US09984016B2
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a communications bus, at least one target device communicatively coupled to the communications bus, and a plurality of master devices communicatively coupled to the communications bus and communicatively coupled to one another via a secondary arbitration connection. Each of the plurality of master devices may be configured to assert a respective secondary arbitration signal of the master device on the secondary arbitration connection to indicate ownership of the communications bus and deassert the respective secondary arbitration signal of the master device on the secondary arbitration connection to indicate non-ownership of the communications bus.
US09984006B2
Data storage systems are disclosed for automatically generating encryption rules based on a set of training files that are known to include sensitive information. The system may use a number of heuristic algorithms to generate one or more encryption rules for determining whether a file includes sensitive information. Further, the system may apply the heuristic algorithms to the content of the files, as determined by using natural language processing algorithms, to generate the encryption rules. Moreover, systems are disclosed that are capable of automatically determining whether to encrypt a file based on the generated encryption rules. The content of the file may be determined using natural language processing algorithms and then the encryption rules may be applied to the content of the file to determine whether to encrypt the file.
US09983997B2
A cache management system and method allowing data stored in non-sequential storage blocks on a storage system to be retrieved to a cache memory in advance of a call for the data based on a defined event in a host. The system and method detects a defined event from the host. The defined event issues an event read sequence of read requests for data from non-sequential storage blocks of a storage system. The event data read sequence of read requests is recorded to create a pre-fetch list. The read requests in the event read sequence are then issued for the pre-fetch list associated with the defined event to store the requested data in the cache memory.
US09983993B2
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for implementing conditional storage operations. Storage clients access and allocate portions of an address space of a non-volatile storage device. A conditional storage request is provided, which causes data to be stored to the non-volatile storage device on the condition that the address space of the device can satisfy the entire request. If only a portion of the request can be satisfied, the conditional storage request may be deferred or fail. An atomic storage request is provided, which may comprise one or more storage operations. The atomic storage request succeeds if all of the one or more storage operations are complete successfully. If one or more of the storage operations fails, the atomic storage request is invalidated, which may comprise deallocating logical identifiers of the request and/or invalidating data on the non-volatile storage device pertaining to the request.
US09983992B2
A computer system that employs a solid-state memory device as a physical storage resource includes a hypervisor that is capable of supporting TRIM commands issued by virtual machines running in the computer system. When a virtual machine issues a TRIM command to its corresponding virtual storage device to invalidate data stored therein, the TRIM command is received at an interface layer in the hypervisor that translates the TRIM command to a SCSI command known as UMMAP. A SCSI virtualization layer converts the UNMAP command to a file system command to delete portions of the virtual storage device that is maintained as a file in the hypervisor's file system. Upon receiving the delete commands, the hypervisor's file system driver generates a TRIM command to invalidate the data stored in the solid-state memory device at locations corresponding to the portions of the file that are to be deleted.
US09983991B2
Technologies are generally described to store data in single-level memory using rank modulation. In some examples, data to be encoded to single-level memory may be represented with a bit ranking for a group of bits. A program vector may then be determined from the bit ranking and partial program characteristics associated with the memory group(s). The memory group(s) may then be programmed according to the program vector. The encoded data may be subsequently retrieved by performing a series of partial programming operations on the memory group(s) to recover the bit ranking and derive the data represented.
US09983982B1
Embodiments of the invention are directed to techniques for redirecting data streams from a production environment to validate non-production software code. In some embodiments, a front-end computer executing a first version of software can receive a request message from a requesting computer, generate a request payload using the request message, transmit the request payload to a processor computer, receive a response payload from the processor computer, generate a reply message using the response payload, and provide, to a validation computer that is executing a second version of the software, the request message, the request payload, and the response payload. The validation computer can generate a modified request payload using the request message and a modified reply message using the response payload. To detect potential errors in the second version, the modified request payload is compared with the request payload and the modified reply message is compare with the reply message.
US09983977B2
A method of testing a computer program implementation according to a predefined design model, the program implementation having at least one method under test, employs a computer to generate a post-method corresponding to the method under test. A computer is further used to automatically generate a set of test cases. Then, using the automatically generated set of test cases, the computer explores different execution paths of the computer program implementation, by applying those test cases to both the method under test and the generated post-method, to reveal behavior that is not consistent with the behavior specified by the design model.
US09983973B2
A system and method for analyzing big data activities are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a system comprises a distributed file system for the entities and applications, wherein the applications include one or more of script applications, structured query language (SQL) applications, Not Only (NO) SQL applications, stream applications, search applications, and in-memory applications. The system further comprises a data processing platform that gathers, analyzes, and stores data relating to entities and applications. The data processing platform includes an application manager having one or more of a MapReduce Manage, a script applications manager, a structured query language (SQL) applications manager, a Not Only (NO) SQL applications manager, a stream applications manager, a search applications manager, and an in-memory applications manager. The application manager identifies if the applications are one or more of slow-running, failed, killed, unpredictable, and malfunctioning.
US09983971B1
Techniques for efficient benchmarking. One method includes obtaining convergent results by performing a benchmarking test with a particular length to obtain a result (time), scaling the time exponentially, performing additional benchmarking tests, obtaining results for those tests, and determining whether the results scale linearly with length. Another method includes obtaining variance for non-convergent results by performing multiple sequences of benchmarking test. Within each new sequence performed, the benchmarking tests are spaced out further apart in time. If new maximum or minimum results are obtained, then further test sequences are performed and if no new maximum or minimum results are obtained after a threshold number of sequences, then the test ends. A device and computer-readable medium for performing benchmarking are also provided herein.
US09983966B2
An embodiment of a system is disclosed, including an interface configured to communicate to a device under test (DUT). The DUT may include a plurality of processor cores. The system also includes a testing apparatus configured to concurrently measure a performance of a portion of each processor core to generate a first set of test values. Each test value of the first set may correspond to a given processor core of the plurality of processor cores. The testing apparatus may also be configured to analyze the first set of test values, and reject the DUT in response to a determination that at least one test value of the first set of test values exceeds a first threshold.
US09983964B2
Exemplary embodiments for optimizing disaster recovery systems during takeover operations are provided. In one embodiment, by way of example only, a flag is set in a replication grid manager to identify replication grid members to consult in a reconciliation process for resolving intersecting and non-intersecting data amongst the disaster recovery systems for a takeover operation, including indicating those of the replication grid members that acquired ownership over cartridges belonging to source systems.
US09983963B2
A method of accessing data stored in a storage disk of a storage system includes the steps of receiving a read operation to a sector of the storage disk and in response to an error returned from the read operation, determining whether the sector is to be replaced. If the sector is determined to be replaced, the method further includes replacing the sector with a spare sector. The data previously stored at the replaced disk sector are reconstructed and written to the spare sector, and the LBA assigned to the replaced sector is reassigned to the PBA associated with the spare sector.
US09983954B2
A high availability scheduler of tasks in a cluster of server devices is provided. A server device of the cluster of server devices enters a leader state based upon the results of a consensus election process in which the server device participates with others of the cluster of server devices. Upon entering the leader state, the server device schedules one or more tasks by assigning each of the one or more tasks to a device, wherein the one or more tasks involve initiating a search of time stamped events.
US09983945B2
A storage management application of a storage array is operable to create a new volume on the storage device array, and to automatically configure, responsive to user selection of an application protection profile, data protection services for application data to be stored on the volume, and/or, responsive to user selection of an application performance profile, application specific performance parameters. The application protection profile specifies scheduling and replication of snapshots for application data to be stored on the volume, and the application performance profile specifies performance parameters such as setting a block size, enabling or modifying a data caching algorithm, turning on or modifying data compression, etc. The scheduling, replication and/or application performance may be managed by a daemon associated with the storage management application which communicates with an agent associated with an application server on which the application executes.
US09983943B2
Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for reversing object manipulations in association with a walkthrough for an application or online service. A first state of resources associated with the walkthrough can be recorded in a database of a database system. Input can be received to perform an interaction command with one or more demonstration objects associated with the walkthrough. The one or more demonstration objects can be caused to be manipulated in response to the input. The object manipulation can change the resources from the first state to a second state. The second state can be recorded in the database of the database system. Actions can be determined to reverse the object manipulation to return the resources to the first state. The determined actions can be caused to be performed.
US09983939B2
Techniques are provided for performing automated operations to enable first-failure data capture functionality during initialization of multiple lockstep processors. Following a hardware reset of two lockstep processors, an indication is received of one or more crosscheck errors regarding the operation of the two lockstep processors. In response to the crosscheck errors, crosscheck first-failure data capture (FFDC) data is saved to one or more memory areas that are persistent across a hardware reset, and it is determined whether a predefined reset threshold has been satisfied. Responsive to determining that the predefined reset threshold has been satisfied, the crosscheck FFDC data from the one or more persistent memory areas is analyzed and one or more crosscheck initialization codes are responsively generated. An additional hardware reset is initiated.
US09983931B1
Configuring spare sections in a system having a plurality of devices and having a plurality of erasure encoding groups, each of the devices having a plurality of sections and each of the groups having a plurality of members located on the sections of the devices, includes configuring the system to have a plurality of erasure encoding groups with no spare sections, ordering the groups according to desirability of converting members of each of the groups into spare sections, converting members of a subset of the groups into spare sections according to ordering of the groups, and determining if the spare sections for the system provide sufficient coverage for the system in response to failure of each of the devices. The erasure encoding may be a RAID encoding.
US09983929B2
A method for data storage includes storing data in a memory that includes one or more memory units, each memory unit including memory blocks. The stored data is compacted by copying at least a portion of the data from a first memory block to a second memory block, and subsequently erasing the first memory block. Upon detecting a failure in the second memory block after copying the portion of the data and before erasure of the first memory block, the portion of the data is recovered by reading the portion from the first memory block.
US09983928B2
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods having first memory cells, a first access line configured to access the first memory cells, second memory cells, and a second access line configured to access the second memory cells. One of such apparatuses can include a controller configured to cause data to be stored in a memory portion of the first memory cells, to cause a first portion of an error correction code associated with the data to be stored in another memory portion of the first memory cells, and to cause a second portion of the error correction code to be stored in the second memory cells. Other embodiments including additional apparatuses and methods are described.
US09983925B2
A control circuit receives the mode signals supplied from a mode register and a read enable signal READ supplied from a control logic circuit, which activates enable signals EN1 to EN3 based on the mode signals and read enable signal. For example, the read enable signal READ is activated when a read command is issued from the controller. One mode signal can indicate an operation mode in which a multi-purpose register is used, and another mode signal can indicate an operation mode in which the data bus inversion function is used. When a data masking operation is disabled and an error check operation is enabled, the mode register activates a protection signal SEL. When the data masking operation is enabled or the error check operation is disabled, the protection signal SEL is deactivated. The operation of a deserializer is controlled by clock signals and the protection signal SEL.
US09983923B2
An apparatus includes at least one processor to implement a communicator configured to determine whether a wakeup condition of the apparatus is satisfied while the apparatus is currently in a sleep mode, and transmit a wakeup command and a recover communication command in response to determining that the wakeup condition is satisfied; and an operator configured to perform a wakeup operation in response to the wakeup command and, and control communication of the communicator to be recovered in response to the recover communication command.
US09983921B2
Data lifecycle management is performed by managing metrics from a monitored system. A fault is identified from the monitored system. One or more metrics that are directly related to the fault and one or more metrics that are indirectly related to the fault by virtue of being directly or indirectly related to the one or more directly related metrics are identified and stored in a memory. A lifespan condition associated with the fault is identified. A lifespan for each of the directly and indirectly related metrics based on the identified lifespan condition is added or changed. A metric that is critically related to another metric will inherit the same lifespan, and a metric that is related but not critically related to another metric will not inherit the other metric's lifespan. Metrics are removed from the memory if their associated lifespans are over.
US09983918B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with continuous capture of replayable workload for a database are described. In one embodiment, a method includes capturing workload units being executed on a production database and storing the captured workload units in a circular workload buffer. The circular workload buffer is configured to write newest captured workload units over oldest workload units in the workload buffer when the workload buffer becomes full. The method includes, in response to detecting an event, exporting contents of the workload buffer to offline memory. The exporting includes at least one I/O operation. In one embodiment, an advisor feature guides set up of the continuous capture feature by providing historical workload data and making recommendations regarding an amount of memory that should be allocated to the workload buffer.
US09983912B2
A method to assist with processing distributed jobs by retrieving and/or synchronizing supplemental job data. The method includes receiving a request to perform a job and opening a first connection (e.g., persistent connection) between a primary machine and a secondary machine, and transmitting by the primary machine a request pertaining to the job to the secondary machine using a second connection, the job to be performed by the secondary machine. The method also includes receiving by the primary machine using the second connection a task request for supplemental information pertaining to the job, transmitting by the primary machine a task response including the supplemental information to the secondary machine, and receiving a job result for the job using the second connection.
US09983908B1
A method, executed by a computer, for allocating resources to virtual machines includes monitoring resource usage for a selected resource for one or more capped virtual machines and one or more uncapped virtual machines, and responsive to detecting a first resource violation, the first resource violation corresponding to resource usage for a capped virtual machine and a second resource violation, the second resource violation corresponding to resource usage for an uncapped virtual machine, adjusting allocation of the selected resource for each of the one or more capped virtual machines previous to adjusting allocation of the selected resource for any of the uncapped virtual machines. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the above method are also disclosed herein.
US09983897B2
A streams manager monitors performance of a streaming application, and when the performance needs to be improved, the streams manager automatically requests virtual machines from a cloud manager. The cloud manager provisions one or more virtual machines in a cloud with the specified streams infrastructure and streams application components. The streams manager then modifies the flow graph so one or more portions of the streaming application are hosted by the virtual machines in the cloud. When performance of the streaming application indicates a virtual machine is no longer needed, the virtual machine is maintained and placed in a ready state so it can be quickly used as needed in the future without the overhead of deploying a new virtual machine.
US09983895B2
A method, system and computer program product for optimizing runtime performance of an application workload. Network input/output (I/O) operations between virtual machines of a pattern of virtual machines servicing the application workload in a private cloud are measured over a period of time and depicted in a histogram. A score is generated for each virtual machine or group of virtual machines in the pattern of virtual machines based on which range in the ranges of I/O operations per seconds (IOPS) depicted in the histogram has the largest sample size and the number of virtual machines in the same pattern that are allowed to be in the public cloud. In this manner, the runtime performance of the application workload is improved by minimizing the network input/output communications between the two cloud environments by migrating those virtual machine(s) or group(s) of virtual machines with a score that exceeds a threshold value.
US09983889B1
Methods and circuits are disclosed for configuring an integrated circuit (IC) to implement a system design. In an example implementation, boot ROM code is executed on the processor circuit. The execution of the boot ROM code causes the processor circuit to determine settings used by the system design for communicating data via a communication circuit on the IC. The communication circuit is configured by the processor circuit according to the determined settings. In response to receiving one or more boot images by the processor circuit, via the configured communication circuit configured according to the determined settings, boot images are executed by the processor circuit. The execution of the boot images causes the processor circuit to configure the IC to implement the system design. During operation of the system design on the IC, data is communicated via the communication circuit configured according to the determined settings.
US09983880B2
An apparatus and method are described for improved thread selection. For example, one embodiment of a processor comprises: first logic to maintain a history table comprising a plurality of entries, each entry in the table associated with an instruction and including history data indicating prior hits and/or misses to a cache level and/or a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) for that instruction; and second logic to select a particular thread for execution at a particular processor pipeline stage based on the history data.
US09983875B2
Operation of a multi-slice processor that includes a plurality of execution slices, a plurality of load/store slices, and an instruction sequencing unit, where operation includes: receiving, at a load/store slice, a load instruction to be issued; determining, at the load/store slice, that the load instruction has not completed and is to be reissued; and responsive to determining that the load instruction is to be reissued, delaying a signal, from the load/store slice to the instruction sequencing unit, that allows the instruction sequencing unit to issue one or more instructions dependent upon the load instruction.
US09983874B2
A design structure for a circuit function that implements a load when reservation lost instruction for performing cacheline polling is disclosed. Initially, a first process requests an action to be performed by a second process. The request is made via a store operation to a cacheable memory location. The first process then reads the cacheable memory location via a conditional load operation to determine whether or not the requested action has been completed by the second process, and the first process sets a reservation at the cacheable memory location if the requested action has not been completed by the second process. The conditional load operation of the first process is stalled until the reservation at the cacheable memory location has been lost. After the requested action has been completed, the reservation in the cacheable memory location is reset by the second process.
US09983859B2
A method and system facilitates the development of data science transformations in one programming language and the deployment of the data science transformations in another programming language, according to one embodiment. The method and system preserves relationships, functions, configurations, and characteristics between combinations of data transformations, according to one embodiment. The preservation of the relationships, functions, configurations, and characteristics is enabled by developing and providing a set of low-level (e.g., atomic) transformations that enable users to build their own models, libraries, and configurations into macro-transformations (e.g., conglomerate transformations), according to one embodiment. Deploying the data science transformations into production computing environments is useful for providing or supporting a number of types of software services, such as, predicting user behavior, customizing user experiences, supporting marketing initiatives, providing empirically-backed recommendations, predicting user preferences for software interactions, and/or otherwise exposing patterns that are identified from historical and transactional data, according to one embodiment.
US09983850B2
Embodiments of the inventive concept include a shared hardware integer/floating point divider and square root logic unit, which combines floating point division, floating point square root operations, and/or integer division into one shared hardware design. The shared hardware logic unit can share, for example, a sparse random access memory (sparse RAM) in place of a full partial remainder divisor (PD) table, one or more on-the-fly (OTF) state machines, and/or a data path for integer division, floating point division, and square root operations. The normalization of subnormal numbers and the normalization of signed and unsigned integers can be handled with shared hardware. The division operations and the square root operations can be of the same radix. Early out exceptions and special cases can be automatically handled. Both improved latency and less die area can be achieved in accordance with embodiments of the inventive concept.
US09983848B2
A voice controlled system uses context-sensitive interpretation of voice comments received by a voice recognition system to identify a region of patient image data identified by a verbal comment.
US09983839B2
An image processing apparatus includes a volatile first storage, a non-volatile second storage, a host controller, a guest controller, an emulator that emulates access to the first storage and the second storage by the host controller such that the guest controller accesses the first storage and the second storage, and an application portion that controls the host controller to access the first storage and the second storage. Any one of the application portion and the emulator includes a transfer portion that stores data that is stored in a predetermined region of the second storage in a certain region of the first storage before the application portion stops the second storage. The emulator includes an access destination converter that converts access to the second storage by the guest controller into access to the certain region of the first storage after the second storage is stopped.
US09983836B2
In order to enable downloading to a mobile printer data items from a server, a method comprising the steps of establishing communication connection end points (“sockets”), communicating with the server, where the communication includes sending a request for authentication to the server, receiving an authentication response, requesting print data portions from the server, receiving the requested print data portions, and notifying the server after each print data portion has been printed. The method also includes the step of terminating their communication connection when a printing session ends or if an error occurs. The method constitutes a printer-server protocol.
US09983835B2
Due to the lack of a user account, it is a problem to handle a guest print job, submitted by a guest user and associated with first user credentials, for processing by an authenticated printing system requiring the guest print job to be authenticated using second user credentials. This problem is solved by a method comprising the steps of i. obtaining the guest print job, the guest print job comprising print job metadata, the first user credentials being associated with the print job, ii. obtaining the second user credentials, iii. creating a guest user account with the authenticated printing system, the guest user account being associated with the second user credentials, iv. adding the second user credentials to the metadata, and v. forwarding at least the print job metadata, comprising the second user credentials, to the authenticated printing system for processing. A system and a computer program product for performing the method are also provided.
US09983833B2
A method of updating a file in a solid state drive (SSD) and an SSD configured to update a file in the SSD is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes performing one or more writes to a holding file in an auxiliary memory, the one or more writes corresponding to an update for a target file in the auxiliary memory. The method further includes applying the update to the target file in the auxiliary memory when each of the one or more writes has been successfully written to the holding file, and resetting the holding file when less than all of the one or more writes have been successfully written to the holding file. In one embodiment, a flash controller in communication with the auxiliary memory performs the update.
US09983830B2
An memory component includes a memory bank and a command interface to receive a read-modify-write command, having an associated read address indicating a location in the memory bank and to either access read data from the location in the memory bank indicated by the read address after an adjustable delay period transpires from a time at which the read-modify-write command was received or to overlap multiple read-modify-write commands. The memory component further includes a data interface to receive write data associated with the read-modify-write command and an error correction circuit to merge the received write data with the read data to form a merged data and write the merged data to the location in the memory bank indicated by the read address.
US09983827B1
Methods, systems, and computer program products are included for deduplicating one or more memory pages. A method includes receiving a first key from a first application running on a computer system. The method also includes associating the first key with a first memory allocated to the first application and scanning a second memory for duplicate memory pages of the first memory. The second memory is associated with a second key and allocated to a second application running on the computer system. The method also includes in response to a determination that the first and second keys are the same and that a scanned memory page is a duplicate of a first memory page of the first memory, deduplicating the scanned memory page and the first memory page.
US09983819B2
Systems and methods for initializing a memory system are provided. One system includes a processor and a memory including a storage volume coupled to the processor. The storage volume includes a first bitmap for tracking an initialization process for the storage volume and a second bitmap for tracking a copying process for the storage volume. A method includes performing, via the processor, an initialization process for the storage volume and tracking, via the processor utilizing the first bitmap, the initialization process. The method further includes performing, via the processor, a copying process for the storage volume prior to completing the initialization process and tracking, via the processor utilizing the second bitmap, the copying process. Also provided are computer storage mediums including computer program code for performing the above method.
US09983817B2
Presented herein are methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and devices for allocating resources to a particular volume and triggering a consistency point based on the amount given to each volume, thus providing dynamic consistency point triggers. Methods for providing dynamic consistency point triggers are disclosed which include: determining a volume's capacity to utilize resources based on the volume's performance; receiving an allocation of the divided resources based on total system resources available within the storage system and the volume's performance; and triggering a consistency point upon exhausting a threshold percentage of the received/allocated resources.
US09983816B1
A method is used in managing disk drive power saving in data storage systems. Multiple data storage systems storage elements capable of operating in a power saving mode are identified and grouped into a RAID group. One or more logical units are created from the RAID group. The one or more logical units are exposed to a server. The one or more logical units are associated to an application at the server. Power saving settings are determined. A power saving mode based on the power saving settings is enabled.
US09983814B1
Techniques for visualizing performance of VVols for aiding in administration of a data storage system operating in a virtualization environment allow performance of these VVols to be visualized in a highly-flexible manner. Thus, in one embodiment, the performances of all VVols within a storage container are aggregated together for easy comparison among the aggregated performances of different storage containers.
US09983809B2
A data-refresh apparatus performs a refresh control on a storage device being included in an onboard apparatus and including a NAND-type flash memory. The refresh control detects an error of all data and corrects a detected error. The data-refresh apparatus comprises a first refresh portion; and a second refresh portion that performs the refresh control when the onboard apparatus is installed to a vehicle and the vehicle subsequently becomes a predetermined service state. The storage device is written with data and subsequently soldered to a circuit board in manufacturing of the onboard apparatus. The second refresh portion includes a travel determination portion that determines whether the vehicle remains a travel state. The second refresh portion performs the refresh control while assuming that the vehicle becomes the predetermined service state, when the travel determination portion determines that the vehicle remains the travel state.
US09983808B2
The reliability of NAND flash memory decreases rapidly as density increases, preventing the wide adoptions of flash-based storage systems. A novel data representation scheme named rank modulation (RM) is discussed for improving NAND flash reliability. RM encodes data using the relative orders of memory cell voltages, which is inherently resilient to asymmetric errors. For studying the effectiveness of RM in flash, RM is adapted to make it simple to implement with existing flash memories. The implementation is evaluated under different types of noise of 20 nm flash memory. Results show that RM offers significantly lower cell error rates compared to the current data representation in flash at typical P/E cycles. RM is applied to flash-based archival storage and shows that RM brings up to six times longer data retention time for 16 nm flash memory.
US09983807B1
Storage system characteristics are processed to generate a service level for a storage system that is one of a fixed number of service levels. Application specific usage tags describing application types the storage system is appropriate to support may also be generated. The service level and application specific usage tags are stored into a storage system capability profile and made available, together with any metadata needed to describe the application specific usage tags, to a system associated with a virtualization environment. A request to provision storage resources for a virtual machine is subsequently received, including a policy profile having a requested service level and one or more application specific usage tags describing the storage requirements of the virtual machine. If the policy profile matches the capability profile, storage resources are provisioned for the virtual machine from the storage system.
US09983806B2
A storage controlling apparatus includes a processor. The processor estimates, when a new virtual machine is to be produced, an access frequency to a new virtual disk to be allocated to the new virtual machine based on an access frequency to an existing virtual disk allocated to an existing virtual machine produced from master information on which the new virtual machine is based, and temporarily reserves, when the estimated access frequency exceeds a first threshold value, a plurality of successive allocation unit regions in a physical disk for the new virtual disk.
US09983796B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method for provisioning frequently used image segments from caches may include (1) storing a representation and a use counter for an image segment that is hosted on a storage system in a list of representations and use counters for image segments hosted on the storage system, (2) incrementing a current value of the use counter for the image segment in the list of representations and use counters each time the image segment is provisioned from the storage system, (3) determining that the current value of the use counter for the image segment has met a predetermined threshold for frequent image-segment provisioning, (4) hosting the image segment in a cache that enables quicker provisioning than the storage system enables, and (5) provisioning the image segment from the cache in response to a request to provision the image segment. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09983795B1
Described are techniques for determining data storage system configurations. Inputs are provided to a data storage system configuration generator. The inputs include first inputs and second inputs. The first inputs include a performance objective, a storage capacity, and input(s) characterizing an I/O workload. The second inputs characterize performance of data storage system components and costs of the data storage system components. First processing is performed by the data storage system configuration generator in accordance with the inputs to determine a set of one or more candidate data storage system configurations. The data storage system configuration selects, in accordance with one or more criteria, a first candidate data storage system configuration from the set.
US09983794B2
According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory having physical storage areas that includes a user area externally accessible and are divided into management units and a control unit. The control unit receives a control command having a first argument to designate a sequential write area and a read command or a write command, assigns a management unit represented by an address of the read command or the write command as the sequential write area, and changes memory access control by judging whether an address of a memory access command to access the user area indicates access in the sequential write area whose size is equivalent to the management unit.
US09983793B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a memory resource optimization method and apparatus, relate to the computer field, solve a problem that existing multi-level memory resources affect each other, and optimize an existing single partitioning mechanism. A specific solution is: obtaining performance data of each program in a working set by using a page coloring technology, obtaining a category of each program in light of a memory access frequency, selecting, according to the category of each program, a page coloring-based partitioning policy corresponding to the working set, and writing the page coloring-based partitioning policy to an operating system kernel, to complete corresponding page coloring-based partitioning processing. The present invention is used to eliminate or reduce mutual interference of processes or threads on a memory resource in light of a feature of the working set, thereby improving overall performance of a computer.
US09983790B2
A system management controller includes a processing module and a removable storage device interface. The removable storage device interface is connectable to a removable storage device. The removable storage device pre-stores a controller configuration file. In response to connection of the removable storage device interface to the removable storage device, the processing module accesses the controller configuration file from the removable storage device and configures the system management controller according to data in the controller configuration file.
US09983788B2
Some embodiments provide an interactive viewer for an input device interface. Specifically, some embodiments provide a Keyboard Enhanced Interface (KEI) system that includes a KEI viewer. The KEI viewer includes multiple graphical keys that correspond to keys of a key based input device. The KEI viewer also includes multiple symbols that identify different output actions and logic for presenting a set of symbols over a set of graphical keys to identify a set of keys of the key based input device that are usable to directly invoke a set of output actions based on an active operational mode of the KEI system. A symbol identifies a particular output action that is directly invocable with a press of a key of the key based input device that corresponds to a graphical key over which said symbol is presented.
US09983783B2
There is presented a method for selective operator guidance for operator inputs, in particular for operator inputs in a home appliance, to a control panel component, in particular for an operating control panel for a home appliance, and to a method for producing a control panel component, in particular for an operating control panel of a home appliance. In one aspect, the control panel component includes a cover layer, a sensor layer which covers a rear side of the cover layer in a flat manner, at least sectionally, and an indicator layer comprising at least one discrete indicator element, wherein the sensor layer is arranged between the cover layer and the at least one discrete indicator element, wherein the sensor layer is configured to detect operator inputs, in particular operator gestures, wherein the sensor layer is arranged to be activated sectionally depending on a desired input mode, and wherein the at least one discrete indicator element is arranged to be actuated for selective operator guidance.
US09983782B2
A display control apparatus includes: a display section; a detecting section which detects an indication manipulation for a manipulation surface; and a control section which detects, if the indication manipulation for the manipulation surface is detected by the detecting section, an area in the manipulation surface indicated through the indication manipulation, and enlarges an image on the basis of the detected area to be displayed on the display section.
US09983780B2
A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a writing input is facilitated using at least two pointers. The present invention includes a touchscreen configured to receive a touch input, and a controller, if the touch input with a main pointer is received while the touch input with at least one auxiliary pointer is maintained, configured to control a writing object drawn along a touch trace of the main pointer to be displayed on the touchscreen.
US09983777B2
A user interface method and apparatus for a mobile terminal having a touchscreen are provided. The apparatus and method improve interactivity using a toolbar menu mode screen which allows a user to execute functions and commands with drag and drop behaviors on the touchscreen to graphical objects such as toolbar, icons, and other active objects. An interface apparatus includes a touchscreen unit that displays a screen including a second region for presenting a toolbar having at least one User Interface (UI) element representing a specific function and a first region for activating, when the UI element is dragged from the toolbar and dropped in the first region on the touchscreen, the function represented by the UI element. The interface apparatus also includes a control unit which detects a drag and drop action of the UI element and activates, when the drag and drop action is detected, the function associated with the UI element in the form of an active function object. The interface apparatus of the present invention registers the frequently used functions with the toolbar in the form of icons such that, when an icon is dragged from the toolbar to the main window, the function represented by the icon is activated.
US09983775B2
In some implementations, a user interface is adjusted using a set of customization rules and displayed on a user device. A first subset of customization rules is selected from among a set of customization rules that is associated with an application on a user device. A user interface is generated based at least on the selected first set of customization rules. After generating the user interface, user interaction data is received, and sensor data from the user device is also received. A second subset of customization rules is selected that includes one or more rules different from the first subset of customization rules. The user interface is adjusted according to the selected second subset of customization rules and provided for display on the user device.
US09983767B2
An electronic apparatus and a method for providing a user interface are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a sensor module configured to detect sensor data, a touch screen configured to display a control menu related to content that is displayed, and a control module configured to determine a hand-held position of the electronic apparatus, based on the sensor data, to configure the control menu, based on the determined hand-held position, and to display the configured control menu, based on the determined hand-held position.
US09983763B2
Methods and apparatus are provided that improve graphical software applications, by filtering the data for display according to techniques for defining and manipulating visual indicia. Data may be filtered according to multiple filters that are combined in a number of ways to form the set of data for display. Data may be filtered ontologically and geometrically according to their relationships with other data. Visual indicia that represent filters may be drag-and-dropped between input areas to facilitate ease of use. Data selected according to a filter may be displayed at the same time as non-selected data by applying visually distinctive characteristics to the selected data. A virtual environment may be shown simultaneously on several different video displays at a single workstation.
US09983755B2
The present disclosure provides a pixel circuit, its driving methods, an OLED display panel and a display device. The pixel circuit includes a driving controlling unit configured to, under the control of a first scanning signal and a second scanning signal, charge or discharge a first storage capacitor through a first level, a second level and a data voltage, so as to compensate for a threshold voltage of a driving transistor with a gate-to-source voltage of the driving transistor when an OLED is driven by the driving transistor to emit light; and a touch controlling unit including a touch sensor and configured to, under the control of the first scanning signal and the second scanning signal, sense by the touch sensor whether or not a touch is made and transmit a corresponding touch sensing signal to a touch signal reading line.
US09983753B2
The present disclosure provides an optical-capacitive sensor panel device. In one aspect, the panel device includes a transparent substrate having a first surface; an optical sensor array formed on the first surface of the transparent substrate, the optical sensor array including a plurality of photosensitive pixels spaced apart from each other and arranged on the first surface to form a lattice structure; a plurality of row electrodes formed on the optical sensor array and electrically coupled to a first group of the photosensitive pixels; a plurality of column electrodes formed on the optical sensor array crossing the row electrodes and electrically coupled to a second group of the photosensitive pixels; and an insulating layer formed between the row electrodes and the column electrodes.
US09983750B2
An in-cell mutual-capacitive touch panel is disclosed. The in-cell mutual-capacitive touch panel includes a plurality of pixels. A laminated structure of each pixel includes a substrate, a TFT layer, a liquid crystal layer, a color filter layer and a glass layer. The TFT layer is disposed on the substrate. A first conductive layer and a common electrode are disposed in the TFT layer. The first conductive layer is arranged in mesh type or only arranged along a first direction in an active area of the in-cell mutual-capacitive touch panel. The liquid crystal layer is disposed above the TFT layer. The color filter layer is disposed above the liquid crystal layer. The glass layer is disposed above the color filter layer.
US09983748B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first electrode, one or more processors, and one or more memory units coupled to the one or more processors. The one or more memory units collectively store logic that is configured to cause the one or more processors to control connections of the first electrode by connecting the first electrode to a first reference voltage, then connecting the first electrode to a second reference voltage lower than the first reference voltage, and then connecting the first electrode to a third reference voltage lower than the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage. The second reference voltage is coupled to a capacitor.
US09983734B2
A display includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a photo-sensing unit, and a backlight unit. The first substrate includes intersecting data lines and scan lines. The first substrate has pixel zones, each being defined by an adjacent two of the data lines and an adjacent two of the scan lines. The second substrate includes a black matrix and defines light-transmissible zones allowing transmission of visible light therethrough. The black matrix allows transmission of infrared light therethrough and blocks transmission of visible light therethrough. The photo-sensing unit is disposed on the first substrate and includes infrared sensors and a photo switch coupled to the infrared sensors.
US09983731B2
Systems, methods, and devices for reducing shadow effects in touch systems are contained herein. In one aspect, a method of reducing shadow effects in a touch system is disclosed. The method includes receiving a touch input on a touch interface, determining a difference between a weighted mean of the touch input and an arithmetic mean of the touch input and adjusting an estimated touch position of the touch input based on the difference.
US09983726B2
An electronic device with a processing device and a storage device also has a touch panel and a pressure sensing device. A press signal of a touch from the pressure sensing device is detected by the processing device when a simple touch signal on the touch panel is also detected. The processing device compares the press signal to the touch signal to determine whether the press signal includes a first pressure signal detected around a touch area of the touch signal. If the first pressure signal is detected, a warning signal according to the first pressure signal can be issued.
US09983723B2
A touch time arranging method, applied to a panel display driving circuit having touch timing control function in a touch display panel, includes: dividing the resolution of touch display panel along a first direction by K touch regions of touch display panel along the first direction to obtain a first quotient; obtaining a digital combination including a first value I and a second value J closest to the integer part of first quotient; if the ratio of the number of occurrences of the first value and second value in the digital combination is X:Y, dividing the resolution by (I*X+J*Y) to obtain a second quotient; when the touch display panel displays R lines in order under a display mode, the touch display panel is switched to a touch mode every I lines and J lines alternately according to the digital combination to arrange a touch time to perform touch sensing.
US09983721B2
An example method of performing capacitive sensing and display updating in an integrated capacitive sensing device and display device includes driving a plurality of display electrodes with one or more display voltages from one or more supplies during a first time period, the one or more voltages configured to drive the display pixels. The method further includes initiating a long horizontal blanking interval during a second time period. The method further includes driving a plurality of sensor electrodes with one or more sensing voltages from the one or more supplies during the second time period to perform capacitive sensing. The method further includes activating first circuitry during one of the first time period or the second time period to draw current to equalize power drawn from the one or more supplies during the first and second time periods within a threshold.
US09983715B2
Systems and methods related to piezoelectric based force sensing in touch devices are presented. One embodiment, for example, may take the form of an apparatus including a touch device having a deformable device stack and a piezoelectric element positioned relative to the deformable device stack such that the piezoelectric element deforms with the deformable stack. Deformation of the piezoelectric element generates a signal having a magnitude discernable as representative of an amount of force applied to the touch device.
US09983714B2
There is provided a flexible display having a plurality of innovations configured to allow bending of a portion or portions to reduce apparent border size and/or utilize the side surface of an assembled flexible display.
US09983711B2
A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a touch sensor unit provided on the display panel, and including a touch sensing area in which a touch sensor is provided and a non-sensing area around the touch sensing area, and a polarizer provided on the touch sensor unit and bonded to the touch sensor unit, an edge side of the polarizer and an edge side of the touch sensor unit being aligned.
US09983706B2
The present invention provides a touch panel including a substrate, a patterned transparent conductive layer, and a color compensation layer. The patterned transparent conductive layer is disposed on the substrate, and includes a plurality of first sensing pads and a plurality of second sensing pads, and each first sensing pad and each sensing pad adjacent thereto have a first gap between them that exposing the substrate. The color compensation layer is disposed on the substrate in the first gap, and is not in contact with the patterned transparent conductive layer.
US09983696B2
Embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to a stylus for use with a portable electronic device. The stylus includes a force sensing device to measure three dimensional force components exerted by the stylus on the portable electronic device. The output of the portable electronic device is adjusted based upon the force components.
US09983684B2
Methods and devices for displaying a virtual affordance with a virtual target are disclosed. In one example, the virtual target is displayed to a user via a display device. The user's point of gaze is determined to be at a gaze location within a target zone including the virtual target. The user's hand is determined to be at a hand location within a designated tracking volume. Based on at least determining that the user's gaze is at the gaze location and the user's hand is at the hand location, the virtual affordance is displayed at a landing location corresponding to the virtual target, where the landing location is independent of both the gaze location and the user's hand location. Movement of the user's hand is tracked and the virtual affordance is modified in response to the movement.
US09983657B2
An image processing apparatus is configured to transit to a communicable power-saving state in which information exchange is possible through a network while power supply to a part of units of the apparatus is stopped. The apparatus includes a connection detection unit configured to detect a connection state of a network cable; and a power supply control unit configured to control a supply state of a power source according to the connection state of the network cable. When the network cable is changed from a connected state to a disconnected state, the power supply control unit controls the supply state of the power source so as to cause the apparatus to transit to a connection detectable power-saving state in which a power supply range is more limited than that in the communicable power-saving state and in which detection of the connection state of the network cable is possible by the connection detection unit.
US09983655B2
A method and apparatus for performing inter-lane power management includes de-energizing one or more execution lanes upon a determination that the one or more execution lanes are to be predicated. Energy from the predicated execution lanes is redistributed to one or more active execution lanes.
US09983652B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for balancing computation and communication power in power constrained environments. A data processing cluster with a plurality of compute nodes may perform parallel processing of a workload in a power constrained environment. Nodes that finish tasks early may be power-gated based on one or more conditions. In some scenarios, a node may predict a wait duration and go into a reduced power consumption state if the wait duration is predicted to be greater than a threshold. The power saved by power-gating one or more nodes may be reassigned for use by other nodes. A cluster agent may be configured to reassign the unused power to the active nodes to expedite workload processing.
US09983651B2
This document describes techniques (400, 500, 600) and apparatuses (100, 700) for implementing low-power near-field communication (NFC) authentication. These techniques (400, 500, 600) and apparatuses (100, 700) enable a computing device (102) to detect, in a low-power state, an NFC-enabled device (104) with which to authenticate via NFC. In some embodiments, various components of a computing device (102) in a sleep state are activated to perform authentication and/or an indication is provided to a user indicating an initiation of the authentication.
US09983644B2
In one embodiment, a processor includes at least one core, at least one thermal sensor, and a power controller including a first logic to dynamically update a time duration for which the at least one core is enabled to be in a turbo mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09983642B2
A method for zeroing memory in computing systems where access to memory is non-uniform includes receiving, via a system call, a request to delete a memory region. The method also includes sorting, after receiving the request, one or more pages of the memory region according to each associated affinity domain of each page. The method further includes sending requests to zero the sorted one or more pages to one or more zeroing threads that are attached to the respective affinity domain. The method further yet includes waiting, after sending the requests, to return to the system caller until a message is received, from the zeroing threads in each affinity domain, indicating that all the page zeroing requests have been processed.
US09983639B2
A mounting apparatus for data storage devices includes a plurality of installing racks and a plurality of data storage devices. The installing racks are stackable together and can be fixed together. Each installing rack defines a receiving space into which one data storage device can be received.
US09983634B2
A keyboard lifting structure includes a base, a cover frame covering the base and providing multiple openings, key caps coupled to the base by respective linking mechanisms, driving devices disposed in the base at one side relative to the respective key caps with respective slides thereof respectively abutted against the linking mechanisms of the key caps, and a lifting mechanism disposed between the cover frame and the base for lifting or lowering the cover frame relative to the base and simultaneously causing the driving devices to move the key caps upwardly out of the cover frame or downwardly into the inside of the respective openings of the cover frame.
US09983628B2
A flexible apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The flexible apparatus includes: a sensor which senses a bending of the flexible apparatus; and a controller which, if a bending line which is formed based on the bending is continuously moved in a first direction and thus reaches a location which corresponds to a display location of at least one object, provides a visual feedback with respect to the at least one object.
US09983621B1
A power storage unit (e.g., a battery) may replace the structural components that support the display of an electronic device. The power storage unit may be adhered to the back surface of the display to provide structural support and to allow for bend or flex of the display. A self-healing layer may prevent or inhibit leaking of materials from within the power storage unit if the power storage unit is cracked or pierced. Alternatively, the power storage unit may be built on a flexible circuit that is associated with the display of the electronic device, where the flexible circuit/power storage unit may be folded around the display and affixed to the back surface of the display. The power storage unit may also be built on substrate associated with the back surface of the display. These configurations may cause a significant reduction in the depth or thickness of the electronic device.
US09983619B2
An image display apparatus according to embodiments includes a display that includes a planar display surface on which an image is displayed, a cover member that includes a curved operation surface being a target for a touch operation, and a touch sensor that detecting the touch operation with respect to the operation surface. Between the cover member and the display, a clear resin body is arranged that is a transmission body that fills a space between the cover member and the display so that the space is not hollow.
US09983615B2
A splitter cord for use with a power pedestal including a plurality of receptacles, the splitter cord includes a plurality of branch circuits each having a first end including a connector structured to electrically connect to one of the plurality of receptacles, a second end electrically connected to a common node, and a current regulator electrically connected between the first and second ends and being structured to control current flowing through said branch circuit such that current exiting said one receptacle is substantially equal to current entering said one receptacle, and a stem circuit having a first end including a connector structured to electrically connect to a device or vehicle receptacle and a second end electrically connected to the common node. A sum of currents flowing through the plurality of branch circuits is equal to current flowing through the stem circuit.
US09983601B2
A rack management method and system is disclosed. The method includes detecting the presence of a computing device releasably mounted in a frame, the detecting based on an electrical connection established between a configuration bar disposed in a rear portion of the frame and the computing device, and determining a physical location of the computing device within the frame based on the electrical connection. The method also includes retrieving management information about the computing device from a profile storage disposed within the computing device via the electrical connection and storing the management information in a management table, the management table associating the computing device with the physical location within the frame.
US09983599B2
A pressure reducing valve includes a partition member. The partition member separates a valve chamber and a pressure regulating chamber from each other and has a communication hole for ensuring communication between the valve chamber and the pressure regulating chamber. A valve body has a body portion, which is located in the valve chamber, and a rod section, which extends from the body portion. The rod section extends to the pressure regulating chamber through the communication hole. A communication line is arranged between a peripheral wall of the communication hole and the rod section. The partition member has an annular groove in the peripheral wall of the communication hole. The groove extends along the full circumference of the communication hole.
US09983598B2
A fully-integrated flow-control valve assembly for top-filled fuel tanks incorporates both a float valve assembly and a shut-off valve assembly in a single unit that screws into a threaded aperture in the top of the fuel tank. Whereas all other systems having similar function rely on an inlet valve and a level control/vent positioned apart from one another and intercoupled with a bleed line that runs either inside or outside the fuel tank, the device of the present invention directly mounts the two devices together and allows a simple installation. There is no need for a line that couples two remotely positioned units of the prior art flow-control assemblies.
US09983596B2
A gaseous-fluid environmental sensor having a gaseous-fluid flow system. The gaseous-fluid flow system includes a blower to move the gaseous fluid from a inlet intake port to an outlet exhaust port via a flow path. The blower includes a motor, which can have a fluid dynamic bearing. The gaseous-fluid environmental sensor further includes a flow sensor to sense a parameter relating to a flow of the gaseous fluid through the flow path and provide a signal based on the parameter, and a controller coupled to the flow sensor. The controller controls the blower based on the signal.
US09983590B2
A system and method include scanning a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device through a range of orientations corresponding to a scanning zone while emitting light pulses from the LIDAR device. The method also includes receiving returning light pulses corresponding to the light pulses emitted from the LIDAR device and determining initial point cloud data based on time delays between emitting the light pulses and receiving the corresponding returning light pulses and the orientations of the LIDAR device. The initial point cloud data has an initial angular resolution. The method includes identifying, based on the initial point cloud data, a reflective feature in the scanning zone and determining an enhancement region and an enhanced angular resolution for a subsequent scan to provide a higher spatial resolution in at least a portion of subsequent point cloud data from the subsequent scan corresponding to the reflective feature.
US09983585B1
The disclosure provides a method and apparatus for determination of a control policy for a rigid body system, where the rigid body system comprises a sensor and a plurality of actuators designed to maneuver the rigid body system and orient the sensor toward a plurality of defined vertices, such as geographic points on the earth surface. A processor receives input data describing an initial state of the rigid body system and further receives a plurality of candidate vertices for potential targeting by the sensor. The processor additionally receives an intrinsic value for each vertex, reflecting the relative desirability of respective vertices in the plurality of vertices. The processor determines an appropriate control policy based on the vertices, the intrinsic values, and the rigid body system through a formulation of the determination process as an optimization problem which actively considers various constraints during the optimization, such as maneuvering and observation constraints.
US09983574B2
A system is provided for controlling a line speed of a conveyor belt of a conveyor system during product changeovers in a wallboard production line. A central control module controls operation of a position sensor and a database. The position sensor is located on top of a conveyor table for providing positional information of a slurry head formed in front of a forming plate of the conveyor system. A position detection module receives a position signal from the position sensor, and determines whether the slurry head is located within a predetermined distance relative to the position sensor based on the position signal. A speed adjustment module regulates the line speed of the conveyor belt based on the position signal.
US09983572B2
A method and system (10) are provided for automatically portioning workpieces (14) using a rotating blade (22) passing through narrow gap (20) formed between the ends of adjacent conveyors (12) and (18). A scanning system (16) scans the workpieces (14) to physically characterize the workpieces and control the operation of the blade (22), including its rotational speed. The portioning of the workpiece can be carried out in accordance with one or more directly-controlled characteristics (parameter/specifications), such as a cutting path of the blade (22), the rotational speed of the blade (22), and the speed of the conveyor (12). The directly-controlled characteristics may be varied until an acceptable set of one or more indirectly-controlled characteristics is achieved, including, for example, the weight of the cut portions, the quality of the cuts achieved by the cutting blade, and the throughput of the portioning system (10).
US09983570B2
A multiple system numerical control device for executing multiple system control for dividing plural axes to be controlled to plural systems and controlling each system based on different machining program in parallel, wherein, the plural systems includes a normal interpolation period system configured to operate at normal interpolation period and control a first control axis, and a high speed interpolation period system configured to operate at high speed interpolation period shorter than the normal interpolation period and control a second control axis, and processing in the normal interpolation period system executed in a first interpolation processing unit, a first coordinate update processing unit, and a data management information generation unit are executed plural times in a normal interpolation period according to system ratio of the normal interpolation period and the high speed interpolation period.
US09983569B2
The invention is directed to a system and method for representing how a photograph was captured in relation to the field capture, and mapping this onto a shape in a 3D dimensional print. More specifically, a group of images, or single image captured through a lens with field of view distortion, is captured and stored together as a group. The images may be stitched together to form a single image. Once stitched together, a three-dimensional file is created and stored to the system. A server then provides the three-dimensional file to a three-dimensional printer for printing. Once printed, the three-dimensional object is packaged and mailed to the sender.
US09983568B2
In a numerical controller that controls a plurality of machine control axes based on a machining program, priorities are assigned to operations of the plurality of machine control axes, and the numerical controller includes: a command analyzing portion that analyzes the machining program and generates command data which controls the plurality of machine control axes; and a block execution start determining portion that determines whether interference occurs in the operations of the plurality of machine control axes based on the command data and, if a determination is made that interference occurs, adjusts timing with which a command which controls an operation of a machine control axis of lower priority of the plurality of machine control axes that interfere with each other is started to a time at which the interference does not occur and positioning is completed in the shortest time.
US09983567B2
A numerical controller estimates a machining continuable time before a currently controlled motor overheats if an output of the motor exceeds a continuous rated output and predicts respective execution times of command blocks and the machining continuable time for each command block, for a currently running block and its subsequent command blocks. Based on these predicted data, the numerical controller identifies a command block (alarm generation block) in which the motor overheats and a command block (stop block) in which driving control can be safely stopped, within the range of command blocks from the currently running command block to the alarm generation block.
US09983560B2
A positioning device and a programmable logic controller (PLC) system including the positioning device are provided. The positioning device includes a computing unit that analyzes a positioning start instruction that includes an operation pattern, a storage unit that stores therein an operation pattern and an analysis result obtained by the computing unit analyzing the operation pattern stored in the storage unit in association with each other, and an instruction generating unit including a processor that, when it is verified that the operation pattern stored in the storage unit corresponds to the operation pattern included in the positioning start instruction, reads the analysis result associated with the operation pattern stored in the storage unit and generates positioning instruction data for positioning a control target by using the read analysis result.
US09983550B2
An optical atomic clock utilizing two different laser light sources is described. A source laser is locked to a first optical resonator, which supports a whispering gallery mode for the source laser and generates optical hyperparametric sidebands from the source laser output by multi-wave mixing. A reference laser is locked to an atomic reference via a second optical resonator, and the first optical resonator is locked to the reference laser. Optical parametric sidebands, which are locked to an atomic reference but are generated from a wavelength unrelated to the clock transition of the atomic reference, are coupled out of the first optical resonator to generate an RF signal useful in atomic timekeeping.
US09983546B2
A display apparatus and a visual displaying method for simulating a holographic 3D scene are provided. The display apparatus comprises: a display screen; two front-facing 3D cameras, being configured to capture human-eye 3D position information; a 3D human-eye tracking algorithm processing unit, being configured to generate a first signal and a second signal according to the human-eye 3D position information; a 3D scene generating unit, being configured to receive the first signal, render and acquire the corresponding left visual-channel 3D scene and the corresponding right visual-channel 3D scene according to the first signal; and an electronic grating, being configured to receive the second signal and adjust the working angle according to the second signal so that the left visual-channel 3D scene is incident into the left eye of the user and the right visual-channel 3D scene is incident into the right eye of the user.
US09983541B2
A replaceable imaging basket for an electrophotographic image forming device according to one embodiment includes a frame having a positioning slot that is open at a top of the frame for receiving a replaceable unit. An electrical connector is positioned on an inner side of the frame adjacent to the positioning slot. The electrical connector includes an electrical contact on a front of the electrical connector that faces the positioning slot. The electrical connector includes a pair of outer guides and a pair of inner guides on opposite sides of the electrical contact. The inner guides are spaced inward from the outer guides. A top portion of a front surface of each of the outer guides tapers rearward away from the positioning slot as they extend upward. A top portion of a rear surface of each of the inner guides tapers forward toward the positioning slot as they extend upward.
US09983532B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a roller arranged in a position between a drive roller and an idle roller and downstream from the drive roller in a rotation direction of an intermediate transfer belt while pressing an outer surface of the belt; and a density measuring portion arranged between the drive roller and the roller applying pressure. The density measuring portion optically detects the density of a test patch formed on the outer surface and in a given position of a width direction of the belt. The density measuring portion includes: an optical sensor provided above the outer surface of the belt; and a support member abutting on an inner surface of the belt in a position in which the support member faces the optical sensor across the belt in the rotation direction.
US09983529B1
In accordance with an embodiment, an image forming apparatus comprises a first printing unit configured to execute printing with non-decolorable first toner on an image receiving medium, a second printing unit configured to execute printing with decolorable second toner on the image receiving medium, and a control module configured to print an image according to image information on the image receiving medium with the first printing unit, and execute printing on a cover paper of the image receiving medium with the second printing unit.
US09983527B2
A fixing device includes a cylindrical rotatable heating member; a nip-forming member having a first surface and a second surface opposite from the first surface and contacting an inner surface of the rotatable heating member at the first surface; a supporting member having a supporting surface, contacting the second surface, for supporting the nip-forming member; and a pressing member for forming a nip in cooperation with the nip-forming member though the rotatable heating member. A recording material on which an image is formed is heated at the nip while being feed through the nip, and the image is fixed on the recording material. The supporting surface of the supporting member supports the second surface of the nip-forming member so that the nip-forming member is swingable relative to the supporting member about an axis substantially parallel with a rotational axis of the cylindrical rotatable heating member.
US09983517B2
An image forming apparatus includes a guide unit that guides at least one of an image holding member and an intermediate transfer member to a primary transfer position provided by a primary transfer unit such that a portion of the surface of the image holding member and a portion of the surface of the intermediate transfer member are disposed along with each other, wherein a toner contains a toner particle which contains a binder resin containing a crystalline polyester resin, a coloring agent and a releasing agent, and an external additive, and satisfies Expression: 2≤tan δP1≤2.5, wherein tan δP1 represents a maximum value of a mechanical loss tangent existing in a range where a complex elastic modulus is from 1×106 Pa to 1×108 Pa, which is measured at an angular frequency of 6.28 rad/sec and a strain amount of 0.3%.
US09983515B2
A rotation-information detecting device including: a rotatable rotary member having plural detection target portions arranged at predetermined intervals over an entire circumference of the rotary member; two detectors that are fixedly arranged at two positions of the rotary member in a rotating direction, and can detect the detection target portions; and a computation unit that computes rotation information of the rotary member based on detection information, wherein the two detectors are arranged along the circumferential direction of the rotary member at an interval of an angle of π/N, and wherein the computation unit includes an offset calculating section that offsets an eccentric error of the rotary member based on outputs of the two detectors at a current time point and n outputs at time points back from the current time point by phases of (nπ)/N, to calculate a true rotational error.
US09983514B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus having high usability and securing both image quality and productivity. The image forming apparatus changes a rotational speed of a secondary transfer member depending on a basis weight of a sheet. The image forming apparatus performs digital sub-scanning scaling of correcting image data and polygon sub-scanning scaling of controlling a scanning speed during image formation so as to cancel out image deformation caused by change in rotational speed of the secondary transfer member. When giving priority to image quality, the image forming apparatus performs processing of the digital sub-scanning scaling and the polygon sub-scanning scaling, and when giving priority to productivity, the image forming apparatus performs only processing of digital sub-scanning scaling.
US09983510B2
A developing device includes a developing container accommodating a developer including toner and magnetic particles, a developer carrying member rotatably provided opposed to an opening of the developing container, a stirring member configured to stir the developer in the developing container to supply the developer to the developer carrying member, a first driving device configured to drive the developer carrying member, and a second driving device configured to drive the stirring member. A controller controls drive of the first driving device and the second driving device so that in a period from output of either earlier one of a stop signal of the first driving device and a stop signal of the second driving device to rotational speeds of both of the developer carrying member and the stirring member becoming not more than ½ of rotational speeds in a steady state during image formation.
US09983509B2
Provided is a powder container having a new structure capable of stable discharge and transport of a powder contained in a container by enabling the powder to be reliably discharged to the outside of the package while preventing the powder from spilling and flying out of the container. The powder container has a container body (138) for transporting powder contained therein from a first end side (138a) to a second end side (138b) thereof by self-rotating; a nozzle receiver (139) having a nozzle receiving hole (insertion section) (139a) arranged inside the second end side of the container body and configured to allow a transport nozzle (162) having a powder receiving inlet (170) to be inserted therein, and a supply port 139b arranged in at least a part of the nozzle receiver (139) and configured to supply the powder in the container body (138) to the powder receiving inlet (170): and a shutter (140) supported by the nozzle receiver 139 and configured to open and close the nozzle receiving hole (insertion section) 139a by sliding in response to insertion of the transport nozzle 162 into the nozzle receiver (139).
US09983508B2
An image forming device includes a toner cartridge having an outlet port positioned on the front of a housing for transferring toner from a reservoir to a developer unit. The toner cartridge includes an engagement member having a first engagement surface and a second engagement surface. The first engagement surface is positioned proximate the rear of the housing to receive an actuation force from an actuation feature of an image forming device. The second engagement surface is positioned proximate the front of the housing below the outlet port to engage a shutter on an inlet port of the developer unit. The engagement member is movable from a first position to a second position upon receiving the actuation force. As the engagement member moves from the first position to the second position, the second engagement surface protrudes from the front of the housing to engage the shutter of the developer unit.
US09983507B1
A developer cartridge includes a housing including a developer discharger having a developer outlet, and a container extending from the developer discharger, a movable member located in the container and movable in a direction of changing a volume of the container, and a flexible containing member configured in a bag shape having at least one open end connected to a wall of the container and another end connected to the movable member.
US09983505B2
Provided is a developing roller including a shaft body, an elastic layer formed on an external circumference of the shaft body, and a surface layer formed on an external circumference of the elastic layer. The surface layer is formed of polyurethane containing a reaction product of a fluoroethylene vinyl ether copolymer and an isocyanurate form of isocyanate and having a film thickness of from 0.5 μm through 2.0 μm. The developing roller has grooves in a surface of the developing roller. The angle of the grooves from a circumferential direction is from 0 degrees through 30 degrees.
US09983504B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus including an image carrier on which a latent image is developed, a developing roller that is provided to face the image carrier to perform development for the latent image on the image carrier, an urging unit that urges the image carrier and the developing roller so that the image carrier and the developing roller approach each other, and a distance regulating unit that includes a viscoelastic body that is deformed according to a change of a distance between the image carrier and the developing roller, and regulates at least one of a maximum value of the distance between the image carrier and the developing roller and a minimum value of the distance between the image carrier and the developing roller so that the distance between the image carrier and the developing roller falls within a predetermined range.
US09983502B2
A setting unit of a controller mounted on a control board sets a first mode for generating, from image data, PWM data indicating a pattern for causing an LD to emit light and transmitting to a laser driving board, or a second mode for transmitting to the laser driving board image data prior to generation of the PWM data. A data conversion unit, in the first mode, converts inputted image data into N pieces of PWM data respectively corresponding to N LDs, and in the second mode, converts inputted image data into image data for each scanning line. A P/S conversion unit converts data outputted from the data conversion unit from a serial format into a parallel format, and transmits the converted data to the laser driving board as control data.
US09983498B2
A method for coating pigment particles is provided, the method comprising heating a polymer resin in a carrier fluid to dissolve the polymer resin; suspending in the carrier fluid white pigment particles to be coated; and cooling the carrier fluid at a rate of 2° C./hr or less to effect precipitation of the polymer resin from the carrier fluid such that a coating of the resin is formed on the pigment particles, thereby producing the white liquid electrophotographic ink composition.
US09983494B2
An image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic photoreceptor having an overcoat layer and a cleaning unit that includes a cleaning blade, a tip of which contacts with the electrophotographic photoreceptor, wherein the toner contains a toner particle which contains a binder resin containing a crystalline polyester resin, a colorant and a release agent, and an external additive, and the toner satisfies the following Expression: 2≤tan δP1≤2.5, wherein tan δP1 represents a maximum value of a mechanical loss tangent existing in a range where a complex elastic modulus is from 1×106 Pa to 1×108 Pa, which is measured at an angular frequency of 6.28 rad/sec and a strain amount of 0.3%.
US09983493B2
The present invention is to provide a toner which is able to inhibit the occurrence of fog, which is excellent in intermittent endurance, and which is excellent in followability during toner transfer and is thus excellent in top edge part uniformity in solid pattern printing. Disclosed is a toner for developing electrostatic images, comprising colored resin particles containing a binder resin, a colorant and a release agent, and an external additive, wherein static and kinetic friction coefficients obtained by measuring, using a 3-mm-diameter stainless-steel ball as a contactor, a 55-mm-diameter disk-shaped pellet obtained by pressing 4 g of the toner at 9 MPa for one minute, are 0.220 to 0.320 and 0.190 to 0.270, respectively, and a difference calculated by subtracting the kinetic friction coefficient from the static friction coefficient is 0.010 to 0.090.
US09983489B2
A method for compensating for an exposure error in an exposure process of a lithographic apparatus that comprises a substrate table, the method comprising: obtaining a dose measurement indicative of a dose of IR radiation that reaches substrate level, wherein the dose measurement can be used to calculate an amount of IR radiation absorbed by an object in the lithographic apparatus during an exposure process; and using the dose measurement to control the exposure process so as to compensate for an exposure error associated with the IR radiation absorbed by the object during the exposure process.
US09983485B2
A lithographic apparatus includes a number of sensors for measuring positions of features on a substrate prior to applying a pattern. Each sensor includes an imaging optical system. Position measurements are extracted from pixel data supplied by an image detector in each sensor. The imaging optical system includes one or more light field modulating elements and the processor processes the pixel data as a light-field image to extract the position measurements. The data processor may derive from each light-field image a focused image of a feature on the substrate, measuring positions of several features simultaneously, even though the substrate is not at the same level below all the sensors. The processor can also include corrections to reduce depth dependency of an apparent position of the feature include a viewpoint correction. The data processor can also derive measurements of heights of features on the substrate.
US09983484B2
An illumination optical unit for EUV projection lithography serves to illuminate an object field with illumination light. A transmission optical unit images field facets in a manner superposed on one another into the object field via illumination channels, which each have assigned to them one of the field facets and one pupil facet of a pupil facet mirror. The superposition optical unit has at least two mirrors for grazing incidence, downstream of the pupil facet mirror. The mirrors for grazing incidence produce an illumination angle bandwidth of an illumination light overall beam, composed of the illumination channels, in the object field. The bandwith is smaller for a plane of incidence parallel to the object displacement direction than for a plane perpendicular thereto. The result can be an illumination optical unit, by which a projection optical unit can be adapted to a configuration of an EUV light source for the illumination light.
US09983479B2
An apparatus and method for fabricating high quality one- or two-dimensional diffractive waveplates and arrays that exhibit high diffraction efficiency and capable of inexpensive large volume production. A generally non-holographic and aperiodic polarization converter for converting the polarization of a coherent input light beam of a visible wavelength into a pattern of continuous spatial modulation at the output of the polarization converter. A photoresponsive material characterized by an anisotropy axis according to polarization of the light beam is exposed to a polarization modulation pattern and coated subsequently with an anisotropic material overlayer with ability of producing an optical axis orientation according to and under the influence of the anisotropy axis of the photoresponsive material layer. The diffractive waveplates are obtained when exposure time of photoresponsive material layer exceeds an order of magnitude the time period that is known to produce spatially homogeneous orientation of the anisotropic overlayer.
US09983468B2
To provide a light source unit which can be formed compact in size while contributing to enhancement in luminance and a projector including this light source unit, there is provided a light source unit including a first light source which emits light in a range of first wavelengths, and a second light source which emits light in a range of second wavelengths which is different from the range of first wavelengths, wherein the first light source and the second light source each include a long wavelength light emitting portion and a short wavelength light emitting portion, the long wavelength light emitting portion emitting, of lights of different wavelengths which exist in a range of light wavelengths producing light of similar colors, light of a long wavelength, the short wavelength light emitting portion emitting light of a short wavelength.
US09983450B2
The present disclosure provides a Gate On Array (GOA) circuit module, comprising: a plurality of Thin Film Transistors (TFTs), each comprising a gate layer and a gate insulation layer laminated on a substrate, a plurality of vias each provided in the gate insulation layer to expose a portion of the gate layer, and a plurality of first transparent conductive portions each corresponding to one of the plurality of vias, each of the plurality of the first transparent conductive portions being provided at its corresponding via, electrically isolated from the gate layer, and constructed to be electrically connectable to the portion of the gate layer as exposed by its corresponding via by means of welding. The present disclosure also provides a method for testing the GOA circuit module, a display panel comprising the GOA circuit module and a display apparatus.
US09983449B2
A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate and a counter substrate with liquid crystal sandwiched therebetween. The TFT substrate has scanning lines 10 extending in a first direction and arrayed in a second direction and video signal lines 20 extending in the second direction and arrayed in the first direction. The TFT substrate has a display area 500 in which TFT pixels are arrayed in a matrix pattern, and a frame area 600 surrounding the display area. In the frame area 600, common bus wires 521 are formed in the same layer and with the same material as the video signal lines 20 and are impressed with a common voltage. Dummy TFTs are formed in a layer under the common bus wires 521. The scanning lines 10, extending over the frame area 600, are divided outside the display area and are interconnected by bridging wires 170.
US09983448B2
A wiring body assembly includes a first wiring body that includes a first resin layer serving as a support layer and a first conductor layer provided on the first resin layer that includes a first terminal, a second wiring body that includes a third terminal, and a connection body that includes a resin material and conductive particle dispersed in the resin material. The connection body is interposed between the first and third terminals such that the first wiring body and the second wiring body are electrically connected. The first terminal includes terminal conductor wires arranged in the shape of a mesh and the connection body is in a gap between the terminal conductor wires.
US09983442B2
A liquid crystal display is provided. The liquid crystal display includes a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; an alignment layer disposed on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a reactive mesogen included in the liquid crystal layer and represented by Chemical Formula 1.
US09983430B2
A display panel including: a first base substrate including a display area and a peripheral area adjacent to the display area; a signal line disposed on the first base substrate and disposed in the display area; a thin film transistor disposed on the first base substrate and disposed in the display area; a verification code part disposed on the first base substrate and disposed in the peripheral area; a second base substrate facing the first base substrate; and a light blocking layer overlapping the peripheral area in a plan view. The verification code part includes a code portion having an identification mark, and a peripheral portion adjacent to the code portion, in which the light blocking layer overlaps at least a portion of the peripheral portion in a plan view.
US09983429B2
A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates with liquid crystal sandwiched therebetween. A first blue, a red, a green, and a second blue color filters are disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and arranged in a first direction. First to third light blocking films are respectively disposed between the first blue and the red color filters, between the red and the green color filters, and between the green and the second blue color filters. A distance Lr between a first central line of a part of the first light blocking film and a second central line of a width the second light blocking film is larger than a distance Lg between the second central line and a third central line of a width of the third blocking film.
US09983425B2
A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate having a pixel electrode and a common electrode provided thereon; a second substrate formed of a resin material; a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; an optical film facing the liquid crystal layer with the second substrate being provided between the optical film and the liquid crystal layer; and a conductive layer facing the second substrate; wherein the optical film is provided between the conductive layer and the second substrate.
US09983423B2
An electronic device may include multiple display layers. The display layers may include a matching layer implemented using multiple graded index of refraction sublayers to help minimize reflections. The matching layer may include a first sublayer having a monotonically increasing index of refraction, a second (reverse matching) sublayer having a monotonically decreasing index of refraction, and a third sublayer having a monotonically increasing index of refraction. The second reverse matching sublayer may serve to induce an optical path difference that results in destructive inference at one or more specific wavelengths. The thickness of the reverse matching sublayer may be tuned to center the destructive interference at the desired wavelength(s). If desired, multiple matching layers each having their own reverse matching layers may be stacked on top of one another to provide reflectance suppression at multiple wavelengths.
US09983422B2
An LCD panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate is provided with a first electrode thereon. The first electrode is provided with a plurality of stripe-like control electrodes for controlling a viewing angle of the LCD panel. The second substrate is provided with a second electrode and a third electrode thereon. The second electrode is a common electrode for inputting a common voltage to the LCD panel. The third electrode is a pixel electrode formed in each pixel of the LCD panel. When no bias voltage is applied to the stripe-like control electrodes of the first electrode, the LCD panel is displayed with a wide viewing angle; and when a bias voltage is applied to the stripe-like control electrodes of the first electrode, the LCD panel is displayed with a narrow viewing angle.
US09983410B2
The invention relates to a method and a device (1) for authenticating information contained in a document (6), said device including at least one imager configured for acquiring at least one image of an acquisition field, at least one light source, computer processing means configured for processing the image and for extracting therefrom data relating to the document, said device being adapted so as to be mounted on the head of a user (10) so that its acquisition field (11) covers at least one portion of the field of vision (12) of the user (10), the light source being configured so as to emit in the acquisition field (11) of the imager, a light of at least one non-visible wavelength, the imager being adapted for allowing acquisitions at said wavelength and thus allowing acquisition at this wavelength of an image of a document (6) presented to the user (10) in the acquisition field of the imager. The invention also relates to the corresponding method.
US09983408B2
A display device 10 comprises a see-through member 12 having a see-through area 14, the see-through member 12 including a plurality of display segments 16 for emitting visible light, the display segments 16 being provided within the see-through area 14 in a mutually spaced manner, the see-through member 12 further including a plurality of holographic optical elements 20 provided within the see-through area 14, each holographic optical element 20 being associated with a respective display segment 16, wherein each holographic optical element 20 is adapted to collimate the visible light emitted by the associated display segment 16 when the display segment 16 is located in a focal plane of the associated holographic optical element 20.
US09983405B2
An optical device includes: an optical portion that has a light incident face onto which light is incident; a movable portion that is swingable while supporting the optical portion; a shaft portion that supports the movable portion so as to swing the movable portion around a swing axis; and a supporting portion that supports the shaft portion. The supporting portion has a rib structure which is formed by connecting ribs. The rib structure is provided on a single surface of the supporting portion.
US09983403B2
In one embodiment, a method of controlling a micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) photonic switch includes applying a voltage to an electrode of an initial mirror of a first mirror array of the MEMS photonic switch and illuminating a control beam. The method also includes reflecting the control beam off the initial mirror to form a control beam spot on a second mirror array of the MEMS photonic switch and detecting an initial location of the control beam spot to produce an initial optical response. Additionally, the method includes adjusting the voltage in accordance with the initial optical response while the control beam spot has a nonzero velocity.
US09983396B2
A scanning microscope includes a collecting lens that takes in a detection light, a focal position adjustment unit that moves in an optical axis direction of the collecting lens to make the collecting lens move in the optical axis direction, a detector positioned at a location that is optically conjugate to a pupil of the collecting lens, and a relay optical system that relays the pupil to the detector. The relay optical system includes a first optical element with a positive power, the first optical element being positioned in the focal position adjustment unit and converting the detection light that was converted by the collecting lens into a parallel light flux, into a convergent light flux to be emitted outside of the focal position adjustment unit, and a second optical element that is positioned outside of the focal position adjustment unit and between the detector and the first optical element.
US09983394B2
A projection optical system for use in an image display apparatus having an illumination optical system applying light from a light source, and an image display device receiving the light from the illumination optical system to form a projection image includes a projector lens composed of plural lenses, a first mirror, and a second mirror formed of a concave mirror. The projection optical system is configured to project the projection image onto a projection surface. A projection luminous flux passing through the projector lens to be incident on the first mirror is a luminous flux exhibiting divergence. The projection luminous flux reflected off the second mirror after having reflected off the first mirror is converged once, and the once converged projection luminous flux is projected onto the projection surface. A lens surface of a lens located closest to the first mirror among the lenses of the projector lens is convex.
US09983389B2
Disclosed are an optical lens assembly and an electronic apparatus including the disclosed lens assembly. The optical lens assembly includes a first lens group having positive refractive power, an iris diaphragm, and a second lens group having positive refractive power, which are arranged from an object side to an image side of an optical axis, the object side facing an object for image capture and the image side facing an imaging surface of an image sensor. The first lens group includes a first air lens having negative refractive power and a convex surface facing the object side and a second air lens having negative refractive power and two convex surfaces. The second lens group includes a lens closest to the image side of the optical axis that has positive refractive power and a convex surface facing the image side. The closest image-side lens includes an aspherical surface. The optical lens assembly has a maximum viewing angle of 130 degrees or more.
US09983381B2
A lens barrel and an optical device having small sizes by saving a space for inner components such as a moving group while stably retaining and moving the inner components are provided. The lens barrel retains lenses while allowing movement along an optical axis. The lens barrel includes: a first frame; a second frame positioned inside the first frame; and n linear guide structures configured to allow movement of the second frame relative to the first frame along the optical axis, wherein the n linear guide structures include: n linear guide concave parts spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction around the optical axis and extending along the optical axis; and n linear guide convex parts engaging with the n linear guide concave parts in a relatively movable manner, wherein some of the n linear guide concave parts are provided on the first frame, and the others of the n linear guide concave parts are provided on the second frame (n is an integer equal to or greater than 2).
US09983379B2
The disclosure relates to a convenient-to-adjust extension ring and a camera lens filter bracket. The extension ring comprises an extension ring body, and a moving ring capable of rotating is arranged on the extension ring body; an axis of the moving ring is the same as an axis of the extension ring body, and first gear teeth are arranged on its circumferential surface; at least one adjusting knob capable of rotating is arranged on a lateral surface of the extension ring body, the adjusting knob is partially positioned in the extension ring body, and second gear teeth are arranged on its circumferential surface; and the second gear teeth are directly matched and meshed with the first gear teeth, or form indirect transmission connection with the first gear teeth through a gear set. The extension ring has advantage of easiness for machining and production.
US09983376B2
High-data-rate interconnect cables are disclosed, wherein electrical data signals are transmitted in a conductor assembly made of a thin metal layer surrounding a cylindrical support member. The cylindrical support member can be a high-resistivity conductor or a dielectric, such as a glass optical waveguide that supports the transmission of optical signals. The cylindrical support member can also be a core conductor that supports the transmission of electrical power and low-frequency auxiliary signals. The high-data-rate interconnect cables are self-equalizing, so that a data link transmission system that employs the high-data-rate interconnect cable does not require active equalization.
US09983371B2
An apparatus and method of assembly are described that provide improved mechanisms for cooling an optoelectronic transducer in a fiber optic system. The apparatus includes a thermoelectric cooler (TEC) secured to the optoelectronic transducer for removing heat from the optoelectronic transducer in response to instructions from a TEC driver, as well as a microcontroller electrically connected to the TEC driver for monitoring temperature and communicating with the TEC driver to selectively activate and deactivate the TEC at least partially based on the monitored temperature and/or other measured/detected data to effect a more efficient cooling mechanism for optoelectronic transducers, such as VCSELs. In addition, the user may be able to configure the system to maintain the optoelectronic transducer within a user-defined range of temperatures. In this way, a longer life and better performance of the optoelectronic transducer may be achieved, and datacenter costs related to cooling and/or maintenance may be minimized.
US09983369B2
An articulate joint mechanism includes a first link (L1, A1, M1, U1), a second link (L2, A2, M2, U2), a coupling (KR, KR1, ER, ER1, ER2, MR, UR) mechanically connecting the first link with the second link in a mutually moveable manner at least with one degree of freedom, and an optical fiber cable (11, 21, 31, 41) extending from the first link to the second link via the coupling, the optical fiber cable including a fiber cable core (F1, F2, F3, F4) and a sheath (C1, C2, C3, C4) surrounding the fiber cable core. The joint mechanism comprises a first cable retaining part (P1) provided in a part of the first link and including a sheath fixing part (P1-2) for fixedly securing the sheath to the first link and a core fixing part (P1-1) for fixedly securing the fiber cable core to the first link, and a first cable engaging part (Q1) provided in a part of the first link located between the first cable retaining part and the coupling and including a sheath fixing part (Q1-2) for fixedly securing the sheath to the first link while allowing the optical fiber core to deflect freely.
US09983365B2
A modified MT fiber optic ferrule has optical fiber receiving holes by the front end to receive the ends of optical fibers inserted into and through the ferrule. The optical fiber receiving holes are aligned with optical fiber openings in the center of the ferrule and have lenses formed in the optical fiber receiving holes to collimate from or focus light into the optical fibers in the fiber optic ferrules. The front end of the fiber optic ferrule may also have integral mating surfaces.
US09983363B2
An optical semiconductor device includes a base, a wiring substrate, and a sub-mount. The base includes a bottom wall, a side wall projecting from a peripheral edge of the bottom wall, and a flange extending outward from an upper end of the side wall. The wiring substrate includes a distal portion inserted into and fixed to the base. An optical element is mounted on the sub-mount. The bottom wall of the base includes a first seat to which the sub-mount is fixed and a second seat to which the distal portion is fixed. The second seat is located at a higher position than the first seat. An upper surface of the distal portion of the wiring substrate includes a pad connected to the optical element. An upper surface of the pad of the distal portion is flush with an upper surface of an electrode of the optical element.
US09983352B2
The present invention relates to an optical fiber for an SPR sensor, characterized in that the optical fiber is comprised of a core layer and a cladding layer surrounding the core layer, and the cladding layer is doped with metal nanoparticles.
US09983349B2
A display device includes a display panel, an accommodating member including a bottom portion and a sidewall extending from the bottom portion, a backlight unit including a light source inside the accommodating member and a light source substrate inside the accommodating member and on which the light source is mounted, and a driving substrate connected to the light source substrate disposed inside the accommodating member. The driving substrate includes a first extending portion disposed outside the accommodating member, a second extending portion extended from the first extending portion and through the sidewall of the accommodating member to dispose an end portion of the second extending portion inside the accommodating member, and a pad portion disposed on a lower surface of the end portion of the second extending portion and inside the accommodating member. The pad portion is electrically connected to the light source substrate disposed inside the accommodating member.
US09983346B2
A backlight module includes a light source unit for providing light, a light guide plate including a plate body having a light entrance surface and extending along an X-Y plane and at least one opening in the plate body and extending along a Z axis, and an optical layer on one side of the light guide plate. The light enters the light guide plate from the light entrance surface and travels substantially along the X-Y plane. A cross section of the opening on the X-Y plane is a taper shape with a base region and a cone shape region extending from one side of the base region near the light source unit. The optical layer has a through hole aligned and communicating with the base region. A projection of the cone shape region along the Z axis on the optical layer is at least partially outside the through hole.
US09983344B2
A display device includes a display panel and a backlight unit which is disposed below the display panel, provides light to the display panel, and includes a light guide member including a light emission surface, a reflection surface, and a plurality of side surfaces which connect the light emission surface to the reflection surface, where the plurality of side surfaces includes a first side surface which receives light and a second side surface facing the first side surface in a first direction, a light source which provides the light to the first side surface, an optical path adjustment member disposed on the light guide member and including a flat portion, a plurality of protruding portions protruding from the flat portion in a direction of the light guide member, and a light blocking layer disposed on the plurality of protruding portions, and a prism sheet disposed on the flat portion.
US09983342B2
A display may be mounted within an electronic device housing. The display may deflect inwardly when pressed by a user. A sensor formed from a flexible printed circuit may measure capacitance changes associated with inward deflection of the display. A backlight for the display may have a backlight plate on which the printed circuit is mounted. The backlight plate may be formed from a fiber-composite material such as carbon fiber. Multiple carbon-fiber layers may be sandwiched together to form the backlight plate. An electromagnetic shield layer may be used to electromagnetically the printed circuit. The backlight plate may have an opening in which conductive material is placed to short the electromagnetic shield layer to a ground pad on the printed circuit.
US09983341B2
Apparatus for illuminating one or more components of an electronic device having a visual display (e.g., a backlit display), such as one or more keys of keyboards, one or more interface ports, or one or more external surfaces are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, a component illumination apparatus has a visual display and a light guide optically coupled to the visual display and that is adapted to illuminate one or more components external to the visual display. Methods of component illumination and illumination systems are described, as are other embodiments.
US09983331B2
A quasi-optical waveguide apparatus includes a waveguide having a chamber formed by a substantially cylindrical body and configured to propagate terahertz radiation. A plurality of windows are included wherein each window is coupled to a respective end of the waveguide such that the chamber is substantially sealed from the ambient atmosphere. The plurality of windows are transparent to the terahertz radiation.
US09983318B2
The present disclosure relates to a process for fabricating a crystalline scintillator material with a structure of elpasolite type of theoretical composition A2BC(1-y)MyX(6-y) wherein: A is chosen from among Cs, Rb, K, Na; B is chosen from among Li, K, Na; C is chosen from among the rare earths, Al, Ga; M is chosen from among the alkaline earths, X is chosen from among F, Cl, Br, I; y representing the atomic fraction of substitution of C by M and being in the range extending from 0 to 0.05, comprising its crystallization by cooling from a melt bath comprising r moles of A and s moles of B, the melt bath in contact with the material containing A and B in such a way that 2s/r is above 1. The process shows an improved fabrication yield. Moreover, the crystals obtained can have compositions closer to stoichiometry and have improved scintillation properties.
US09983315B1
Apparatus and methods determine the rotational position of a spinning object. A satellite positioning system can be used to determine the spatial position of an object, which in turn can be used to guide the object. An adaptive sideband filter is used to provide increased robustness against interference. However, when the object is spinning, such as an artillery shell, then the rotational orientation should be known in order to properly actuate the control surfaces, such as fins, which will also be spinning.
US09983309B2
A system uses range and Doppler velocity measurements from a lidar system and images from a video system to estimate a six degree-of-freedom trajectory (6DOF) of a target. The 6DOF transformation parameters are used to transform multiple images to the frame time of a selected image, thus obtaining multiple images at the same frame time. These multiple images may be used to increase a resolution of the image at each frame time, obtaining the collection of the superresolution images.
US09983303B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media are disclosed for providing timing-based distance measurement to a passive radio frequency identification (“RFID”) tag using one or more wideband RF signals synchronized with the standard narrowband RF signal. In some embodiments, the narrowband RF signal activates a passive RFID tag creating a backscatter reflection target which returns a modulated narrowband signal and a wideband signal from the passive RFID tag. The one or more wideband receivers determine time-of-flight and/or time-of-arrival measurements for the returned wideband signal. A location measurement is then calculated for the passive RFID tag using the tag data, the known location of the wideband transceivers, and the time-of-flight/time-of-arrival data.
US09983300B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for living object protection in wireless power transfer applications
Systems, methods, and apparatus for living object protection in wireless power transfer applications are provided. In one aspect, an apparatus for detecting objects in a detection area of a wireless power transfer system is provided. The apparatus comprises a plurality of radar transceivers. The apparatus comprises at least one processor configured to receive radar data from the plurality of radar transceivers, detect an object in the detection area based on the received radar data, and adjust the detection area. The apparatus is configured to adjust the detection area based on at least one of a type of chargeable vehicle present, an amount of power being wirelessly transferred by the wireless power transfer system, an alignment of a vehicle with the wireless power transfer system, or a speed of the object approaching the detection area.
US09983294B2
A stationary object decision processing unit 14 decides whether range R and Doppler frequency fd corresponding to peaks detected by the peak detection processing unit 13 satisfy geometric positional relationships between a radar and a stationary object. If they satisfy the geometric positional relationships, it recognizes that the object associated with the peaks is a stationary object. Thus, even if the number of peaks detected by the peak detection processing unit 13 increases, it can accurately decide whether the object associated with the peaks is a stationary object or not with a small amount of calculation.
US09983290B2
A method for obtaining the direction of a signal incoming to a communication device is provided using a modal antenna that has multiple modes corresponding to multiple radiation patterns with a single feed.
US09983289B2
A navigation system featuring audio prompts including: a database including a plurality of beacon identifiers corresponding to physical beacons that are members of quadrants including one or more beacons, the database including navigation instructions between beacons in a quadrant and between beacons and adjacent quadrants; a controller adapted to: provide a first beacon and a destination beacon, determine a route from the first beacon to the destination beacon in a destination quadrant, announce, via the speaker, navigation instructions from the first beacon to a first quadrant of the route, for each quadrant along the route: receive, a newly encountered beacon identifier; and announce navigation instructions for the user to navigate from the newly encountered beacon to the next quadrant in the ordered list, and upon receiving a beacon identifier of a detected beacon in the destination quadrant, announce navigation instructions to navigate from the detected beacon to the destination beacon.
US09983288B2
A novel free-breathing myocardial T2* mapping combining multiple single-shot black-blood GRE-EPI images with automatic non-rigid motion correction. The present disclosure describes a method of accurate myocardial T2* measurements that is insensitive to respiratory motion, and is likely to reduce sensitivity to arrhythmia as well since each image is acquired in a single heart beat. The T2*-weighted GRE-EPI images are motion corrected using, e.g., automatic non-rigid motion correction to reduce mis-registration due to respiratory motion. A T2* map is calculated using the motion-corrected T2*-weighted images by fitting pixel intensities to a, e.g., two-parameter mono-exponential model.
US09983285B2
A method for high spatial and temporal resolution dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging using a random subsampled Cartesian k-space using a Poisson-disk random pattern acquisition strategy and a compressed sensing reconstruction algorithm incorporating magnitude image subtraction is presented. One reconstruction uses a split-Bregman minimization of the sum of the L1 norm of the pixel-wise magnitude difference between two successive temporal frames, a fidelity term and a total variation (TV) sparsity term.
US09983282B2
Spin-lock T1ρ-weighted images of a subject are acquired and processed to produce an image that is indicative of bioelectromagnetic activity in the subject. A spin-lock RF field B1ρ is produced such that the Larmor frequency in the rotating frame corresponds to the expected frequency of the bioelectromagnetic activity. As a result, the magnetic field fluctuations generated by the bioelectromagnetic currents shorten the T1ρ of the surrounding tissue, creating a contrast mechanism that is seen as a reduced MR signal in the T1ρ-weighted image that is produced.
US09983272B2
Provided is a magnetism detection device by which it is possible to achieve a reduction in size and an increase in accuracy. A magnetism detection device includes: a magneto-impedance element; a magnetic field direction changing body; and a substrate that is formed of a semiconductor material and has an element arrangement recessed portion bottom surface and a back surface that face mutually opposite sides in a thickness direction, and a through-hole that reaches the element arrangement recessed portion bottom surface and the back surface and has a cross-sectional dimension that increases toward the main surface starting from the element arrangement recessed portion bottom surface. The magneto-impedance element is mounted on the element arrangement recessed portion bottom surface, and the magnetic field direction changing body is accommodated in the through-hole.
US09983270B2
The state of charge (SOC) estimation device includes a memory and a controller component. The memory stores data on a first correlation between an elapsed time and an estimation error in SOC estimation. The controller component executes a first estimation process and a second estimation process. The first estimation process is for estimating a first SOC and a first estimation error of the electric storage device in a non-charge/discharge state based on a terminal voltage and the elapsed time. The second estimation process is for estimating a second SOC and a second estimation error of the electric storage device in a charge/discharge state based on an accumulated charge/discharge current. The controller component calculates a total error from the first estimation error and the second estimation error. The controller component estimates the first estimation error when the elapsed time becomes equal to or longer than a reference time.
US09983263B2
The disclosure describes a novel method and apparatus for allowing response data output from the scan outputs of a circuit under test to be formatted and applied as stimulus data input to the scan inputs of the circuit under test. Also the disclosure described a novel method and apparatus for allowing the response data output from the scan outputs of a circuit under test to be formatted and used as expected data to compare against the response data output from the circuit under test. Additional embodiments are also provided and described in the disclosure.
US09983256B2
To provide a probing device and a probing method for an electronic device capable of confirming whether or not an electrical inspection has been executed appropriately, with an electrode pad being made in contact with a probe with a predetermined pressure, by utilizing a change in external shapes to be formed on the electrode pad when the probe and the electrode pad are pressed onto each other. The device is provided with a microscope 23 for image-capturing the electrode pad and for outputting the external shape of the electrode pad as image data, and a control unit 27 which stores image data of an external shape of the electrode pad prior to the contact with a probe 102, and compares the image data of the external shape thus stored with image data thereof after the contact obtained from the microscope 23, or compares the registered frame of the electrode pad with the outer periphery of the electrode pad detected at the time of inspecting a needle trace, so that the quality of the contact between the electrode pad and the probe 102 is determined.
US09983249B2
A method for detecting a ground fault in an inverter using leg-shunt resistors is provided. The method includes detecting output currents of three phases of the inverter, determining whether or not a voltage utilization of the inverter is not less than a preset allowable voltage level, and determining an occurrence or non-occurrence of the ground fault in the inverter.
US09983247B1
The presence of a hidden signal can be detected efficiently using frequency domain multiplication. A detector system can be employed to search for a hidden signal across a wide spectrum in real time. The detector system can divide multiple antenna inputs into a series of blocks and then convert these blocks to the frequency domain possibly in a parallel fashion. Corresponding blocks from each input can then be conjugate multiplied, and the results of this conjugate multiplication can then be averaged over time. If a signal is hidden in the inputs, this averaging will reduce the noise floor thereby revealing the presence of the hidden signal at a particular frequency.
US09983246B2
A circuit, system, and method for converting mutual capacitance to a digital value is described. Charge packets are transferred from a mutual capacitance to a pair of integration capacitors during alternate charge and discharge cycles. The time required to bring the discharged integration capacitor to the same potential as the charged integration capacitor with a current source is measured as a single-slope analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The output of the ADC is representative of the mutual capacitance.
US09983243B2
A method of detecting whether a foreign object is near a transmit coil in a wireless power transfer system (WPTS), the method involving: applying a pseudo-random signal to the transmit coil; while the pseudo-random signal is being applied to the transmit coil, recording one or more signals produced within the WPTS in response to the applied pseudo-random signal; by using the one or more recorded signals, generating a dynamic system model for some aspect of the WPTS; and using the generated dynamic system model in combination with stored training data to determine whether an object having characteristics recognizable from the stored training data as characteristic of the foreign object is near the transmit coil.
US09983239B2
An integrated circuit (IC) for sensing a current flowing through a transistor device includes a substrate and a current scaling circuit that includes first and second MOSFET devices. The first MOSFET device has a drain coupled to the switched FET at a first node and a source coupled to the substrate. The second MOSFET device has a source coupled to the substrate and a drain coupled to a second node. The first MOSFET device has a channel size that is K times larger than the second MOSFET device. Circuitry is included that equalizes a voltage across both the first MOSFET device and the second MOSFET device.
US09983238B2
Current sensors, conductors and methods are disclosed. In an embodiment, a magnetic current sensor comprises a conductor comprising a first sheet metal layer having a first thickness and comprising at least one hole, and a second sheet metal layer having a second thickness less than the first thickness and comprising at least one notch, the second sheet metal layer being coupled to the first sheet metal layer such that the at least one hole of the first sheet metal layer at least partially overlaps with the at least one notch of the second sheet metal layer; and an integrated circuit (IC) die comprising at least one magnetic sensor element and being coupled to the conductor such that the at least one magnetic sensor element is generally aligned with a tip of the at least one notch of the second sheet metal layer.
US09983234B2
A non-contact, current sensor includes a gapped magnetic core configured to circumscribe a current carrying conductor. A magnetostrictive element is mechanically coupled to the gapped magnetic core. Current flowing in the current carrying conductor induces a magnetic field in the magnetic core that flows through the magnetostrictive element. The gapped magnetic core is provided with mounting sections to which the magnetostrictive element is mechanically coupled. The mounting sections have a geometry that increases magnetic flux in the magnetostrictive element. A strain gauge is mechanically coupled to the magnetostrictive element to measure displacement in the element induced by the magnetic flux.
US09983223B2
An electromagnetic boat speedometer includes a boundary layer velocity compensating arrangement comprising a primary coil for producing a primary electromagnetic field within a relatively large first volume of water, a secondary coil for producing a secondary electromagnetic field within a relatively small portion of the first volume of water immediately adjacent the hull of the boat, and a set of first electrodes removably mounted in one or more openings in the hull of the boat, such that the tips of the first electrodes extending into the relatively small water portion. In one embodiment, the coils are simultaneously energized in opposition, so that the primary and secondary electromagnetic fields are in opposition. In a second embodiment, the coils are energized alternately, and the signals produced by the electrodes are modified to achieve the desired boundary layer compensation. A second set of second electrodes may be included in the second embodiment.
US09983220B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for testing a function and a drug response of a platelet based on a microfluidic chip. The apparatus for test comprises a measuring device containing a blood sample and measuring aggregation and adhesion of a platelet generated by flow of the blood sample; and a fluid driving device which is connected to the measuring device and generates a oscillating shear flow of the blood sample. Therefore, activation of factors such as a platelet and von Willebrand factor (vWF) etc. can be activated uniformly and completely, and a repeatability of the platelet aggregation can be increased.
US09983214B2
The invention provides a method for determining the efficacy of compositions used to treat articular joint conditions in mammals. The method includes measuring the change in levels of one or more cartilage degradation biomarkers in a mammal from before exercise and after exercise, then administering a composition used to treat articular joint conditions to the mammal, and measuring the change in levels of one or more cartilage degradation biomarkers in the mammal from before exercise and after exercise.
US09983211B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions for labeling, separating and analyzing proteins, particularly a specific protein of interest within a cell lysate or in a mixture of proteins. The proteins are labeled with an amine reactive or thiol reactive fluorescent dye, or an amine reactive fluorogenic reagent that becomes fluorescent upon reacting to amine groups located on the protein. Following the labeling step, the proteins within the mixture can be separated and analyzed. In a further embodiment, a tag binding fluorogenic reagent that can bind to a tag on a tagged protein is added to specifically label the protein of interest.
US09983207B2
This disclosure relates generally to the field of immunological-based diagnostic assays including an assay to measure cell-mediated immunoresponsiveness. The present disclosure teaches diagnosis of a subject's exposure to an antigen based on cell-mediated immunoresponsiveness with enhanced sensitivity. Lymphocytes from a subject are contacted with at least a first set of peptides comprising at least one peptide of from 7 to 14 amino acid residues in length and a second set comprising at least one peptide of 16 amino acid residues or greater and the presence or elevation of an immune molecule is detected. The assay contemplated herein is capable of integration into standard pathology architecture to provide a diagnostic reporting system and to facilitate point of care clinical management.
US09983206B2
Embodiments of the methods, compositions, and systems provided herein relate to enzymatic enhancement of immunoassays using photonic sensor arrays.
US09983202B1
Disclosed is a method of synthesizing a polymeric fluorescent tracer for signal amplification, including (a) subjecting a streptavidin-fluorophore conjugate (SA-FL) and a spacer-attached biotin-conjugated antibody (b-Ab) to reaction at least two times; (b) treating a dual biotin oligomer spacer (db-oN); and (c) performing a homogenization process.
US09983190B2
A device for passing a biopolymer molecule includes a nanochannel formed between a surface relief structure, a patterned layer forming sidewalls of the nanochannel and a sealing layer formed over the patterned layer to encapsulate the nanochannel. The surface relief structure includes a three-dimensionally rounded surface that reduces a channel dimension of the nanochannel at a portion of nanochannel and gradually increases the dimension along the nanochannel toward an opening position, which is configured to receive a biopolymer.
US09983165B2
The present teaching rekates to providing a NOx decomposition agent having an excellent NOx decomposition rate. The NOx decomposition agent containing a perovskite oxide represented by ABx-1MxO3, wherein A represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of La, Sr, Mg, Ca and Ba, B represents Mn, M represents a combination of one or more first metal elements selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W and Ce, and one or two second metal elements selected from the group consisting of Ca and Mg, and x represents a number greater than or equal to 0 and less than 1.
US09983163B2
A biosensor pixel for measuring current that flows through the electrode surface in response to electrochemical interactions and a biosensor array architecture that includes such biosensor pixels. The biosensor pixel includes an electrode transducer configured to measure a current generated by electrochemical interactions occurring at a recognition layer placed directly on top of it in response to an electrical voltage placed across an electrode transducer-electrolyte interface. The biosensor pixel further includes a trans-impedance amplifier connected to the electrode transducer, where the trans-impedance amplifier is configured to convert the current into a voltage signal as the electrochemical interactions occur. Additionally, the biosensor pixel includes a 1-bit comparator coupled to the trans-impedance amplifier and a 1-bit digital-to-analog converter coupled to the 1-bit comparator, where the 1-bit digital-to-analog converter injects different levels of charge into an input of the trans-impedance amplifier at each cycle based on an output of the 1-bit comparator.
US09983159B2
A method of detecting delamination of a composite component, the composite component having a plurality of plies and a plurality of z-pins extending through the composite component in a direction transverse to the plies. The method includes measuring one or more material properties of one or more of the z-pins. The measured material properties are compared to reference material properties. An estimation of whether delamination has occurred is performed based upon the comparison of the measured material properties and the reference material properties.
US09983152B1
A system and method of characterizing a work piece, comprising: scanning an ion beam across an exposed surface of a work piece, the ion beam causing the emission of secondary electrons at multiple imaging points of the scan, the number of secondary electrons emitted varying at different ones of the multiple imaging points; detecting the emitted secondary electrons at each of the multiple imaging point to form an image, the brightness of each point in the image being determined by the number of secondary electrons detected at a corresponding imaging point on the work piece; determining grain boundaries in the work piece using the differences in brightness at different points in the image, the grain boundaries defining multiple grains; directing a charged particle beam toward one or more analysis points within one or more of the grains, the number of the one or more analysis points within each grain being less than the number of imaging points within the same grain; and detecting emissions from the work piece sample at each analysis point; and determining the composition or crystal structure of one or more grains based on the detected secondary emissions.
US09983148B2
A method for production line monitoring during semiconductor device fabrication includes acquiring a plurality of inspection results from a plurality of reference samples with an inspection sub-system. The method includes storing the acquired inspection results and geometric pattern codes for each of the reference samples in a database. The method includes acquiring an additional inspection result from an additional sample, where the additional inspection result includes an additional set of geometric pattern codes for identifying each defect identified within the additional inspection result from the additional sample. The method also includes correlating the set of geometric pattern codes of the additional sample with the geometric pattern codes from the reference set of samples to identify at least one of one or more new patterns or one or more patterns displaying a frequency of occurrence above a selected threshold.
US09983132B2
Apparatus and methods for fluorescence imaging using radiofrequency multiplexed excitation. One apparatus splits an excitation laser beam into two arms of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The light in the first beam is frequency shifted by an acousto-optic deflector, which is driven by a phase-engineered radiofrequency comb designed to minimize peak-to-average power ratio. This RF comb generates multiple deflected optical beams possessing a range of output angles and frequency shifts. The second beam is shifted in frequency using an acousto-optic frequency shifter. After combining at a second beam splitter, the two beams are focused to a line on the sample using a conventional laser scanning microscope lens system. The acousto-optic deflectors frequency-encode the simultaneous excitation of an entire row of pixels, which enables detection and de-multiplexing of fluorescence images using a single photomultiplier tube and digital phase-coherent signal recovery techniques.
US09983124B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of sensor devices comprising a sensing component able to determine the presence of, detect, and/or quantify detectable species in a variety of environments and applications. The sensing components disclosed herein can comprise MOF materials, plasmonic nanomaterials, or combinations thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, light guides can be coupled with the sensing components described herein to provide sensor devices capable of increased NIR detection sensitivity in determining the presence of detectable species, such as gases and volatile organic compounds. In another exemplary embodiment, optical properties of the plasmonic nanomaterials combined with MOF materials can be monitored directly to detect analyte species through their impact on external conditions surrounding the particle or as a result of charge transfer to and from the plasmonic material as a result of interactions with the plasmonic material and/or the MOF material.
US09983116B2
Testing a peel force of an adhesive medium includes an elevator assembly slidably connected to a column, the elevator assembly includes a connection to a gripper plate, and the gripper plate includes a first slot sized to accommodate a free portion of an adhesive medium and a jammer sized to secure the free portion of the adhesive medium in the first slot.
US09983112B1
Apparatus and associated methods relate to determining a size and/or density of Super-cooled Large Droplets (SLDs) in a cloud atmosphere by comparing detected optical signals reflected from small and large sampling volumes of a cloud atmosphere. In some embodiments, an optical pulse is generated and divergently projected from a first optical fiber. A collimating lens is aligned within the divergently projected optical pulse collimating a portion thereof. The collimated and uncollimated portions of the optical pulse are projected into the small and large sampling volumes of the cloud atmosphere, respectively. The ratio of the collimated to the uncollimated portions can be optically controlled. Signals corresponding to optical pulses having different collimated/uncollimated ratios are backscattered by the cloud atmosphere, detected and compared to one another. A processor is configured to calculate, based on scintillation spike differences between the optical pulses of different collimated/uncollimated ratios, a size and/or density of SLDs.
US09983106B2
A compressive load is exerted with a test apparatus across a rock sample that has a specified length-to-diameter ratio. A strain on the rock sample is measured during the compressive loading with a strain gauge. A mechanical property of the rock sample is determined based at least in part on the compressive load. An elastic property of the rock sample is determined based at least in part on the measured strain and the compressive load.
US09983098B2
A device for detecting the profile of the rolling surface of a rolling body, in particular a tread of a tire for a vehicle includes a light source and an optical assembly configured for processing a first light beam emitted by the light source. The first light beam is a planar light beam having a divergent course, and the light source is configured for the emission of the first light beam towards the optical assembly. The optical assembly includes at least one first refractive member configured for collimating at least one portion of the first light beam incident thereon into a measurement beam that is directed towards a measurement section of the device to impinge upon the rolling surface.
US09983094B2
According to examples, a temperature or strain distribution sensor may include a photodiode to acquire a beat frequency between a first laser beam and a second laser beam. A modulator may modulate the first laser beam that is to be injected into a device under test (DUT). A coherent receiver may acquire a backscattered signal from the DUT, and use the second laser beam as a local oscillator to determine a Brillouin trace with respect to the DUT. The Brillouin trace may be used to determine a Brillouin frequency shift and a Brillouin power for the DUT to implement an absolute referencing of a Rayleigh reference trace. The coherent receiver may determine, relative to the Rayleigh reference trace, a further Brillouin frequency shift and a Rayleigh frequency shift to determine a temperature or a strain associated with the DUT.
US09983092B2
Pipeline networks are ubiquitous for transporting fluids. Failure modes may result in a wide spectrum of negative effects ranging from energy loss to revenue loss to catastrophic failure with loss of life. The present invention introduces innovative technology to detect, identify and locate events representing failure modes and/or precursors to failure modes within a pipeline network. The present invention addresses the issues with the prior art based on the following innovations—exploiting the signal processing enabled by detecting a passive acoustic signal in conjunction with both an active reflected acoustic signal and an active transmitted acoustic signal within a pipeline segment. These measurements can be aggregated to reduce the effects of ambient noise and improve the invention's ability to detect, identify and locate anomalous events representing failure modes and/or precursors to failure modes within a pipeline network.
US09983087B2
A system is presented. The system includes a stator component, a rotor component rotating inside the stator component, a plurality of features disposed on the periphery of the stator component or the rotor component, and a processing subsystem for determining at least one of an amount of rotor imbalance and an orientation of the rotor imbalance at least based upon feature-to-feature speed variation of the plurality of features.
US09983086B2
The present invention concerns a calibration unit (1, 37) for a roller nip gauge. The roller nip gauge has sensors for length or force measurement. The calibration unit (1, 37) comprises an upper part (3) and a lower part (2). The calibration unit (1, 37) has means to place a part acting on a sensor element (26) of a sensor (25) during calibration in parallel with a surface (9) of the calibration unit (1, 37) receiving the sensor (25).
US09983085B2
Vacuum pressure of a gas in a compartment (1) is measured. The vacuum pressure is established by a pump arrangement (3,5) with a pulsating pumping effect (g(t)). The shape of the resulting pulsation of the pressure (p(t)) in compartment (1) is exploited (15) as an indication of the operation status of the pump arrangement (3,5).
US09983084B2
A pressure sensing assembly includes: a substrate; a pressure sensor on the substrate; a package, the substrate and the pressure sensor being embedded in the package; and a pressure adapter, with a first interface, external to the package and having a first area, and a second interface, coupled to the pressure sensor and having a second area, different from the first area. The pressure adapter is configured to transfer a force between the first interface and the second interface so that a pressure on the second interface is different from a pressure on the first interface.
US09983081B2
A pressure sensor includes: a first substrate having first and second diaphragms on one surface provided by first and second recesses on another surface; first and second detecting elements on the first and second diaphragms; a second substrate providing a first reference pressure chamber with the one surface of the first substrate; a third substrate providing a second reference pressure chamber sealing the second recess; and a calculator calculating an offset value by a difference between a reference signal and an inspection signal and detecting a pressure of a measurement medium by a difference between a detection signal and the offset value. The first detecting element outputs the detection signal or the inspection signal according to a pressure difference between a first reference pressure or a reference medium pressure and a measurement medium pressure in the first recess. The second detecting element outputs the reference signal according to a difference between the first reference pressure and and a second reference pressure.
US09983080B2
A high-temperature gas pressure measuring method includes a pressure measuring gas housing dividing step for dividing a pressure measuring gas housing into a pressure measuring room and a pressure referring room by a metal diaphragm; a gas introducing step for introducing high temperature gas into the pressure measuring room and introducing a reference pressure gas into the pressure referring room; a displacement measuring step for measuring a displacement of the metal diaphragm, wherein the displacement is caused by pressure difference between the two rooms in pressure measuring gas housing; and a pressure determining step for measuring the pressure of a high-temperature and/or corrosive to-measure pressure gas. The method dispenses with any corrosion-resistant and heat-resistant pressure sensing component and thus cuts costs.
US09983074B2
A force detector capable of preventing short-circuit fault between electrodes and allowing for downsizing. A prescribed region encompasses a projection region defined by projecting a deformation region of a force sensor element, which is deformed when a force transmission member applies a force to the force sensor element, onto a base substrate. A plurality of terminals are provided by four soldering land electrodes formed, respectively, at four corners of the base substrate. The soldering land electrodes are shaped such that a portion of each soldering land electrode is located within the projection region to form a soldering portion.
US09983070B2
Systems and methods are disclosed that include providing a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system with a temperature sensor validation system that measures the ambient outdoor temperature using a first temperature sensor and the refrigeration coil temperature using a second temperature sensor at a plurality of time intervals following a refrigeration coil defrost procedure. A system controller may implement an algorithm to determine if the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor are reliable by comparing the temperature readings from the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor taken at the plurality of time intervals following the defrost procedure. The system controller may also implement so-called limp along modes if any temperature sensor is determined unreliable.
US09983067B2
Provided is an overheat detection circuit configured to accurately detect a temperature of a semiconductor device even at high temperature and thus avoid outputting an erroneous detection result. The overheat detection circuit includes: a PN junction element, being a temperature sensitive element; a constant current circuit configured to supply the PN junction element with a bias current; a comparator configured to compare a voltage generated at the PN junction element and a reference voltage; a second PN junction element configured to cause a leakage current to flow through a reference voltage circuit at high temperature; and a third PN junction element configured to bypass a leakage current of the constant current circuit at the high temperature.
US09983060B1
An apparatus includes a material having an optical transition profile with a known energy transition; and a detector configured to detect a characteristic associated with the interaction between the material and the testing light beam. The testing light beam is either a primary light beam produced by an optical source or a calibration light beam. The apparatus also includes a spectral analysis module placed in a path of the primary light beam; and a control system connected to the detector and to the spectral detection system. The control system is configured to determine a reference spectral profile of the primary light beam based on the detected characteristic; compare the reference spectral profile of the primary light beam with a sensed spectral profile of the primary light beam output from the spectral detection system; and based on this comparison, adjust a scale of the spectral detection system.
US09983055B1
The present invention provides a meter and method of use for measuring an optical attenuation coefficient in a liquid medium. In operation, a collimated beam, produced by a laser of the attenuation meter apparatus, propagates thru the liquid medium with filtered back-scattered light arriving at a camera of the meter. A light image is formed at a focal plane of the camera. The light image is recorded and analyzed by a microcomputer to provide optical beam attenuations coefficients.
US09983049B2
The present disclosure discloses an electronic coaster for estimating amount of calories consumed by a user, through a beverage present in a beverage holder. The electronic coaster comprises at least one weight sensor to measure weight of a beverage holder comprising a beverage and a computing unit to receive the measured weight from the at least one weight sensor, determine weight of the beverage based on the received weight, identify beverage type and a predefined calorific value corresponding to the beverage type, determine change in weight from the weight of the beverage and estimate total amount of calories consumed by a user based on the change in weight and the predefined calorific value.
US09983033B2
Appurtenances added to a pipe mitigate the effects of upstream valves, sluice gates or pipe elbows to condition the pipe flow for accurate flow rate detection by a reverse propeller meter. Further appurtenances allow the reverse propeller meter to be used in extreme debris situations such as weeds, vines and moss present in many canal systems. The system provides an electronic signal that indicates flow rate and accumulated flow volume, or the signal can be transmit to a central headquarters for remote gate control or canal automation.
US09983030B2
A system and method for discriminately measuring the response of a plurality of spatially separated fiber sensors positioned along an optical fiber using a sweep of electromagnetic radiation. Each fiber sensor affects the transmission of a particular wavelength of electromagnetic radiation and the particular wavelength affected by a given fiber sensor is dependent on at least one environmental property of the given fiber sensor. By detecting the particular wavelength affected by a given sensor, it is possible to determine the environmental property of the given sensor.
US09983029B2
Examples of the disclosure enclose an optical target on an encoder and sensors inside a single integrated module, wherein the encoder and the sensors are coupled to the same rigid body to maintain optical alignment between the sensors and the optical target on the encoder. Further, the module itself may be hermetically sealed to protect the optical path (e.g., from a light source to the optical target to the sensors) from contamination due to outside dirt, debris, or light sources internal/external to the device that might further interfere with alignment and/or proper sensing. Because the integrated module results in smaller variations in the alignment between the optical target and the sensors, the dynamic range of the sensors may be reduced, resulting in less power consumption and, potentially, longer battery life for the device. The use of an integrated module can also enable relaxed manufacturing requirements for the optical sensor and/or the optical target.
US09983024B2
Certain embodiments include receiving load data from an energy generation (EG) system, where the load data is provided by a load meter, and where the load data corresponds to a predetermined time period. The predetermined time period may be during peak daylight hours (e.g., between 10 A.M. and 2 P.M). The method includes receiving EG data from the EG system, where the EG data corresponds to EG generation by an EG circuit over the predetermined time period, and determining if an inverse relationship exists between the load data and EG data. The method includes determining that the load meter is installed upstream from the EG circuit if an inverse relationship between the load data and EG data exists, and determining that the load mater is installed downstream from the EG circuit if an inverse relationship between the load data and EG data does not exist.
US09983002B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for determining floors at a geographic location using barometric air pressure sensors in a mobile phone. An exemplary method includes identifying a first height associated with a location based on a client device. The first height indicates an entry level of the client device at the location. Using information regarding an amount of outside air pressure at the location, a pressure sensor in the client device is calibrated. A pressure offset for the location is calculated. The pressure offset identifies a difference between air pressure readings inside the location and the amount of outside air pressure at the location. Using the calibrated pressure sensor, a second height associated with the location is determined based on readings from the calibrated pressure sensor and the pressure offset. The second height indicates a different level at the location that the client device is currently on.
US09983000B2
A method for determining the thickness of a brake disk of a pneumatic-tired vehicle, in particular a passenger vehicle or a commercial vehicle, including the steps of applying an ultrasonic measuring head on the brake disk, without dismounting the wheel associated with the brake disk; and carrying out an ultrasonic measurement for determining the thickness of the brake disk.
US09982997B2
A laser measurement system for measuring up to 21 geometric errors, in which a six-degree-of-freedom geometric error simultaneous measurement unit and a beam-turning unit are mounted on either the clamping workpiece or the clamping tool, while an error-sensitive unit is mounted on the remaining one, the beam-turning unit has several switchable working postures and multi-component combinations in its installation state, it can split or turn the laser beam from the six-degree-of-freedom geometric error simultaneous measurement unit to the X, Y, and Z directions in a proper order, or the beam-turning unit can split or turn a beam from the error-sensitive unit to the six-degree-of-freedom geometric error simultaneous measurement unit. The present invention is of simple configuration and convenient operation. Up to 21 geometric errors of three mutual perpendicular linear motion guides are obtained by a single installation and step-by-step measurement.
US09982994B2
The invention relates to an optical measuring process for acquiring a surface topography of a measurement object. To this end, a measuring device with a measuring head in a measuring head guide device is provided for chromatic confocal acquisition of the surface topography or for spectral interferometric OCT acquisition of the distance to the surface topography. Firstly, spectrally broadband light of a light source from a fibre array with i fibres of i measurement spots is directed onto the measurement object via a common measuring head optic, with formation of a spot array of i measurement spots. i reflection spectra of the i measurement channels are then acquired and digitized. Finally, the digitized reflection spectra are evaluated with removal of time variations of systematic measurement errors and time-related deviation movements of the measuring head guide device.
US09982989B2
Embodiments relate to magnetic field angle sensors, including off-axis and on-axis sensors. In an embodiment, a magnetic field angle sensor comprises two sensor units, and each sensor unit comprises two sensor elements. The sensor units are spaced apart from one another and arranged proximate a magnet, wherein the two sensor elements of each sensor unit are responsive to the same magnetic field component induced by a magnet coupled to a shaft as the shaft rotates. In each sensor unit, a sum and a difference of the output signals of the two sensor elements can be calculated to determine a coarse estimation of a rotation angle, and a more refined estimation can be obtained by combining the coarse estimations of each sensor unit. In embodiment, the magnetic field angle sensor comprises a control unit or other circuitry to carry out this combining.
US09982988B2
A displacement sensor is disclosed for contactlessly measuring a relative position of a magnetic field source which produces a magnetic field and a magnetic field sensor in relation to each other, wherein the magnetic field source and the magnetic field sensor are movable relative to each other. Each magnetic field probe detects at least two spatial components of a magnetic flux density of the magnetic field. A storage unit stores individual position signals. A control and calculation unit calculates an output signal of the displacement sensor based on the position signals, and calculates a magnitude of the magnetic flux density and compare it with a predetermined threshold value to output a current calculated position signal for each magnetic field probe if the magnitude is greater than the threshold value and to output a preceding stored position signal if the magnitude is less than or equal to the threshold value.
US09982985B2
Provided is a comparator including: a substantially U-shaped frame; an anvil supported at one end of the frame in an advanceable and retractable manner; a spindle supported at another end of the frame coaxially with the anvil in an advanceable and retractable manner; a measurement unit that measures the advancement and retraction of the anvil; and a display unit that displays a measurement result of the measurement unit. The measurement unit includes: an anvil contact portion that rotates around a support shaft in accordance with the advancement and retraction of the anvil; an interlocking portion that is formed to have a length greater than the length of the anvil contact portion, is supported so as to be rotatable around the support shaft, and is coupled to the anvil contact portion; and a detection unit that detects a displacement of rotation of the interlocking portion.
US09982978B2
The present invention relates to warheads with blast wave conditioners and in particular to devices for quickly removing a door to permit entry through the doorway. It discloses a device and method of shaping the pressure wave pattern by the use of inert material. The inert material of the present invention is used to reduce localized directional effects occurring at the point of impact, instead generating a more diffuse pressure-wave pattern across the target surface.
US09982975B1
An arrow shaft having a reinforced nock end includes an arrow shaft and a carbon fiber tube retained in a nock end of the arrow shaft. An end of the carbon fiber tube may be flush with the nock end of the arrow shaft or be inserted to a depth to provide clearance for a shaft of an arrow nock. The carbon fiber tube is secured to an inside perimeter of the arrow shaft with any suitable bonding substance. A length of the carbon fiber tube is at least 1.5 inches long, but no longer than 45% of a length of an arrow shaft.
US09982970B2
A portable, moving target system that generates variable movements and mimics movements of prey. Movement of the target system may be varied in speed and pattern.
US09982964B1
A holster for carrying a handgun inside a wearer's beltline. In one embodiment, the holster includes a body-interface-surface (BIS) having a body-side (BS) and a gun-side (GS). A rigid mold is interfaced with the BIS. In another embodiment, the BIS may include a gun-lock region. A clip may be interfaced with the rigid mold. Other embodiments include methods of making and using a holster.
US09982961B1
A handheld archery release is convertible between hinge and trigger modes of operation. The release includes a handle which contains a sear assembly operable between hold and fire positions. Hinge and trigger assemblies are connected with the handle and with the sear assembly to operate the sear assembly in both modes of operation. A linkage assembly is connected with the handle and rotates the sear assembly toward the fire position when the trigger assembly is operated and biases the sear assembly in a first direction when the hinge assembly is operated.
US09982960B2
In some embodiments, a crossbow comprises a stock and a bow portion comprising at least one limb and a string. In some embodiments, an accessory comprises a grip and a stirrup.
US09982953B2
An example battery pack spacer includes a base and at least one rib extending laterally from the base. The rib is configured to turn flow of a coolant through a battery pack.
US09982951B2
A process for cooling a tube side stream in a main heat exchanger is described. The process comprises: a) supplying a first mass flow of a tube side stream to a first zone of individual tubes in the tube bundle; b) supplying a second mass flow of the tube side stream to a second zone of individual tubes in the tube bundle, the second zone being offset from the first zone; c) supplying a refrigerant stream on the shell side for cooling the first and second mass flows; d) removing the evaporated refrigerant stream from the warm end of the main heat exchanger; and, e) adjusting the first mass flow of the tube side stream relative to the second mass flow of the tube side stream to maximise the temperature of the removed evaporated refrigerant stream.
US09982945B2
The invention relates to systems for transferring molten metal from one structure to another. Aspects of the invention include a transfer chamber constructed inside of or next to a vessel used to retain molten metal. The transfer chamber is in fluid communication with the vessel so molten metal from the vessel can enter the transfer chamber. A powered device, which may be inside of the transfer chamber, moves molten metal upward and out of the transfer chamber and preferably into a structure outside of the vessel, such as another vessel or a launder.
US09982941B2
A drying apparatus includes a furnace body; a conveyor belt configured to move in an interior space of the furnace body, with an object to be dried loaded thereon; and a plurality of infrared heaters arranged above the conveyor belt in the interior space of the furnace body. A division wall is provided, which divides the interior space of the furnace body into a space S1 including the conveyor belt and a space S2 including the infrared heaters. In the division wall, first portions located at positions corresponding to the respective infrared heaters in the longitudinal direction are made of a material that transmits infrared radiation, whereas second portions located at positions corresponding to respective spaces between adjacent infrared heaters in the longitudinal direction are made of a material that does not transmit infrared radiation.
US09982933B2
An ice bin and a method of transferring ice using the same include a case having an upper portion configured to store ice produced by an ice maker, and a dispensing port at one side of a lower end of the case configured to dispense ice to the outside; a transferring unit that transfers ice from a lower portion of the case to the upper portion of the case; and a crushing unit configured to crush ice transferred by the transferring unit, and discharge the crushed ice to the dispensing port.
US09982931B2
A control system is used for controlling the equalization of pressure between absorbing and desorbing reactors. In a first reaction cycle in a desorbing reactor a gaseous reactant is desorbed from a solid sorbent and concurrently in an absorbing reactor the gaseous reactant is absorbed on a solid sorbent. In a second reaction cycle, absorption and desorption are reversed in the reactors and at least a portion of the gaseous reactant desorbed from in the desorbing reactor is transferred to the absorbing reactor in an equalization process under computer control. The computer control may detect the demand on the system and adjust the amount of time for the equalization process to increase the efficiency of the system.
US09982928B2
A method for controlling a compressor of a refrigeration system wherein refrigerant flow through the compressor is controlled by at least one valve, whereby the valve is opened or closed in a cycle of consecutive time intervals of an identical length, so that the valve is either completely closed or completely open during a time interval, wherebya. determining a percentage capacity for the compressor-corresponding to the current refrigeration requirement of a refrigeration location,b. determining the open time percentage of the valves over a number of time intervals,c. opening the valve for the following time interval when the ratio of the percentage capacity is greater than that of the open time percentage previously determined, andd. closing the valve-for the following time interval when the ratio of the percentage capacity is smaller than that of the open time percentage of the valves previously determined.
US09982927B2
Provided are a refrigerator and a method of controlling the refrigerator. The method includes driving a refrigerating cycle that includes a first evaporator and a second evaporator by activating a compressor and simultaneously supplying cold air to a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment by supplying refrigerant to the first and second evaporators according to the driving of the refrigerating cycle. The method may further include preventing the refrigerant from being introduced into the second evaporator by more than a first prescribed amount by increasing, for a first prescribed amount of time, a flow rate of the refrigerant supplied to the first evaporator; and preventing the refrigerant from being introduced into the first evaporator by more than a second prescribed amount by increasing, for a second prescribed amount of time, a flow rate of the refrigerant supplied to the second evaporator.
US09982926B2
A cooling system and a refrigerator including a cooling system are provided. The cooling system may include a linear compressor including a reciprocating piston and a cylinder that accommodates the piston and having an outer circumferential surface, into which a refrigerant may be introduced, a refrigerant filter device provided in the linear compressor to filter the refrigerant introduced into one or more gas inflow of the cylinder, a condenser that condenses the refrigerant compressed in the linear compressor, and a dryer that removes foreign substances or oil from the refrigerant condensed in the condenser. The dryer may include a dryer body including a refrigerant inflow, through which the refrigerant condensed in the condenser may be introduced, and a refrigerant discharge, through which the refrigerant may be discharged, and an adsorption filter accommodated in the dryer body to filter the oil in the refrigerant introduced through the refrigerant inflow.
US09982925B2
An air conditioner and a method of controlling an air conditioner are provided. The method of controlling an air conditioner may include determining whether a low-load condition is satisfied on the basis of a number of indoor devices or a temperature of external air, performing a low-load operation of a compressor at a predetermined frequency when the low-load condition is satisfied, detecting whether an operation pressure is out of a target pressure value or range while the low-load operation is performed, and bypassing a refrigerant from the compressor to a gas/liquid separator via an injection passage when the operation pressure is out of the target pressure value or range.
US09982920B2
A method of operating a heat transfer system includes starting operation of a first heat transfer fluid vapor/compression circulation loop including a fluid pumping mechanism, a heat exchanger for rejecting thermal energy from a first heat transfer fluid, and a heat absorption side of an internal heat exchanger. A first conduit in a closed fluid circulation loop circulates the first heat transfer fluid therethrough. Operation of a second two-phase heat transfer fluid circulation loop is started after starting operation of the first heat transfer fluid circulation loop. The second heat transfer fluid circulation loop transfers heat to the first heat transfer fluid circulation loop through the internal heat exchanger and includes a heat rejection side of the internal heat exchanger, a liquid pump, and a heat exchanger evaporator. A second conduit in a closed fluid circulation loop circulates a second heat transfer fluid therethrough.
US09982915B2
An air heating unit using solar energy has an inner core further comprised of at least one passageway within which air circulates while being interfered by baffles shaped, sized, and positioned so as to create turbulence in the air flow in order to homogeneously warm the air.
US09982911B2
This disclosure refers to an electrical heating device comprising a heating rod, and heat sinks which are held between opposing flanges of the heating rod. The heat sinks are clamped by the flanges pressing laterally against the heat sinks.
US09982897B2
A system of capturing waste heat includes a heat recovery unit (20) having a heat exchanger (35) arranged to transfer heat between a fluid circulating in a refrigerant loop (60) and a fluid circulating in a solar loop (70) and another heat exchanger (39) arranged to transfer heat between the fluid in the solar loop (70) and a fluid circulating in a water loop (50). Controllable first, second, and third three-way valves (V1-V3) provide or prevent, depending on fluid temperatures, an A-B, B-C, and A-C flow path through the valve. The first valve (V1) is arranged in the water loop (50) upstream of the second heat exchanger (39). The second (V2) is arranged in the solar loop (70) upstream of the second heat exchanger (39). The third valve (V3) is arranged in the solar loop (70) between the first and second heat exchangers (35, 39).
US09982889B2
A solid particle distribution controller includes a plurality of division plates proximate a division between an upstream solid particle conveyance pipe and a plurality of downstream pipes. The solid particle distribution controller also includes a plurality of extension plates. Each of the extension plates is movably mounted proximate to a respective division plate for movement in an upstream and downstream direction with respect to the division plate. The plurality of extension plates are configured and adapted for motion in the upstream and downstream direction independent of one another to extend upstream of the division plates as needed to improve solid particle distribution among the downstream pipes.
US09982885B2
Devices, methods, and systems for utilizing a burner with a combustion air driven jet pump are described herein. One burner apparatus includes a jet pump located inside a burner housing, the jet pump having a combustion air inlet that receives combustion air, a chamber to receive the combustion air from the combustion air inlet, and a tapered portion of the chamber that tapers to an outlet having a smaller diameter than the diameter of the inlet.
US09982877B2
A lighting device includes an elongated profiled body with a web wall having first and second opposing faces, and two side walls to the side of the web wall, the latter having longitudinal slots extending therealong. In the profiled body, there may be provided an elongated light radiation source module including a support board with electrically conductive formations facing said longitudinal slots and at least one electrically-powered light radiation source which is in electrical contact with said electrically conductive formations. The light radiation source module is locatable in elongated profiled body extending between both side walls, with support board facing towards the first face of web wall. An electrical contact slider member slidable along the second face of web wall is provided with electrical contact pins adapted to extend into said longitudinal slots. Slider member is displaceable towards support board with pins contacting said electrically conductive formations of support board.
US09982875B2
The invention is directed at a modular lighting, detection and control system (1) for an industrial construction or a vehicle service construction comprising an assembly of one or more suspension rails (3) and one or more system modules (7), wherein the suspension rails (3) are arranged for receiving the system modules (7), and the system modules (7) are arranged for mounting thereof on the suspension rails (3) for suspending therefrom, and wherein the system is arranged conveying electric signals to and/or from the modules (7) via the suspension rails (3), said electric signals including a power signal for powering the system modules (7), wherein the system further comprises a low voltage power supply unit for providing the power signal, the power signal being a low voltage electrical power signal, and wherein for conveying the electric signals the suspension rails (3) comprise one or more conductor sections (12,13,14,15), wherein the conductor sections (12,13,14,15) are formed of a conductive material substantially comprising aluminum.
US09982869B2
A housing of an electronic module may include: a mounting surface located at one side of the housing, wherein the mounting surface includes at least three sub-mounting surfaces, lines connecting the centers of respective sub-mounting surfaces form a polygon, and a mounting hole extending from one side of the housing to the other side thereof and being opened within an area of the polygon.
US09982862B2
Light guiding elements having a light guiding section extending between a light entrance surface for coupling in light and a light exit surface for coupling out light from the light guiding element through the light exit surface. The light exit surface extends along an exit surface longitudinal direction. The light guiding section has at least a first and a second lateral surface extending from the light entrance surface to the light exit surface such that light can be guided by total internal reflection from the light entrance surface to the light exit surface. The form of the light entrance surface differs from that of the light exit surface. The light guiding section has a roof section extending toward the light exit surface in which the first and the second lateral surfaces taper toward each other with respect to the exit surface longitudinal direction.
US09982858B2
A modular headlamp assembly includes a low beam headlamp module, a high beam headlamp module, and front turn/parking lamp module. The low beam headlamp module and the high beam headlamp module are supported by a reflector carrier. Each of the high and low beam headlamp modules includes a heat sink and mounting assembly with a heat sink portion bisecting a reflector member. The reflector carrier is adjustably fastened to a housing to allow for adjustment of the high and low beam headlamp modules within the modular headlamp assembly.
US09982849B2
The present invention relates to a lighting apparatus using LEDs as light sources and a display using the lighting apparatus, particularly, the present invention provides a lighting apparatus including: a plurality of light sources located on a printed circuit board; and a reflecting unit provided on the printed circuit board; and a spaced area provided inside the reflective unit.
US09982844B2
A method for storage and transport of LPG on LPG carriers, in particular two cargoes of different LPG types on same shipment, having reliquefaction units (300, 400) in which vaporized gases are condensed and then returned into at least one cargo tank (100) for the respective LPG cargo type. The method is further comprising: using the reliquefaction units (300, 400), at a minimum one running, as to condense vapor from the first cargo type; passing the condensed vapor through a heat exchanger (500); simultaneously flowing vapor from the second cargo type through the heat exchanger (500) as to condense vapor by means of heat exchanging with the condensed vapor; and returning the condensed vapors leaving the heat exchanger back into the respective cargo types. The present invention is also disclosing a system for storage and transport of LPG on LPG carriers.
US09982842B2
A method for performing a pressure test on a tank (e.g. hydrogen tank) and a filling apparatus is disclosed. The tank is connected via a tank valve to a tank feed line which has a first valve for shutting off the tank feed line, wherein during the pressure test prior to the tank being filled through the tank feed line a flow of medium, with the first valve closed, is directed into the tank via a bypass line bridging the first valve, wherein the flow of medium is throttled in the bypass line such that a tank feed pressure acting on the tank valve rises in a controlled manner, wherein the tank valve opens particularly when the tank feed pressure exceeds the pressure prevailing in the tank.
US09982829B2
An external sleeve arrangement for repairing a defective length of pipe has top and bottom segments for substantially encircling the pipe, where the bottom segment in addition has connector plates welded on either side. When the pipe and sleeve segments are made of a similar material, the sleeve segments are made thicker than the pipe wall, up to three times as thick or more, so that upon heating the sleeve segments for a given time they stretch relative to the pipe. After joining the stretched sleeve segments with the connector plates to form a continuous circumferential sleeve, the sleeve is cooled to provide an enhanced interference fit to reinforce the defective length of pipe. Prior to heating, the sleeve segments are clamped about the pipe using a clamping mechanism employing lugs connected to the segments and screw jacks engaging those lugs to draw the segments tight to the pipe.
US09982828B2
The method for rehabilitating a damaged section of a pipe without a need for a resin absorbent liner is provided. The method includes pumping a low viscosity material towards a damaged section of pipe and changing the viscosity prior to dispensing of the material. For example, the material may be partially cured prior to dispensing. The partially cured or higher viscosity material is compressed between an inflating bladder and interior wall of the pipe, and the material that is allowed to fully cure. The bladder either can then be removed from the pipe or could be allowed to maintain in the pipe providing a new interior surface for the repaired pipe.
US09982825B2
A bladder and attachment member assembly for use with a container comprises an elastomeric gas-filled bladder comprising a valve stem. A first attachment member is disposed over the valve stem within the container with the bladder. A second attachment member is disposed over the valve stem and over the first attachment member. The second attachment member is outside of the container interposed between the valve stem and a container opening. Rotational movement of the valve stem is fixed relative to one or both of the first and second attachment members. In an example, the valve stem comprises one or more surface features that register with one or more surface features of the first and/or second attachment member to thereby fix relative valve stem rotational movement. In an example, the valve stem surface feature is a flat surface that registers with a flat surface of the second attachment member inside diameter.
US09982818B2
A shape memory alloy (SMA) sealing ring is deformed to provide a shape between a radially inner sealing portion and radially outer sealing portion thereof which has at least one peak and at least one trough. When the shape memory behavior of the SMA is activated, this shape provides a sealing connection between a first and second member.
US09982817B2
A separation preventive pipe joint having an adjustable angle of deflection. A lock ring storage groove accommodates a metallic lock ring that can be engaged with a spigot protrusion and a cushioning material that comes into contact with a bottom of the lock ring storage groove and a side wall on a socket opening side. The cushioning material is made of a material softer than the lock ring.
US09982815B2
A premium threaded joint has a pin-side shoulder angle θ1, a box-side shoulder angle θ2, a seal interference quantity δ and a seal point distance xp satisfying θ2−θ1=α×δ/xp, α=7 to 14, and a pin distal end thickness tp1 defined by a difference Re−Ri between a radius Re of a pin most distal end portion and an inner radius Ri of a pin distal end portion is 0.25 times or more as large as a pin raw pipe thickness tp0.
US09982811B2
A flexible hose liner is provided having a cylindrical body extending along a longitudinal axis from as first end to a second end. First and second sleeves form the cylindrical body by separate continuous ribbons having a plurality of convolutions formed in a helical pattern along the cylindrical body from the first end to the second end. A ring is formed in each revolution about the longitudinal axis of the continuous ribbon of the first and second sleeves. A plurality of rings form the cylindrical body, each ring has a first convolution and an ending convolution such that a mechanical connection is formed between the ending convolution of a preceding ring and the first convolution of a succeeding ring. The mechanical connection of the between the rings of the first sleeve being different from the mechanical connection of the rings of the second sleeve.
US09982797B2
A solenoid valve has a valve body with first and second passages; a coil wound around a coil bobbin; a stator with a third passage; a plunger having a through hole therein; a flux return device; and a spring. When the coil is energized, the plunger is attracted toward the stator such that the plunger closes the third passage, and connects the first passage with the second passage through the through hole in the coil bobbin. When the coil is not energized, the plunger moves away from the stator such that the plunger closes the first passage, and connects the second passage with the third passage. A resilient gasket between the stator and the flux return device reduces vibration from direct contact between the plunger and the stator, being transmitted to the flux return device, thereby reducing vibration and noise.
US09982790B1
Examples are provided that describe a rotary hydraulic valve. In one example, a rotary valve comprises a sleeve with a plurality of selector ports and one or more control ports spaced along a length of the sleeve. A spool comprising an internal chamber is provided within the sleeve. The spool includes a plurality of selector openings and one or more control openings spaced along a length of the spool. The rotary valve also comprises a controller for determining a given rotational movement of the spool based on a selection of a pressurized fluid. The rotary valve also comprises a motor coupled to the spool and for rotating the spool within the sleeve based on the given rotational movement. The motor is configured to cause a given alignment of the spool to the sleeve resulting in a pathway through the internal chamber of the spool and out to the sleeve.
US09982782B2
The present invention relates to a system comprising: a shaft having a distal end and a proximal end; a casing defining a housing in which a hydraulic device is rotatably mounted on the shaft; and a sealing element comprising a low pressure dynamic sealing means and a reinforced dynamic sealing means formed by a static seal tightly mounted on a friction pad, such as to isolate the dynamic sealing means from the rotating hydraulic device, said sealing element defining a discharge chamber between the dynamic sealing means and the reinforced dynamic sealing means, which discharge chamber is connected to a drain via a pipe arranged on the surface of the shaft, between the hydraulic device and the shaft, so as to discharge the fluid located in the discharge chamber, such that said discharge chamber is not subjected to the pressure in the casing of the hydraulic device.
US09982779B2
A hydraulic control system provides lubrication fluid to a gearbox via two flow paths in parallel. One of the flow paths includes a passive thermal valve in series with a heat exchanger. When the fluid temperature is elevated, the thermal valve opens such that fluid flows through the heat exchanger for cooling. The thermal valve restricts flow to the heat exchanger when transmission fluid is in a normal operating temperature range, reducing flow demands. When the flow demands are reduced, a variable displacement pump requires less torque improving fuel economy. The thermal valve may also open when the fluid is below the normal operating temperature such that the heat exchanger heats the fluid. The parallel path may include a regulator valve. When the pressure of fluid in the lubrication circuit is elevated, the regulator valve reduces flow through the parallel path and may also divert flow to a sump.
US09982777B2
A seat belt attachment determining unit of a rough terrain vehicle determines whether or not a seat belt is being worn by a vehicle occupant. In the case it is determined by the seat belt attachment determining unit that the vehicle occupant is wearing the seat belt, the ECU switches a transmission gear stage of an automatic transmission using a first speed change mode. On the other hand, in the case it is determined by the seat belt attachment determining unit that the vehicle occupant is not wearing the seat belt, the ECU switches the transmission gear stage using a second speed change mode.
US09982775B2
Ground wires are shared between a drive-side pulley solenoid valve and a driven-side pulley solenoid valve. Therefore, when a disconnection or short circuit occurs in the shared portion, a drive-side pulley and a driven-side pulley show substantially the same behavior. As a result, changes in the speed ratio γcvt of a continuously variable transmission are suppressed and changes in vehicle behavior are also suppressed. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the degradation of drivability during the failure of the solenoid valves involved in power transmission.
US09982772B2
The present disclosure relates to a shifting apparatus for a vehicle which includes a transmission realizing series of multi shift stages so that shift stages are sequentially increased as shift ratios are decreased. The shifting apparatus may include a shift limit means designating a lowest shift stage having a largest shift ratio to a shift stage for climbing and limiting so that a driver may select the shift stage for climbing in an only case that the vehicle satisfies a predetermined climbing condition; a gradient angle sensor for measuring a climb gradient of the vehicle; a vehicle speed sensor for measuring a vehicle speed; and a controller determining the climbing condition based on signals of the gradient angle sensor and the vehicle speed sensor so as to control the shift limit means.
US09982770B2
A transmission oil feeder for a motor vehicle includes an input member defining a rotating shaft. An output member defines a rotating shaft. A gearing arrangement connects the input member to the output member. An oil feeder tube is disposed within a central bore of at least one of the input member or the output member. The oil feeder tube is in communication with a supply of lubricating oil. Multiple apertures are created through a wall of the oil feeder tube at a bottom of the oil feeder tube enhancing gravity flow of the lubricating oil out of the apertures. The apertures are individually prepositioned proximate to one of multiple gear sets of the gearing arrangement. Each of the apertures of the oil feeder tube deliver a portion of the supply of lubricating oil to the one of the multiple gear sets.
US09982760B2
A tensioner includes a base, a tension arrangement rotatable at the base, a damping member being rotated in a loading direction by the tension arrangement, and an elastic member biasing against the damping member. The position of the damping member depends by the layout geometry of the specific application and is directly in opposition to the hub load. The reaction force of the cylindrical surface of the base on the damping member is very near to the plan of the external forces represented by the hub load to minimize the deflection of the shaft. The tension arrangement is rotated to push the damping member for generating a first positive tension between the damping member and the base, and to expand the elastic member radially for generating a second positive tension between the elastic member and the damping member, so as to enhance a damping force of the tensioner.
US09982759B2
A hydraulic auto-tensioner includes a sleeve having its bottom end press-fitted in a sleeve fitting hole in the bottom surface of a cylinder, a rod having its bottom end slidably fitted in the sleeve, and a return spring mounted between a spring support at the upper portion of the rod and the bottom surface of the cylinder. A pressure chamber communicates with a reservoir chamber through a passage formed between fitting surfaces of the sleeve fitting hole and the sleeve. The passage has a check valve. The rod has a valve fitting hole and a communication passage through which the valve fitting hole communicates with the reservoir chamber. The valve fitting hole has a relief valve. An orifice is formed between a valve hole formed in a valve seat of the relief valve and a valve body to prevent a sharp drop in pressure in the pressure chamber.
US09982754B2
A dual clutch transmission is provided with first and second coaxial input shafts, at least one mainshaft, and an output shaft that are coaxial with one another. The transmission has a countershaft offset from the first input shaft that supports seven countershaft gear elements drivably connected to respective gear elements on the first and second input shafts and the at least one mainshaft thereby forming seven forward gear meshes for the transmission. The seven forward gear meshes provide at least nine forward gear ratios for the transmission. The transmission is powershiftable between consecutive gear ratios of the at least nine gear ratios such that no torque interrupt occurs during sequential shifts.
US09982747B2
In one or more embodiments, a damper hub assembly includes a hub with a through-aperture defined by an aperture wall and to receive therein a portion of a crankshaft, the aperture wall including face and back surfaces and a wall surface positioned there-between, and an insert contacting the face and back surfaces and the wall surface.
US09982741B2
A damping valve device (27), includes a damping valve housing (31) with a tube part (33) and an outer top housing part (35), wherein an intermediate housing wall (39) which is fixed with respect to the tube part (33) spatially separates a coil assembly (37) from a valve region (73), and the outer top housing part (35) forms a back iron body for the coil assembly (37), wherein an inner sleeve (69) together with a base (71) closes the valve region (73), wherein the outer top housing part (35) is a component part which is separate from the intermediate housing wall (39), and the inner sleeve (69) is connected to the intermediate housing wall (39) in a pressure-tight manner independent from the outer housing part (35), and wherein a protective cap (93) which is separate from the outer top housing part (35) covers the outer top housing part (35).
US09982728B2
A system and method for auxiliary clutch failure detection determines a difference between a first output power of a powered system when a clutch system is controlled to engage and drive a load at a first output of the load and a second output power of the powered system when the clutch system is controlled to drive the load at a larger, second output. A control signal indicative of clutch failure is generated responsive to the difference being less than a designated threshold. The control signal may be used to implement one or more remedial actions.
US09982726B2
Means for restricting the axial displacement of a clutch retainer (11a) with respect to a metal inner ring (3a) is configured so that the amount of processing of the inner ring (3a) is reduced. Semispherical concave engaging sections (22) are formed in the cam surface (6) of the inner ring (3a), and semispherical convex engaging sections (23) are formed on the inner-circumferential surface of a rim section (12b) of the clutch retainer (11a). The means for restricting the axial displacement of a clutch retainer (11a) with respect to a metal inner ring (3a) is achieved by engagement between the concave engaging sections (22) and the convex engaging sections (23) when the clutch retainer (11a) is assembled on the outer-diameter side of the cam surface (6).
US09982720B2
A rotary shaft coupling (10) for the drive-line of a vehicle includes a female component (11) of a propeller shaft (41) and a male component (12) of a drive axial pinion (42). The components have mutually engageable splines (14, 15) and circular regions (23, 25, 24, 26) drawn into engagement by a clamp nut (16) of the male component; the circular regions are a sliding or an interference fit. The clamp nut (16) may also be used to draw the components (11, 12) apart.
US09982718B2
A tapered roller bearing includes an outer ring, an inner ring, tapered rollers, a cage, and a lubricant holding member. The cage is formed of resin. Since the cage is formed of resin, the tapered roller bearing can be downsized with contact between the cage and the lubricant holding member avoided.
US09982716B2
A synthetic resin retainer includes two annular members having opposed surfaces opposed to each other and each formed with a plurality of pockets which are circumferentially spaced apart from each other, and in which the balls are received. Each annular member includes axially concave, arc-shaped pocket wall portions defining the inner surfaces of the pockets, and flat plate-shaped coupling plate portions coupling together the adjacent pairs of the pocket wall portions. The coupling plate portions have axial thicknesses of 30% or less of the diameters of the balls, and the pocket wall portions have, at deepest points of the pockets, thicknesses of 10% or less of the diameters of the balls.
US09982713B2
A bearing apparatus for wheels includes an outer ring, a hub shaft, rolling elements, a seal attached to a vehicle-outer-side part of the outer ring, a rotating slinger attached to the vehicle-outer-side part of the hub shaft and contacted by the seal, and a fixed slinger attached to a vehicle-outer-side outer periphery of the outer ring and contacted by the seal. An outer peripheral surface of the outer ring has a non-plated surface portion provided at a vehicle-outer-side end of the outer ring and a plated surface portion that is continuous with the non-plated surface portion. The fixed slinger has an inner cylindrical portion externally fitted over and attached to the non-plated surface portion. The seal has an inner lip that contacts the rotating slinger and an outer lip that contacts the inner cylindrical portion.
US09982706B2
A method of manufacturing a light rotor shaft for eco-friendly vehicles is provided which includes cutting a pipe material in a specified length to provide a pipe blank and forming the pipe blank to provide a first form having the first segment on a first side. The method further includes, forming a second form having the second segment by inserting and rotating a first side of a mandrel into the first side of the first form and concurrently hammer-forging the second side of the first form to form the second segment. The rotor shaft includes a third segment formed by inserting and rotating the second side of the mandrel into the first side of the second form to form the third segment.
US09982704B2
Internally threaded device 10 includes a main body 11 having an internal thread portion 13 and a ring-like seat portion 12 disposed between the main body 11 and a member to be fastened 30. The main body 11 has a convex portion 15 and the ring-like seat portion 12 has a concave portion 16, the convex portion 15 and the concave portion 16 have a spherical zone with a center on an axis line. The radius of the spherical shape is set to allow the convex portion 15 and the concave portion 16 to slide earlier than the internal thread portion 13 when a load is applied between the main part 11 and the member 30 in a direction crossing the axial line L. Externally threaded device 40 and washer device 50 in similar structures prevent loosening of the engaged portion easily.
US09982693B2
The present invention relates to a method and a device comprising a self-regulating pressure pipe for increasing a rate of a fluid flow of a fluid and configured to respond to the volume of the fluid or the viscosity of the fluid by decreasing or increasing the pressure within the self-regulating pressure pipe.
US09982689B2
A compressor of a gas turbine engine includes at least one rotor, and at least one stator, wherein the at least one stator includes a water channel wall located on a surface of the stator, wherein the water channel wall is configured to direct water away from a center line of the turbine engine and is located an offset distance from an outside wall of the compressor, wherein the offset distance is zero percent to twenty percent of the span of the stator.
US09982687B2
A compressor is provided that comprises; a compression mechanism compressing a fluid; a motor driving the compression mechanism; and a housing that houses the compression mechanism and the motor. The compressor includes a low-temperature fluid passage forming unit having a surface forming a low-temperature fluid passage in which a low-temperature fluid flows and provided in the housing so as to cool the motor, and an oil passage forming unit having a surface forming an oil passage through which oil supplied into the housing flows. At least a part of the oil passage forming unit is arranged so as to face the low-temperature fluid passage forming unit with an interposed portion interposed therebetween such that the oil is cooled by heat exchange with the low-temperature fluid.
US09982685B2
A turbocharger compressor cover (114) including an inner shroud contour (122) configured to receive a compressor wheel (118) having a plurality of blades (140). Each blade (140) includes a leading edge (142), a contour edge (144), and a trailing edge (146). An inlet passage (124) leads to the inner shroud contour (122) and a circumferential groove (130) is formed around the inlet passage (124). The groove (130) includes a trailing edge (136) that is aligned with the outboard end (148) of the leading edge (142) of the blades. The compressor cover (114) includes an edge relief (138) formed along the groove trailing edge (136), such as a 45 degree chamfer. The circumferential groove (130) has a width and a depth, wherein the width and depth are approximately equal. The chamfer intersects the groove (130) approximately half the depth from the bottom of the groove (130).
US09982684B2
A hybrid compressor blade having an airfoil portion and a root portion that includes an outer shell comprised of one or multiple types of material that are each located at a predesignated section on the compressor blade, having at least one transition region between two different sections. The transition region is comprised of one or multiple layers with a compositional gradient based upon materials in the neighboring sections to provide a gradual transition from one section to another.
US09982677B2
A fan assembly includes a body and an air outlet connected to the body. The body includes an air inlet comprising a plurality of apertures formed in an outer casing of the body, an impeller and a motor for driving the impeller to generate an air flow which passes along an air flow path extending from the air inlet to the impeller, a drive circuit for actuating the motor, the drive circuit being connected to the outer casing, and a panel for shielding the drive circuit from the air flow passing along the air flow path. The drive circuit includes a connector for connecting the drive circuit to a power cable, the connector being located within the outer casing. The outer casing includes an aperture through which the power cable is inserted to connect the cable to the connector, The panel includes a drain located beneath the connector.
US09982675B2
A method for controlling the power limit of a pump device includes controlling the power limit of the pump device on the basis of a pump media temperature Tm and an ambient temperature Ta measured inside a control box of the pump device. A pump device, in particular a centrifugal pump, is driven by a motor. The motor is controlled by a control box wherein temperature sensors for measuring a media temperature Tm and an ambient temperature Ta are arranged in the control box so as to control the power limit of the pump device depending on the measured media temperature Tm and an ambient temperature Ta.
US09982666B2
A vacuum pump system includes a secondary pumping mechanism incorporated into a stationary portion of a scroll pump. The stationary portion includes the stationary plate scroll of the scroll pump and defines a gas passageway in which the secondary pumping mechanism is disposed. The gas passageway is connected to a gas flow path through the scroll pump at a location upstream of an exhaust check valve of the scroll pump. The secondary pumping mechanism is displaceable within the gas passageway to draw residual gas in the compression stage upstream of the check valve into the gas passageway, and may pump the residual gas back out through the exhaust check valve, to evacuate residual gas from the compression stage.
US09982647B2
An engine start system has a rotating electrical machine, a starter motor, an engine ECU and an ISG controller. The rotating electrical machine is connected to an output shaft of an engine. The starter motor drives the engine to be restarted. The engine ECU controls the engine operation. The ISG controller instructs an inverter when the rotating electrical machine performs power running and regenerative power generation. The ISG controller communicates with the engine ECU, and adjusts the operation of the starter motor and the rotating electrical machine. When receiving an engine restart request, the ISG controller drives at least one of the starter motor and the rotating electrical machine so as to restart the engine.
US09982640B2
A fuel supply system includes a fuel pump having an inlet configured to pick up fuel and an outlet configured to discharge fuel. A pressure vessel is in fluid communication with the outlet of the fuel pump such that fuel is directed from the fuel pump into the pressure vessel, the pressure vessel having an outlet port. A pressure regulation valve subassembly is detachably coupled with the outlet port via a male-female interface that positively locks against axial separation upon axial coupling in a first orientation and relative rotation of less than 360 degrees to a second orientation. A reservoir defines an internal space at least partially receiving the fuel pump, the pressure vessel, and the pressure regulation valve subassembly. The reservoir includes an interior wall that obstructs rotation of the pressure regulation valve subassembly from the second orientation to the first orientation.
US09982639B2
A method including providing a mold cavity to produce an outer contour of an acoustic resonator and providing a mold core to produce an inner contour of the resonator. The inner contour corresponds to a plenum, and a connecting channel in fluid communication with the plenum. An insert fitting adjacent to the mold core defines a length of the connecting channel during injection molding of the resonator.
US09982637B2
A system includes a controller that is configured to respond to engine load being at a designated engine load point by operating an engine with a lower exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) amount and a more advanced fuel injection timing than any other steady-state engine load point when EGR and fuel injection are enabled. The controller is further configured to respond to engine load being within a range of engine load points around the designated engine load point by increasing the EGR amount and retarding fuel injection timing as load increases and as load decreases away from the designated engine load point. This may result in decreased fuel consumption while maintaining emissions below designated levels.
US09982634B2
A crankcase ventilation system, preferably for an engine capable of operation in roll-over situations and/or in steeply oblique positions, and/or for permitting such operation. The crankcase ventilation system includes a crankcase, preferably at least one extraction point for blow-by, and at least one blow-by separator a blow-by separation container. The at least one blow-by separator and the blow-by separation container are connected to one another.
US09982619B2
It is intended to, when abnormality in either one of two rotation detection sections with different detection frequencies occurs, quickly and highly accurately detect the abnormality to favorably deal with abnormality occurring during low engine rotation. It is determined that abnormality is present in the rotation phase detection section, when an absolute value of difference between an actual VTC angle detected by a rotation phase detection section and an integrated value of a VTC change angle detected by motor rotation sensor 201 with the higher detection frequency than the frequency of detection of the actual VTC angle by the rotation phase detection section is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.
US09982613B2
A vehicle includes a first sensor, a second sensor, an engine, a fuel supplying device, and a control device. The control device includes a first sensor detecting unit, a second sensor detecting unit, a vehicle status detecting unit, and a control unit. The control unit is switchable among a regular state, a start-stop enabling state, and an idling-stop state. The control unit switches into the start-stop enabling state from the regular state once the control unit determines that the first sensor and the second sensor are both triggered. The control unit further switches into the idling-stop state and controls the fuel supplying device to stop supplying fuel once the control unit determines that the vehicle status meets an idling-stop condition.
US09982612B2
Systems and methods for implementing regeneration of an aftertreatment component using exhaust gas recirculation is described. According to various embodiments, an engine system comprises an engine, a turbocharger, a fluid control valve, and a lean NOx catalyst. The engine has a first set cylinders fluidly coupled to an intake manifold and a second set of cylinders having fluidly isolated from the intake manifold of the engine. The fluid control valve is disposed between the first exhaust outlet and the exhaust conduit and is structured to selectively fluidly couple the first exhaust outlet to the exhaust conduit. Also, the lean NOx catalyst has an inlet structured to receive exhaust gases from the exhaust conduit at a position downstream of the turbine outlet and the fluid control valve.
US09982606B2
An architecture for providing power to an aircraft comprises a power supply. The power supply provides power to a plurality of components. An array has a plurality of storage cells. The plurality of storage cells includes capacitors which are charged by the power supply, and which selectively provide power to the components. The array is mounted on a fan case. An engine is also disclosed.
US09982601B2
An oil lubrication system is provided. The oil lubrication system may comprise an oil pump, a conduit fluidly coupled to the oil pump, and a damper fluidly coupled to the conduit. The damper may further comprise a volume configured to receive oil in response to a pulse event. A heat exchanger may also be fluidly coupled to the conduit. In various embodiments, the damper may comprise a spherical volume. The damper may be fluidly coupled to the conduit between the oil pump and the heat exchanger. An adapter may be mechanically coupled between the conduit and the damper. The adapter may comprise a passage in fluid communication with the conduit and the damper. The damper may further comprise a membrane. A gas or compressible fluid may be disposed in the damper on a first side of the membrane. The membrane may be configured to separate the gas from the oil.
US09982596B2
A multi-joint crank drive of an internal combustion engine includes at least one coupling member supported on a crankpin of a crankshaft for rotation about a coupling member rotation axis; and at least one articulated connecting rod supported on a crankpin of an eccentric shaft for rotation about an eccentric rotation axis, wherein the at least one coupling member is connected with a piston connecting rod of a piston of the internal combustion engine for pivoting about a piston connecting rod rotation axis, and with the at least one articulated connecting rod for pivoting about an articulated connecting rod rotation axis, and wherein a rotation axis of the eccentric shaft is situated above a plane which receives a rotation axis of the crankshaft and is perpendicular to at least one cylinder longitudinal center axis, and wherein, respectively in relation to a total travel of the piston.
US09982594B2
An intake system is arranged in a side portion of one side of an engine body in a left-right direction, and the exhaust passage and the air pump are arranged in a side portion of the other side of the cylinder block and the cylinder head of the engine body in the left-right direction.
US09982589B2
An intake manifold for a charged internal combustion engine has an intercooler provided with coolant connectors that is disposed in an intake manifold housing. The intake manifold housing has at least two housing parts including a basic housing part. The intake manifold housing is provided with at least one inlet and at least one outlet for charge air and is further provided with at least one passage for the coolant connectors of the intercooler. The intercooler is arranged between the at least one inlet and the at least one outlet so as to be flowed through by the charge air. The intercooler is fastened in the basic housing part by a fastening device such that the intercooler separates at least on one side of the basic housing part the at least one inlet seal-tightly from the at least one outlet.
US09982580B2
An oil drain plug and wireless oil level sensor assembly is provided including an oil drain plug having a shaft and a head, the shaft having external threads and an axial passage extending axially therein in communication with at least one radial passage extending through the shaft from the axial passage to an exterior of the shaft. An oil level sensor includes a housing having an annular mounting portion defining an aperture extending there through for receiving the shaft of the oil drain plug. A pressure transducer is in fluid communication with the aperture and connected to a circuit and a battery disposed within the housing that provide wireless signals representative of the oil level.
US09982577B2
A camshaft adjusting device, wherein said camshaft adjusting device has a lubricant supply unit, wherein the lubricant supply unit has a filter device for filtering the lubricant, wherein the filter device has at least one lubricant inlet, at least one lubricant outlet and at least one filter path, wherein the lubricant inlet and the lubricant outlet are fluidically connected to each other by way of the filter path, and wherein an output shaft of the camshaft adjusting device has two wall sections, wherein the at least one filter path is configured in a filter volume between the two wall sections, and wherein the lubricant inlet is at a smaller distance from the axis of rotation than the lubricant outlet, and the filter path extends at least in sections in the radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation.
US09982575B2
A hydraulic camshaft adjuster includes an at least two-part rotor which can be rotated about an axis and comprises a first rotor element and a second rotor element. The first rotor element has at least one first bore, which is aligned with at least one second bore of the second rotor element. A connecting element sits in the at least one first bore and the at least one second bore such that the first rotor element is connected to the second rotor element in a positive-locking, frictional, and/or bonded manner. An at least two-part rotor of a hydraulic camshaft adjuster is also provided, and a method for producing a rotor of a hydraulic camshaft adjuster.
US09982562B2
A sintered alloy includes, in percentage by mass, Cr: 10.37 to 39.73, Ni: 5.10 to 24.89, Si: 0.14 to 2.52, Cu: 1.0 to 10.0, P: 0.1 to 1.5, C: 0.18 to 3.20 and the balance of Fe plus unavoidable impurities; a phase A containing precipitated metallic carbide with an average particle diameter of 10 to 50 μm; and a phase B containing precipitated metallic carbide with an average particle diameter of 10 μm or less, wherein the phase A is randomly dispersed in the phase B and the average particle diameter DA of the precipitated metallic carbide in the phase A is larger than the average particle diameter DB of the precipitated metallic carbide of the phase B.
US09982558B2
A steam turbine includes a turbine body; a steam flow passage; a regulating valve which regulates opening and closing of the steam flow passage with a linear motion; a switching drive mechanism which drives the regulating valve; an electronic governor which controls at least the switching drive mechanism; and a controller unit. The switching drive mechanism has an electric motor which rotates when supplied with power, a conversion mechanism which converts a rotary motion of the electric motor into a linear motion of the regulating valve, and a brake which brakes the rotary motion of the electric motor. At least one of the controller unit and the electronic governor performs control such that the brake is actuated and the position of the regulating valve is maintained when at least one of the electric motor and the controller unit breaks down.
US09982556B2
The present invention relates to a turbine engine (10) comprising: at least one hollow guidance arm (44) radially extending from a hub (38) to an annular housing (42), and having one radially external end which opens out in an opening (60) of said annular housing, a radial countershaft (48) located in said guidance arm (44) for rotatably driving at least one device arranged at the periphery of said annular housing (42). According to the invention, a transfer case (50) is disposed facing the opening (60) of the annular housing, and the turbine engine comprises rotational power transfer means (78, 52) between the radial countershaft (48) and the device, with the guidance arm (44) being equipped, at the external end thereof, with a widened section (56) by which it opens out in the opening (60) of the annular housing and in which part of the transfer case (50) is accommodated.
US09982554B2
The invention relates to an assembly comprising a turbine engine casing and a bladed rotor wheel arranged therein. The casing presents an inside wall having a circumferential strip of abradable material. Facing the tips of the blades, the casing presents upstream the strip of abradable material, and downstream a circumferential groove. The strip of abradable material is defined downstream by the circumferential groove. The downstream end of the circumferential groove is in register with or downstream from the trailing edges of the blades. This arrangement optimizes the use of abradable material in the casings of the turbine engines.
US09982544B2
The present disclosure includes gas turbine engine components which are cooled internally through the inclusion of lattice structures. Such structures may comprise a network of branches and nodes. Further, the branches may vary in size, shape, and configuration.
US09982543B2
An airfoil of a gas turbine engine having a hollow body defining at least one airfoil cavity therein, the hollow body defining an inner diameter and an outer diameter and a baffle positioned within the at least one airfoil cavity and extending over less than an entire length between the inner diameter and the outer diameter, the baffle configured to reduce the cross-sectional area within the at least one airfoil cavity. The at least one airfoil cavity includes a first portion having a length that is defined by an open cavity having a full cross-sectional area and a second portion having a length that is defined by a reduced cross-sectional area, the second portion being the length of the baffle within the at least one airfoil cavity.
US09982539B2
Turbomachines having guide ducts are disclosed. One disclosed example turbomachine includes a rotor rotatable about an axis of rotation and having rotor blade ducts, a housing having housing ducts to allow the inflow or outflow of working medium and guide blade ducts fixed in the housing, where the rotor blade ducts are in fluid communication with the housing ducts via the guide blade ducts.
US09982538B1
A rotating liner driving mechanism for converting existing engines castings to a rotating liner configuration (RLE) with minor changes to the engine or casting. A pulley is connected to the main accessory belt in the front of the engine and drives a shaft parallel to the crankshaft but external to the engine. Via a 90 degree gearbox, the driving rotation is turned about normal to the crankshaft and block deck face. This shaft drives a driving gear through a gear cover, which then drives one of the liners. Gears in the liner flanges propagate the rotation to all liners. An inline engine needs only one set of pulleys and driving mechanisms, but a V-engine may require two, one for each bank of cylinders. The driving pulley can have mechanisms included so that the gear ratio between crankshaft and rotating liners can be varied during engine operation.
US09982536B2
The invention relates to a method pertaining to a bolting configuration (299) where a drilling unit and a bolting unit are arranged to be supported by a bottom carriage (330) via a respective top carriage (271; 272), wherein said bottom carriage (330) is arranged to be supported by a feed beam (230), relative to which said bottom carriage (330) is displaceable, wherein said top carriages (271; 272) are arranged to alternately be supported by said bottom carriage (330) to alternately be brought into operative engagement and hereby alternately be locked relative to said bottom carriage (330). The method comprises the step of: —said locking being performed by a locking configuration (350; 351) comprising at least one hydraulically, pneumatically or electrically displaceably arranged locking pin (350) adapted to be inserted into a locking hole (351) during locking, wherein said locking pin (350) is supported by said one top carriage (271; 272) and said locking hole (351) is arranged in said bottom carriage (330), or vice versa. The invention also relates to a computer program product comprising program code (P) for a computer (200; 210) to implement a method according to the invention. The invention also relates to a bolting configuration and a vehicle equipped with the bolting configuration.
US09982531B2
An apparatus for sensing acoustic waves below a surface of the earth includes an optical fiber disposed below the surface of the earth and having a series of sensing units along the optical fiber with each sensing unit having three or more reflectors and an optical interrogator in optical communication with the optical fiber. The reflectors in each sensing unit are positioned to provide a linearized response that approximates a sawtooth wave better than a sinusoidal wave to sense the acoustic waves in a desired dynamic range. The optical interrogator is configured to transmit an input light signal into the optical fiber and receive a reflected light signal from the optical fiber due to the input light signal in order to measure a strain on each sensing unit due to interaction with the acoustic waves and to determine a location of the sensing unit corresponding to the sensed strain.
US09982527B2
A device and method for wellbore inspection comprising a downhole tool. The downhole tool may comprise a wireline, a sensor cartridge, and a plurality of centralizers. The method for detecting defects within a wellbore may comprise inserting a downhole tool into a wellbore, wherein the downhole tool comprises a wireline, a sensor cartridge, and a plurality of centralizers. The method also includes producing an acoustic signal with the plurality of centralizers and recording the acoustic signal with a sensor, wherein the sensor records the acoustic signal within an aperture.
US09982523B2
A hydraulic fracturing system and method for enhancing effective permeability of earth formations to increase hydrocarbon production, enhance operation efficiency by reducing fluid entry friction due to tortuosity and perforation, and to open perforations that are either unopened or not effective using traditional techniques, by varying a pump rate and/or a flow rate to a wellbore.
US09982522B2
A method of developing deposits of high-viscosity oil or bitumen using a pair of horizontal injection and production wells. The method includes the steps of, before the formation of the wells, selecting core samples for analyzing extracted water mineralization and determining composition of dissolved elements. Based on these data, the optimum mineralization is determined in order to maximize oil recovery from the reservoir. After warming up of the reservoir and creating a steam chamber, the mineralization of produced water is determined at least once a day by directly measuring in the stream of the product. After reaching a stable value of mineralization of the produced water, the injection of the heat-transfer agent in the injection well and the withdrawal of the product from the production well without break of the heat-transfer agent in the production well is controlled so that the mineralization of the water is as much as possible close to the optimum value.
US09982521B2
A computer-implemented method for configuring operating conditions for at least one of desalination equipment and fluid injection equipment to be used in a low salinity waterflood on a hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir is provided. The reservoir is penetrable by an injection well and a production well. The method comprises deriving an ion diffusion distance value from: a diffusion coefficient indicative of a rate of diffusion of ions through relatively permeable layers of the reservoir when the low salinity water is present therein; and a residence time value indicative of the time required for the low salinity water to pass from the injection well to the production well through the reservoir; comparing the thickness of the relatively permeable layers to the derived ion diffusion distance value; generating an indication of the effectiveness of performing a low salinity waterflood; and configuring said operating conditions based on the indication of the effectiveness.
US09982519B2
A flow meter well tool includes a volumetric well flow meter to be positioned in a wellbore. The volumetric well flow meter includes a hollow cylindrical tubing to be positioned in the wellbore. The tubing splits well fluid through the wellbore into an internal fluid through the volumetric well flow meter and an external fluid through an annulus between the wellbore and the volumetric well flow meter. The hollow cylindrical tubing includes an internal portion, where an internal cross-sectional area of the internal portion is less than an internal cross-sectional area of the hollow cylindrical tubing.
US09982509B2
A system for selectively treating zones in a cased well-bore, including a downhole tool, having a body, an inner bore, and an outer surface. The tool body has at least one treatment port disposed on the outer surface and a sliding sleeve disposed within the inner bore for selectively isolating the inner bore from the outer surface. The sliding sleeve can be positioned in a closed position or open position with respect to the treatment port. A collet disposed around an outer surface of the sliding sleeve is for maintaining the sliding sleeve in an open position. At least one finger on the collet engages the inner surface of the bore for maintaining the sleeve in an open position. The sliding sleeve also has a means for maintaining the inner sliding sleeve in a closed position.
US09982504B2
An improved hold-down assembly for a well tie-back string and methods of use of the same are disclosed. The improved hold-down assembly includes a tie-back string and a hold-down assembly coupled to the tie-back string. The hold-down assembly includes one or more slips and a packer assembly disposed about the tie-back string.
US09982501B2
A lockable overshot assembly for use in a wireline spearhead system for lowering and retrieving inner tube assemblies and other tools and equipment from a downhole location includes a pair of lifting dogs pivotally mounted to an overshot head on the lockable overshot assembly and configured for latching a spearhead. A locking arrangement is mounted into the elongated body and engagable within the lifting dogs, such that in a locked state the lifting dogs are in latched position and in an unlocked state, allows the lifting dogs to move to the release position. The locking arrangement is a pin, which can be moved laterally to be between the latching dogs to prevent them moving to the release position.
US09982499B2
A method and a downhole apparatus for clearing a wellbore are disclosed. The method locates a mill in the wellbore about the obstructions, introduces a driving fluid flow along a driving flow path from surface to the mill, and introduces a circulation fluid flow along a circulation flow path from surface into a wellbore annulus at a location in the wellbore above the mill. Then the mill is driven by the introduced driving fluid flow to mill the obstructions; and milled obstructions are circulated to the surface via the wellbore annulus using the introduced circulation fluid and gas flow. At least a portion of the circulation flow path is within the driving flow path.
US09982497B2
A mud containment apparatus has pneumatically energized seals for sealing against the outer surface of tubulars such as drill pipe. The mud containment apparatus can be quickly and efficiently positioned about a threaded connection existing between adjacent pipe sections. During separation of the threaded connection, the mud containment apparatus contains and saves drilling fluid, thereby preventing drilling fluid from uncontrolled splashing or spilling.
US09982496B2
A method of forming a centralizer where a flat plate is created into a tubular where the flat plate is typically rolled so that two sides of the plate contact one another and are then linked, typically by welding. Openings are then created in the tubular such that there are no corners or other points that stress cracks may originate. Once the openings are created the remaining material between adjacent openings forms ribs. The openings created in the tubular are generally aligned with the long axis of the tubular. The material at the upper and lower end of the flat plate where openings were not created serve as circumferential collars. The ribs may be radially outwardly expanded in order to provide adequate stand-off. In many instances the ribs will also be hardened by heat treating or other hardening processes.
US09982495B1
An assembly for handling a tubular member disposed in a central bore of a riser. The assembly includes adapter bushings configured to be positioned within auxiliary bores of the riser flange, tie rods that threadedly engage a central bore of the adapter bushings, and a frame including guides through which the tie rods slide to suspend the frame. The frame slides along the tie rods and at least partially over the tubular member to engage a free end of the tubular member with an end stop of the frame. One or more grip blocks extend through lateral bores in the frame to grip a recess in an outer surface of the tubular member, and the grip blocks are locked in position. With the tubular member locked within the frame, the tubular may be removed from the central bore of the riser and/or inserted into the central bore of the riser.
US09982494B2
An attachment device for an element is made to be arranged on a downhole tubular body, in which an end portion of a sleeve, which is arranged to surround a portion of the tubular body, comprises an attachment portion. The attachment portion comprises at least one clamping element arranged for axial displacement by the abutment of an abutment surface against a conical abutment portion of a surrounding adapter sleeve.
US09982483B2
A screen apparatus X1 includes: a screen member 22; an inner guider 60 extending in a vertical direction of the screen member 22 and holding a side end 22a of the screen member 22 movably in the vertical direction of the screen member 22 while regulating a displacement of the screen member 22 in a lateral direction of the screen member 22; and an outer guider 50 extending in the vertical direction of the screen member 22 and having a recess 54 for accommodating the inner guider 60, wherein the outer guider 50 holds the inner guider 60 dismountably from the recess 54 in the lateral direction of the screen member 22.
US09982477B1
A sill pan flashing is provided with a width-extendable accordion section enabling the flashing to be manufactured, shipped and installed in one piece regardless of significant variations in the actual width of a framing sill from a designed nominal width. The flashing includes opposite side end caps connected by a horizontal sill cover. The sill cover includes one or more accordion sections configured with a plurality of integrally formed accordion elements which may be of V-shape, U-shape, sinusoidal or other configuration, allowing the one-piece flashing to be elongated in the width direction during installation, in order to completely cover a sill member. The new flashing is manufactured in one piece for a minimum sill width and expanded as necessary during installation at the job site to fully cover the entire surface of a sill of greater width. Substantial savings can be realized while providing a superior moisture seal.
US09982474B2
A method for operating a closure panel of a vehicle, comprising: using a processor, determining whether a first proximity sensor and a second proximity sensor located on a periphery of the vehicle have been sequentially activated to indicate an object moving across the first proximity sensor and the second proximity sensor; and, controlling the closure panel to open or close when the first proximity sensor and the second proximity sensor have been sequentially activated.
US09982456B2
A hidden-lock door panel for use in a container includes a door panel body, a covering lid, a first lock, and a second lock. The door panel body includes a hidden space. The covering lid is disposed corresponding to the hidden space and slidably connected to the door panel body. The first lock and the second lock are both disposed in the hidden space. The first lock is an electronic lock and is used to control whether the covering lid can be released to slide. The second lock is used to control the door panel body to be unlocked or locked with respect to the container. Accordingly, unknowing persons are prevented from opening or breaking the door lock.
US09982450B2
A pole-clamping system including an upper-tubular-body, a lower-tubular-body, a locking-mechanism, an upper-foot, a lower-foot, and a pole-hook-mechanism. The pole-clamp system constructed with a net-positive-buoyancy such that the pole-clamp system floats in water. The pole-clamp system structured and arranged to be removably and adjustably insertable within a skimmer-inlet of a pool to hold a pool-accessory via the pole of the pool-accessory. The upper-tubular-circumference of the upper-tubular-body may be smaller in dimension than the lower-tubular-circumference of the lower-tubular-body such that the upper-tubular-body may be slideably insertable within the lower-tubular-body to allow for a variable-length of the pole-clamp system. The locking-mechanism selectively and securely locks the upper-tubular-body within the lower-tubular-body to maintain the variable-length of the pole-clamp system during use with the pole-hook-mechanism.
US09982419B1
An apparatus for use in thawing frozen material in pipes, the apparatus including conduit through which a plurality of wires pass, the conduit having a first end and a second end, the first end including an attachment selected from a heating element, a camera, or a light and wherein the attachment is secured to the conduit through a plug. The heating element includes a plastic outer shell and is controlled by a thermostat which may use a sensor, such as a thermocouple. The heating element, light or camera may be powered by any known source, including a 110 Volt outlet, 220 Volt outlet or by battery.
US09982414B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying operations of a machine. The system includes a work tool and an operator input device configured to receive input indicative of a desired movement of the work tool and to generate a command data stream associated with the received input. The system also includes an actuator configured to move the work tool according to the command data stream and a controller in communication with the operator input device and the actuator. The controller is configured to convert the command data stream into a frequency data stream and identify a pattern in the frequency data stream. The controller is also configured to make a classification of a current operation of the machine as one of a plurality of known operations based on the identified pattern. The controller is further configured to trigger an event associated with the current operation of the machine.
US09982408B2
A gear pair for a lifting vessel includes two gear units driving in opposite directions of rotation and configured for engagement in two tooth racks on a jack-up leg, respectively. Each gear unit includes a drive shaft for connection to a drive, an output shaft for connection to a drive pinion, a transmission housing, a planetary stage mounted in the transmission housing, and a torque support configured to enable support of the gear unit on the other gear unit. The torque support surrounds the transmission housing of the other gear unit in a pincer-like manner and contacts the transmission housing symmetrically with respect to a straight line connecting the output shafts of the gear units at two support points which in relation to a vertical plane extending through the output shaft of the other gear unit are located offset towards the gear unit having the torque support.
US09982405B2
A multiple-stage snow thrower having a housing, a power supply operatively connected to a plurality of drive shafts for rotating a plurality of stage assemblies. Each stage assembly of the multiple-stage snow thrower is configured to move snow either axially along the axis of rotation or radially away from the axis of rotation. The first stage assembly is configured to expel snow from the housing, thereby throwing the snow away from the snow thrower. The second, third, and fourth stages assemblies are configured to push the snow toward the longitudinal centerline of the housing and then rearwardly toward the first stage assembly.
US09982403B2
A vehicle barrier apparatus includes a horizontal barrier component, a vertical barrier component, at least one rigid stabilizer beam having two end surfaces and at least one elongated side surface. One end of the stabilizer beam is affixed to the vertical barrier component. The elongated side surface of the stabilizer beam is affixed to the horizontal barrier component to prevent rotational movement of the vertical barrier component. A lower surface of the horizontal barrier component is a friction-enhanced surface which creates a sliding friction interface upon contact of a moving vehicle with the vertical barrier component. The horizontal barrier is made up of panel components interconnected by link components.
US09982383B2
A water-saving washing machine and a control method are provided. The washing machine includes a washing drum and an outer drum, where a circulating pipeline is arranged between an outer drum drainage outlet and an outer drum water inlet, a drainage pump and a main filter are arranged on the circulating pipeline, a pre-filter is further arranged on the circulating pipeline, the pre-filter is located between the drainage pump and the main filter, and a compactness of a filter screen of the pre-filter is lower than that of a filter screen of the main filter.
US09982382B2
The invention relates to malodor controlling bacteria and related methods and compositions for the control and prevention of malodor.
US09982380B2
A laundry machine includes a body for defining an exterior; a water supply valve provided in the body and connected with an outer water supply; a drum rotatably mounted within the tub; at least one steam generator to supply steam ino the drum; and a water-adjust-valve to adjust the water amount supplied to the steam generator.
US09982376B2
A bobbin holder that grasps a holder body and a flange of a bobbin that winds a thread n around the holder body, the holder including: an opening formed in an upper surface of the holder body; a thread holding portion that holds a thread n and is arranged in the opening so as to protrude from a center of the holder body toward an outer circumference of the holder body; and a cutting blade that cuts the thread held by the thread holding portion, the blade being disposed in one of regions inside the opening that is partitioned by the thread holding portion, wherein the cutting blade is disposed on a thread path of the thread n being pulled after the thread n, which is wound around the bobbin grasped by a grasping portion and is pulled from the other region inside the partitioned opening, is held by the thread holding portion.
US09982372B2
An article including a woven fabric comprising warp yarns and weft yarns, wherein at least one of either the warp yarns or the weft yarns includes: (a) a corespun elastic base yarn having a denier and including staple fiber and an elastic fiber core; and (b) a separate control yarn selected from the group consisting of a single filament yarn, a multiple filament yarn, a composite yarn, and combinations thereof; having a denier greater than zero to about 0.8 times the denier of the corespun elastic base yarn; wherein the woven fabric includes (1) a ratio of corespun base yarn ends to control yarn ends of up to about 6:1; or (2) a ratio of corespun base yarn picks to control yarn picks of up to about 6:1; or (3) both a ratio of corespun base yarn ends to control yarn ends of up to about 6:1; and a ratio of corespun base yarn picks to control yarn picks of up to about 6:1.
US09982371B2
Products and devices are described for displaying a visible marker on a screen. Some embodiments disclose using different weave patterns and/or density patterns to create the visible marker. Other embodiments disclose using different colors of thread to create the visible marker. The present disclosure also describes methods for manufacturing or displaying the visible marker on the screen.
US09982364B2
In some embodiments, an substrate processing system may include a chamber body, a heater assembly disposed within the chamber body, wherein the heater assembly includes a plurality of resistive heater elements coupled together to form an isothermal heated enclosure, and a process kit disposed within the isothermal heated enclosure and having an inner processing volume that includes a plurality of substrate supports to support substrates when disposed thereon, wherein the process kit includes a first processing gas inlet to provide processing gases to the inner processing volume, a first carrier gas inlet to provide a carrier gas to the inner processing volume, and a first exhaust outlet, and a first gas heater coupled via a first conduit to the first carrier gas inlet to heat the carrier gas prior to flowing into the inner processing volume.
US09982359B2
A surface treatment method includes: roughening a surface region of a substrate corresponding to a through hole provided to a masking plate by supplying a solvent to a solid electrolyte film from a second surface of a masking plate through the through hole, in a state where: a first surface of the solid electrolyte film is arranged directly on the surface of the substrate; and a first surface of the masking plate is arranged directly on a second surface of the solid electrolyte film, wherein the supplied solvent penetrates the solid electrolyte film, and dissolves the surface of the substrate.
US09982358B2
A method is provided for manufacturing a blade. The blade comprises an airfoil (100) having: a root end and a tip (106); a metallic substrate (102) along at least a portion of the airfoil; and an anodized layer (154). The method comprises roughening the tip to form protrusions (158′; 402′) and anodizing to form the anodized layer so that the protrusions form an abrasive (156; 400).
US09982349B2
A method for making electrically-conductive articles utilizes a non-aqueous metal catalytic composition that includes: (a) a silver complex comprising reducible silver ions, (b) a silver ion photoreducing composition, (c) a photocurable component, non-curable polymer, or combination of a photocurable component and a non-curable polymer, and (d) nanoparticles of a semi-conducting metal oxide in an amount of at least 0.1 weight %. This composition can be disposed on a substrate, uniformly or in a patternwise fashion. The composition can be dried and then exposed to suitable radiation to reduce the reducible silver ions to silver particles that can then be electrolessly plated with a metal to provide an electrically-conductive article.
US09982347B2
A cleaning method includes: removing deposits adhered to an inside of a processing vessel by forming a film on a substrate in the processing vessel, and thereafter, supplying a cleaning gas into the processing vessel, wherein the removing the deposits includes: a first step of supplying the cleaning gas into the processing vessel at a first flow rate when a temperature of a connection portion connecting an exhaust pipe that exhausts the interior of the processing vessel and the processing vessel is lower than a first temperature; and a second step of supplying the cleaning gas to the processing vessel while gradually decreasing the flow rate of the cleaning gas from the first flow rate to a second flow rate lower than the first flow rate when the temperature of the connection portion reaches a first temperature.
US09982339B2
A mask comprises a mask substrate having a protruding section in an opening end surface of an opening, having an acute angle defined by θ1 and θ2 of no more than 43°, and having a height from a film-formation surface on the substrate to a tip section of the protruding section greater than the thickness of the film to be formed on the film-formation surface.
US09982328B2
The subject of the invention is a cast part with high static mechanical strength, and for fatigue and hot creep, made of aluminum alloy of composition: Si: 3-11%, preferably 5.0-9.0% Fe<0.50%, preferably <0.30%, preferably still <0.19% or even 0.12% Cu: 2.0-5.0%, preferably 2.5-4.2%, preferably still 3.0-4.0% Mn: 0.05-0.50%, preferably 0.08-0.20% Mg: 0.10-0.25%, preferably 0.10-0.20% Zn: <0.30%, preferably <0.10% Ni: <0.30%, preferably <0.10% V: 0.05-0.19%, preferably 0.08-0.19%, preferably still 0.10-0.19% Zr: 0.05-0.25%, preferably 0.08-0.20% Ti: 0.01-0.25%, preferably 0.05-0.20% other elements <0.05% each and 0.15% in total, the rest aluminum. It more particularly relates to cylinder heads for supercharged diesel or petrol internal combustion engines.
US09982326B2
A method for isolating scandium values is provided. The method includes extracting scandium values from a leachate with an organic solvent, thereby obtaining a scandium-loaded organic solvent, wherein the leachate contains iron and scandium ions, and wherein the organic solvent contains a primary amine. The scandium values are then stripped from the scandium-loaded solvent with a stripping solution containing an acid and a salt.
US09982321B2
Various embodiments provide a leaching solution monitoring module comprising a first leaching solution distribution system interface, a flow meter in fluid communication with the first leaching solution distribution system interface, the flow meter in fluid communication a 3-way pressure regulator, and a second leaching solution distribution system interface in fluid communication with the 3-way pressure regulator.
US09982315B2
The invention relates to a process for the removal of contaminants from a liquor, the process comprising: introducing a metal or ammonium hydroxide into the liquor; introducing the liquor into a reaction vessel; bubbling a carbon dioxide gas comprising at least 25% carbon dioxide through the liquor within the reaction vessel; and separating the precipitate formed by the carbonatation of the metal hydroxide from the liquor, the precipitate comprising at least some of the contaminants from the liquor; wherein, on average, the liquor is resident within the reaction vessel for a period of no more than about 60 minutes. The invention also relates to a process for the removal of contaminants from a liquor, the process comprising: introducing a metal or ammonium hydroxide into the liquor and bubbling a carbon dioxide gas comprising at least 25% carbon dioxide through the liquor to form a precipitate by carbonatation in a period of no more than about 60 minutes. The carbonatation processes may be included in sugar refining or water softening and/or decontamination processes. A use of a carbon dioxide gas comprising at least 25% carbon dioxide in a carbonatation process for removing contaminants from a hydroxide-treated liquor is also provided, wherein the process forms a precipitate in a period of no more than about 60 minutes.
US09982311B2
Provided herein are methods to discover and use single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) for identifying breed, or line and breed, or line composition of a bovine subject. The present invention further provides specific nucleic acid sequences, SNPs, and SNP patterns that can be used for identifying breed or breed combinations for Angus, Holstein, Limousin, Brahman, Hereford, Simmental, Gelbvieh, Charolais and Beefmaster breeds. These patterns can be utilized to manage animals in a feedlot to obtain optimum performance based on known characteristics of specific breeds and identify animals for breeding in selection programs. In another aspect, these patterns can be used to ensure labeling on breed specific branded products.
US09982310B2
Provided herein is technology relating to detecting neoplasia and particularly, but not exclusively, to methods, compositions, and related uses for detecting premalignant and malignant neoplasms such as pancreatic and colorectal cancer.
US09982309B2
Methods of treating and evaluating subjects having neoactive mutants of IDH (e.g., IDH1 or IDH2).
US09982306B2
We determined the sequence of ATRX and DAXX in 447 cancers from various sites. We found mutations most commonly in pediatric glioblastoma multiformae (GBM) (11.1%), adult GBM (6.5%), oligodendrogliomas (7.7%) and medulloblastomas (1.5%); and showed that Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres (ALT), a telomerase-independent telomere maintenance mechanism found in cancers that have not activated telomerase, perfectly correlated with somatic mutations of either gene. In contrast, neuroblastomas, and adenocarcinomas of the ovary, breast, and pancreas were negative for mutations in ATRX and DAXX. Alterations in ATRX or DAXX define a specific molecular pathway that is closely associated with an alternative telomere maintenance function in human cancers.
US09982296B2
We describe ultra-high throughput polony genome sequencing that can permit, for example, generating raw data to re-sequencing the human genome in about one week (including library prep and sequencing) at a reasonable cost. The methods described herein include one or more of the following: (1) increasing polony sequencing read length, (2) improving library construction and emulsions protocols, (3) increasing bead density and/or moving to alternative clonal amplication strategies (other than emulsion PCR or ePCR), (4) extending software capabilities to allow SNP calls from our new sequencing raw data, (5) Dual Primer Emulsion PCR, and (6) diagnostic method exploiting one or more of the foregoing.
US09982295B2
Disclosed are methods for determining at least one sequence of interest of a fetus of a pregnant mother. In various embodiments, the method can determine one or more sequences of interest in a test sample that comprises a mixture of fetal cellular DNA and mother-and-fetus cfDNA. In some embodiments, methods are provided for determining whether the fetus has a genetic disease. In some embodiments, methods are provided for determining whether the fetus is homozygous in a disease causing allele when the mother is heterozygous of the same allele. In some embodiments, methods are provided for determining whether the fetus has a copy number variation (CNV) or a non-CNV genetic sequence anomaly.
US09982294B2
A method for sequencing includes steps of (a) providing first and second nucleic acid templates, wherein the two templates have different sequences; (b) extending a first primer bound to the first template using a first polymerase species and a first set of nucleotide analogs; (c) extending a second primer bound to the second template using a second polymerase species and a second set of nucleotide analogs, wherein the first polymerase species is different from the second polymerase species and wherein the first set of nucleotide analog is different from the second set of nucleotide analog, (d) detecting the first and second primer extension products; and (e) repeating steps (b) through (d), thereby determining the different sequences of the first and second templates.
US09982293B2
Methods are provided for multiplexed amplification of selected targets and analysis of the amplified targets. In preferred aspects the amplification and analysis take place on the same solid support and preferably in a localized area such as a bead or a feature of an array. Targets are circularized by hybridization to probes followed by ligation of the ends of the target to form a closed circle. The targets are then used as template for extension of an array bound probe resulting in extended probes having multiple copies of the target. The extended probes can then be analyzed. The methods may be used for genotyping, sequencing and analysis of copy number.
US09982292B2
Methods and systems for detecting chemical and biological agents using oligonucleotide aptamers. A sensor includes a detection aptamer that has a binding domain for the chemical or biological agent, and is bound to fibers of a textile such as a patch or article of clothing. The detection aptamer can be stabilized and enhanced through a stabilization agent such as trehalose or through binding to a nanoparticle which is then bound to the fiber. Binding of the chemical and biological agent of interest to the detection aptamer can be reported to the user or wearer of the textile in a variety of ways, including visually and electrically.
US09982289B2
A test strip or electrochemical sensor for measuring the amount of an analyte in a biological fluid, e.g. the glucose content of whole blood, includes a size self-limiting reagent formulation employing an enzyme system for reaction with the analyte, the reactive system mixed into a water-soluble swellable polymer matrix containing small water-insoluble particles having a nominal size of about 0.05 to 20 μm, preferably about 1 to 10 μm. The weight ratio of the water-insoluble particles to the water-soluble swellable polymer matrix is about 1/2 to 2/1. The reagent formulation is deposited onto a non-porous substrate to form a thin layer about 6-16 μm thick, providing a rapid and stable response to application of a sample, while being insensitive to the amount of the sample.
US09982287B2
The present invention relates to Enterokinase-cleavable polypeptides comprising an Enterokinase cleavage site connected to a polypeptide and their use for making the target polypeptide by expression. The invention also relates to DNA sequences, vectors and host cells for use in expressing the Enterokinase-cleavable polypeptides.
US09982275B2
The present invention provides isolated promoters, transgene expression cassettes, vectors, kits, and methods for treatment of genetic diseases that affect the cone cells of the retina.
US09982271B2
The present invention relates to the regulation of transgene expression in plants through a transactivation system which comprises the following: (1) a promoter comprising LexA binding sites; and (2) a fusion transactivator protein comprising a LexA DNA-binding domain and an activation domain, such as the transactivation domain of a C-repeat binding factor protein, for example, from a dehydration responsive element (DREB) factor.
US09982270B2
Method for heterologous protein production in plant cell plastids comprising introducing into plant cells nucleic acid components that encode heterologous proteins under the control of promoters operative in plastids, vectors, host cells, plants and uses thereof.
US09982268B2
A vector for transformation into a host cell is described comprising a toxic gene encoding a product that is lethal to the host cell, wherein the toxic gene comprises: an essential sequence region whose integrity is necessary in order for the encoded toxic gene product to be lethal to the host cell; an inessential sequence region whose integrity is not essential in order for the encoded toxic gene product to be lethal to the host cell; a regulatory sequence inserted in-frame into the inessential sequence region; and a cloning site within the essential sequence region for insertion of a nucleic acid sequence, wherein the regulatory sequence and the cloning site are positioned so as to allow the regulatory sequence to be operably linked to a nucleic acid sequence when the nucleic acid sequence is inserted into the cloning site.
US09982260B2
This invention relates, e.g., to a method for enhancing exon skipping in a pre-mRNA of interest, comprising contacting the pre-mRNA with an effective amount of a compound such as, for example, Perphenazine, Flupentixol DiHCl, Zuclopenthixol or Corynanthine HCl, or a compound which shares a similar 2-D structure and activity level with one of these compounds, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, or isomer of the compound, and, optionally, with an antisense oligonucleotide that is specific for a splicing sequence in the pre-mRNA Methods for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) are disclosed.
US09982256B2
This invention provides expression vectors for a ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecule comprising a double-stranded region of random sequence, sets and libraries of same, methods of generating same, and methods for identifying an RNA therapeutic or RNA molecule that has an ability to affect a biological parameter, for identifying a drug target for a disease or disorder of interest, and for identifying a variant of an RNA molecule that has an altered ability to affect a biological parameter of interest.
US09982254B2
The present invention improves in vitro virus synthesis efficiency and stability of mRNA derived from screened cDNA in a cDNA display method to improve the efficiency and reliability of the production of a peptide by a molecular evolutionary engineering technique. Provided is a ligand which comprises three fingers formed from antiparallel β-sheets and a loop region intercalated between the antiparallel β-sheets, wherein at least a fingertip part formed by the loop region of each of the fingers is bound to the target molecule, and wherein the ligand comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1. In the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, X7 represents an arbitrary amino acid residue that constitutes the fingertip part of each of the fingers, each numeric character represents the number of amino acid residues, and X7 and X4 are not composed of the same amino acid residues as each other.
US09982248B2
Disclosed are a modified FIX (factor IX) polypeptide comprising a leucine, cysteine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, histidine, lysine, asparagine, glutamine or tyrosine in position 338; pharmaceutical preparations containing said modified FIX polypeptide; a nucleotide sequence coding for the modified FIX polypeptide; and a method for producing the modified FIX polypeptide.
US09982247B2
An anti-Factor VII affinity ligand that is particularly useful for purifying recombinant human activated Factor VII from transgenic sources. The affinity ligand combined with other orthogonal chromatographic steps allows the preparation of a highly purified FVII solution fully activated free of aggregates with a low percentage of degraded or oxidized FVII forms.
US09982246B2
A hydraulic drive system includes a unidirectional pump, a charge pump configured to supply an input of the unidirectional pump with a hydraulic fluid pressurized with a charge pressure, a hydraulic motor, and a flow control valve configured to meter a flow of hydraulic fluid from an output of the unidirectional pump to a fluid input of the hydraulic motor. The hydraulic motor comprises a fluid output configured to be in direct fluid communication with the input of the unidirectional pump. Fluid delivery systems include hydraulic drive systems.
US09982244B2
Presented herein are recombinases for improved recombinase-mediated amplification of nucleic acids, such as a PCR-library having single-stranded adapter regions, on a patterned flow cell surface for improved cluster amplification, as well as methods and kits using the same.
US09982238B2
A method for producing a regenerative organ germ for transplantation includes using regenerative organ germ for transplantation ensuring continuity with a recipient after transplantation and facilitating transplantation procedures. A method for producing a regenerative organ germ provided with a guide for transplantation includes preparing a regenerative organ germ by closely contacting a first cell mass, which substantially consists of mesenchymal cells, and a second cell mass, which substantially consists of epithelial cells, culturing these cell masses within a support, and inserting the guide into the regenerative organ germ.
US09982230B2
The disclosure provides methods of making a cell-containing product having a uniform amount of cells therein. The method comprises pooling red blood cells from a plurality of blood units, and inactivating any pathogen contained therein. A storage solution added to the cellular component results in a cell-containing product that is essentially pathogen and white blood cell free and has an extended shelf life of about 42 to about 100 days. The cell-containing product is further divided into units which comprise a uniform dose of RBCs per unit.
US09982226B2
The present invention relates to discontinuous fed batch cell culturing of mammalian cells (more specific CHO cells) with the use of alternating bioreactors in combination with discontinuous separation of biomass from biological substance (more specific monoclonal antibodies) and waste components.
US09982223B2
The present invention relates to amino silicone nanoemulsions. More specifically, the present invention relates to amino silicone nanoemulsions that may be used to protect surfaces from being soiled or wetted.
US09982212B2
A metal detergent and a preparation method thereof and a lubricant oil containing the metal detergent. The metal detergent is sulfurized calcium alkyl phenolate, the method for preparing the metal detergent includes the following steps: a) mixing alkyl phenol, a calcium source and base oil to obtain a mixed solution; b) mixing the mixed solution, ethylene glycol and a sulfur source to carry out sulfurization reaction to obtain a sulfurization reaction solution; c) implementing carbonation reaction between the sulfurization reaction solution and CO2 to obtain a carbonation reaction solution; and d) extracting the carbonation reaction solution with a solvent, upon refining, to obtain sulfurized calcium alkyl phenolate; wherein the solvent includes solvent oil, water and oxygenous derivative of hydrocarbon. Experimental results show that the content of free alkyl phenol is below 1.5 wt % in the sulfurized calcium alkyl phenolate prepared using the preparation method provided by the present application.
US09982211B2
A composition comprises the reaction product of a dithiophosphate derivative and an amine. The reaction product is present in the composition in an amount of at least about 25 wt. %. The composition may include additional components. A method of forming the composition comprises the step of combining the dithiophosphate derivative and the amine to form the composition. A method of increasing thermal stability of a dithiophosphate derivative comprises the step of combining the dithiophosphate derivative and an amine. The dithiophosphate derivative can decompose to form hydrogen sulfide (H2S). However, the amine substantially prevents thermal decomposition of the dithiophosphate derivative. An example of the dithiophosphate derivative is 3-(di-isobutoxy-thiophosphorylsulfanyl)-2-methyl-propanoic acid. An example of the amine is ditridecyl amine. The composition can be used for a variety of applications. For example, the composition can be used as an antiwear compound/additive in lubricants, metalworking fluids, hydraulic fluids, etc.
US09982207B2
A diesel fuel based on ethanol is described, which comprises about 60 to about 90% (v/v) ethanol, up to about 20% (v/v) of a linear dialkyl ether with a chain length of about 10 to about 40 as well as mixtures thereof, and 0 to about 30% (v/v) combustion accelerator.
US09982205B2
A system and method for gasification of a feedstock in a subterranean formation to produce syngas is described. An injection well is completed in the formation to inject an oxidant, provide an ignition source and convey the feedstock that includes water and one or more of a biomass, waste plastic, coal, bitumen and petcoke. Volatized hydrocarbons and gaseous reaction products are simultaneously withdrawn from a producer well from the subterranean formation to the surface. This syngas product is treated at the surface for power generation or conversion to transportation fuels and/or plastics. This method provides a low capital cost gasification unit which is capable of processing a variety of feedstock mixtures.
US09982193B2
Process and dosing station (1) for the preparation of a solution of a non-caking agent, wherein a concentrate of the non-caking agent is circulated in a loop (6) and wherein the concentrate is subsequently diluted by water to obtain the solution. A flow of the concentrate can be drawn from the circulation loop (6) and mixed with a flow of water. The obtained solution can subsequently be fed into a second recirculation loop (12). A flow of solution can be drawn off from the second recirculation loop for being dosed into an amount of salt.
US09982189B2
A wavelength conversion member which is a resin-molded article made of at least one type of thermoplastic resin selected from polyolefins, polystyrene, styrene copolymers, fluorocarbon resins, acrylic resins, nylons, polyester resins, polycarbonate resins, vinyl chloride resins, and polyether resins. The thermoplastic resin contains less than or equal to 30 mass % of a complex fluoride fluorophore represented by A2(M1-xMnx)F6 (M is at least one type of tetravalent element selected from Si, Ti, Zr, Hf, Ge, and Sn; A is at least one type of alkali metal selected from Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs and including at least Na and/or K; and x is from 0.001 to 0.3) and having a particle diameter D50, which is the median diameter at a cumulative volume of 50% in particle size distribution, of from 2 μm to 200 μm inclusive. The complex fluoride fluorophore being dispersed in the thermoplasticresin.
US09982182B2
The present invention relates to a drilling composition comprising: I) an organic phase comprising components i, from about 20 wt. % to about 99,999 wt. %, based on the total weight of components i. and ii., of at least one linear or branched, cyclic or non-cyclic, saturated hydrocarbon, ii. from about 0.001 wt % to about 25 wt. %, based on the total weight of components i. and ii., of at least one ester, II) from 0 to about 50 wt. %, based on the total weight of the composition, of water or aqueous phase, III) from 0 to about 60 wt. %, based on the total weight of the composition, of at least one additive, wherein the sum of the weight components I) to III) is 100 wt %, to a process for preparation of a drilling composition, to uses of a drilling composition, to a drilling system, to a process for making a borehole, to a process for conveying cuttings, to a process for treating a drill head, to a process for production of at least one of oil and gas.
US09982173B2
A moisture-cured hot-melt adhesive can be formulated as a PUR-HM that is R-40 classification-free and stable during storage and processing, having a residual monomer content of less than 1 wt. % and having good cross-linking density and full-curing speed. The hot-melt adhesive is particularly suitable for vehicle construction in industrial manufacture, in particular of automobiles, in the textile or furniture industry or in the packaging industry.
US09982171B2
A hot melt adhesive composition containing a functionalized polymer, namely, a metallocene catalyzed polyolefin elastomer grafted with maleic anhydride, together with a non-functionalized secondary polymer, namely, a metallocene catalyzed random or block polyolefin elastomer having a melt index equal to or greater than 15, a first tackifying resin having a softening point of at least 95° C., and a wax. The composition may optionally include an aromatic reinforcing resin having a softening point equal to or higher than 115° C., and a plasticizer. These hot melts provide superior hot tack, excellent adhesion, flexibility, and heat resistance above 150° F. in applications such as rigid packaging, hot fill packaging, and bottle labeling.
US09982168B2
An adhesive tape having a carrier including a stitch-bonded web and an adhesive coating applied on at least one side of the carrier. The stitch-bonded web may contain fibers composed entirely from polyester (PES) and sewn by means of at least one sewing thread. The stitch-bonded web contains bicomponent fibers in addition to the fibers may be composed of PES.
US09982165B2
A polishing slurry for silicon, a method of polishing polysilicon, and a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor substrate, the slurry including a polishing particle; a dispersing agent including an anionic polymer, a hydroxyl acid, or an amino acid; a stabilizing agent including an organic acid, the organic acid including a carboxyl group; a hydrophilic agent including a hydrophilic group and a hydrophobic group, and water, wherein the polishing particle is included in the polishing slurry in an amount of about 0.1% by weight to about 10% by weight, based on a total weight of the slurry, a weight ratio of the polishing particle and the dispersing agent is about 1:0.01 to about 1:0.2, a weight ratio of the polishing particle and the stabilizing agent is about 1:0.001 to about 1:0.1, and a weight ratio of the polishing particle and the hydrophilic agent is about 1:0.01 to about 1:3.
US09982164B2
A polymerizable liquid, or resin, useful for the production by additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object of polyurethane, polyurea, or a copolymer thereof, is described. The resin includes at least one of (i) a blocked or reactive blocked prepolymer, (ii) a blocked or reactive blocked diisocyanate, or (iii) a blocked or reactive blocked diisocyanate chain extender.
US09982162B2
The present invention provides a curable resin composition excellent in dispersion stability and capable of bettering various physical properties of hard coating films to be formed through curing, without requiring surface treatment of inorganic microparticles of silica or the like and use of dispersant. The curable resin composition contains an alkylene oxide-modified dipentaerythritol (meth)acylate and, as dispersed therein, surface-untreated inorganic microparticles having a mean particle size of from 1 to 150 nm. A ratio of inorganic microparticles in a total weight of these is from 10 to 45% by weight and a content of solvent is 1% by weight or less.
US09982149B2
The present invention provides a viscosity modifier composition including a compound (A) represented by the general formula (1) and a compound (B) represented by the general formula (2) at a mass ratio (A)/(B) of from 70/30 to 95/5, an emulsion composition and a water-based paint composition including the viscosity modifier composition.
US09982145B2
This invention pertains to a composition that can be used to heal cracks in plastics and other substrates. In the present invention, a composition comprising nanotubes, healing agent(s), and end caps for the nanotubes may be used to heal crack(s) as they begin to occur. With the composition, the healing agent(s) are contained within the nanotubes, and a reaction releases the healing agent(s) after the end caps can be removed from the nanotubes. This invention also includes a method of preparing a composition for healing cracks in plastics and other substrates. For this method, the healing agent(s) are filled inside of the nanotubes, and then end caps are bound onto the ends of the nanotubes. After a reaction occurs to remove the end caps and release the healing agent(s), the cracks within the substrate may then be healed.
US09982142B2
This invention relates to a zinc-rich epoxy anti-corrosion coating comprising a component A capable of being cured into a film, and a component B containing a curing agent, wherein the component A comprises, by mass percentage, 0.1-5 wt % graphene, 0-35 wt % zinc powder, 30-70 wt % filler, 10-20 wt % epoxy resin having 54 wt % solid content, and 10-20 wt % solvent, wherein the sum of the mass percentage contents of the graphene, zinc powder and filler is 60-80 wt % and the sum of the mass percentage contents of all components of component A is 100 wt %. According to the present invention, the addition of graphene to an anti-corrosion coating decreases the thickness of the coating film, reduces the amount of zinc powder while increases the anti-corrosion effect. It reduces zinc oxide vapour generated during welding and is environmentally friendly.
US09982134B2
Vulcanizates produced by crosslinking of mixtures including alpha-functional polysiloxanes have high relative permittivities at high electric breakdown strengths which renders them suitable as a dielectric material for applications in actuators, generators or sensors in robotics, orthopedics, electrically controllable “artificial muscles,” and transducers producing electricity from kinetic energy.
US09982123B2
The invention relates to a process for producing molding compositions containing: a) from 55 to 85% by weight of copolymer A composed of vinylaromatic monomer A1 and a,B-unsaturated monomer A2; b) from 15 to 45% by weight of graft copolymer B with particle size from 50 to 550 nm composed of: B1: from 60 to 80% by weight of rubbery graft base B1 composed of: B11: from 80 to 99% by weight of at least one C2-C8-alkyl acrylate, B12: from 0.5 to 2.5% by weight of cyclic crosslinking agent, B13: from 0 to 2% by weight of non-cyclic crosslinking agent, B2: from 20 to 40% by weight of at least one graft shell B2 composed of: B21: from 60 to 75% by weight of a styrene, B22: from 25 to 40% by weight of acrylonitrile, c) from 0 to 10% by weight of additives C; where the reaction time of the polymerization for producing the graft base B1 is in the range from 2 to 5 h, and the addition of the starting materials takes place over at least two chronological segments.
US09982118B2
Provided is a flame retardant resin composition including a base resin, calcium carbonate particles that are incorporated at a proportion of 10 parts by mass or more relative to 100 parts by mass of the base resin, a silicone-based compound that is incorporated at a proportion of more than 1 part by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the base resin, and a fatty acid-containing compound that is incorporated at a proportion of more than 3 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the base resin. The average particle size of the calcium carbonate particles is 0.7 μm or larger.
US09982110B2
The present invention aims to provide a water-absorbing resin crosslinking agent which is excellent in safety and which can effectively crosslink a water-absorbing resin at low temperatures to produce a water-absorbing agent having a high water absorption capacity. The present invention also aims to provide a water-absorbing agent produced by crosslinking a water-absorbing resin with the water-absorbing resin crosslinking agent, and a method for producing the water-absorbing agent. The present invention may include a water-absorbing resin crosslinking agent containing a halohydrin compound having one halohydrin group represented by the following formula (1) in its molecule: wherein A represents a single bond or an alkylene group; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; and X represents a chlorine atom or a bromine atom.
US09982106B2
Disclosed are porous resin particles which contain a polymer of a monomer mixture of a mono(meth)acrylate-based monomer and a polyfunctional vinyl-based monomer. The mono(meth)acrylate-based monomer contains an ethylenic unsaturated group only in a (meth)acrylic acid residue, a hydroxyl group in an alcohol residue, and at least one of an ether group and an ester group in an alcohol residue. The polyfunctional vinyl-based monomer contains two or more ethylenic unsaturated groups. The porous resin particles have a water absorption value of from more than 400 ml to 700 ml per 100 g of the particles and an oil absorption value of from more than 400 ml to 700 ml per 100 g of the particles.
US09982102B2
Provided are a photocurable composition having high filling property and capable of reducing a mold release force upon production of a film through the utilization of a photo-imprint method, and a method of manufacturing a film using the photocurable composition. The photocurable composition is a photocurable composition, including at least the following component (A) to component (C): (A) a polymerizable compound; (B) a photopolymerization initiator; and (C) a surfactant represented by the following general formula (1): Rf1-Rc-X. (1)
US09982098B2
Adding a compatible high melt flow rate (MFR), low melt viscosity, hydrogenated styrene block copolymer to amorphous poly alpha-olefins (APAOs) results in adhesives that show acceptably high elongation and tensile strength, and which, when applied by different hot melt application methods onto elastic strands, result in personal hygiene article components that perform comparably to such components assembled using just styrene block copolymer components formulated with compatible tackifiers, processing oils and other additives.
US09982085B2
Described are a method of producing polyurethane foam comprising polyolefin-based polyols by using an additive composition comprising at least one ionic surfactant A selected from ionic surfactants of formula A−M+, where A−=anion selected from the group consisting of alkyl sulphates, aryl sulphates, sulphonates, polyether sulphates, polyether sulphonates, alkyl sulphonates, aryl sulphonates, alkyl carboxylates, aryl carboxylates, saccharinates and polyether phosphates, and M+=cation, and/or at least one ionic surfactant B selected from a quaternized ammonium compound, and also at least a tertiary amine compound C having a molar mass of at least 150 g/mol, and/or an oxazasilinane D, and also polyurethane foams thus obtained and their use.
US09982070B2
A process for polymerizing radically (co)polymerizable monomers at a temperature between −10° C. and 110° C. in an aqueous system comprising one or more radically (co)polymerizable monomer(s) is disclosed, and includes a molar excess of a ligand forming a soluble transition metal complex with an added transition metal salt that participates in a reversible reduction-oxidation cycle with one of an added site specific functional initiator and a dormant polymer chain having a radically transferable atom or group. The initial soluble catalyst complex concentration in the higher oxidation state is less than or equal to 2500 ppm. The reaction is conducted in the presence of an activator regenerator. The mole fraction of the soluble lower activator oxidation state transition metal formed by action of the activator regenerator, to transition metal in a higher deactivator oxidation state is less than 10%. The formed polymer chains have a dispersity of less than 1.5.
US09982066B2
A method for purifying a reclaimed polymer, such as a polymer reclaimed from post-consumer use or post-industrial use, is disclosed. The method involves obtaining the reclaimed polymer and contacting it at an elevated temperature and pressure with a fluid solvent to produce an extracted reclaimed polymer. The extracted reclaimed polymer is dissolved in a solvent at an elevated temperature and pressure to produce a polymer solution, which is purified at an elevated temperature and pressure by contacting the polymer solution with solid media to produce a purer polymer solution. A purer polymer is then separated from the purer polymer solution.
US09982064B2
The present invention provides a process for preparing an inhibited starch comprising, in order: a) extracting starch from a native source and partially refining to provide a partially refined starch having a residual protein content on a dry starch basis of more than 0.4% by weight and less than 8.0% by weight; b) treating said partially refined starch with a bleaching agent to provide an inhibited starch; and c) recovering said inhibited starch.
US09982059B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treatment and/or prevention of cancer, which comprises, as an active ingredient, an antibody or fragment thereof having an immunological reactivity with a CAPRIN-1 protein or a fragment thereof comprising 7 or more consecutive amino acids.
US09982049B2
A pharmaceutical composition comprising an active agent that causes reduction of the level of systemic immunosuppression in an individual for use in treating a disease, disorder, condition or injury of the CNS that does not include the autoimmune neuroinflammatory disease, relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), is provided. The pharmaceutical composition is for administration by a dosage regimen comprising at least two courses of therapy, each course of therapy comprising in sequence a treatment session followed by an interval session.
US09982043B2
Methods for treating pancreatic cancer using an IL-20 antagonist, which can be an antibody that binds IL-20 or an IL-20 receptor, thereby blocking the signaling pathway mediated by IL-20.
US09982039B2
There is provided an antigenic composition comprising (a) a first mycobacterial antigenic polypeptide or a first mycobacterial polynucleotide; and (b) a second mycobacterial antigenic polypeptide or a second mycobacterial polynucleotide; wherein: (i) said first mycobacterial antigenic polypeptide comprises a polypeptide sequence having at least 70% amino acid sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or 7, or a fragment thereof having at least 7 consecutive amino acids thereof; (ii) said first mycobacterial polynucleotide comprises a polynucleotide sequence encoding said first mycobacterial antigenic polypeptide; (iii) said second mycobacterial antigenic polypeptide comprises a polypeptide sequence having at least 70% amino acid sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5, or a fragment thereof having at least 7 consecutive amino acids thereof; and (iv) said second mycobacterial polynucleotide comprises a polynucleotide sequence encoding said second mycobacterial polypeptide.
US09982028B2
This application relates to recombinant human interferon-like proteins. In one embodiment a recombinant protein created by gene shuffling technology in described having enhanced anti-viral and anti-proliferative activities in comparison to naturally occurring human interferon like alpha 2b (HuIFN-α2b). The invention encompasses a polynucleotide encoding the protein and recombinant vectors and host cells comprising the polynucleotide. Preferably the polynucleotide is selected from the group of polynucleotides each having a sequence at least 93% identical to SEQ ID: No. 1 and the protein is selected from the group of proteins each having an amino acid sequence at least 85% identical to SEQ ID No: 2. The proteins and compositions comprising the proteins can be used for treatment of conditions responsive to interferon therapy, such as viral diseases and cancer.
US09982024B2
The invention relates to a chimeric protein comprising or consisting of, from N-terminal to C-terminal, (a) a N-terminal part of a Bordetella CyaA protein (b) a heterologous polypeptide, and (c) a C-terminal part of a Bordetella CyaA protein. The invention also relates to a polynucleotide encoding a deleted version of a Bordetella CyaA, as well as a polynucleotide encoding this chimeric protein. A composition comprising at least one chimeric protein(s) of the invention and the prophylactic and/or therapeutic uses of said composition are also part of the invention.
US09982022B2
The present disclosure relates to a class of engineered polypeptides and provides a polypeptide comprising the sequence EX2X3X4AX6X7EIX10 X11LPNLX16X17X18QX20 X21AFIX25X26LX28X29X30 PX32QSX35X36LLX39E AKKLX45X46X47Q (SEQ ID NO: 55). The present disclosure also relates to populations of polypeptide variants based on a common scaffold, each polypeptide in the population comprising the amino acid sequence EX2X3X4AX6X7EIX10 X11LPNLX16X17X18QX20 X21AFIX25X26LX28X29X30 PX32QSX35X36LLX39E AKKLX45X46X47Q (SEQ ID NO: 55), and methods for selecting a desired polypeptide having an affinity for a predetermined target from said population.
US09982018B2
The invention relates to tumor therapy. In one aspect, the present invention relates to conjugates of an amatoxin and a target-binding moiety, e.g. an antibody, connected by certain linkages, which are useful in the treatment of cancer and other disorders and diseases. In a further aspect the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such conjugates.
US09982017B2
The invention provides a synthetic polypeptide of Formula I′: or an amide, an ester or a salt thereof, wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, X8, X9, X10, X11, X12 and X13 are defined herein. The polypeptides are agonist of the APJ receptor. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the polypeptides of the invention, and its therapeutic uses such as treatment or prevention of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), chronic heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, atrial fibrillation, Brugada syndrome, ventricular tachycardia, atherosclerosis, hypertension, restenosis, ischemic cardiovascular diseases, cardiomyopathy, cardiac fibrosis, arrhythmia, water retention, diabetes (including gestational diabetes), obesity, peripheral arterial disease, cerebrovascular accidents, transient ischemic attacks, traumatic brain injuries, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, burn injuries (including sunburn) and preeclampsia. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
US09982012B2
Provided is a method of refolding of recombinant GCSF that minimizes the generation of oxidized forms of GCSF by optimizing the refolding of inclusion bodies containing recombinant GCSF.
US09982010B2
The present invention provides, in certain aspects, novel 7-dehydrocholesterol (7DHC) derivatives that are useful in treating or preventing cancer, as well as in treating or preventing uncontrolled angiogenesis, in a subject. In certain embodiments of the present invention, the subject is a human. In other aspects, the present invention provides a method of preparing compounds of the invention, or a salt or solvate thereof.
US09982004B2
The invention relates to a method for recovering low molecular weight lignin from a filtrate, wherein the low molecular weight lignin includes lignin molecules having a molecular weight of 3000 g/mol or lower, wherein the filtrate is obtained from a process where lignin is precipitated from black liquor and the formed precipitate is separated therefrom by filtration resulting in the filtrate including low molecular weight lignin being formed, and wherein the method includes the following steps: a) adjusting the pH of the filtrate to a value of 3-4 for precipitating lignin in the filtrate; b) separating the precipitated lignin from the filtrate; c) reslurrying the separated lignin until the dry solids content of the slurry is 25-40 weight-% and adjusting the pH of the slurry to a value of 2-3; d) washing the slurry; and e) separating the lignin from the slurry.
US09981995B2
Azocarbonyl-functionalized silanes of formula I (R1)3-a(R2)aSi—R1—NH—C(O)—N═N—R4 (I) and methods for their production are provided. The silanes of formula (I) are useful in rubber mixtures to provide moldings having improved tear-resistance.
US09981991B2
Certain embodiments are directed to a composition comprising a complex of the general formula [M(crown ether)(solvent)n][arene−⋅], wherein M is an alkali metal and method of making the same.
US09981987B2
A compound of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: W is O, N—H, N—(C1-C10 alkyl) or S; each X is independently CH or N; R1 is a 5 to 7-membered saturated or unsaturated, optionally substituted heterocycle containing at least 1 heteroatom selected from N or O; R2 is LY; each L is a direct bond, C1-C10 alkylene, C2-C10 alkenylene or C2-C10 alkynylene; Y is an optionally substituted fused, bridged or spirocyclic non-aromatic 5-12 membered heterocycle containing up to 4 heteroatoms selected from N or O; and each R3 is independently H, C1-C10 alkyl, halogen, fluoro C1-C10 alkyl, O—C1-C10 alkyl, NH—C1-C10 alkyl, S—C1-C10 alkyl, O-fluoro C1-C10 alkyl, NH-acyl, NH—C(O)—NH—C1-C10 alkyl, C(O)—NH—C1-C10 alkyl, aryl or heteroaryl, are useful as inhibitors of the class IA phosphoinositide 3-kinase enzyme, PI3K-p110δ, and therefore have potential utility in the therapy of cancer, immune and inflammatory diseases.
US09981976B2
The invention concerns novel substituted bicyclic pyrazolo pyrimidine compounds of formula (I) having antiviral activity, in particular, having an inhibitory activity on the replication of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The invention further concerns the preparation of such novel compounds, compositions comprising these compounds, and the compounds for use in the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus infection.
US09981971B2
Provided herein are formulations, processes, solid forms and methods of use relating to the Compound for formula 1: having the name 1-ethyl-7-(2-methyl-6-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)pyridin-3-yl)-3,4-dihydropyrazino[2,3-b]pyrazin-2(1H)-one and tautomers thereof.
US09981969B2
The present invention relates to Imidazole Derivatives of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A, B, Y, R1 and R2 are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising at least one Imidazole Derivative, and methods of using the Imidazole Derivatives for inhibiting CYP450 3A. Inhibition of CYP450 3A can be used to improve the pharmacokinetics of a drug that is metabolized by CYP450 3A4.
US09981957B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing substituted piperidine compounds and especially chiral substituted piperidine compounds. The process involves reacting a substituted pyridinium ion with an amine as defined herein, in the presence of a hydrogen donor, a catalysts and a suitable solvent.
US09981948B2
Disclosed are novel crystalline salts of (S)-6-((1-acetylpiperidin-4-yl)amino)-N-(3-(3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-2(1H)-yl)-2-hydroxypropyl)pyrimidine-4-carboxamide and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same. Also disclosed are processes for the preparation thereof and methods for use thereof.
US09981943B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing compound 1 that is useful as an antifungal agent. In particular, the invention seeks to provide new methodology for preparing compound 1 and substituted derivatives thereof.
US09981938B2
Disclosed herein are compounds according to Formulas 1-12, compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of lowering intraocular pressure (IOP) or causing hair growth, and methods of using the same.
US09981917B2
Provided is a preparation method for revaprazan hydrochloride, the method comprising: (1) the preparation of 4-hydroxyl-2-(4-fluoroaniline)-5,6-dimethylpyrimidine; (2) the preparation of 4-chloro-2-(4-fluoroaniline)-5,6-dimethylpyrimidine; (3) the preparation of revaprazan hydrochloride. The method has advantages such as simple operations, high product purity, good yield and suitability for industrial production.
US09981915B2
The present invention relates to colchicine-binding site compounds having anti-cancer activity, compositions comprising the same, and their use for treating various forms of cancer.
US09981910B2
The invention discloses compounds of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R2A, R3, R3A, R4, R4A, and R5 are as defined herein. The present invention relates to compounds and their use in the treatment of cystic fibrosis, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods of treating cystic fibrosis by administering a compound of the invention.
US09981907B2
The instant invention provides for novel cationic lipids that can be used in combination with other lipid components such as cholesterol and PEG-lipids to form lipid nanoparticles with oligonucleotides. It is an object of the instant invention to provide a cationic lipid scaffold that demonstrates enhanced efficacy along with lower liver toxicity as a result of lower lipid levels in the liver. The present invention employs low molecular weight cationic lipids comprising at least one short lipid chain to enhance the efficiency and tolerability of in vivo delivery of siRNA.
US09981903B2
The invention relates to a method for preparing di- or tricarboxylic esters by alkoxycarbonylation of dienes having conjugated double bonds. The method includes the steps of initially charging a diene having two conjugated double bonds, adding a phosphine ligand according to formula (I) and a catalyst precursor, adding an alcohol, feeding in CO, and heating the reaction mixture with conversion of the diene to a di- or tricarboxylic ester.
US09981894B2
The present invention relates to the field of chemical processes and, more particularly, it concerns valuable new chemical intermediates of formula (IV) for producing perfuming ingredients.
US09981891B2
The present invention relates to the field of saturated fluorohydrocarbons. The subject matter thereof is more particularly the production of 1-chloro-2,2-difluoroethane from 1,1,2-trichloroethane and/or 1,2-dichloroethylene. A process for producing 1-chloro-2,2-difluoroethane from 1,1,2-trichloroethane and/or 1,2-dichloroethylene including (i) at least one step during which the 1,1,2-trichloroethane and/or the 1,2-dichloroethylene reacts or react with hydrofluoric acid in the gas phase, optionally in the presence of an oxidizing agent, in the presence or in the absence of a fluorination catalyst, to give a stream including 1-chloro-2,2-difluoroethane, hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid and at least one C compound(s) chosen from 1-chloro-2-fluoroethylenes (cis and trans), 1,2-dichloro-2-fluoroethane and, optionally, unreacted 1,1,2-trichloroethane and/or 1,2-dichloroethylene.
US09981877B2
A composition for applying to a honeycomb body includes a refractory filler, an organic binder, an inorganic binder, and a liquid vehicle, wherein the refractory filler, the particle size distribution of the refractory filler, the organic binder, and the inorganic binder are selected such that, when the composition is applied to plug a plurality of channels of the honeycomb body, the plug depth variability is reduced.
US09981875B2
Modified molasses are used as dispersants for mineral suspensions, the modified molasses being obtained by means of a method comprising the steps: a) inversion of molasses and/or provision of inverted molasses; b) reaction of the inverted molasses with alkalis.
US09981871B2
A method of forming a coating that includes depositing a multicomponent glass layer on a polymer substrate and depositing a heat absorbing layer on the multicomponent glass layer. Inducing spinodal decomposition of the multicomponent glass layer by annealing the heat absorbing layer, and etching at least one of a phase separated component of the multicomponent glass layer. The spinodal decomposition may be achieved through a pulse thermal or electromagnetic assisted annealing process. The coating may then be used as a hydrophilic surface, or may be fluorinated using conventional methods to produce the superhydrophobic coating.
US09981868B2
A mobile processing system is disclosed for the removal of radioactive contaminants from nuclear process waste water. The system is fully scalable, modular, and portable allowing the system to be fully customizable according the site-specific remediation requirements. It is designed to be both transported and operated from standard sized intermodal containers or custom designed enclosures for increased mobility between sites and on-site, further increasing the speed and ease with which the system may be deployed. Additionally, the system is completely modular wherein the various different modules perform different forms or stages of waste water remediation and may be connected in parallel and/or in series. Depending on the needs of the particular site, one or more different processes may be used. In some embodiments, one or more of the same modules may be used in the same operation.
US09981867B2
The present invention provides an aeration lateral system designated to be site specific for new septic disposal areas or retro fitting to existing septic disposal areas to break up the biological clogging slug mat at the interface of the wastewater and imported sand or native soil fill under or adjacent to disposal areas of a typical septic system. The lateral system provides uniform or other site specific distribution of fluids about the bio-mat of a wastewater disposal area, with lateral spacing and hole spacing varying based on the type of disposal area being utilized. The lateral system can also be utilized to provide continuous low volume air supply system to a wastewater disposal area or peat filter module. The air lateral installation includes methods to minimize airflow disturbance of the soil and methods to prevent air leakage.
US09981864B2
An oily water separator for removing oil from oil-containing water, including a vessel, a filtration membrane unit and a discharge mechanism, the filtration membrane unit containing a filtration membrane module and a returning mechanism, the filtration membrane module for performing filtration in the state of allowing the module to be immersed into the oil-containing water, the filtration membrane module having an elongated filtration membrane with an opening portion, the opening portion of the filtration membrane being fixed to one end of the filtration membrane module, the opening portion of the filtration membrane being communicatively connected to the returning mechanism, and the returning mechanism being extended along the filtration membrane toward an end on a side opposite to an end portion having the opening portion thereof, the returning mechanism being communicatively connected with the discharge mechanism.
US09981851B2
Disclosed is a method for etching graphene using a DNA sample of a predetermined DNA shape. The DNA sample is preferably placed onto a reaction area of a piece of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG), and both the DNA sample and HOPG are then preferably placed into a humidity-controlled chamber. Humidity is preferably applied to the HOPG to produce a film of water across the surface of the DNA sample. Electrical voltage is also applied to the HOPG to create potential energy for the etching process. After the etching is completed, the reaction area is typically rinsed with deionized water.
US09981844B2
A source material, which is based on a glass, is arranged on a working surface of a mold substrate. The mold substrate is made of a single-crystalline material. A cavity is formed in the working surface. The source material is pressed against the mold substrate. During pressing a temperature of the source material and a force exerted on the source material are controlled to fluidify source material. The fluidified source material flows into the cavity. Re-solidified source material forms a glass piece with a protrusion extending into the cavity. After re-solidifying, the glass piece may be bonded to the mold substrate. On the glass piece, protrusions and cavities can be formed with slope angles less than 80 degrees, with different slope angles, with different depths and widths of 10 micrometers and more.
US09981838B2
A drinking water supply device configured to discharge water based on a pressure of water supplied from a water supply source is provided. The drinking water supply device may include at least one discharge flow path that allows water supplied from the water supply source to flow therein, a discharge valve provided in the at least one discharge flow path, at least one cock provided in an end of the at least one discharge valve, the discharge valve including a sensor that generates a discharge signal to open the at least one discharge valve, a lever coupled to the at least one cock and operated by pushing and pulling, and a controller that controls the at least one discharge valve and the sensor. The discharge signal may be generated in the sensor when a switch of the sensor is pressed by a predetermined region of the lever.
US09981836B2
Controlling a functional system of a materials handling vehicle includes monitoring a current delivered by an energy storage system for powering the functional system, wherein the energy storage system may include at least one of a battery and a fuel cell. When the current delivered by the energy storage system exceeds a first predetermined amount, performance of the functional system is reduced from a first operating level to a second operating level for at least one task of the functional system to attempt to reduce the current delivered by the energy storage system.
US09981834B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) including a winch system, wherein the winch system includes a winch line having a first end that is secured to the payload, and wherein the winch system is controllable to vary the rate of descent of the payload, an inertial measurement unit positioned on the payload or on the first end of the winch line, wherein the inertial measurement unit is configured to measure oscillations of the payload, and a control system configured to (a) receive data from the IMU, (b) determine oscillations of the payload based on the data received from the IMU, and (c) operate the winch system to vary the deployment rate of the winch line so to damp oscillations of the payload.
US09981831B2
A device for handling an artifact of substantially cylindrical shape, having a bed (10) and supporting means fixed to the bed (10) and connected to actuators. The supporting means being positioned along at least an arc of circumference lying in a plane orthogonal to the development axis α of the bed (10) and having rolling elements (3) adapted to support and handle an artifact, at least one of them being motorized. Each rolling element (3) is connected to one of a plurality of corresponding actuators operatively connected to each other and adapted to regulate a movement of the rolling elements (3) in response to forces exerted by the artifact on each rolling element (3), in such a way as to distribute the forces uniformly on each rolling element (3) to position one or more resultants of the forces in one or more points.
US09981825B2
A method and an arrangement are provided for monitoring the safety of a counterweighted elevator. In the method, an elevator car is driven with a hoisting machine towards the top end of the elevator hoistway, contact between the counterweight and the end buffer of the elevator hoistway is determined, a reference point for the location of the elevator car is registered when detecting contact between the counterweight and the end buffer, the distance that the elevator car travels onwards from the aforementioned reference point for the location is measured, and if the distance traveled by the elevator car onwards from the aforementioned reference point exceeds a threshold value a signal indicating a risk of slackening of the traction rope is formed.
US09981824B2
A strap storage container has a strap storage rack and a crank mechanism for coiling the straps. The crank mechanism passes through the storage container and has a handle on a first end and strap receiving aperture (e.g., a slot) on a second end. The strap storage rack is removably insertable within the strap storage container.
US09981823B1
A safety chuck mounted to equipment that process web material is provided. The safety chuck is provided with a die spring connecting a moveable jaw with a spindle, said spring urging the moveable jaw into a fully closed position. A number of magnets mounted on a mounting flange will engage the moveable jaw, overcoming the spring's force and holding the moveable jaw in a fully open position. Rotation of the spindle releases the magnets allowing the spring to force the moveable jaw back into a fully closed position.
US09981821B2
Splicing equipment for strips of paper, paper tissue, plastic and the like, defines an outgoing strip with a first strip and a second strip directed toward a user apparatus by means of two cutting mechanisms and two splicing group. In particular, the equipment comprises an output arresting mechanism actuatable for arresting the outgoing strip during the operations of cutting and splicing; and two respective applying devices for a double sided adhesive film. The splicing groups include a respective retaining member provided for retaining, after cutting and separation, an initial edge of the first strip or, respectively, an initial edge of the second strip in preparation of splicing on a terminal edge of the outgoing strip; and in which the applying devices are selectively actuatable for automatically depositing the double sided adhesive film on the initial edge of the first strip or, respectively, on the initial edge of the second strip.
US09981820B2
In some examples, an accessory usable with roll media and an image forming system having an output member, comprises a leader member to attach to the output member of the image forming system, and a clip attached to the leader member, the clip to removably attach the leader member to the roll media in an installed state. The clip includes a first section to contact a first surface of the roll media, a second section to contact a second surface of the roll media, and a magnetic unit mounted on a surface of the first section, a magnetic field of the magnetic unit to attract the first and second sections toward one another to grip the roll media.
US09981813B2
A method of scanning documents and moving such documents along a path such that during scanning a method of improving the documents velocity and the documents image quality is disclosed. The method includes providing a plurality of documents in an input tray and transporting each document along the path from the input tray at a transport velocity past the scanner to obtain scanned image data. By monitoring and controlling the velocity profile of the transport system, the scanning system may provide higher image quality, reduce slippage, misfeeds and jams, and provide alerts to an operator in the even slippage, misfeeds, or jams do occur.
US09981810B2
A transfer device and method for diverting packages about a conveyor. The conveyor has a conveyor path extending between locations of a facility. The transfer includes a frame positionable about the conveyor, rollers rotationally supported on the frame (the rollers non-aligned with the conveyor path to define a transfer path way from the conveyor path), belts rotationally supported on the frame between the rollers with a closed gap therebetween (the belts aligned with the conveyor path), and a tub movably coupled to the frame to selectively lift the rollers above the belts to engage the packages whereby the packages are selectively movable to locations away from the conveyor path.
US09981805B2
A roller track for transporting stored goods has a profile rail (1) with a base (11) and two side walls (12) extending at an angle from the base (11). The side walls (12) can pivot onto each other under the influence of a force directed toward the base (11). Roller bodies (2) are supported rotatably about axles (3) in bearing openings (4) of the side walls (12). The bearing openings (4), wherein the bearing openings (4) are designed as countersinks extending from the free end of the sides walls (12) in the direction of the base (12). The roller bodies (2) are inserted into the bearing openings (4) together with the rotating axles (3) substantially in the direction of the side walls (12).
US09981802B2
The present invention generally relates to a rocking device for waste containers, particularly residential or commercial waste containers. In particular, the invention provides a waste container locking device which keeps the container closed when a sudden jerk or jarring, such as by ground impact, is applied on the container, so that the container does not open when it is accidentally knocked over, but may be opened when tipped during dumping.
US09981798B2
A dispenser that may be loaded with a plurality of interconnected articles with at least one grasping section and that may then be selectively withdrawn one at a time out through an extraction site and indexed for subsequent withdrawal upon removal along with methods of manufacturing and assembling, the article itself, and additional features such as a separator for engaging the article to dispense the article in an open configuration, a restrainer for aiding separation of the articles, and an elevator or ramp for locating the grasping sections of the articles near the extraction site are disclosed herein.
US09981796B2
Puncturing of plastic bags containing polysilicon chunks during transport thereof and reduction of fines generation are minimized by use of a transport vessel containing at least two plastic bags containing polysilicon chunks with a packing density of greater than or equal to 500 kg/m3.
US09981795B2
The present invention relates to a container equipped with a closure system particularly adapted for aseptically filled fluid contents. The invention also relates to the use of said container in a method for detecting spoilage of its fluid content.
US09981793B2
A gusset bag has a spout that keeps a stable self-standing attitude, facilitating easy and complete content pouring. The gusset bag includes a film bag body and a spout attached to the bag body. The bag body includes a tubular body and a rectangular-shaped bottom surface sealed and secured to one edge of the tubular body. The tubular body includes opposing flat surfaces and side surfaces, each being sealed and secured to side edges of the flat surfaces, the bottom surface and the side surfaces being formed with foldable lines, respectively, along which the bottom surface and the side surfaces are folded inward toward inside of the bag body, forming a bottom surface gusset and side surface gussets, and an inclining edge is formed to one of the upper two corners of the bag body, the spout being attached to the inclining edge.
US09981787B2
A device for dispensing a dental material comprises a container for containing the material and an outlet which is closed by a closure. A breakable seal is arranged between the closure and the container. The device further is operable between a storage position in which the outlet is closed and an operational position in which the outlet is open. An initial operation toward the operational position causes the seal to break, whereby the closure is captured in the device. The device may provide a relatively long shelf life for the material, and may facilitate preparation of the material for use.
US09981773B2
A stackable container, including a body and a cap threadingly engageable with a neck portion of the body and having a vaulted interior and a top portion formed with a frustro-pyramidal depression for snap-registered engagement with a base portion of a counterpart of the body, the cap further including handle projections and a skirt. Opposite stop structures prevent rotation of the cap relative to the body beyond predetermined threaded engagement; a detent releasably captures the body in the predetermined threaded engagement. A base portion of the body having inclined side walls facilitates rotation of the body with respect to the cap. The skirt guides the body into alignment with the cap. The base can have four of the side walls forming a square, the containers of a stack having any of four relative orientations. A consumable product such as a cosmetic can extend into the cap from the body.
US09981766B2
A portable labeling device is provided for applying labels to a film used in sealing a product package. The labeling device includes a platform mounted for adjustable positioning in relation to the film and a belt that is moveable around rollers associated with the platform. The belt is operable to receive a portion of each of the labels and transport them into registry with the film. A tamp roller is also provided and is moveable into a position pressing another portion of each of the labels against the film. The tamp roller is then movable to another position spaced away from the film when the belt moves around the rollers to transport other ones of the labels into registry with the film.
US09981764B2
A foldable stand includes four panels attached flexibly at lateral edges such that the panels can be folded in a closed configuration flat upon each other or folded into an open configuration to form a self-supporting free-standing stand.
US09981760B2
An apparatus for filling a plurality of containers with a fluid. The apparatus including a connector configured to removably couple the apparatus to a fluid source, a flow path providing fluid communication between the fluid source and a plurality of containers coupled to the apparatus, a sealing element disposed within each of the plurality of containers, the sealing element configured to couple the container to the apparatus and automatically seal the container when the container is decoupled from the apparatus, a retaining mechanism including an adhesive disposed on each of the plurality of containers to position the sealing element in a neck of each of the plurality of containers.
US09981758B2
An adaptable, modular, multi-purpose (AMM) space vehicle backplane may accommodate boards and components for various missions. The AMM backplane may provide a common hardware interface and common board-to-board communications. Components, connectors, test points, and sensors may be embedded directly into the backplane to provide additional functionality, diagnostics, and system access. Other space vehicle sections may plug directly into the backplane.
US09981753B2
A composite normalized angle of attack indicating system provides a simultaneous display of both body angle of attack, such as in digital form, and normalized angle of attack for an aircraft. The display may be visually enhanced as stall is approached such as by zooming the body angle of attack digital display and/or by changing the color of the display. The normalized display also selectively displays an approach reference band when the flap setting is equal to or greater than 20 degrees.
US09981748B2
A forward translating headrest equipped with a ring brake assembly configured to lock a position of a headrest plate relative to a headrest base. A ring brake is disposed between spaced first and second magnets such that first and second reset plates push the ring brake in a direction of one of the first and second magnets to reset the ring brake assembly at both ends of the stroke to the free the shaft.
US09981743B2
According to various embodiments, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is provided. The UAV may include a motor controller. The UAV may further include a motor connected to the motor controller. The UAV may further include an arm connected between the motor controller and the motor. The UAV may further include a plurality of electronic speed control components integrated within the arm, the electronic speed control components configured to control the speed of the motor.
US09981734B2
An aircraft wing including a fuel tank located in the wing, a channel defining a cavity in the fuel tank, the channel including at least two channel ends terminating at an upper or lower wing surface, a driveshaft located in the cavity; and an access panel located on the wing surface and being movable between an open position so that access to the cavity is permitted, and a closed position so that the cavity is at least partially covered by the access panel to inhibit access to the cavity.
US09981729B2
An outboard motor includes a gear housing configured to rotatably house a propeller shaft that transmits a rotative power output from an engine to a propeller device. The gear housing includes a torpedo shape portion and a strut portion. The torpedo shape portion has a shape tapered toward a front side, and a shape biased upward toward the front side. The strut portion is disposed on an upper side of the torpedo shape portion. An outer peripheral surface of the torpedo shape portion is smoothly coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the strut portion via first to third curved surfaces. The first to third curved surfaces are each a curved surface inclined rearward and downward, a curved surface parallel to a front-rear direction, or a curved surface constituted of a part inclined rearward and downward and a part parallel to the front-rear direction.
US09981727B2
Systems and methods for mounting and controlling a motor on a kayak are disclosed. A motor may be mounted to a kayak by a single interface on the kayak and rotated using foot pegs. The control system provides for responsive input and automatic directional stabilization of the motor.
US09981713B2
A suspension device of a bicycle front fork is installed in a head tube of a bicycle handlebar. The suspension device includes: a cylinder with a bottom fixed to a base of the bicycle front fork and a top passed into the head tube; a piston rod with a top fixed to an inner wall of the head tube and a bottom having a piston and extended into the cylinder; a spring device coupled to the piston rod and having a force to push the piston rod away from the cylinder. The cylinder below the piston has an air chamber communicated with an intake valve of the base. The air pressure of air chamber may be adjusted to adjust the buffering pressure of the spring device, so that a user may adjust the shocking pressure of the front fork.
US09981705B2
An apparatus is provided for the alignment of an attachment relative to at least one adjacent structural part on the body side on a vehicle. For the improvement of a tolerance compensation between the attachment and the structural part during assembly, it is proposed that the apparatus is part of the structural part, while the attachment comprises at least one first reference point for the alignment of the attachment, wherein the first reference point is incorporated in the attachment by means of a gauge before the installation of the attachment.
US09981702B2
A motor-vehicle structure includes an underbody portion of sheet-metal defining an aperture with within there is mounted a floor portion of plastic material or composite material, for housing a spare wheel or other component of a vehicle, such as an electric or electronic component and/or for example a unit for accumulating electric energy. To said floor portion of plastic material or composite material there is associated a holding element having at least a first part anchored to the underbody portion of sheet-metal and at least a second part which can be anchored to said spare wheel or said other component, so that in case of an accident, said holding element prevents said spare wheel or said other component from being projected far away from the underbody structure, by constraining it instead to remain within a distance corresponding to one dimension of said holding element.
US09981698B2
A tunnel structure in an electric vehicle for providing a protected battery storage location and for increasing the stiffness of a vehicle's body structure. The tunnel structure may include a floor portion coupled to the floor of the vehicle, a front portion coupled to the vehicle firewall, and a paneled portion extending between the front portion and the floor portion. The tunnel structure may also include a plurality of panels and ridges that extend from the front portion toward a rear edge of the floor portion. The specific arrangement of the panels and ridges can improve the transfer of energy in the event of a collision.
US09981690B2
A backup assist system for a vehicle and trailer combination includes a vehicle steering system, a camera generating images of the trailer, and a controller. The controller processes sequential images the trailer, selects a baseline image, and determines a collision angle based on a location of a feature of the trailer in the baseline image. The controller further controls the steering system to maintain a hitch angle below a lesser of a maximum controllable angle and the collision angle.
US09981687B2
An axle assembly includes an axle, an axle mount configured to be attached to the axle, a positional locater that projects from an outer surface of the axle and is configured to locate an initial position of the axle relative to the axle mount, and an axle adjustment device comprising an inclined surface that contacts the positional locater. A compressive force is exerted between the axle mount and the axle adjustment device when the axle adjustment device is placed in contact with the positional locater to maintain the initial position of the axle.
US09981675B2
An inspection system for use with a vehicle includes a database containing vehicle route data and at least one location of a route to be inspected. The database may be accessed by vehicles with on-board inspection systems so that they may inspect the location of route to be inspected.
US09981674B1
This disclosure relates to a rail vehicle event analysis system configured to facilitate analysis of rail vehicle event records that correspond to rail vehicle events. The system may be configured to visually present a user with information related to operation of a rail vehicle. The user may review the information related to operation of the rail vehicle in real time, responsive to the rail vehicle being involved in a rail vehicle event, and/or at other times. The system may be configured to visually present information based on output signals generated by one or more sensors associated with the rail vehicle. The system may synchronize the presented information such that information from individual sensors may be compared and/or viewed at the same time by the user. The system may be configured to receive observations made by the user based on the user's review of the presented visual information.
US09981673B2
A system for monitoring operation of a railcar having one or more sensing units, mounted on the railcar, for monitoring operating parameters and or conditions of the railcar, and a communication management unit, in wireless communication with the sensing units, wherein the system can make a determination of an alarm condition based on data collected the sensing units. A temperature sensor device for use in such a system is also provided.
US09981672B2
The invention relates to a self-propelled vehicle (10) provided only with rail-engaging rolling means (18) comprising: a chassis (14); a working surface (16) connected thereto for supporting equipment, materials (20) and personnel; and positioning means (22, 24) connected to the chassis for lifting the vehicle and moving it laterally with respect to a direction of rail travel between a trackside location and an on-track location (12). A lifting apparatus (28) is mountable on the chassis and moveable along the length of the working surface (16). By providing only rail-engaging rolling means (18), the height of the vehicle's overlying working surface (16) above the track (12) and surrounding ground is significantly reduced as compared to existing dual purpose road-rail vehicles. The vehicle is capable of working safely below live overhead lines and alongside tracks open to traffic thus avoiding the need to for full closure of tracks during maintenance and inspection works.
US09981669B2
A computer-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product controls a driving mode of a self-driving vehicle (SDV) when a driver receives a telecommunication message on a telecommunication device. An SDV on-board computer within the SDV detects that the SDV is currently being operated in manual mode by a human driver. The SDV on-board computer detects that a telecommunication device located within the SDV is receiving a telecommunication message. In response to detecting that the telecommunication device within the SDV is receiving the telecommunication message, the SDV on-board computer transfers control of the SDV to the SDV on-board computer in order to place the SDV in autonomous mode, where the SDV is in the autonomous mode when steering, braking, throttle control, and obstacle avoidance by the SDV are all controlled by the SDV on-board computer.
US09981668B2
At least one operator control element which can be moved by an operator is included in an operator control device. Furthermore, the operator control device includes an actuator with which activation of the operator control element can be communicated to the operator. The actuator includes a coil element and an armature which can move relative to the coil element. The armature is secured to the operator control element. The operator control device also includes an evaluation device with which a position of the armature relative to the coil element can be detected.
US09981652B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for active vibration control of a hybrid electric vehicle. Exemplary forms provide a method for active vibration control of a hybrid electric vehicle that may include detecting an engine speed or a motor speed; selecting a reference angle signal based on position information of a motor or an engine; establishing a period of fast Fourier transform (FFT) and performing FFT of the engine speed or the motor speed corresponding to the period of the FFT from the reference angle signal; establishing a reference spectrum according to an engine speed and an engine load; extracting a vibration components to be removed based on information of the reference spectrum; summing vibration components to be removed according to the frequencies and performing inverse FFT; determining an amplitude ratio according to the engine speed and the engine load; determining an adjustable rate such that a speed change amount of the engine is increased as an anti-phase torque is increased; and performing active vibration control of each frequency based on the information of the basic amplitude ratio, the adjustable rate, and the engine torque.
US09981643B2
Methods and systems are provided for providing vacuum to a brake booster via an aspirator system. In one example, a system may include an aspirator system fluidly coupled with a brake booster with no intervening components located therebetween.
US09981632B2
The present technology includes a washer system comprising a washer switch assembly and an electronic module. The washer switch includes a ground configured for electrical connection with a washer pump by way of a switch and a fuse contact configured to receive control signals from a power-mode relay. The electronic module includes a controller comprising a computer-readable storage device, and the controller is electrically isolated from the washer switch assembly and the washer pump in operation of the system.
US09981619B1
Technology is provided for wheel guards that can help lift the wheel of a wheeled vehicle, such as a robot, up and over an obstacle. The wheel guard can include a guard member including a ramped surface extending between a first end portion and a second end portion, the second end portion coupleable to a suspension of a wheel of the vehicle. A pivot mechanism is attached to the first end portion that is coupleable to a chassis of the vehicle, whereby the guard member can pivot with respect to the chassis as the wheel moves up and down.
US09981614B2
A fastener is provided for mounting a first structure having an insertion rib with a retention slot to a second structure having a mounting opening. The fastener includes a U-shaped body having a bight portion at an upper portion thereof with a pair of outer legs depending therefrom. Each of the pair of outer legs terminates at a distal free end to engage an edge of the mounting opening when the U-shaped body penetrates the mounting opening. A pair of inner legs extends from the distal free ends of the outer legs toward the bight portion. The pair of inner legs has an intermediate protrusion configured to engage the insertion rib and bear against a stop in the retention slot to retain the U-shaped body on the first structure.
US09981608B1
A vehicle service access assembly having features for mounting to tow hooks of a pickup truck or utility vehicle to access the vehicle's engine compartment is disclosed. The assembly includes two tow hook inserts, secured to laterally adjustable components, configured to register against the tow hooks and vehicle frame members to releasably suspend the assembly for use. In other aspects of the disclosure, safety rails may be included to provide an added measure of safety. The assembly may also include a retractable, suspended step to facilitate vertical access to the assembly. In a further aspect, a retractable tool tray provides a secure and convenient means to assemble tools for use in the service of the vehicle.
US09981603B2
A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a fuel tank, a motor, a battery, a charger, and a notification mechanism. The battery is configured to supply electric power to the motor. The charger is configured to carry out external charging that charges the battery by use of electric power from an external power source. The notification mechanism is configured to notify, to an outside of the vehicle, information on a use index indicative of a degree of use of external charging in a predetermined time period.
US09981594B2
A lighting system for a vehicle is disclosed. The lighting system comprises an imager configured to capture image data in a plurality of image frames in a rearward field of view. The system further comprises at least one headlamp configured to output an emission of light at a plurality of elevations and a controller. The controller is in communication with the imager and the headlamp. The controller is operable to process the image data to identify features in a first frame and a second frame. The controller is further operable to identify a movement of the features from the first frame to the second frame and adjust the elevation of the output emission in response to the movement.
US09981593B2
A process for producing an adaptive light pattern that is produced by at least one vehicle headlight (SW1, SW2) in a vehicle (2) that can be steered by a vehicle driver (3), the at least one vehicle headlight (SW1, SW2) having at least one adaptive means of illumination (BM1, BM2), wherein at least one camera (5) detects the direction (BR) in which the vehicle driver is looking, at least one computing unit (6) evaluates the information obtained in this way and produces, on the basis of this information, control signals and transmits the control signals to the at least one vehicle headlight (SW1, SW2) with the at least one adaptive means of illumination (BM1, BM2), and wherein the at least one adaptive means of illumination (BM1, BM2) is controlled, on the basis of the control signals for targeted illumination of an area (BR1) lying in the direction (BR) in which the vehicle driver (3) is looking.
US09981582B2
A thigh-extension for a vehicle seat includes a metallic thigh-extension plate, an extension track defined by a low-friction resin overmolded onto the thigh-extension plate and a thigh-extension slider having an integral groove slidably engaged with the extension track to define a plurality of thigh-extension positions.
US09981565B2
An impedance control device includes a diode bridge rectifier circuit and a controller. The controller is configured to control, based on impedance of a battery that is coupled to output terminals of the diode bridge rectifier circuit, the capacitance of a first capacitance variable unit and capacitance of a second capacitance variable unit of the diode bridge rectifier circuit.
US09981564B2
A foreign object detector includes a plurality of first coils and a plurality of second coils. The plurality of first coils are arranged along an upper surface of a power transmission coil. The plurality of second coils are provided to correspond to the plurality of first coils, with the second coils each being arranged to face a corresponding one of the first coils. An outer shape of each of the plurality of first coils and each of the plurality of second coils is smaller than an outer shape of the power transmission coil when the power transmission coil is viewed two-dimensionally from above the power transmission coil.
US09981554B2
A method for controlling a brake of an electric vehicle provided with a smart cruise control system may include detecting, by a driving information detector, a brake demand of a driver when braking control due to a smart cruise controller is performed, stopping, by a vehicle controller, the braking control due to the smart cruise controller and maintaining a braking amount caused by the smart cruise controller when the brake demand of the driver is detected, determining, by the vehicle controller, a demand braking amount according to the brake demand of the driver, and performing, by the vehicle controller, braking control by using the maintained braking amount caused by the smart cruise controller and the demand braking amount.
US09981546B2
A fuel tank valve device includes a housing in which a partition wall defines a lower valve chamber and an upper ventilation chamber, and a first opening and a second opening are provided to establish a communication between the lower valve chamber and the upper ventilation chamber, a first float valve that is accommodated in a first valve chamber of the lower valve chamber so as to rise and fall and that closes the first opening when a fuel level in a fuel tank nearly reaches a set full fuel level, and a second float valve that is accommodated in a second valve chamber of the lower valve chamber so as to rise and fall and that closes the second opening when the fuel level in the fuel tank rises abnormally.
US09981544B2
An electric work vehicle includes a left motor 4L that drives a left drive wheel 12L and a right motor 4R that drives a right drive wheel 12R, a cooling liquid circulation flow path 7 connected to the left motor 4L and the right motor 4R, and a cooling liquid distribution mechanism 6 that, according to a travel state, adjusts a ratio between a cooling liquid flow amount that flows from a pump 72 disposed on the cooling liquid circulation flow path 7 to the left motor 4L, and a cooling liquid flow amount that flows from the pump 72 to the right motor 4R.
US09981542B2
Appropriate vehicle stability control is enabled in a vehicle configured to carry out regeneration enhancement control. A predictive deceleration support control unit is configured to set a position at which the vehicle is predicted to finish deceleration as a target deceleration end position, and guide a driver to release an accelerator pedal so that the deceleration of the vehicle is finished at the target deceleration end position, to thereby carry out regeneration enhancement control under a state in which the accelerator pedal is released so as to generate a larger deceleration than in a normal state. The predictive deceleration support control unit is configured to read a vehicle stability control flag from a brake ECU and stop the regeneration enhancement control when the vehicle stability control is being carried out.
