US09969103B2
An environmental-friendly mortar robot comprises a first, second, third, and fourth container module. The first container module (2) consists of a sand midway silo, a weighing system, a stirring system, and a control system; the second container module (3) consists of a cement silo, a spiral conveying machine, a material level meter and a water storage tank; the third container module (4) consists of a fly-ash silo, a spiral conveying machine, a material level meter and an air storage tank with an air compressor; the fourth container module (5) consists of a sand storage bin, an elevator, a material level meter and an additive storage box. While transporting, the first container module can be respectively detached into four functional modules which are directly put onto a transporting vehicle together with other three container modules for transportation.
US09969102B2
Surface retarder coating compositions of the invention are based on the use of at least one non-Ordinary Portland Cement (non-OPC) binder and at least one OPC set retarder agent, which are provided in powder form that can be mixed with water at the construction site. The coating is applied onto the surface of a mould or formwork using roller or spray equipment, and concrete can then be cast within 30-60 minutes against the coating. The OPC set-retarding agent operates to retard setting of the concrete so that it can be de-moulded the next day and its surface can be removed using a high pressure water spray to reveal aggregate embedded beneath the removed surface.
US09969091B2
The present disclosure relates to safety blades for use in utility knives, related assemblies and methods of manufacturing. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to safety blades for use in utility knives, related assemblies and methods of manufacture which limit user exposure to associated cutting edges.
US09969076B2
A connection device for a hexagonal wrench and includes a first part and a second part. The first part has an insertion section through which multiple hexagonal first recesses are defined, and an operation portion formed on one end thereof. The operation portion has multiple second hexagonal second recesses. The second part has a reception hole in which the insertion section is inserted and is positioned relative to the second part. The second part has an opening and the first recesses are exposed. The second part has another operation portion on one end thereof. The operation portion has multiple third hexagonal recesses. The first, second and third hexagonal recesses have different sizes and are Metric system and English system.
US09969064B2
A ratchet tool with stacked switching device includes a handle, two stacked engaging assemblies, two springs, a toothed wheel, and a control unit. Each of the engaging assemblies includes stacked first and second engaging members. The engaging portions of the first and second engaging members are staggered. Since the toothed wheel selectively engages with the engaging portions of the first and second engaging members, the number of teeth of the toothed wheel to be engaged with the two engaging assemblies is the sum of the number of teeth of the engaging portions of the first and second engaging members, thus enhancing the fineness of the rotation of the toothed wheel, and improving the easiness and applicability of the ratchet tool, without impacting the structural strength.
US09969062B2
A wrench includes a first part, a second part and a third part. The first part has a first toothed portion and a first pivotal portion. The second part has a third pivotal portion which is connected to the first pivotal portion so that the second part is pivoted an angle relative to the first part about the first pivotal portion. The third part is movably connected to the second part and has a second toothed portion which faces the first toothed portion so that objects of different sizes are clamped between the first and second toothed portions.
US09969059B2
A sheet of sandpaper includes a backing layer having opposed first and second major sides, an adhesive make coat on the second major side, abrasive particles at least partially embedded in the make coat, thereby defining an abrasive surface, and an exposed laminated non-slip layer on the first major side. Methods of making and using such sandpaper are also provided.
US09969051B2
A holder (1) for pneumatically blocking an optical lens (300) on a surfacing machine, includes:—a gripping part (10) for fixing it to a corresponding member (200) of the surfacing machine, and—a part (100) for blocking the optical lens, which includes a body (110) from which there protrude abutments which are designed to afford the optical lens a rigid seat, and a seal (170) against which the optical lens is able to be brought to bear in order to delimit with the body a vacuum chamber (180). The abutments include first rods (160) which are mounted so as to be movable in translation with respect to the body in order to bear by way of their free ends (161) against the optical lens, and provision is made of return elements (179, 190) for returning the first rods against the optical lens.
US09969045B2
A method for dispensing solid compound pastes for surface treatment to a machining tool comprises the steps of providing a solid compound paste for surface treatment that contains abrasives, softening at least a partial amount of the solid compound paste by supplying thermal energy, feeding the softened solid compound paste to a dosing device by means of a conveyor device that is adapted for abrasive media, and applying the softened solid compound paste to a machining tool by means of the dosing device. A device for dispensing solid compound pastes for surface treatment to a machining tool comprises a heating device that is arranged to heat a solid compound paste for surface treatment that contains abrasives, wherein at least a partial amount of the solid compound paste is arranged to be softened by supplying thermal energy, a conveyor device having a pump unit comprising at least one pump and at least one conveyor path for the softened solid compound paste, wherein the pump is arranged for conveying abrasive media, and a dosing device arranged for applying the softened solid compound paste to a machining tool.
US09969043B2
A drilling apparatus comprising: at least one bit; a vacuum shroud, including a compressible boot, disposed around a longitudinal axis of the apparatus and configured to be in operative communication with a vacuum attachment port; and at least one magnetic element disposed near a distal end of the apparatus and configured to attract metallic debris resulting from drilling apparatus operation.
US09969037B2
An apparatus for machining a workpiece has a housing having a vertical front wall and first and second side walls extending generally perpendicularly back from outer edges of the front wall, directed horizontally oppositely away from each other, and defining first and second planes themselves delimiting a space. First and second vertical guides on the first and second side walls outside the housing carry first and second vertical slides moveable vertically on the first and second vertical guides of the first and second side walls. First and second horizontal guides on the first and second vertical slides carry first and second horizontal slides movable horizontally on the first and second horizontal guides of the first and second vertical slides between the first and second front work stations and the first and second rear transfer stations.
US09969036B2
Provided are fireproof flexible hoses, aircraft having fire suppression systems including such fireproof flexible hoses, and methods of forming such fireproof flexible hoses. A fireproof flexible hose includes an inner structure and an outer structure at least partially enclosing and directly interfacing the inner structure. The inner structure forms an inner surface of the fireproof flexible hose and includes a polyimide at least at the inner surface. The polyimide has good fireproofing and temperature resistant characteristics and, unlike other polymers, does not need to be thermally isolated when the hose is exposed to fire. The outer structure may be made from metal and/or non-metal and may provide mechanical support to the inner structure. The outer structure may have a convoluted shape to ensure flexibility of the overall hose assembly. In some examples, a set of gaps may be present between the outer and inner structures for additional flexibility.
US09969026B2
Aluminum-base alloy workpieces have surfaces with films of aluminum oxide which inhibit good contact with weld faces of resistance spot weld electrodes and the faying surfaces of, for example, sheet workpieces stacked for welding. Sometimes, the surfaces of the sheets also are coated with an adhesive or a sealer which further complicates welding. But in accordance with this invention, weld faces of opposing, round, copper welding electrodes are pressed against opposite outside surfaces of the sheets at a spot weld site and weld current is applied to the electrodes in accordance with a three-stage weld schedule to better form each weld. The weld schedule comprises a Conditioning stage (stage 1), a weld nugget Shaping stage (stage 2), and a weld nugget Sizing stage (stage 3).
US09969019B2
A method for the production of a workpiece having a corrected gear tooth geometry and/or a modified surface structure by a diagonal generating method by a modified tool, wherein a modification of the surface geometry of the tool is produced in that the position of the tool dresser is varied during dressing in dependence on the angle of rotation of the tool and/or on the tool width position and/or wherein a modification of the surface geometry is produced which has a constant value at least locally in the generating pattern in a first direction of the tool and is given by a function in a second direction of the tool which extends perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the modification of the tool produces a corresponding modification on the surface of the workpiece, and wherein the modification on the surface of the workpiece is a directed crowning without shape deviations.
US09969013B2
A power tool in one embodiment includes a swing arm assembly movable along a swing path between a first swing arm position and a second swing arm position, a latch pin pivotable between a first position and a second position, an actuator module configured to receive a plurality of actuators, a first actuating module position within the actuator module configured to align a first of the plurality of actuators with a strike plate on the swing arm assembly, a loader configured to bias a second of the plurality of actuators from a second actuating module position within the actuator module toward the first actuating module position, and a control system configured to actuate each of the plurality of actuators positioned in the first actuating module position to force the swing arm assembly away from the first swing arm position and toward the second swing arm position.
US09969010B2
A hole saw drill guide is described. The drill guide can be used when drilling holes in pipe or tubes. The hole saw drill guide includes a guide tube base assembly and an arbor shaft assembly. The guide tube base assembly is chained or otherwise secured to a pipe. The arbor shaft assembly is removably engaged with the guide tube base assembly and during use of the device, rotates within a guide tube of the base.
US09969008B2
This invention relates to a maintaining device for mechanical pieces, comprising a slider-holder formed by a body and a head with a central bore in which a part of the piece to be maintained is placed, the piece to be maintained exceeding the head, the head comprising a conical area, the maintaining device having at least two sliders and an actuation element for the sliders, wherein the head comprises at least two lateral bores, one leading into the conical area and the other to the central bore, the sliders are placed in the lateral bores, the sliders being adjustable in the lateral bores, the sliders exceeding the conical area of the head, the actuation element of the sliders being arranged to move the sliders in the corresponding lateral bores along an axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the central bore.
US09969007B2
A coated cutting tool includes a substrate and a coating having at least one α-type aluminum oxide layer. In a cross-section of the α-type aluminum oxide layer, when an angle formed by a normal to the cross-sectional surface and a normal to a (222) plane of a particle of the α-type aluminum oxide layer is regarded as a misorientation, and when areas of particles, each of which has a misorientation ranging from 0-90 degrees, of the α-type aluminum oxide layer are defined as constituting 100 area %, and the areas of particles, each of which has a misorientation ranging from 0-90 degrees, of the α-type aluminum oxide layer are divided into respective 10-degree pitches, a total Sa of the areas of particles having a misorientation ranging from 20-30 degrees, of the α-type aluminum oxide layer is at a maximum from among totals of areas for nine divisions in respective 10-degree pitches.
US09969004B2
Titanium alloy containing iron, that is, iron-containing titanium alloy having high strength and hardness in which iron in a composition which cannot be realized in a conventional method, is contained with no segregation, and is provided in lower cost. The α+β titanium alloy or β titanium alloy is produced by a forming process such as hot extrusion of titanium alloy powder containing 3 to 15 mass % of iron powder. The method for production of the α+β titanium alloy or β titanium alloy includes a step of mixing 3 to 15 mass % of iron powder and titanium alloy powder as the remainder, and a step of performing a forming process of hot extrusion on this powder mixture.
US09969003B2
The process comprises the steps of: mixing a load of oxide ceramic material particles (10) with a load of space holder particles (20), defined by graphite and/or amorphous carbon; compacting the mixture formed by ceramic material particles (10) and space holder particles (20), to form a compact body (E); and sintering said compact body (E), so that the ceramic material particles (10) form sintering contacts with each other, whereas the carbon of the space holder particles (20) is removed by the reaction with the oxygen in the sintering medium, to form open secondary pores (II), by eliminating the space holder particles (20). The metallurgic composition comprises the mixture of the ceramic material particles (10) with the space holder particles (20).
US09969001B2
Three-dimensional inductors may comprise a passivation layer disposed on a substrate, a three-dimensional pillar comprising a ferromagnetic material disposed on the substrate or the passivation layer, and a conductive trace wound at least partially around the pillar. Three-dimensional capacitors may comprise a passivation layer disposed on a substrate, at least two support pillars comprising a polymeric material disposed on the passivation layer or the substrate, at least two electrodes disposed between the support pillars, a dielectric disposed between the electrodes, and a metal trace. Methods of manufacturing the three-dimensional passives, such as inductors and capacitors, may comprise direct writing the components and curing them for on-chip applications.
US09969000B2
A method of fabricating a joining preform includes the step of printing a self-fluxing joining alloy. Joining includes brazing and soldering. The self-fluxing joining alloy contains at least one of phosphorus, boron, fluorine, chlorine, or potassium. Another printing step prints a non-phosphorous joining alloy. Both printing steps are performed by an additive manufacturing or 3D printing process. The printing a self-fluxing joining alloy step may be repeated until the non-phosphorous joining alloy is substantially encapsulated by the self-fluxing joining alloy. The self-fluxing joining alloy may be a BCuP alloy, a CuP alloy, a CuSnP alloy, a CuSnNiP alloy or a CuAgP alloy. The non-phosphorous joining alloy may be a BAg alloy, a BNi alloy or a BAu alloy.
US09968993B2
The present invention relates to a feeder system for metal casting. The feeder system comprises a feeder sleeve mounted on a tubular body. The feeder sleeve has a longitudinal axis and comprises a continuous sidewall that defines a cavity for receiving liquid metal during casting. The sidewall extends generally around the longitudinal axis and has a base adjacent the tubular body. The tubular body defines an open bore therethrough for connecting the cavity to the casting. A groove extends into the sidewall from the base to a first depth and the tubular body projects into the groove to a second depth and is held in position by retaining means. The second depth being less than the first depth so that upon application of a force in use the retaining means are overcome and the tubular body is pushed further into the groove.
US09968992B2
The present invention is a multipart system and method for using cloth filters in automated vertical molding. The system includes a filter setter, a filter print plate and a filter back shelf. The filter setter removably mounts to a mechanical arm and releasably carries at least one cloth filter between upper and lower jaws. The filter print plate mounts to a ram plate while the filter back shelf mounts to a swing plate. During vertical molding, the ram plate and swing plate compress sand to create a mold. The mounted filter print plate creates at least part of a print aperture into which the filter setter inserts the cloth filter. The apertures created by the filter print plate and the filter back shelf support the cloth filter during the founding process.
US09968989B2
The invention relates to lithium-containing molding material mixtures comprising a refractory main molding material, an inorganic binder, and amorphous silicon dioxide as an additive in the production of molds and cores for metal casting. The invention further relates to a method for producing molds and cores using the molding material mixtures and to molds and cores produced according to the method.
US09968980B2
A hard coating comprising at least one hard layer with dedicated architectural design for attaining enhanced tribological performance (low abrasive and adhesive wear) at room and elevated temperatures in contact with Al-, Zn- and Fe-based or other counter bodies.
US09968971B1
A method of cleaning plastic chips includes introducing a mixture of plastic chips and water to an in-feed of a housing. The mixture of plastic chips and water is impelled from the in-feed within the housing and agitated so that debris on the plastic chips is abraded by adjacent chips and agitators until substantially all debris has been removed from the plastic chips. Water and debris are discharged through a screen to a debris discharge. Cleaned plastic chips are discharged to a plastic chip discharge that is further from the in-feed than the debris discharge. Chip discharge takes place when the pressure of the plastic chips at the plastic chip discharge exceeds a threshold.
US09968970B2
In a method and apparatus for processing wafer-shaped articles, a spin chuck is positioned inside a process chamber. The spin chuck is configured to hold a wafer-shaped article at a predetermined process position. A cover covers the spin chuck and is affixed to or integral with the spin chuck for rotation therewith. The cover has a central opening. A stationary nozzle assembly extends into the process chamber such that a discharge end of the stationary nozzle assembly passes through the central opening of the cover. The nozzle assembly comprises a rinse nozzle configured to direct rinse liquid radially outwardly of the nozzle assembly onto a downwardly-facing surface of the cover.
US09968964B2
Disclosed is a coating method using particle alignment, including preparing a cohesive polymer substrate having a smooth surface; and coating the smooth surface of the cohesive polymer substrate with a plurality of particles while forming recesses respectively corresponding to the particles on the smooth surface of the cohesive polymer substrate by pressing the particles to the cohesive polymer substrate, so that binding properties between the particles and the cohesive polymer substrate are enhanced.
US09968961B2
A dipping tank includes a pump, a container, a fitting, and a plate which is used to place objects, such as corals, to be dipped. The pump draws fluid from inside the container and discharges it into the container through the fitting. The fitting includes two flexible hoses, one with a propulsive nozzle and the other with one or more dipping nozzles. The propulsive nozzle produces a jet which impinges upon the blades protruding from the bottom side of the plate causing the plate to rotate. The dipping nozzles eject jets which are used to spray and thereby dip the objects. Flexible hoses are configured so as to provide movements in 6 degrees of freedom for the nozzles. Flexible hoses may also further comprise valves to control fluid flow through said hoses.
US09968959B2
A dispensing apparatus includes two cylindrical sleeves, two flexible film pack bags disposed within the sleeves, the two film pack bags having an integrally formed rigid face plate bonded therewith, the face plate having a discharge nosepiece integrally formed therewith, the discharge nosepiece having a partition internally configured to maintain separate flow streams from the film pack bags. Two shuttles are slidingly disposed in the sleeves. Push rods are disposed in operable communication with the shuttles. At least one piston is disposed in operable communication with the push rods, the piston configured to drive the push rods. A holder is disposed proximate a front end of the sleeves, the holder configured to restrain the face plate during dispensing of a flowable material. A mixer is configured to be in fluid communication with flow streams from the film pack bags. A material applicator is disposed in fluid communication with the mixer.
US09968949B2
A pulsating irrigation device is provided that transforms a fluid flow entering the device to an intermittent pulsating fluid flow that is ejected from the device. The device has a chamber and at least one compressible member in pressure contact with the chamber. The compressible member compresses to assist the formation of the pulses ejected from the device and the fluid within the chamber is substantially sealed from contact with the interior of the compressible member.
US09968939B2
Shredding device for shredding material comprising a housing: a rotor and one or more counter blades which are arranged in the housing such that they interact for shredding the material; a pusher element that is movable such that it pushes the material to be shredded in the direction towards the rotor and the counter blades; a hopper for feeding the material which is arranged movable on the housing between a first and a second position, where, in its first position, the material may be fed to the rotor and the counter blades, and in its second position, the rotor and the counter blades are freely accessible from the exterior of the shredding device.
US09968932B2
Provided is a microchannel chip, for microparticle separation, which can continuously separate microparticles, from a solution in which microparticles of different particle diameter are mixed, without needing to use an antibody or similar, and without causing clogging. Also provided are a microparticle separation method and a system for microparticle separation using the chip. Microparticles can be captured by using the microchannel chip for microparticle separation, the microchannel chip being characterised by being provided with a plurality of main channels and capture portions that are wider than the main channels and at least one of which is provided to each main channel.
US09968920B2
A catalyst prepared by polymerizing 0-98 weight % butylstyrene; 0-80 weight % vinyl toluene; 1.5-25 weight % divinyl benzene having 1-98 weight % of ethyl vinyl benzene; and 0-80 weight % styrene. Copolymer beads are made, sulfonated, and used as a catalyst.
US09968912B2
A method for manufacturing a granular excretion disposal material having a core portion and a covering layer that covers the core portion. The method includes: a granulating step of granulating the core portion by blending a core portion raw material containing pulp and highly absorbent resin, with water; a covering step of forming the covering layer by spraying a covering layer raw material containing pulp and highly absorbent resin, onto a surface of the core portion granulated in the granulating step; a drying step of drying a granular matter, in which the covering layer is formed in the covering step, with hot air; and a cooling step of cooling the granular matter dried in the drying step.
US09968903B2
The invention features methods of making devices, or “platens”, having a high-density array of through-holes, as well as methods of cleaning and refurbishing the surfaces of the platens. The invention further features methods of making high-density arrays of chemical, biochemical, and biological compounds, having many advantages over conventional, lower-density arrays. The invention includes methods by which many physical, chemical or biological transformations can be implemented in serial or in parallel within each addressable through-hole of the devices. Additionally, the invention includes methods of analyzing the contents of the array, including assaying of physical properties of the samples.
US09968902B2
Certain aspects of the present invention provide devices and methods for preparing oligonucleotides and for assembling nucleic acid molecules using microfluidic devices.
US09968901B2
The present disclosure provides methods, compositions, and kits for methods that can improve techniques nucleic acid analysis, and can allow for more reliable and accurate targeted, multiplexed, high throughput sequencing. The methods, compositions, and kits can be used for sequencing target loci of nucleic acid. The methods, compositions, and kits disclosed herein can be used for assisted de novo targeted sequencing. The methods, compositions, and kits disclosed herein can also be used for library labeling for de novo sequencing and phasing.
US09968895B1
A submersible aerator apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus uses injected air to create both aeration and mixing of a liquid. The apparatus is submersible and may be lowered into a container holding a liquid with suspended and coagulated solids. Air supplied to the apparatus is injected into the liquid which results in an upward flow of air bubbles and entrained liquid. This action mixes and aerates the liquid. A method of using a submersible air-injection aerator is also disclosed.
US09968893B2
A carbonator tank assembly is disclosed for use in a beverage machine that dispenses a carbonated beverage therefrom. The carbonator tank includes walls defining a carbonator tank interior. A probe assembly is provided for coupling in a gaseous and fluid-type manner to the walls of the carbonator tank. The probe assembly has no floats but includes electrical, elongated probes having removed ends configured to extend into the interior of the carbonator tank and near ends exposed exteriorly. An electronics module is adapt to fluidly enclose an electronics assembly therein and to receive an electrical cable carrying electrical energy from a remote source. Elements within the electronics module receive the electrical energy from the cable and provide it to the electrodes extending from the walls of the electronics module into the carbonator tank. The electrodes and the electronics module are adapted to removably couple to the probe assembly.
US09968888B2
The present invention is directed to a method of sealing the free end of a hollow fiber membrane for use in a single header filtration module by dipping the end of the membrane into a low-viscosity light-curable adhesive and curing the adhesive. The invention further encompasses the resulting sealed hollow fiber membrane with a diameter that is only slightly larger than the diameter of the unsealed membrane.
US09968885B2
Use of Sulfurihydrogenibium sp. carbonic anhydrase (SspCA) or mutants thereof for catalyzing the hydration reaction of CO2 into bicarbonate and hydrogen ions or catalyzing the desorption reaction to produce a CO2 gas is provided.
US09968881B2
A process for preparing magnetic activated carbons including the steps of a) treating an aqueous solution having a biomass hydrothermally at autogenic pressure at a temperature 180 and 250° C., under acidic conditions in the presence of iron ions, to obtain a precursor product, b) activating the precursor product obtained in step a) by mixing an activating agent at elevated temperatures between 550 and 850° C., for a period up to 9h. The disclosure also relates to magnetic activated carbon prepared according to the process and use of the carbon for separation and storage of gases and purification of liquids. A method for separation of particles from a liquid and/or a gas, and method for regenerating magnetic activated carbon by heating using an oscillating electromagnetic field are also disclosed.
US09968880B2
The invention relates to regenerative, solid sorbent for adsorbing carbon dioxide from a gas mixture, with the sorbent including a modified polyamine and a nano-structured solid support. The modified polyamine is the reaction product of an amine and an aldehyde. The sorbent provides structural integrity, as well as high selectivity and increased capacity for efficiently capturing carbon dioxide from gas mixtures, including the air. The sorbent is regenerative, and can be used through multiple operations of absorption-desorption cycles.
US09968879B2
A ceramic honeycomb structure having pluralities of flow paths partitioned by porous cell walls, (a) the cell walls having porosity of 50-63%; and (b) in a pore diameter distribution in the cell walls measured by mercury porosimetry, (i) pore diameters at cumulative pore volumes corresponding to particular percentages of the total pore volume being within specific ranges and having specific relationships; (ii) the difference between a logarithm of the pore diameter at a cumulative pore volume corresponding to 20% of the total pore volume and a logarithm of the pore diameter at 80% being 0.39 or less; and (iii) the volume of pores of more than 100 μm being 0.03 cm3/g or less.
US09968865B1
Multiple effects with vapor compression distillation apparatus includes a plurality of parallel cylinders or plates for recovery of heat having opposed evaporation and condensation faces for alternately evaporating and condensing. There are forward, backward and parallel feeding method to the upper end of the cylinders or plates for gravity flow along the evaporator face of the cylinders or plates with vapor condensing on the opposite condensation faces. Compressor is included as means for collecting and recovering the condensed product from the system. Alternate embodiments including a solar heat input system and other combined configurations.
US09968857B1
Methods, systems, devices, and media for controlling a network game in accordance with an input of a game spectator are provided. A network interface receives player input information from a game player and spectator input information from the game spectator. The network game is progressed in accordance with the player input information received by the network interface from the game player, and an aspect of the network game of the game player is controlled in accordance with the spectator input information received by the network interface. The spectator input information specifies the game player and the aspect of the network game of the game player to be controlled.
US09968856B1
Systems and methods to provide interactive overlays with video game streams can include a composing and broadcast system receiving a plurality of video game streams associated with a respective plurality of viewpoints of an online game from a game engine. The composing and broadcast system can select a video game stream of the plurality of video game streams, and transmit the selected video game stream to a live streaming system for streaming to a plurality of spectator client devices. The composing and broadcast system can stream game data indicative of positions of a graphical object in the selected video game steam receive to a plurality of spectator client devices. A client device receiving the selected video game stream and the game data can display an interactive overlay over displayed video frames. The interactive display can be temporally and spatially synchronized with a graphical object in the displayed video frames.
US09968853B2
A virtual world environment unit, and related methods, operable to simulate an actual live event in substantially real-time is disclosed. Also disclosed is an interactive media system configured to present a substantially real-time simulation of an actual live event involving a moveable object in an arena. Further disclosed is a method of providing and/or viewing a substantially real-time simulation of an actual live event involving a moveable object in an arena
US09968848B2
A method and apparatus that incorporate teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, presenting at a display of a computer device a first graphical user interface depicting a game space of a gaming application, receiving a detected stimulation from a mobile communication device associated with a second graphical user interface depicting a virtual peripheral controller for capturing control information for controlling the gaming application, detecting a request to swap between the computer device and mobile communication device presentation of the first graphical user interface depicting the game space and the second graphical user interface depicting the virtual peripheral controller, and presenting at the display of the computer device an adaptation of the second graphical user interface depicting the virtual peripheral controller responsive to the detected request to swap. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US09968846B2
A portable information processing apparatus includes a display, stereo loudspeakers, a pair of vibrators, and one or more processors. The pair of vibrators is provided on a left side and a right side of a main body of the information processing apparatus with respect to a center of the display. The one or more processors are configured to: generate sound signals to be output to the stereo loudspeakers, and output the sound signals; generate vibration signals for vibrating the pair of vibrators by vibrations, each having a plurality of frequency components, and output the vibration signals; and control an image to be displayed on the display.
US09968843B2
In a communication system including a server (1) and a plurality of communication terminals (2) capable of communication with the server (1), based on a variety of parameters indicating the status of a space formed within a game playable by the user of each communication terminal (2) over the communication system, the server (1) transmits advisory information (132), which suggests the next action for the space, to the communication terminal (2). The communication terminal (2) displays a screen including the received advisory information (132).
US09968839B2
A golf club head includes a club face with at least one impact sensor, where the sensor has a passive piezoelectric element that is integrated into the club face, the passive piezoelectric element being able to generate a signal when an impact force is applied to the club face. An energy storage assembly includes a battery, a capacitor, or both. An energy harvesting assembly includes a signal divider with at least one input and at least two outputs, the at least two outputs providing a known ratio of a given input signal, wherein the at least one input of the signal divider is electrically coupled to one or more of the piezoelectric elements and a first of the at least two signal divider outputs is electrically coupled to the energy storage assembly.
US09968831B2
A multi-piece golf ball comprising at least one component made of a polybutadiene rubber/ionomer resin blend is provided. The ball preferably contains a dual-core comprising an inner core and surrounding outer core layer. Preferably, the polybutadiene rubber/ionomer resin blend is used to form the outer core layer. Preferably, the outer surface hardness of the outer core layer is greater than the outer surface hardness of the inner core. The resulting ball has high resiliency and good impact durability.
US09968824B2
An exercise device for performing a variety of movement patterns. The exercise device has a pair of linkages, each including an upper link pivotally mounted to a frame and a lower link pivotally coupled to an upper link. A foot support is provided on a distal end of each lower link. A transfer system is coupled to the frame and both upper links for transferring both tensile and compressive forces. Separate torque elements are operably coupled to the frame and each lower link via a transfer member for independently resisting movement of the associated lower link.
US09968823B2
A treadmill deck may include a first side rail, a second side rail aligned with the first side rail, a first pulley connected to a first end of the first and second side rails, and a second pulley connected to a second end of the first and second side rails. A tread belt is disposed around the first pulley and the second pulley. Further, a first cover is connected to the first rail that spans at least a first portion of a first mid-region of the first rail and cantilevers over a portion of the tread belt that provides an unstable footing. Also, the tread belt moves with respect to the first cover.
US09968822B2
A rowing device having a seat and track arrangement, a handle, and a resistance mechanism, with the seat track being disposed on a carriage. The carriage itself is movable relative to a base of the device and is drivable in a posterior and anterior direction. The device includes a controller operatively connected to a drive mechanism and to a seat position sensor. As the rower exercises, the controller sometimes generates an instruction to move the carriage in an anterior direction when the seat is at or near its posterior extreme position, to thereby simulate a “rush” circumstance as may be encountered on a crewed shell.
US09968814B2
A fitness apparatus and a method for assembly are disclosed. The fitness apparatus comprises a wheel assembly that includes a first circular side parallel to a second circular side, both bounded by a curved tread. Within the wheel assembly is an enclosable storage chamber. The fitness apparatus also includes an axis perpendicular to the first circular side and the second circular side, and when the fitness apparatus is in an abdominal exercise wheel configuration, at least a portion of the wheel assembly rotates around the axis. The fitness apparatus also includes a centerbore along the axis that supports a first removable handle and a second removable handle when the fitness apparatus is in the abdominal exercise wheel configuration.
US09968809B2
Provided is a portable air purifier, which includes: a mask part; a first connecting hose having one end connected to the mask part; a second connection hose in which the first connection hose is installed, and at least part of which has an opening for introducing external air; an air purification module that purifies the introduced external air to a predetermined temperature condition and discharges the purified air to the first connecting hose; and a power supply unit configured to supply power to the heater. Since the air purification module for removing poisonous gases or biochemical pollutants through a catalytic reaction of a metal catalyst layer can be semi-permanently used, the conventional inconvenience of carrying an extra canister is removed.
US09968800B2
Compositions, methods and apparatuses for phototherapy to treat skin disorders. In particular, described herein are methods, compositions, phototherapy dressings for use with phototherapy UV light applicators (sources) and phototherapy UV light applicators to treat skin disorders such as psoriasis.
US09968798B2
A transcranial magnetic stimulation device has a capacitor for storing electrical energy. A wire coil delivers a magnetic pulse when the capacitor is actuated to cause current flow through the wire coil. A charging circuit charges the capacitor and there is a sensor which includes an unactivated state and an activated state. A control circuit connected to the body sensor initiates the delivery of a magnetic pulse when current from the capacitor flows through the wire coil.
US09968797B2
A portable, non-invasive device for providing therapeutic treatment to a joint to promote healing of the joint includes a cuff positionable around the joint. The cuff includes an electromagnetic stimulator configured to provide an electromagnetic field within the joint and at least one thermal therapy component including an activation circuit configured to activate the electromagnetic stimulator circuit, the thermal therapy component coupleable to the cuff, the thermal therapy component comprising at least two substances in separate compartments separated by a breakable barrier, wherein the at least two substances are configured to react upon mixing to produce thermal energy exchangeable with the joint.
US09968792B2
One aspect is a housing for an implantable medical device, including first housing portion of metal, an intermediate portion of metal and having first and second sides opposite one another and having integrated features, and a second housing portion of metal. The first housing portion is sealed to the first side of the intermediate portion and the second housing portion is sealed to the second side of the intermediate portion thereby forming an housing internal space within first and second housing portions and containing the intermediate portion and its features, such that the features are hermetically sealed within the housing relative to an external space that is outside the housing.
US09968782B2
A method and system for enhancing migration of precursor cells in a desired direction, comprising applying a biphasic monopolar electrical field to the precursor cells. The method and system can be used to treat injury or disease of neural or skin tissue.
US09968779B2
An apparatus for electrical therapies includes at least one electrocatheter, or an electroneedle, and at least one power supply device capable of electrically supplying the electrocatheter or electroneedle with at least one current suitable for carrying out at least one therapy. The apparatus includes at least one system for testing whether at least one desired point of application of the electrocatheter or electroneedle has been reached in the body of a patient. The testing system includes at least one device for emitting an electric testing current with which to electrically supply the electrocatheter or electroneedle before the start of the therapy, and at least one reading device, capable of providing at least one reading of at least one response generated in the patient by the electrostimulation with the electrocatheter or electroneedle through the testing current.
US09968770B2
A medical transfer and connecting device (1) for connecting a first medical appliance with a second medical appliance, the device having an axial direction (A) and a radial direction (R) and comprising an outer part (2) having a first end (8) and a second end (9) with an end opening (10) and a bore (4) extending in the axial direction (A) between the first (8) end and the second end (9). An inner part (3) carrying a barrier member (12) and having a central canal (7) extends in the axial direction (A) and is telescopically arranged in the bore (4) in the outer part (2), the inner part (3) with the barrier member (12) being axially movable in the bore (4) in the outer part (2) between a shielding position in which the barrier member (12) is completely located within the bore (4) in the outer part (2) and a cleaning position in which the barrier member (12) is located with at least a portion of the barrier member (12) extending axially past the end opening (10) in the outer part (2).
US09968769B2
To prevent a user from accidentally pricking the user with a hollow needle when separating blood components using a syringe and a connection device. A blood component separation apparatus has three syringes and a connection device. The connection device is attached to one syringe and is inserted into other syringes. The connection device has a first member to which a base end of a hollow needle is joined and a second member which is connected to the first member in such a manner as to be able to move relative to the first member. The second member is moved back and forth between a first position where a tip of the hollow needle is accommodated and a second position where the tip of the hollow needle is exposed. The second member has elastic portions which are elastically deformed in the movement from the first position to the second position. The elastically deformed elastic portions elastically energize the second member at the second position to the first position side with respect to the first member.
US09968764B2
An applicator assembly includes a head portion having a proximal, a distal end, and an interior portion defining a fluid chamber, a container slidably coupled to the body, a sealing member sealing an end of the container, and a lifting member, wherein the lifting member is mounted in the interior portion of the head portion and an interior of the container is placed in fluid communication with the application member by way of a fluid conduit that is formed around the sealing member from the container to the fluid chamber when the container is axially translated toward the head portion and the lifting member lifts the sealing member.
US09968762B2
A medical wire guide may include a mandril having a distal tip, a first coil coupled with the distal tip of the mandril, and a second coil configured to releasably engage with the mandril or the first coil. The second coil comprises a distal tip and defines an inner cavity dimensioned to contain a distal tip of the first coil when the second coil is engaged with the mandril or the first coil.
US09968759B2
The present invention provides devices and methods for use in the perfusion of organs and anatomical regions. In one aspect the present method provides a percutaneously deliverable device for supporting a vessel in a human or animal subject including means for supporting the vessel during delivery of a fluid thereto or collection of a fluid therefrom. In another aspect the invention provides a method for delivery or collection of a fluid to or from an organ or anatomical region in a human or animal subject, the method including the step of supporting a vessel associated with the organ or anatomical region. The devices and methods may be used to deliver, remove or recirculate a therapeutic agent to an organ or anatomical region.
US09968751B2
A CPAP apparatus has a variable rise time (iii) from a base level of positive air pressure during expiration (EPAP) to a higher level during inspiration (IPAP). The rise time is adjusted in order to reduce obstruction, resistance or instability in the upper airway.
US09968744B2
The present invention relates to injectors, such as pen-type injectors, that provide for administration of medicinal products from a multidose cartridge and permit a user to set a delivery dose. An injector may include a housing, the cartridge containing a medicinal product, the cartridge being retained within the housing, a dose dial sleeve for selecting a dose of the medicinal product to be expelled, and a piston rod for expelling the selected dose of the medicinal product. The housing may be a unitary housing within which the dose dial sleeve for selecting the dose and the piston rod for expelling the selected dose are moveably retained. Alternatively, the injector may include the housing, the piston rod, an insert located in the housing and through which the piston rod may rotate, a ratchet, the dose dial sleeve, a drive sleeve, a button located on the drive sleeve and rotatable with respect to the drive sleeve, and a clutch which upon depression of the button prevents rotation between the dose dial sleeve and the drive sleeve.
US09968728B2
A portable irrigation system comprising a reservoir for an irrigating liquid; a probe for arrangement in a user; and an electrical system.
US09968727B2
Systems, devices, and methods for organ retroperfusion along with regional mild hypothermia. In at least one embodiment of a method of organ perfusion of the present disclosure, the method comprises the steps of positioning at least part of a first catheter having a cannula within an artery of a patient, the first catheter configured to permit arterial blood to flow therethrough and further configured to permit a portion of the arterial blood to flow through the cannula, positioning at least part of a second catheter within a vein of the patient at or near a target organ, the second catheter configured to receive some or all of the portion of the arterial blood, connecting the cannula of the first catheter to a portion of the second catheter so that some or all of the portion of the arterial blood flowing through the cannula is provided into the vein to treat a condition or disease of the target organ, and reducing and/or regulating a temperature of blood flowing through the cannula using a regional hypothermia system operably coupled to the cannula.
US09968723B2
A method for cleaning a blood filter includes: (i) pumping a physiologically safe fluid back and fourth through the insides and/or the outsides of a plurality of hollow fiber membranes of the blood filter to remove or loosen blood residuals, such as blood clots, proteins and/or biological fluid; (ii) injecting air into the physiologically safe fluid to form an air/fluid mixture; (iii) pumping the air fluid mixture through the insides and/or outsides of the plurality of the hollow fiber membranes of the blood filter to further or remove or loosen blood residuals therefrom; and (iv) removing the air/physiologically safe fluid mixture along with the removed or loosened blood residuals to drain.
US09968715B2
The invention relates to medical technology products, for example a medical implant or a medical instrument, having colored markings based on titanium oxides, to the use of coatings based on titanium oxides for the production of coated materials, such as medical technology products, in particular for titanium oxide-based coating for the colored marking of the surface of medical technology products, and to a method for depositing colored markings based on titanium oxides on medical technology products.
US09968712B1
Provided is an organic/inorganic hybrid-porous biodegradable polymer scaffold, which includes basic ceramic nanoparticles, an animal tissue or cell-derived bioactive first extracellular matrix material, and a biodegradable polymer and in which inner walls of pores are coated with a second extracellular matrix material.
US09968711B2
Bone regeneration using biodegradable polymeric nanocomposite materials and applications of the same
A method of treating bone deficiencies includes applying a biocompatible structure to an implant surgical site. The biocompatible structure includes multiple polymer layers stacked to have a predetermined shape, multiple bone particle layers disposed between each of two neighboring polymer layers of the multiple polymer layers, and a coating surrounding the polymer layers and bone particle layers. Each of the polymer layers is formed with a polymer and first tissue forming nanoparticles. The predetermined shape is configured to conform to the implant surgical site.
US09968710B2
Use of a pharmaceutical composition for the local treatment or prevention of a tissue infection at an infection site, the pharmaceutical composition comprising at least two different antibiotics of group A or pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, or an antibiotic of group A and at least one antibiotic of group B or pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof. Group A comprises primarily intracellular active antibiotics working as inhibitor of bacterial RNA polymerase; as inhibitor of gyrase; or as inhibitor of bacterial protein synthesis. Group B comprises primarily extracellular active antibiotics working as inhibitor of bacterial cell wall synthesis; or inhibitor of bacterial protein synthesis; or by direct destabilization or rupture of the bacterial cell wall.
US09968706B2
A keratin hydrogel matrix serves as an effective acellular scaffold for axonal regeneration and facilitates functional nerve recovery.
US09968702B2
The air freshener consists of a small box formed by coupling together two parts (1, 2) in the form of box halves that can be tightly fitted together, with a perfume-impregnated cellulose block (5) between them. The cellulose block (5) is separated from the bottoms of the boxes and from the side walls by ledges (6) provided on the bottoms of both the female part (1) and the male part (2), and by partitions (7) provided on the male part (2), near the side walls thereof. The box has windows for air inlet (9) and for outlet (8) of the air impregnated with the perfume contained in the cellulose block (5). On the outside of the box there are conformations defining a dovetail joint (10) for securing a clip (11) which, when released from this mounting formed by the conformations (10), can be coupled to an outer recess in the bottom of the male part (2).
US09968694B2
The present invention relates to a novel composition useful in targeted diagnostic and/or therapy of a target site, such as cancerous tissue. The composition and methods disclosed herein find particular use in diagnosing and imaging cancerous tissue. The present invention provides a new diagnostic tool for the utilization of positron emission tomography (PET) imaging technique.
US09968681B2
The present invention relates to the use of an hydrogel comprising silylated biomolecule for the three-dimensional culture of cardiomyocytes or stem cells which are able to differentiate into cardiomyocytes, and to an aqueous composition comprising i) cardiomyocytes or stem cells which are able to differentiate into cardiomyocytes, and ii) a hydrogel comprising silylated biomolecule, for use for treating heart failure, in particular heart failure following myocardial infarction.
US09968679B2
The present invention provides a stable and clear aqueous liquid preparation containing (3-{2-[4-isopropyl-2-(4-trifluoromethyl)phenyl-5-thiazolyl]ethyl}-5-methyl-1,2-benzisoxazol-6-yl)oxyacetic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient, and benzalkonium chloride represented by the formula: [C6H5CH2N(CH3)2R]Cl wherein R is an alkyl group having 8-18 carbon atoms.
US09968676B2
The present invention relates to a highly concentrated, stable pharmaceutical formulation of a pharmaceutically active anti-HER2 antibody, such as e.g. Trastuzumab (HERCEPTIN™), Pertuzumab or T-DM1, or a mixture of such antibody molecules for subcutaneous injection. In particular, the present invention relates to formulations comprising, in addition to a suitable amount of the anti-HER2 antibody, an effective amount of at least one hyaluronidase enzyme as a combined formulation or for use in form of a co-formulation. The formulations comprise additionally at least one buffering agent, such as e.g. a histidine buffer, a stabilizer or a mixture of two or more stabilizers (e.g. a saccharide, such as e.g. α,α-trehalose dihydrate or sucrose, and optionally methionine as a second stabilizer), a nonionic surfactant and an effective amount of at least one hyaluronidase enzyme. Methods for preparing such formulations and their uses thereof are also provided.
US09968673B2
The application relates to an immunogenic composition comprising a continuous aqueous phase and at least two dispersed phases 1 and 2 as droplets, wherein the dispersed phase 1 comprises a surfactant 1 bearing an antigen and the dispersed phase 2 comprises an immunostimulating agent 2, to its preparation method and its uses, notably for producing antibodies, as a drug, as a vaccine or in an immunization method.
US09968672B2
Described herein are iDNA vectors and vaccines and methods for using the same. The iDNA generates live attenuated vaccines in eukaryotic cells in vitro or in vivo for pathogenic RNA viruses, particularly yellow fever virus and Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus. When iDNA is injected into the vaccine recipient, RNA of live attenuated virus is generated by in vivo transcription in the recipient's tissues. This initiates production of progeny attenuated viruses in the tissues of the vaccine recipient, as well as elicitation of an effective immune response protecting against wild-type, non-attenuated virus.
US09968670B2
Provided herein are chimeric influenza hemagglutinin (HA) polypeptides, compositions comprising the same, vaccines comprising the same, and methods of their use.
US09968667B2
The present invention relates to the decontamination of anthrax spores, prophylaxis and treatment of anthrax infections and, more particularly, to compounds that act as specific inhibitors of B. anthracis germination/outgrowth-associated proteins, methods and means for making such inhibitors and their use as pharmaceuticals and/or vaccines. The invention also relates to the prophylaxis and treatment of anthrax infections and, more particularly, to vaccines and compositions that comprise B. anthracis antigens, epitopes, proteins, or nucleic acid molecules, including anthrax protective antigen, anthrax lethal factor, anthrax edema factor and anthrax proteins associated with spore germination and outgrowth, as well as methods and means for making such compositions and their use pharmaceuticals and/or vaccines.
US09968665B2
Described herein are multilayer films that include modified polypeptide epitopes from Plasmodium falciparum, specifically a modified T* epitope. The multilayer films are capable of eliciting an immune response in a host upon administration to the host. The multilayer films can include at least one designed peptide that includes the modified T* polypeptide epitope from a Plasmodium protozoan.
US09968662B2
A stable pharmaceutical composition in liquid form or in solid form, containing factor VII. The composition is free of mannitol, sucrose, and any antioxidant.
US09968660B2
The present invention provides a means effective for bone regeneration or bone augmentation.Provided is a method of bone regeneration or bone augmentation, comprising: implanting a porous composite at a site in need of the bone regeneration or bone augmentation, and administering parathyroid hormone (PTH) to a subject in need of the bone regeneration or bone augmentation, wherein the porous composite comprises calcium phosphate.
US09968652B2
Provided herein are animals expressing light-responsive opsin proteins in the basal lateral amygdala of the brain and methods for producing the same wherein illumination of the light-responsive opsin proteins causes anxiety in the animal. Also provided herein are methods for alleviating and inducing anxiety in an animal as well as methods for screening for a compound that alleviates anxiety in an animal.
US09968647B2
The invention provides novel compounds and conjugates of these compounds useful for the delivery of biologically active substances. Further novel design criteria for chemically stabilized siRNA particular useful when covalently attached to a delivery polymer to achieve in vivo mRNA knock down are disclosed therein.
US09968640B2
The present invention provides a method for improving pancreatic function in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject STRO-1+ cells and/or progeny cells thereof and/or soluble factors derived therefrom. The method of the invention is useful for treating and/or preventing and/or delaying the onset or progression of a disorder resulting from or associated with pancreatic dysfunction, e.g., resulting from abnormal endocrine or exocrine function of the pancreas.
US09968637B2
The present invention provides populations of neural cells derived from pluripotent cells, and methods for making and using the same. Disclosed herein are methods for generating dopaminergic neurons in vitro using a combination of agents that cause differentiation of the pluripotent cells into dopaminergic neurons. Also disclosed are methods for treating a neurodegenerative disease in a patient by generating dopaminergic neurons in vitro, and transplanting them into the brain of the patient, such that the dopaminergic neurons are sufficient to reduce or eliminate the symptoms of the neurodegenerative disease.
US09968633B2
The present technology provides new compositions comprising at least one cross-linked co-polymer. In some embodiments, the polyacrylamide co-polymer comprises water soluble subunits, cross-linking subunits, and iron chelating subunits. In other embodiments, the co-polymer comprises water soluble units, cross-linking subunits, and substituted subunits, which can be conjugated with iron-chelating agents. When these new particles are exposed to certain environments, such the presence of strong acids or oxidation agents, these particles are capable of breaking up so that the iron chelating agents can chelate iron or other metals from their environments. Methods to prepare these new compositions are also provided. These compositions or compositions comprising nanogels of the present technology may be used to treat metal overload conditions such as iron overload resulting from chronic transfusions.
US09968630B2
The invention is based on a finding that silencing CIP2A (KIAA1524) gene sensitizes cancer cells for apoptosis-inducing activity of certain small molecule chemotherapeutic agents. Thus, the invention is directed to a respective combination therapy, sensitization method and pharmaceutical compositions. The invention further relates to a method of selecting cancer therapy for a subject on the basis of CIP2A and p53 expression and/or protein activity in a sample obtained from said subject.
US09968624B2
The invention provides an agent for treating depression, which contains N-acetyl-D-mannosamine, and a pharmaceutical composition for treating depression, which contains an effective amount of N-acetyl-D-mannosamine and a carrier acceptable as a medicament.
US09968623B2
A prepackaged sterile syringe or bottle with various concentrations of tissue and organ biologically stimulating reagents i.e., dextrose, various anthocyanins, anthocyanidins and/or their various metabolites (i.e., protocatechuic acid) as the base, can be used as a product and service not otherwise available to those practicing prolotherapy. A selected bioactive agent could be added to enhance the treatment effectiveness. The prepackaged sterile syringe or bottle can be produced in standardized concentrations of reagents and can be produced in a regulated facility to meet all the government standards of oversight necessary to insure a safe sterile product of uniform nature. The prepackaged sterile syringe or bottle provides cost savings as well as enhanced quality control, time and labor efficiency at the treatment sites.
US09968620B2
A method of treating lymphoma in a mammal comprises the step of: administering to a patient a pharmaceutical acceptable amount of a compound being a thienotriazolodiazepine compound of the Formula (1) wherein R1 is alkyl having a carbon number of 1-4, R2 is a hydrogen atom; a halogen atom; or alkyl having a carbon number of 1-4 optionally substituted by a halogen atom or a hydroxyl group, R3 is a halogen atom; phenyl optionally substituted by a halogen atom, alkyl having a carbon number of 1-4, alkoxy having a carbon number of 1-4 or cyano; —NR5—(CH2)m—R6 wherein R5 is a hydrogen atom or alkyl having a carbon number of 1-4, m is an integer of 0-4, and R6 is phenyl or pyridyl optionally substituted by a halogen atom; or —NR7—CO—(CH2)q—R8 wherein R is a hydrogen atom or alkyl having a carbon number of 1-4, n is an integer of 0-2, and R8 is phenyl or pyridyl optionally substituted by a halogen atom, and R4 is —(CH2)a—CO—NH—R9 wherein a is an integer of 1-4, and R9 is alkyl having a carbon number of 1-4; hydroxyalkyl having a carbon number of 1-4; alkoxy having a carbon number of 1-4; or phenyl or pyridyl optionally substituted by alkyl having a carbon number of 1-4, alkoxy having a carbon number of 1-4, amino or a hydroxyl group or —(CH2)b—COOR10 wherein b is an integer of 1-4, and R10 is alkyl having a carbon number of 1-4, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a hydrate or solvate thereof. The lymphoma to be treated is diffuse large B-cell lymphom (DLBCL) specifically selected from activated B-cell DLBCL (ABC-DLBCL) and germinal B-cell DLBCL (GBC-DLBCL).
US09968609B2
A pharmaceutical composition comprising: (a) a liquid carrier comprising water and at least 20% of at least one alcohol; and (b) sildenafil citrate dissolved in said liquid carrier at a concentration of at least 7 mg/ml.
US09968599B2
The subject invention concerns a compound and compositions having activity as an inhibitor of Stat3 protein and methods of using the compound and compositions. In one embodiment, a compound of the invention has the structure shown in formula I, formula II, or formula III. The subject invention also concerns methods of using the compounds and compositions of the invention.
US09968598B2
The present disclosure relates to cured pharmaceutical compositions designed to reduce the potential for improper administration of drugs that are subject to abuse, the process of curing such composition in order to improve the dissolution stability, method of using the same for treatment of pain.
US09968597B2
The present invention addresses methods and uses of quinoline derivatives in the treatment of tumors and pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of same. Specifically, the present invention involves a method and applications for the use of the quinoline derivative 1-[[[4-(4-fluoro-2-methyl-1H-indol-5-yl)oxy-6-methoxyquinolin-7-yl]oxy]methyl]cyclopropylamine in the treatment of soft tissue sarcomas and pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of same.
US09968589B2
Methods for treating a variety of diseases that comprises performing auricular anesthesia of various cranial nerves. A pharmaceutical composition is administered to an ear canal of a subject in need of such treatment, the composition including an analgesic and/or at least one anesthetic. Compositions useful in the taught methods are also provided.
US09968588B2
The invention relates to methods for treating pruritus with NK-1 receptor antagonists such as serlopitant. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising NK-1 receptor antagonists such as serlopitant. In addition, the invention encompasses treatment of a pruritus-associated condition with serlopitant and an additional antipruritic agent, and the use of serlopitant as a sleep aid, optionally in combination with an additional sleep-aiding agent.
US09968579B2
The present disclosure describes how all-retinoic acid (ATRA) binds and inhibits Pin1 activity and induces degradation of the activated Pin1 monomer selectively in cancer cells. Identification of the binding mechanism of ATRA with Pin1 confirm ATRA binding specificity to Pin1 residues in the PPIase active site, thus demonstrating that drug-induced Pin1 ablation has potent anticancer activity, such as in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), by inducing PML-RARa degradation, as well as against other types of cancer and diseases that are associated with Pin1 overexpression, such as aggressive triple negative breast cancer, lupus, asthma, cocaine addiction, among others, due to their unique ability to simultaneously block numerous cancer-driving pathways, with relatively lower toxicity. The present disclosure also provides a rationale for developing sustained released ATRA-containing formulations. ATRA-containing formulations may be used in combinations with other existing therapies including chemotherapy or molecularly targeted drugs and other standard of care.
US09968578B2
The invention is directed to microbial oils containing omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids comprising docosahexaenoic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid, and optionally docosapentaenoic acid and dosage forms containing such oils.
US09968574B2
The present invention provides, among other things, therapeutic compositions and methods that can effectively treat, slow or prevent a neurological disease (e.g., a neurodegenerative disease, e.g., mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or Alzheimer's disease (AD)), in particular, based on therapeutically effective amount of nifedipine, oxidized or nitroso nifedipine derivatives, lactam (e.g., a compound of formula (Ic) or (Ic-i), e.g., NFD-L1), thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3) and combinations thereof.
US09968566B2
A pharmaceutical composition for prophylaxis and/or treatment of a corneal and conjunctival disease or presbyopia, the composition containing a compound represented by Formula (I), or a salt thereof or a prodrug thereof as an active ingredient, wherein m and n are each independently an integer of 0 to 5; m+n≥1; and each aromatic ring of the compound represented by Formula (I) may be substituted.
US09968560B2
Provided is a composition for preparing a soft capsule shell that includes a non-animal material, and more particularly a composition for preparing a soft capsule shell, which includes modified starch composed of modified waxy corn starch and modified waxy potato starch, thereby realizing a soft capsule shell having appropriate hardness and elastic strength and delaying a browning phenomenon. The composition includes modified starch composed of modified waxy corn starch and modified waxy potato starch at a weight ratio of 2:8 to 8:2, a modified starch hydrolysate, a gelling agent, a plasticizer and purified water.
US09968559B2
Disclosed in certain embodiments is a controlled release oral dosage form comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a drug susceptible to abuse together with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients; the dosage form further including a gelling agent in an effective amount to impart a viscosity unsuitable for administration selected from the group consisting of parenteral and nasal administration to a solubilized mixture formed when the dosage form is crushed and mixed with from about 0.5 to about 10 ml of an aqueous liquid; the dosage form providing a therapeutic effect for at least about 12 hours when orally administered to a human patient.
US09968554B2
Drag derivatives are provided herein which are suitable for loading into liposomal nanoparticle carriers. In some preferred aspects, the derivatives comprise a poorly water-soluble drag derivatized with a weak-base moiety that facilitates active loading of the drag through a LN transmembrane pH or ion gradient into the aqueous interior of the LN. The weak-base moiety can optionally comprise a lipophilic domain that facilitates active loading of the drag to the inner monolayer of the liposomal membrane. Advantageously, LN formulations of the drag derivatives exhibit improved solubility, reduced toxicity, enhanced efficacy, and/or other benefits relative to the corresponding free drags.
US09968552B2
Oral pharmaceutical dosage form comprising tromethamine and a NSAID selected from the group comprising ibuprofen, naproxen and flurbiprofen, characterized in that it also comprises a compound selected from the group comprising glycine, vitamin B6 and mixtures thereof.
US09968548B2
A hard chew matrix containing antimicrobial actives, such as nanosilver, curcumin and propolis for use in dogs and other animals is disclosed.
US09968542B2
A makeup base for skin that is applied to the skin before applying a makeup cosmetic is provided. The makeup base is not smeared or removed by sweat or cold water, but, when rubbed with warm water, is easily removed from the skin together with the makeup cosmetic and without using a cosmetic cleanser. The makeup base includes a water-containing aqueous phase as a continuous phase, which includes (a) a vinyl acetate polymer, (b) polyhydric alcohol, and (c) a hydrophilic nonionic surfactant. The (a) the vinyl acetate polymer is 0.5 to 7 mass % in the makeup base and is dispersed as particles in the aqueous phase, (b) the polyhydric alcohol is 0.5 to 5.5 parts by mass relative to 1 part by mass of (a) the vinyl acetate polymer, and (c) the hydrophilic nonionic surfactant is 1 to 5 mass % in the makeup base.
US09968537B2
The present invention discloses a stable biocidal composition with enhanced antifungal activity at low concentration of active (s) and a process for preparing the same. The composition comprises: zinc pyrithione, C8-C18 quaternary ammonium salt (preferably cetylpyridinium chloride), water miscible glycol/polyol/glycol ether/lactam, organic amine and/or alkanol amine. The composition can be formulated into: hair care formulations, antidandruff hair care formulations, water based paints, coatings, adhesives, hard surface cleaners, fabric care compositions, wood products, plastic products and medical products. The biocidal compositions and the resulting formulations are transparent or opaque and are stable at varying pH and humidity conditions.
US09968535B2
A personal care composition comprising a dermatologically acceptable carrier, and from about 3 wt % to about 40 wt % of at least one undecyl sulfate compound selected from the group consisting of: a) R1—O(CH2CHR3O)y—SO3M; b) CH3—(CH2)z—CHR2—CH2—O(CH2CHR3O)y—SO3M; and c) mixtures thereof; where R1 represents CH3(CH2)10, R2 represents H or a hydrocarbon radical comprising 1 to 4 carbon atoms such that the sum of the carbon atoms in z and R2 is 8, R3 is H or CH3, y is 0 to 7, the average value of y is about 1 when y is not=0, and M is a mono-valent or di-valent, positively-charged cation.
US09968534B2
The invention relates to the dyeing of human keratinous fibers, in particular the hair, using anionic direct dyes or acid dyes having a tetraalkylammonium counterion of formula (I), with Col(−)m, R1, R2, R3, R4, m, and n as defined in the description. A subject-matter of the invention is a dyeing composition comprising an anionic dye of formula (I) and a method for dyeing keratinous fibers, such as the hair, employing the said composition. A subject-matter of the invention is likewise novel dyes of formula (I) and their uses for the coloring of keratinous fibers. This composition makes it possible to obtain a chromatic, powerful and particularly persistent coloring on keratinous fibers.
US09968522B2
A medicine container timing apparatus and method of use. The apparatus includes a container, a tilt switch, an electronic timer, and cap with a flange. Within the tilt switch are a gravity response member and a pair of electrical contacts. The cap flange extends into the tilt switch chamber and prevents the electrical contacts resetting the timer by forming a supporting barrier between the contacts and gravity response member. If a user tilts the container when the cap is off, the gravity response member falls onto the pair of electric contacts and resets the electronic timer. However, if the cap is on the container, the flange prevents the gravity response member from causing the electrical contacts to contact each other. The electronic timer therefore only displays the time since the container was last tilted with its cap off.
US09968516B2
A child-resistant closure for a container. The closure has a first groove and a second groove formed into a base. A cap covers an opening in the base. The cap can rotate between a closed position, a primed position and an open position. The cap has a nub that engages the first groove on the base, when in its closed position, engages the second groove on the base when in its primed position, and is free of any groove when in its open position. A mechanical activator is coupled to the base with a teeter connection. The mechanical activator displaces the cap from the closed position to the primed position when a first section of the mechanical activator is depressed. The mechanical activator displaces the cap from the primed position to the open position when a second section of the mechanical activator is depressed.
US09968511B2
A therapy system is operable to deliver at least one respiratory therapy to a patient. For example, therapy system may be operable to deliver any one or more of the following therapies: a high frequency chest wall oscillation (HFCWO) therapy, a positive expiratory pressure (PEP) therapy, a nebulizer therapy, an intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB) therapy, a cough assist therapy, a suction therapy, a bronchial dilator therapy, and the like. The therapy system is contained in a housing supported by a mobile stand.
US09968506B2
A therapeutic system and method flexes, extends, and exercises the metacarpal and phalangeal joints of an affected hand. The system comprises a therapeutic glove that receives an affected hand and adjustably applies movement to the fingers and thumb in a first forward direction to form a flexion position, and a second rearward direction to form an extension position. The position of the fingers and thumb as well as the amount of pressure applied is controlled by manipulating restraining members to pull and restrain the fingers and thumb and then attaching to a corresponding body and wrist portion on the glove. The extent of the pulling, including the pressure applied to the metacarpal and phalangeal joints, is fixed, adjustable, and easily releasable. A secondary therapeutic glove compensates for the tactile perception feedback from an unaffected hand. A therapeutic pain relief modality is applied prior to donning the glove.
US09968493B2
Methods and apparatuses for moving and/or transferring discrete articles are described. In particular, the methods and apparatuses relate to flexible arrangements to move and/or transfer discrete articles that vary in size and/or shape with minimal to no change in equipment.
US09968489B2
Systems, methods, and dressings for treating a linear wound, such as an incision, on a patient are presented. The systems, dressings, and methods involve a sealed wound dressing assembly that helps form a fluid seal around the linear wound while simultaneously encompassing a subcutaneous delivery conduit to deliver fluid to or from a subcutaneous tissue site. In one instance, a reduced-pressure interface is used to allow the subcutaneous delivery conduit to pass through tissue at or near the linear wound and through a wound dressing assembly to a drainage receptacle.
US09968487B2
A glasses structure comprises a main body and a sub-frame assembled at the rear of a lens of the main body. The inner surface of a frame body of the sub-frame is attached with a pad, which pad is formed with an upper contact portion and a central contact portion corresponding to the upper edge and the central shape of the frame body. Two nose pieces are formed at the both sides of the central contact portion of the pad, and the upper contact portion of the pad are respectively contacted with the user's nose and forehead to avoid pain when the user wears the glasses. Furthermore, the colored and patterned frame body of the sub-frame is shown from the transparent lens of the main body, whereby the glasses with suitable color and pattern being chosen to dress with the user's clothes and style, increasing the user's fashion and beauty.
US09968472B2
A percutaneous transluminal angioplasty device includes a catheter defining one or more lumens. A filter is coupled to the catheter adjacent a distal end of the catheter, and the filter is movable between an unexpanded and expanded configuration via a filter activation wire that extends through a lumen. An expandable balloon is coupled to the catheter proximally of the filter, and a stent is disposed over at least a portion of the balloon. To deploy the stent to a target site, the filter is first moved into its expanded position via the filter activation wire. Then, the stent is expanded, and the balloon is inflated to expand the stent further radially. The balloon is then deflated, the filter is contracted, and the catheter, balloon, and filter are removed from the body.
US09968466B2
A programmable prosthetic foot includes a heel member simulating a heel portion of a human foot. The heel member has an elongated heel member shaft extending in a vertical direction. The foot also includes a forefoot member simulating a forefoot portion of a human foot. The forefoot member has an elongated forefoot member shaft extending in the vertical direction. A sensor on the foot detects compressive force on the heel member shaft and/or forefoot member shaft during a step. An actuator on the foot imparts vertical translation to the heel member shaft and/or forefoot member shaft. An electronic controller in operable communication with the actuator includes program instructions for operating the actuator by imparting the vertical translation to the heel member shaft and/or forefoot member shaft as a function of the compressive force detected by the sensor.
US09968465B2
A femoral component trial for a knee joint of the present invention includes a trial body. The trial body includes a medial condyle and a lateral condyle that are located away from each other on an external surface, a through hole that is located between the medial condyle and the lateral condyle and has an approximately rectangular shape whose long side is an outer edge of an inner wall located along a back-and-forth direction and whose short side is an outer edge of an inner wall located along a right-and-left direction in an external surface view, a first guide slit that is located ahead of and above the through hole and extends in the right-and-left direction, and four second guide slits respectively extending from four corner parts of the through hole and along the long side.
US09968464B2
A spinal fusion system may include an interbody fusion cage, a fixation plate, and an implanter. The interbody fusion cage may include a proximal region, a distal region opposite the proximal region, a superior region, an inferior region opposite the superior region, and an open volume between the proximal and distal regions. The superior and inferior regions are located between the proximal and distal regions and are configured such that, when the interbody fusion cage is implanted in the disc space, the superior region contacts the inferior end plate and the inferior region contacts the superior end plate. The fixation plate is receivable in the open volume of the interbody fusion cage and includes a superior blade and an inferior blade. At least one of the blades includes a first opening defined therein. The fixation plate is displaceable between a non-deployed state and a deployed state.
US09968462B2
A spacer for separating bones of a joint, the spacer includes a frame having a longitudinal axis, and ramped surfaces. An endplate configured to engage a bone of the joint has ramped surfaces mateable with the ramped surfaces of the frame. When the endplate is moved relative to the frame in a direction along the longitudinal axis of the frame, the endplate is moved in a direction away from the frame to increase the height of the spacer. A second endplate configured to engage a second bone of the joint can be similarly configured.
US09968456B2
Implementations described and claimed herein provide an arthroplasty system and methods for positioning an acetabular cup implant. In one implementation, the system includes a shape-match hip guide having a patient specific mating region that is a negative of the surface contour of the inside surface of the patient's acetabular cup, and a directional rod that extends generally along the axis of the patient's femoral head and femoral neck. They system can additionally include an outrigger or silo device to aid in the alignment of surgical tools for preparing and implanting of the prosthetic acetabular cup in the patient's acetabular cup. Related methods are also disclosed herein for generating a shape-match guide and implanting an acetabular cup with the guide.
US09968454B2
Apparatus is provided, comprising (1) a guide member, (2) a tissue-adjustment mechanism having (a) an upper surface and a lower surface, (b) at least one first opening at the upper surface, (c) at least one second opening at the lower surface, and (4) a channel extending between the first and second openings, the channel facilitating advancement of the tissue-adjustment mechanism along the guide member; and (3) at least one repair chord coupled at a first portion thereof to the tissue-adjustment mechanism and having at least a first end that is configured to be coupled to a portion of tissue of a patient, the repair chord being configured to adjust a distance between the portion of tissue and the tissue-adjustment mechanism, in response to adjustment of the repair chord by the tissue-adjustment mechanism. Other embodiments are also described.
US09968452B2
Apparatus is provided, including a first catheter having a distal end portion transluminally advanceable to a vicinity of an anatomical site, a second catheter having a distal end portion advanceable through a first lumen and out of the first lumen, and a longitudinal implant, advanceable through the second lumen and out of the second lumen. The first and second catheters are assembled to facilitate sliding of the first and second catheters and of the implant, to configure them to assume a multi-bend formation having first and second bends separating first, second, and third domains. The first domain includes parts of the first and second catheters. The second domain includes the distal end portion of the second catheter, part of the implant, and none of the first catheter. The third domain includes part of the implant and none of the first nor second catheters. Other embodiments are also described.
US09968442B2
An intraocular lens includes a lens capsule expanding device and an optical portion. A front supporting portion makes contact with an inner surface of an anterior capsule. A rear supporting portion makes contact with an inner surface of a posterior capsule while facing the front supporting portion. A connecting portion connects the front supporting portion and the rear supporting portion so as to have a biasing force to separate the front supporting portion and the rear supporting portion. Due to the biasing force, the front supporting portion presses the inner surface of the anterior capsule and the rear supporting portion presses the inner surface of the posterior capsule. The optical portion changes the curvature of a central portion according to movement of the connecting portion that moves the front supporting portion and the rear supporting portion closer to or away from each other with movement of the lens capsule.
US09968438B2
High resolution active matrix nanowire circuits enable a flexible platform for artificial electronic skin having pressure sensing capability. Comb-like interdigitated nanostructures extending vertically from a pair of opposing, flexible assemblies facilitate pressure sensing via changes in resistance caused by varying the extent of contact among the interdigitated nanostructures. Electrically isolated arrays of vertically extending, electrically conductive nanowires or nanofins are formed from a doped, electrically conductive layer, each of the arrays being electrically connected to a transistor in an array of transistors. The nanowires or nanofins are interdigitated with further electrically conductive nanowires or nanofins mounted to a flexible handle.
US09968429B2
In a general aspect, a delivery device for delivering a medical implant can include a handle, a shaft having a first curved portion and terminating in a conical tip at a distal end and a transitional portion coupling the shaft with the handle. The transitional portion can include a first substantially straight section, a second substantially straight section and an angled section disposed between the first and second substantially straight sections. The angled section can define an angle between the first substantially straight section and the second substantially straight section. The first substantially straight section can extend from the distal end of the handle and have an outside diameter greater than an outside diameter of a distal end of the second substantially straight section. The second substantially straight section can have a distal end axially adjacent to the proximal end of the shaft and have a diameter that decreases distally.
US09968427B2
The transmission according to the invention for an electric toothbrush serves for the transmission and reforming of a rotational movement provided by an electric motor into a particularly careful and effective cleaning movement of a cleaning element. The ratio of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of an output shaft and the longitudinal mid-axis of a drive shaft of the transmission and of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of a shaft driving a cam of the transmission and the longitudinal mid-axis of the cam amounts to at least 10:1.
US09968426B2
An interdental cleaner has a rod-shaped carrier formed of plastic, which has a structuring with structural elements radially protruding from the carrier on at least one section of an axial length thereof. The carrier is twisted in at least one part of the section having the structuring together with the structuring about a carrier longitudinal axis.
US09968421B2
A tooth positioner is combined with a vibrational source, thus speeding orthodontic remodeling. In more detail, the device includes a tooth positioner shaped to closely fit a patient's dentition and apply a straightening force to at least one of said patient's teeth, the tooth positioner contacting labial, lingual and occlusal surfaces of said patient's dentition, the tooth positioner operably connected to a housing enclosing a power source operably connected to a vibratory source, the vibratory source being able to vibrate, thus vibrating the tooth positioner. Methods of using the positioner-vibrator combination are also disclosed.
US09968419B2
Provided is a soft flexible oral appliance having protuberances that mimic naturally occurring dental Tori. An upper, palatial appliance and a lower, mandibular appliance may be used in conjunction or separately to alleviate a variety of disorders, improve facial tone, and increase physical performance. The appliances are lightweight, thin, and do not prohibit normal speech patterns when in use. Small protuberances are strategically molded along key surfaces of each appliance to stimulate nerves in the tongue and affect forward protrusion. Forward positioning of the tongue dilates the airways of the throat improving breathing while the use is sleeping, playing sports, or talking. It also reduces bruxing, or grinding of the teeth. A method is further provided, for adding protuberances to other types of oral appliances, thereby conferring some of the benefits listed above on appliances originally intended for other dental uses.
US09968418B1
A dental forceps that include an elongated handle and a pair of tooth engaging members or jaws extending out of the one end of the handle and a post located in the handle with a disc at the top with a ball at the other end of the post. The post ball end inserts into the post ball holder to provide a stable support so that the dentist has leverage to extract the tooth straight out. The post disc and post ball provide the forceps with side-to-side and back-and-forth movement, thus allowing the forceps to align to the growth angle of the tooth to be extracted.
US09968408B1
The present application describes computer apparatus and software programs useful to the field of corrective spinal surgery. The apparatus and software implement and facilitate methods for assessing the degree of balance and alignment achieved through corrective measures applied to the spine prior to completing a surgical procedure. The apparatus and software facilitate pre-operative planning and virtual testing of the corrective measures to be applied. The apparatus and software further facilitate intra-operative reconciliation with the pre-operative plan prior to completing the surgery.
US09968407B2
A system and method for cleaning instruments, which provides removal and collection of material from one or more surgical instruments. The cleaning apparatus may be a dry cleaning process or offered in conjunction with one or more fluids. In one embodiment, the cleaning apparatus continuously purges blood, bone and other debris quickly and may comprise a system for removing reusable material from the cleaning process for reuse.
US09968395B2
A vapor delivery system and method is provided that is adapted for treating prostate tissue. The vapor delivery system includes a vapor delivery needle configured to deliver condensable vapor energy to tissue. In one method, the vapor delivery system is advanced transurethrally into the patient to access the prostate tissue. The vapor delivery system is properly positioned by measuring and advancing the system based on a field-of-view of an endoscope or camera disposed within the system.
US09968393B2
A system for bending an implant includes a drill guide extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end, the drill guide including a distal portion having a first threading extending therealong to engage a threading along an interior of a bone fixation element receiving hole of an implant and a proximal portion having a second threading extending therealong and a bending pin extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end including a recess extending proximally therefrom, the recess sized and shaped to receive the proximal portion of the drill guide and including a corresponding threading therealong for engaging the second threading.
US09968384B2
A medical screw driver includes a shank having a coupling for a handling member for applying torque to the shank. A screw driver portion can be inserted in a pedicle screw head and transmit torque to the screw head. A sleeve is rotatable about the shank and includes a male thread for coupling to a female thread formed at the pedicle screw head. The sleeve has a first sleeve portion having a first engaging portion and a second sleeve portion having a second engaging portion. The first and second engaging portions engage so that the second sleeve portion can transmit torque to the first sleeve portion, and so that the second sleeve portion can be disengaged from the first sleeve portion and drawn off the shank without having to release the first sleeve portion from the pedicle screw head.
US09968377B2
A growth rod distraction system a domino having first and second bores provided therein. First and second spinal rods are respectively disposed within the first and second bores for movement relative to the domino. First and second spur gears are disposed within the domino and respectively cooperate with the first and second growth rods such that rotation of the spur gears causes axial movements of the growth rods relative to the domino. The spinal rods may be formed either from a flexible polymer material (such as a PEEK, carbon fiber PEEK, PEAK, or similar medical grade polymer material) or a hybrid combination of such flexible polymer material and a metallic material (such as nitinol or similar medical grade metallic material). The spinal rods can also be used for fusion or non-fusion surgery of the spine to stabilize two or more vertebrae.
US09968373B1
An impact or extension handle for a needle assembly such as a jamshidi needle can include an attachment portion and a handle portion. The impact or extension handle can also include an impact strikeplate. The attachment portion is configured to couple to the jamshidi needle. A user can use the impact or extension handle to manipulate the position or angle of the needle assembly. A user can tap a mallet or similar instrument on the impact strikeplate to drive the needle assembly into a target location in a patient's body. The impact or extension handle can allow the user to hold his or her hands out of the way of equipment used during the procedure and away from potentially harmful radiation from imaging equipment used during the procedure.
US09968365B2
A microfracture device comprising a guide shaft having a proximal end and a distal end and defining an internal passage between the proximal and distal ends, the distal end having a curved tip, a stabilizing portion disposed along an outer surface of the guide shaft, at least a portion of the stabilizing portion being wider than the guide shaft, and a flexible element movably positioned within the internal passage of the guide shaft, the flexible element having a distal tip configured for driving into bone.
US09968364B2
A method of forming a bone cutting block includes: forming a plurality of saw slot plates and two side plates, the plurality of saw slot plates each including a plurality of ends opposing one another, each of the plurality of ends including a locating feature, the side plates including a plurality of locating features; and supporting the plurality of saw slot plates using the side plates, each locating feature of the plurality of saw slot plates being connected with a respective one of the plurality of locating features of the side plates and the side plates thereby opposing one another, the plurality of saw slot plates defining at least one slot therebetween which is configured for receiving a bone saw blade therethrough to make a predefined cut in a bone.
US09968361B2
A clip applying apparatus is provided which includes a jaw mechanism having a stationary jaw and a movable jaw. The movable jaw is supported on or formed integrally with the distal end of a crimping member which is movably supported within a body portion of the apparatus. The stationary jaw defines a longitudinal axis which forms an angle θ of between about 15 degrees and about 15 degrees and about 75 degrees in relation to a longitudinal axis of the body portion. In another embodiment, the stationary jaw includes a clip receiving channel which is configured to at least partially receive a surgical clip. In one embodiment, the distal end of the stationary jaw includes a stop member which is positioned to engage the distal end of the stationary jaw includes a stop member which is positioned to engage the distal end of a leg of a surgical clip to prevent the surgical clip from being pushed from the stationary jaw during operation of the apparatus and the movable jaw includes a distally located crimping surface and a head portion defining a recessed channel configured to receive a portion of a surgical clip supported on the stationary jaw. In yet another embodiment, the crimping surface defines an acute angle β in relation to the longitudinal axis of the body portion, and in one embodiment, angle β is substantially the same as angle θ.
US09968359B2
A medical procedure for positioning an embolic protection device effectively prevents material from entering with blood flow into side branch vessels of the aortic arch. The protection unit is permanently attached to a transvascular delivery unit at a connection point at a support frame that is at least partly arranged at a periphery of a selectively permeable unit. In an expanded state of the device, the connection point is enclosed by the support member or arranged at said support member.
US09968358B2
In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a mechanically releasable delivery system. More specifically, this embodiment includes an implantable device secured by tether at a distal end of the delivery system. The tether is fixed to the implantable device and looped around a selectively slidable mandrel. When the mandrel is retracted to expose its distal end, the looped tether slides off the mandrel, freeing the implantable device. Alternately, the tether can be fixed to the delivery system, wrapped around a portion of the implantable device and looped on to the slidable mandrel. Preferably, movement of the mandrel is controlled by an actuation control on the handle of the delivery system, allowing the user to selectively release the implantable device during a medical procedure.
US09968356B2
A surgical instrument for stapling the tissue of a patient is disclosed. The surgical instrument comprises a shaft and an end effector. The end effector comprises a staple cartridge body including staple cavities defined therein, staples removably positioned in the staple cavities, an anvil configured to deform the staples, and a knife configured to cut tissue positioned intermediate the staple cartridge body and the anvil. The surgical instrument further comprises a staple drive system configured to eject the staples from the staple cavities and a knife drive system configured to move the knife relative to the staple cartridge body independently of the staple drive system.
US09968355B2
A surgical instrument that includes a surgical end effector that is coupled to a shaft assembly by an articulation joint. A flexible firing beam extends through the articulation joint to interface with a firing member in the surgical end effector to apply a firing motion thereto. In at least one form, a pair of firing beam support members flank the flexible firing beam across the articulation joint. The firing beam support members are movably coupled together to prevent lateral movement away from each other in directions transverse to a shaft axis that is defined by the shaft assembly while permitting the firing beam support members to move axially relative to each other.
US09968354B2
A surgical staple and staple cartridge for removably storing the surgical staple. The staple can be formed and/or stamped from a sheet of material. The staple can include a base and staple legs extending from the base. The base can be non-linear and/or laterally contoured intermediate the staple legs.
US09968349B2
Disclosed herein are methods and devices for securing soft tissue to a rigid material such as bone. A tissue capture anchor is described that comprises an anchor body and a spreader such that tissue may be captured or compressed between outside surfaces on the anchor and spreader and inside surfaces of a bone hole to secure the tissue within the hole. A bone anchor is described that comprises an anchor body with expandable tines and a spreader that expands the tines into bone. The spreader captures tissue via a suture loop at the distal end of the bone anchor. Also described is an inserter that can be used to insert the anchor into bone and move the spreader within the anchor to expand the anchor and capture the tissue between the anchor and the bone. Methods are described that allow the use of bone anchors to secure tissue to bone.
US09968343B2
The present invention relates to a minimally invasive surgical instrument having a bent shaft, and more particularly to a minimally invasive surgical instrument in which at least a part of a shaft includes a bend. According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a minimally invasive surgical instrument comprising: a shaft; an end effector connected to one end of the shaft; a joint unit interposed between the shaft and the end effector; and a plurality of wires connected to the joint unit to enable the end effector to carry out joint motion, wherein the shaft comprises at least one bend, and the at least one bend may transmit therein force to operate the end effector in a roll direction, independently of the shaft.The present invention relates to a minimally invasive surgical instrument having a bent shaft, and more particularly, to a minimally invasive surgical instrument in which at least a portion of a shaft is curved. A minimally invasive surgical instrument according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a shaft; an end effector connected to one end of the shaft; an articulation unit interposed between the shaft and the end effector; and a plurality of wires connected to the articulation unit so as to enable the end effector to move in an articulating manner. The shaft has at least one curve, and said at least one curve is capable of independently transmitting force to the inside of the end effector such that the end effector may operate in a rolling direction.
US09968342B2
A handle for surgical instruments that has a “wishbone” configuration. In one embodiment, the instrument is provided with a ratchet mechanism allows two operating handles to be locked in a predetermined position (for example, when the surgical instrument that is maneuvered is in use) or to move relative to each other when the ratchet is partially or fully released (for example, when the surgical instrument that is maneuvered is not in use). In another embodiment, the instrument is provided with a rotary gear mechanism.
US09968337B2
Biopsy devices and methods are provided for collecting a sufficiently-sized tissue sample from a region at a known distance by boring into the sample region using simultaneous axial and rotational movement and providing a reduced risk of: over-passing or under-passing the sample sought, injury and trauma to the surrounding tissue area, having to stick the patient more than once, sample contamination, and the user's exposure to sharps.
US09968336B2
A device for capturing a predetermined volume of a predefined portion (e.g. first void) of a liquid flow, comprises an inlet, an outlet, and a guide with an element displaceable in a first position for capturing the first liquid portion in a reservoir, and in a second position for blocking access to the reservoir, and for passing the liquid to the outlet. The displaceable element moves in transverse direction to the liquid flow, and has lifting means. The element may be substantially flat, or tubular with an elliptical cross section. A kit of parts and a method of assembly are also claimed.
US09968323B2
An X-ray computed tomography apparatus according to an embodiment includes an X-ray detector, a data-acquisition module and a reconstruction module. In the X-ray detector, a plurality of X-ray detection elements are arranged in a channel direction and a column direction. The data-acquisition module includes a plurality of data-acquisition circuits and a plurality of output modules. A plurality of systems of at least the data-acquisition circuits among the X-ray detection elements and the data-acquisition circuits are disposed in parallel per element of the X-ray detection elements in a center vicinity. Each of the output modules outputs digital data obtained via the data-acquisition circuits. The reconstruction module reconstructs a medical image, based on the output digital data.
US09968320B2
According to one embodiment, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes an X-ray tube that generates X-rays, an X-ray detector that detects X-rays generated from the X-ray tube and transmitted through an object, a supporting mechanism supports the X-ray tube and the X-ray detector in directions to face each other, a display displays an X-ray image concerning the object based on an output from the X-ray detector, position specifying circuitry specifies a position of the face of a user who is visually recognizing the display, and moving circuitry moves the supporting mechanism to an imaging position corresponding to the specified position of the face of the user.
US09968318B2
An estimating apparatus according to an embodiment includes specifying circuitry, deriving circuitry, and display control circuitry. The specifying circuitry specifies a region of a subject irradiated with X-rays emitted from an X-ray tube of an X-ray CT apparatus on a human body model schematically representing the subject. The deriving circuitry assumes the human body model to be at a position where the subject is arranged in radiography performed by the X-ray CT apparatus and derives an exposure dose of the X-rays on a surface of the region specified by the specifying circuitry on the human body model based on irradiation conditions in the radiography. The display control circuitry displays, on a display, information in which the exposure dose derived by the deriving circuitry is associated with the region on the human body model specified by the specifying circuitry.
US09968312B2
A system attenuates scatter radiation during a radiological procedure. The radiological procedure using a radiation machine including an emitter, a receiver, a base, and a table for a patient. The base is supported by a floor. The system includes a barrier formed of a radiation attenuation material and positioned over an area on the floor. The barrier is comprised of an elastomeric material and disposed beneath the table. The barrier on the floor can reduce substantial amounts of scatter radiation.
US09968309B2
This invention relates to a method and a correction system for correcting tracer-uptake measurements for patient specific variations in the tracer-uptake. Input data are received about the patient and subsequently it is determining whether the received input data include tracer-impact data that impact the tracer-uptake measurements for the patient. In case the tracer-impact data are included in the input data a comparing is performed where the tracer-impact data are compared with pre-stored reference data that have associated thereto a correction indicator indicating an amount of deviation of the tracer-uptake measurement due to the tracer-uptake dependent data. The correction indicator of the pre-stored reference data that match with the tracer-impact data is then used to correct the tracer-uptake measurements for the patient.
US09968303B2
A cluster database includes existing ECG datasets organized into clusters, wherein each existing ECG dataset includes an existing ECG waveform with at least one corresponding existing feature and existing interpretation. Each cluster is comprised of existing ECG datasets having a common existing feature. The cluster training module is executable by the processor to receive a new ECG waveform and a feature extracted from the new ECG waveform. The cluster training module then selects a cluster interpretation module based on the feature, wherein the cluster interpretation module is trained on one of the clusters from the cluster database. The cluster training module processes the new ECG waveform and/or the feature to provide a cluster interpretation output. The cluster interpretation output is then displayed on the user interface, and the cluster training module receives clinician input via the user interface accepting or rejecting the cluster interpretation output.
US09968296B2
A wearable socio-biosensor device can include a plurality of sensors to detect bio-behavioral data of a subject, social data related to a proximity of the subject to other persons wearing socio-biosensor devices and bio-behavioral data measured during the time the subject is in close proximity to other persons, and environmental data related to the subject's environment. The socio-biosensor device can also include a body portion that includes: a non-transitory memory to store the bio-behavioral data, the social data, and the environmental data; a wireless transceiver to communicate with another device based on at least one of the bio-behavioral data, the social data, and the environmental data; and a rechargeable battery. The socio-biosensor device can also include an attachment mechanism that facilitates attachment of the body portion to the subject (e.g., attached to the subject's wrist). At least one of the plurality of sensors can be embodied in the attachment mechanism.
US09968288B2
The present invention provides for a computer system including at least one server having software stored on a non-transient computer readable medium; where, upon execution of the software, the at least one server is at least configured to: i) receiving physiological data representative of a first physiological measurement of at least one physiological characteristic of an epileptic user; ii) receiving physiological data representative of a second physiological measurement of at least one physiological characteristic of the epileptic user; iii) comparing the first physiological measurement of the epileptic user to the second physiological measurement of the epileptic user; iv) based on the comparing, determining that a difference between the first physiological measurement of the epileptic user and the second physiological measurement is: a) higher than a predetermined threshold value, or b) smaller than the predetermined threshold value; and v) generating at least one alert; vi) transmitting the at least one alert.
US09968281B2
A breath condensate collector (10) comprising a chamber having a breath inlet port (14) and an outlet port (16); a sample collector, adapted to receive breath from the chamber outlet and having air exhaust means; cooling means (112) to promote in use condensation of vapor from breath entering the sample collector and where collector comprises a partially lidded dish (110).
US09968278B2
A medical image measuring apparatus includes a tissue information label assigning unit that assigns each point of a medical image with a tissue information label representing tissue information each point belongs, a measuring unit that performs measurement in the medical image, and a measurement subject label assigning unit that determines, based on a tissue information label assigned to a measurement point or a point within a region of interest used for the measurement, a measurement subject label representing a measurement subject and assigns the label to a result of the measurement.
US09968275B2
The present disclosure uses physiological data, ECG signals as an example, to evaluate cardiac structure and function in mammals. Two approaches are presented, e.g., a model-based analysis and a space-time analysis. The first method uses a modified Matching Pursuit (MMP) algorithm to find a noiseless model of the ECG data that is sparse and does not assume periodicity of the signal. After the model is derived, various metrics and subspaces are extracted to image and characterize cardiovascular tissues using complex-sub-harmonic-frequencies (CSF) quasi-periodic and other mathematical methods. In the second method, space-time domain is divided into a number of regions, the density of the ECG signal is computed in each region and inputted into a learning algorithm to image and characterize the tissues.
US09968273B2
According to one embodiment, an ECG waveform detecting apparatus includes an input circuit and processing circuitry. The input circuit receives an ECG signal. The processing circuitry performs first detection of a specific waveform included in the ECG signal, performs update processing of a detection parameter for detecting the specific waveform based on a part of the specific waveform or result of the first detection, performs second detection of the specific waveform from the ECG signal by using the detection parameter after the update processing, and generates a synchronization signal based on information on the second detection.
US09968272B2
A device detects electric potentials with measuring inputs (7) for connection to measuring electrodes (9), which can be placed on the body of a patient (3). Measuring amplifiers (Op1, . . . , OpN) have a first and a second input as well as an output (11). A summing unit (13, 23) is connected to the outputs of the measuring amplifiers and sends a signal proportional to a mean value of the signals of the outputs of the measuring amplifiers to an output (15, 17) of the summing unit. Each of the measuring inputs is connected to a first input of a measuring amplifier. The second input of each measuring amplifier is connected to the output (17) of the summing unit. A potential output (19) connects to an electrode and to an output of a further amplifier Opc), with an input connected to the output (15) of the summing unit.
US09968265B2
Methods to identify and risk stratify disease states, cardiac structural defects, functional cardiac deficiencies induced by teratogens and other toxic agents, pathological substrates, conduction delays and defects, and ejection fraction using single channel biological data obtained from the subject. A modified Matching Pursuit (MP) algorithm may be used to find a noiseless model of the data that is sparse and does not assume periodicity of the signal. After the model is derived, various metrics and subspaces are extracted to characterize the cardiac system. In another method, space-time domain is divided into a number of regions (which is largely determined by the signal length), the density of the signal is computed in each region and input to a learning algorithm to associate them to the desired cardiac dysfunction indicator target.
US09968261B2
An apparatus can be provided according to certain exemplary embodiments. For example, the apparatus can include a waveguiding first arrangement providing at least one electromagnetic radiation. A configuration can be provided that receives and splits the at least one electromagnetic radiation into a first radiation and a second radiation. The apparatus can further include a waveguiding second arrangement which has a first waveguide and a second waveguide, whereas the first waveguide receives the first radiation, and the second waveguide receives the second radiation. The first arrangement, the second arrangement and the configuration can be housed in a probe.
US09968258B2
Devices for use in fluorescence or luminescence lifetime imaging include a chip featuring an imaging region that includes a photodetector for receiving optical signals, and a time-to-digital converter for providing digital phase output based on the received optical signals.
US09968249B2
An endoscope particularly suited for endocranial procedures and a method of using the endoscope. In some examples the endoscope is rigid except for a bend/tilt portion near a distal end of a rigid tube that is inserted in a patient's cranium, which distal end is controlled in a degree and direction of tilt with a finger operated controller at the endoscope's handle. Some examples use telescoping tubes that allow customizing the endoscope size for specific procedures. A distal portion of the endoscope can be disposable, supplied in a sterile package for a single procedure, thus taking into account contamination dangers that are particularly high for intracranial and certain other interventions and the fact that it can be difficult or impossible to effectively autoclave heat-sensitive components of certain endoscopes or effectively sterilize them using other techniques.
US09968247B2
A cleaning device for use with an endoscope. The device includes an elongated and flexible base and a set of discs axially spaced along the base. Each disc is positioned along the base at a center point of the disc. The size and spacing of the discs may vary within the set of discs.
US09968239B2
A remote controller includes a first balloon operation section, a second balloon operation section, a first balloon state display section, and a second balloon state display section. Each of the first and second balloon operation sections performs a pressing operation to swell or contract a balloon. Each of the first and second balloon state display sections has a swollen-state display portion and a contracted-state display portion. The swollen-state display portion is disposed along an outer circumference of each of the first and second balloon operation sections, such that the swollen-state display portion and each of the first and second balloon operation sections are coaxial with each other. The contracted-state display portion is disposed inside each of the first and second balloon operation sections, such that the contracted-state display portion and each of the first and second balloon operation sections are coaxial with each other.
US09968236B2
The present subject matter provides a method for operating a dishwasher appliance. The method includes finely filtering wash fluid with a fine filtration medium via cross-flow filtration and coarsely filtering wash fluid with a coarse filtration medium via dead-end filtration. The finely filtered wash fluid is directed to a spray assembly of the dishwasher appliance. A related dishwasher appliance is also provided.
US09968235B2
A floor cleaning machine for cleaning a surface includes a body, a distribution nozzle supported by the body, a supply tank assembly coupled to the body in fluid communication with the distribution nozzle, a suction nozzle supported by the body, and a suction source in fluid communication with the suction nozzle. The suction source is operable to draw fluid and dirt from the surface through the suction nozzle. The floor cleaning machine also includes a recovery tank coupled to the body in fluid communication with the suction source to receive and store fluid and dirt drawn through the suction nozzle. The floor cleaning machine is operable in a first mode to wash the surface and is operable in a second mode to sanitize the surface.
US09968233B2
A device for cleaning or processing a surface, wherein the device has a light source for illuminating the surface with light and an optical detection device for detecting the light reflected by the surface. In addition, the invention relates to a method for operating a device according to the invention. To create a device for cleaning or processing a surface and a method of the type in question, which differentiates various surfaces with a better resolution than that in the prior art, it is proposed that the optical detection device has at least one filter element and at least one sensor element, which are arranged and designed to detect the light reflected from the surface with respect to at least four different spectral ranges.
US09968230B2
Disclosed is a seat-type air-extracting suction apparatus to aid bowel movement having a main body (10), a support frame (20), a vacuum motor (30) and a pressure regulation valve (40), wherein the main body (10) is provided with a loading housing (11), a seat cushion (13) and an extraction box (12), the loading housing (11) has a first through hole (111), the seat cushion (13) is provided on the loading housing (11) and is formed with a guidance hole (131), the guidance hole (131) is aligned with the first through hole (111) of the loading housing (11), the extraction box (12) penetrates through and is provided in the loading housing (11), and an internal space of the extraction box (12) corresponds to the first through hole (111). The support frame (20) is provided on the outside of the main body (10) and is provided with a starting switch (22). The vacuum motor (30) is connected to the main body (10) and is used for extracting air to reduce the pressure inside the loading housing (11), a negative pressure effect being created when extracting air via the vacuum motor (30), aiding the bowel movement of a user. The pressure regulation valve (40) is able to adjust the pressure inside the loading housing (11) to meet the comfort level of the user.
US09968212B1
An improved tension rod having a first thin-wall metal tube, a plastic bushing inserted inside the first metal tube, a second thin-wall metal tube the second metal tube set partially inside the first metal tube, a helically-wound metal spring with an eyelet on one end and a two closed coils on the other end, the metal spring retained inside the first metal tube by a first diameter metal rivet and in the second metal tube by a second diameter metal rivet, the second metal tube having an end cap on the end opposite the first metal tube, a third metal tube being an extension tube connected to the first metal tube by an expansion clamp located between the first metal tube and the extension tube, the extension tube having an end cap located opposite the first metal tube.
US09968210B2
A composite structure of a fixable food container is disclosed. The composite structure comprises a plurality of food containers and a fixing disc. A first connecting portion is formed on the bottom of the food container. The fixing disc is used for fixing on a surface. A second connecting portion is formed on the top of the fixing disc for connecting with the first connecting portion and a hole is formed at the center of the fixing disc. The composite structure of the fixable food container has numerous advantages such as improved non-slip capability, stability, and positioning and has compatibility that allows the fixing disc to connect with different kinds of food containers.
US09968205B1
An apparatus for improved sleep made up of a mattress, and a sleep aid, on a first end of the mattress the sleep aid being a partially fitted sheet, the fitted sheet tucked into and secured onto a side of the mattress, and on a second end of the mattress the sleep aid being a blanket, the blanket attached to the fitted sheet and the blanket being large enough to be folded over an infant, the fitted sheet having hook and loop fasteners and the blanket having matable hook and loop fasteners situated on the blanket opposite the fitted sheet, such that when the blanket is folded over and the hook and loop fasteners are mated a pocket capable of containing an infant is formed.
US09968204B2
A child motion apparatus includes an apparatus base, a movable carrier, a seat mount, a motion mechanism, and a seat assembly. The movable carrier is movably disposed on the apparatus base along a sliding direction. The seat mount is rotatably connected to the movable carrier about a rotation axis perpendicular to the sliding direction. The motion mechanism includes a sliding mechanism and a rotating mechanism. The sliding mechanism connects the movable carrier and the apparatus base for sliding the movable carrier relative to the apparatus base along the sliding direction. The rotating mechanism is disposed on the movable carrier and connected to the seat mount for rotating the seat mount about the rotation axis. The seat assembly is detachably connected to the seat mount, so that the seat assembly slides and rotates together with the seat mount.
US09968188B1
A lockable electronic tablet stand is described that allows rotation and fixes the tablet stand in a locked relation. The stand includes a base that allows the tablet stand to rotate about the base while cords extend through a center of the base.
US09968186B2
An adjustable keyboard tray with an adjustable mouse pad is disclosed. A connection mechanism of the keyboard tray provides: vertical height adjustment of the keyboard tray relative to an object to which it is connected; horizontal translational adjustment of the keyboard tray relative to the object; swivel movement of the keyboard tray about a vertical axis; and adjustable typing angle of the keyboard tray relative to a horizontal axis. A connection mechanism of the mouse pad is configured to: permit the mouse pad to be connected to either side of the keyboard tray; provide for angular adjustment of the mouse pad relative to the keyboard tray; and provide for height adjustment of the mouse pad relative to the keyboard tray. In this manner, the fully articulated keyboard tray may be arranged at an angle relative to horizontal, and the mouse pad may simultaneously be arranged in a horizontal position.
US09968185B2
A sturdy lightweight table support system offers advantages of self-squaring, sturdy design, a low unassembled volume combined with simple parts that enable easy assembly, a system that enables user specification of table size that will result in easily prepared components thus all but eliminating stocks of different sized components, and sturdy lockable height adjustments. The self-squaring is achieved with a corner bracket system that uses a corner bracket that is inset with respect to a cross member within which it is mounted so that bolted assembly will result in a large, even pressure about the butt end of the cross member against the post that is extremely resistive to angular displacement of the cross member with respect to the post in any direction.
US09968183B1
A fingernail brush that includes bristles that are angularly adjustable by a user of the brush. In one embodiment, the fingernail brush includes a housing and a bristle assembly having a bristle support and at least one row of bristles. The bristle assembly is rotatably coupled to the housing so that a user can rotate the bristles to a desired relative bristle angle. In some embodiments, the bristles are present in a bristle channel formed as a recess in a face of the housing. The angular adjustability of the bristles allows a user to set the bristles to a relative bristle angle appropriate for the way the user intends to orient their fingertips relative to the fingernail brush. In some embodiments, a fingernail brush of the present disclosure may include one or more vibration generators that cause bristles to vibrate at a sonic frequency, an ultrasonic frequency, or both, to enhance cleaning efficacy.
US09968175B2
An applicator for a liquid or viscous cosmetic and packaging assembly thereof. The applicator extends in a longitudinal extension direction (X) and comprises a distal end and a proximal end. The applicator comprises an end piece, at the proximal end, which can be attached to a rod of an applicator assembly, a spatula at the distal end, and a base which connects the end piece and the spatula. The end piece, the base, and the spatula being a single piece made of a polymer material. The spatula comprises at least two tongues, each having an end connected to a solid portion of the spatula and an opposite end, and at least two applicator tabs formed in the extension of each tongue in the region of the opposite end, each tab having a free end which forms the distal end of the applicator.
US09968171B2
A multifunctional hair treatment device. A handpiece in the shape of a glove has nozzles on fingers thereof. A device body draws in and heats ambient air, thereby creating hot wind. A blower tube connects the nozzles of the handpiece to the device body to supply hot wind created in the device body to the nozzles of the handpiece. A user can dry and style hair using the handpiece worn on his or her hand.
US09968170B2
A suitcase made from hard shell material, preferably a pilot suitcase, including a lower suitcase portion which is open at the top, with a front panel, a rear panel and two side end panels, and a bottom panel, and a hinged lid for closing, wherein a telescopic handle can be pulled out in an upwards direction is arranged on the rear panel of the lower suitcase portion for pulling or pushing the suitcase, the lid having a narrow stationary lid element which extends along the entire length of the lower suitcase portion along the rear panel and has an opening in the middle of the length, through which opening the telescopic handle can be pulled out, and, next to the opening for the telescopic handle, the lid having a hinge which connects the stationary lid element to a fold-down wide lid element.
US09968160B2
A sole assembly for an article of footwear has a curved spring plate that stores and releases spring energy to aid in forward propulsion. The curved spring plate has a center portion and opposite end portions extending from the center portion. A retaining member is secured to the end portions such that the retaining member spans across and bows the center portion. Flexing of the spring plate stores spring energy in the spring plate that urges the center portion to unflex and release the spring energy.
US09968157B2
Improved soles for shoes, in particular sports shoes, are described. A sole for a shoe, in particular a sports shoe, is provided that includes a midsole with randomly arranged particles of an expanded material. The sole further includes an element having a higher deformation stiffness in at least one direction than the expanded material. The material of the midsole at least partially surrounds the element.
US09968154B2
A protective helmet having a protective shell with an interior surface and an exterior surface. A padding layer is affixed to the interior surface. The padding layer comprises a compliant material and a frangible material, such as glass foam. At least the frangible material is enclosed in a container. A detection circuit detects compromise of the frangible material, and outputs an indicator in the event the compromise is detected. The detection circuit may include a frangible wire configured to break in the event the frangible material is compromised. The indicator may include an LED, and/or radio-frequency signals. The radio-frequency signal may include an identifier for the helmet. The padding layer may include a plurality of pads each containing compliant material and frangible material. The plurality of pads may include one or more fasteners for releaseably affixing the pads to the interior surface of the protective shell.
US09968150B2
What is claimed is an natural hair extension. The hair extension is formed with a foundation of an elastic mesh into which wefts of natural hair are sewn. The elastic may also be covered by a ribbon to prevent irritation of the scalp.
US09968149B2
A garment comprising an extensible garment fabric having an edge fixed in length by a relatively inextensible tape or cord, the tape or cord being made from a material which can be eliminated or made extensible by subsequent processing; and an extensible waistband, the edge of the garment fabric fixed by the tape or cord being attached to the waistband.
US09968148B2
In one embodiment, a nursing cover is constructed of a flexible cover body that is configured to cover a mother's front, particularly areas exposed while nursing a baby. For convenience of reference, the cover body can be described in terms of a top end, a bottom end and two sides. A track is coupled to the top end of the cover, and at least one clip is slidingly engaged with the track to permit the clip to slide along the track. In this way, not only does the cover provide privacy protection to a nursing mother, but the cover also includes a slidable clip that can serve a variety of functions.
US09968146B2
Disclosed herein is a protective guard accessory for protecting the cuff of a pant leg. In a version of the invention, the clothing accessory generally comprises a cuff protection sleeve comprising an annular wall portion with an upper enlarged portion and an inwardly curved bottom lip defining a circular channel. The circular channel adapted to receive a respective bottom cuff of the pants. In addition, an inner fastening ring is provided comprising an external annular channel configured to couple with the upper enlarged portion of the cuff protection sleeve. Wherein, while in use, the fabric of the pants is pinched or sandwiched between the top enlarged portion of the cuff protection sleeve and the inner fastening ring while simultaneously engaging the cuff within the circular channel. Thereby, engaging the clothing accessory with the lower end portion and bottom cuff of the respective pant leg and providing a barrier between the pant leg and respective shoe.
US09968139B2
A lower body garment with shaping benefits is provided. The lower body garment may comprise an outer garment and a control panel inside the outer garment, such that the control panel is not visible from the outside of the outer garment. The control panel may have a rectangular shape and line a full circumference of an interior waist of the outer garment. Further, the control panel may be anchored to the outer garment at a top edge seam of the outer garment. In certain aspects, the lower body garment may be a legging, pant or skirt.
US09968128B2
A waterpipe arrangement that, in at least some configurations, is used with a water-based flavored substance instead of tobacco or other substances. In some configurations, the perforated foil has perforations in an annular arrangement configured to reduce, minimize or prevent coal ash from being introduced into the vapor consumed by the user. In some configurations, the consumable vapor-producing substance is in the form of a gel and can be provided in individual packaging. The individual packaging can be configured for placement directly into a receptacle of the bowl of the waterpipe. In some configurations, a single-use or disposable bowl is provided containing a consumable vapor-producing substance. The present disclosure also involves a pre-perforated foil or screen or a tool for perforating a foil.
US09968124B2
The present invention comprises a freeze-dried, aerated fruit or vegetable composition comprising a fruit or vegetable ingredient and an emulsifier and methods of making thereof.
US09968116B2
The present invention relates to the application of beta zeolite in animal feed as a toxin binder. The beta zeolites, which contain 12 membered ring systems with Bronsted and Lewis acidic sites, have high binding efficacy against common toxins present in animal feed. This study aimed to evaluate the binding efficacy of the disclosed H beta zeolite (HBZ) has high binding efficiecy against major mycotoxins such as aflatoxin B1, ochratoxin A (OTA), zearalenone, mycophenolic acid, cyclopiazonic acid, Fumonisin B1, T-2 and patulin.
US09968107B2
Food products including artificial eyes or eye voids interspersed throughout the product are provided by forming a visco-elastic mass of the food product and combining pieces of solidified carbon dioxide with the visco-elastic mass. The solidified carbon dioxide sublimes throughout the visco-elastic mass and forms carbon dioxide gas. The carbon dioxide gas expands and forms eye voids nearly instantaneously and the fully formed eye voids are provided in the food product in a matter of hours. In addition, gaseous carbon dioxide stored under pressure, such as through encapsulation or in a pressurized vessel, is combined with a visco-elastic mass and the released carbon dioxide gas expands and forms eye voids defined within the visco-elastic mass.
US09968099B2
A powder plant treatment formulation for application to plants by insect vectoring includes: a plant treatment agent; a stabilizing agent bonded to the plant treatment agent for stabilizing the plant treatment agent; a moisture absorption agent for absorbing moisture from the formulation; an attracting agent for attracting the formulation to plants; and a diluent.
US09968098B2
The present invention generally relates to the use of synergistic amounts of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. aizawai, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki and cyantraniliprole for the control of diamondback moth, beet armyworm, southwestern corn borer, and corn earworm wherein the ratio of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki to Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. aizawai is from about 1:0.47 to about 1:0.92, and the ratio of the total amount of Bacillus thuringiensis to cyantraniliprole is from about 1:0.025 to about 1:150.
US09968085B2
Disclosed herein is a bacterial secondary metabolite, thaxtomin and another herbicide as an effective herbicide combination on broadleaved, sedge and grass weeds.
US09968082B2
A method of perfusing an organ or tissue includes perfusing the organ or tissue with a perfusion apparatus; detecting a condition representing at least one of an attitude of the perfusion apparatus or at least one shock experienced by the perfusion apparatus; and altering perfusion based upon the detected condition and/or recording the detected condition.
US09968081B2
A hunting decoy apparatus, wherein the decoy exhibits lifelike movements controlled mechanically by a user. The apparatus comprises an outer sleeve member and a movable slidable member slidably engaged within the outer sleeve member. The outer sleeve member attaches to the ground. The decoy stand is inserted into the movable sliding member and extends perpendicular from the outer sleeve member in an upward direction with a decoy on top. The distal ends of the slidable inner sleeve member and the outer sleeve member are connected by an extension limiting biasing element such as a spring or elastic cord. A tether is attachable to the proximal end of the movable slidable member. To activate movement of the decoy, the tether is pulled and released by the user causing the decoy and decoy stand to move within the slot forward and backwards. Small tugs on the tether by the user causes the decoy to move in lifelike movements creating the appearance the decoy is bobbing and pecking like a wild bird.
US09968078B2
Described is an apparatus and system for detecting fishing related events and providing notifications to a fisher regarding those events. When a fishing related event, such as a fish on line event occurs, it results in a fishing rod flexing or moving in particular directions. The described implementations include sensors located on or in the fishing rod that provide position data that is utilized to monitor a movement of the fishing rod and determine a type of fishing related event that has occurred.
US09968072B2
The invention provides measuring devices for managing the weight of animals and methods of using the measuring devices. In a general aspect, the measuring devices comprise a container having a first side with a cavity and a second opposing side having a cavity that is larger than the cavity of the first side. The first side cavity is sized to hold an amount of food that restricts calorie intake of an animal. The second side cavity is sized to hold an amount of food that provides daily requirement for weight management of an animal.
US09968064B2
The present invention relates to a Spinacia oleracea seed designated 51-521 RZ, which exhibits a combination of traits including fast growing, a flat plant habit, smooth mature leaves, a field resistance against Colletotrichum dematium f. sp. spinaciae and resistance to downy mildew (P. farinosa f. sp. spinaciae) races Pfs1 to Pfs15. The present invention also relates to a Spinacia oleracea plant produced by growing the 51-521 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the spinach cultivar, represented by spinach variety 51-521 RZ.
US09968062B1
The present invention is in the field of soybean variety CL1460479 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety CL1460479 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using CL1460479 in a breeding program.
US09968061B1
The present invention is in the field of soybean variety CL1460725 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety CL1460725 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using CL1460725 in a breeding program.
US09968057B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01058336. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01058336. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01058336 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01058336 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09968054B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01057207. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01057207. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01057207 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01057207 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09968052B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH198025. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH198025, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH198025 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH198025.
US09968051B2
The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated G2537376H. Also included are seeds of canola G2537376H, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola G2537376H and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola G2537376H with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola G2537376H.
US09968048B1
A novel maize variety designated X00F910 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X00F910 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00F910 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X00F910, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00F910. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00F910.
US09968045B2
A novel hybrid tomato plant, designated HMX4909 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of tomato hybrid HMX4909, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid tomato HMX4909, and to methods for producing a tomato plant by crossing the hybrid tomato HMX4909 with itself or another tomato plant. The invention further relates to methods for producing a tomato plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other tomato plants derived from the hybrid tomato plant HMX4909.
US09968039B2
A hydroponic tower for growing fruits, vegetables, herbs, flowers, and/or other plants. The tower illustratively includes a substantially vertically-oriented tube with an inlet end and a drain end. The tube defines a plurality of openings for receiving a plurality of cups that can be added to and removed from the tube as desired.
US09968035B2
A bale spear device has a first upper plate having an aperture, a second upper plate having an aperture, an upper cross tube for connecting the first upper plate and the second upper plate together in a spaced apart arrangement, a first lower plate connected to the upper cross tube, a second lower plate connected to the upper cross tube, a lower cross tube for connecting the first lower plate and the second lower plate together in a spaced apart relationship, a socket extending out of the upper cross tube, a spear having a tip end and a socket end with the tip end for insertion into the aperture of the second upper plate and the socket end for insertion into the aperture of the first upper plate, and a locking device for locking the socket end of the spear in the aperture of the first upper plate.
US09974213B2
Systems and methods for cooling include one or more computing structure, an inter-structure liquid cooling system that includes valves configured to selectively provide liquid coolant to the one or more computing structures; a heat rejection system that includes one or more heat rejection units configured to cool liquid coolant; and one or more liquid-to-liquid heat exchangers that include valves configured to selectively transfer heat from liquid coolant in the inter-structure liquid cooling system to liquid coolant in the heat rejection system. Each computing structure further includes one or more liquid-cooled servers; and an intra-structure liquid cooling system that has valves configured to selectively provide liquid coolant to the one or more liquid-cooled servers.
US09974208B2
Pool boiling systems, cooling systems configured to cool one or more heat generating portions of a vehicle, and methods of maintaining a functional orientation of a pool boiling unit are disclosed. A pool boiling system may include the pool boiling unit and a stabilizing unit coupled to the pool boiling unit. The stabilizing unit maintains the pool boiling unit in a functional orientation across a plurality of operating orientations of the pool boiling system.
US09974207B2
Disclosed herein is an electronic apparatus including a component disposed inside the electronic apparatus, a vent that is located in a first direction with respect to the component disposed inside the electronic apparatus and is opened toward the external of the electronic apparatus, a plurality of first louvers that are provided in the vent and are lined in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction when the vent is viewed along the first direction, and a plurality of second louvers that are located between the component disposed inside the electronic apparatus and the plurality of first louvers and are lined in the second direction when the vent is viewed along the first direction. A straight line that passes between adjacent two first louvers and is along the first direction intersects any of the plurality of second louvers.
US09974202B1
A divider can be installed within an electronic equipment rack drawer to enhance the structural strength of the drawer. The divider can include two members, formed from plates of material, each member having a rectangular center section with a height spanning a distance between a top plate and an upper base plate of an electronic equipment rack drawer. The two members can each have a header and a footer extending outwardly from the center section. The headers can be attached to the top plate, and the footers can be attached to the upper base plate of the electronic equipment rack drawer. The center sections of the two members can be fastened, in an adjacent, coplanar orientation to each other.
US09974198B2
An electronic equipment enclosure comprises a frame structure formed from a plurality of support posts and at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels. The panels include at least side, top and back panels defining an enclosure having a top, a bottom and a rear thereof. The top panel includes an opening there through that is rectangular in shape. The equipment enclosure further comprises an exhaust air duct extending upward from the top panel of the enclosure. The exhaust air duct is rectangular in cross-section and is disposed in surrounding relation to, and in fluid communication with, the top panel opening. The exhaust air duct is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the enclosure from cool air entering the enclosure, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure.
US09974197B2
Provided is a structure for a display apparatus. The structure for a display apparatus includes: a chassis having a plate shape and provided with a plurality of through holes; a reflection layer formed on one surface of the chassis: and at least one moisture barrier layer formed on the other surface of the chassis.
US09974196B2
The present disclosure provides an electronic device including a casing, a terminal, a substrate, an electric connector, and a conductive adhesive. The terminal is fixed to the casing. The substrate is attached to the casing at a position where at least a portion of the substrate faces the terminal. The electric connector is fixed to a circuit wiring formed in the substrate at a position where the substrate faces the terminal. The electric connector protrudes toward the terminal from the circuit wiring. The conductive adhesive electrically and mechanically connects the terminal to the electric connector.
US09974189B2
A method of producing a multilayer element with a substrate and at least one conductor structure connected in an areal manner to the substrate, which has first regions of electrically conductive material present in accordance with a prescribed pattern, electrically non-conductive second regions lying between the first regions to produce RFID antennas or flexible printed circuit boards in a roller-to-roller process, the method including connecting a conductor foil to the substrate by a laterally structured layer of adhesive lying in between such that in first regions a partial bonding contact between the substrate and the conductor foil is created at a multiplicity of bonding zones, and in laterally extended second regions the conductor foil is not connected or is connected less firmly by adhesive to the substrate; structuring the conductor foil by cutting the conductor foil along boundaries of the first regions; and removing contiguous pieces of foil of the conductor foil from laterally extended second regions.
US09974185B2
A component-embedded substrate includes a laminate and an electronic component. The electronic component is embedded in the laminate. The laminate includes a frame-shaped conductor pattern. When the laminate is viewed in a laminating direction, the frame-shaped conductor pattern is arranged so as to substantially surround the entire periphery of the electronic component. The frame-shaped conductor pattern includes a first individual conductor pattern and a second individual conductor pattern. The first individual conductor pattern and the second individual conductor pattern are separated from each other. The first individual conductor pattern is arranged close to a first external terminal electrode of the electronic component, and the second individual conductor pattern is arranged close to a second external terminal electrode of the electronic component.
US09974182B2
Provided is a circuit assembly that does not require e.g. bending of a terminal of an electronic component. A circuit assembly includes an electronic component that is to be mounted is connected to a conductive member through a first opening in a state in which its main body is disposed on one side of a substrate covering at least a part of the first opening formed in the substrate, and a first terminal is connected to a conductive pattern (a land) of the substrate, and a second terminal is connected to the conductive member through a second opening formed in the substrate.
US09974181B2
A module includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having a substrate, component pads on a top surface of the substrate, and contact pads formed on a bottom surface of the substrate. The module further includes a mold compound disposed over the PCB; an external shield disposed over a top surface of the mold compound and on side surfaces of the mold compound and the PCB, where the external shield is configured to provide shielding of at least one component connected to at least one component pad from electromagnetic radiation; and a back-spill barrier formed on the bottom of the substrate. The back-spill barrier surrounds the contact pads, and is configured to prevent the external shield from making contact with the contact pads.
US09974180B2
An electronic device may have a printed circuit to which electrical components are mounted. The electrical components may include a thermal sensor and a pressure sensor. A through hole in the printed circuit may receive the shaft of a standoff. The standoff may be soldered to plated metal on the sides of the through hole. A screw or other fastener may secure the printed circuit to a housing for the electronic device. A ring-shaped metal member may be soldered to the printed circuit. The ring-shaped metal member may form a bumper that surrounds the screw or other fastener and the thermal sensor. The pressure sensor may have a port through which ambient pressure measurements are made. A dust protection cover such as a fabric or other porous layer may cover the port.
US09974179B2
An interconnect structure that includes a component circuit board containing a plurality of electrical components, and a wafer connector assembly. The wafer connector assembly includes a plurality of interconnect circuit boards that are in electrical connection with the components circuit board through a plurality of rows of solder joints, the plurality of interconnect circuit boards having a connection end including at least one contact. An adhesive is present structurally reinforcing at least a row of the solder joints that is proximate to the connection end of the plurality of interconnect circuit boards of the wafer assembly.
US09974160B1
Systems and methods described herein are provided for electrically coupling conductors within a multilayered printed circuit board (PCB) using an interconnect formed along an outer surface of one or more stripline boards making up the multilayered PCB. The multilayered PCB may include first and second stripline boards each having multiple dielectric layers. A first conductor may be formed in the first stripline between the multiple dielectric layers and a second conductor may be formed in the second stripline between the multiple dielectric layers. The interconnect may be formed over an outer surface the dielectric layers such that the interconnect extends from the first conductor to the second conductor. An electrically conductive wall may be formed over the edge or side portion of the dielectric layers to form a cavity that encloses the interconnect and the outer surface of the multilayered PCB.
US09974147B1
A light fixture is provided or retrofitted with wireless LED lighting system requiring no additional wireless devices. An LED driver housing has power output terminals and control input terminals for an LED driver disposed therein. An LED lighting device includes driver input terminals to receive the output power from the LED driver, and to which an LED array and a wireless communication module are coupled to receive power therefrom. The wireless communication module comprises a transceiver configured to send and receive wireless communication signals with respect to an external device, and a controller linked to the transceiver and configured to generate lighting output control signals. Dimming control signals received via the transceiver may be processed by the controller and transmitted to the driver without requiring additional hardware or wiring within or attached to the driver. The lighting device also can wirelessly receive occupancy sensor data or LED configuration information.
US09974146B2
Provided is a lighting system that includes a plurality of luminaires, at least one controller in communication with the luminaires via a communication line in a network, and configured to control the luminaires, and a lighting control system including a smart device which wirelessly communicates with the at least one controller and the plurality of the luminaires, and performs a commissioning operation of the luminaires in the network using visual light communication (VLC).
US09974143B2
A light sensor assembly includes a photocontrol receptacle connector configured to be mounted to a housing, such as of a light fixture. The receptacle connector has a mating interface for mating with a photocontrol sensor connector. The receptacle connector holds contacts at the mating interface for electrical connection with corresponding contacts of the photocontrol sensor connector for controlling the light fixture. The contacts are configured to be electrically connected to power wires of the light fixture. The receptacle connector includes a receptacle connector communication device for wireless communication with the photocontrol sensor connector.
US09974137B2
A light emitting device which can adjust color temperature as power is supplied from a single power source comprises an anode electrode land; a cathode electrode land; a first light emitting unit and a second light emitting unit; a low pass filter including a capacitance member which is provided in parallel with the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit; and a resistance member which is provided in series with the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit. A phosphor which is included in the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit includes a red phosphor which is excited by the primary light that is emitted from the LED element and emits light with a peak light emission wavelength into a red region, and a green phosphor which is excited by the primary light that is emitted from the LED element and emits light with a peak light emission wavelength into a green region.
US09974136B1
The present invention relates to an LED automobile headlight with switchable dual-color temperature including a headlight body, a high-beam and low-beam switch and an LED driving device. The LED driving device includes: a control circuit module, configured to receive the high-beam signal or the low-beam signal, and output a control signal to control a driving circuit module; and the driving circuit module, configured to drive a white-light high-beam LED lamp, a yellow-light high-beam LED lamp, a white-light low-beam LED lamp or a yellow-light low-beam LED lamp to operate, based on the control signal.
US09974130B2
A device for driving several light sources is suggested comprising a shift register comprising at least two cells, wherein an output of each cell controls one of the several light sources; wherein the at least two cells are connected in series and are driven by a clock signal; wherein each cell of the shift register comprises a flip-flop and a register; wherein the output of the flip-flop is connected with the input of the register; wherein the register is arranged to store the output of the register based on an update signal and wherein the output of the register controls one of the light sources; wherein the flip-flops of the at least two cells are filled with a data signal based on the clock signal; and wherein after a predetermined number of cycles of the clock signal the update signal is conveyed to the registers driving the light sources according to the values stored in the flip-flops of the cells.
US09974126B2
A control system for an electrical load, which control system is intended to receive a voltage supplied by a mains electricity supply and includes a control switch, which is designed to take an open state or a closed state, a signalling indicator connected in parallel with the switch and designed to take two different states that are each linked to the open state or the closed state of the switch, a control device connected to the signalling indicator and designed to limit a voltage on the terminals of the electrical load below a threshold value when the switch is in the open state.
US09974123B2
A power supply system uses a DC-DC power converter (28) for supplying an output load. A compensation circuit (40) is connected between the input to the DC-DC converter and the output of the DC-DC converter and it provides a compensating path in response to a voltage drop at the output of the DC-DC converter caused by a surge in the output load. The power supply system further comprises a low drop out regulator (30) as the output load, which low drop out regulator (30) having an input connected to the DC-DC power converter and the compensation circuit, and an output connected to an output terminal (C) for connection to a further output load. This enables the DC-DC power converter to have a low current capability, because a large current demand can be met by the DC supply to the DC-DC converter.
US09974105B2
The present invention relates to a communication system and a method thereof, an information processing apparatus and a method thereof, an information processing terminal and a method thereof, which can start wireless communication easily and promptly. When an electromagnetic wave radiated from a reader/writer of a PDA 2 is received in a reader/writer of a personal computer 1, the personal computer 1 notifies the PDA 2 of device information stored therein. The PDA 2 establishes synchronization for Bluetooth communication with the personal computer 1 in accordance with a Bluetooth address contained in the device information and selects a service in accordance with a service record contained in the device information to establish communication via Bluetooth. The present invention can be applied to various information processing apparatuses such as a personal computer or a PDA.
US09974103B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for connecting with an external device. A current status of an electronic device is determined when wireless communication with at least one external device is disconnected. A preset time interval corresponding to the current status is determined. An attempt is made to reconnect with the at least one external device based on the preset time interval.
US09974097B2
A method for determining a transport block size in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus using the method are provided. The method comprises: determining the number of effective resource blocks; and determining the transport block size of data transmitted on a data channel according to the number of effective resource blocks. In addition, a method for transmitting ACK/NACK (acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement) is provided.
US09974090B2
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed to describe reporting and/or reacting to a mobility event. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may comprise a processor configured, at least in part, to establish a proximity service (ProSe) session with a second WTRU, detect the occurrence of a mobility event in a cellular network while the ProSe session is ongoing, determine a type of action to be performed with respect to the ProSe session based on one or more of the type of mobility event and type of ProSe session, and transmit a notification to a node in the cellular network, wherein the notification includes an indication of an action to be performed on the ProSe session. The node may be one of an evolved Node B (eNB), proximity server, or mobility management entity (MME). The node may be the second WTRU.
US09974084B2
A method performed by a network node (110) for assisting cellular communications and Device-to-Device, D2D, communications of a first set of user equipments (123, 124, 125, 143 144) served by at least one neighboring network node (111, 112) in a wireless telecommunications network (100) is provided. The network node (110) determines a load on at least one Physical Radio Resource, PRR, which PRR is assigned to a second set of user equipments (121, 122, 141, 142) served by the network node (110) for cellular and/or D2D communications. The network node (101, 102) then transmits an indication of the load to the at least one neighboring network node (111, 112), wherein the load indication further indicates that the load on the at least one PRR is caused by cellular and/or D2D communications of the second set of user equipments (121, 122, 141, 142) served by the network node (110). A network node (103) for handling cellular communications and D2D communications, user equipments (121, 122, 141, 142) and methods performed therein are also provided.
US09974072B2
A first base station and a second base station perform a coordinated transmission process to a wireless terminal. The first base station includes a transmission unit that transmits to the wireless terminal a first control channel which indicates new data or retransmission data. The wireless terminal includes: a control channel reception unit; a data reception unit for receiving data from the first base station and data coordinately transmitted from the second base station using a resource which is indicated by the first control channel; a control channel transmission unit that transmits a second control channel related to a retransmission of the data received by the data reception unit to at least the first base station; and a reception control unit that controls Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) process for data coordinately transmitted by at least the first base station and the second base station based on the first control channel.
US09974071B2
Systems are provided for managing a small cell telecommunication system servicing multiple network operators. In one aspect, a small cell telecommunication system can include management sub-system including a controller, multiple baseband processing units in communication with the controller, a transport module, and multiple remote antenna units. The controller can communicate with multiple core networks. Each core network is operated by a separate network operator for providing telecommunication services to terminal devices. Each of the baseband processing units can process data plane data and control plane data from at least one respective core network. The transport module can communicate signals between the baseband processing units and the remote antenna units of the small cell network. The management sub-system can provide a respective amount of capacity via the small cell network for each core network based on a respective subset of the baseband processing units assigned to the core network.
US09974062B2
A method whereby a user equipment (UE) transmits hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK)/negative ACK (NACK) information corresponding to downlink data received from a corresponding base station (ENB) in a long term evolution-advanced (LTE-A) system supporting carrier aggregation (CA) is provided. When physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission is not scheduled at the time of transmission of HARQ ACK/NACK information, the UE transmits HARQ ACK/NACK information via physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). When PUSCH transmission is scheduled, the UE transmits HARQ ACK/NACK information multiplexed with PUSCH to the ENB. The amount of HARQ ACK/NACK information increases in proportion to the number of aggregated carriers. The present disclosure specifies scheduling operation of the ENB and HARQ ACK/NACK mapping of the UE that maintain reception performance of HARQ ACK/NACK and PUSCH when HARQ ACK/NACK information is multiplexed with PUSCH.
US09974060B2
Methods, base stations and access terminals for uplink signalling are provided. Resource request channel characteristics such as location in time-frequency, sequence, time slot, are assigned to each access terminal to distinguish their resource requests from the resource requests of other access terminals. Access terminals make requests using a resource request on a resource request channel having the assigned characteristics. The base station can then determine which access terminal transmitted the resource request based on the resource request channel characteristics of the resource request channel upon which the resource request was received. The base station then transmits a response to the request which may for example be a new resource allocation, a default allocation or a renewal of a previous allocation.
US09974052B2
A cell and a method and a system for bandwidth management of a backhaul network of the cell, adapted for arranging a routing path of a bearer established between a user equipment and a serving gateway through the cell in the backhaul network, are provided. In the method, the cell connects the user equipment to establish the bearer between the user equipment and the serving gateway or change an established bearer. The cell sets a packet label on the data packets of the bearer and transmits the packet label and bandwidth management information of the bearer to a controller of the backhaul network for the controller to arrange the routing path of the data packets using the packet label in the backhaul network according to the bandwidth management information.
US09974051B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and to a wireless device, 10, 20, for enabling device-to-device communication. In particular the present disclosure relates to a method, performed in a radio node, of assigning resources for direct control signalling. The method comprises receiving, S1, from at least one further radio node, 160, sets of resources for direct control signalling in a respective cell or cluster. The method further comprises assigning, S2, resources for direct control signalling transmission within an area controlled by the radio node based at least on the received sets of resources, and transmitting, S3, to wireless devices controlled by the radio node, a message indicating resources assigned for direct control signalling. The disclosure also relates to the corresponding method in a wireless device and to a radio and to a wireless device implementing the methods, as well as to corresponding computer programs.
US09974041B2
Methods, medium, systems, and a master node are described involving adjusting a broadcast setting of a node in a wireless node network. In an exemplary method, the master node detects an advertising signal from the node deployed in the network. The master node then establishes an active association with the node, and determines an updated value for the broadcast setting (e.g., a frequency, power level, timing setting) of the node. The updated value may be a value related to a structure (such as building or container) associated with the master node. The method concludes with the master node adjusting the broadcast setting of the node from a current value to the updated value. Such adjusting may take the form of modifying a broadcast profile of the node, where the broadcast profile defines the broadcast setting used when the node communicates with the master node.
US09974038B2
Circuits and operating methods thereof for correcting phase errors caused by gallium nitride devices
Circuits and operating methods thereof for correcting phase errors introduced by amplifiers employing gallium nitride (GaN) transistors are described. The phase errors are caused by trapping effects exhibited by the GaN transistors. The circuits described herein pre-distort the phase of the input signal to compensate for the phase error introduced by the amplifier. Thereby, the phase of the output signal of the amplifier has a reduced phase error. For example, the output signal may have a near zero (or zero) phase error.
US09974033B2
A method for setting, in a wireless cellular telecommunication network, a power of radio signals transferred by mobile terminals served by plural nodes, the method including, executed by a server in charge of the nodes: checking if a message is received from one of the nodes, the message being representative of occurrence of an event in a cell of the node which transferred the message; adjusting a common parameter value for the nodes according to reception or not of the message; and transferring to each node the adjusted common parameter value or information derived from the adjusted common parameter value.
US09974030B2
A method, in accordance with particular embodiments, includes establishing a plurality of wireless connections with a plurality of endpoints. The connections are established via one or more of a plurality of remote transceivers. The method also includes determining a plurality of candidates for a positive power gain. The plurality of candidates includes a plurality of unique pairings, each pairing comprising a combination of one endpoint and one remote transceiver. The method additional includes identifying a subset of the plurality of candidates. The method further includes determining whether the identified subset results in an optimum power distribution. If the identified subset results in a less than optimum power distribution, the method includes identifying a different subset of candidates. If the identified subset results in an optimum power distribution, the method includes computing a non-uniform power distribution based on the identified subset.
US09974028B2
There is provided a terminal device that communicates with a base station device. The terminal device includes: a transmission unit that, in a case where dual connectivity is configured and uplink transmission to a serving cell (first serving cell) belonging to a first cell group (first CG) and uplink transmission to a serving cell (second serving cell) belonging to a second cell group (second CG) overlap with each other, determines a maximum output power in the overlapped portion based on a maximum output power of the first serving cell and a maximum output power of the second serving cell.
US09974025B2
A communication receiver which applies signal processing for quantitatively estimating receive signal factors such as communication channel quality, signal characteristics, and overall system received bit error rate (BER) or packet error rate (PER) and which applies a general algorithm for mapping these estimated factors to control receiver performance and minimize power consumption.
US09974005B2
A method for communicating between a user equipment (UE) and a network in a wireless communication system, the method includes receiving, by the UE, a first multimedia broadcast multimedia service (MBMS) service from a first cell on a first frequency while the UE is in an idle mode; receiving, by the UE, a first system information block (SIB) from the first cell on the first frequency, the first SIB including information on an MBMS service area (SA) provided at a second frequency; receiving, by the UE, a second SIB from a second cell on the second frequency, the second SIB including information on a multimedia broadcast multicast single frequency network (MBSFN) area; and receiving, by the UE, a second MBMS service from the second cell on the second frequency, based on the received information on the MBSFN area.
US09974000B2
There are provided systems and methods for wireless beacon devices for use in managing transportation service terminals. A user may travel with a device, such as a communication device, that includes a communication module that may utilize specialized hardware features to establish short range wireless communications with nearby wireless beacons. The wireless beacons may be established at or nearby transportation service terminals, such as bus/train stops. The beacon may provide the aforementioned communication services with the communication device and be utilized to determine whether the user will utilize a transportation service for the terminal. If the user wishes to utilize the transportation service, a transportation service may be alerted. The user may also be alerted of an expected time of arrival for the transportation service, other transportation services available at the transportation terminal, and/or of nearby transportation terminals.
US09973993B2
A joint optimization module (jointly optimizing MRO and MLB) includes: (a) an interpolator receiving a measurement report containing: signal strength/quality values, other performance indicator values, and load values reported by each base station; identifying one or more time instances that lack measurements (of signal strength/quality, performance indicator, or load values), and interpolating values for such time instances; (b) a storage unit storing the received measurement report and interpolated measurement values; (c) a MLB unit receiving the measurement report and outputting optimized HO parameters from a load balancing perspective to an optimizer; (d) a MRO unit receiving the measurement report and outputting optimized HO parameters based on reducing HO related link failures; and (e) an optimizer optimizing, jointly for both MLB and MRO, one or more HO parameters per user group based on the stored measurement reports and interpolated measurement values, the MLB module output, and the MRO module output.
US09973988B2
A radiographic image capturing system includes: a radiographic image capturing apparatus which wirelessly transfers a signal value read from each of a plurality of radiation detecting elements; a channel switch controlling device capable of switching a channel used for wirelessly transferring the signal value from the radiographic image capturing apparatus to another channel; a notifying device which gives a notice to an operator who operates the radiographic image capturing system; and a display device which displays a radiographic image generated based on the signal value transferred from the radiographic image capturing apparatus, wherein the notifying device notifies an operator of the fact that the channel is being switched, at least once, while the radiographic image capturing apparatus is switching the channel.
US09973986B2
Methods, systems, and devices for mobility optimization in a heterogeneous network are disclosed herein. A base station includes an anchor module, a context information module, and a transmission point module. The anchor module configures the base station as a virtual anchor cell for a plurality of small cells. The context information module is configured to maintain context information for user equipment (UE). The context information for the UE is maintained by the context information module while any small cell of the plurality of small cells is configured as a TP for the UE. The transmission point (TP) change module is configured to send at least a portion of the context information to a small cell configured as the TP for the UE.
US09973985B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, and a base station device for detecting uplink power. The method includes: detecting a modulation and coding scheme and an initial block error rate of an uplink data packet sent by a user equipment; determining, according to a relationship between an index of the detected modulation and coding scheme of the uplink data packet sent from the UE and a first threshold, and a relationship between the detected initial block error rate of the uplink data packet sent from the UE and a second threshold, whether uplink power of the user equipment is restricted.
US09973978B2
A method at a user equipment including detecting that a circuit switched (CS) call has been requested at the user equipment; if a most recent registration attempt or registration update attempt with a network of a first radio access technology (RAT) resulted in an abnormal state, registering with a network of a second RAT; and initiating the CS call with the network of the second RAT.
US09973976B2
A session management method and apparatus for managing mobility and session procedures integrally to improve manage the session of the terminal efficiently in the handover procedure. The session management method of a control entity includes transmitting a bearer management message for one of establishing, modifying, and releasing a bearer to a source base station, transmitting, when a handover of a terminal occurs before the bearer management is completed, a handover request including at least one of a first list including the bearers being managed by the source base station and a second list including the bearers being managed by the control entity to a target base station, and receiving a handover response from the target base station, wherein the handover response includes a bearer list generated based on one of the first and second list.
US09973970B2
A method for communicating data in a network node is disclosed. A data transmission is received from a first network node at a second network node. The first network node is configured to perform decode-and-forward operations and the second network node configured to perform compression operations. A compression index to be used for conveying the data transmission is generated. The generated compression index is encoded using superposition coding. The compression index is sent to at least the first network node.
US09973963B2
A radio resource scheduler at a first base station may be configured to: identify radio frequency resources in use by the first base station, identify radio frequency resources to be reserved as virtual guard bands to reduce adjacent band interference, and install virtual guard band rules for reducing interference with adjacent bands. The virtual guard band information may be hints, allocations, priorities, reservations, or scheduling instructions for avoiding certain radio resources, radio resource blocks, or frequencies.
US09973960B2
A method and a wireless access interface selection and monitoring system (WAISMS) for dynamically selecting and monitoring wireless communication interfaces (WCIs) associated with wireless access points (WAPs) in a wireless access network for offloading data from a cellular wireless communication (CWC) interface in a CWC network to the selected WCIs are provided. The WAISMS generates and dynamically updates network latency information (NLI) by measuring latency on a cellular wireless network interface and the WCIs based on network node information received from the WAPs. The WAISMS receives and processes a request from a cellular wireless access data offload system (CWADOS), selects a first WCI (FWCI) and a second WCI (SWCI) based on predetermined interface selection criteria and interface selection information, generates and transmits a notification of the selected FWCI and SWCI to the CWADOS for offloading data packets, iteratively monitors the WCIs, and dynamically updates the NLI for selecting subsequent WCIs.
US09973952B1
A user equipment (UE). The UE comprises a client application that presents prompts to guide a user through inputting a personal quality metric definition, transmits personal quality metric definition inputs via the radio transceiver, creates data based on wireless communication service experienced by the UE, transmits the performance data to one of a server application or a data store, receives a personal quality metric from the server application, where the personal quality metric represents the quality of wireless communication service received by the UE based on the quality metric definition inputs and performance data transmitted by the UE to the server application or the data store and based on the performance data transmitted by other UEs to one of the server application or the data store, and presents the personal quality metric on a display.
US09973951B1
A method and system that uses user-equipment (UE) capability reporting to control UE service. A UE provides its serving base station with an initial capabilities report indicating that the UE does not support determining and reporting when neighboring coverage is threshold strong, and so the base station does not yet provision the UE with a measurement event including a threshold to facilitate such determining and reporting. When the UE then determines that its serving coverage is threshold weak, the UE then transmits to its serving base station an updated capabilities report indicating that the UE does support such determining and reporting, and so the base station then provisions the UE with threshold (e.g., provisions the UE with a measurement event causing the UE to compare measured neighbor coverage strength with such a threshold).
US09973946B2
A method for protecting a mobile communication network from performance impacts includes determining whether to apply a forwarding functionality or an alternative treatment functionality for downlink data packets directed to the specific IP-address or to the specific range of IP-addresses of the user equipment, wherein the application of the forwarding functionality versus the alternative treatment functionality of the filter element is based on load conditions of the mobile communication network at a reception time of the downlink data packets at the core network; and providing the forwarding functionality or the alternative treatment functionality for the downlink data packets directed to the specific IP-address or to the specific range of IP-addresses of the user equipment.
US09973943B2
A method and corresponding apparatus are provided for network configuration selection in a wireless network comprising a plurality of nodes. A subset of the nodes are configured to simultaneously participate in a sounding process, in which a node of the subset omni-directionally transmits a predetermined signal and in which other nodes of the subset of nodes sample the predetermined signal as received by an omni-directional antenna array of that node. Measurement reports are received from the subset of nodes, each measurement report comprising a signal source angle and a received signal strength. A path loss is determined in dependence on each measurement report to generate a set of path losses covering a plurality of transmitter node receiver node pairs. Then a directional configuration is selected for a directional antenna of each node of the subset of nodes for data transmission in dependence on the set of path losses.
US09973936B2
Wireless networks and their method of implementation include a first network and one or more networks. The first network assigns designated time slots to each of the one or more networks during which at least one device of at least one of the networks may communicate with at least one other device of its respective network.
US09973935B2
A centrally controlled dynamic frequency selection (DFS) mechanism is defined that uses a historical analytical database to define DFS hop patterns, which allows for a better probability of picking a non-interfering channel but also meets the performance requirements of the mesh and satisfying the timing constraints of DFS. A method for performing dynamic frequency selection (DFS) is disclosed, comprising: receiving, at a gateway, measurement reports from a radio access node regarding observed utilization of a 5 GHz radio frequency band shared with a plurality of radio access nodes; determining, based on the received measurement reports, a frequency hop pattern at the gateway; and sending the frequency hop pattern from the gateway to each of the plurality of radio access nodes, thereby enabling compliance with DFS regulations using a centralized gateway.
US09973934B2
There are provided measures for cell clustering based configuration of flexible time division duplex communication, such as e.g. in layered heterogeneous network deployments. Such measures may exemplarily comprise measures for specifying a desired uplink-downlink configuration for time division duplex communication in a subject cell of a cellular communication system, obtaining at least one desired uplink-downlink configuration for time division duplex communication in at least one neighboring cell of the cellular communication system, wherein the at least one neighboring cell and the subject cell belong to the same cell cluster, and defining an uplink-downlink configuration for time division duplex communication in at least the subject cell of the cell cluster out of a set of predefined uplink-downlink configurations with flexible subframe patterns for flexible time division duplex communication on the basis of the specified desired uplink-downlink configuration for the subject cell and the obtained at least one desired uplink-downlink configuration for the at least one neighboring cell.
US09973931B2
The mobile terminal includes a display configured to display a lock screen and a controller configured to perform screen timeout when a non-operation state continues in the lock screen and also when the non-operation state continues in a screen other than the lock screen, wherein the controller sets the same predetermined time periods to a duration of the no-operation state in the lock screen before the screen timeout is performed and a duration of the non-operation state in the screen other than the lock screen before the screen timeout is performed.
US09973930B2
A wireless end-user device receives application credential information and associated device agent instructions from a network element. The device communicates with a network element to perform an application credential check for a device application. When the application credential check indicates a correct correspondence between the device application and the application credential information, a device agent applies the device agent instructions to an attempted or actual use of a wireless network by the device application, for instance to allow, restrict, measure, etc., the application's use according to the policy.
US09973905B2
Apparatus for controlling push-to-talk communication over a professional mobile radio includes a control portion including a first optical transceiver portion for converting an optical downlink signal into an electrical downlink signal for presentation to a user and for converting an electrical uplink signal into an optical uplink signal for provision to a radio portion; one or more interface portions, each connected to the control portion by an optical link, each connectable to a respective radio portion by electrical connection, which radio portion enables communication via a respective wireless communication link over one or more communication channels, each interface portion including a second optical transceiver portion for converting a downlink signal received from the respective radio portion as an electrical signal into the optical downlink signal for provision to the control portion and for converting the optical uplink signal into an electrical uplink signal for provision to the respective radio portion.
US09973898B2
A tracking server stores information identifying one or more community mobile devices and information identifying one or more tracking devices within a proximity of each of the one or more community mobile devices. The tracking server receives a tracking device request from a mobile device. The tracking device request includes information identifying a tracking device and configuration instructions for configuring the tracking device. The tracking server identifies a community mobile device from the one or more community mobile devices within a proximity of the tracking device. The tracking server sends the tracking device request to the identified community mobile device. The identified community mobile device is configured to forward the tracking device request to the tracking device and the tracking device is configured to re-configure the tracking device based on the configuration instructions included in the tracking device request.
US09973892B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for a multi-provider management system for location-based service zones. The multi-provider management system can receive data associated with location-based service zones from multiple providers. A unique identifier can be assigned to each provider. The multi-provider management system can send location-based service zones from multiple providers to a client device, and can receive trigger event notifications associated with the location-based service zones. The unique identifier can be used to identify which provider to notify when receiving a trigger event notification.
US09973885B2
A control method for an audio-video-navigation (AVN) terminal includes: receiving an identifier code and point of interest (POI) information; searching for user information corresponding to the identifier code from a communication connected terminal; and displaying the POI information and user information when the user information corresponding to the identifier code is identified during the searching.
US09973883B2
A method for automatically adding a first sensor device to a first personal area network in a healthcare application includes receiving a signal with out-of-band pairing data at the first sensor device. The first sensor device is disposed on a patient's body. The out-of-band pairing data is injected into the patient's body by a second sensor device disposed on the patient's body. Pairing data is extracted from the received signal at the first sensor device. Using the pairing data, the first sensor device is added to the first personal area.
US09973878B2
A mobile phone connected to a fleet of radio transceiver chips that can be individually identified by the mobile station, which automatically are associated with a photo when the phone camera is used in proximity. The transceiver chips have a small loudspeaker, vibrator and/or light emitter for producing an alarm, and the transceiver chip also can determine and send back its location to the mobile phone. The mobile phone deduces its location by GPS or triangulation, and has an application which can be programmed to check the location of items given predetermined criteria are met, or upon user request. For example the mobile phone can be used to program luggage lists, and check whether everything is with the user at a time. The best mode involves typically a smartphone with relevant application software and RFID tags enhanced by light emitter, loudspeaker and/or vibrator and adhesive.
US09973873B2
A sound field control system SY according to the present invention is provided with: a signal supply unit 210 which supplies a test signal sequence to a speaker; and an analysis unit 150 which picks up a sound including a test sound sequence emitted from a speaker based on a test signal sequence using a microphone, and which determines the sound pickup time of an initial test sound among test sounds included in the test sound sequence, wherein the analysis unit 150 detects the initial sound from the sound pickup signal picked up using the microphone, determines whether a sound is detected after the elapse of a sound emission interval, from the sound pickup time of the detected initial sound, between the initial test sound defined by the test signal sequence and an n-th (where n is an integer such that n≥2) test sound emitted from the same speaker as the initial test sound, and, upon determining that the sound has been detected, determines the sound pickup time of the initial sound as the sound pickup time of the initial test sound.
US09973870B2
According to some embodiments of the present invention there is provided a method of using an earphone output speaker as a microphone for a phone call between two and/or more participants, or for measuring biometric data of a user. The method may comprise playing a received signal to an electro-acoustic output transducer of an earphone. The method may comprise instructing an audio processing circuit of a local client terminal to record an audio signal from the same electro-acoustic output transducer. The method may comprise calculating a voice signal and/or a biometric measurement based on a function combining the recorded audio signal, the received signal, and filtration coefficients, using a processing unit of the local client terminal. The method may comprise sending the voice signal and/or a biometric measurement through an output interface of the local client terminal.
US09973866B2
Embodiments presented herein are generally directed to a coupling arrangement for securing an external component to a recipient of an implantable medical device. The coupling arrangement is configured to magnetically couple the external component to a recipient so as to minimize damage to tissue of the recipient adjacent to the coupling arrangement.
US09973851B2
An example method is performed by a media playback system comprising a plurality of audio drivers having a first radiation pattern. The method includes receiving data representing audio content, where each datum of the data indicates (i) a frequency and (ii) an amplitude corresponding to the frequency. The method further includes, for each audio driver of the plurality of audio drivers, determining a transfer function; processing each datum of the data based on (i) the frequency indicated by the given datum and (ii) the determined transfer function; and providing, to the given audio driver, a respective signal representing the data processed for the given audio driver, thereby causing the plurality of audio drivers to play back the audio content according to a second radiation pattern that is different from the first radiation pattern. An example media playback system and an example non-transitory computer-readable medium related to the example method is also disclosed herein.
US09973850B2
A speaker control device in one embodiment includes an oscillator connected in parallel with a drive circuit for driving a speaker, the oscillator changing an oscillation frequency according to a voltage, and a control circuit detecting a variation in the oscillation frequency of the oscillator, and adjusting an amount of current supplied to the speaker by the drive circuit in the case where a variation in the voltage exceeds an allowable value.
US09973849B1
A device that includes a first beam selection component that selects a portion of the multiple beams prior to performing adaptive noise cancellation, in addition to a second beam selection component that selects a beam after adaptive noise cancellation is performed. The device only performs adaptive noise cancellation on the portion of the multiple beams that are selected, reducing a complexity of performing adaptive noise cancellation. In addition, as the first beam selection component selects from the multiple beams before adaptive noise cancellation, the quality of the signals are not reduced and/or desired signals are not suppressed, resulting in the first beam selection component increasing a likelihood that the second beam selection component selects the desired beam. The first beam selection component may use a different algorithm and/or selection criteria than the second beam selection component in order to select beams associated with desired signals such as speech.
US09973847B2
A mobile device-based stethoscope system that transmits, records, and analyzes sounds to generate a list of matching conditions and facilitates easy attachment across various electronic medical record platforms and other means of communication. The invention is configured to allow the use of either an integrated wireless stethoscope, or an in-line adapter for a conventional stethoscope. Patient sounds are sent from the selected stethoscope head to the mobile device having a software application that allows for the analysis, attachment, and further manipulation of the data.
US09973839B2
A method and an apparatus are provided for transmitting audio data. The method includes setting a connection with a plurality of slave devices by using a short range wireless communication protocol, generating a data packet comprising the audio data, and repetitively transmitting the data packet to the plurality of slave devices through a multicast/broadcast channel a number of times.
US09973831B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed a data communication system and method for a fleet management system configured to assist with monitoring and managing a fleet of one or more powered machines and one or more human operators.
US09973802B2
In embodiments of camera data access based on subscription status, a camera device captures and communicates video to a server device that receives the video, and records and maintains the video as remotely recorded video. An application implemented by a client computing device provides all access, some access, or no access to the remotely recorded video at the server device based on a subscription level corresponding to the camera device. The server device manages subscription levels associated with the user of the camera device, the subscription levels each delineating a level of access to the remotely recorded video. A first subscription level provides access to the live video captured by the camera device, and at least a second subscription level provides access to both the live video and the remotely recorded video at the server device.
US09973800B2
Techniques are described for merchandising streaming media content to viewers in an engaging manner. A streaming media device may provide a content browsing interface configured to merchandise a set of streaming media titles to a viewer. Rather than rely solely on scrolling lists, titles, box shots, or other metadata associated with the titles available in the streaming media library, the content browsing interface merchandises the library by presenting short merchandising previews of the titles. Doing so creates an engaging content browsing experience where viewers are presented with the actual content of titles available from a streaming media service.
US09973792B1
A first and second video segment may be obtained. A second video segment may be obtained. A first and second set of contextual information associated with the first and second video segments may be obtained. The first set of contextual information defining a first set of performance information characterizing performance of a first activity associated with the first video segment and the second set of contextual information defining a second set of performance information characterizing performance of a second activity associated with the second video segment. The first set of performance information and the second set of performance information may be compared. Relative performance of the first activity relative to the second activity may be determined based upon the comparison. Visual information associated with the first video segment may be generated. The visual information may be presented during presentation of the first video segment.
US09973785B1
A computer system receives two publishing streams from two multimedia recording devices for generating a playlist for streaming a live event. An ingest endpoint transcodes the publishing stream input into multimedia segments and uploads the multimedia segments to a data storage service. The multimedia segments from both publishing streams are evaluated to determine whether a failover event occurred that requires failing-over from a first publishing stream to a second publishing stream in order to generate the playlist. A playlist is generated, based on the evaluated multimedia segments, and includes Uniform Resource Identifiers for each multimedia segment of the live event. By using dynamic, on-demand playlist generation for input received on two publishing streams, the system is able to provide failover capabilities from a first stream to a second stream without the need for customer or viewer action.
US09973776B2
A motion information storing method and a TMVP deriving method using the motion information storing method are provided. The motion information storing method includes a step of determining a representative block out of blocks of a motion data storage unit in a co-located picture with a current picture and a step of storing motion information of the representative block as motion information of the motion data storage unit, wherein the motion information of the representative block is used as motion information of the blocks included in the motion data storage unit.
US09973773B2
An image decoding method is provided which includes a time information determination step of determining time information of a current picture, a first reference picture referred to by the current picture and a second reference picture referred to by the current picture; a scaling parameter calculation step of calculating a scaling parameter based on a time distance between the first reference picture and a second reference picture; a weighting coefficient determination step of determining two weighting coefficients based on the scaling parameter; a predictive pixel value generation step of generating a predictive pixel value of the current picture by scaling a pixel value of the first reference picture and a pixel value of the second reference picture using the two weighting coefficients determined in the weighting coefficient determination step; and a decoding step of decoding the current picture using the predictive pixel value.
US09973770B2
A near-real time encoding of a signal comprising at least a video signal is disclosed. The encoding comprises acquiring the video signal included in a linear stream, the linear stream comprising at least two contents without a logical distinction between them, dividing the video signal into at least a first segment and a second segment of respective preset durations, at least one of the segments being capable of containing at least a part of said two contents and comprising recomposing information, executing a first encoding of said first segment using an off-line encoding to obtain a first encoded segment, executing a second encoding of said second segment using an off-line encoding to obtain a second encoded segment, said second encoding being executed at least partially in parallel with the first encoding, recomposing, using said recomposing information, said first and second encoded segments to obtain a continuous encoded signal.
US09973765B2
Method and apparatus for coding multilayer video, method and apparatus for decoding multilayer video
Disclosed are methods for coding and decoding a multilayer video. The method for decoding a multilayer comprise: decoding a first layer picture and saving same to a decoded picture buffer (DPB); marking the first layer picture as a short-term reference picture; obtaining interlayer RPS information of a second layer picture which has a first POC identical to that of the first layer picture and which is interlayer-predicted by referencing the first layer picture; marking the first layer picture which has been marked as the short-term reference picture as a long-term reference picture, based on the interlayer RPS information; and performing interlayer prediction with respect to the second layer picture by referencing the first layer picture which has been marked as the long-term reference picture.
US09973747B2
The invention relates to a method for the synchronization of a set of 3D devices suitable for the processing of data representative of at least one stereoscopic image comprising a first image and a second image. In order to synchronize the 3D devices involved in the rendering of the at least one stereoscopic image, the method comprises the steps for: creating at least a first group comprising at least two 3D devices according to information representative of at least a property associated with each of the at least two 3D devices, said at least one first group comprising at least a pair of active glasses and at least a display device suitable for the sequential display of the first and second images, creating a second group comprising at least a second 3D device not belonging to the first group according to a second item of information representative of at least one property associated with said at least one second 3D device, transmitting a first item of synchronization information to the at least two 3D devices so as to synchronize the at least two 3D devices for the rendering of the at least one stereoscopic image. The invention also relates to a synchronization device.
US09973742B2
A pair of video streams is prepared for stereoscopic display. A pair of frames is rectified. Each of the pair of frames is from a respective stream of the pair of video streams. A reduced video stream is generated by removing from one of the pair of video streams a set of correlative data that is present in or can be predicted from the other of the pair of video streams. The reduced video stream and the other of the pair of video streams are compressed for use in stereoscopic display of the reduced video stream and the other of the pair of video streams.
US09973736B2
A mobile computer workstation includes a base assembly including a plurality of wheels, an adjustable column assembly mounted to the base assembly and adapted to support a computer monitor, and a camera configured to communicate a video signal, the camera being mounted on the workstation such that a line of sight of the camera is directed rearward from the computer monitor. The workstation further includes a computing device stored within the workstation operatively coupled to the camera and the computer monitor. The computing device is configured to determine whether the workstation is moving based on a comparison of a sensed motion of the workstation and a predetermined motion threshold and, in response to the comparison, initiate the camera, receive the video signal from the camera, and display the video signal on the computer monitor.
US09973724B2
A display system includes a conversion apparatus converting video luminance including a luminance value in a first luminance range and a display apparatus connected thereto and displaying the video. The conversion apparatus includes a first acquisition unit, a first luminance converter, a second luminance converter, a quantization converter, and an output unit outputting a third luminance signal to the display apparatus. The display apparatus includes: a second acquisition unit acquiring the third luminance signal and setting information indicating display settings recommended to the display apparatus in display of the video; a display setting unit setting the display apparatus, using the setting information; a third luminance converter converting a third code value indicated by the third luminance signal into a second luminance value compatible with a second luminance range, using the setting information; and a display controller displaying the video on the display apparatus based on the second luminance value.
US09973722B2
Systems, devices, and methods of displaying and/or recording multiple pictures in a picture (PIP) on the same display of a digital display device are disclosed. The PIPs can show objects from the main field view of the display device, such as a front camera lens, as well as objects from a different field of view, such as a back camera lens. The PIPs can further track the objects that are being displayed.
US09973720B2
There is provided a solid state imaging device including a first analog-to-digital converting unit that compares a level of an analog reference signal with a first inclination with a level of an analog pixel signal output from a pixel array unit, and converts the analog pixel signal into a first digital pixel signal, a second analog-to-digital converting unit that compares a level of an analog reference signal with a second inclination that is different in inclination from the analog reference signal with the first inclination with a level of the analog pixel signal, and converts the analog pixel signal into a second digital pixel signal, and a digital compositing unit that composites the first digital pixel signal with the second digital pixel signal, and outputs a composite result.
US09973715B2
An imaging apparatus includes an optical system, a data storage unit, an imaging unit, and an image processing unit. The optical system is variable in focal distance and varies a size of an image circle by the focal distance. A data storage unit stores data indicating a correspondence between a value of the focal distance and a value of the size of the image circle. The imaging unit obtains image data from the optical image. The image processing unit performs composition processing of image data in multiple frames after dividing each of the image data in multiple frames corresponding to an outside of the image circle into quadrant-by-quadrant regions and aligning the divided image data in multiple frames quadrant by quadrant.
US09973703B2
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of capturing an image by time-lapse photography, and a method for controlling the same. The mobile terminal includes: a camera; a display; and a controller configured to cause the display to display a preview image of an image to be captured via the camera by time-lapse photography; and calculate at least one capturing set value that is different from a preset capturing set value for the time-lapse photography based on at least one of an input of a capturing set value, a battery usage amount, or a memory usage amount.
US09973700B2
A solid-state imaging device, a method for driving the solid-state imaging device, and an electronic apparatus capable of suppressing occurrence of motion distortion while realizing widening of dynamic range and in turn realizing a higher image quality are provided. Each pixel includes a photo diode PD which accumulates a charge generated by photo-electric conversion in an accumulation period, a transfer transistor capable of transferring the accumulated charge in a transfer period, a floating diffusion FD to which the charge accumulated in the photo diode PD is transferred, a source-follower transistor which converts the charge of the floating diffusion FD to a voltage signal in accordance with the charge quantity, and a capacity changing portion capable of changing the capacity of the floating diffusion FD in accordance with a capacity changing signal, the capacity of the floating diffusion FD being changed by the capacity changing portion in a predetermined period in one readout period with respect to the accumulation period and a conversion gain being switched in this one readout period.
US09973698B2
A method of determining stability of a camera comprises capturing an image with the camera and then (A) determining a magnitude of motion for each region of a current sub-division of the image. A step (B) then determines a number of the magnitudes of motion not larger than a magnitude threshold associated with the current sub-division, and where the determined number is greater than or equal to a region threshold associated with the number of regions in the current sub-division, (i) determining the camera to be stable, or otherwise (ii) dividing the current sub-division of the image into a further sub-division and repeating steps (A) and (B) upon the further sub-division.
US09973692B2
In one embodiment, a method for displaying a panoramic view image includes transmitting video data from a plurality of sensors to a data processor and using the processor to stitch the video data from respective ones of the sensors into a single panoramic image. A focus view of the image is defined and the panoramic image is scrolled such that the focus view is centered in the display. A high resolution camera is aimed along a line corresponding to a center of the focus view of the image and an image produced by the camera is stitched into the panoramic image. A mapping function is applied to the image data to compress the data and thereby reduce at least the horizontal resolution of the image in regions adjacent to the side edges thereof.
US09973683B2
There is provided a focus control apparatus including: a first adjustment unit configured to adjust a focus distance; a second adjustment unit configured to adjust an addition amount of the focus distance adjusted with the first adjustment unit; and a focus control unit configured to control a focus based on the focus distance adjusted with the first adjustment unit and the addition amount adjusted with the second adjustment unit. Also provided are a focus control method, a camera apparatus and a focus control method in the camera apparatus.
US09973679B2
A control apparatus includes a determiner (121b) configured to determine a focus direction based on a refocus signal generated from a first pixel signal and a second pixel signal, and a focus detector (121a) configured to perform a focus detection by a phase difference detection method based on the first and second pixel signals obtained after driving a lens in the focus direction.
US09973678B2
In various embodiments, methods, techniques, and related apparatuses for phase-detect autofocus devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a phase-detect system includes a first color filter formed over a first pixel and a second pixel formed adjacent to the first pixel with a second color filter being formed over the second pixel. The second color filter has a color different from a color of the first color filter. A micro-lens spans the first pixel and the second pixel, configured to capture a phase difference in spatial frequency information present in an imaged scene. The first pixel and the second pixel are placed adjacent to each other in at least one of a horizontal direction, a vertical direction, and/or a diagonal direction, with an arrangement of the two pixels being replicated at either regular and/or irregular intervals across the sensor. Other methods and apparatuses are disclosed.
US09973675B2
A transmission apparatus configured to transmit image data to a reception apparatus through a network, in which a setting value for generating captured data and a setting value for generating image data by an encoding unit are updated according to reception of a command that sets the setting value for generating the captured data by the image capturing unit. When the setting value for generating the captured data is updated according to the received command, notification is performed through the network regardless of a restart process is performed.
US09973670B2
The invention relates to an electronic apparatus (1) for a camera system of a motor vehicle, including a housing (2), including a circuit board (15) disposed in the housing (2), and including an electrical connecting unit (7) for electrically connecting the electronic apparatus (1) to an external apparatus, wherein the connecting unit (7) has a base body (12) and a plurality of electrical connecting elements (14) projecting from the base body (12) and electrically connected to the circuit board (15), and wherein the base body (12) has a connecting area (13) disposed outside of the housing (2) for connecting a cable, wherein the base body (12) of the connecting unit (7) is supported on the housing (2) with a clearance (26) at least in one translational degree of freedom.
US09973660B2
The image forming apparatus includes: a measuring unit configured to measure reflected light from a test sheet, the measuring unit including a first sensor and a second sensor, a generation unit configured to generate information regarding a color of a plurality of measurement images based on a measurement result by the measuring unit; and a detection unit configured to detect a sensor that has output an abnormal measurement result in the measuring unit, based on the measurement result. The detection unit is further configured to detect a sensor that has output the abnormal measurement result, based on measurement results obtained by the measuring unit regarding reflected light from a predetermined region of the test sheet. The predetermined region corresponds to a region on which the plurality of measurement images are not formed.
US09973652B2
The dither mask generation method includes: a process of setting a nozzle pattern indicating correspondence relation between individual pixels of the dither mask and the nozzles in charge of recording of respective pixel positions; a process of setting dot priority pixels to be candidates of a pixel to set a threshold among the pixels of the dither mask, based on the nozzle pattern; a process of setting the threshold to the pixel belonging to the dot priority pixels; and a process of changing the dot priority pixels before the threshold is set to all the dot priority pixels tentatively set by the dot priority pixel setting process regarding at least some thresholds.
US09973646B2
A scanning device configured to scan an electronic device includes a first driving device and a scanner mounted on the first driving device to scan the electronic device. A platform supports the electronic device, and the first driving device drives the scanner to move toward the electronic device placed on the platform and to scan the electronic device. The scanning device can control the first driving device to drive the scanner mounted on the first driving device to move a first preset distance along a first direction from an initial position, and control the scanner to scan the electronic device supported on the platform.
US09973644B2
An image pickup apparatus with forced air-cooling structure, which is capable of improving heat radiating efficiency. The image pickup apparatus comprises a fan, an inlet, an outlet, and a duct, which has an inhaling part interconnecting with the inlet, a discharging part interconnecting with the outlet, and a cooling part connected to each of the inhaling part and the discharging part. Each of the inhaling part and the discharging part is connected to the cooling part in a direction intersecting with the cooling part.
US09973642B2
An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit, a detection unit, and a remote operation unit. The communication unit communicates with an external device. The detection unit detects a sound. The remote operation unit operates the external device with at least one of operations on the external device invalidated, and validates an operation on the external device, which has been invalidated, in the case where a first specific sound is detected by the detection unit with a reception screen for receiving a specific input by a user displayed on the external device.
US09973638B2
Described are techniques for video bridging for conversion of IP network video streams to the USB Video Class (UVC). The conversion of IP video to UVC video can include the use of software-only conversions and hardware assisted conversions, and can be done within purpose-built “conversion” devices or as software only solutions operating within applications or drivers within the operating systems of the “end nodes”. The end-nodes simultaneously see and use multiple USB UVC video sources. The conversion process can also convert the USB UVC video control protocol to IP Video Stream control protocols.
US09973631B2
A history management apparatus that includes: a control unit and a storage unit that stores a history management program that, when executed by the control unit, causes the history management apparatus to perform actions including: acquiring a plurality of fragment data sets, an action of a contact center to a call, and an execution time of the action; generating a plurality of historical data sets indicating a history of response states to a respective plurality of calls and, for each call of the plurality of calls, determining a sequence of response states and duration of each of the sequence of response states; generating a first display image indicating the history of response states for one or more calls from the plurality of calls at the position of a corresponding time within a region indicating a designated time slot based on the historical data sets; and causing the display image to be displayed on a display unit.
US09973626B2
Methods and systems are described for back-end failure redundancy in security and automation systems. According to at least one embodiment, an apparatus for back-end failure redundancy includes a processor, a memory in electronic communication with the processor, and instructions stored in the memory. The instructions are executable by a processor to detect an alarm event, and attempt to establish a connection between a control panel and a backend system. If no connection between control panel and backend system is made, the instructions may initiate a two-way cellular call between the control panel and a central station, and deliver a caller ID from the control panel to the central station via the two-way cellular call.
US09973625B1
A system for sharing and presenting temporary contact information associated with a service personnel. When a user generates an order request, the system generates temporary data indicative of a contact name and a phone number associated with the service personnel. The system sends the temporary data to a media device of the user. The media device stores the temporary data in a secure storage and receives a communication from a service media device associated with the service personnel. The media device presents at least the contact name responsive to the communication. The media device after completion of the communication prevents access to the temporary data stored on the media device.
US09973624B2
Upon detection of a trigger, such as the exceeding of an error threshold or the direction of a user, a diagnostic link system enters a diagnostic information transmission mode. This diagnostic information transmission mode allows for two modems to exchange diagnostic and/or test information that may not otherwise be exchangeable during normal communication. The diagnostic information transmission mode is initiated by transmitting an initiate diagnostic link mode message to a receiving modem accompanied by a cyclic redundancy check (CRC). The receiving modem determines, based on the CRC, if a robust communications channel is present. If a robust communications channel is present, the two modems can initiate exchange of the diagnostic and/or test information. Otherwise, the transmission power of the transmitting modem is increased and the initiate diagnostic link mode message re-transmitted to the receiving modem until the CRC is determined to be correct.
US09973620B2
Provided is an operating method of a terminal coupled with a terminal case. The method includes: determining a terminal state including at least one of an operating state of the terminal and a state of the terminal case; recognizing a state change of the terminal case; and performing an operation corresponding to the determined terminal state and the recognized state change of the terminal case, wherein the state of the terminal case includes a position corresponding to the terminal of a case front part of the terminal case covering a front of the terminal.
US09973599B2
A parser is used for parsing a header in a packet. The parser includes a plurality of horizontal field selectors, a plurality of comparators, and a content addressable memory (CAM) based device. Each of the horizontal field selectors is configured to select a first bit group. The comparators are coupled to the horizontal field selectors, respectively. Each of the comparators is configured to compare a first bit group selected by a corresponding horizontal field selector with a designated value to generate a comparison result. The CAM based device is configured to receive a plurality of comparison results generated from the comparators, and use the comparison results as a first input search data.
US09973595B2
A method for selecting a data link schedule includes selecting, at a provider device, a Neighbor Aware Network (NAN) data link profile for a service. The NAN data link profile corresponds to a set of NAN data link schedules that satisfy transmission parameters of the service. The method also includes sending the NAN data link profile in a service advertisement to a subscriber device.
US09973591B2
Most computer operating systems are able to automatically configure the coupled computer peripheral audio device for use with the computer operating system without the need for installation of a specific driver. However, when these computer peripheral audio devices are detected by the computing system, a generic audio device control configuration is often assigned to them and whatever customized settings previously configured by the user will be lost and replaced with a new set of unfamiliar setting. This poses much inconvenience and hassle to gamers when they use a different computing system or machine. Described according to an embodiment of the invention is a headset device and a device profile management method, operating on a computing cloud, comprising steps for receiving client data provided by a computing system detecting coupling of an audio device thereto and for retrieving configuration data corresponding to the client data for use in configuring the audio device by the computing system.
US09973586B2
In one embodiment, a method includes identifying an application installed on a client device of a first user, and one or more second users of a social-networking system that are connected to the first user within the social-networking system. Data associated with the one or more second users may be determined. The data may indicate: a number of the one or more second users who have installed the identified application, or a number of uses of the identified application by the one or more second users over a pre-determined period of time. The data, which may be configured to be displayed on the client device with an interactive element associated with the application, may be sent to the client device of the first user.
US09973583B2
A device comprises a memory. The memory stores data relating to at least one service profile template. The service profile template includes executable data. A server sends to the device a first message including a request for creating or modifying at least one service profile based upon a service profile template. The device executes the executable data. The device creates or modifies a memory area. The memory area is associated with a service profile by using the service profile template. The device sends to the server at least one second message including a request for loading into the device data relating to at least one service profile. The server sends to the device at least one third message including data relating to at least one service profile. And the device stores within the created or modified memory area the data relating to at least one service profile.
US09973580B2
An approach is provided for reliable provision of targeted, status-based messaging to a client terminal in a computer network, such as a wide area resource-based network. A terminal node receives a message originating from a client terminal, wherein the terminal node serves as an entry point to, and services communications connections over, a wide area network for the client terminal. The terminal node determines that the message comprises an initiation request for establishing a communications connection over the wide area network between the client terminal and a remote server, and that an intercept state is in effect. The terminal node establishes the communications connection as a local connection between the client terminal and the terminal node, and services the communications connection via a local server function, wherein the servicing of the communications connection via the local server function comprises a provision of status-based messaging to the client terminal.
US09973577B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and machine readable storage media that cause a storage computer and a client computer to perform a method of providing access to one or more resources on the storage computer for the client computer. The storage computer is operable for initiation of a network connection between the client computer and the storage computer. Initiation of the network connection between the client computer and the storage computer by the storage computer is enabled, and initiation of the network connection between the client computer and the storage computer by the client computer is disabled. The client computer and the storage computer are operable for maintaining the network connection between the client computer and the storage computer.
US09973576B2
Systems methods and devices are provided for a presentation including a communications console with component aggregation. In one potential implementation, a computing device with an application framework receives a communication manager object via a network connectivity device and executes the communication manager object within the application framework. The computing device may then receive and execute communications components and a presentation components within the application framework using the communication manager object. The communication manager object may then manage interface and display of the presentation information via the application framework, as modified by communication components.
US09973564B2
Example implementations relate to determining variable chunk size for transfer of a file. For example, a system for determining variable chunk size for transfer of a file may include an available memory engine to determine an amount of available memory in a receiving server, where the receiving server is to receive a transferred file greater than a threshold size from a sending server, a raw chunk size engine to determine a raw chunk size for transfer of the file based on the available memory of the receiving server and a memory usage ratio for the receiving server, and a variable chunk size engine to determine a variable chunk size for transfer of the file based on the raw chunk size and a memory storage integer limitation of the receiving server. The system may further include a transfer engine to cause a transfer of the file from the sending server to the receiving server using the variable chunk size.
US09973563B2
A process and system for implementing a Java method. A browser in a second computer downloads, from a first computer, a web page having embedded therein a JavaScript and a Java applet. The second computer includes a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) communicatively coupled to the browser. After downloading the web page, the JavaScript receives from a Java servlet executing on the first computer a first message instructing the Java applet to execute the Java method. After receiving the first message, the Java applet executes the Java method. Executing the Java method includes the web browser executing the JavaScript which triggers execution of the Java applet by the JVM to cause executing the Java method by the Java applet. After executing the Java method, the JavaScript transmits to the Java servlet a second message that includes the Java method and a result of executing the Java method.
US09973561B2
A computer receives a first audio signal that is acquired by a first user device used by a first user in a conference and a second audio signal that is acquired by a second user device used by a second user in the conference. The computer processes the first audio signal based on the second audio signal to improve quality of the first audio signal, and sends the processed first audio signal to the conference.
US09973553B2
A method includes reporting area information identifying a predetermined area to the predetermined area, transmitting an application when terminal identification information identifying a terminal is received from the terminal that received the area information, receiving first tag information transmitted in response to an operation performed by the application, retaining the received first tag information, managing second tag information shared in a meeting held by the terminal and another terminal, determining a target share information to be newly shared according to the first tag information and the second tag information, transmitting a proposal proposing that the target share information be shared to the terminal retaining the target share information, and updating the second tag information based on tag information including a tag and importance information of the target share information newly shared in a case of receiving a response from the application indicating that the terminal accepts the proposal.
US09973550B2
Methods and systems are provided for displaying calendared events on a mobile computing device. The method includes: receiving, by the mobile computing device, a meeting invitation including meeting information and an email address; transmitting the email address to a customer relationship management (CRM) database; receiving, by the mobile computing device, contextual information associated with the email address from the CRM database; and displaying, by the mobile computing device, the meeting information and the contextual information.
US09973532B2
A computer system for securely controlling an insecure computer is provided. The system comprises an insecure computer, a secure computer and a unidirectional dataflow enforcer. The insecure computer comprises a dedicated video output with a hardware interface, and is configured to transmit its video output to a secure computer over a first connection and to receive instructions for controlling the insecure computer over a second connection. The secure computer is configured to receive the video output of the insecure computer over the first connection and to transmit instructions for controlling the insecure computer over the second connection. The unidirectional dataflow enforcer is configured to enforce unidirectional dataflow between the secure computer and the insecure computer, such that dataflow from the secure computer to the insecure computer over the second connection is allowed, but dataflow from the insecure computer to the secure computer over the second connection is prevented. A corresponding method is also provided.
US09973529B1
The present invention relates to methods, systems and apparatus for mitigating denial of service attacks. One exemplary embodiment in accordance with the invention is a method of operating a communication system including the steps of receiving at a first device packets of a first packet flow; sending, from the first device, control information to a switch through which packets of the first packet flow pass or to a control device which controls the switch, the control information including a mask corresponding to a range of expected packet values to be used for determining which packets in the first packet flow should be dropped.
US09973526B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for reporting sensor data over a communication network are provided. A data reporting instruction that identifies at least one of a sensor or a data reporting technique is received from a trust mediator over a communication network. The data reporting instruction is based at least in part on an identified risk. Sensor data is obtained from the sensor, and the sensor data is transmitted to the trust mediator over the communication network based on the data reporting technique.
US09973521B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose populating a database by conducting a training phase to analyze training security log streams. A server extracts the words contained within the training security log and replaces each of the extracted words with a symbol to form a symbol string and an n-gram scan is conducted on the symbol string to generate statistical data. Tokens are extracted from symbol string, where the tokens are words, phrase or alphanumeric sequence represented by a symbol within training security log stream. The symbol string is replaced with the words they represent to allow for the identification of the actual token phrases. A scan is conducted on the token phrase to acquire scan data on the identified token phrases. Once the tokens, position information, and scan data are known they are stored within the database to allow security log streams to be analyzed in real time.
US09973520B2
In an embodiment, the method comprises receiving network performance data for a computer network; receiving, from an intrusion detection system, network anomaly data indicating a plurality of anomalies that have occurred in the computer network; based, at least in part, on the network performance data and the network anomaly data, generating feature data; for each anomaly of the plurality of anomalies, using the feature data to determine a minimal set of features that distinguishes the anomaly from non-anomalies in the plurality of anomalies, and creating a mapping of the anomaly to the minimal set of features; based at least in part on the mapping, generating explanation rules for the plurality of anomalies; for a particular anomaly, identifying a particular rule of the explanation rules that is associated with the particular anomaly, and generating explanation data for the particular anomaly based upon the particular rule.
US09973519B2
A computer-implemented method for identifying abnormal computer behavior includes receiving, at a computer server subsystem, data that characterizes subsets of particular document object models for web pages rendered by particular client computers; identifying clusters from the data that characterize the subsets of the particular document object models; and using the clusters to identify alien content on the particular client computers, wherein the alien content comprises content in the document object models that is not the result of content that is the basis of the document object model served.
US09973517B2
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for a computing device to determine if an application is malware. The computing device may include: a query logger to log the behavior of the application on the computing device to generate a log; a behavior analysis engine to analyze the log from the query logger to generate a behavior vector that characterizes the behavior of the application; and a classifier to classify the behavior vector for the application as benign or malware.
US09973515B1
A system and method is disclosed for identification and response to an unauthorized transmission to a networked critical system. The invention employs a pre-defined parameter which matches trusted sources with defined destinations to enable secure access to the networked critical system. Once the method receives a transmission to the destination, it filters the transmissions based on specific architecture constraints. Should the transmission survive, the method continues with a plurality of layers of system level checks to verify the source matches the pre-defined parameter of a trusted source. Should the transmission fail any of the layers of system level checks, the method provides an appropriate response. Once the transmission survives, the method continuously monitors the data stream for possible threats and allows access the transmission to reach the destination and the networked critical system.
US09973512B2
A method includes a workload management (WLM) server that receives a first CHECK WORKLOAD command for a workload in a queue of the WLM server. It may be determined whether the workload is ready to run on a WLM client. If the workload is not ready to run, a wait time for the workload with the WLM server is dynamically estimated. The wait time is sent to the WLM client. If the workload is ready to run, then a response is sent to the WLM client that workload is ready to run.
US09973511B2
A computer implemented method, computer program product, and systems for enabling access of a client device to a remote desktop. The remote desktop is implemented within a remote virtual machine engine (302) selected from one or more virtual machines running on a virtual host (301). A connection management component receiving from the client device 200 a connection request wherein the connection request is directed to establishing a connection between the client device (200) and the remote virtual machine engine (302). If authorization data associated with the connection request complies with a predefined access data structure and corresponding access rules, the connection management component requests destination data of the remote virtual machine engine (302), the destination data allowing to interact with the virtual machine engine (302) and, in response, receiving the destination data. Then it sends to a proxy service (102) a session request based on the destination data for establishing a session (1010) with the remote virtual machine engine (302) through the proxy service (102) in accordance with the authorization data. It receives from the proxy service (102) proxy connection data configured to allow the client device to establish a proxy connection (1009) via a wide area network (400). The proxy connection data is then sent to the client device (200) to enable the client device (200) for establishing the proxy connection between the client device (200) and the proxy service (102) over the wide area network (400) to access the remote virtual machine engine (302) through the session with the remote virtual machine engine (302).
US09973508B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to deploying and utilizing a dynamic record identification and analysis computer system with event monitoring components. In some embodiments, a computing platform may receive, from a contact feed generation computer system, one or more contact feeds comprising contact data identifying one or more contacts associated with one or more user accounts. The computing platform may analyze the one or more contact feeds to identify a first subset of user accounts of the one or more user accounts having one or more attributes associated with one or more predetermined account security concern characteristics. Subsequently, the computing platform may add the first subset of user accounts of the one or more user accounts to an alert table maintained by the computing platform, and may send, to an analyst computer system, alert table listing information identifying contents of the alert table maintained by the computing platform.
US09973486B2
Systems and methods for authorizing a session between a browser and a terminal server are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes receiving, from a browser, a request to initiate a session with a terminal server. The method also includes storing identification of the terminal server and session information. The method includes associating a claim identifier with the stored identification and session information. The method further includes communicating the claim identifier browser. The method also includes receiving the claim identifier from a terminal server. The method also includes using the claim identifier received from the terminal server to verify that the terminal server is authorized to initiate the session with the browser. The method further includes in response to verifying that the terminal server is authorized to initiate the session with browser, notifying the terminal server of authorization to initiate the session with browser.
US09973479B2
The present embodiments relate to a communication system, communication method, information processor, method, device, program, and recording medium which permit plural algorithms to be treated and which can impart expansibility to communications.A capability list stores a capability list in which capabilities regarding algorithms for encryption and decryption treated by a reader/writer are described. Similarly, a capability list stores a capability list in which capabilities regarding algorithms for encryption and decryption treated by an IC card are described. The reader/writer and the IC card exchange their mutual capability lists, select algorithms capable of securing a security level according to the importance of the data sent and received, and perform communications based on the selected algorithms. The present embodiments can be applied, for example, to a device that performs communications by the NFCIP method.
US09973468B2
In the present solution, when a cluster node sends an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) request for an external internet protocol (IP), the node sends a message to all the other nodes, which are part of the Cluster Link Aggregation (CLAG) to expect an ARP reply for the IP. When a node in the cluster receives the ARP reply, the node informs the other nodes which are part of the same CLAG to update the Machine Access Control (MAC) address. Also when an ARP entry is learned/updated over a CLAG link as part of an ARP request/Gratuitous ARP, the node learning/updating the ARP entry will inform other nodes which are part of the same CLAG about the learned/updated ARP entry. Nodes in a cluster may communicate between with each other over a dedicated backplane, which may be a separate physical medium.
US09973464B2
An approach is described for addressing propagation of inaccurate information in a social networking environment. An associated method may include identifying inaccurate information within the social networking environment, facilitating creation of countering content to address the inaccurate information, and disseminating the countering content. The countering content may be determined by identifying behavior of one or more users among a plurality of users within the social networking environment. Identifying the inaccurate information within the social networking environment may include receiving information provided within the social networking environment. Upon determining that the received information is factual and thus objectively verifiable, it may be determined whether the received information matches analogous information verified as accurate. Upon determining that the received information does not match the analogous information verified as accurate, the received information may be marked as inaccurate.
US09973463B2
The invention consists of a method so that a telecommunications operator can deliver data messaging, digitally sign it and deliver it to the user with a certificate. The method is based on the: creation of a data message through a user interface, which is delivered to the destination; upon reception of a delivery notification of the data message sent to the destination, the data processing unit creates an electronic document that comprises at least issuing user data, date of issuance, content and delivery notification data of the message sent, said electronic document is encrypted by the implementation of a digital signature algorithm for the creation of a certificate, which is delivery of the certificate to the user through the mail server.
US09973462B1
A method includes accessing, by one or more computers, a message; identifying, at the one or more computers and based on information contained in the message, at least one topic related to the message; identifying, at the one or more computers, a graphical topic indicator based on the at least one topic; and outputting, by the one or more computers and for display, a visual notification regarding the message, wherein the visual notification includes the graphical topic indicator.
US09973456B2
Systems and methods for messaging as a graphical comic strip are disclosed herein. An example method includes receiving a text message from a user, computing a conversation topology for the comic panel based on the message, the number of previous messages, and the number of user avatars, selecting a panel template based on a zoom level, the conversation topology, and a length of each message, and filling the panel template with user avatars and each message in an associated speech bubble to create the comic panel.
US09973455B1
In some examples, a service-based system for managing message routing and customization is provided. The service-based system includes an information exchange service bus and an information exchange engine. The system is configured to manage inbound and outbound messages. The system is also configured to tailor messages based on source entities, destination entities, and other users such as dependent users.
US09973454B2
An enhanced instant messaging processing method is presented to users in an instant messaging communication environment. For a user having two or more communication terminals that have logged into a same instant messaging account of the user, a communication server monitors invitations sent to the instant messaging account. Responsive to one communication terminal responding to the invitation and the type of the response, the communication server generates a response policy for each of other communication terminals of the user, where the response policy optimizes the instant communication performance enhances the user experience. The disclosed embodiments also support simultaneous instant communications among a large number of users connected to multiple data processing servers. The disclosed solution for support simultaneous instant communications balances the load of the data processing servers while keeping multiple communication terminals of a user informed of the status of the instant communication.
US09973440B2
The embodiments of the present document disclose a resource notification method, device and system. The method includes: receiving, by a local Common Service Entity (CSE), first indication information transmitted by an Application Entity (AE) of an application node, herein the first indication information includes an identity of a remote CSE which needs to be notified and an address of an original resource; and finding, by the local CSE, a search tag attribute of the original resource according to the address of the original resource in the first indication information, and making a response to the first indication information according to a state of the search tag attribute.
US09973438B2
A flow management method comprises receiving (210) of incoming downlink packets. The received downlink packets are classified (220) in sub-flows, based on information that is available in a header of respective such received downlink packet. The downlink packets of each sub-flow are queued (230) in a respective sub-flow queue. Downlink packets are extracted (250) from the sub-flow queues into a common outgoing flow. A sub-flow queue from which no downlink packets yet have been extracted is prioritized (240). The extraction comprises assigning of an indicator of last service occasion to each sub-flow queue when a predetermined amount of data has been extracted from said sub-flow queue. When no prioritized sub-flow queues are present, the sub-flow queue with the earliest last service is selected. When a prioritized sub-flow queue is present, the prioritized subflow queue is selected. The downlink packets of the common outgoing flow are sent (260).
US09973436B2
A system includes: a transmitting device, switch devices, receiving devices, and a control device. Each of the receiving devices carries out a process including monitoring increase in size of a congestion window which the transmitting device includes, measuring a round trip time, calculating a minimum throughput in one or more target flows whose volume is not smaller than a given size among flows whose packets are received when the increase in the size of the congestion window becomes a steady state, creating a setting window size that is a receive window size for setting on a basis of an already-set window size that is size of a receive window set in a past response packet and a calculated window size that is size of a receive window calculated from the minimum throughput, and transmitting a response packet in which the setting window size is set to the transmitting device.
US09973432B2
An apparatus and program product manage virtual machines in a virtualized computing environment based at least in part on limitations associated with storage fabrics through which virtual machines may access one or more storage systems in such an environment. The storage fabric limitations may be used, for example, in connection with placing virtual machines on hosts in a virtualized computing environment. As another example, storage fabric limitations may be used in connection with deploying virtual machines into a virtualized computing environment to reduce the likelihood of boot errors. As still another example, storage fabric limitations may be used in connection with load balancing across multiple fabrics in a virtualized computing environment.
US09973429B2
A data center interconnection (DCI) network may comprise a data center controller (DCC) managing a plurality of data centers (DCs) interconnected by a provider network managed by a network provider controller (NPC). The provider network may be an OpenFlow based software defined networking (SDN) transport network. The DCC may initiate a virtual network service (VNS) negotiation with the NPC to connect the DCs and may specify a network abstraction granularity level. The NPC may respond by computing paths through the provider network accordingly and providing the DCC with one or more virtual networks (VNs). The DCC may compute virtual paths through the VNs and send virtual network element (VNE) connection setup commands to the DCC. The DCC may convert the VNE connection setup commands into network element (NE) commands to setup connections in NEs of the provider network. The DCC and the NPC may perform fault monitoring, detection, and recovery.
US09973427B2
A method for determining a management domain, the method comprising: receiving, by a second network device, a first packet sent by a first network device, where the first packet includes a domain ID of a first management domain and a first IP address set corresponding to the domain ID of the first management domain, and the first IP address set includes an IP address of a network device in the first management domain; and when the second network device determines that the first IP address set includes an IP address of the second network device, determining that the second network device belongs to the first management domain, and storing the domain ID of the first management domain.
US09973426B2
Some implementations provide a method for managing switches in a data center that includes: (1) establishing a connection from one switch to another switch in the data center, the data center providing a plurality of virtual local area networks (VLANs), each VLAN including at least one Virtual Machine and capable of spanning across more than one of the plurality of switches; (2) provisioning device prefixes for IPv6 addresses, a given device prefix corresponding to a particular VLAN on a particular switch in the data center, the given device prefix included in a host address of a particular virtual machine, the particular virtual machine hosted on a server computer, the sever computer connected to the particular switch without additional intervening switches; (3) configuring a hardware memory to include prefix information and address information; and (4) transferring packets by using the prefix information and the address information.
US09973422B2
According to an example, a virtual port is configured for a current virtual device (VD) to interconnect the current VD with other VDs. The virtual port may be a layer 3 port and route learning and advertising of port information may be performed through the virtual port.
US09973411B2
Synchronization between a data plane of a router in a network and a control plane of the router is performed by a processor of the router. Route information associated with at least one network node in the network is learned using a routing protocol. The route information includes a plurality of subsets and is stored in a routing information base (RIB) of the router. A first subset of the plurality of subsets of the route information is copied from the RIB to a forwarding information base (FIB) of the router. After the first subset has been copied to the FIB, synchronization data in the router associated with the first subset is modified. The modification indicates that the first subset has been copied to the FIB.
US09973398B1
A system and method are provided for distinguishing between a plurality of remote sites accessed through a network interconnection by a reference site based upon envelope characteristics of communication signals transmitted therebetween. Communications signals transmitted during an interconnected session established between one of the remote sites and the reference site are time-captured in a plurality of data segments. The time-captured segments are parsed to selectively generate for each the interconnected remote sites an envelope signal indicative of at least one resource allocation response thereof during the interconnection session, the envelope signal being defined by values of at least a first predetermined envelope parameter acquired from the time-captured segments. Based on the envelope signal, a characteristic signature is established for each interconnected remote site to be identified. Newly-captured communication signal segments are thereby classified in remote site origination based on the characteristic signatures of identified remote sites.
US09973387B1
A peering relationship among two or more network appliances is established through an exchange of control messages among the network appliances. The peering relationship defines a cluster of peered network appliances, and at each network appliance of the cluster traffic flow state information for all the network appliances of the cluster is maintained. Network traffic associated with traffic flows of the network appliances of the cluster is managed according to the state information for the traffic flows. This managing of the network traffic may include forwarding among the network appliances of the cluster (i.e., to those of the appliances handling the respective flows) at least some of the network traffic associated with one or more of the traffic flows according to the state information for the one or more traffic flows. The traffic flows may be TCP connections or UDP flows.
US09973381B2
A system and a method are creating a linked list scripts for a networking device. The system receives a set of nodes defining script functionality and generates a script by coupling the nodes in a nodal structure based on desired order of execution, wherein a leaf node is an standalone node with no child node, and wherein a nugget node includes one or more child nodes, each child node being a nugget or leaf node. The system then determines an execution path through a subset of nodes in the nodal tree structure based on one or more input values. The system also compiles the subset of nodes into a linked list of operations, which follows the execution path, and executes the path of operations within the compiled linked list of operations.
US09973376B2
Systems and methods for processing information via networked computers leverage request handlers, process handlers, and task handlers to provide efficient distributed processing of processing jobs. A request handler can receive service requests for processing jobs, process handlers can identify tasks to be performed in connection with the processing jobs, and task handlers can perform the identified tasks, where the request handler, the process handlers, and the task handlers can be distributed across a plurality of networked computers.
US09973374B1
Information can be synchronized between multiple computing devices by transmitting synchronization signals from a first computing device to a synchronization server and/or secondary computing device(s). The secondary device(s) can transmit mapped signals back to the synchronization server and/or other device(s) to provide feedback for this real-time or asynchronous peer-to-peer system. The system can also be used to virtualize and share sensors and output information between multiple devices.
US09973365B2
Methods and systems are provided that enable an OFDM transmitter to be used for transmitting conventional OFDM or a form of transformed OFDM. A technique is provided for transforming a coded and modulated sequence of samples prior to an IFFT that enables the transformed sequence of samples to be transmitted using conventional OFDM or transformed OFDM. The selection of a transform function for transforming the coded and modulated sequence of samples may be based on optimizing the transform function for particular operating conditions between the transmitter and receiver. In some embodiments of the invention OFDM and time transformed OFDM are multiplexed in time and/or frequency in a transmission frame. In some embodiments of the invention a pilot pattern is provided in which the pilot are sent using OFDM and data is sent using OFDM and/or transformed OFDM.
US09973362B2
Methods and devices for common channel low PAPR signaling are disclosed having a power amplifier set configured to transmit broad-beam signals over a frequency band narrower than the available bandwidth and modulated with a low PAPR sequence. A second power amplifier set may be configured to transmit narrow-beam unicast signals.
US09973352B2
The application provide an information sending method which includes: sending, by a controller, a forwarding indication message to a forwarder, where: the forwarding indication message includes at least two routing correspondences and a tunnel correspondence, the at least two routing correspondences include a first routing correspondence and a second routing correspondence, the first routing correspondence is mapping of a first route to a next hop identifier, the second routing correspondence is mapping of a second route to the next hop identifier, and the first route is different from the second route; and the tunnel correspondence is a correspondence of the next hop identifier to a public network tunnel. The embodiments of the application resolve a problem that a delivering form of a forwarding indication message that is from a control plane to a forwarding plane is not explicitly stipulated in an OpenFlow standard of an SDN.
US09973344B2
A bridge device at a first tier receives a geographic addressing packet destined for a target region containing a plurality of devices. The bridge device applies a bridging function using the geographic address packet to determine whether to transmit the geographic addressing packet. The bridging function utilizes certain information based on the geographic addressing packet. The bridge device determines to transmit the geographic addressing packet to a second tier based on the bridging function indicating that the geographic addressing packet should be transmitted to the second tier.
US09973343B2
A power sourcing equipment is provided. The power sourcing equipment is connected to an Ethernet cable. The power sourcing equipment includes a switching circuit, a power circuit, and a detection circuit. The power circuit is coupled to a power supply output terminal via the switching circuit. The detection circuit is configured to control a state of the switching circuit according to a first resistance between a first pin and a second pin of the Ethernet cable.
US09973334B2
One embodiment of the invention includes a method, including performing, a symmetric homomorphic encryption of a secret SA with a cryptographic key H as input yielding a homomorphic encryption result SA*, sending SA* for mathematical combination by at least one device with at least one secret SB yielding G*, the device A not having access to SB, the at least one device not having access to SA and not having access to H, receiving G*, performing a symmetric homomorphic decryption of data based on G* with H as input yielding a first decrypted output, determining a symmetric cryptographic key KA based on the first decrypted output for secure communication with a first device which is operationally connected to, or includes, a tamper resistant security system including SA and SB therein, securing data using KA yielding secured data, and sending the secured data to the first device.
US09973326B2
Provided are an apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving a signal. The method for transmitting/receiving a signal includes reducing a quantization error in a baseband (BB) analog area with respect to a reception signal, and performing self-interference cancellation (SIC) on a first output signal output from a BB analog circuit unit in a digital area.
US09973325B2
A method, system, and computer program product is provided for transmitting output symbols in sub-slots that each have a pre-determined length. A UE (102) generates (1402) a first output symbol having a first symbol length, and transmits (1404) the first output symbol with a guard period having a guard period length. During the guard period, no transmission is made by the UE (102). The sum of the first symbol length and the guard period length is less than or equal to the predetermined length. Further, the UE (102) generates (1406) a plurality of other output symbols that each have the predetermined length. Then, immediately following the transmission of the first output symbol, the UE transmits (1408) the plurality of other output symbols. Such a resulting fractional guard period located either at the beginning or the end of a subframe prevents collision or overlapping of D2D communication and normal UE to eNB transmissions.
US09973321B2
A method includes transmitting information from an apparatus regarding at least one operating band combination. The information regarding the at least one operating band combination may comprise at least one of an index comprising a plurality of operating band combinations, and a bitmap relating to the index of operating band combinations. The method also includes selecting by the apparatus either a supported indicator or an unsupported indicator regarding the information. The method further includes transmitting, by the apparatus, the selected indicator.
US09973312B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and an apparatus for feeding back a CSI-RS resource combination, a user equipment, and a base station. The method includes: acquiring information of a CSI-RS resource combination; determining a candidate CSI-RS resource combination according to the information of the CSI-RS resource combination, and performing a joint CSI measurement according to one or more sets of CSI-RS resources in the candidate CSI-RS resource combination, so as to select a CSI-RS resource combination according to a measurement result of the joint CSI measurement; and feeding back the selected CSI-RS resource combination and the measurement result of the joint CSI measurement corresponding to the selected CSI-RS resource combination to a base station.
US09973309B2
A base station does not transmit any reference signal (RS) for channel measurement in a subframe in which transmission of an RS collides with transmission of a synchronization signal or a broadcast signal or in a resource block including the synchronization signal or the broadcast signal in the subframe. A user equipment assumes that any RS for channel measurement is not transmitted in a subframe or in a resource block when transmission of an RS collides with transmission of a synchronization signal or a broadcast signal in the subframe or in the resource block.
US09973304B2
Automated processes, devices and systems isolate signals received on first and second ports from each other using staggered time division multiple access (TDMA) schemes. Additionally or alternately, port and/or client identifiers can be included within communications propagating in multiple TDMA schemes, thereby allowing host and/or client devices to verify that communications are received on the intended ports. By logically isolating the communications of the multiple TDMA schemes and/or by providing identifying information within propagated communications, crosstalk between the two schemes can be substantially reduced or eliminated, often without substantial modifications to the hardware configuration of the system.
US09973293B2
Multiple full channel quality indication (CQI) reports indicative of received signal quality for multiple carriers in wireless communication are transmitted in multiple time intervals of a CQI channel.
US09973292B2
This invention relates to methods and systems for estimating offset and skew using linear programming. Embodiments of the invention relate to methods and systems which apply linear programming principles to links with asymmetric transmission rates which are estimated from an exchange of timing messages (for example under IEEE 1588 PTP). Further embodiments provide for the estimation of clock offsets using linear programming techniques when the skew is known or estimated.
US09973291B2
Various embodiments are described that relate to a combined signal. A signal can be transmitted from a transmitter and be received by a receiver. The receiver can be an antenna array that comprises multiple individual antenna elements. At least some of these individual elements can receive the transmitted signal at different reception angles and these received signals can be considered signal copies. The reception angle can influence a power level of a signal copy. Multiple signal copies can be combined together into a combined signal that has a greater power level than the individual signal copies used in the combination.
US09973289B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a signal transmission path evaluation device and method for evaluating EMC resistance of a signal transmission path using a computer system. An operating device of the computer system is input with signal transmission line shape data, signal transmission line path data, signal transmission line shape dispersion data, and margin information for noise input of a communication device connected to the signal transmission line. Calculations are performed including an electric field or a magnetic field in a vicinity of the signal transmission line path from the signal transmission line path data, dispersion of the signal line transmission line shape via a random number, noise waveform at a communication device input from the electric field or the magnetic field in the vicinity of the signal transmission path, error occurrence determination, and error rate from plural time trial results. Information concerning the calculated error rate is output.
US09973278B2
Techniques for transmitting an optical signal through optical fiber with an improved stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) suppression and an improved transmitter's signal to noise ratio (SNR) include externally modulating a light beam emitted from a light source with a high frequency signal. The light beam is also modulated externally with an RF information-carrying signal. The high frequency signal is at least twice a highest frequency of the RF signal. The high frequency signal modulating the light source can be split, providing a portion of the split signal to a phase and gain control circuit for adjusting a phase/gain. The output of phase and gain control circuit can be applied to the external modulator to eliminate intensity modulation for SBS suppression improvement. The optical transmitter's SNR is further improved by cancelling a beat between SBS suppression modulation tone and out of band distortion spectrum of information bearing RF signal.
US09973273B2
In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a self-identifying optical transmitter for broadcasting a one-way authentication code using light-based communication. The transmitter may include a memory for storing an identifier of the transmitter, a processor for generating a data signal including an identifier of the transmitter, a modulator for receiving the data signal and generating an electrical signal, the modular generating the electrical signal by modulating the data signal. The transmitter may also include a light source for receiving the electrical signal, converting the electrical signal into an optical signal, and continuously broadcasting the optical signal as an optical data transmission stream. The optical data transmission stream may be used to verify that a receiving mobile device is near the transmitter. The transmitter may also include an optical surface for dispersing the optical data transmission stream as the optical data transmission stream is emitted from the transmitter.
US09973269B2
A wearable electronic device for proximity-based social and professional networking which features electronics and software for the passive automated local wireless exchange of personal and/or business information with other electronic devices is disclosed. In some embodiments, an electronic device includes a controller having an operations unit; a communication unit configured to receive and/or transmit data from a first external source; and a memory unit configured to communicate with the controller and receive and/or transmit data from the controller. The operations unit may be configured to determine if received data from the first external source meets a set threshold and wherein the operations unit may be configured to instruct communication unit to accept data that meets or exceeds said threshold. The communication unit may receive and transmit data from the first external source provided the external source is within a predetermined proximity.
US09973267B2
A communication system includes a constellation of communication devices orbiting the earth. Each communication device has a corresponding orbital path or trajectory with an inclination angle of less than 90 degrees and greater than zero degrees with respect to the equator of the earth. The constellation includes a first group of communication devices orbiting at a first altitude from the earth and at a first inclination angle. The constellation also includes a second group of communication devices orbiting at a second altitude from the earth lower than the first altitude and at a second inclination angle different from the first inclination angle.
US09973263B2
A method of transferring aircraft data from an aircraft to a portable electronic device entails receiving at the portable electronic device the aircraft data from a data connection with an aircraft data source without writing data back to the aircraft or from a user interface while being capable of receiving aircraft data via the data connection and executing an application on the portable electronic device using the aircraft data to present new information about the aircraft or its operating environment that is not available for display on a cockpit display but which is displayable on the portable electronic device based on the aircraft data received by the portable electronic device.
US09973257B1
A communication system where wireless devices communicating with an access node may be communicating either directly with the access node, or via a heterodyne repeater. A heterodyne repeater relays communications transparently such that operation of the access node may not provide the ability to distinguish which wireless devices are communicating directly from those that are communicating via the heterodyne repeater. The system determines whether the wireless device is communicating either directly with the access node, or via a heterodyne repeater. When a wireless device is communicating via a heterodyne repeater, the access node selects a radio resource control configuration adapted for communication via a heterodyne repeater to be used with that wireless device.
US09973256B2
A Relay Gateway (R-GW) proxies Long Term Evolution (LTE) signaling in a network core for wireless relays that serve mobile User Equipment (UE). The R-GW receives relay-originated LTE signaling from the wireless relays through a data gateway system in the network core. The R-GW transfers the relay-originated LTE signaling to a UE control system in the network core. The R-GW receives core-originated LTE signaling that was transferred by the UE control system in the network core. The R-GW transfers the core-originated LTE signaling to the data gateway system for delivery to the wireless relays.
US09973236B2
A deactivation method and system in a crosstalk scenario which relates to the field of mobile communications technologies. The method includes M transceivers of a central office end sending data using M lines, and when the M transceivers are in a data transmission showtime state, and when a trigger state change event is detected, switching, by N transceivers, to a deactivation execution state, to deactivate N lines among the M lines, acquiring an update coefficient used to update a crosstalk cancellation coefficient between active lines, updating the crosstalk cancellation coefficient between the active lines using the update coefficient, and controlling the transceivers in the deactivation execution state to enter a silent or an idle state.
US09973233B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an interference cancellation apparatus. The apparatus includes: a splitter, configured to send an acquired reference signal to a first and second main-path interference canceller; a main receive antenna, configured to send an acquired first receive signal to the first main-path interference canceller; the first main-path interference canceller, configured to perform first main-path interference cancellation processing on the first receive signal according to the reference signal, to generate a first processing signal; a reference receive antenna, configured to acquire and send a second receive signal to the second main-path interference canceller; the second main-path interference canceller, configured to perform second main-path interference cancellation processing on the second receive signal according to the reference signal, to generate a second processing signal; and a near-field interference canceller, configured to perform near-field interference cancellation processing on the first processing signal according to the second processing signal.
US09973231B1
A method and apparatuses protecting a portable device from an impact are provided. An accelerometer is operable to detect acceleration of the portable device. A protective structure disposed outside of the portable device includes a substrate and an elastomeric layer arranged on the substrate. The elastomeric layer defines an inflatable region in which the elastomeric layer is not attached to the substrate. The substrate includes a fluid channel in fluid communication with a pressurized fluid source. A controller is operable to trigger the pressurized fluid source upon detection of an acceleration event, wherein the pressurized fluid source transmits pressurized fluid to the inflatable region, causing the inflatable regions to inflate. The inflatable regions provide a cushion against impacts with surfaces when the portable device is dropped or otherwise propelled toward a surface.
US09973229B2
Tablet computers are increasing in popularity due to their versatility and portability. However, despite the ease with which such touch-screen devices may be operated in certain circumstances, there are situations in which a conventional desktop computer and/or laptop computer are preferred. The present invention provides a portfolio case in which a tablet may be secured to an inside surface of the lid for operable connection to a fold-out keyboard and power pack retained within the case. In this way, a tablet computer may achieve all the functionality of a laptop computer, while retaining the versatility of a tablet.
US09973226B2
A reception device receives a radio frequency (RF) signal and obtains a data signal from the RF signal in a desired reception channel. The reception device includes a bandpass filter, and first and second test signals are input to the bandpass filter in the test mode to obtain bandpass-filtered first and second test signals, respectively. Each of frequencies of the first and second test signals is lower and higher than a frequency of the desired reception channel, respectively. The reception device detects lower and higher frequency signal intensities from the bandpass-filtered first and second test signals, respectively, in the test mode, and adjusts a central frequency of the passband of the bandpass filter using a difference between the lower and higher frequency signal intensities so as to reduce a difference between the central frequency of the passband and the frequency of the desired reception channel.
US09973211B1
According to one embodiment, a signal conversion device includes a first serial-parallel converter, a second serial-parallel converter, a first buffer, a second buffer, a clock generator, and a selection output part. The first serial-parallel converter receives a first serial signal, generates a first clock signal I, generates a first parallel signal, and generates first status information including first information. The second serial-parallel converter receives a second serial signal, generates a second clock signal, generates a second parallel signal, and generates second status information including second information. The first buffer stores the first parallel signal. The second buffer stores the second parallel signal. The clock generator generates an output clock signal. The selection output part uses the first status information and the second status information to output a signal based on one parallel signal of the first parallel signal or the second parallel signal.
US09973209B2
A processor includes a first encoder configured to encode a regular bin block including at least one regular bin, a second encoder configured to encode a bypass bin block including at least one bypass bin, and a parameter calculating module comprising parameter calculating circuitry configured to determine context information for encoding the regular bin block and to transmit the context information to the first encoder. The first encoder and the second encoder may process the regular bin block and the bypass bin block simultaneously and in parallel during at least part of a specific processing cycle.
US09973204B1
In some embodiments, a resistor string digital to analog converter (DAC) comprises a first plurality of resistors disposed in a first column. Each of the first plurality of resistors couples to an output of the first column via one of a first plurality of switches. The DAC also comprises a second plurality of resistors disposed in a second column. Each of the second plurality of resistors couples to an output of the second column via one of a second plurality of switches. The second plurality of resistors is configured to couple in series with the first plurality of resistors. A first row selection signal is to control a first switch of the first plurality of switches and a second switch of the second plurality of switches. The first switch corresponds to a first resistor disposed at a top of the first column, and the second switch corresponds to a second resistor disposed at a bottom of the second column.
US09973200B2
Methods and apparatus include and amplifier circuit and a first capacitor branch including a first plurality of capacitors. The first capacitor branch couples to an input signal and to an input of the amplifier circuit. A second capacitor branch includes a second plurality of capacitors. The second capacitor branch couples to the input of the amplifier circuit and to an output of the amplifier circuit.
US09973199B2
Touch processor circuit and touch screen system performing analog-to-digital conversion of two steps
A touch processor circuit includes a capacitance-to-voltage converter and an analog-to-digital converter. The capacitance-to-voltage converter converts an input signal transmitted from a touch sensor into a conversion signal corresponding to a capacitance of the touch sensor. The analog-to-digital converter digitizes the conversion signal transmitted from the capacitance-to-voltage converter and generates a digital value. The analog-to-digital converter includes a first converter, a second converter, and a combination logic circuit. The first converter calculates upper bits of the digital value based on the conversion signal during a first time period. The second converter calculates lower bits of the digital value based on a residue component signal transmitted from the first converter during a second time period. The combination logic circuit combines the upper bits and the lower bits and generates the digital value.
US09973198B2
Telescopic amplifier circuits are disclosed. In an embodiment, a telescopic amplifier includes an input stage for receiving differential input signals, an output stage for outputting differential output signals at the drains of a first output transistor and a second output transistor, a tail current transistor coupled to sources of a first input transistor and a second input transistor, a common mode feedback circuit coupled to the differential output signals and outputting a common mode output signal, and a circuit element coupled between the common mode output signal and a gate of the tail current transistor. In an embodiment the circuit element is a resistor. In another embodiment the circuit element is a source follower transistor. In additional embodiments a phase margin of the common mode feedback open loop gain of the amplifier is determined by the value of the resistor. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US09973195B2
Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide reduced jitter and local phase detection for a controlled oscillator. An edge of a reference signal is injected at a point within the oscillator, and replaces an edge of the generated oscillation signal at the injection point. A phase difference of the injected reference signal and the oscillation signal is measured locally and is used to tune the oscillator.
US09973188B2
There are provided a switch driving device and a switch driving method capable of preventing a self-turn-on phenomenon. The switch driving device includes: a first signal output unit configured to output a pulsed first driving signal from a first output terminal thereof; a second signal output unit configured to output a pulsed second driving signal to a control terminal of a switching element from a second output terminal thereof; and a negative power supply generating unit configured to generate a negative voltage relative to a ground voltage and bias a low level of the second driving signal toward a negative side by the negative voltage. The negative power supply generating unit includes: a first capacitor configured to store charge by the first driving signal; and a second capacitor configured to generate the negative voltage across terminals thereof by the transfer of the charge from the first capacitor.
US09973185B2
A cascode switch device includes a cascode circuit, which includes a first switch and a second switch, and a protection circuit. The protection circuit is coupled between the first switch and the second switch. A first leakage current passing through the protection circuit is greater than or equal to a difference between a second leakage current and a third leakage current, and is smaller than an upper limit value of a leakage current of the cascode circuit. An upper limit value of a withstanding voltage is present between the first terminal and the control terminal of the first switch. When the first switch operates at the upper limit value of the withstanding voltage, the second leakage current is an upper limit value of a leakage current passing through the first switch, and the third leakage current is a lower limit value of a leakage current passing through the second switch.
US09973184B2
Radio-frequency (RF) devices are disclosed having transistor gate voltage compensation to provide improved switching performance. RF devices, such as switches, include a plurality of field-effect transistors (FETs) connected in series between first and second nodes, each FET having a gate. A compensation network including a coupling circuit couples the gates of each pair of neighboring FETs.
US09973175B2
According to an embodiment, a control apparatus includes a shaper and a compensator. The shaper receives a first target value in position control of a controlled object and generates a second target value which changes substantially rampwise over a time equal to or shorter than a period corresponding to one of resonance frequencies of the controlled object until the second target value becomes equal the first target value. The compensator compensates for a control signal, used for controlling the controlled object, based on the second target value.
US09973173B2
This disclosure relates to radio frequency (RF) front end circuitry used to route RF signals. In one embodiment, the RF front end circuitry has a filter circuit and a switch device. The switch device includes a common port, an RF port, and switchable path connected in series between the common port and the RF port. The switch device is configured to present approximately the filter capacitance of the filter circuit at the common port when the switchable path is closed. However, when the switchable path is open, the switch device is configured to present a device capacitance at the common port that is approximately equal to the filter capacitance of the filter circuit. In this manner, if the common port is connected to an antenna, the capacitance seen by the antenna from the common port remains substantially unchanged regardless of which of the switchable path is opened or closed.
US09973167B2
Impedance matching circuits and methods for radio frequency (RF) transmission coil are disclosed. An example impedance matching circuit includes a coil matching circuit, a RF power detection circuit, and a spectrometer. The spectrometer outputs an output voltage reversely applied on a varactor diode of the coil matching circuit. An impedance of the coil matching circuit is changed based on the output voltage. The spectrometer outputs a RF transmission signal to the RF power detection circuit, receives a power of a RF reflected signal corresponded to the output voltages. The spectrometer receives powers of different RF reflected signals corresponded to different output voltages, and assigns an output voltage corresponded to a minimum power of the RF reflected signals as an impedance matching voltage, where an equivalent impedance of the coil matching circuit and the RF transmission coil matches with an impedance of RF transmission lines.
US09973166B2
A phase shift circuit includes a 90° hybrid circuit, variable capacitors, a switch circuit, and a balun circuit. The 90° hybrid circuit includes a high-frequency signal input terminal and a high-frequency signal output terminal. The variable capacitors are respectively connected to between first and second variable capacitor connection terminals of the 90° hybrid circuit and the ground. The balun circuit includes an unbalanced signal input terminal and balanced signal output terminals formed by a pair of terminals. The switch circuit selects any one of the balanced signal output terminal and the balanced signal output terminal of the balun circuit and connects the selected terminal to the high-frequency signal input terminal to the 90° hybrid circuit.
US09973165B2
A driver that drives an optical device, such as laser diode (LD) and/or optical modulator, is disclosed. The driver includes a variable gain amplifier (VGA) and a post amplifier. The post amplifier amplifies an output of the VGA to a preset amplifier as varying the gain of the VGA. The VGA includes two differential pairs each amplify the input signal oppositely in phases thereof and outputs of the differential pairs are compositely provided to the post amplifier. The gain of the VGA is varied by adjusting contribution of the second differential pair to the output of the VGA.
US09973162B2
A system, a method for interleaving a digital audio signal including a PWM signal, and a digital audio processing device employing the same in accordance with the present invention are disclosed. The system, the method and the digital audio processing device is capable of minimizing the interference with an RF signal such as an AM signal or an FM signal by interleaving the digital audio signal including the PWM signal.
US09973158B1
A power supply for use with Class D amplifiers in energy efficient applications is described herein. The power supply reduces the effects of off side charging and improves cross regulation. The topology of the power supply can be designed to minimize quiescent mode losses through resonant switching of some or all active switches. Additionally, the power supply can be implemented without external resonant inductors, the power supply can be implemented with smaller capacitors that have longer lifetime ratings, the switching losses present in a power factor correction stage of the power supply can be reduced, and/or a modified power factor correction choke can be utilized to reduce energy loss.
US09973156B2
A method may include processing a first signal derived from an input signal with a first path to generate a first path voltage at a first path output, processing a second signal derived from the input signal with a second path to generate a second path voltage at a second path output, the second path comprising a linear amplifier having at least one transistor for driving the second path voltage, generating the first signal and the second signal with a signal splitter, such that the second signal comprises information of the input signal absent from the first signal, and such that the second path voltage is of a sufficient magnitude such that the at least one transistor operates in a saturation region of the at least one transistor throughout a dynamic range of a load voltage equal to the difference of the first path voltage and the second path voltage.
US09973154B2
RF receive circuitry, which includes a first output impedance matching circuit coupled to a first alpha output of a first alpha LNA, a second output impedance matching circuit coupled to a first beta output of a first beta LNA, and a first dual output RF LNA, is disclosed. The first dual output RF LNA includes the first alpha LNA, the first beta LNA, and a first gate bias control circuit, which is coupled between a first alpha input of the first alpha LNA and ground; is further coupled between a first beta input of the first beta LNA and the ground; is configured to select one of enabled and disabled of the first alpha LNA using an alpha bias signal via the first alpha input; and is further configured to select one of enabled and disabled of the first beta LNA using a beta bias signal via the first beta input.
US09973149B2
A receiver front end capable of receiving and processing intraband non-contiguous carrier aggregate (CA) signals using multiple low noise amplifiers (LNAs) is disclosed herein. A cascode having a “common source” configured input FET and a “common gate” configured output FET can be turned on or off using the gate of the output FET. A first switch is provided that allows a connection to be either established or broken between the source terminal of the input FET of each LNA. Further switches used for switching degeneration inductors, gate capacitors and gate to ground caps for each legs can be used to further improve the matching performance of the invention.
US09973147B2
An envelope tracking power management circuit is disclosed. An envelope tracking power management circuit includes a first envelope tracking amplifier(s) and a second envelope tracking amplifier(s), each configured to amplify a respective radio frequency (RF) signal(s) based on a respective supply voltage. A power management circuit can determine that a selected envelope tracking amplifier, which can be either the first envelope tracking amplifier(s) or the second envelope tracking amplifier(s), receives the respective supply voltage lower than a voltage required to amplify the respective RF signal(s) to a predetermined voltage. In response, the power management circuit provides a boosted voltage, which is no less than the required voltage, to the selected envelope tracking amplifier. As such, it is possible to enable the selected envelope tracking amplifier to amplify the respective RF signal(s) to the predetermined voltage without increasing cost, footprint, and power consumption of the envelope tracking power management circuit.
US09973145B2
An envelope tracking amplifier having stacked transistors is presented. The envelope tracking amplifier uses dynamic bias voltages at one or more gates of the stacked transistors in addition to a dynamic bias voltage at a drain of a transistor.
US09973144B2
Disclosed are circuits and methods for increasing an output frequency of an inductance-capacitance (LC) oscillator. In some embodiments, the LC oscillator can be implemented as a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) having differential outputs. When the VCO is implemented on a die, wirebond connections from the outputs to a ground results in an effective inductance that impacts a maximum frequency associated with the VCO. An electrical connection such as a wirebond between the differential outputs yields a reduction in the effective inductance thereby increasing the maximum frequency. In some embodiments, the wirebond between the differential outputs can be configured so that its contribution to mutual inductance is reduced or substantially nil.
US09973143B1
The invention comprises solar panel modules with a central air passage, which allows air to flow through the modules, potentially powering wind turbines. The modules can be used as roofing material, and can easily replace existing roofing material. Embodiments of the modules can interlock easily, for strength and compactness. Embodiments of the modules can include one solar panel, or two solar panels, one below the other, and each optimized for certain light wavelengths. Embodiments allow the modules to connect easily to the underlying wiring system of a building. The owner of the modules can sell power back to an electrical grid, if enough power is produced. Other variations of the invention include an array of such panels mounted upon a roof or other structure. LED lights, batteries, and insulation in a compact configuration can be part of the invention.
US09973142B2
An accessory for a solar panel assembly includes a bracket defining an elongated portion extending in a first direction and including a slot, a connector coupled to the bracket and configured to engage at least one panel frame of the solar panel assembly, and a fence member including a first portion and a second portion. The first portion including a planar surface oriented at an angle relative to the bracket portion, and the second portion includes a projection that removably engages the slot.
US09973141B2
A solar system is provided comprising a light receiving surface, a condensation subassembly, a water collection subassembly, and a cleaning subassembly. The expansion chamber of the condensation subassembly is thermally coupled to the light receiving surface and thermally insulated from the ambient such that expansion of compressed air in the expansion chamber, as controlled by the compressed air expansion valve, encourages humidity condensation on the light receiving surface by reducing the temperature of the light receiving surface. The water collection subassembly comprises a water collection vessel and water direction hardware positioned to direct condensed water on the light receiving surface to the water collection vessel. The cleaning subassembly comprises a water dispensing unit positioned to dispense water from the water collection vessel over the light receiving surface of the solar system.
US09973135B2
A rotary electric machine control system includes a rotary electric machine, a rotation speed sensor, a temperature sensor, and circuitry. The rotary electric machine includes a rotor. The rotation speed sensor is to detect a rotation speed of the rotor. The temperature sensor is to detect a temperature of the rotary electric machine. The circuitry is configured to classify an operation time during which the rotor rotates based on the rotation speed detected by the rotation speed sensor and the temperature detected by the temperature sensor. The circuitry is configured to calculate a fatigue degree of the rotor based on the operation time classified. The circuitry is configured to limit the rotation speed of the rotor or output a signal to a user when the fatigue degree exceeds a threshold value.
US09973134B1
An electrical system includes a direct current (DC) voltage bus, a power supply providing a supply voltage to the DC voltage bus, an electric machine connected to the power supply, a reverse current protection (RCP) circuit positioned between the power supply and the electric machine, the RCP circuit including an energy dissipating element, and a controller. As part of an associated method, the controller detects a reverse current condition in which a current flows from the electric machine toward the power supply when an induced voltage of the electric machine exceeds a voltage level of the voltage bus. The controller transmits a control signal to the RCP circuit to direct the electrical current through the energy dissipating element for a duration of the reverse current condition or for a predetermined duration equal to or greater than that of the reverse current condition.
US09973126B2
Systems and methods for controlling the operating speed and the torque of an electric motor using an operational model are described. An operational model for the electric motor, including a plot of engine performance parameters, is used for reference, and a most efficient output path, which may pass through an optimal operation region in the operational model, is selected. The most efficient output path may be determined, for example, according to locations of a current output state and a to-be-reached target state in the operational model, enabling the operating state of the motor to reach the target state from the current operating state. By selecting a more efficient output path, the operating efficiency of the motor may be optimized, the life of a battery improved and/or the operating mileage of the vehicle may be increased, without significantly reducing the driving experience.
US09973125B2
A method for controlling the operation of a wind turbine is provided. The method includes receiving, by means of a power controller, an active power reference signal and an active power feedback signal; determining, by means of the power controller and based on the active power reference signal and the active power feedback signal, a first voltage control signal and a power controller frequency signal; determining, by means of a frequency droop gain unit and based on the power controller frequency signal, a second voltage control signal; determining, by means of a theta integrator unit and based on the power controller frequency signal, an actual angle signal being indicative for an actual angle between a rotating dq reference frame and a stationary abc reference frame; and controlling operation of a network bridge based on the first voltage control signal, the second voltage control signal, and the actual angle signal.
US09973123B2
The present subject matter is directed to a method for controlling a generator of an electrical power system. The generator includes a generator stator magnetically coupled to a generator rotor. The method includes operating the generator stator of the generator at a first voltage level. Another step includes monitoring, via one or more sensors, at least one of a rotor speed or a rotor voltage of the generator rotor. The method also includes reducing the first voltage level of the generator stator by a predetermined percentage when the rotor speed is within a low speed range or the rotor voltage exceeds a predetermined threshold so as to increase an operating range of the rotor speed. Thus, the increased operating range of the rotor speed increases power production of the electrical power system in the low speed range.
US09973122B2
A sensorless electric motor control device is provided that completes a phase detection of a rotor before an activation signal is received, so as to shorten a time period from when the activation signal is received to when the rotor reaches a target number of rotations. The control device for a sensorless electric motor 10 includes an inverter 11 that drives the electric motor 10 and a first processor 18 that serves as a phase detection unit that causes the inverter 11 to perform a phase detection before the inverter 11 receives an activation signal that activates the electric motor 10, wherein the phase detection aligns a magnetic pole of a rotor of the electric motor 10 with a predetermined position with respect to a stator.
US09973111B2
A nanomechanical resonator includes processing electronics configured to control an actuator to actively control a resonant frequency of a portion of a graphene sheet by applying a variable out-of-plane force to the graphene sheet. The graphene sheet is at least partially suspended from a support structure and has a carbon lattice that substantially defines a plane.
US09973108B2
Hybrid modulation strategies are provided for single phase and three phase inverter topologies. According to hybrid modulation strategy embodiments, one line frequency period is divided into two operation modes based on the polarities of output voltage and output current. When polarities of the output voltage and output current are the same, a nominal voltage level modulation is used to generate the output voltage. When polarities of the output voltage and output current are opposite, a lower voltage level modulation is used to generate the output voltage. In one embodiment, a nominal voltage level modulation is five voltage level modulation, and a lower voltage level modulation is three or two voltage level modulation. Embodiments allow inverters to be constructed with fewer switches, and improve performance of multilevel inverters. The hybrid modulation strategies may be implemented in multilevel inverters such as active neutral point clamped (ANPC) and neutral point clamped (NPC) inverters.
US09973105B2
A half bridge for an active rectifier having an alternating-voltage connection, a positive direct-voltage connection, as well as a ground connection, a first switch element connecting the alternating-voltage connection to the ground connection; a second switch element connecting the alternating-voltage connection to the positive direct-voltage connection, a first control element being connected to the first switch element for switching the first switch element; a connection of a first capacitor being connected to a voltage supply connection of the first control element; the positive direct-voltage connection being connected via a first diode in the forward direction to the one connection of the first capacitor; the first capacitor being connected in parallel to a series connection of the first switch element and the second switch element.
US09973104B2
A power module includes a substrate, a first sub-module, a second sub-module and a circuit board. The semiconductor switches and the diodes of the first sub-module and the second sub-module are embedded within insulation layers. Consequently, the first sub-module and the second sub-module are formed as a high-voltage-side switching element and a low-voltage-side switching element of a bridge circuit. The first sub-module and the second sub-module are disposed on a first surface of the substrate. An electrode of the first sub-module and some electrodes of the second sub-module are electrically connected with corresponding conducting parts of a circuit board. A heat sink is disposed on a second surface of the substrate.
US09973099B2
A converter is provided. The converter includes a first DC/DC converter, a non-isolated DC/DC converter and a control circuit. The first DC/DC converter includes a transformer, a primary side inverter and a secondary side rectifier. The primary side inverter and a secondary side rectifier are operable at multiple operating modes. The control circuit determines an operating mode for the primary side inverter or the secondary side rectifier, and controls the primary side inverter or the secondary side rectifier to change its respective operating mode.
US09973097B2
A power supply system and related method for providing a regulated DC output from an unregulated AC input includes a Vienna rectifier having power factor correction circuitry and a series resonant DC to DC converter to provide a regulated DC output. The power supply system further includes one or more compensator circuits coupled in feedback configuration to control the Vienna rectifier and/or the DC to DC converter and avoid a potentially dangerous over-voltage condition at the regulated DC output.
US09973095B2
The present disclosure is directed to a high power factor quasi resonant converter. The converter converts an AC power line input to a DC output to power a load, generally a string of LEDs. The power input is fed into a transformer being controlled by a power switch. The power switch is driven by a controller having a shaping circuit. The shaping circuit uses a current generator, switched resistor and capacitor to produce a sinusoidal reference voltage signal. The controller drives the power switch based on the voltage reference signal, resulting in a sinusoidal input current in a primary winding of the transformer, resulting in high power factor and low total harmonic distortion for the converter.
US09973094B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a method includes disabling a first electronic switch connected in series with a primary winding of a transformer in a power converter circuit if an auxiliary voltage across an auxiliary winding of the transformer is outside a predefined voltage range. The power converter circuit further includes a secondary winding of the transformer, and a rectifier circuit connected between the secondary winding and an output, where the rectifier circuit comprises a second electronic switch.
US09973092B2
A direct current (DC)-DC converter includes a transformer and a gas tube-switched inverter circuit. The transformer includes a primary winding and a secondary winding. The gas tube-switched inverter circuit includes first and second inverter load terminals and first and second inverter input terminals. The first and second inverter load terminals are coupled to the primary winding. The first and second inverter input terminals are couplable to a DC node. The gas tube-switched inverter circuit further includes a plurality of gas tube switches respectively coupled between the first and second inverter load terminals and the first and second inverter input terminals. The plurality of gas tube switches is configured to operate to generate an alternating current (AC) voltage at the primary winding.
US09973090B1
The present invention provides a buck-boost converter including a converter power stage, a first mode control unit, and a second mode control unit. In the buck-boost converter, the converter power stage may include at least one inductor and a plurality of switching devices. Further, the first mode control unit may operate the converter power stage in a buck mode and regulate an output voltage of the converter power stage as a first voltage. Further, the second mode control unit may operate the converter power stage in a boost mode or a buck-boost mode, and regulate an output voltage of the converter power stage as a second voltage higher than the first voltage.
US09973085B2
A method and apparatus for controlling a converter are provided. In the method and apparatus, a converter is operated in accordance with a duty cycle and based on a difference between a feedback signal representing an output voltage of the converter and a reference signal. An overcurrent condition is detected in the converter. In response to detecting the overcurrent condition, the duty cycle used to operate the converter is limited and the reference signal is made to track the feedback signal to mitigate an output voltage overshoot at an end of the overcurrent condition.
US09973084B2
An estimate of voltage regulator input power is provide by estimating output power of the voltage regulator based on output voltage and output current of the voltage regulator, estimating power loss of the voltage regulator and estimating input power of the voltage regulator based on the estimated output power and the estimated power loss.
US09973079B2
An integrated circuit includes (a) an analog-to-digital converter operated according to a first clock signal; and (b) a charge pump circuit providing a negative power supply voltage to the integrated circuit, the charge pump circuit being operated according to a second clock signal having a frequency that is different from a frequency of the first clock signal, such that a noise level introduced by the charge pump into the analog-to-digital converter is less than the average noise level over a predetermined range of frequencies for the second clock signal. The integrated circuit may further include a clock divider circuit (e.g., a programmable clock divider) that generates both the first clock signal and the second clock signal.
US09973072B2
The invention relates to a power converter stage (2) for providing power supply to a power converter controller (3), a power converter controller (3) for such power converter stage (2), a power converter (1) including such power converter stage (2) and such power converter controller (3), a method for providing power to a controller (3) of a power converter (1) and a software product for controlling a power converter (1). In order to provide for auxiliary power supply for control circuitry of a power converter (1) during all operation modes of the power converter (1) while avoiding additional costs involved with providing a dedicated control power supply fed from bus voltage, it is proposed that power stored in power storing means (4, 5) included in a power converter stage (2) or more generally in a power converter (1) are used for supply to the controller (3) even if the power converter is in stand-by mode, as a transfer of power between such power storing means (4,5) through a primary inductance (6) may be used for providing also for a power transfer to a secondary inductance (7), which then supplies the controller (3).
US09973070B2
An electric power converter includes a stacked body in which a plurality of semiconductor modules and a plurality of coolers are stacked. Each of the semiconductor modules is provided with a main body that has semiconductor elements therein, a plurality of power terminals, and control terminals. Among the plurality of the power terminals respectively included in the two semiconductor modules adjoining in a stacking direction of the stacked body, at least parts of the power terminals are configured so as not to overlap each other when viewed from the stacking direction.
US09973067B2
A rotor casting includes a lamination stack and a cast structure including proximal and distal cast end rings respectively adjacent proximal and distal end faces of the lamination stack. Cast axial ribs are distributed radially on a peripheral surface of the lamination stack and extend between the proximal and distal cast end rings. Cast feed members extend axially from the proximal cast end ring and are respectively positioned radially between an adjacent pair of axial ribs. In one example, cast bar segments integral to the proximal and distal cast end rings are formed in axial slots of the lamination stack. In one example, a bar insert in each axial slot has insert ends that extend respectively from the proximal and distal end faces of the lamination stack and are fully encapsulated respectively in the proximal and distal cast end rings. A method of forming the rotor casting is provided.
US09973061B2
A direct current (DC) motor including: a cylindrical frame, at least one end of which is open; a cylindrical end cover including an opening configured to block the at least one open end; a rotor including a rotor shaft supported by the frame and the end cover, and a rotor core installed on the rotor shaft; a commutator installed on the rotor shaft and arranged on one end of the rotor core; a cover unit installed on the rotor shaft, arranged between the rotor and the commutator, and including at least one location detection device; and a rotation detection unit installed in the end cover and configured to detect the at least one location detection device.
US09973052B2
Disclosed is a stator of an EPS motor, the stator including a stator core including a plurality of teeth protrusively formed toward a center of an inner circumferential surface, a plurality of coils wound on the teeth at a predetermined counts, an insulator coupled to an upper surface and a bottom surface of the stator core to insulate the coil from the stator core, and an insulation tube situated nearest to a coil wound on an adjacent stator core and inserted into a coil wound on an outmost side of the teeth.
US09973034B2
An uninterruptable power supply (UPS) is provided. The UPS includes a first input constructed to receive input power from a first power source, a second input constructed to receive input power from a second power source, an output constructed to provide output alternating current (AC) power derived from at least one of the first power source and the second power source, an inverter coupled to the first input, the second input, and the output and constructed to generate the output AC power, and a controller coupled to the inverter. The controller is configured to identify one or more harmonics in the output AC power, generate an inverter reference signal, and modulate the inverter reference signal to reduce harmonic distortion contributed by the one or more harmonics.
US09973033B1
A smart emergency light comprises a microprocessor; a power switch connected to the microprocessor; a power supply connected to the power switch; a chargeable battery connected to the power supply; a light source driver connected to the power supply and the chargeable battery and controlled by the microprocessor; an illumination device connected to the light source driver and controlled by the light source driver; and a network module connected to the microprocessor so that the smart emergency light is connectable to a center computer; wherein the center computer controls the smart emergency light through the microprocessor.
US09973032B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including for back-up power sources. In one aspect, a method includes providing a plurality of first battery devices, each first battery device respectively electrically coupled to a respective server rack in a plurality of server racks and having a respective capacity to provide power to the respective rack for a power anomaly for up to a first duration. Providing a second battery device electrically coupled to the plurality of server racks and having a capacity to provide power to the plurality of respective server racks for a power anomaly for up to a second duration, wherein the second duration is longer than the first duration. A power anomaly is a deviation of mains power from one or more of a nominal supply voltage and frequency.
US09973020B2
A method for charging a rechargeable battery (3) of an electric device in different charging steps applying different charging currents is described, said charging steps comprising at least: a first charging step applying a first constant charging current (I1) to the battery (3) while the battery voltage is smaller than a first voltage threshold (V1) and/or while the battery temperature is smaller than a first temperature threshold, said first charging (I1) current being smaller than a second charging current (I2); a second charging step applying said second constant charging current (I2) to the battery (3) while the battery voltage is higher than said first battery voltage threshold (V1) and lower than a second battery voltage threshold (V2) and/or while the battery temperature is higher than said first temperature threshold and smaller than a second temperature threshold; a third charging step applying a constant charging current (I3) to the battery (3), wherein said third constant charging current (I3) is switched on every time when the battery voltage drops to a fourth voltage threshold (V4) and switched off when the battery voltage reaches a fifth voltage threshold (V5), and wherein said third charging step providing said repeated switching on and off the third constant charging current (I3) thereby producing current pulses ends if the length of a current pause (Toff) following said current pulse (Ton) equals or exceeds the length of p·(k−1)−times the preceding current pulse (Ton) with k being the ratio of constant charging current I3 and the constant charging current I1 and p being a defined factor.
US09973019B2
A charging current setting method includes an upper limit temperature recognition step which recognizes an upper limit temperature of the secondary battery (11), an actual temperature recognition step which recognizes an actual temperature of the secondary battery (11), a maximum power recognition step which recognizes an maximum power according to a heat quantity which the secondary battery (11) allows during a charge period based on a difference between the upper limit temperature and the actual temperature, a thermal resistance of the secondary battery (11), and a length of a predetermined period and the charge period, and a current setting step which sets a charge current to be an upper limit value or less by recognizing the upper limit value of the charge current of the secondary battery (11) based on an endothermic and exothermic characteristics map of the secondary battery (11) with respect to current and the maximum power.
US09973017B2
A charger circuit includes a first path regulator, a path switch, and a second path regulator. The first path regulator is configured to generate a first regulation current based on an input voltage and an input current. The path switch is configured to pass or block a first charging current in response to a control signal. The first charging current is generated based on the first regulation current. The second path regulator is configured to generate a second regulation current based on the input voltage and the input current. At least one of the first charging current and a second charging current is used to charge a battery. The second charging current is generated based on the second regulation current. The second charging current is transferred to the battery without passing through the path switch.
US09973010B2
A control circuit, resonant circuit, electronic device, control method, control program, and a semiconductor element, which enable a circuit to be measured and tuned within a short time even in consideration of a time constant when a control voltage is applied to a variable capacitance capacitor. A control circuit for a variable capacitance capacitor includes: a digital-analog converter that outputs a control voltage consisting of a variable DC voltage; the variable capacitance capacitor that has a capacitance varying with an application of the control voltage; a phase detector that acquires a characteristic of a circuit containing the variable capacitance capacitor; an analog-digital converter that subjects an analog signal from the phase detector to a digital conversion; a comparing section that compares a target value with a detected value; and a control section that sets the control voltage for the digital-analog converter on the basis of the comparison result.
US09973008B1
An enhanced receiver for wireless power transmission is disclosed. The receiver may be able to convert RF waves into continuous, stable and suitable voltage or power that can be used for charging or powering an electronic device. The receiver may include an antenna array for extracting and rectifying power from RF waves or pockets of energy. An input boost converter in the receiver may step up and stabilize the rectified voltage, while charging a storage element in the receiver. An output boost converter in the receiver may step up the output voltage of the storage element to deliver continuous and suitable power or voltage to a load. A microcontroller in the receiver may perform power measurements at different nodes or sections to adjust the operation of the input and output boost converters so that load power requirements can be satisfied at all times.
US09973005B2
A power controller assembly is disclosed that transfers alternating current (AC) power generated by solar panels to devices coupled to the power controller assembly. The power controller assembly includes a power connector assembly that is coupled to an AC power outlet and transfers AC power generated by the solar panels from the AC power outlet to a power cord that is coupled to the power controller configuration. The power cord transfers the AC power to the device that consumes the AC power. The power controller assembly also includes an outlet power controller that controls the device that consumes the AC power based on instructions received from a communications device via wireless communication between the outlet power controller and the communications device.
US09973000B2
An electrostatic discharge power rail clamp circuit and an integrated circuit including the same. The power rail clamp circuit includes a first power rail, a second power rail and a first node. The circuit further includes an n-channel field effect transistor having a source and drain located in an isolated p-well in a semiconductor substrate. The drain is connected to the first power rail. The source and isolated p-well are connected to the first node. The circuit also includes a capacitor connected between the first node and the second power rail. The circuit further includes a resistor connected between the first power rail and the first node. The circuit also includes an inverter for controlling the gate of the field effect transistor, wherein the inverter has an input connected to the first node. The circuit further a silicon controlled rectifier connected between the first node and the second power rail.
US09972999B2
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit is disclosed. In this regard, an ESD protection circuit is provided to protect an integrated circuit (IC) from an ESD event. In one aspect, an ESD voltage detection circuitry activates an ESD clamping circuitry when an ESD voltage associated with faster voltage rise time is detected between a supply rail and a ground rail. In another aspect, an operation voltage detection circuitry deactivates the ESD clamping circuitry when an operation voltage associated with slower voltage rise time is detected between the supply rail and the ground rail. By differentiating the ESD voltage from the operation voltage based on respective voltage rise times, it is possible to prevent the ESD clamping circuitry from missing the ESD voltage associated with the faster voltage rise time or being falsely activated by the operation voltage associated with the slower voltage rise time.
US09972991B2
A protection device comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, a fusible element and a heating element. The first substrate comprises a first surface, and the second substrate comprises a second surface facing the first surface. The fusible element is disposed on the first surface of the first substrate, and the heating element is disposed on the second surface of the second substrate and is disposed above the fusible element. When over-voltage or over-temperature occurs, the heating element heats up to blow the fusible element and thereby providing over-voltage and over-temperature protection.
US09972984B1
A cable management assembly based upon adjustable link members for use in guiding cables. A joint connector is positioned along an inner surface of the link member having two shanks that are spaced apart and extend outward from a first edge of the bottom wall terminating with a ball. A receptacle connector is positioned along an opposite edge of the bottom wall and formed from two sockets sized for receipt of each ball. The ball and socket assembly includes a first raised ridge to capture the ball for spacing an adjoining link member a first distance, a second raised ridge is used to capture the ball for spacing the adjoining link member a second distance, and a third raised ridge is used to capture the ball for spacing the adjoining link member a third distance. The link members allow angular placement for optimum cable management.
US09972983B2
The present disclosure provides a wiring system of a sunroof for a vehicle. The wiring system includes a moving part configured to move to open or close a roof of a vehicle, and a fixed part configured to connect the moving part and a vehicle body. The fixed part further includes a guide rail configured to guide movement of the moving part, a moving thread configured to move along the guide rail in a forward or rearward direction of the vehicle, a lever configured to connect the moving part and the moving thread, and an electrode part configured to electrically connect the moving part and the vehicle body. The electrode part constantly maintains electrical connection between the vehicle body and the moving part while the moving part is moving, and is changed in length corresponding to movement of the moving thread.
US09972959B2
A pulse multiplier includes a polarizing beam splitter, a wave plate, and a set of multi-surface reflecting components (e.g., one or more etalons and one or more mirrors). The polarizing beam splitter passes input laser pulses through the wave plate to the multi-surface reflecting components, which reflect portions of each input laser pulse back through the wave plate to the polarizing beam splitter. The polarizing beam splitter reflects each reflected portion to form an output of the pulse multiplier. The multi-surface reflecting components are configured such that the output pulses exiting the pulse multiplier have an output repetition pulse frequency rate that is at least double the input repetition pulse frequency.
US09972947B2
A connector includes a first housing, a second housing, a short-circuiting terminal, and a release portion configured to release contact between the first terminals and the contact pieces. The contact piece includes a contact portion provided to be in contact with the first terminal, and a sliding protrusion protruding from the contact portion in a direction intersecting a fitting direction of the housings. The release portion includes a sliding slope sliding on the sliding protrusion to displace the contact piece, a support portion continuously provided with the sliding slope, the support portion coming into contact with the sliding protrusion and holding the contact piece is displaced in a state, and a contact housing portion arranged from the sliding slope and the support portion in a direction crossing a fitting direction of the first housing and the second housing, the contact housing portion housing the contact portion the fitted state.
US09972944B1
A pluggable module includes a pluggable body extending between a front end and a mating end receivable in a module cavity of a receptacle assembly to mate with a communication connector. The pluggable body has a top, a bottom, a first side wall and a second side wall between the top and the bottom and has an upper shell defining the top and a lower shell defining the bottom coupled together at a seam. A seam cover is coupled to the pluggable body at the first side wall covering the seam between the upper shell and the lower shell on the first side wall. The seam cover is conductive and provides EMI shielding at the seam for a communication circuit board held in the pluggable body.
US09972939B2
A second locked part engaged with a second locking part releases a contact between detection protrustion and the second locking part located at a temporary engagement position at which the contact between the detection protrusion and the second locking part prevents a movement of a fitting detection member in a first direction and allows the fitting detection member to move in the first direction. A deflection regulator of the fitting detection member located at a complete engagement position at which a first locked part is engaged with a first locking part regulates a deflection amount of a fitting lock arm within a range in which an engagement between the second locking part and the second locked part is unreleasable while an engagement between the first locking part and the first locked part is releasable.
US09972934B1
An electronic device with a port is disclosed. To expel liquid in the port, the port includes modifications to form a capillary pressure gradient with the liquid, causing uneven capillary forces to act on the liquid in the port. For example, the port may include an asymmetric profile with one section having a curved profile and another section having one or more linear profiles that join at an edge. The edge may form a relative higher curved surface as compared to the curved profile. As a result, the capillary pressure gradient may exert a higher capillary pressure in a location associated with the edge, as compared to a capillary pressure along the curved profile. The capillary pressure gradient causes ambient air into the port along the edge, and separates the liquid from the edge, allowing gravity to overcome atmospheric pressure and causing removal of the liquid from the port.
US09972930B1
A transceiver assembly is provided that includes a transceiver housing having first end, having a connector and an opposite second end having a passage in communication with a printed circuit board mounted in the housing. A peripheral connector having a first end and opposite second end includes a receptacle opening at the second end. A flex circuit is disposed between the first end of the peripheral connector and the second end of the transceiver housing. The peripheral connector is capable of being displaced with respect to the transceiver housing via the flex circuit.
US09972926B2
An electric component socket in which a pressing member is not brought into contact with the tip end of the a contact pin when the socket is pressed by the pressing member in a state where an electric component is not housed in the socket. The electric component socket is provided with a movable plate supported so as to move vertically, a floating plate that is provided above the movable plate and houses the electric component, and a movable spacer that protrudes upward from an upper surface of the movable plate. The electric component socket is configured so that the movable plate is thereby moved downward, thereby enabling the regulating section of the movable plate to move the contact pin downward when the movable spacer is moved downward.
US09972923B2
There is provided a terminal block to which load lines can be attached in multiple directions and which includes a terminal cover that makes terminal portions difficult for fingers to touch and is less likely to damage the load lines. The terminal block includes: a conductive plate including a first-direction connection portion that extends in a first direction and is capable of being connected with at least one wire, and a second-direction connection portion that is in electrical conduction with the first-direction connection portion, extends in a second direction different from the first direction, and is capable of being connected with at least one wire.
US09972917B2
In some examples, an FMCW radar array includes a housing, a transmit array comprising a plurality of transmit antenna elements configured to output an FMCW transmit beam, a receive array comprising a plurality of receive antenna elements, and a slotted choke disposed between the transmit array and the receive array. The transmit array and the receive array may be mechanically coupled to the housing. In some examples, the slotted choke comprises a plurality of slots having dimensions selected to provide cancellation of electromagnetic radiation from the frequency modulated continuous wave transmit beam to reduce a magnitude of radiation from the transmit array to which the receive array is indirectly exposed.
US09972908B2
System and method embodiments are provided for capacitive coupled loop inverted F reconfigurable multiband antenna. The embodiments enable tuning and adjustment of the low frequency response of the antenna without appreciably effecting the high frequency response of the antenna. In an embodiment, a reconfigurable multiband antenna includes a first antenna section comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the second end is coupled to an antenna feed, a second antenna section comprising a third end and a fourth end, wherein the third end is coupled to ground, and a switch coupling the second end to the third end, wherein the first end and the fourth end are capacitively coupled.
US09972896B2
An engine monitoring system for an aircraft engine having a nacelle extending annularly thereabout and a sensor positioned radially inward therefrom. The system includes an engine control device coupled communicatively to the sensor and configured to receive engine data from the sensor and/or receive instruction data from a transmitter device positioned radially outward from a nacelle radially outward surface. The system also includes a composite panel including at least a portion of the nacelle and a ground plane positioned radially inward from the nacelle radially outward surface, the composite panel including an antenna coupled communicatively to engine control device and a radome positioned radially outward from ground plane. The antenna is configured to at least one of receive engine data from the engine control device and transmit engine data to a receiver device, and receive instruction data from the transmitter device and transmit instruction data to the engine control device.
US09972890B2
A wireless device including at least one parallel resonance element and a plurality of serial resonance components is provided. The at least one parallel resonance element may be configured to radiate in at least one frequency. The plurality of serial resonance components may be configured to radiate in a plurality of frequencies. The device may further include a distributed feed element configured to couple to the parallel resonance element and the serial resonance components and serve as a radiofrequency signal feed.
US09972881B2
The present invention provides a coax-waveguide adapter, which improves in-band flatness of a reflection coefficient in a simple way. The coax-waveguide adapter includes: a cavity-shaped waveguide connection component, a coaxial external conductor connected to the cavity-shaped waveguide connection component, and a coaxial internal conductor that is disposed inside the coaxial external conductor along an axial direction of the coaxial external conductor and inserted into the cavity-shaped waveguide connection component, where the coax-waveguide adapter further includes: an electromagnetic parameter adjusting component that is disposed inside a cavity of the cavity-shaped waveguide connection component and used for reducing an effective dielectric constant and an effective magnetic conductivity of the coax-waveguide adapter. According to the coax-waveguide adapter provided in the present invention, an external geometrical shape and geometrical dimension of the coax-waveguide adapter are not changed, an implementation manner is simple and easy, costs are low.
US09972879B2
A microwave filter includes a strip transmission line and a filtering assembly connected to the strip transmission line. The transmission line has an input terminal and an output terminal. The filtering assembly includes a strip first primary branch connected directly to a first connection point of the transmission line. The first primary branch includes a first body portion and a first bent portion at a first end of the first body portion, where the first bent portion is connected directly to the first connection point, and the first body portion is substantially parallel to a body portion of the transmission line. With the microwave filter incorporated in an electric motor, the impedance curve of the transmission line can be matched with a high-frequency EMI curve, and therefore the filtering effect is enhanced, EMI is suppressed and the EMC level improved.
US09972874B2
A rechargeable battery including a casing containing therein: an air electrode; a negative electrode; and an electrolyte, in which the air electrode can be taken out of the casing. The rechargeable battery also relates to a cathode compartment for an air electrode battery, where the compartment includes an air electrode and is insertable into a casing of the battery without being part of the casing, and the compartment is removably movable.
US09972869B2
A battery cell assembly having a battery cell and a thin profile sensor is provided. The assembly includes a battery cell having a housing and first and second electrical terminals extending from the housing. The assembly further includes a thin profile sensor having a microprocessor and a sensing circuit. The sensing circuit is coupled directly to the housing. The sensing circuit generates a signal that is indicative of an operational parameter value of the battery cell. The microprocessor is programmed to determine the operational parameter value based on the signal from the sensing circuit. The assembly further includes a protective layer coupled to the thin profile sensor such that the sensor is disposed between the protective layer and the housing.
US09972868B2
Disclosed herein are an electrode stack including at least one positive electrode, at least one negative electrode, and at least one separator, wherein the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the separator are stacked such that the separator is disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, one end of each of the positive electrode and the negative electrode does not intersect the other end of each of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, a stacked surface of each of the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the separator includes a curved surface, and the negative electrode has an arc length equal to or greater than that of the positive electrode while the separator has an arc length greater than that of the positive electrode in a state in which the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the separator are curved, and a battery pack including the same.
US09972866B2
An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery, the electrolyte including: an organic ester compound represented by Formula 1; an organic solvent; and a lithium salt: wherein, in Formula 1, R1, R2, and R3 are the same or different, and are each independently a group represented by Formula 2: wherein, in Formula 2, R′ is a C1-C10 alkyl group or a C3-C10 cycloalkyl group.
US09972854B2
In one embodiment, a metal/oxygen battery with an oxygen management system includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode, a separator positioned between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, a first oxygenated gas supply reservoir, a compressor with an outlet fluidly coupled to the first oxygenated gas supply reservoir, and a valve and pressure regulator fluidly coupled to the first oxygenated gas supply reservoir and to the positive electrode and configured to place the first oxygenated gas supply reservoir in fluid communication with the positive electrode during a discharge cycle, and place the positive electrode in fluid communication with an inlet of the compressor during a charge cycle.
US09972848B2
The present invention is to provide fine catalyst particles with better catalytic performance than ever before and a carbon-supported catalyst with better catalytic performance than ever before. Disclosed is a method for producing fine catalyst particles, comprising: a potential applying step of applying a potential to the fine palladium-containing particles in a first dispersion, until a peak indicating a Pd{111} surface in a reduction wave of a cyclic voltammogram becomes larger than a peak indicating a Pd{110} or Pd{100} surface in the reduction wave of the cyclic voltammogram; a copper covering step of covering at least part of the fine palladium-containing particle with copper by preparing a second dispersion by mixing the first dispersion and a copper-containing solution after the potential applying step, and applying a potential that is nobler than the oxidation-reduction potential of copper to the fine palladium-containing particles in the second dispersion; and a platinum covering step of covering at least part of the fine palladium-containing particle with platinum by mixing the second dispersion and a platinum-containing solution after the copper covering step.
US09972840B2
A titanium oxide compound according to the present invention comprises bronze-type titanium oxide or titanium oxide mainly composed of bronze-type titanium oxide, and contains calcium and/or silicon. The titanium oxide compound contains 0.005 to 2.5 mass % inclusive of calcium or 0.15 to 0.55 mass % inclusive of silicon, or contains 0.005 to 1.2 mass % inclusive of calcium and 0.15 to 0.2 mass % inclusive of silicon, or contains 0.005 to 0.1 mass % inclusive of calcium and 0.15 to 0.5 mass % inclusive of silicon.
US09972838B2
Provided herein are ionically conductive solid-state compositions that include ionically conductive inorganic particles in a matrix of an organic material. The resulting composite material has high ionic conductivity and mechanical properties that facilitate processing. In particular embodiments, the ionically conductive solid-state compositions are compliant and may be cast as films. In some embodiments of the present invention, solid-state electrolytes including the ionically conductive solid-state compositions are provided. In some embodiments of the present invention, electrodes including the ionically conductive solid-state compositions are provided. The present invention further includes embodiments that are directed to methods of manufacturing the ionically conductive solid-state compositions and batteries incorporating the ionically conductive solid-state compositions.
US09972837B2
A multi-phase hydrogen storage alloy comprising a hexagonal Ce2Ni7 phase and a hexagonal Pr5Co19 phase, where the Ce2Ni7 phase abundance is ≥30 wt % and the Pr5Co19 phase abundance is ≥8 wt % and where the alloy comprises a mischmetal where Nd in the mischmetal is <50 at % or a multi-phase hydrogen storage alloy comprising one or more rare earth elements, a hexagonal Ce2Ni7 phase and a hexagonal Pr5Co19 phase, where the Ce2Ni7 phase abundance is from about 30 to about 72 wt % and the Pr5Co19 phase abundance is ≥8 wt % have improved electrochemical performance. The alloys are useful in an electrode in a metal hydride battery, a fuel cell or a metal hydride air battery.
US09972830B2
A method of recovering lithium cobalt oxide from spent lithium ion batteries, wherein said method is more environmentally friendly than the methods presently known in the art. The method includes a froth flotation step using renewable and biodegradable solvents such as terpenes and formally hydrated terpenes. The method can also include a relithiation step to return the Li:Co ratio back to about 1:1 for use in second-life applications.
