylinder bore. The engine assembly further includes an exhaust valve movable between a first position blocking fluid communication through the exhaust passage and a second position allowing fluid communication through the exhaust passage. The exhaust valve includes a pressure relief apparatus configured to allow fluid communication through the exhaust valve from the cylinder bore to the exhaust passage when the exhaust valve is in the first position and a predetermined pressure threshold occurs in the cylinder bore between the exhaust valve and the piston.
US09797276B2
A control system for varying cylinder valve timing of an internal combustion engine is provided. The control system includes a cam phase actuator having first and second actuator ports to adjust a rotational phase of a camshaft relative to a crankshaft, a first control valve, a second control valve, and a dynamic regeneration valve. In one embodiment, the dynamic regeneration valve is configured to enable the cam phase actuator to switch between operating in an oil pressure actuated mode and a cam torque actuated mode when adjusting the rotational phase of the camshaft relative to the crankshaft.
US09797270B2
A turbine blade damping system for a turbine includes a turbine blade platform and a damper recessable within a pocket defined by the platform. An underside of the platform defines a beveled surface. An outer side of the damper defines a complementary beveled surface. When the turbine spools up, centrifugal force acting on the damper forces it in an outward direction from the pocket toward a mating surface of an adjacent turbine blade platform.
US09797269B2
Fan containment system fitting around an array of radially extending fan blades mounted on a hub in an axial gas turbine engine. The fan containment system includes a fan case having an annular casing element for encircling the array of fan blades and a hook projecting in a radially inward direction from the annular casing element and positioned axially forward of the array of fan blades when the fan containment system fitted around fan blades. An annular fan track liner positioned substantially coaxial to the annular casing element. Clamping arrangement connects fan track liner to the hook. Clamping arrangement is configured under the condition that a fan blade impacts the fan track liner, the clamping arrangement releases connection between the hook and a portion of fan track liner so that a portion of the fan track liner can move towards the annular casing element to encourage the fan blade to impact the hook.
US09797268B2
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a shaft of an engine of an aircraft, an oil scoop coupled to the shaft, a first portion of a sensor integrated with the oil scoop, and a second portion of the sensor coupled to a structure of the engine. In some embodiments, the first portion of the sensor comprises at least one tooth.
US09797261B2
A gas turbine engine component, especially an aerofoil-sectioned nozzle guide vane (NGV), having at least one internal cooling chamber for passage of cooling air, the chamber including leading edge portion and one inlet portion via which cooling air may enter the chamber from feed source, wherein the component includes a partitioning element, e.g. curved or scoop-shaped partitioning plate or wall, provided in the chamber inlet portion and defining within the inlet portion a sub-chamber adjacent the leading edge portion, and wherein partitioning element is configured so the cooling air velocity in the sub-chamber is less than the cooling air velocity in the remainder of inlet portion. The reduced velocity of the cooling air in the sub-chamber adjacent the leading edge serves to increase pressure therein, thereby maintaining desired backflow pressure margin between the feed pressure of the cooling air delivered to the showerhead holes and the gas-path from the combustor.
US09797260B2
A gas turbine engine component according to an exemplary aspect of this disclosure includes a peripheral portion defining an internal cooling passage and a recess in fluid communication with the internal cooling passage. The peripheral portion includes an outer wear surface, and the recess tapers toward the outer wear surface.
US09797255B2
Rotary machine including a machine rotor with a composite impeller portion and a metal shaft portion
A rotary machine includes a machine stator and a machine rotor rotatable relative to the machine stator and having a metal shaft portion, a composite impeller portion, and at least a first metal ring portion securing the composite impeller portion to the metal shaft portion, the metal ring portion having a first interface with the composite impeller portion and a second interface with the metal shaft portion.
US09797254B2
A blade row group arrangeable in a main flow path of a fluid-flow machine includes N adjacent member blade rows firmly arranged relative to each other in both a meridional direction (m) and a circumferential direction (u). A relative secondary passage length (v′) and a relative secondary passage width (w′) each increase at least in one part of the area between the mean meridional flow line (SLM) and at least one of the main flow path boundaries (HB) towards the main flow path boundary (HB).
US09797252B2
A fluid working machine has at least one working chamber of cyclically varying volume and low and high pressure valves to regulate the flow of working fluid into and out of the working chamber, from low and high pressure manifolds. The low and high pressure valves are actuated by electronically controlled valve actuation means which, when actuated, applies forces to the low and high pressure valve members to open and/or close the respective valves. The low and high pressure valve members are independently moveable and, although the low pressure valve member typically begins to move quickly in response to a shared valve control signal, the high pressure valve member typically moves only after a change in the pressure within the working chamber. The electronically controlled valve actuation means may be a shared electronically controlled valve actuator, such as a solenoid within a magnetic circuit which directs magnetic flux through both low pressure and high pressure valve armatures which are connected to the respective valve members.
US09797249B2
A friction bolt for frictionally engaging the internal surface of a bore includes a circular tube, which is split longitudinally, and which has a leading end and trailing end. An expander mechanism is disposed within the tube towards the leading end. An elongate bar/cable is disposed within the tube and extends between the expander mechanism at one end and an anchor arrangement at the other end. The bar/cable extends through a ring attached to the trailing end into connection with the anchor arrangement. A restrainer member is disposed within the tube adjacent the ring and extends at least partially about and in engagement with the bar/cable. The tube has a weakened region adjacent the ring and the restrainer member extends longitudinally within the tube past the weakened region. The restrainer member includes a projection that projects through the longitudinal split of the tube for engagement with the bore.
US09797245B2
In a drum housing for a working drum of a construction machine or mining machine, said working drum being provided with tools and rotating about a drum axis, with a housing shell which at least partially encloses the circumference of the working drum, and with at least one inspection opening for a monitoring device arranged in the housing shell, wherein said monitoring device inspects the condition of the working drum or the tools thereof, it is provided for the following features to be achieved: a closing mechanism is arranged on the outside of the housing shell, said closing mechanism enabling closure of the at least one inspection opening.
US09797244B2
In one aspect, an apparatus for use in a wellbore formed in a formation is disclosed that in one embodiment includes a probe for obtaining a formation fluid into a flow line, a pump for extracting formation fluid from a formation into the flow line, a chamber for receiving the formation fluid from the probe, and a flow control device that controls the formation fluid flow from the flow line into a chamber, wherein the flow control device includes a movable member that moves between a first seal position and a second seal position, wherein the flow control device is closed when the movable member is in the first seal position and the second seal position and is open when the movable member is between the first seal position and the second seal position.
US09797243B2
Geophysical prospecting may be achieved using borehole seismic data and processing velocity seismic profiles using downward continuation to simulate the seismic source being at the depth of the borehole receivers. Such methods may involve collecting seismic data for a subterranean formation with at least one borehole receiver; grouping the seismic data into a one common receiver gather corresponding to each borehole receiver; performing a downward continuation on at least one of the common receiver gathers to produce corresponding downward continued common receiver gathers; performing a normal moveout analysis on at least one of the downward continued common receiver gathers to produce corresponding semblance velocity spectra; and analyzing at least one of the semblance velocity spectra for a zone of interest in the subterranean formation.
US09797239B2
This application describes methods and apparatus for monitoring flow at a given location downwell. The method of comprises performing fiber optic sensing on an optical fiber 204 deployed within the well 101. The optical fiber is attached to first tubing (201) that extends into the well to at least a first location (110a-c) at which it is wished to monitor inflow. The first tubing comprises at least one aperture (202a-c) having known properties at said first location. The first tubing is in fluid communication with flow tubing (107) that provides flow to/from the top (108) of the well. In use fluid therefore flows into the first tubing via the apertures (202a-c) which, having known properties, provide a calibrated response that can be detected by a fiber optic sensor unit (205).
US09797235B2
Optimizing the operation of a hydraulically powered rotor and stator driven drill as it drills a wellbore into the earth is described. Drilling optimization is provided measuring a first set of rotor and stator operating parameters including the speed of rotation of the rotor and rotor torque for a first period of time, generating a first set of relationships from the first set of operating parameters to enable the rotor speed and rotor torque to be predicted over a range of operating parameter values, determining from the relationships a first more optimal mode of operation, and changing at least one operating parameter to move the operation of the rotor and stator towards the more optimal mode of operation.
US09797232B2
A method for producing minerals and, more specifically, for producing hydrocarbons, by hydraulic fracturing of the rock, can be used for the optimization of formation fracturing crack processing conditions. The method includes splitting a main stream of a propping agent suspension in a fluid at a mixer output into at least two flows having different volume delivery rates, and comingling the at least two flows before delivering to the hydraulic fracturing zone.
US09797228B2
A tool for both perforating a well casing in a hydrocarbon formation and for subsequently fracturing the formation. The tool allows not only perforation and fracking, but in a preferred embodiment allows both perforation of the casing and fracking of the formation without having to further reposition the tool within the wellbore. The tool comprises a cylindrical member having thereon an upper and lower seal member and a longitudinal bore therein, and a cooperating piston which operates a punch to perforate the well casing. A flushing port is provided immediately uphole of the upper seal member, which port when said tool is lowered downhole allows fluid flowing up a longitudinal channel to flush an annular region immediately uphole of said upper seal, thereby greatly reducing the incidence of sand impaction and thereby better allow the tool to be moved uphole for further perforation and fluid injection into the formation.
US09797224B1
Techniques and systems to provide additional holding ability to a subsea wellhead system. A device includes an auxiliary frame that may be coupled to an outer portion of a BOP frame that encloses at least a portion of a BOP. The auxiliary frame may also house a plurality of accumulators that may be used to provide pressurized fluid to the BOP.
US09797219B2
A method for cementing an annular space outside of an inner casing of a subterranean well includes running and setting a cement packer assembly into a bore of the inner casing. The cement packer assembly includes a plurality of nails spaced around a circumference of the cement packer assembly. Slips are set and a lower end of each of the nails is pushed through the inner casing with a setting tool to form holes. A middle portion of the nails having a smaller outer dimension than the lower end of the nails is positioned within the holes. Cement is pumped through the inner casing, through the holes and into the annular space. A force is applied to the nails to move the nails through the holes and position a seal plate of each nail against an inside surface of the bore surrounding one of the holes.
US09797218B2
In one aspect, a wellbore system is disclosed that in one non-limiting embodiment includes a cement section in the wellbore formed to prevent flow of fluids including hydrocarbons through the cement section, a plug disposed uphole of the cement section to provide a space between the cement section and the plug and a sensor in the space for providing measurements relating to a parameter of interest. In one aspect, the parameter of interest may include one or more of presence and extent of a hydrocarbon, presence of moisture; pressure; and temperature. The system may further include a transmitter that transmits measurements from the sensor via a communication line or wirelessly to a receiver for processing the sensor measurements.
US09797215B2
A wellhead assembly includes an outer tubular wellhead member and an inner tubular wellhead member with a seal pocket between them. A seal ring is located in the seal pocket. An annular energizing ring urges the seal ring into sealing engagement with the outer tubular wellhead member and the inner tubular wellhead member. A recess is located on an outer diameter of the annular energizing ring or a radially inner diameter of the seal ring, and a ratcheted retainer is on the other. A ratchet clip with a clip profile is located within the recess. The recess and the ratchet clip extend less than a full circumferential distance around the outer diameter of the annular energizing ring or the radially inner diameter of the seal ring. A retainer profile on the ratcheted retainer selectively engages with the clip profile of the ratchet clip.
US09797196B2
An automated rig apparatus for drilling or servicing a well is provided. The apparatus can include a motor vehicle having a frame, and a hinged derrick mast pivotally attached to the frame. The apparatus can further include a rack disposed in the mast and a carriage assembly with pinion motors configured to travel up and down the rack when the mast is raised to a vertical position. A tool carrier configured to receive a top drive unit or a power swivel unit can be attached to the carriage assembly. The apparatus can further include a movable platform and an operators cab configured to be moved to a desired position relative to the derrick mast when the mast is raised to a vertical position. The apparatus can further include a hydraulic drive assembly to operate the apparatus, and a mud pump and manifold for pumping drilling mud.
US09797185B2
A self-locking handrail system includes a female profile and a male profile. The female profile includes a first leg, a first locking extension that is approximately parallel to the first leg, having a gap formed therebetween, and a first vertical leg extending from the first locking extension approximately orthogonal to the first locking extension. The male profile includes a second vertical leg, and a second locking extension extending from a free end of the second locking extension, forming a fulcrum. A panel is positioned between the first vertical leg and the second vertical leg. A bar is positioned between the panel and the second vertical leg, the bar having first and second surfaces opposite one another that are not parallel with one another, causing the female and male profiles to engage by tilting the second vertical leg outward from the panel and about the fulcrum.
US09797181B2
A system for a vehicle includes: a door; an electric actuating motor that opens and closes the door, the electric actuating motor configured for actuating at a hinge of the door; a push-open actuator mounted at a rear of the door, the push-open actuator configured for pushing against a body of the vehicle; and a wireless device configured for communications to the vehicle. A system for a vehicle includes: a front door; a rear door behind the front door, the rear door having a dual-hinge design that opens and closes in a substantially vertical direction; an electric actuating motor that opens and closes the front door, the electric actuating motor configured for actuating at a hinge of the front door; and a wireless device configured for communications to the vehicle.
US09797178B2
A door assist system for a vehicle is disclosed. The system comprises an actuator configured to control a position of the door about a hinge assembly. An interference sensor forms a portion of a door opening seal and is configured to detect an obstruction in a plurality of detection regions. The system further comprises a controller configured to control the actuator in response to a detection signal from the interference sensor.
US09797167B2
Locking mechanisms and toolboxes including locking mechanisms are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a locking mechanism includes a frame including an opening, a lid, a latch coupled to the lid, the latch including a latching post and a flange, and a locking device including a draw mechanism coupled to the tab, where the draw mechanism is translatable with respect to the frame, the draw mechanism including a slot that includes a narrow end and a wide end positioned opposite the narrow end, where the flange has a width that is greater than a width of the narrow end of the slot of the draw mechanism, and where the draw mechanism is repositionable between a latched position in which the narrow end is axially aligned with the latching post of the latch and an unlatched position, in which the wide end is axially aligned with the latching post of the latch.
US09797154B1
In one embodiment, a roof covering system includes at least two ridge post members, a tarp at least two cables, at least two poles, at least two pole attachment members, and at least two winches. Each ridge post member may include a base configured to attach to a ridge of a roof, a head member; and a post having a bottom end and a top end, the bottom end secured to the base, and the top end secured to the head member. The tarp may have a top edge and a bottom edge, and connection points disposed near the top and bottom edges, wherein the head members are configured to attach to the connection points near the top edge. The cables may be configured to attach to the connection points near the bottom edge of the tarp. The poles may be configured to each guide a respective cable. The two pole attachment members may each be configured to attach a respective pole to a location on the roof below the ridge of the roof. The winches may each be configured to apply tension to a respective cable, thereby suspending the tarp above the roof.
US09797150B1
A cinema theater includes a seating area, a curved screen in front of the seating area and at least one projector. In one aspect, the seating area is preferably a stadium seating area and the at least one projector is positioned behind and above the stadium seating area. In another aspect, the curved screen has a center point and the at least one projector is mounted at an angle of incidence to the center point of the screen of between ±5° horizontal and ±5° vertical. In yet another aspect, the seating area that has an upper seating area and a lower seating area and the at least one projector is positioned at the front of the upper seating area.
US09797145B2
The invention relates to a modular metal covering for buildings, consisting of successive metal sheets (1) which are interconnected by means of joining corresponding bends in the edges thereof, said connections being supported and fastened on supports (2), a lower groove (6) determining the bending of the edges of the metal sheets (1), wherefrom a vertical section extends, ending in a downward-oriented upper break, wherefrom one of the bends extends upwards, successively determining a bowed wing (9), a horizontal section (10) and a vertical section (11), while the other bend extends from the upper break with a wing (12) defining a domed shape; each support (2) comprising a body in the form of a column which determines structures to which said bends of the metal plates (1) are fitted.
US09797144B2
A panel configured for attachment to a mounting surface includes a plurality of raised faces that are formed between an upper edge and a lower edge of the panel. A shoulder is defined on the raised faces adjacent the upper edge and is spaced from the mounting surface, when assembled or attached thereto, by a shoulder offset. A plurality of keyways are recessed between each of the raised faces and are spaced from the mounting surface by a bottom keyway offset adjacent to the butt edge. The bottom keyway offset is substantially aligned with the shoulder offset.
US09797139B2
An attachment device attaches adjacent first and second concrete pieces to one another along corresponding first and second interfacing side surfaces thereof, thereby forming a concrete piece attachment arrangement. The device includes an elongate base member having opposed first and second portions, and first and second lateral members securing to and respectively extending substantially perpendicularly from first and second ends of the base member. The first and second portions of the base member extend within first and second recesses respectively formed into the concrete pieces, in a direction generally perpendicular to the first and second interfacing side surfaces. The first and second lateral member respectively extend through bore holes extending through the first and second concrete pieces and connecting with the respective first and second recesses. A method for attaching the concrete pieces to one another with an attachment piece is also described.
US09797138B2
Constructive system comprising at least four modular elongated prefabricated floor elements, each floor element defining a longitudinal axis parallel to its long side and a transversal axis parallel to its short side, and being arranged coplanar in a 2×2 matrix configuration such that each floor element is adjacent to another element by one of its long sides and adjacent to another of the elements by one of its short sides, the ends of the short sides of the floor elements resting on linear supporting elements, the floor elements comprising in the vertical face of each of the long sides a longitudinal groove having the direction of the longitudinal axis such that a cavity is formed between each pair of adjacent floor elements, the cavities being filled with a grouting, the system including at least one duct extending continuously along the two cavities and a post-tensioned tendon within the duct.
US09797118B2
Pull-out sprayhead (1) for a faucet, comprising: an inlet fitting (10) provided with a coupling end (11a) which can be connected to an extractable water supply pipe; a supply mouth (10d) in fluid communication with said coupling end (10d); and a magnet (12) fixed at the inlet fitting (10) and designed to allow releasable connection of said pull-out sprayhead (1) to a faucet neck (20), said magnet (12) being arranged in a watertight housing chamber (13) defined between an outer wall of said inlet fitting (10) and a covering nut (14) fastened to said inlet fitting (10).
US09797117B2
A fluid pressure control device includes a switching valve configured to operate in conjunction with the control valve by the pilot pressure led through the pilot valve to switch work of the operation check valve. The switching valve includes a pilot chamber to which the pilot pressure is led, a spool that moves in accordance with the pilot pressure of the pilot chamber, a bias member that biases the spool in the valve closing direction, a collar detachably installed in the pilot chamber, and a piston slidably inserted into the collar, the piston being configured to receive the pilot pressure on a back surface thereof and give thrust force to the spool against bias force of the bias member.
US09797113B2
An implement valve layout associated with a machine, such as a motor grader, is provided to perform control and actuation of valves associated with a hydraulic valve block. The implement valve layout may include a control lever system having linkages and bell cranks for actuating valves of the hydraulic valve block located below a floor of the narrow front cab. An auxiliary implement valve layout may provide a second control lever system including linkages that actuate additional valves associated with the hydraulic valve block.
US09797111B2
A work vehicle includes an arm. An arm cylinder drives the arm. A direction control valve operates the arm cylinder by allowing supply of a hydraulic oil to the arm cylinder as a spool moves. An oil path is connected to the direction control valve. A pilot oil for moving the spool flows through the oil path. A proportional solenoid valve for arm excavation is provided in the oil path. An arm control member is provided for an operator to operate drive of the arm. An amount of operation of the arm control member is equal to or smaller than a prescribed value in a first operation state and greater than the prescribed value in a second operation state. A command current instructing an opening of the proportional solenoid valve for arm excavation is set to a constant value in the first operation state.
US09797107B1
A hydroelectric power generating apparatus includes a check dam mounted on a hilltop portion of a hillside to accumulate water of a river reach, a power generating device mounted on a hill bottom portion of the hillside to be driven by a kinetic energy carried by the water for power generation, a diversion pipe extending from the check dam to the power generating device and having at least one diversion duct which extends along the river reach to make a pipeline that converts gravitational potential energy of the water into the kinetic energy, and a surge tank disposed to stand uprightly from the diversion duct for balancing pressure in the diversion duct.
US09797102B2
A two-piece traffic marker assembly a marker body includes a marker body formed of a low density polyethylene and a separable molded rubber base. The base has a weight comprising at least 70% of a total weight of the traffic marker assembly, with the marker body having a weight comprising the remaining 30% or less of the total weight of the traffic marker assembly. Because of this advantageous weight distribution, relative to prior art traffic cones, when the traffic marker assembly is assembled, a tip angle of the traffic marker assembly is about 76 degrees from vertical. A plurality of circumferentially spaced interlocking protrusions disposed on the wall of the marker body, for engaging an interior circumference of the base when the marker assembly is in an assembled space, and for also preventing sticking of marker bodies together when they are stacked.
US09797098B2
An aggregate spreading system includes a dump truck that has a cab and a bed. The bed may contain an aggregate. A transport unit is coupled to the dump truck. The transport unit is positioned on the bed to urge the aggregate forwardly in the bed. A distribution unit is coupled to the dump truck. The distribution unit is positioned on the bed to receive the aggregate from the transport unit. Thus, the distribution unit distributes the aggregate onto a support surface. The distribution unit levels the aggregate on the support surface when the aggregate has been released onto the support surface.
US09797094B2
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure include paper, methods of making paper, and the like.
US09797080B2
A laundry treating machine is provided. The laundry treating machine may include a tub to receive wash water, a drum rotatably provided in the tub, an air supply device to supply air to the tub, a lint filter to filter lint from the air circulated by the air supply device, a filter cleaning device to supply cleaning water to the lint filter to remove the lint from the lint filter, and a cooling water supply device to supply cooling water to an inner surface of the tub such that moisture contained in air is condensed at the inner surface of the tub.
US09797079B2
A collapsible watertight assembly comprises an impermeable flexible container (1) having an open end adapted to be sealed, a neck (7) closable by a screw cap (8), and a roll and lock seal (9) which provides a watertight seal on the open end. The assembly further comprises a reticulated inner container (11) adapted to fit inside the impermeable container (1). In use, a person puts garments in the inner container (11), places the inner container (11) inside the impermeable flexible container (1), fills the impermeable flexible container (1) with water and a cleaning substance, seals the sealing means (9) and applies an agitating motion to the assembly to enable the garments to be washed. The assembly can be used as a portable laundry assembly, as a self-contained assembly for bleaching, dyeing rinsing and drip-drying clothes or to carry water or to keep items dry in high-humidity or damp conditions.
US09797073B1
The present invention provides a process for modifying the surface of a polyvinyl alcohol film or fabric by applying heat and pressure to the film or fabric to increase the moisture on the surface which is held by the fabric and to coalesce the surface fibers and reduce the porosity of the surface.
US09797066B2
A susceptor is disclosed that can increase a heat capacity of a susceptor outer peripheral portion by enlarging the thickness of the susceptor and equalize thermal conditions for an outer peripheral portion and the inner peripheral portion of a wafer and a method for manufacturing an epitaxial wafer that uses this susceptor to perform vapor-phase epitaxy of an epitaxial layer. Back surface depositions have a close relationship with heat transfer that occurs between a wafer and a susceptor, i.e., a wafer outer peripheral portion has a higher temperature than a wafer inner peripheral portion since the wafer is in contact with or close to the susceptor at the wafer outer peripheral portion and hence the back surface depositions are apt to be generated. This is solved by equalizing thermal conditions for the wafer outer peripheral portion and the inner peripheral portion of the wafer back surface.
US09797065B2
A crystal can be formed using vapor deposition. In one set of embodiments, the crystal can be grown such that the crystal selectively grown along a particular surface at a relatively faster rate as compared to another surface. In another embodiment, the assist material may aid in transporting or depositing the vapor species of a constituent to surfaces of the crystal. In a further set of embodiments, the crystal can be vapor grown in the presence of an assist material that is attracted to or repelled from a particular location of the crystal to increase or reduce crystal growth rate at a region adjacent to the location. The position of the relatively locally greater net charge within the assist material may affect the crystal plane to which the assist material is attracted or repelled. An as-grown crystal may be achieved that has a predetermined geometric shape.
US09797059B2
A method for manufacturing a mold includes (a) anodizing an aluminum substrate at a voltage of 60 V to 120 V in an electrolytic solution in which two or more species of acid are mixed, and forming an oxide film having a plurality of minute holes on a surface of the aluminum substrate; and (b) removing at least a portion of the oxide film. The electrolytic solution used in (a) satisfies the relation (D1)/2
US09797057B2
The present disclosure generally relates to techniques for magnetic electro-plating or electro-deposition. Example methods may include utilizing a magnet during electro-deposition to modify kinetics of deposition of plating material on a substrate.
US09797055B2
Provided is a metal coating film formation device capable of forming a film using a simple device configuration and in a short time, and capable of performing the formation of a film of metal coating continuously for a long period. A film formation device 1A is provided with an anode 11, a solid electrolyte film 13 disposed between the anode 11 and the base material B, and a power supply unit 16 that applies a voltage between the anode 11 and the base material B. The anode 11 is a non-porous anode comprising the same metal as the metal of the metal coating. Between the anode 11 and the solid electrolyte film 13, a porous material 14 is disposed in contact with the anode 11 and the solid electrolyte film 13. The porous material 14 includes a plurality of pores providing communication between the anode 11 and the solid electrolyte film 13 and being supplied with a metal solution L.
US09797036B2
A metal workpiece, such as a wheel, and a method of providing an enhanced corrosion resistant surface coating on an exposed surface of a metal or alloy substrate (such as magnesium). A corrosion resistance basecoat is formed, including generating an oxide layer, and applying a first primer coating onto at least a portion of the oxide layer. The method may further include identifying highest corrosion prone areas on the substrate and designing a support rack that avoids contact with these corrosion prone areas. The method also includes forming a topcoat over at least a portion of the basecoat, by applying a second primer coating onto at least a portion of the first primer coating and depositing a sputtered metallic film onto the second primer coating using a physical vapor deposition technique. A clear coat layer may be applied over the metallic film.
US09797033B2
The invention provides a wear-resistant steel plate, which has the following chemical composition (wt. %): C: 0.08-0.21%, Si: 0.15-0.45%, Mn: 1.10-1.80%, P: ≦0.015%, S: ≦0.010%, Nb: 0.010-0.040%, Al: 0.010-0.080%, B: 0.0006-0.0014%, Ti: 0.005-0.050%, Ca: 0.0010-0.0080%, V≦0.080%, Cr≦0.60%, N≦0.0080%, O≦0.0060%, H≦0.0004%, wherein 0.025%≦Nb+Ti≦0.080%, 0.030%≦Al+Ti≦0.12%, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The invention also provides a method of manufacturing the wear-resistant steel plate, comprising smelting, casting, rolling, post-rolling direct cooling, inter alia. The wear-resistant steel plate obtained from the above composition and process has perfect weldability, high strength, high hardness, good low-temperature toughness, and excellent machinability, and is suitable for quick-wear devices in engineering and mining machinery, such as bucket, mining vehicle body and scraper transporter, etc.
US09797028B2
A method of purifying yttrium involves purifying element yttrium by high-temperature saturated dissolution, low-temperature recrystallization, high-temperature reduction and vaporization-based removal of impurities, in a simple manner, and at a low cost, such that yttrium element is unlikely to be contaminated by any raw material used in a manufacturing process.
US09797022B2
Processing of a reaction product mixture containing at least one volatile organic compound as well as lignin, lignin derived compounds, and/or unextracted cellulose and hemicellulose using a recovery system comprising at least two flashers or at least one flasher and at least two reboilers. In a particular embodiment, the reaction product mixture comes from reactions involving deconstruction (or digestion) of biomass, particularly cellulosic biomass which contains various polysaccharides (e.g., carbohydrates) and lignin.
US09797017B2
The present invention relates to a kit and nucleic acid chip for diagnosing bladder cancer using a bladder cancer-specific marker gene. More particularly, the invention relates to a kit and nucleic acid chip for diagnosing bladder cancer, which can detect the promoter methylation of a bladder cancer-specific gene, the promoter or exon region of which is methylated specifically in transformed cells of bladder cancer. The use of the diagnostic kit or nucleic acid chip of the invention enables diagnosis of bladder cancer at an early stage of transformation, thus enabling early diagnosis of bladder cancer, and can diagnose bladder cancer in a more accurate and rapid manner compared to a conventional method.
US09797015B2
Described herein is a method of determining lithium responsiveness in a bipolar disorder patient. The method includes obtaining a sample from a patient having bipolar disorder, and assaying the sample for the presence or absence of one or more glutamate decarboxylase-like 1 (GADL1) gene variants selected from the group consisting of a T allele of the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs17026688, a G allele of the SNP rs17026651, and GADL1 1VS8+48delG. The presence of one or more of the GADL1 gene variants indicates that the patient is responsive to lithium treatment.
US09797009B2
The invention relates to methods using constructs comprising a helicase and an additional polynucleotide binding moiety. The helicase is attached to the polynucleotide binding moiety and the construct has the ability to control the movement of a polynucleotide. The constructs can be used to control the movement of polynucleotides and are particularly useful for sequencing polynucleotides.
US09797008B2
In relation to an automated nucleic acid processor and an automated nucleic acid processing method using a multi function dispensing unit, processing involving extraction and amplification of the nucleic acid, can be consistently, quickly and efficiently conducted at a low cost with the use of a multi function dispensing unit, while saving user's trouble without expanding the scale of the device. The multi function dispensing unit includes: a nozzle head provided with a suction-discharge mechanism and nozzles detachably provided with dispensing tips; a container group having, at the very least housing parts for liquids and reaction containers for housing an amplification solution; a transfer mechanism that makes an interval between the nozzles and the container group relatively movable; a temperature controller whereby temperature control of the interior of the reaction vessels is possible; sealing liquids and/or sealing lids that are transportable to the reaction vessels using the nozzles, and which make the amplification solutions housed in the reaction vessels sealable within the reaction vessels; and a sealing control part that controls the suction-discharge mechanism or the transfer mechanism, such that the sealing liquid and/or the sealing lids seal the amplification solution within the reaction vessels when the housing of the amplification solution in the reaction vessels is completed.
US09796990B2
The present invention relates to enzymes capable of hydrolysing organophosphate (OP) molecules. In particular, the invention relates to variants of the OpdA enzyme from Agrobacterium that display improved activity when compared to the naturally occurring OpdA. The invention is also towards polypeptides that have organophosphate hydrolysing activity for the organophosphates chlorpyrifos methyl, diazinon and parathion ethyl.
US09796988B2
A process for producing hydroxyalkanoate copolymers, which comprises: (i) pre-treating a sucrose-containing feedstock in an acidic solution; (ii) feeding the pre-treated feedstock into a bioreactor containing polyhydroxyalkanoate producing microbial cells; (iii) cultivating the polyhydroxyalkanoate producing microbial cells to form a cell mass containing the hydroxyalkanoate copolymers; (iv) recovering the hydroxyalkanoate copolymers from the cell mass. The pre-treating step has the main function of hydrolyzing sucrose into glucose and fructose, which in turn are converted into 4-ketovaleric acid to give a mixture of mono-saccharides and organic precursors for microbial synthesis of hydroxyalkanoate copolymers, and particularly of PHBVV ter-polymers. Complex and expensive purification processes of the substrates obtained from the pre-treating step are not needed. The solutions can be directly used as the feeding solutions for microbial PHA biosynthesis.
US09796985B2
The present invention includes an expression cassette containing a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide; and a host cell, transgenic plant (e.g., a dicot or monocot), transformed seed, and transgenic rootstock containing said expression cassette. Methods for desensitizing a plant to endogenous cytokinin; increasing seed, embryo or cotyledon size or weight; increasing the seed yield of a plant; and/or increasing the size of the root or root meristem or formation of lateral or adventitious roots are provided. In some embodiments, expression of the polypeptide is under control of a seed-preferred, embryo-preferred or root-preferred promoter.
US09796984B2
The present invention relates to genes, proteins and methods comprising molecules that alter amino acid levels. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to altering guanidino substrate hydrolysis activities in plants, arthropods and microorganisms using molecules within the arginase family and other molecules that alter an amino acid levels. In ones embodiment, the present invention relates to altering threonine substrate deamination and dehydration activities in plants, arthropods and microorganisms using molecules within the threonine deaminase family and other molecules that alter amino acid levels. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to using genes, proteins and methods comprising arginase or threonine deaminase for altering the pathophysiology of plants, arthropods and microorganisms. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention relates to altering guanidino substrate hydrolysis activity in plants, arthropods, and microorganisms using arginase. In another preferred embodiment, the invention relates to altering threonine substrated deamination and dehydration activity in plants, arthropods, and microorganisms using threonine deaminase. In some embodiments, the invention related to overexpression and increased activity of arginase, threonine deaminase and a proteinase inhibitor.
US09796976B2
Disclosed herein are methods for decreasing A1AT mRNA and protein expression and treating, ameliorating, preventing, slowing progression, or stopping progression of fibrosis. Disclosed herein are methods for decreasing A1AT mRNA and protein expression and treating, ameliorating, preventing, slowing progression, or stopping progression of liver disease, such as, A1ATD associated liver disease, and pulmonary disease, such as, A1ATD associated pulmonary disease in an individual in need thereof. Methods for inhibiting A1AT mRNA and protein expression can also be used as a prophylactic treatment to prevent individuals at risk for developing a liver disease, such as, A1ATD associated liver disease and pulmonary disease, such as, A1ATD associated pulmonary disease.
US09796975B2
A composition for use in formulations for controlling insect populations, including populations of mosquito and flies. The composition comprises one or more double-stranded constructs inhibitory to RNA transcription of ribosomal proteins. The invention also relates to method of using the compositions in formulations to inhibit insect populations.
US09796974B2
One aspect of the present invention relates to double-stranded RNAi (dsRNA) duplex agent capable of inhibiting the expression of a target gene. The dsRNA duplex comprises one or more motifs of three identical modifications on three consecutive nucleotides in one or both strand, particularly at or near the cleavage site of the strand. Other aspects of the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these dsRNA agents suitable for therapeutic use, and methods of inhibiting the expression of a target gene by administering these dsRNA agents, e.g., for the treatment of various disease conditions.
US09796971B2
A method using yeast as a host for production of human ER chaperone proteins, using endogenous signal peptides of intracellular human proteins that are recognized and correctly processed in the yeast cells to subsequently lead to the secretion of the human proteins. The resultant proteins possessed native amino acid sequence and were biologically active. Moreover, secretion allowed simple one-step purification of native recombinant human proteins with high yields.
US09796970B1
The present invention provides a method for purifying Chondroitinase ABC (ChABC). The present method includes using a heparin-immobilized affinity chromatography column, and through chromatography method obtaining a purified ChABC from a matrix containing the ChABC. The present method is capable of obtaining ChABC in high purity with the advantages of simplicity in preparation and high yield.
US09796965B2
The present invention generally relates to detection of a target nucleic acid in standard PCR, real-time PCR, RT PCR, and real-time RT PCR. One aspect of the invention provides mutant DNA polymerase enzymes that are resistant to PCR inhibitors, such as dye, blood, and soil. Another aspect of the invention provides for methods of real-time PCR assays using mutant DNA polymerase enzymes resistant to PCR inhibitors with samples containing dye, blood, and/or soil. Another aspect of the invention provides for methods of standard PCR assays using mutant DNA polymerase enzymes resistant to PCR inhibitors with samples containing blood and/or soil.
US09796958B2
We describe the production and use of an extract obtained from Musa spp., preferably from bananas, in the promotion of growth of Gram-positive bacteria such as lactic acid bacteria. The extract is also useful for growth enhancement of environmentally-stressed Gram negative bacteria. Fermented foods containing such extracts are also described.
US09796953B2
A cleaning liquid for lithography that is capable of removing residual material which remains after an etching process, as well as suppressing corrosion of at least one of cobalt and alloys thereof, and a method for cleaning a substrate using the cleaning liquid. The cleaning liquid for lithography includes hydroxylamine, at least one basic compound selected from amine compounds other than hydroxylamine, and quaternary ammonium hydroxides, and water, and has a pH value of 8 or higher. The cleaning liquid is used in cleaning a substrate containing at least one of cobalt and alloys thereof.
US09796952B2
The present invention relates to thiazolium dyes, laundry care compositions comprising one or more thiazolium dyes, processes of making such dyes and laundry care compositions and methods of using same. The dyes, compositions and methods of the present invention are advantageous in providing improved hueing of fabric, including whitening of white fabric, while avoiding significant build up of bluing dyes on the fabric.
US09796951B2
The present invention relates to the use of modified polyaspartic acids in dishwashing detergents, in particular as dispersants, film inhibitors and spot inhibitors. The invention also relates to dishwashing detergent compositions comprising modified polyaspartic acids.
US09796948B2
The present disclosure relates to detergent compositions that comprise renewable components and exhibit good performance, as compared to both traditional detergent formulations that contain non-renewable ingredients and known detergent formulations that contain renewable components.
US09796942B2
A plastic bearing material of a bearing may include a block copolymer. The block copolymer may include structural blocks of two or more different polymers. A first polymer may include at least one of polyamide-imide and polybenzimidazole. A second polymer may include at least one of polydimethylsiloxane, methyl vinyl ether and polyisobutene. A method for manufacturing a plastic bearing material may include synthesizing a structural block of a first polymer and a structural block of a second polymer to define a block copolymer via a condensation reaction.
US09796935B2
The invention concerns a method for selectively hydrogenating a hydrocarbon charge containing at least two carbon atoms per molecule, having a final boiling point which is less than or equal to 250° C., and comprising at least one polyunsaturated compound, wherein the charge, in the presence of hydrogen, is brought into contact with at least one catalyst comprising a carrier and an active metal phase deposited on the carrier, the active metal phase comprising iron and at least one metal selected from zinc and copper in a molar ratio of Fe:(Zn and/or Cu) of between 0.35 and 0.99.
US09796932B2
Described are fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) compositions, methods of manufacture and use. FCC catalyst compositions comprise particles first particle type comprising one or more boron oxide components and a first matrix component and a second particle type having a composition different from the first particle type, the second particle type comprising a second matrix component, a phosphorus component and 20% to 95% by weight of a zeolite component. The FCC catalyst compositions can be used to crack hydrocarbon feeds, particularly resid feeds containing high V and Ni, resulting in lower hydrogen and coke yields.
US09796927B2
A photo-aligning liquid crystal alignment layer formed by using a photo-aligning liquid crystal aligning agent containing polyamic acid or a derivative thereof which is synthesized by using tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride having no photoreactive structure having a specific structure and diamine having no photoreactive structure having a specific structure together with at least one of tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride having a photoreactive structure and diamine having a photoreactive structure can reduce storage of residual DC in a liquid crystal display device. Further, the above alignment layer can shorten the relaxation time and can prevent afterimages from being generated.
US09796925B2
There is provided a method for selectively removing a plurality of target objects by using a stripping solution without causing damage to an underlying material, the target objects including a resist used as a mask material for dry etching and a transformed layer and a deposited film formed during the dry etching, the stripping solution including a first composition, a second composition, and a third composition, and the method including continuously changing the composition of the stripping solution from the first composition to the second composition and then from the second composition to the third composition.
US09796924B2
The phosphor of the invention is based on a lanthunum cerium terbium phosphate, and it is characterized in that the phosphate consists of particles having a mean size of at most 4 μm, in that it has a lithium content of at most 30 ppm, a boton content of at most 30 ppm and in that it has a variation of brightness between the brightness measured on the phosphor at 25° C. and that measured on the same phosphor at 200° C. of at most 4%.
US09796918B2
A method of servicing a wellbore within a subterranean formation comprising providing a first wellbore tubular positioned within a second wellbore tubular creating a tubular flowpath and an annular flowpath, wherein the tubular flowpath and the annular flowpath converge in a mixing zone within the wellbore, placing an annular fluid through the annular flowpath, placing a tubular fluid through the tubular flowpath, and contacting the annular fluid and the tubular fluid in the mixing zone to form a composite fluid, wherein the composite fluid comprises a base fluid component, a proppant component, a crosslinkable polymer component, a crosslinking agent component, and an optional buffering agent component and wherein the components of the composite fluid are apportioned between the annular fluid and the tubular fluid such that reaction of the components to form the composite fluid is inhibited until the components of the composite fluid mix within the mixing zone.
US09796917B2
Disclosed herein is a fluid flow improver comprising a branched dendritic core comprising a first quaternary carbon center bonded to four second carbon atoms, wherein at least three of the four second carbon atoms are individually bonded to one or more chain extender ligands to produce the branched dendritic core, wherein the branched dendritic core has greater than or equal to about 16 terminal hydroxyl groups, and wherein at least one of the terminal hydroxyl groups is esterified with at least one carboxylic acid moiety comprising from 6 to 30 carbon atoms. Methods of inhibiting deposition of paraffin and reducing pour point temperature of a hydrocarbon fluid are also disclosed.
US09796914B2
A hydraulic fracturing composition includes: a superabsorbent polymer in an expanded state; a plurality of proppant particles disposed in the superabsorbent polymer; a well treatment agent, and a fluid to expand the superabsorbent polymer into the expanded state. A process for treating a well with well treatment agent includes disposing a hydraulic fracturing composition comprising the well treatment agent in a well. The well treatment agent can be a scale inhibitor, tracer, pH buffering agent, or a combination thereof.
US09796913B2
Low residue, high salinity fracturing fluids may be produced by hydrating a gelling agent comprising carboxymethyl hydroxypropyl guar (CMHPG) in an aqueous fluid having a total dissolved solids concentration of about 30,000 ppm or greater and a pH of about 5 to about 8; adjusting the pH of the aqueous fluid to about 9 to about 10; and then, adding a zirconate crosslinker to the aqueous fluid to yield a crosslinked-CMHPG.
US09796904B2
Disclosed is a method of cementing. The method comprises providing a set-delayed cement composition comprising water, pumice, hydrated lime, a set retarder, and a micro-electrical-mechanical system; and allowing the set-delayed cement composition to set.
US09796903B2
Corrosion-resistant refractory binder compositions may be formed with a calcium ion source, high-alumina refractory aluminosilicate pozzolan, and water. Any one or more of such components may individually be non-cementitious. Examples of high-alumina refractory aluminosilicate pozzolan include crushed firebrick; firebrick grog; and mixtures of silicate and any one or more of corundum, high-alumina ceramic, and bauxite; refractory mortar; fire clay; mullite; fused mullite; and combinations thereof, among others. A binder composition may be mixed with sufficient amount of water to form a slurry, which slurry may be introduced into a subterranean formation (e.g., via a wellbore penetrating the subterranean formation). A plurality of the non-cementitious components may react in the presence of water when exposed to suitable conditions so as to enable the binder composition to set. Such compositions, once set, may exhibit enhanced corrosion and/or heat resistance as compared to other binder compositions.
US09796900B2
A persulfate compound activated by a strong base is used for low-temperature breaking of fluids viscosified with one or more water-soluble synthetic polymers, wherein the water-soluble synthetic polymers are selected from the group consisting of polyacrylamides, copolymers of polyacrylamide, derivatives of polyacrylamide or of copolymers of polyacrylamide, and any combination thereof. The breaker system can be used in an oilfield or pipeline application where such a synthetic polymer, a multi-chain polysaccharide, or combination thereof may be present in a fluid. It is particularly useful at low temperatures of less than 100° F.
US09796898B2
A die attach paste composition comprising (a) an organosilicone resin; (b) a single crystal alumina filler; (c) a hardener; and (d) an inhibitor. By using single crystal alumina filler in a silicone based die attach paste, thermal conductivity and anti-yellowing properties are improved in comparison with other spherical alumina particles at the same filler loading content.
US09796889B2
The invention discloses an adhesion agent composition comprising at least one C3-C200 olefin compound having at least one metathesis active double bond, wherein the olefin is substituted or unsubstituted; and at least one compatibilizing functionality for interacting with a substrate surface. The substrate surface can be any surface, for example, silicate glasses, silicate minerals, metals, metal alloys, ceramics, natural stones, plastics, carbon, silicon, and semiconductors. The invention also discloses articles of manufacture utilizing these adhesion agents as well as methods for adhering a polyolefin to a substrate surface.
US09796881B2
A polishing composition contains abrasive grains and water. 50% by mass or more of the abrasive grains consists of particles A having particle sizes between 40 nm and 80 nm inclusive, and 10% by mass or more of the abrasive grains consists of particles B having particle sizes between 150 nm and 300 nm inclusive. The polishing composition is used to polish a surface of a compound semiconductor substrate.
US09796879B2
A film-forming material including a metal oxide such as a SiO2 film on the surface of a substrate, in which foreign substances, such as fine particles, are generated with difficulty while being stored, and a method for forming a film, in which the method includes forming a film on the surface of a substrate using the film-forming material. The film-forming material includes a metal compound capable of generating a hydroxyl group upon hydrolysis dissolved in an organic solvent that does not have a functional group that reacts with the metal compound. The organic solvent includes a solvent having a value of Log P of from 0 to 3.5.
US09796876B2
The present invention relates to a coating material comprising at least one aliphatic or cycloaliphatic polyisocyanate having an NCO functionality of at least 2, preferably 2.8 to 6, optionally at least one binder, preferably a hydroxyl-containing binder, at least one adduct of an isocyanatotrialkoxysilane and a polyhydric alcohol, with more than 90, more preferably more than 95, most preferably more than 99 percent of the hydroxyl groups in the polyhydric alcohol having been converted by reaction with the isocyanatotrialkoxysilane, and less than 0.1 wt % of the isocyanate groups from the isocyanatotrialkoxysilane being reactive in the adduct, at least one catalyst selected from the group consisting of Lewis acids, phosphoric acid or phosphorous acid and esters thereof, blocked or non-blocked sulphonic acids, sulphuric acid, carboxylic acids having a melting point >60° C. and tetraalkylammonium carboxylates, optionally at least one auxiliary, preferably at least one further crosslinker, and/or adjuvant, and optionally organic solvents, and also to a process comprising providing, applying to a surface and curing the coating material, to a coating obtainable by curing the coating material, and to use of the coating material for coating a metal, glass, plastic or wood surface.
US09796875B2
The invention relates to a coating composition comprising: a) at least one alkyd binder with an oil content of at least 45 wt % and at most 85 wt %, a modified alkyd binder, or a combination thereof; b) at least one amine or imine component selected from the group comprising: polyaspartic acids and esters thereof, (meth)acrylate/aspartate amines, aldimines, ketimines, and combinations thereof; and c) at least one isocyanate compound.
US09796850B2
A reactive functional group-containing polyarylene sulfide resin composition having a narrow polydispersity and a low gas generation amount is manufactured by mixing a polyarylene sulfide resin (a) and a polyarylene sulfide resin (b), wherein the polyarylene sulfide (a) has a weight reduction ratio ΔWr of not higher than 0.18% under heating and an increase rate of melt viscosity of less than 1.05 times by addition of a reactive compound (c) having a reactive group relative to melt viscosity prior to addition of the reactive compound (c), and the polyarylene sulfide (b) has the weight reduction ratio ΔWr of not higher than 0.18% under heating and the increase rate of melt viscosity of not less than 1.05 times by addition of the reactive compound (c) having the reactive group relative to melt viscosity prior to addition of the reactive compound (c).
US09796832B2
Fluoropolymer compositions are described which comprise tetrafluoroethene polymers and substantially spherical particles. Further provided are methods of making such compositions and articles prepared from such compositions. The compositions can be used to increase the wear resistance and/or the electrical insulation properties of an article.
US09796819B2
Provided is a process for producing a wet masterbatch which, without deteriorating a reinforcing property of a rubber composition and rubber physical properties, micronizes a filler slurry by controlling an amount of functional groups on a filler surface, and improves filler dispersibility in the rubber wet masterbatch and the rubber composition. The process for producing a wet masterbatch comprises: a step of producing a slurry solution having a pH of 8 or more by dispersing carbon black having an average amount of surface acidic functional groups (μeq/m2) of 0.15 or more and less than 3.00; a step of producing a mixture by mixing the slurry solution and a rubber latex solution in a liquid phase; and a step of drying the mixture.
US09796818B2
A method for producing a rubber composition, which comprises kneading 20 parts by mass or more of silica with 100 parts by mass of diene rubber, and adding from 3 to 20 parts by mass of syndiotactic-1,2-polybutadiene to the kneaded mixture obtained, followed by kneading is disclosed. This method brings out characteristics of syndiotactic-1,2-polybutadiene and can improve wet grip performance.
US09796817B2
A curable composition including: (A) an ester bond-containing organosilicon compound having two or more addition reactive carbon-carbon double bonds in one molecule, shown by the following general formula (1); (B) a silicon compound having two or more silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms in one molecule; and (C) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst. This provides a curable composition to give a cured product with low gas permeability as well as excellent crack resistance and light transmission property.
US09796806B2
The invention relates to dioxomolybdenum (VI) complex compounds of the formula MoO2(L)x(Y)2-x, where the ligand L has the formula (I). Such complex compounds are suitable in particular as catalysts for one- and two-component polyurethane compositions. The invention also relates to two-component polyurethane compositions including at least one polyisocyanate as the first component, at least one polyol as the second component, and at least one such dioxomolybdenum (VI) complex compound as the catalyst. The invention further relates to one-component polyurethane compositions comprising at least one polyurethane prepolymer with isocyanate groups, which are made from at least one polyisocyanate with at least one polyol, and comprising such a dioxomolybdenum (VI) complex compound as the catalyst. The invention additionally relates to different uses of said polyurethane compositions.
US09796790B2
A liquid composition contains a cellulosic material constituted by a material containing at least one of cellulose and a cellulose derivative, and an ionic liquid having a functional group with reactivity. It is preferred that the ionic liquid has an imidazolium salt structure. It is also preferred that the functional group with reactivity contains a carbon-carbon double bond.
US09796782B2
The present disclosure provides proteins comprising antigen binding sites of antibodies that bind to interleukin-11 (IL-11) receptor alpha (IL-11Rα) and uses thereof, e.g., in therapy.
US09796781B2
Markers of acute myeloid leukemia stem cells (AMLSC) are identified. The markers are differentially expressed in comparison with normal counterpart cells, and are useful as diagnostic and therapeutic targets.
US09796778B1
Disclosed herein are novel pathological form of TDP-43, monoclonal antibodies against such pathological form of TDP-43, and uses thereof. The novel pathological form of TDP-43 is characterized in having a spherical particle size of about 2 to 400 nm in diameter.
US09796775B2
This invention relates to a method for detecting pancreatic cancer using novel tumor markers. Specifically, the invention provides a method for detecting pancreatic cancer comprising measuring the presence or an amount of a polypeptide having an reactivity of binding via an antigen-antibody reaction to an antibody against CAPRIN-1 protein in a sample separated from a subject, and to a reagent or kit for detecting pancreatic cancer comprising a CAPRIN-1 protein or a fragment thereof, an antibody against the same, or a polynucleotide encoding the same.
US09796770B2
The invention relates to an immunoglobulin composition reduced in thrombogenic agents and to methods for its preparation. One method comprises subjecting an immunoglobulin containing solution to a negative cation exchanger chromatography at a pH in the range of higher than 3.8 to equal to or lower than 5.3. The solution can also be subjected to a negative anion exchanger chromatography at a pH in the range of 7 to 8.2.
US09796762B2
The present invention relates to Roseburia flagellin, and/or a polynucleotide sequence encoding said Roseburia flagellin, and/or a vector comprising said polynucleotide sequence, and/or a host cell, including bacteria, comprising said vector, and/or a host cell, including bacteria, comprising said polynucleotide sequence, for use in modulating the inflammation of a tissue or an organ in a subject.
US09796757B2
A peptide, derivative or peptidomimetic that blocks binding of GNA12 to αSNAP is provided as are methods of using the same to inhibit thrombin-induced von Willebrand Factor secretion and prevent or treat thrombosis.
US09796753B2
N-Substituted indenoisoquinoline compounds, and pharmaceutical formulations of N-substituted indenoisoquinoline compounds are described. Also described are processes for preparing N-substituted indenoisoquinoline compounds. Also described are methods for treating cancer in mammals using the described N-substituted indenoisoquinoline compounds or pharmaceutical formulations thereof.
US09796739B2
Described herein are precursors and methods for forming silicon-containing films. In one aspect, there is provided an aza-polysilane precursor comprising at least two Si—N bonds, at least one Si—Si bond, and at least two SiH2 groups represented by the following Formula IA, IB and IC: wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from a linear or branched C1 to C10 alkyl group, a linear or branched C3 to C10 alkenyl group, a linear or branched C3 to C10 alkynyl group, C3 to C10 cyclic alkyl group, C3 to C10 hetero-cyclic alkyl group, a C5 to C10 aryl group, and a C3 to C10 hetero-aryl group, a C2 to C10 dialkylamino group, a C3 to C10 cyclic alkylamino group; R3 and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen, a linear or branched C1 to C10 alkyl group, a linear or branched C2 to C10 alkenyl group, a linear or branched C2 to C10 alkynyl group, C3 to C10 cyclic alkyl group, C3 to C10 hetero-cyclic alkyl group, a C5 to C10 aryl group, and a C3 to C10 hetero-aryl group, a C2 to C10 dialkylamino group, a C3 to C10 cyclic alkylamino group; wherein R1 in Formula IA cannot both be methyl, R1 and R2 in Formula IB cannot both be iso-propyl, tert-butyl, and bezenyl and R3 and R4 cannot both be methyl and phenyl.
US09796733B2
A compound of Formula II or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are capable of modulating the body's production of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (“cGMP”) and are generally suitable for the therapy and prophylaxis of diseases which are associated with a disturbed cGMP balance. The invention furthermore relates to processes for preparing compounds of Formula II, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for their use in the therapy and prophylaxis of the abovementioned diseases and for preparing pharmaceuticals for this purpose, and to pharmaceutical preparations which comprise compounds of Formula II or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US09796728B2
Disclosed are a cyclic carbonate monomer containing a double-sulfur five-membered ring functional group, and preparation method thereof. The cyclic carbonate monomer can be simply and efficiently synthesized without protection and deprotection processes. The cyclic carbonate monomer of the present invention can be utilized to obtain polycarbonate having a controllable molecular weight and molecular weight distribution via ring opening polymerization, and has biodegradability and reduction-sensitive reversible crosslinking properties. The present invention can be used in a carrier having controllably released drug, a biological tissue scaffold or a biochip.
US09796724B2
Compounds of Formula I: and salts thereof in which R1, R2, R3, R4, X, Y and n have the meanings given in the specification, are inhibitors of Trk kinases and are useful in the treatment of diseases which can be treated with a Trk kinase inhibitor such as pain, cancer, inflammation, neurodegenerative diseases and certain infectious diseases.
US09796716B2
The present invention relates to a novel family of inhibitors of protein kinases. In particular, the present invention relates to inhibitors of the members of the Tec and Src protein kinase families. In one embodiment, the inhibitors of the invention are encompassed by Formula 1:
US09796715B2
Use of 10H-benzo[g]pteridine-2,4-dione derivatives as photosensitizers in the inactivation of microorganisms.
US09796714B2
Embodiments of calcium channel agonists, as well as methods of making and using the calcium channel agonists, are disclosed. The disclosed calcium channel agonists and corresponding salt forms have a structure according to general formula I: wherein each bond depicted as “” is a single bond or a double bond as needed to satisfy valence requirements; Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, and Z5 independently are nitrogen or carbon; R1 and R3 are alkyl; R2 is alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, arylalkyl, or heteroarylalkyl; and R4 is alkyl or hydroxyalkyl.
US09796711B2
The present invention provides for compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 have any of the values defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that are useful as agents in the treatment of diseases and conditions mediated and modulated by CFTR, including cystic fibrosis, Sjögren's syndrome, pancreatic insufficiency, chronic obstructive lung disease, and chronic obstructive airway disease. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprised of one or more compounds of formula (I).
US09796703B2
The present invention is directed to novel synthetic methods for preparing cyclopropyl indolinone compound represented by Structural Formula (A): (A) or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also included are synthetic intermediates described herein.
US09796692B2
Provided herein are novel compounds that inhibit ribonucleotide reductase (RR) by binding to RRM2 and interfering with the activity of the RRM1/RRM2 holoenzyme, as well as methods of synthesizing these novel compounds. The compounds may be used to inhibit RR activity and to treat various conditions associated with RRM2 expression, such as for example certain cancer types, mitochondrial diseases, or degenerative diseases.
US09796687B2
The present invention relates to a family of S-substituted quinazoline derivatives that inhibitors of the enzyme phosphodiesterase 7 (PDE7), useful for the treatment or prevention of diseases mediated by said enzyme, especially inflammatory, neurodegenerative, neurological, psychiatric and/or autoimmune diseases.
US09796681B2
Embodiments of bridged tetrahydroisoquinolines and methods for their use in selectively inhibiting nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase 2 are disclosed. The disclosed compounds have a structure according to general formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein “” represents a single or double bond, R1 is hydrogen, halogen, lower aliphatic, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl; Ra is hydrogen, —CH2R2, R3, or —SO2R4; R2 is lower aliphatic, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl; R3 is substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl; R4 is lower aliphatic, or substituted or unsubstituted aryl; and R5 is hydrogen, halogen, or lower aliphatic.
US09796674B2
Compositions and methods for treatment and prevention of disorders and conditions characterized by reduced TGF-B signaling are described. In particular, the compositions and methods are useful for reducing or eliminating the pathologies associated with Alzheimer's disease. The compositions include urea derivatives containing a piperidine, piperidinium, or a piperidin-4-yl methyl; cycloalkyl, aryl, and fluorobenzyl moieties.
US09796672B2
Isoindoline sigma-2 receptor antagonist compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods for inhibiting Abeta-associated synapse loss or synaptic dysfunction in neuronal cells, modulating an Abeta-associated membrane trafficking change in neuronal cells, and treating cognitive decline associated with Abeta pathology are provided.
US09796668B2
This invention provides novel compounds comprising the following anti-inflammatory pharmacore: wherein X, R1 and R2 are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits and articles of manufacture comprising such compounds, methods and intermediates useful for making the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions.
US09796667B2
Provided are compounds and compositions thereof that are useful as antioxidants in personal care formulations. The compounds are of the Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are independently H, —OH, C1-C6 alkoxy, —COOH, —COO−M+ or —O31 M+, where M+ is a sodium, potassium, or ammonium ion, wherein at least two of R1, R2, R3, R4, or R5 are —OH, and R6, R7, R8, R9, and R10, are independently H, —OH, C1-C6 alkoxy, —COOH, —COO−M+ or —O−M+ where M+ is a sodium, potassium, or ammonium ion, or a substituent of Formula II: wherein R11, R12, R13, R14,and R15are independently H, —OH, C1-C6 alkoxy, —COOH, —COO−M+ or —O−M+, where M+ is a sodium, potassium, or ammonium ion, provided that one of R6, R7, R8, R9, and R10 is a substituent of Formula II.
US09796660B2
The invention provides compounds and methods, for example, to carry out organocatalytic Michael additions of aldehydes to cyclically constrained nitroethylene compounds catalyzed by a proline derivative to provide cyclically constrained α-substituted-γ-nitro-aldehydes. The reaction can be rendered enantioselective when a chiral pyrrolidine catalyst is used, allowing for Michael adducts in nearly optically pure form (e.g., 96 to >99% e.e.).The Michael adducts can bear a single substituent or dual substituents adjacent to the carbonyl. The Michael adducts can be efficiently converted to cyclically constrained protected γ-amino acid residues, which are essential for systematic conformational studies of γ-peptide foldamers. New methods are also provided to prepare other γ-amino acids and peptides. These new building blocks can be used to prepare foldamers, such as α/γ-peptide foldamers, that adopt specific helical conformations in solution and in the solid state.
US09796659B2
The present invention relates to novel compounds, e.g. for use as a medicament. In particular, the present invention relates to novel prodrugs of monomethyl fumarate (MMF) suitable as a medicament, preferably in the treatment and/or prevention of systemic diseases, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, for example multiple sclerosis and psoriasis.
US09796653B2
Copper(II) bromide mediated oxidation of acylated enol and use of the reaction in the synthesis of α,β-unsaturated or α-bromo ketones or aldehydes are disclosed. The method provides an efficient and practical process for manufacturing dehydrohedione (DHH) and many other versatile α,β-unsaturated or α-bromo ketones or aldehydes in large scales to avoid using precious metal compounds.
US09796651B2
The present invention relates to methods by which the thermal dissociation of Michael adducts present in a stream of crude acrylic acid, called “crude ester grade”, and the esterification reaction of acrylic acid present in the stream of crude acrylic acid, or generated in situ by thermal dissociation, with a light alcohol, are carried out simultaneously.
US09796647B2
A method for producing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (10), a compound represented by the following formula (11), a compound represented by the following formula (12), and a compound represented by the following formula (13), which the method containing reacting a compound represented by the following formula (2) with a compound represented by the following formula (7), in the presence of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (1), a compound represented by the following formula (3), a compound represented by the following formula (4), a compound represented by the following formula (8), and a compound represented by the following formula (9).
US09796646B2
The present invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of 9-dichloromethylene-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,4-methano-naphthalen-5-ylamine which process comprises a) reacting cyclopentadiene in the presence of a radical initiator and CXCl3, wherein X is chloro or bromo, to a compound of formula II aa) reacting cyclopentadiene with CXCl3, wherein X is chloro, in the presence of a metal catalyst to a compound of formula II wherein X is chloro, b) reacting the compound of formula II with a base in the presence of an appropriate solvent to the compound of formula III c) and converting the compound of formula III in the presence of 1,2-dehydro-6-nitrobenzene to the compound of formula IV and d) hydrogenating the compound of formula IV in the presence of a metal catalyst.
US09796643B2
The invention relates to converting non-aromatic hydrocarbon in the presence of CO2 to produce aromatic hydrocarbon. CO2 methanation using molecular hydrogen produced during the aromatization increases aromatic hydrocarbon yield. The invention also relates to equipment and materials useful in such upgrading, to processes for carrying out such upgrading, and to the use of such processes for, e.g., natural gas upgrading.
US09796640B2
Provided is a method for producing an optically active carboxylic acid ester at a high yield and with high enantioselectivity using dynamic kinetic resolution, said optically active carboxylic acid ester having an α-nitrogen substituent. This method for producing an optically active carboxylic acid ester includes a step in which racemic carboxylic acid represented by formula (a) and a specific alcohol or phenol derivative are reacted in a polar solvent having a dipole moment of at least 3.5 in the presence of an acid anhydride and an asymmetric catalyst, one enantiomer of the racemic carboxylic acid is selectively esterified, and the other enantiomer is racemized. In formula (a), Ra1 represents a nitrogen-containing heteroaromatic ring group bonded to an assymetric carbon via a nitrogen atom constituting a ring, and Ra2 is an organic group.
US09796636B2
Disclosed herein is a method of: placing between a cooling element and an opposing surface a slurry of: a dielectric powder containing barium titanate, a dispersant, a binder, and water; maintaining the cooling element at a temperature below the opposing surface to cause the formation of ice platelets perpendicular to the surface of the cooling element and having the powder between the platelets; subliming the ice platelets to create voids; sintering the powder to form the dielectric material; and filling the voids with the polymeric material. The process can produce a composite having: a sintered dielectric material of barium titanate and platelets of a polymeric material embedded in the dielectric material. Each of the platelets is perpendicular to a surface of the composite.
US09796635B1
The disclosure provides a slag wool composition including about 60 to about 80 wt. % blast furnace slag and about 20 to about 40 wt. % basalt, based on the total weight of the inorganic raw materials, wherein the composition has an A/B ratio in a range of about 1.20 to about 1.70. The disclosure further provides a slag wool produced using the slag wool composition of the disclosure, wherein the slag wool has a fiber diameter in a range of about 4.0 microns to about 10.0 microns. The disclosure further provides a method for the manufacture of slag wool.
US09796621B2
Chemically strengthened glass with reduced induced curvature and a method for making utilizing a heat treatment are provided. The method includes providing a substrate, having a width, and characterized by having a glass chemical structure including host alkali ions having an average ionic radius situated in the glass chemical structure. The substrate also includes dimensional volumes including a treatment-rich volume and a treatment-poor volume located as opposed to each other in the provided substrate. The method also includes heating the provided substrate to a heat-treating temperature for a heat-treating period to produce a heat-treated substrate. The method also includes providing an exchange medium including invading alkali ions. The method also includes applying the exchange medium and conducting ion exchange to produce the strengthened substrate with reduced induced curvature.
US09796619B2
A coated article includes a temperable antireflection (AR) coating that utilizes medium and low index (index of refraction “n”) layers having compressive residual stress in the AR coating. In certain example embodiments, the coating may include the following layers from the glass substrate outwardly: silicon oxynitride (SiOxNy) medium index layer/high index layer/low index layer. In certain example embodiments, depending on the chemical and optical properties of the high index layer and the substrate, the medium and low index layers of the AR coating are selected to cause a net compressive residual stress.
US09796612B2
Treating distilled water with bacteria and other micro-organisms to remove nitrogen compounds from the distilled water. The distilled water may be produced from pretreating and distilling wastewater, such as wastewater from oil and natural gas production. The treatment steps of the distilled water include subjecting the water to microbial action under both anoxic and aerobic conditions and employing a membrane bioreactor to further purify the water. The purified water is still further purified by either reverse osmosis or ion exchange systems.
US09796609B2
A method for providing magnetic fluid treatment in which at least one electrical conductor comprising at least one length of an electrical conducting material having a first conductor lead and a second conductor lead is energized. The electrical conductor is coiled with at least one turn to form at least one uninterrupted coil of electrical conductor encircling at least a section of an outer surface of a conduit. Energizing the at least one electrical conductor establishes a magnetic field having lines of flux directed along the flow path and concentrated in a non-magnetically conductive region located between two magnetically conductive regions. A fluid is directed through the conduit past the non-magnetically conductive region to provide magnetic fluid treatment to the fluid.
US09796602B2
A solar water purifier is disclosed. The solar water purifier uses waste heat from a solar panel, or direct heat from the sun, to boil, evaporate, and condense water to create a stream of purified water. In one embodiment, a boiling tank is mounted under and in direct thermal contact with a solar panel to absorb waste heat. In another embodiment, a transparent wall of the boiling tank is directly exposed to solar energy. Unpurified water enters the boiling tank from an inlet tank. Once in the boiling tank, a stream of steam and water vapor leaves the tank and is allowed to condense within a condenser. The condenser is located within the inlet tank, such that the heat recovered during condensation is used to preheat the inlet water to the boiling tank.
US09796600B2
A portable drinking water filter system, such as a pitcher, having a floatable body including a filter opening configured to receive a water filter, the floatable body having a seal extending outward from an outer surface of the floatable body. The floatable body is disposed in a container cavity such that a body seal engages the sidewall and restricts water from passing between the floatable body and the sidewall. The seal is configured to create friction with the sidewall, wherein the friction created when the floatable body rises in the container is different than when the floatable body lowers in the container. The friction created when the floatable body rises in the container is greater than when the floatable body lowers in the container, allowing the floatable body to auto-retract toward a cavity base without burping.
US09796596B2
A method is disclosed for synthesizing zeolite SSZ-52 in the presence of an organic structure directing agent having the following structure (1): wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms and n has a value of 0, 1 or 2.
US09796590B2
Provided is a carbon fiber manufacturing method including a surface treatment step of ejecting an ozone solution in which ozone is dissolved in solvent from a fluid ejecting port toward a carbon fiber bundle and causing the ozone solution to pass between single fibers of the carbon fiber bundle so as to contact surfaces of the single fibers so that the surfaces of carbon fibers are treated by the ozone solution. Also, provided is a carbon fiber subjected to a surface treatment by the carbon fiber manufacturing method.
US09796588B2
A sulfur trap provides separation of elemental molten sulfur from a process stream comprising a mixture of sulfur and associated tail-gases. The sulfur trap comprises a vertically-oriented cylindrical wall having a chamber for receiving the process stream, a float positioned in the chamber, the float attached to a float end of a lever, a nozzle insert attached to the distal end of the lever, and a lever fulcrum positioned intermediate the lever float end and the lever nozzle insert end. The float, lever, nozzle insert and outlet are constructed to allow the float position to control nozzle insert engagement of the outlet, particularly to close the outlet when the float is elevated by molten sulfur and to disengage from the outlet to allow discharge flow of liquid sulfur at a determined level of sulfur within the chamber. Embodiments of a method of separating liquid sulfur from gases are also provided.
US09796587B2
A system and method for converting waste and secondary materials into synthesis gas (syngas) through the use of a molten metal bath gasifier for the initial breakdown of waste feeds and an A/C plasma reactor for complete dissociation of waste feeds into syngas, and an anaerobic digester. The system includes a heat recovery and steam power generation process for the production of electricity. The system produces a net output of electricity above plant load sufficient for the co-production of renewable Hydrogen and Oxygen. The process does not require the use of fossil fuels or fossil feedstocks during normal operations, and it eliminates combustion produced stack emissions or landfill residuals.
US09796583B2
Compression cold welding methods, joint structures, and hermetically sealed containment devices are provided. The method includes providing a first substrate having at least one first joint structure which comprises a first joining surface, which surface comprises a first metal; providing a second substrate having at least one second joint structure which comprises a second joining surface, which surface comprises a second metal; and compressing together the at least one first joint structure and the at least one second joint structure to locally deform and shear the joining surfaces at one or more interfaces in an amount effective to form a metal-to-metal bond between the first metal and second metal of the joining surfaces. Overlaps at the joining surfaces are effective to displace surface contaminants and facilitate intimate contact between the joining surfaces without heat input. Hermetically sealed devices can contain drug formulations, biosensors, or MEMS devices.
US09796581B2
The invention relates to a process for fabricating a high-precision object made of at least one inorganic material, comprising the following steps: using a high-resolution photolithography process, employing X-rays or UV rays depending on the desired degree of precision, in a chosen direction Z, to form a negative mold, which does not deform at the microscale during the steps of the process, in a material able to withstand a step for forming the object by dry deposition and capable of either being removed without altering the object fabricated or being separated from said object; choosing, independently of the normal redox potential of its constituent elements, at least one inorganic material from the set of materials that can be deposited by dry deposition and that allow the object to be fabricated to meet its thermomechanical and environmental specifications; and forming, by means of the non-deformable negative mold, the object to be fabricated by dry deposition of said at least one inorganic material, thereby allowing an object to be fabricated with better than microscale precision, especially with respect to the angle between the walls generated by the dry deposition and said direction Z. The invention is preferably applied to the fabrication of high-precision micromechanical objects, in particular in the aeronautical and clock-/watch-making fields.
US09796567B2
A stabilizer for a line may include a guide configured for arrangement on the line to resist and/or dampen lateral motions of the line where the guide may include a guide jacket having a static sleeve configured to allow the line to pass through the guide and a fortifying bracket configured to reinforce the guide jacket and configured to interface with a hanging system to support the guide jacket and maintain the guide jacket in position on the line.
US09796555B2
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section configured to form a toner image on a sheet having a paste component; and an end pressing section provided on an upstream side of the image forming section in a sheet conveyance direction, and configured to exert a pressure on an end portion of the sheet while moving from a center toward an end of the sheet in a sheet width direction orthogonal to the sheet conveyance direction.
US09796552B2
A paper feeding apparatus includes: a sheet loading unit for loading a bundle of sheets; a separation unit that separates a topmost sheet of the bundle of sheets loaded on the sheet loading unit, from the bundle of sheets; a conveyance unit that conveys the separated topmost sheet; an end fence that is movable in a sheet conveyance direction, abuts trailing ends in the sheet conveyance direction, and positions the bundle of sheets in the sheet conveyance direction; and a pressing unit that is provided in such a manner as to protrude from the end fence, and is able to press the trailing ends in the sheet conveyance direction of at least an upper part of the bundle of sheets, wherein the pressing unit has different pressing forces at an upper and a lower portion thereof, and has the lower pressing force stronger than the upper pressing force.
US09796550B2
A sheet conveying device includes a blocking member having a blocking surface with which a leading end of a sheet that is being conveyed comes into contact for obliquity correction. The blocking member is rotated by being pushed by the sheet against an urging force of a positioning unit that positions the blocking member to be in the standby position. The blocking member is rotatable to be in a sheet-passage-allowing orientation in which the sheet is allowed to pass. When a trailing end of the sheet that is being conveyed has passed the blocking member, the blocking member that is in the sheet-passage-allowing orientation rotates in a same direction as a sheet conveyance direction and is positioned to be in a standby position.
US09796541B2
A sheet feeder includes a manual feeding tray to stack a sheet, the tray being openable and closable to a main body by rotation about a rotation axis in a direction perpendicular to a sheet feeding direction; a sheet width regulating member provided in the manual feeding tray to regulate a side edge of the sheet in a sheet width direction and to have a variable regulating width; an auxiliary tray that does not move with an opening/closing operation of the manual feeding tray and stacks the sheet with the manual feeding tray; a sheet width regulating member provided in the auxiliary tray to regulate the side edge of the sheet and to have a variable regulating width; a link member interlocking the regulating members; and a feeding roller provided in the main body to individually feed the sheet stacked over the manual feeding tray and the auxiliary tray.
US09796538B2
A conveyor apparatus for transporting items along a conveying path from a loading station to a discharge station comprises a car that can be driven in a conveying direction along the conveying path, the car having a frame and a first load-handling device borne by the frame, which is mounted so as to be infinitely adjustable in height in a controlled manner relative to the frame, wherein a second load-handling device is arranged on the frame adjacent to the first load-handling device and is mounted independently thereof so as to be infinitely adjustable in height in a controlled manner.
US09796529B1
According to an aspect, an autonomous loading and transfer pad includes a frame having driver assembly configured to transport the frame. The frame includes a surface configured to receive a container. A communications interface is communicatively coupled to the autonomous loading and transfer pad. The autonomous loading and transfer pad also includes an order control system communicatively coupled to the communications interface. The order control system is configured to direct movement of the autonomous loading and transfer pad, via the communications interface, to a pickup point in a storage facility. The autonomous loading and transfer pad receives an item at the pickup point, directs movement of the autonomous loading and transfer pad, via the communications interface, to a transfer point external to the storage facility, and directs an autonomous pick-up and delivery vehicle, via the communications interface, to the transfer point.
US09796528B2
The present invention relates to a method of optimizing delivery of trays and a system using the method. The method includes: (a) determining a list of delivery of trays; (b) loading a delivery-required tray in the delivery list on the crane in accordance with a loading priority order; (c) loading, on the crane, another tray that can be simultaneously delivered along with the tray that has been loaded on the crane at (b), if requirement for delivery of the tray that can be simultaneously delivered is within a delivery stand-by limit time; and (d) transferring the trays loaded on the crane at (b) or (c).
US09796527B1
A multi-dimensional automated storage and retrieval system is provided herein that enables the space-efficient storage of containers within a three-dimensional lattice structure. Each container includes one or more drivers to engage with rails of the three-dimensional lattice structure, enabling the container to slide along the rails based on a propulsion system. A control device is provided to selectively engage each container to a desired rail of the lattice structure, and to provide power to the propulsion system, thereby moving the container to a desired location within the lattice structure. Due to the high storage efficiency of the disclosed automated storage and retrieval system, the system may be utilized in space-sensitive applications, such as vending machines for physical goods or in cargo vehicles such as trailers.
US09796526B2
A waste collection receptacle, for example a receptacle in compliance with Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”) regulations concerning the disposal of controlled substances, includes a housing and a waste-collection container therein. A chute directs waste deposited through an aperture in the housing into the waste-collection container. A fill sensor monitors the fill level of the waste-collection container. When the waste-collection container reaches a fill threshold, a controller sends a signal that electronically locks the aperture, thereby preventing additional waste from being deposited into the receptacle.
US09796525B2
A box includes a floor and at least two pairs of opposing sidewalls extending upwards from the floor in the vertical direction. The sidewalls are arranged foldably with respect to the floor and may be locked with each other in their upfolded position. At least one of the sidewalls includes an unlocking mechanism which is movable between a rest position and an unlocking position in which the locking of the sidewalls is undone. The unlocking mechanism includes at least one pretensioning element which pretensions the unlocking mechanism into its rest position and includes a first end connected to the unlocking mechanism or the sidewall and a second, free end.
US09796522B2
A bag for enclosing a cushion is disclosed. The bag comprises a tubular sleeve having first and second end pieces coupled to first and second longitudinal ends thereof, a plurality of reinforcing straps encircling a circumference of the tubular sleeve, and at least one handle extending between the plurality of reinforcing straps. The at least one handle is configured to lay flush against the tubular sleeve during shipping. Methods for packaging and shipping a cushion in the bag include roll packing a cushion into a cylindrical shape, disposing the cushion in a compressed form into the bag, and shipping the bag to a customer without inserting the bag in any other container. Methods of unpacking the cushion from the bag includes uncoupling the first end piece from the tubular sleeve, opening the tubular sleeve along a longitudinal length thereof, and unrolling the compressed cushion to an expanded form.
US09796505B1
A support assembly includes a pallet table having an upper surface. A plurality of support members are configured to pass through a pallet positioned on the upper surface of the pallet table. Each support member includes a receiving surface that defines a portion of a channel extending across the support members.
US09796494B1
A method for laying multiple conductors in a container may be provided. The method may comprise receiving the multiple conductors at a monitoring station; receiving the multiple conductors at a drive; and receiving the multiple conductors at the container.
US09796490B2
Aqueous compositions contain hydrochloric acid at a concentration between 8 wt % and 28 wt % inclusive. The amino acid; hydrochloric acid mole ratio may be between 0.2 and 1.5. Sufficient water is present to dissolve the hydrochloric acid and the amino acid. Such compositions have utility as retarders for acid compositions employed in the stimulation of subterranean formations. Slowing the reaction between the acid and formation helps maximize formation permeability and productivity.
US09796487B2
A fuel-free spacecraft propelling system having an open-ended outer cylinder of a propelling device and an atomic oxygen collecting device is disclosed. The latter is arranged at the forwardly-propelled front end of the outer cylinder and is hermetically connected with an RF generating device and an ion cyclotron wave heating device through a magnetic confinement device. A spiral wave discharge oxygen plasma inlet and a spiral wave discharge oxygen plasma outlet in the ion cyclotron wave heating device are respectively provided with another magnetic confinement device. The propulsion of the invention does not need to carry the propellant, which greatly reduces the launch costs, and enables a spacecraft to advantageously have an increased orbit life over existing spacecraft systems.
US09796482B2
An aerial sensor system is disclosed. The system includes an aerial vehicle, a camera, and a sensor mounting assembly coupled to the aerial vehicle and to the camera. The sensor mounting assembly permits the camera to be positioned radially outwardly from the aerial vehicle in all spherical positions.
US09796480B2
Various embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for notifying a flight crew of a fire condition in a cargo container of an aircraft. For instance, particular embodiments involve installing at least one notification device on a cargo container that is in communication with at least one of a fire-detection system or a fire-suppression system for the cargo container. In these particular embodiments, the notification device is configured to emit energy when the fire-detection system detects the fire condition in the cargo container or the fire-suppression system activates as a result of the fire condition. Further, particular embodiments of the invention involve installing at least one detector positioned to detect the energy emitted by the notification device. In these particular embodiments, the detector is configured to send a signal to notify the flight crew of the fire condition after detecting the energy emitted by the notification device.
US09796473B2
A medical block associated with a couchette for a patient to lie on. The block includes: a water supply; a power supply; a stop region for at least one trolley; at least one trolley located in the stop region and including drawers containing medical equipment; and an access flap corresponding to each trolley, provided with a locking mechanism and enabling the drawers of the trolley to be accessed.
US09796471B2
A set of swashplates having a non-rotary swashplate and a rotary swashplate. The set includes drive means constraining the rotary swashplate and the rotor mast in rotation about the axis of rotation. The drive means are provided with a drive arm driving the rotary swashplate in rotation about the axis of rotation by plane connection means including a fork, the drive arm extending in elevation from a first end to a second end that is fastened to the rotor mast, the first portion being held captive laterally between two lateral branches of the fork, the fork being hinged to the rotary swashplate by movement means giving the rotary swashplate a degree of freedom to move in rotation about a radial direction of the rotary swashplate relative to the fork.
US09796465B2
There is provided an identification number setting apparatus of a plurality of outboard motors attached to a ship body. A plurality of engine control modules are provided in the plurality of outboard motors. A keyless controller is configured to perform an authentication process for keyless control between the keyless controller and the plurality of engine control modules. During initial registration of authentication information for the authentication process, the keyless controller sets identification numbers in the plurality of engine control modules.
US09796462B2
An assembly for a retractable thruster suitable for attachment to the hull of a maritime vessel. The assembly comprises a thruster accommodating structure from which the thruster may be deployed into and retracted from the water. The thruster accommodating structure is provided with a drive assembly that suspends the thruster and further comprises a thruster deploying and retracting device, a thruster rotating device, a motor assembly, and a switching device. The same drive assembly is used for deploying, retracting, and rotating the thruster.
US09796454B1
A cylindrical receiver has an upper region with female screw threads, a lower region, and a centrally located washer. A cylindrical sleeve has an upper end with male screw threads threadedly coupled to the female screw threads of the receiver. A cylindrical passageway is formed between the receiver and the sleeve. A cylindrical stake is slidably received in the sleeve. A tether line couples the stake to a movable patch whereby when the movable patch is coupled to a fixed patch, the stake will be in a raised orientation and whereby when a user separates the movable patch from the fixed patch, the weight of the stake will lower the stake into a lower orientation into a sandy or rocky bottom.
US09796448B2
A brake apparatus including a bicycle structure, a first arm pivotably coupled to the bicycle structure, and a second arm pivotably coupled to the bicycle structure. A first lever can be pivotably coupled to the first arm. A quick release cam link can be pivotably coupled to the second arm. A second lever can be pivotably coupled to the first lever and pivotably coupled to the quick release cam link.
US09796438B1
A structural assembly for load carrying chassis of vehicles includes beams extending fore and aft on the chassis with passages laterally through the beam webs. I-beams extend through the passages through the beams. Brackets are fixed to the principal beams at the passages. The brackets each include a bracket web, a bracket flange extending from the bracket web and two bosses on the bracket web extending past the bracket flange. The bosses of each of the brackets extend to either side of lower I-beam flanges. The bracket flanges extend through the passages in contact with the beams in the passages. The brackets are shown as integrally formed or as composite assemblies of a plate and an extrusion.
US09796432B2
A transport refrigeration system is provided including a tractor vehicle having an engine and a trailer operably coupled to the tractor vehicle. A transport refrigeration unit is mounted to a front surface of the trailer adjacent the tractor vehicle. At least one shield is mounted to the tractor or the trailer and is configured to divert discharged hot air from a flow path towards a condenser air inlet of the transport refrigeration unit.
US09796424B2
A vehicle body frame includes: side frames that have at least inner walls that are disposed at vehicle transverse direction inner sides and upper walls that are disposed at vehicle body vertical direction upper sides, and that are formed as closed cross-sectional structures, and that extend in a vehicle body longitudinal direction, and that are fastened and fixed to under members that are disposed at a vehicle body lower side of a floor panel; and an upper frame that is disposed further toward a vehicle transverse direction inner side than the inner walls and at a height that is lower than the upper walls, and at which an installed object is installed.
US09796422B2
Provided is a vehicle control system capable of securing stability even in the event of a collision with a travel-path defining line such as a guardrail. The invention recognizes the travel-path defining line of a travel path from information about an area in a traveling direction of an ego vehicle, recognizes a traveling-direction virtual line extending from the ego vehicle in the traveling direction, and imparts a yaw moment control amount so that a formed angle between the traveling-direction virtual line and the travel-path defining line decreases after the ego vehicle collides with the travel-path defining line.
US09796421B1
Methods, systems, and vehicles are provided for facilitating control of steering in autonomous vehicles. In accordance with one embodiment, an autonomous vehicle includes one or more wheel sensors and a processor. The one or more sensors are configured to obtain sensor data pertaining to a side slip of the autonomous vehicle. A dual mandate of desired path tracking & stability is achieved by using a combination of two linear controllers. The first controlled facilitates tracking whereas the second controller facilitates vehicle stability. When the stability event occurs a gradual shift towards the second controller occurs and with recovery from stability event gradual shift towards the first controller. Mimicking of driver behavior by changing the desired trajectory and dynamic control gain adaptation are also added.
US09796417B2
A rolling type vehicle includes a pair of left and right front wheels and has a vehicle body capable of rolling. The rolling type vehicle includes a pair of left and right arm members supported in a swingable manner by the vehicle body on inner sides in the transverse direction for supporting the left and right front wheels in a steerable manner on outer sides in the transverse direction. A pair of left and right knuckle members are supported by transversely outer end portions of the left and right arm members in a swingable manner and which are steered together with the left and right front wheels, respectively. A regulating member for regulating the turning angle of each front wheel is provided between the transversely outer end portion of at least one of the left and right arm members and the knuckle member supported by the transversely outer end portion.
US09796415B2
An apparatus and a method that includes a program execution monitoring dedicated circuit connected to a CPU of a control apparatus of an on-vehicle electronic equipment that includes an execution time monitoring timer circuit (111), an execution sequence monitoring comparison circuit (113), a setting register (115), an attached circuit (117), perform monitoring of an execution sequence of a task executed by a control program of the on-vehicle electronic equipment and/or an execution time of the task executed by the control program, and enabled to continue the control of the on-vehicle electronic equipment such as an electric power steering apparatus by performing an alternative processing in the case of detecting an abnormality in the execution sequence and/or the execution time.
US09796414B2
In order to suppress an electric power steering device from generating a contact noise due to operation of a mechanical stopper and a rack stopper, there is provided a control unit in which a command signal Io applied to an electric motor used for assisting the steering power is calculated taking into consideration both a rack stopper side damping correction represented by a rack side damping correction signal Dr calculated in a rack side damping correction amount calculation part 21 and a mechanical stopper side damping correction represented by a mechanical side damping correction signal Dm calculated in a mechanical side damping correction amount calculation part 23.
