US09996751B2
The invention relates to a method for monitoring a monitored region (10) recorded by a camera, wherein a content analysis is performed for a sub-region (20) of the monitored region (10); wherein the sub-region (20) is determined in dependence on one or more parameters; and wherein the determination of the sub-region (20) is performed anew when at least one of the parameters changes during the monitoring.
US09996746B1
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) assessment and reporting system may utilize one or more scanning techniques to provide useful assessments and/or reports for structures and other objects. The scanning techniques may be performed in sequence and optionally used to further fine tune each subsequent scan. The system may include shadow elimination, annotation, and/or reduction for the UAV itself and/or other objects. A UAV may be used to determine a pitch of roof of a structure. The pitch of the roof may be used to fine tune subsequent scanning and data capture to capture perpendicular images of target field of views and/or target distances.
US09996740B2
The present invention is to provide an information processing device, an information processing method, a program, and an information storage medium with which the accuracy of detection of whether the contact of an object with a subject is present or absent is improved compared with conventional techniques. A frame image acquiring section (32) acquires plural frame images that include a subject region in which an image of a subject appears and are taken at timings different from each other. A subject partial region identifying section (38) identifies, about each of the frame images, plural subject partial regions that are each part of the subject region and are different from each other in the position in the subject region. A partial region feature identifying section (40) identifies partial region features showing variation in an image feature of an image occupying the subject partial region on the basis of the image feature of the image occupying each of the subject partial regions associated with each other in each of the frame images. A contact determining section (42) determines whether the contact of an object with the subject is present or absent on the basis of a relationship among the partial region features each associated with a respective one of plural subject partial regions.
US09996739B2
A computer-implemented system and method for gait analysis of a subject. The method includes obtaining visual data from an image capture device positioned in front of or behind the subject, the plurality of image frames capturing at least one gait cycle of the gait of the subject, detecting one or more prescribed features within the plurality of image frames, analyzing each of the plurality of image frames to detect cross-frame stability of the one or more prescribed features, and segmenting the gait of the subject into at least one gait cycle based at least in part on the detected cross-frame stability of the one or more prescribed features.
US09996733B2
An initial image associated with a stored profile of the user is presented on a display device. Input including a manipulation of the initial image to transform the initial image to a manipulated initial image is received on an input device. The user is authenticated in response to the manipulated initial image sufficiently matching a target manipulated image associated with the stored profile of the user. Optionally, prior to presenting the initial image, a facial image of the user is captured. The user is identified by applying a facial recognition technique to the captured facial image of the user. The display device is arranged to present the initial image in response to identifying the user as having a stored profile.
US09996724B2
An optical fingerprint detection apparatus and a display device are disclosed. The optical fingerprint detection apparatus includes: a light source; a touch panel including a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being provided with at least one touch area, the second surface being configured for receiving the light beam emitted from the light source and angled with respect to the first surface by an angle of less than 90 degrees; and a detection unit located outside of the side of the touch panel opposite to the first surface and configured for receiving the light beam reflected by the touch area and emitted from the touch panel and detecting an intensity distribution of the received light beam.
US09996719B1
An image associated with a poll may be acquired via a camera. One or more symbols indicating responses may be found by analyzing the image. The responses specified by the symbols may be determined and saved. The responses may also be displayed to the operator and/or to the respondents.
US09996716B2
A method of addressing one or more RFID devices within a group of RFID devices includes transmitting a command to respond to the group at a first modulation depth. The method further includes receiving a response from a first sub-group of RFID devices in the group that have a minimum modulation depth less than or equal to the first modulation depth. The method further includes transmitting the command to respond to the group at a second modulation depth higher than the first modulation depth. The method further includes receiving a response from a second sub-group of RFID devices within the group that have a minimum modulation depth less than or equal to the second modulation depth. The method is also directed to authenticating RFIDs by comparing a measured minimum modulation depth to a known minimum modulation depth.
US09996715B2
A multi-mode, preferably dual mode, radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is adapted for automatic detection of whether a RFID reader located within communication range of the RFID tag is transmitting a continuous wave (CW) or modulated wave types of RF signal, and accordingly, mandating a response from the tag in read-only (RO) mode or read/write (R/W) mode, respectively. The tag includes means for designating one of the RO and R/W operating modes as a default mode of the tag, and for switching the tag from its default mode to its other operating mode, and vice versa, according to a rule for determining the frequency of occurrence of a selected event related to signal type of the reader. A device-implemented method of this automatic detection, and a method of fabricating the tag, are also disclosed.
US09996707B2
The system and method for destroying compromised objects, including electronic devices. The system and method utilizes a barrier separating two reagents that can be rapidly mixed to form a base when desired. The system and method have a barrier configured to be triggered remotely. The barrier comprises an aluminum foil layer.
US09996703B2
A computer system 300 contains an agent 303 which modifies the ordinary behaviour of a native security system 103, such as to allow security decisions with alternate granularity or an alternate set of access rights. The agent 303 intercepts authorisation requests made by applications 109 for resources 110 identified by URIs 111 and sends amended requests to the security system 103. An alternate authorisation mechanism 307 of the agent 303 is invoked by the security system 103, whereupon the agent 303 may selectively allow or deny the request according to the originally presented URI 111.
US09996702B2
A computer-implemented system for processing a user device request to process a user data portion, the system comprising a server having a processor, the processor having a user space and a kernel space, the processor configured to perform receiving the request to process the user data portion from a user device, reading the user data portion from a database at the server, allocating space at the processor to define a sandbox environment defining a kernel space commands set of the processor to perform processing of the user data portion, isolating the processor within the sandbox environment in order to perform isolated execution of the request by the kernel space commands set, processing the user data portion within the sandbox environment, de-isolating the sandbox environment from the user space by returning an indication of a processed user data portion and writing the indication to the user space of the processor.
US09996700B2
A system, method, and computer program for monitoring and corrupting a data stream, includes a data stream transmitting device having a barcode scanner that transmits a stream of data corresponding to a scanned barcode; a data stream receiver device having a barcode processing system that receives the stream; and a monitoring and corrupting device coupled therebetween having a database storing rules for detecting and corrupting patterns of data in the stream, and which monitors the stream, and based on the rules determines if the stream is unwanted, and if so corrupts the stream and transmits the corrupted stream to the barcode processing system so that the barcode data stream cannot be correctly received by the data stream receiver device. Otherwise, if the stream of data is wanted, the stream of data is allowed to be correctly received by the data stream receiver device.
US09996697B2
Methods and systems are provided for sharing information and improving the functioning of devices by blocking the installation of an application based on an assessment. In the methods and systems disclosed, a server may receive data pertaining to an application from the mobile communications device. The server may process the data from the mobile communications device to determine an assessment of the application, where the assessment is based on an analysis using information shared by sources other than the mobile communications device. The server may then provide the assessment to the mobile communications device.
US09996695B2
Various techniques for performing malware analysis of a URL (e.g., a URL sample) using a browser executed in an instrumented virtual machine environment are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system for performing dynamic malware analysis of a URL using a browser executed in an instrumented virtual machine environment includes the instrumented virtual machine environment executed on a processor that receives a URL sample for dynamic malware analysis using the browser executed in the instrumented virtual machine environment; and a dynamic time allocator executed on the processor that dynamically determines a period of time allocated for performing the dynamic malware analysis of the URL sample using the browser executed in the instrumented virtual machine environment, in which the URL sample is rendered using the browser executed in the instrumented virtual machine environment and monitored using the instrumented virtual machine environment for the period of time allocated for performing the dynamic malware analysis of the URL sample.
US09996692B2
A system, method, and computer readable media for using principal components analysis (PCA) to graphically display cyber event information about an aircraft or fleet of aircraft. A ground-based security module collects historical cyber log data about the aircraft and performs PCA on the historical data to derive two principal components and their corresponding loading vectors. The loading vectors are transmitted to an air-based security module on the aircraft. The air-based security module collects real time cyber log data, computes numerical scores associated with the loading vectors on board the aircraft while the aircraft is in flight, and transmits the numerical scores to the ground-based module. The ground-based module graphically displays a comparison of the numerical scores to the corresponding loading vectors for the historical log data on a biplot to reveal trends in the cyber health of the aircraft.
US09996687B1
Disclosed aspects relate to authentication management. A first valid authentication input may be established with respect to access enablement to a computing asset. A second valid authentication input may be established with respect to access enablement to the computing asset. A triggering event may be detected. The first valid authentication input may be deactivated based on the triggering event. The second valid authentication input may be activated based on the triggering event. The graphical user interface may be presented which may appear to prompt for the first valid authentication input. The second valid authentication input may be received via the graphical user interface. Access enablement with respect to the computing asset may be authenticated in response to receiving the second valid authentication input.
US09996683B2
Methods and systems are provided for facilitating the secure entry of a user's PIN for electronic transactions such as merchant checkout, payment authorization, or access authorization. A physiological response of the user can indicate which one of a random sequence of numbers is a number of the user's PIN. For example, the user can blink, wink, or make a subtle facial movement to provide the indication.
US09996670B2
Clinical content analytics engines and associated processes are described. An engine receives a clinical decision support document, accesses corresponding reference content, identifies and extracts medical intervention content from the clinical decision support document, segments extracted medical intervention content into a first plurality of segments including at least a first segment comprising a first set of text, determines if the first segment corresponds to at least a first item included in the reference content, the first item comprising a second set of text comprising terminology different than that found in the first set of text, and in response to determining that the first segment corresponds to the first item included in the reference content, causing a report to include an indication that the first segment corresponds to the first item included in the reference content.
US09996657B2
Computer-implemented systems and methods for generating a multiple patterning lithography (MPL) compliant integrated circuit layout are provided. A plurality of integrated circuit (IC) cells are assembled to form an IC layout. The IC layout includes at least two IC cells that abut one another. After the assembling of the IC cells, a decomposition algorithm is executed to assign multiple colors to design shapes within the IC layout. Multiple patterning coloring conflicts are detected in the IC layout after the assigning of the colors to the design shapes. A fixing algorithm is executed, under which a conflict present in two abutting IC cells is fixed by flipping or shifting at least one of the abutting IC cells.
US09996654B2
A computer-implemented method capable of evaluating a plasma-induced charging effect to a transistor in a plasma-based process for a dielectric layer performed above the transistor on which a metal layer is formed is provided. The method may include receiving parameters relating to the transistor, receiving parameters relating to an interconnection, receiving parameters relating to the plasma-based process, assigning first potentials to terminals of the transistor, calculating second potentials at the terminals of the transistor, and determining a degradation state of the transistor according to the second potentials at the terminals of the transistor.
US09996646B2
A method includes providing, on a printed circuit board, a first circuit trace having a first unit cell length and a second circuit trace having a second unit cell length, determining a time delay associated with the first unit cell length and the second unit cell length, estimating a floquet frequency associated with the time delay, where the floquet frequency is determined as f floquet = 1 2 t delay , where ffloquet is the floquet frequency, and tdelay is the time delay, and comparing the estimated floquet frequency with a first interface frequency associated with the first trace.
US09996637B2
A method for formally verifying a hardware/software co-design includes providing in a co-design, a first model, and a second model, the first model is one of a hardware model, and the second model is one of a software model, or vice versa, providing a safety property expected to be satisfied by the co-design, combining an abstraction of the first model and the safety property to obtain an abstracted first model, composing the abstracted first model and the second model to obtain a composed model, checking if the composed model satisfies the safety property, and signaling that the hardware/software co-design violates the safety property if the safety property is violated in the composed model.
US09996635B2
A design method of freeform imaging lens with a wide linear field-of-view (FOV) is provided. A initial freeform imaging lens is developed, and the initial freeform imaging lens includes a first lens surface and an entrance pupil spaced from each other, wherein the FOV of the system 2ω (±ω) is divided into 2k+1 sampling fields with equal interval Δω between each two adjacent sampling fields. Each two adjacent sampling fields are taken as one group. Two constraints are employed to calculate the plurality of data points of the first lens surface to obtain a front surface of the freeform imaging lens. The data points are calculated based on Snell's law, and a curve is obtained through the data points. A back surface is added to approximately keep the previous outgoing direction of rays from the front surface.
US09996634B2
A system and method for designing and manufacturing of composite parts wherein the planner can design the part on a computer and analyze the entire work flow process from design to manufacture so as to determine the most efficient design and method of manufacture including resource costs including time, machines, material, labor and expenses.
US09996632B2
A stream of tuples may be processed by receiving at a first stream operator a first tuple from a stream of tuples. In response to receiving the first tuple, port mutability conditions for a first stream operator and a second stream operator may be analyzed. In response to identifying the port mutability conditions for a first stream operator and a second stream operator, a first set of attribute mutability conditions for the first tuple received at the first stream operator may be identified. Based on the first set of attribute mutability conditions, a reference of an attribute from the first tuple may be generated where the reference is added to a second tuple passing from the first stream operator to the second stream operator.
US09996630B2
A system for linking network content over a communications network is provided. The system includes at least one memory or storage unit that stores and/or maintains a plurality of linked-content facilities, each linked-content facility being independently associated with a network location containing network content; at least one processor that executes software that generates, maintains and/or controls access to the linked-content facilities for a plurality of users; and, at least one input/output device that provides an interface for users to operate the software to retrieve and/or view the linked-content facilities for selected network locations from the memory or storage unit, via the communications network. The linked-content facilities stored and/or maintained on the memory or storage unit include system and/or user generated link content received from at least one user, regarding network content related to their network locations. Associated methods for linking network content for use with the system are provided.
US09996624B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for performing actions of determining that one or more in-depth article search results are to be provided in response to a query, obtaining a topicality score for each in-depth article of a plurality of in-depth articles, each topicality score indicating a degree of relevance of a respective in-depth article to the query, obtaining a document score for each in-depth article of the plurality of in-depth article, each document score being based on a respective topicality score and a respective in-depth article score, selecting one or more in-depth articles from the plurality of in-depth articles based on respective document scores, and providing the one or more in-depth article search results for display, each in-depth article search result representing an in-depth article of the one or more in-depth articles.
US09996622B2
Systems, methods and computer program products are described that enable a web browser to automatically determine that a user thereof is logged into an enterprise network and, based on at least this determination, present the user with a new tab page or similar interface that includes features that facilitate access by the user to enterprise-related content. The enterprise-related content may include, for example, enterprise-related web sites, content shared by colleagues, content trending among team members, documents that the user recently worked on, enterprise-related news, and industry-related news. In response to determining that the user is logged into the enterprise network, embodiments described herein also enable the web browser to present recommended information resources to the user, wherein the recommended information resources may include information resources that are accessible internally with respect to the enterprise network as well as information resources that are accessible externally with respect to the enterprise network.
US09996617B2
Methods and systems for searching logical patterns in voluminous multi sensor data from the industrial internet is provided. The method retrieves instances of patterns in time-series data where patterns are specified logically, using a sequence of symbols. The logical symbols used are a subset of the qualitative abstractions specifically, the concepts of steady, increasing, decreasing. Patterns can include symbol-sequences for multiple sensors, approximate duration as well as slope values for each symbol. To facilitate efficient querying, each sensor time-series is pre-processed into a sequence of logical symbols. Each position in the resulting compressed sequence is registered across a TRIE-based index structure corresponding to the multiple logical patterns it may belong to. Logical multi-sensor patterns are efficiently retrieved and ranked using such a structure. This method of indexing and searching provides an efficient mechanism for exploratory analysis of voluminous multi-sensor data.
US09996615B2
Methods and system for managing media clips over a data network. Media streams may be received over a data network and stored by a storage server. Metadata regarding the media streams may be generated and stored at a metadata server. A control station can retrieve media frames originating in the stored media streams from the storage server, based on metadata. Media frames from multiple media streams can be retrieved and displayed in synchronization, based on respective timecodes.
US09996614B2
Disclosed is a method and computing device that receives a web page and locates text elements in the web page, where each text element includes a set of one or more characters or symbols. For each text element found, the computing device assigns a weight value to the each text element. The computing device then stores the text from the each text element in a relevant text storage if the weight value for the each text element is above a threshold weight or similar in layout or content to elements above the threshold weight.
US09996613B2
System and method for accessibility testing of a web application is disclosed. Initially the system is configured to receive an accessibility standard and a level of conformance to be achieved for accessibility testing of a webpage associated with the web application. The system is further configured to identify a first set of an accessibility guidelines based on the accessibility standard and the level of conformance. The system further identifies a set of elements present in the webpage and determines a second set of the accessibility guidelines based upon the set of elements and a set of common guidelines applicable to all the webpage's of the web application. Furthermore, the system computes a number of occurrences of each element from the set of elements present in the webpage. Further, the system is configured to determine the time required for testing the web page using different combinations of testing tools by using an optimization engine based on the second set of accessibility guidelines, the level of conformance, and the number of occurrences of the element of each type in the webpage. Further the system enables performing a rule based analysis on the time required for testing the webpage using different combination of testing tools in order to determine a combination of accessibility testing tools to be used for accessibility testing of the web application.
US09996602B2
A method and associated systems for generating a virtual dynamic representative of a taxonomic group with unique inheritance of attributes. Each record of a continuously updated database identifies a “vertical” attribute of an entity associated with that record, and further identifies a “horizontal” attribute upon which a business decision may be based. An account-management apparatus selects a subset of these records that are associated with a particular value of the vertical attribute and identifies the most desirable value of the horizontal attribute that is associated with any of the selected records. The apparatus then creates a virtual representative of the subset that represents the subset as a taxonomic group associated with the particular value of the vertical attribute and associates all records of the group with the most desirable value of the horizontal attribute.
US09996601B2
Technologies are generally described for a data synchronization scheme. In some examples, a method performed under control of a client device may include connecting to a server based at least in part on user account login information; receiving, from the server, a data file stored in connection with the user account; storing the received data file in a local data storage; receiving a request to logout the client device; determining that the client device is disconnected from the server and/or that the data file stored on the local data storage is not synchronized with the data file stored in connection with the user account; and encrypting the data file stored on the local data storage.
US09996593B1
Data can be processed in parallel across a cluster of nodes using a parallel processing framework. Using Web services calls between components allows the number of nodes to be scaled as necessary, and allows developers to build applications on the framework using a Web services interface. A job scheduler works together with a queuing service to distribute jobs to nodes as the nodes have capacity, such that jobs can be performed in parallel as quickly as the nodes are able to process the jobs. Data can be loaded efficiently across the cluster, and levels of nodes can be determined dynamically to process queries and other requests on the system.
US09996592B2
A query relationship data structure (RELSTRUCT) generator configured to select a plurality of queries, each query structured for application against a database to yield a query result. The RELSTRUCT generator includes a query analyzer configured to identify query parts of individual queries, and determine for each query, a relation, if any, of an included query part to any query part of remaining queries of the plurality of queries. The RELSTRUCT generator also may create, for each query, a query relationship data structure in which the query is related to at least one other query of the plurality of queries, based on the determined relation of a query part of the query and a query part of the at least one other query of the plurality of queries.
US09996586B2
The present disclosure relates to the searching technology field, and discloses a method and a device for searching a contact object, and a storage medium. The method comprises: normalizing a content of a contact field; receiving an input string for contact object searching, wherein the input string comprises any character or a combination of characters; normalizing the input string; searching in the normalized content of the contact field according to the normalized input string to obtain a matching field; and acquiring information of a contact object containing the matching field as a contact searching result. The device comprises a preprocessing module, a receiving module, an input processing module, a searching module and an acquiring module.
US09996579B2
Systems and methods are described to quickly search a data store based on one or more n-dimensional colors. The n-dimensional colors in the data store may be converted to interleaved integers and indexed. An n-dimensional color search range may be converted to one or more integer search ranges. A fast color search query may be formulated based on the one or more integer search ranges, and transmitted to the data store for searching. The data store may use the interleaved integer index to quickly compare the integer search ranges to the interleaved integers, and send back one or more colors or object results that matched the desired color range.
US09996567B2
A knowledge model “overlay” for organizing and analyzing large, dynamic data volumes is implemented as a hypergraph that manifests as a result of a distributed theory-driven data source transformation process. This process maps exponentially growing data into an asymptotically limited information space. Within this space, real-world entities (e.g. people, computers, cities, Earth) and their complex interdependencies (e.g. social networks, connectivity, causal relationships) are represented as attributed hypergraph elements (i.e. both hypervertices and hyperedges). Attributes are represented as state vectors affixed to any hypergraph element. Transformation of source system data into this overlay structure is accomplished with minimal data movement and replication using a universal “pointer” like mechanism that is managed in a decentralized fashion by the respective transformation components. Access to the knowledge overlay is performed via a hypergraph communication protocol encapsulated within a common hypergraph API and accompanying hypergraph toolkit.
US09996566B2
A system implementable on a computing device having a processor and a memory, including a visual design system to generate a single visual data structure based on a hierarchy of components; a database to store at least one visual data structure and an associated signature where the signature represents at least a semantic composition of the at least one visual data structure; a signature comparer to match a signature of the single visual data structure to an associated signature of at least one visual data structure stored in the database and to present multiple versions of alternate visual data structures for the hierarchy of components for selection by a user; and where the alternate visual data structures are visually different and semantically similar to each other.
US09996552B2
A method for generating a dataset structure for location-based services includes partitioning a geographical area, including areas of interest, into tiles. The tiles are associated with servers, wherein each of the tiles is associated with at least one server based on a consistent hashing function. For each of the tiles, a first dataset is generated which includes the areas of interest intersecting the tile. The areas of interest of the first dataset are trimmed by edges of the tile or completely contained in the tile. For each of the tiles, a second dataset is generated which includes overflowed parts. Each of the overflowed parts is part of an areas of interest of the first dataset, is trimmed by an edge of the tile and is located outside of the tile. For each of the tiles, the first and second datasets are stored at the server(s) associated to the tile.
US09996551B2
An asset information management system is provided for obtaining and storing information on assets disposed within a structural environment. The system comprises at least one mobile interface device for capturing information about a target object in the structural environment. An information management operating system operates on a central processor in communication with the mobile interface device and a local positioning system. The domain coordinate management system comprises one or more computers configured for establishing spatial addresses for spaces and points within the structural environment. The asset log comprises one or more data storage modules configured for storing information associated with objects disposed within the structural environment. The spatial indexing engine is configured for assigning a spatial address to the target object and for storing information associated with the target object in the asset log.
US09996548B2
A method begins when at least a consensus threshold number of devices are active in a virtual private network (VPN) group of devices. The method continues by obtaining directory information regarding group specific data and retrieving one or more sets of encoded data slices from the at least the consensus threshold number of devices or a dispersed storage network (DSN) memory in accordance with the directory information. The method continues by decoding the one or more sets of encoded data slices based on the at least the consensus threshold number of devices and a number of devices in the VPN group of devices to produce the group specific data. When the at least a consensus threshold number of devices are not active in the VPN group of devices, preventing at least one of the obtaining directory information or the retrieving one or more sets of encoded data slices.
US09996536B2
Aspects include creating a profile for a user from user account data and a user activity log, searching an indexed repository for keywords matching elements from the user account data and the user activity log, and retrieving documents from the indexed repository that are identified based on the searching. Aspects further include creating a custom portal for the user that includes the documents.
US09996524B1
A first set of characters may be received in response to a user input for text prediction. An estimate may be generated indicating what second set of characters will be inputted. The generating an estimate may be based on at least receiving data from a second user device. At least some of the data may not be located within the second user device's text dictionary. At least some of the data may be provided to the first user device.
US09996520B2
A method, system, and/or computer program product pins an area on a user interface. One or more processors receive a pinning signal from a user. The pinning signal defines a pinned area on a user interface. The pinned area is an unrestricted freeform area that is defined by the user. One or more processors then receive a scrolling input, which causes an unpinned area on the user interface to move on the user interface, while the pinned area is displayed z-indexed above the unpinned area that has moved, and while the pinned area remains in a fixed position on the user interface.
US09996518B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method to quickly insert new rows or columns in a tabular data structure (such as a spreadsheet, or a table). The user expands a row height (or a column width). The expanded row (or column width) is automatically displayed with proposed divisions (for example, represented with dashed lines). The user indicates acceptance of the proposed divisions. The expanded row (or column) is automatically divided into multiple rows (or columns) as indicated by the proposed divisions.
US09996509B1
A method includes, but is not limited to any combination of: determining a plurality of third-party content elements based in part on information associated with a request for third-party content. The request for third-party content may be received from a web browser displaying a first webpage to a user. A first element from the plurality of determined third-party content elements is transmitted to the web browser. Upon receiving from the web browser a second request for third-party content including user interaction data with the first element, data associated with the determined plurality of third-party content elements is updated based at least in part on the user interaction data. A second third-party element from the plurality of updated third-party content elements is transmitted to the web browser.
US09996501B1
A content validation module receives an electronic media item in a first format. The content validation module may determine whether the electronic media item will contain errors when the electronic media item is converted to a second format. The content validation module may also obtain an error metric for the electronic media item and may refrain from converting the electronic media item to the second format if the error metric exceeds an error threshold.
US09996488B2
A method for enabling 8-bit data word access over a protocol limited to 16-bit data word access is provided. Data may be encapsulated within the lowest 19 bits of a 20-bit number. If it is ascertained that an 8-bit data word is to be used in a system supporting only 16-bit data word access, a byte-enable indicator may be provided within a most significant bit of the 20-bit number while also allocating an 8-bit data region for transfer of the 8-bit data word. The 20-bit number may then be transcoded into a 12-digit ternary number, wherein a residual numerical region is defined as a number space by which a first numerical region defined for the 12-digit ternary number exceeds a second numerical region defined by the lowest 19 bits of the 20-bit number.
US09996487B2
An apparatus having a fabric interconnect that supports multiple topologies and method for using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises mode memory to store information indicative of one of the plurality of modes; and a first fabric operable in a plurality of modes, where the fabric comprises logic coupled to the mode memory to control processing of read and write requests to memory received by the first fabric according to the mode identified by the information indicative.
US09996486B2
A storage device may be configured to adjust a frequency of a clock signal. The clock signal may be associated with a data transfer rate of data to be communicated between a controller and a memory of the storage device. In some implementations, the frequency maybe adjusted responsive to at least one of a supply voltage provided to the storage device, a temperature of the storage device, or a physical characteristic of the storage device.
US09996483B2
System, methods and apparatus are described that facilitate a device to encode/decode data in a data communications interface coupled to a plurality of wires. The device determines a value of a sequence of data bits allocated to a frame, converts the value into a sequence of symbols associated with the frame, and transmits the sequence of symbols to a receiver. The device performs the converting by calculating base-N coefficients of a base-N number polynomial for the frame based on the value, where N is greater than 2, calculating base-2 coefficients of a base-2 number polynomial for each symbol according to a respective base-N coefficient corresponding to each symbol, determining changes of states of the plurality of wires for each symbol according to the base-2 coefficients respectively calculated for each symbol, and generating the sequence of symbols based on the changes of states of the plurality of wires for each symbol.
US09996480B2
A resilient device authentication system for use with one or more managed devices each including a physical unclonable function (PUF), comprises: one or more verification authorities (VA) each including a processor and a memory loaded with a complete verification set (CVS) that includes hardware part-specific data associated with the managed devices' PUFs and metadata, the processor configured to create a limited verification set (LVS) through one-way algorithmic transformation of hardware part-specific data together with metadata from the loaded CVS so as to create a LVS representing both metadata and hardware part-specific data adequate to redundantly verify all of the hardware parts associated with the LVS; and one or more provisioning entities (PE) each connectable to a VA and including a processor and a memory loaded with a LVS, and configured to select a subset of the LVS so as to create an application limited verification set (ALVS). The system may also comprise one or more device management systems each connectable to a PE and to managed devices and including a memory configured to store an ALVS. The VA may also be configured to create a replacement LVS.
US09996472B2
A facility and cache machine instruction of a computer architecture for specifying a target cache cache-level and a target cache attribute of interest for obtaining a cache attribute of one or more target caches. The requested cache attribute of the target cache(s) is saved in a register.
US09996471B2
Cache line data and metadata are compressed and stored in first and, optionally, second memory regions, the metadata including an address tag When the compressed data fit entirely within a primary block in the first memory region, both data and metadata are retrieved in a single memory access. Otherwise, overflow data is stored in an overflow block in the second memory region. The first and second memory regions may be located in the same row of a DRAM, for example, or in different regions of a DRAM and may be configured to enable standard DRAM components to be used. Compression and decompression logic circuits may be included in a memory controller.
US09996468B1
In a method for managing memory space in a network device two or more respective allocation requests from two or more processing cores among a plurality of processing cores sharing a memory space are received at a memory management device during a first single clock cycle of the memory management device, the two or more allocation requests requesting to allocate, to the two or more processing cores, respective buffers in the shared memory space. In response to receiving the two or more allocation requests, the memory management device allocates to the two or more processing cores, respective two or more buffers in the shared memory space. Additionally, the management device, during a second single clock cycle of the memory management device, transmits respective allocation responses to each of the two or more processing cores, wherein each allocation response includes an indication of a respective allocated buffer.
US09996463B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for determining the location for volumes of data being initially stored within a storage space, regardless of the physical location of the data. The storage space includes stripes composed of volumes, which can be logically represented as a utilization histogram of stripe locations offset from one another. Sometime the stripes are fully allocated with one large volume or partially allocated with multiple, arbitrary-sized smaller volumes. When there are multiple smaller volumes that do not utilize all of the available stripe space, gaps form. To minimize the creation of such gaps, when a volume of data is initially stored, a start location to place the volume of data is selected by using selection criteria as guidance.
US09996454B1
A technique relates testing an application under test using (AUT) testing. The testing software creates a testcase by executing the AUT under normal usage, and normal usage is defined as operating the AUT for its intended purpose. The normal usage is not part of the testing. Creating the testcase includes capturing artifacts related to running the AUT under the normal usage, and the artifacts include an input artifact to the AUT and an output artifact resulting from executing the AUT. Also, the testcase is executed by re-executing the AUT using the input artifact previously captured in the artifacts of the testcase in order to obtain a new output artifact. The testing software verifies the new output artifact resulting from execution of the testcase by comparing the output artifact previously captured in the artifacts from executing the AUT under the normal usage to the new output artifact from executing the testcase.
US09996453B2
A method and a system to create a software test environment on demand are described. An example system includes a dependency module to, upon receiving a command identifying a primary function to be created in a test environment, identify one or more dependencies of the primary function. The dependencies are other functions or databases that the primary function depends upon. The dependency module generates a topology of the test environment that indicates the relationship of the dependencies to the primary function. A provisioning module provisions a plurality of pools based on the topology. An enterprise service bus (ESB) routing module updates ESB routing of the primary function to route to the plurality of pools in the test environment. A credentials module provides credentials of the pools in the test environment.
US09996451B2
Mechanisms are provided for evaluating test cases for testing a software product based on a requirements change. The mechanisms analyze a test case corpus to identify a plurality of first relationships between elements of test cases in the test case corpus and generate a test case relationship model based on the identified plurality of first relationships. The mechanisms receive a proposed requirements change to change one or more requirements of the software product and then perform a search of the test case relationship model to identify test case relationships corresponding to the proposed requirements change. The mechanisms identify a subset of test cases affected by the proposed requirements change and generate an output specifying the identified subset of test cases.
US09996450B2
A method and apparatus for testing application software for installation on hardware platforms. A software tool is qualified using a tool qualifier module running on a first virtual computer system having a configuration that comprises a processor of first processor type and a first virtual machine emulating a processor of second processor type. A benchmark performance is established for the first virtual machine. A second virtual computer system has a configuration that comprises a processor of third type and a second virtual machine emulating the processor of the second processor type. The second virtual machine is verified using a qualifier module to determine whether its performance is consistent with the benchmark performance to form a qualified second virtual machine. After the tool has been qualified, the tool is transferred from the first virtual machine to the qualified second virtual machine without needing to be requalified.
US09996448B2
A method includes, with a hypervisor, receiving a first request from a guest to write a first piece of data to a first memory location within a kernel code page. The method further includes determining that the first request triggers a violation based on a kernel protection mechanism, and in response to determining that the first request triggers the violation, determining that the first piece of data includes a breakpoint. The method further includes, in response to determining that the first piece of data includes the breakpoint, copying a second piece of data currently stored at the first memory location to a second memory location within non-guest writeable memory and overwriting the first memory location with the first piece of data.
US09996442B2
Cloud computing benchmarking is performed wherein the resource usage of a measuring benchmarking application is compensated for as to not impact measurement. The measurements are of a cloud instance's benchmarking indicia which may include performance, functions and characteristics of the cloud instance. The benchmarking indicia use scalable measures as to allow the use of arithmetic operations such as those used in statistical functions. The benchmarking application is dispatched along with a configuration file and is controlled from a central controller to specified cloud instances. The dispatched benchmarking application takes measurements of the cloud instance based on the configuration file. The benchmarking application then stores the measurements in a results file for return back to the central controller. At the central controller, results files from one or more benchmarking applications are stored in a data store for comparative and statistical analysis.
US09996438B2
An integrated circuit (IC) includes addressable blocks of memory, and at least one redundant block of memory. A block of memory includes two or more chunks of memory. The IC also includes redundancy control cells. Control circuitry is included to access a first chunk of a redundant block of memory in place of a first remapped chunk one of the addressable blocks of memory, and a second chunk of a redundant block of memory in place of a second remapped chunk one of the addressable blocks of memory, based on the redundancy control cells.
US09996434B2
For volume verification, an apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a data mirror that generates volume pairs of first and second volumes by mirroring track data from first volumes stored by a first device to second volumes as mirrored track data stored by a second device. The apparatus includes an activity monitor that monitors update activities for volume pairs and identifies volume pairs having substantial residual counts of update activities as indicated by a pre-determined residual count threshold. The apparatus includes a data verifier that selects one or more identified volume pairs for evaluation, compares the track data in the first volume to the mirrored track data in the second volume, and if a match discrepancy is determined, then re-copies the track data from the first volume to the second volume so as to correct and repair the mirrored track data in the second volume.
US09996430B2
Systems and methods for reconstructing unified data in an electronic storage network are provided which may include the identification and use of metadata stored centrally within the system. The metadata may be generated by a group of storage operation cells during storage operations within the network. The unified metadata is used to reconstruct data throughout the storage operation cells that may be missing, deleted or corrupt.
US09996424B2
A method, system, and program product is provided for splitting a clone object from a parent object when the clone object includes at least one snapshot. A mapping is created of a source data block from the parent object to a destination data block in the clone object. A creation generation in the mapped source data block is compared to an isolate generation in the destination data block in the clone object. Inherited data blocks in the clone object are isolated from the parent object, based on the creation generation differing from the isolate generation. The destination block is updated with the mapping information.
US09996421B2
In a backup method, a first controller of a storage system receives a file process request, and divides the file process request into a plurality of file operations. The first controller processes each of the file operations to generate multiple pieces of file operation information. And then, the first controller writes all of the multiple pieces of file operation information into a cache protected area. When the first controller fails, it stores the multiple pieces of file operation information to a disk protected area of a disk in the storage system. After the first controller is powered on again, the first controller copies the multiple pieces of file operation information from the disk protected area to the cache protected area. And then, it writes the file operation information into a write cache. At last, the first controller stores the file operation information into a disk of the storage system.
US09996420B2
A data encoding method includes storing K input data symbols; assigning the symbols to respective symbol locations in a notional square array, having n rows and n columns of locations, to define a plurality of k-symbol words in respective rows; encoding the words by encoding rows and columns of the array dependent on a product code having identical row and column codes, each being a reversible error-correction code of dimension k and length n=2n′, thereby to define a codeword, having n2 code symbols corresponding to respective locations of the array, of a quarter product code defined by CQ={X−XT−(X−XT)F: X∈C} where X is an n by n-symbol matrix defining a codeword of the product code, XT is the transpose matrix of X, and (X−XT)F is a reflection of matrix (X−XT) in the anti-diagonal thereof.
US09996406B2
To provide a machining program processing apparatus capable of preventing an increase in the program correction time or does not let the program correction time go to waste. A machining program processing apparatus includes: a grammar checking unit executing grammar check of a machining program; a transmission processing unit transmitting the machining program to an external device; and a deletion processing unit deleting the machining program, wherein, when a transmission request of the machining program including a grammar error is received, the transmission processing unit confirms whether the transmission is to be permitted or not.
US09996401B2
A task processing method and virtual machine are disclosed. The method includes selecting an idle resource for a task; creating a global variable snapshot for a global variable; executing the task, in private memory space in the selected idle resource; after the execution of the task is complete, acquiring a new global variable snapshot corresponding to the global variable, and acquiring an updated global variable according to a local global variable snapshot and the new global variable snapshot; and determining whether a synchronization variable of a to-be-executed task in a task synchronization waiting queue includes the current updated global variable, and if the synchronization variable of the to-be-executed task in the task synchronization waiting queue includes the current updated global variable, putting the task into a task execution waiting queue.
US09996395B2
A plan including several groups of tasks is constructed for performing maintenance on a plurality of interrelated machines. A maintenance task in a first group is caused to execute within a window of time allocated for the maintenance. A determination is made that an estimated amount of time needed to execute a second group of tasks from the several groups is more than the remaining time in the window. In response to such a determination, the execution of the second group of tasks is omitted. The execution of a post-requisite task of the first group is completed. A maintenance task in the second group is executed during a second window of time allocated for the maintenance.
US09996387B2
A data stream processing unit (DPU) and methods for its use and programming are disclosed. A DPU includes a number of processing elements (PEs) arranged in a physical sequence. Each datum in the data stream visits each PE in sequence. Each PE has a memory circuit, data and metadata input and output channels, and a computing circuit. The metadata input represents a partial computational state that is associated with each datum as it passes through the DPU. Each computing circuit implements a finite state machine that operates on the data and metadata inputs as a function of its position in the sequence and a data context, producing an altered partial computational state that accompanies the datum. When the data context changes, the current state of the finite state machine is stored, and a new state is loaded. The processing elements may be collectively programmed to perform any desired computation.
US09996360B2
A TRANSACTION ABORT instruction is used to abort a transaction that is executing in a computing environment. The TRANSACTION ABORT instruction includes at least one field used to specify a user-defined abort code that indicates the specific reason for aborting the transaction. Based on executing the TRANSACTION ABORT instruction, a condition code is provided that indicates whether re-execution of the transaction is recommended.
US09996359B2
Fast issuance and execution of a multi-width instruction across multiple slices in a parallel slice processor core is supported in part through the use of an early notification signal passed between issue logic associated with multiple slices handling that multi-width instruction coupled with an issuance of a different instruction by the originating issue logic for the early notification signal.
US09996357B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising creating, by a kernel, a temporary effective address associated with a virtual segment identifier (VSID), wherein the VSID is received by a processor in an asynchronous interrupt generated by a coherent accelerator in response to a page fault generated by the coherent accelerator in executing an instruction, accessing the temporary effective address by the processor to recreate the page fault on the processor, and resolving the page fault by an operating system executing on the processor.
US09996351B2
A computer processor includes a branch prediction unit that includes a local branch predictor and a global branch predictor. Managing power consumption in such a computer processor includes, for each of a plurality of branch instructions: performing, by the local branch predictor, a local branch prediction; performing, by each of the global branch predictors, a global branch prediction; determining to utilize the local branch prediction over the global branch predictions as a branch prediction for the branch instruction; incrementing a value of a counter; determining whether the value of the counter exceeds a predetermined threshold; and if the value of the counter exceeds the predetermined threshold, powering down at least one of the global branch predictors and configuring the branch prediction unit to bypass the powered down global branch predictor for branch predictions of subsequent branch instructions.
US09996347B2
Methods and apparatuses relating to a vector instruction with a register operand with an elemental offset are described. In one embodiment, a hardware processor includes a decode unit to decode a vector instruction with a register operand with an elemental offset to access a first number of elements in a register specified by the register operand, wherein the first number is a total number of elements in the register minus the elemental offset, access a second number of elements in a next logical register, wherein the second number is the elemental offset, and combine the first number of elements and the second number of elements as a data vector, and an execution unit to execute the vector instruction on the data vector.
US09996339B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software to enhance updates to digital content. In at least one implementation, an update agent identifies from a set of files at least a file that is scheduled to be updated from a present version of the file to a new version of the file as part of an update to the set of files. The update may include a set of delta files for updating the file from previous versions of the file to the new version and a complete file for updating the file to the new version.
US09996338B2
A method, system, and computer program product for handling synchronization of configuration changes between applications and their platforms. A computer implemented method synchronizes middleware configurations with application configurations using a reciprocating protocol. The protocol includes receiving a middleware state variable from a middleware component, then processing the middleware state variable to determine any application configuration state variables that depend on a value of the middleware state variable. The application (or agent) further processes the application configuration state variable to determine any affected middleware state variables and then sends the affected middleware state variable to the middleware component. The determinations can be performed using a forward mapper or reverse mapper, and the determinations can reciprocate repeatedly between applications and their middleware platforms until quiescence. The techniques can be used during an online patch cycle to maintain synchronization of configuration changes between applications and their platforms even while components are being patched.
US09996337B2
A power supply device is caused to execute a new program. An electronic apparatus that receives power from a power supply device in a non-contact manner includes: an intra-apparatus circuit that operates with power received via a power transmission path from the power supply device to the electronic apparatus; a program acquiring unit that acquires a program to be executed by the power supply device from outside, and stores the program; and an apparatus-side communicating unit that transmits the program to the power supply device via the power transmission path.
US09996323B2
Execution of code in a multitenant runtime environment. A request to execute code corresponding to a tenant identifier (ID) is received in a multitenant environment. The multitenant database stores data for multiple client entities each identified by a tenant ID having one of one or more users associated with the tenant ID. Users of each of multiple client entities can only access data identified by a tenant ID associated with the respective client entity. The multitenant database is a hosted database provided by an entity separate from the client entities, and provides on-demand database service to the client entities. Source code corresponding to the code to be executed is retrieved from a multitenant database. The retrieved source code is compiled. The compiled code is executed in the multitenant runtime environment. The memory used by the compiled code is freed in response to completion of the execution of the compiled code.
US09996312B2
Low power consumption is realized focusing on the refresh interval of a low leakage display panel. Display systems and microcomputers are described herein. One embodiment of a display system includes a display driver. The driver receives an enable signal from the outside, stops the display operation of an internal circuit in an inactive state of the enable signal, and resumes the display operation of the internal circuit in an active state. Instead of the enable signal, a command supplied from the outside may be used. When resuming the display operation, the display driver performs control to make the start timing of the display operation earlier for a circuit that requires a long time for activation. A microcomputer that outputs an enable signal or a command controls the output or the output stop of display data according to the state of the enable signal or the command.
US09996307B2
An information processing apparatus capable of executing near field wireless communication, comprises: a display unit configured to display a screen; an obtaining unit configured to obtain identification information regarding a device from a near field wireless communication tag with use of the near field wireless communication; a selection unit configured, in a case where the obtaining unit obtained the identification information, to select one of first processing for connecting to the device indicated by the identification information and second processing for connecting to the device indicated by the identification information and sending data to the device, based on a type of screen being displayed by the display unit; and a processing unit configured to execute the processing selected by the selection unit.
US09996302B2
A storage device includes a non-volatile semiconductor memory device including a plurality of physical blocks, and a controller configured to associate one of the physical blocks with a stream ID, receive a first command including the stream ID, and in response thereto, transmit information on capacity of unwritten space in the physical block associated with the stream ID.
US09996294B2
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes receiving a request to initialize a storage device, identifying a size of the storage device to be initialized, determining a size of a table of contents and a location for the table of contents within the storage device, based on the identified size of the storage device to be initialized, determining a type of the table of contents; and initializing the storage device, utilizing the determined size of the table of contents, the determined location for the table of contents, and the determined type of the table of contents.
US09996290B2
Embodiments include providing content requested by a user via an access point capable of wireless communication. Aspects include receiving the content provided by the management server and storing the content provided by the management server into a volatile memory provided in the wireless communication apparatus. Aspects also include storing difference data into a nonvolatile memory if it is requested to change the content stored in the volatile memory and monitoring a state of communication connection with the access point and whether or not a packet giving an instruction to hold the content has been received. Aspects further include deleting the content stored in the volatile memory if communication with the access point is disconnected or if the packet is unreceived.
US09996285B2
Memory systems may include a memory storage including at least a first stripe and a second stripe, the first stripe including data pages corresponding to the first stripe and a first parity page suitable for storing a first XOR parity, and the second stripe including data pages corresponding to the second stripe and a second parity page suitable for storing a second XOR parity, the data pages and parity pages being stored over a plurality of memory dies, wherein each memory die includes a number of planes; and a controller suitable for cyclically interleaving the data pages corresponding to the first stripe and the data pages corresponding to the second stripe.
US09996279B2
Various embodiments are directed to providing integrity protection for a system management mode. During initialization, a hash value of a system management mode control routine may be determined. Subsequently, during operation, the hash value may be compared to a hash value of a system management mode control routine to be executed. The system management mode control routine to be executed may be determined to be authentic if the hash values are the same.
US09996272B2
A computer program product is provided for storage controller-mediated volume transformation in a shared-resource environment. The computer program product comprises a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions are executable by a computer to cause the computer to receive, from an initiating host system, a command to send a notification to other host systems connected to a shared volume. Additionally, the programs instructions are executable by the computer to cause the computer to broadcast an interrupt to the other host systems connected to the shared volume, and receive responses from the other host systems connected to the shared volume. Moreover, the programs instructions are executable by the computer to cause the computer to notify the initiating host system of the responses received from the other host systems connected to the shared volume.
US09996260B2
A method for operating a terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: displaying a text tool window; receiving an inputted character sequence and displaying all of the received character sequences on the displayed text tool window; receiving an input for deleting characters for deleting a portion of the character sequences from among all of the displayed character sequences; receiving an input for recovering characters for recovering the deleted portion of the character sequences; and recovering and displaying the deleted portion of the character sequences according to the received input for recovering characters.
US09996242B2
A display system that is configured to select one of multiple display regions as an active region and which can avoid complicated operations for selecting an icon is provided. In the display system, one of the display regions is selected as an active region by an input operation to an input screen, and an icon in the active region is selected by another input operation to the input screen. The display system stores a specific input operation in advance as a switching operation, and determines whether an input operation is the switching operation. When the input operation is determined as the switching operation, the display region corresponding to the switching operation is selected as the active region, and the icon in the active region is displayed in a selectable state.
US09996241B2
Interactive visualization of multiple software functionality content items is provided. A variety of content items may be associated with each other according to one or more association attributes. A visualization presentation of one or more of the content items may be displayed in a visualization interface. Organization of content items may be made in association with a visualization ordering based on one or more logical attributes. An ordered navigation interface component may be provided to allow navigation of the displayed content items in a moving visualization such that a focused on content item may be displayed in a main or primary display position. Users may interact with each content item displayed in the visualization interface to include providing edits, comments, feedback, and the like.
US09996240B2
The present invention relates to a vehicle-associated device, with an operating unit by means of which at least alphanumerical characters and/or symbols can be selected and assembled to form a character or function group, and with a display device by means of which, using a display unit 1, selectable characters and/or symbols can be displayed in at least one selection field 2, and selected characters, symbols, a character or function group can be displayed in at least one input field 3, wherein the device is set up (a) in order to display, on the display unit, immediately adjacent to a character or symbol dialed in by means of the operating unit and displayed in a selection field 2, a delete switch area 4 which can be activated by means of the operating unit for deleting at least the most recently selected character or symbol displayed in an input field 3, and/or (b) in order to display, immediately adjacently to a character or symbol dialed in by means of the operating unit and displayed in a selection field 2, a list selection switch area 5, which can be retrieved by means of the operating unit in order to retrieve a selection list.
US09996236B1
Systems and methods for simplified frontend processing and visualization of large datasets are provided. In example embodiments, a plurality of data objects are accessed. One or more of data objects from among the plurality of data objects are grouped into a first group. A group identifier that identifies data objects included in the first group is created. A visualization comprising a first node that represents the first group is generated. The first node is linked to the group identifier. The visualization is presented on a user interface of the user device. User input indication a user-specified action and the group identifier is received. The user-specified action is performed with the data objects identified by the group identifier.
US09996232B2
A computer processor receives a selection to create a duplicate cursor in addition to a default cursor. The computer processor determines a first position corresponding to a default cursor, and the computer processor stores information about the first position. The computer processor determines a second position in which to create the duplicate cursor, and the computer processor stores information about the second position. The computer processor receives data input for the first position corresponding to the default cursor. The computer processor recalls the information of the first position and the information of the second position, and the computer processor duplicates the data input, which is received, at the first position and at the second position.
US09996228B2
A computer implemented method enables smooth transition of video playback with page flip action within a digital magazine. The method comprises steps of monitoring a user's interactions with a video content item displayed on a current page of the digital magazine. Upon detecting a user flipping the current page to a next page, the video content item is paused, a graphics resource used for rending the video content item is disabled and a current video frame of the video content item is captured. In response to the user flipping the current page to the next page, the graphics resource is enabled for rending the page flip action, a modified current page with portions of the next page are gradually displayed to the user, while the captured video frame is continuously displayed on the current page until the page flip action is finished.
US09996222B2
A method includes receiving cards at data processing hardware. Each card represents a collection of application access mechanisms, each application access mechanism having reference to a corresponding application executable on the data processing hardware and indicating a performable operation for the corresponding application. The collection of application access mechanisms has one or more similar application access mechanism attributes. The method also includes displaying a graphical user interface on a display in communication with the data processing hardware, the graphical user interface including card user selectable links. Each card user selectable link is associated with a card and a card access mechanism having a reference to the collection of application access mechanisms represented by the card. The method further includes receiving a user input through the graphical user interface.
US09996221B2
Systems and methods allow a user to interact with an augmented reality device. In one implementation, a wearable device establishes a communication path with a user of the wearable device and at least one individual. The wearable device includes a display; at least one sensor configured to provide an output indicative of a viewing direction of the user; and at least one processing device. The at least one processing device is configured to monitor the viewing direction of the user based on the output of the at least one sensor; determine, based on the monitored viewing direction, whether the user is looking in the direction of the at least one individual; and establish the communication path between the user and the at least one individual if the user is determined to be looking in the direction of the at least one individual.
US09996214B2
A device and a method of unlocking a device are provided. The method of unlocking a device includes: determining whether an input tool of the device is separated from the device, when a disabled screen of the device is enabled; selecting one user interface from among a plurality of user interfaces for unlocking the device on the enabled screen of the device, based on the determination result; displaying the selected user interface on the screen of the device; and receiving a touch input with respect to the displayed user interface. The plurality of user interface include a user interface for receiving a touch input by the input tool and a user interface for receiving a touch input by a body part of a user.
US09996207B2
An apparatus and method for processing a touch screen input are provided. The method includes determining if an input from an electronic pen on a touch screen is a contact input or a hovering input, calculating a coordinate of the electronic pen on an input sensing panel of the touch screen by applying a first preset movement determination reference filter in the contact input and applying a second preset movement determination reference filter in the hovering input, the second preset movement determination reference filter having a wider range than that of the first movement determination reference filter in the hovering input, and outputting a coordinate signal according to the calculated coordinate.
US09996206B2
In a touch panel, a plurality of first transparent electrodes are formed on a first substrate film, and extend in one direction. A plurality of first wires are formed on the first substrate film, and are connected to the plurality of first transparent electrodes. A plurality of second transparent electrodes are formed to intersect the plurality of first transparent electrodes. A plurality of second lead wires are connected to the plurality of second transparent electrodes. First and second shield layers are formed on the first base-material film, and overlap the plurality of second lead wires in a planar view. The first and second shield layers each have a length range set to not include lengths of λ of each of a plurality of frequencies within a specific range/n (n=2, 4, 6, . . . ), to not induce resonance phenomena with respect to the plurality of frequencies.
US09996205B2
In a flexible touch screen panel, sensing patterns as a touch sensor are formed on the first surface of a flexible thin film substrate and a coated polarizer layer is formed on the second surface of the thin film substrate to secure the flexible characteristic, to reduce the thickness of the touch screen panel, and to improve the visibility of an image. Particularly, the flexible touch screen panel includes a flexible substrate comprising an active region and a non-active region positioned outside the active region, sensing patterns formed over the active region of a first surface of the substrate, conductive lines formed over the non-active region of the first surface of the substrate and connected to the sensing patterns, and a coated polarizer layer formed over a second surface of the substrate.
US09996204B2
An apparatus, system, method, and program product are disclosed for balancing usage across a foldable display. A method includes tracking one or more characteristics of an active portion of a foldable display. The active portion of the foldable display includes a portion of the foldable display that is enabled when the display is folded. The method includes determining an inactive portion of the foldable display that is disabled while the active portion of the foldable display is enabled when the display is folded. The method includes activating the inactive portion of the foldable display based on the one or more characteristics of the active portion of the foldable display such that usage of the active and inactive portions of the foldable display is substantially uniform.
US09996203B2
Disclosed are a conductive sheet, a usage method of the conductive sheet and a capacitive type touch panel. For a first conductive sheet, two or more conductive first large grids are formed atop a first transparent base, wherein each first large grid is constituted by combining two or more small grids, and the shapes of facing sides of each first large grid are formed to alternate. For example, rectangular wave shapes of a first side portion of the first large grid and of a fourth side portion facing the first side portion are made to alternate, and rectangular wave shapes of a second side portion of the first large grid and of a third side portion facing the second side portion are made to alternate.
US09996200B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to a touch screen, a display device and manufacturing method thereof being usable for realizing 3D display. The touch screen comprises: an upper substrate and a lower substrate cell-assembled; and liquid crystal, filled between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, wherein the upper substrate comprises: an upper transparent substrate and a transparent conductive layer disposed on the upper transparent substrate, i.e. on a side of the upper transparent substrate facing the lower substrate; the lower substrate comprises: a lower transparent substrate and a first sensing electrode layer, an insulating layer and a second sensing electrode layer sequentially disposed on the lower transparent substrate, i.e. on a side of the lower transparent substrate facing the upper substrate, wherein the first sensing electrode layer comprises a plurality of first sensing electrodes, the second sensing electrode layer comprises a plurality of second sensing electrodes that cross over the first sensing electrodes, and the insulating layer is configured to insulate the first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes, to thus form touch sensing capacitors.
US09996199B2
Provided is a thin film type actuator having multi-operation points, capable of various feels of touch or sounds. The film type actuator includes an upper plate and a lower plate, formed of a single plate. Between the upper plate and the lower plate, pairs of electrode parts capable of attracting one another via an electrostatic force. Since each of the pairs of electrode parts functions as an operation point and the upper plate and the lower plate are formed of the single plate, movements of the respective operation points in such a way that a new physical movement different from an original individual movement is generated to generate a haptic feel or a sound. It is possible to generate various haptic feels or sounds by modulating and combining amplitudes and frequencies of the respective operation points.
US09996194B1
A method for touch screen self-capacitance foreign matter detection for a capacitive touch screen is disclosed. By iteratively performing methods of self-capacitance scanning and foreign matter scanning foreign matter may be detected.
US09996191B2
A panel includes a plurality of first sensing electrodes and a plurality of second sensing electrodes. At least one of the first sensing electrodes includes multiple openings. The second sensing electrodes are located in the openings, respectively. The first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes form a sensing layer.
US09996186B2
A portable phone device includes a display, a touch panel superimposed on the display and configured to detect a touch operation, an area defining module configured to define within the touch panel a restricted area in which acceptance of the touch operation is restricted, and a determination module configured to determine whether or not a screen being displayed on the display is a target screen for defining the restricted area. The area defining module defines the restricted area based on that the screen being displayed on the display is determined to be a target screen by the determination module.
US09996183B2
A touch-sensitive device comprises: a touch-sensing carrier panel; a driving signal line and a inductive signal line; a touch-sensitive circuit connected with the driving signal line and the inductive signal line; an array of first electrodes and an array of second electrodes located on the touch-sensing carrier panel; a first switch having an end connected to the array of the first electrodes and the other end connected to the corresponding driving signal line and the corresponding inductive signal line; and a second switch having an end connected to the array of the second electrodes and the other end connected to the corresponding driving signal line and the corresponding inductive signal line, wherein each of the first switch and the second switch is adapted to switch between a respective driving signal line and a respective inductive signal line such that the array of first electrodes is connected with one of the driving signal line and the inductive signal line and the array of second electrodes is connected with the other one of the driving signal line and the inductive signal line. The present disclosure also provides a method for driving the above touch-sensitive device. The present invention may perform the signal conversion by switches such that the first electrodes and the second electrodes are switched between the connections to the inductive signal lines and the connections to the driving signal lines by performing signal switching by switches, so as to achieve the double side touch sensing.
US09996181B2
An information processing apparatus includes a sensor electrode, a detection unit, and a determination unit. The sensor electrode has a capacitance changed in accordance with an operation to an operation surface. The detection unit is configured to detect, based on a change of the capacitance, a displacement of an operation point of the operation surface. The determination unit is configured to determine a press to the operation surface based on a displacement of a capacitance value of the sensor electrode and the displacement of the operation point.
US09996168B2
A wearable device and a system to provide an input for a computing device are disclosed. The device comprises a sensing unit to deliver infrared signals to the facial region of a user and to receive transmitted or reflected signals therefrom, and a processing unit to determine the position or movement of the tongue of the user based on the received infrared signals. The processing unit is configured to provide an input to a computing device based on the determined position or movement of the tongue. The system further comprises a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting the input from the processing unit to the computing device.
US09996164B2
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for recording a custom gesture command. In an aspect, at least one camera of a user device captures the custom gesture command, wherein the custom gesture command comprises a physical gesture performed by a user of the user device, a user interface of the user device receives user selection of one or more operations of the user device, and the user device maps the custom gesture command to the one or more operations of the user device.
US09996145B2
A multicore architecture is configured to exploit explicit task parallelism to save power by sharing interrupt sources that trigger independent tasks.
US09996143B2
A disable module may be coupled to an analog circuit of an electronic circuit. The disable module may detect an input voltage that is supplied to the analog circuit, and may disable (such as by powering off) the analog circuit if the input voltage is below a reference value. The reference value may be set at a voltage level at or below a maximum voltage that may be present across a transistor in the analog circuit. Accordingly, the analog circuit may be disabled without damage to the transistors of the analog circuit. The disable module may detect whether the input voltage is below the reference value level by comparing the input voltage to a reference voltage. The electronic circuit may include a voltage regulator, and the voltage regulator may include the analog circuit.
US09996133B2
In one example a power management module comprises logic, at least partially including hardware logic, to detect a disconnection on at least one signaling contact in a receptacle prior to a disconnection on the at least one power contact in the receptacle, wherein the receptacle is adapted to mate with a plug, the receptacle comprising a plurality of electrical contacts including at least one power contact to connect with a power pin on the plug and at least one signaling contact to connect with a signaling pin on the plug and in response to the disconnection on the signaling contact, to switch a processor to a low power state prior to a disconnect between the at least one power contact in the receptacle and the power pin on the plug. Other examples may be described.
US09996128B2
Systems and methods are provided for reliable redundant power distribution. Some embodiments include micro Automatic Transfer Switches (micro-ATSs), including various components and techniques for facilitating reliable auto-switching functionality in a small footprint (e.g., less than ten cubic inches, with at least one dimension being less than a standard NEMA rack height). Other embodiments include systems and techniques for integrating a number of micro-ATSs into a parallel auto-switching module for redundant power delivery to a number of devices. Implementations of the parallel auto-switching module are configured to be mounted in, on top of, or on the side of standard equipment racks. Still other embodiments provide power distribution topologies that exploit functionality of the micro-ATSs and/or the parallel micro-ATS modules.
US09996127B2
A processor and method are described for performing proactive throttling of execution unit ports. For example, one embodiment of a processor core comprises: a plurality of execution unit ports within an execution stage of the processor core; a scheduler unit to schedule execution of a plurality of operations to the plurality of execution unit ports; and proactive throttling logic to limit acceleration of execution of the operations by the ports to an acceleration level which does not result in significant power supply droops.
US09996122B2
A motherboard can include a socket coupled to a cable. The motherboard can also include an adapter coupled to a central processing unit (CPU). The adapter can be received in the socket upon installation of the CPU in the motherboard. The socket and the cable can be installed in the motherboard prior to installation of the CPU.
US09996115B2
An e-book reader in which destruction of a driver circuit at the time when a flexible panel is handled is inhibited. In addition, an e-book reader having a simplified structure. A plurality of flexible display panels each including a display portion in which display control is performed by a scan line driver circuit and a signal line driver circuit, and a binding portion fastening the plurality of display panels together are included. The signal line driver circuit is provided inside the binding portion, and the scan line driver circuit is provided at the edge of the display panel in a direction perpendicular to the binding portion.
US09996098B2
A voltage generation circuit includes: a periodic wave generator that generates an on/off signal that is periodically enabled/disabled, where at least one between a period and a duty cycle of the on/off signal is controlled based on at least one information among temperature information, capacitance information, leakage current information, speed information, and voltage level information; and an internal voltage generator that is enabled/disabled in response to the on/off signal and generates an internal voltage.
US09996095B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit device having a bulk bias control function is provided. The semiconductor integrated circuit device may be configured to output the first external voltage as a bulk voltage of a transistor in a power-up period, and to output a second external voltage having a higher level than the first external voltage as the bulk voltage of the transistor in a power-down mode.
US09996091B2
An HVAC control system is provided that is configured to prompt a user to indicate whether or not they are comfortable under current environmental conditions. In some instances the HVAC control system may be configured to prompt the user to provide additional information regarding other factors that may affect their comfort. The HVAC control system may use the information collected from the user to control an HVAC system to achieve and/or maintain an environmental condition within a building at a level at which the user is expected to be comfortable.
US09996086B2
A vehicle configured to operate in an autonomous mode is provided. The vehicle is configured to obtain an indication of a final destination, and, if the final destination is not on a pre-approved road for travel by the vehicle, the vehicle is configured to determine a route from the vehicle's current location to an intermediary destination. The vehicle is further configured to determine a means for the vehicle user to reach the final destination from the intermediate destination.
US09996075B2
A method for manufacturing a part to compensate for residual stress distortion is disclosed. The method can include obtaining a first part based on a nominal part. The first part can be distorted from the nominal part by residual stress. The method can also include determining a variation of the first part from the nominal part. The method can further include determining an offset of the variation relative to the nominal part to compensate for the variation. Additionally, the method can include making a second part using the offset of the variation, wherein residual stress distorts the second part within tolerance of the nominal part.
US09996071B2
A system for use in a device assembly process to aid in performing at least one device assembly operation is disclosed. The system may comprise: a moveable slider moveably coupled to a slider base to move components of the device in the assembly process; and an electronics module coupled to an end portion of the slider base. The electronics module may comprise: a driver to provide driver output to the moveable slider; and a controller that includes the driver to transmit control signals through the driver to control movement of the moveable slider. The moveable slider may move components of the device in the assembly process in which at least one device assembly operation is performed.
US09996063B2
There is provided a transmitter. The transmitter includes: a display portion; an first input receiver configured to receive a first selecting operation for selecting one of setting items and a second selecting operation for selecting one of setting values; and a second input receiver configured to receive a switching operation for sequentially switching the setting values of the selected setting item, wherein the second input receiver is rotated in a first rotation direction or in a second rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction; and a first controller configured to display the setting values of the selected setting item on the display portion such that the setting values are sequentially switched in a forward direction or a backward direction when the second input receiver is rotated in the first rotation direction or the second rotation direction by the switching operation.
US09996052B2
A cartridge that can be inserted in an apparatus main body of an image forming apparatus by moving along an axial direction of an image bearing member includes the image bearing member, a frame configured to support the image bearing member, a storage member configured to store therein information on the cartridge, and include an electrical contact, and a first pressed section and a second pressed portion configured to be pressed by the apparatus main body. The electrical contact is disposed between the first pressed section and the second pressed section, and is configured to be in contact with the main body contact on a lower side in a state where the cartridge is attached to the apparatus main body.
US09996050B2
An image forming apparatus includes a movement member arranged to move a cartridge and is movable between a first position for disposing the cartridge at a position where image formation is possible and a second position where the cartridge is attachable to and detachable from the movement member. At least one coupling provided in the cartridge is, when the movement member is at the first position, moved to a drive position where the coupling is arranged to engage with a drive member to rotate at least one rotating member, and while the movement member is being moved from the second to first positions, the at least one coupling is at an inclined position.
US09996037B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, an image density detector, and an output change device configured to cause the image forming device to form a test toner image while cyclically changing a charging power based on a charging change pattern and a developing bias based on a developing change pattern, generate an image density fluctuation pattern of the test toner image in a rotation direction of a latent image bearer, generate a writing change pattern to cyclically change a power of latent image writing based on the image density fluctuation pattern of the test toner image and one of the charging change pattern and a correlative pattern correlated with the charging change pattern. The output change device is configured to cyclically change the power of latent image writing based on the writing change pattern during image formation according to a user command.
US09996036B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus including an image holding member that has an outer circumferential surface in which a radius length from a center in the image holding member varies to be the longest N times and the shortest N times during one rotation of the image holding member wherein N is an integer of 2 or more, and that holds a latent image while being rotated, a developing member that develops the latent image of the image holding member with a developer, a rotation unit that rotates the developing member by a number of an integer multiple of the N during the one rotation of the image holding member, and an output unit that outputs a developer image of the image holding member to a recording medium.
US09996032B2
The disclosed structure includes a belt-shaped conveying member configured to convey developer. The conveying member includes a partitioning portion, which is a partition for developer contained in a casing with respect to a conveying direction in which the developer is conveyed, wherein, when the developer container is new, a first developer amount which is an amount of the developer contained at an upstream side that is upstream of the partitioning portion in the conveying direction, is larger than a second developer amount which is an amount of the developer contained at a downstream side that is downstream of the partitioning portion in the conveying direction.
US09996030B2
A toner case includes a case main body, a shutter mount and a shutter. The case main body contains a toner to be replenished to a development device provided in an apparatus main body and is detachably attached to the apparatus main body. The case main body has an opened face on which a discharge port is arranged and the discharge port corresponds to a replenishment port of the development device in a state where the case main body is attached to the apparatus main body. The shutter mount is provided to form a gap between the opened face of the case main body and the shutter mount. The shutter is provided between the opened face of the case main body and the shutter mount to be slidable to open and close the discharge port. The shutter mount includes a film which comes into sliding contact with the shutter.
US09996029B2
An image forming apparatus includes a main assembly; a door; a discharging portion provided in the main assembly and provided with a first opening for discharging toner; and a toner receptor detachably mounted to the door to accommodate the toner, the toner receptor being provided with a second opening cooperative with the first opening to form a toner flow passage, wherein the receptor is movable, in a state that it is mounted on the door, between a contacting position in which the receptor contacts the discharging portion such that the second opening is in fluid communication with the first opening and a spacing position in which the receptor is spaced from the discharging portion, and wherein the receptor mounted on the door is movable between the contacting and the spacing positions in a direction inclined with respect to a contact plane of the discharging portion relative to the receptor.
US09996027B1
A toner cartridge includes a barrel having an opening, a transmission cap rotatably disposed to the barrel and blocking the opening, a sealing tape, and a toner conveying shaft rotatably disposed inside the barrel. The transmission cap has an outlet and an inner drive portion. The sealing tape has a first end sealing the outlet, and a second end fixedly mounted to the barrel. The toner conveying shaft has a driven portion. During a rotational period of the transmission cap, the first end of the sealing tape detaches from the outlet first, and then the inner drive portion abuts against the driven portion. When the transmission cap continuously rotates, the toner conveying shaft is driven by the transmission cap to rotate. As such, the transmission cap can drive the toner conveying shaft to synchronously rotate after the transmission cap brings the sealing tape to detach from the outlet.
US09996026B2
A developer carrying member is disposed below a storage chamber of a frame and has a surface configured such that a plurality of dielectric portions are dispersed on a conductive portion, an upper region of the storage chamber of the frame is enlarged further in a horizontal direction than a lower region in which the developer carrying member is disposed, and the frame has a lower guide surface and includes a curved surface having a tangent plane inclined at a first angle equal to or greater than a degree of an angle of repose of the developer and less than 90 degrees, in an inner wall of the lower region, and an upper guide surface includes a curved surface having a tangent plane inclined at a second angle that is less than the first angle relative to a horizontal plane in an inner wall of the upper region.
US09996025B1
According to one embodiment, a cartridge is provided with a case and a transportation member. The case includes a first chamber, a second chamber, and a passage. The first chamber communicates with a discharging port and accommodates a developing agent. The second chamber is positioned distant from the discharging port compared to the first chamber and accommodates a toner. The passage allows the discharging port to communicate with the second chamber. The transportation member transports the toner, which is supplied to the passage from the second chamber, toward the discharging port.
US09996019B1
Disclosed are cold pressure fix toner compositions that include a core of a colorant, and a mixture of a co-polyester-co-polydimethylsiloxane and an amorphous resin, and a polymer shell thereover.
US09996017B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an electrostatic latent image developing toner containing: a binder resin; and a releasing agent, wherein the binder resin contains a crystalline polyester resin; an endothermic peak top temperature of the electrostatic latent image developing toner is 70° C. or more measured with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) in a heating-up period of the toner; and a heat value ΔHc(L) is 15% or less with respect to a heat value ΔHc, wherein the heat value ΔHc(L) is a heat value in the range of (an exothermic peak top temperature rc−7° C.) or less; and the heat value ΔHc is a heat value of the total exothermic peak measured with DSC in a heating-down period of the toner.
US09996014B2
An optical imaging device, including an imaging unit and a measuring device. The imaging unit includes a first optical element group having at least one first optical element, which contributes to the imaging. The measuring device determines an imaging error, which occurs during the imaging, using a capturing signal. The measuring device includes a measurement light source, a second optical element group and a capturing unit. The measurement light source emits at least one measurement light bundle, The second optical element group includes an optical reference element and a second optical element, which guide the measurement light bundle onto the capturing unit, to generate the capturing signal. Each second optical element has a defined spatial relationship with a respective one of the first optical elements, The second optical elements differ from the first optical elements. The measuring device determines the imaging error with the capturing signal.
US09996001B2
A reticle including a mask and an edge cover may be provided. The mask may include a mask substrate and mask patterns on the mask substrate. The edge cover may be coupled to an edge of the mask substrate and may include a floating cover part. The floating cover part may be spaced apart from the mask patterns while extending from a sidewall of the mask substrate over the mask patterns.
US09996000B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to a test photomask and a method for evaluating critical dimension changes in the test photomask. Various embodiments include a test photomask. The test photomask includes a plurality of cells having a varied density pattern. The plurality of cells include a first group of cells arranged along a first line, the first group of cells having a first combined density ratio. The plurality of cells also include a second group of cells arranged along a second line, the second group of cells having a second combined density ratio. In the plurality of cells, the second combined density ratio for the second group of cells is equal to the first combined density ratio of the first group of cells. The varied density pattern is configured to substantially neutralize fogging effects.
US09995998B2
A method includes receiving a layout of an integrated circuit (IC) device, the layout having an outer boundary and an inner boundary thereby defining a first region between the outer boundary and the inner boundary and placing a first plurality of dummy patterns in the first region, wherein the first plurality of dummy patterns is lithographically printable. The method further includes performing an Optical Proximity Correction (OPC) process, the first plurality of dummy patterns being position within the first region in such a way that prevents sub-resolution assist features from being inserted into the first region by the OPC process.
US09995996B2
A cooling structure includes a phosphor unit, air-blowing systems that cause cooling air to flow, and a duct structure. The phosphor unit includes a substrate and a phosphor that is formed on the substrate and that emits fluorescent light when irradiated with excitation light. The duct structure guides the cooling air blown from the air-blowing systems to the phosphor unit.
US09995995B2
A head-up display device with dust cover, which includes a base, a display module, a reflective module, an anti-dust cover and an electric drive module, wherein the anti-dust cover at least includes a first cover body and a second cover body, the electric drive module is provided to flip the second cover body, so that the first cover body and the second cover body may be driven to cover an opening of the base, to thereby prevent dust from falling inside the base when a user wipes dust off, to achieve anti-dust purpose and ensure smooth operation.
US09995992B2
A telescopic limiting structure includes a first retractable member including a first inclined face and a second retractable member including a second inclined face bearing against the first inclined face. The first retractable member is configured to move along a first direction. The first inclined face and the second inclined face are configured to drive the second retractable member to move along a second direction in response to the first retractable member moving along the first direction. The second direction is different from the first direction.
US09995991B2
An image pickup apparatus includes a circuit board, a solid-state image sensing device disposed on an upper surface of the circuit board, a cylindrical lens barrel disposed above the circuit board, a lens housed in the lens barrel, and a holding member that holds the lens barrel and the circuit board therein. The solid-state image sensing device is positioned in an enclosed space formed by the lens barrel and the circuit board. The lens barrel has a first flange portion protruding in a direction perpendicular to a central axis of the lens barrel. The holding member has a first fitting groove portion in which the first flange portion of the lens barrel is fit. A thermal expansion coefficient of the holding member is smaller than a thermal expansion coefficient of the lens barrel.
US09995985B2
Methods of manufacturing electrochromic windows are described. Insulated glass units (IGU's) are protected, e.g. during handling and shipping, by a protective bumper. The bumper can be custom made using IGU dimension data received from the IGU fabrication tool. The bumper may be made of environmentally friendly materials. Laser isolation configurations and related methods of patterning and/or configuring an electrochromic device on a substrate are described. Edge deletion is used to ensure a good seal between spacer and glass in an IGU and thus better protection of an electrochromic device sealed in the IGU. Configurations for protecting the electrochromic device edge in the primary seal and maximizing viewable area in an electrochromic pane of an IGU are also described.
US09995984B2
Disclosed are a transflective liquid crystal display device and a driving method thereof. The transflective liquid crystal display device includes: a first surface electrode (103), a first pixel electrode (107), a second surface electrode (113) and a second pixel electrode (112) located in transmissive regions (A); the first surface electrode (103) and first pixel electrode (107) are located between a first substrate (102) and a liquid crystal layer (110), the second surface electrodes (113) and the second pixel electrodes (112) are located between a second substrate (104) and the liquid crystal layer (110). The device further includes: a third surface electrode (104), a reflection layer (105) and a third pixel electrode (108) located in reflective regions (B); the third surface electrode (104), the reflection layer (105) and the third pixel electrode (108) are located between the first substrate (102) and the liquid crystal layer (110). The liquid crystal layer (110) in both the transmissive region (A) and the reflective region (B) of the display device have an equal thickness, thereby drastically reducing the process difficulty of the device while guaranteeing the same phase retardations in both transmissive region and reflective region.
US09995979B2
The present disclosure provides an array substrate, a display device, a method for maintenance and a method for manufacturing the array substrate. The array substrate includes a base substrate and a plurality of signal lines arranged on the base substrate. The array substrate further includes: a plurality of common electrodes, wherein a hollow region is arranged between every two adjacent common electrodes, the signal lines are arranged to correspond to the hollow regions respectively, and an orthographic projection of each of the common electrodes on the base substrate is not overlapped with an orthographic projection of a corresponding signal line on the base substrate; and a plurality of maintenance lines that are arranged in the hollow regions respectively and arranged to be insulated from the signal lines, wherein at least a portion of an orthographic projection of each of the maintenance lines on the base substrate is overlapped with at least a portion of the orthographic projection of a corresponding signal line on the base substrate.
US09995968B2
A manufacturing method for a polymer stabilized vertical alignment (PS-VA) liquid crystal panel includes: forming a first substrate of PS-VA liquid crystal panel, the first substrate including a common electrode; forming a second substrate of the PS-VA liquid crystal panel, the second substrate including a pixel electrode; forming a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, the liquid crystal layer containing negative liquid crystal molecules and ultraviolet-curable resin; applying an electrical voltage that exceeds a rotation threshold of the liquid crystal layer to the common electrode and the pixel electrode; and reciprocally moving an ultraviolet light source, which is composed of at least two ultraviolet light sources that are distributed parallel to each other in a first direction and respectively extend in a second direction, in such a direction as to have accumulation of ultraviolet light received by the ultraviolet-curable resin of the liquid crystal layer homogenized.
US09995966B2
A display panel and a display apparatus are disclosed, the display panel including: a first substrate; a second substrate arranged to face the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates; and a retardation compensation layer including a grid pattern which is provided on one or more of the first and second substrates, and is configured to compensate for optical anisotropy of the liquid crystal layer and includes a first parameter in a first direction and a second parameter in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. A structure for compensation for optical retardation is provided within the display panel to replace a conventional viewing angle compensation film, and thus the panel manufacturing process is shortened and a cost reduction is achieved.
US09995959B2
A display apparatus comprises a display panel and a reflection member. The display panel comprises an array of pixels, the array having a quadrangular shape. The reflection member is disposed in a position not to overlap at least a portion of the array when viewed in a normal direction substantially perpendicular to a major surface of the display panel, the reflection member being configured to reflect light that is emitted from the display panel in a direction slanted with respect to the normal direction. The combination of light emitted from the display panel in the normal direction and the reflected light is configured to form an image having a shape other than a quadrangular shape.
US09995957B2
A pixel structure is provided. The pixel structure includes an active device, a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, and a conductive line. The first pixel electrode is electrically connected to the active device. The second pixel electrode and the first pixel electrode are electrically insulated. The conductive line is located below the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode. The active device is electrically connected to the first pixel electrode through the conductive line. The conductive line is coupled to the second pixel electrode to form a coupling capacitance.
US09995949B2
The present invention provides apparatuses and methods for modulating the transmissivity of electrochromic devices utilizing a controller that provides a continuous potential that may be pulsed to the electrochromic device.
US09995941B2
An example demultiplexer may include at least one dispersive element that is common to multiple wavelength channels. The demultiplexer may additionally include multiple field lenses positioned optically downstream from the at least one dispersive element, where a number of the field lenses is equal to a number of the wavelength channels. An example multiplexer may include a single piece power monitor assembly that includes a collimator lens array, a focusing lens array, and a slot integrally formed therein. The collimator lens array may be positioned to receive multiple wavelength channels from a laser array. The focusing lens array may be positioned to focus multiple portions of the wavelength channels onto an array of photodetectors. The slot may be configured to tap the portions from the wavelength channels collimated into the single piece power monitor assembly by the collimator lens array and to direct the portions toward the focusing lens array.
US09995936B1
A head-mounted display (HMD) for an augmented reality system allows a user to view an augmented scene comprising a real-world portion of a live scene combined with virtual images overlaying an infrared (IR) portion of the live scene. The HMD includes a head-wearable frame, a lens defining a user field of view (FOV), and a camera. The lens permits the user to view a live scene corresponding to the user FOV, and the camera is configured to capture a captured image of the live scene containing data indicative of an infrared (IR) portion of the live scene. The IR portion of the live scene includes reflected IR light above a predetermined threshold, such as an IR reflective background surface in a simulation environment. Based on the IR portion, a virtual image is displayed on an interior surface of the lens so that the virtual image overlays the IR portion.
US09995920B2
A light observation device has a light splitting optical system for splitting observation light of an observation object; an imaging lens for focusing split beams to form optical images thereof; an imaging device arranged at image formation positions of the two optical images and being capable of performing independent rolling readout in a pixel row group included in a region corresponding to the image formation position of one optical image and in a pixel row group included in a region corresponding to the image formation position of the other optical image; and a control unit for independently controlling the rolling readout in the one pixel row group and in the other pixel row group; the control unit performs control such that a direction of the rolling readout in the one pixel row group and a direction of the rolling readout in the other pixel row group are identical.
US09995912B2
An image capturing optical lens assembly includes six lens elements, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. The third lens element with negative refractive power has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. The sixth lens element has an aspheric object-side surface and an aspheric concave image-side surface, and the sixth lens element has at least one inflection point on the image-side surface thereof.
US09995905B2
The various embodiments of the present invention disclose an image processing method and system for capturing a refocusable image set. The method comprises of segmenting a field of view into a plurality of grids, determining a sharpness level associated with each of the plurality of grids, identifying one or more regions based on the determined sharpness level of each of the plurality of grids, each region comprising one or more of the plurality of grids and capturing an image associated with each of the identified one or more regions to form the refocusable image set. The method further comprises of detecting a refocusing action on an object, in the field of view, having an associated illumination level and varying the associated illumination level of the object based on the detection.
US09995897B2
An adapter panel arrangement including a chassis and a panel of adapters. The adapters defining rearward cable connections and forward cable connections of the panel arrangement. Openings permitting access to the rearward and forward cable connections of the adapters are provided. The chassis further including a removable rear chassis portion to provide access to cable routing areas within the chassis interior.
US09995895B2
The present invention is directed to a photonic circuit device for optical gain measurement, including: a substrate with a photonic circuit; an active gain section; at least two light couplers arranged such that at least a part of the active gain section is between the light couplers; and a partial reflector arranged to reflect light propagating along the same direction back to a center of the gain section, and wherein the device does not include any other reflector opposite to the partial reflector with respect to the active gain section and configured to reflect light back to the center of the gain section. The present invention is further directed to related gain measurement methods.
US09995892B2
An optical assembly may include a platform disposed within a housing that has a limited space. The platform may be tilted by a first angle to fit a fiber array into the limited space of the housing. The optical assembly may also include a silicon photonics device mounted on the tilted platform. The silicon photonics device may include a grating coupler. The optical assembly may also include the fiber array directly coupled to the grating coupler on the silicon photonics device at a coupling position that deviates from a vertical coupling position by a second angle.
US09995889B2
Provided is a mounting component for an optical fiber that allows a laser device and an optical fiber to be aligned with higher precision while providing protection for the laser device mounted on a substrate. The a mounting component is a component formed from silicon for optically coupling a laser device to an optical fiber by being bonded to a mounting substrate on which the laser device is mounted, and includes a groove portion for fixedly holding the optical fiber so that a core of the optical fiber is positioned at a predetermined depth with respect to a bonding surface to be bonded to the mounting substrate, and a recessed portion, formed continuous with the groove portion, for accommodating the laser device, wherein a thickness of the mounting component, measured in a direction perpendicular to the bonding surface, is chosen so that a position of the laser device can be detected using an infrared transmission image when the laser device is accommodated in the recessed portion by placing the bonding surface in contact with the mounting substrate.
US09995888B2
An optical fiber termination tool includes a tool base having a pocket to receive a mechanical splice optical fiber connector; a lever hingedly connected to the tool base, the lever including a wedge; and a slide mounted to the lever, the slide slidable relative to the lever, the slide movable from a first position to a second position to move the wedge from a disengaged position to an engaged position.
US09995885B2
A method and system connects multiple cores within one fiber, e.g., a multi-core fiber (MCF), to multiple fibers with single-cores. The single-core fibers can then be terminated by traditional envelopes, such as a single core LC envelope. A connector holds the single-core fibers into a pattern that matches a pattern of all, or a sub group, of the individual cores of the MCF. The single-core fibers may all be terminated to individual connectors to form a fanout or breakout cable. Alternatively, the single-core fibers may extend to another connector wherein the single-core fibers are regrouped into a pattern to mate with the cores of another MCF, hence forming a jumper. One or more of the single core fibers may be terminated along the length of the jumper to form a jumper with one or more tap accesses.
US09995881B1
Embodiments herein describe an apparatus for coupling a photonic chip with a plurality of optical fibers. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a first plurality of alignment features that correspond to a second plurality of alignment features associated with the photonic chip. Further, the apparatus comprises a plurality of grooves for receiving the plurality of optical fibers. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a plurality of waveguides for transmitting or receiving an optical signal. The plurality of waveguides is optically coupled to the photonic chip, as well as the plurality of optical fibers. In one embodiment, the plurality of waveguides is passively aligned with a second plurality of waveguides associated with the photonic chip.
US09995874B2
Small-radius coated optical fibers having large mode field diameter and low bending losses. The coated fiber may have an outer radius of 110 μm or less, while providing a mode field diameter of 9.0 μm or greater and a bending loss when wrapped about a 15 mm mandrel of 0.5 dB/km or less at wavelength of 1550 nm. The coated fiber may have a mode field diameter of 9.2 μm or greater and may have a bending loss at 1550 nm of 0.25 dB/km or less when wrapped about a 20 mm mandrel or a bending loss at 1550 nm of 0.02 dB/km or less when wrapped about a 30 mm mandrel.
US09995872B2
An optical system is disclosed, which comprises a glass light pipe having an input surface for receiving light from a light source and an output surface through which light exits the light pipe, and a polymeric light pipe optically coupled at its input surface to the output surface of the glass light pipe to receive at least a portion of the light exiting the glass light pipe, said polymeric light pipe having a textured output surface. A plurality of microlenses is optically coupled to said textured surface of the polymeric light pipe, and a projection lens is optically coupled to the output surface of the polymeric light pipe to receive light therefrom.
US09995870B2
A backlight unit has a light-guide plate and a light source optically coupled with the light-guide plate, with which light is input from a plane of the light-guide plate and white-light is output from the first principal plane of the light-guide plate. The light source has a plurality of blue light emitting diodes, red phosphor material excited by light from the blue light emitting diodes and emits red light, and a plurality of green semiconductor lasers having emission peaks at green light wavelengths.
US09995869B2
A backlight unit includes a light conversion member; a light guide plate including a light exit surface, a rear surface facing the light exiting surface, and connection surfaces including a first surface and a second surface facing each other to connect the light exit surface and the rear surface; a reflective member; and a light source emitting a first color light incident to the first surface and a portion of the first color light reaches the second surface on which the reflective member is disposed to specularly reflect the portion of the first color light. The light conversion member is disposed on the light exit surface, receives the first color light from the light guide plate, and emits a second color light different from the first color light.
US09995868B2
The present invention discloses a light guide plate, a backlight module and a display device, so as to solve the technical problem of color shift generated in prior art display panel due to the change of angle of view. The light guide plate comprises a bottom surface, a light exiting surface opposite to the bottom surface, and a quantum dot layer provided on the light exiting surface and comprising a quantum dot array, wherein the light exiting surface has a non-planar structure. Embodiments of the present invention provide following advantageous effects: the quantum dots on the surface of the light guide plate are configured to have a non-planar structure, such that the light transmitted through the spacing between quantum dots and having the same spectrum as the quantum dots is smoothly changed, thereby reducing the affection of color shift of the display device due to the change of angle of view.
US09995866B2
A uniform illumination lighting module is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the uniform illumination lighting module comprises a first optical medium, a lower reflective surface disposed adjacent to a bottom boundary of the first optical medium, a concave reflective surface disposed adjacent to a side boundary of the first optical medium, and a light source, wherein at least a portion of the first optical medium is disposed between the light source and the concave reflective surface. In some embodiments, the uniform illumination lighting module further comprises a second optical medium disposed adjacent to a top boundary of the first optical medium. In preferred embodiments, the concave reflective surface is substantially parabolic and the light source is disposed at a parabolic focus of the concave reflective surface.
US09995865B2
A phase difference plate including an optically anisotropic layer obtained by curing a composition (A) containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound with reverse wavelength dispersion and a polymerizable monomer, wherein the polymerizable liquid crystal compound with reverse wavelength dispersion has a main chain mesogen and a side chain mesogen bonded to the main chain mesogen in the molecule thereof; the main chain mesogen and the side chain mesogen are oriented in different directions, whereby a birefringence Δn of the optically anisotropic layer has reverse wavelength dispersion property; and retardations of a layer obtained by curing a composition (A0) in which the polymerizable monomer in the composition (A) is replaced by the polymerizable liquid crystal compound with reverse wavelength dispersion and retardations of the optically anisotropic layer satisfy specific relationship; and a circularly polarizing plate and a display device including the same.
US09995858B2
IR emission devices comprising an array of polaritonic IR emitters arranged on a substrate, where the emitters are coupled to a heater configured to provide heat to one or more of the emitters. When the emitters are heated, they produce an infrared emission that can be polarized and whose spectral emission range, emission wavelength, and/or emission linewidth can be tuned by the polaritonic material used to form the elements of the array and/or by the size and/or shape of the emitters. The IR emission can be modulated by the induction of a strain into a ferroelectric, a change in the crystalline phase of a phase change material and/or by quickly applying and dissipating heat applied to the polaritonic nanostructure. The IR emission can be designed to be hidden in the thermal background so that it can be observed only under the appropriate filtering and/or demodulation conditions.
US09995855B2
A device for producing a lens wafer with a plurality of microlenses with an upper die and a lower die for embossing of the lens wafer from a fluid embossing mass which has been delivered between the dies, curing means for curing of the embossed lens wafer, characterized in that at least one release element for detachment of the cured lens wafer prior to curing can be located between the lower die and the upper die.
US09995851B2
A lithography-free, mold-free, single-step method of fabricating high quality optical lenses by curing polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) droplets on a pre-heated smooth surface allows lenses with different focal lengths to be made by varying the droplet volume and surface temperature.
US09995848B2
One example of a computer-implemented method for adaptively placing weather sensors in response to dynamic local conditions includes obtaining a set of data indicating a dynamic local condition in a geographic location of interest and adaptively modifying a placement of a plurality of weather sensors in the geographic location of interest in response to the dynamic local condition.
US09995844B2
Method and system are described for modeling one or more geophysical properties of a subsurface volume (102). The present disclosure provides method of modeling the subsurface comprising obtaining one or more subsurface volumes and performing at least two operations (104) on the subsurface volumes. A graph of operations is determined (106) based on each of the at least two operations in which the graph of operations includes a description of each of the at least two operations and a flow path for the each of the at least two operations (108). The graph of operation is stored (110). A specific operation within the graph of operations may then be identified (112). An additional operation may be created and connected to the graph of operations at a node associated with the specific operation to provide an additional branch to the graph of operations (114).
US09995842B2
A method for determining hydrogen index includes using measurements of gamma rays detected during operation of a pulsed neutron source and numbers of thermal neutron capture gamma rays made at at least two different axial spacings from a pulsed neutron source. Either a first ratio of or a first logarithm of the first ratio of the burst gamma rays is determined for a first and second axial distance from the neutron source. A second logarithm is determined of a second ratio of the thermal neutron capture gamma rays detected at a first axial spacing with respect to the numbers detected at a second axial spacing. A corrected second ratio of the numbers of thermal neutron capture gamma rays is determined using either (i) the first logarithm and (ii) the first ratio, and the second logarithm. The corrected second ratio is used to determine the hydrogen index.
US09995833B1
Nuclear medicine (NM) imaging system includes a detector assembly coupled to a gantry. The NM imaging system also includes a positioning sub-system having a motion controller and a detector motor. The positioning sub-system also includes a proximity sensor device (PSD) coupled to a detector head of the detector assembly. The PSD is configured to be activated. In response to being activated, the PSD is configured to transmit an output signal to stop the detector motor from moving the detector head toward the object. The NM imaging system also includes a secondary circuit that, in response to the PSD being activated, is configured to determine whether the detector head has stopped moving toward the object and, if the detector head has not stopped moving toward the object, is configured to disable the detector motor.
US09995832B2
A radiation detector includes: a radiation detecting module including a photoconductive layer containing at least one heavy metal; a voltage controller configured to detect current flowing through the photoconductive layer and control application of a voltage to the photoconductive layer based on the detected current; and a sealing part configured to seal the photoconductive layer and surround a portion of the radiation detecting module.
US09995827B2
A mobile vehicle comprising: an electric undercarriage including a wheel that can travel; and a distance detection unit and a protruding structure which are mounted on the electric undercarriage, wherein the distance detection unit is configured to emit light horizontally in a range of a predetermined center angle around the electric undercarriage and to be capable of detecting a distance to an object present within the range of the predetermined center angle, the protruding structure includes one or more of an antenna, a warning light, an imaging device, and a lift mechanism unit, and the protruding structure is placed on the electric undercarriage at a position outside the range of the predetermined center angle, whose mobile vehicle can reliably recognize an obstacle without creating a blind spot in a traveling direction.
US09995826B2
An electronic distance meter includes an optical unit which emits light to a target object and receives the light reflected by the target object with a light receiving element, a measuring unit which calculates a length of round-trip time taken for the light to make a round trip to the target object and measures a distance to the target object according to the round-trip time of the received light, a light receiving system which receives and condenses the light reflected by the target object, and an optical guide which guides the light condensed by the light receiving element to the light receiving system, including a multi-mode graded index fiber and a multi-mode step index fiber coupled with each other.
US09995812B2
The present invention describes a method for quantifying microscopic diffusion anisotropy and/or mean diffusivity in a material by analysis of echo attenuation curves acquired with two different gradient modulations schemes, wherein one gradient modulation scheme is based on isotropic diffusion weighting and the other gradient modulation scheme is based on non-isotropic diffusion weighting, and wherein the method comprises analyzing by comparing the signal decays of the two acquired echo attenuation curves.
US09995801B2
A static solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) probe includes multiple probe subunits each configured for holding a sample. Each probe subunit includes at least an associated magic angle spinning (MAS) module, a radio-frequency (RF) coil and an RF transmission line together defining an RF circuit. Each of the multiple probe subunits is individually held in a conducting housing isolating the RF circuit of the each of the probe subunit from any other of the plurality of probe subunits. The static solid-state NMR probe may include four or more probe subunits including four or more MAS modules.
US09995800B1
An atomic magnetometer includes an atomic vapor cell, an optical system conformed to transmit pump radiation and probe radiation through the vapor cell, and an optical detection system arranged to receive and detect probe radiation after it exits the vapor cell. Improvements in the separation of spatial channels are achieved by using a a diffractive optical element arranged to divide at least the pump radiation into a plurality of separate diffracted beams that traverse the vapor cell.
US09995797B2
The invention concerns an angle sensor and a method of measuring an angle of a magnetic field. The angle sensor is configured to measure a direction of a magnetic field in a plane, comprising a first magnetic field sensor having a first sensitivity direction and delivering a first voltage, a second magnetic field sensor having a second sensitivity direction and delivering a second voltage, a first current source supplying a first biasing current to the first magnetic field sensor, a second current source supplying a second biasing current to the second magnetic field sensor (2), and electronic circuitry configured to adjust the first biasing current and the second biasing current in such a manner that a sum of the first voltage and the second voltage equals 0.
US09995793B2
According to an embodiment, a system includes a switching regulator and an electrochemical storage test circuit. The switching regulator is coupled to a power supply input and configured to supply a regulated voltage to a regulated supply terminal that is configured to be coupled to a device. The electrochemical storage test circuit is configured to be coupled to an electrochemical storage unit. The electrochemical storage test circuit includes a bidirectional switch with a first switch terminal coupled to the regulated supply terminal, a second switch terminal configured to be coupled to the electrochemical storage unit, and a switch control terminal. The electrochemical storage test circuit also includes a built-in self-test (BIST) circuit configured to be coupled to the electrochemical storage unit and to the switch control terminal.
US09995789B2
Techniques for secure remote debugging of SoCs are described. The SoC includes an intellectual property (IP) block, a microcontroller, and a fabric coupled to the IP block and the microcontroller. The IP block transmits, via the fabric, information regarding events within the IP block to the microcontroller. The microcontroller executes firmware including a network stack and a remote debugger program. Using the firmware, the microcontroller provides the event information to a device external to the SoC.
US09995781B2
A ground fault detection system based on capacitive sensing suitable for use in detecting a ground fault condition in electronic equipment (such as a PCBA) with a circuit ground electrically isolated from an isolation ground (such as chassis ground). The capacitive sensing system includes a capacitive sensor capacitively coupled to the system isolation ground, and a capacitance/data converter that captures sensor capacitance measurements for conversion to sensor data representative of a ground short. In one embodiment, the capacitive sensor includes a sensor electrode capacitively coupled to the system isolation ground by one of projected capacitance and a floating capacitor (such as 33 pf), and the CDC unit further includes sensor excitation circuitry configured to drive the sensor electrode, such that a sensor capacitance (projected or floating capacitance) is representative of an electrical condition of the system isolation ground. For sensing by projected capacitance, the capacitive sensor can include a driven shield.
US09995779B2
The present invention relates to a sensing device and a sensing method for continuously or intermittently quantifying a concentration of analyte. A measurement signal correlated with a concentration of analyte is sequentially acquired by use of a sensor (12). A filter processing is performed on a time sequence of the measurement signal acquired by the sensor (12) in a frequency domain via one type of filter among a plurality of types of filters (48, 49, 84). One type of filter used in the filter processing is switched depending on the amount of temporal change of the measurement signal.
US09995773B2
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to dynamically determining DC-offset used for proximity sensing of a mobile device.
US09995766B2
The present disclosure provides methods of measuring a property of a macromolecule. The methods generally involve applying an empirically learned correction term to a test metric to generate a high-accuracy measurement. The present disclosure further provides a computer program product and a computer system for carrying out a subject method.
US09995761B2
A laboratory system has demonstrated the measurement of three degrees of vibrational freedom simultaneously using a single beam through heterodyne speckle imaging. The random interference pattern generated by the illumination of a rough surface with coherent light can be exploited to extract information about the surface motion. The optical speckle pattern is heterodyne mixed with a coherent reference. The recorded optical data is then processed to extract three dimensions of surface motion. Axial velocity is measured by demodulating the received time-varying intensity of high amplitude pixels. Tilt, a gradient of surface velocity, is calculated by measuring speckle translation following reconstruction of the speckle pattern from the mixed signal.
US09995760B2
A rotational speed measuring device for measuring the rotational speed on coaxially arranged drive shafts is described, wherein a first drive shaft is formed as an inner shaft in a second drive shaft embodied as a hollow shaft. The hollow shaft has at least one opening and a rotational speed encoder which is arranged on the inner shaft and can be detected through the opening of the hollow shaft. A rotational speed sensor is arranged on the outer side of the hollow shaft and is configured to pick up the rotational speed on the rotational speed encoder. A corresponding method for measuring the rotational speed on coaxially arranged drive shafts is also disclosed.
US09995755B2
Methods of diagnosing and treating disorders related to TH2 inhibition, including but not limited to asthma, are provided. Also provided are methods of selecting or identifying patients for treatment with certain therapeutic agents that are TH2 pathway inhibitors.
US09995753B2
The present invention provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind to the antibody pembrolizumab (pembrolizumab). These antibodies are useful, for example, for use as positive controls in assays for detecting the presence of anti-drug antibodies in a sample, e.g., the blood of a patient who has been administered pembrolizumab.
US09995744B2
The invention relates to compositions and methods for the immunoassay of an analyte of interest. The analyte is detected in an immunoassay using three or more antibodies, where in each antibody specifically binds to a different epitope on the analyte. When the analyte of interest in a clinical marker for an acute disease, the detection of the analyte by immunoassay is a diagnosis of the occurrence of the disease.
US09995742B2
The invention generally relates to methods and devices for transferring a sample into a cartridge for processing. Methods of the invention include providing a vessel containing a sample, coupling the sample to a cartridge configured to process the sample at an interface, in which the interface is configured to provide communication between the vessel and the cartridge, introducing a fluid, capture particles, or both from the cartridge into the vessel, and transferring the sample, fluid, and capture particles from the vessel and into the cartridge for processing.
US09995733B2
Provided are methods of screening to identify molecules capable of binding to CD4 and capable of activating CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells. Further provided are antibodies and antibody fragments capable of activating CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells and methods and uses involving the antibodies and fragments thereof.
US09995732B2
Lipid multilayer structures are formed by evaporating a solvent from each of a plurality of lipid solutions thereby form the lipid multilayer structures. Each lipid solution comprises the solvent and one or more lipids. Each lipid multilayer structure is a microstructure comprising one or more lipids.
US09995731B2
The present invention relates to a mitochondrial UQCRB mutant cell line expressing the UQCRB mutant protein. The present invention is directed to a novel research method for UQCRB activity evaluation using a novel mitochondrial UQCRB mutant cell line, and provides a method for anticancer activity evaluation, a method for angiogenesis inhibitory activity evaluation, and a method for screening a UQCRB activity inhibitor. In particular, the cell line of the present invention is a novel cell line having cell proliferative and angiogenesis inducing activities, and provides a method for screening an angiogenesis inhibitor or an anticancer material through the UQCRB activity inhibitory mechanism, and thus can be applied in the development of therapeutic agents against angiogenesis or mitochondria-mediated diseases and various cancers.
US09995725B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus including a structure containing a multiphase fluid and having a transparent window. A collimated light source emits light through the transparent window structure at a wavelength at which a component of a desired phase of the multiphase fluid is absorptive. A photodetector is positioned such that the emitted light passes through the multiphase fluid in the structure and out through the transparent window structure to impinge upon the photodetector. The photodetector has an actual dynamic range for light detection. Processing circuitry adjusts a power of the collimated light source in a series of steps dependent upon a relationship between an output level of the photodetector and a threshold to cause measurement of the emitted light over an effective dynamic range greater than the actual dynamic range. Properties of the multiphase fluid are determined as a function of the measured emitted light.
US09995717B2
This invention employs an object information acquiring apparatus including a probe for receiving, as a received signal, an acoustic wave which is generated within an object irradiated with light and propagates on an object surface, and a processor for generating object information, which is information based on an internal optical characteristic value of the object, by using intensity of the received signal. The processor corrects the intensity of the received signal by using the reflectance upon the acoustic wave entering the probe which is calculated based on the angle of the acoustic wave entering the probe, and on the acoustic impedance and acoustic velocity of the object and the probe.
US09995715B2
A fluid properties measurement device, including a magnetically excited and sensed resonator and a resonator electromagnetic excitation assembly, including an excitation coil driven by an electrical network, electrically connected to the excitation coil. The excitation coil is positioned so that a varying magnetic field produced by the excitation coil will drive the resonator in a pattern of resonating movement that has predetermined characteristics. Also, an electromagnetic sensing assembly, including a gradiometric sense coil is positioned so that an electromagnetic field originating due to movement of the resonator in a pattern having the predetermined characteristics, will create a time-varying gradient across the sense coil. Finally, a signal sensing electrical network is electrically connected to the sense coil.
US09995707B2
A protector includes an inside protector having an inside peripheral wall and a front end wall in a front end side thereof and a tubular outside protector which surrounds the inside protector. In an outside peripheral wall of the outside protector, a plurality of outside introducing ports through which an external part of the outside protector communicates with a gas separating chamber are formed at equal intervals along a circumferential direction. The outside introducing ports are formed at positions nearer to the front end side than positions where inside introducing ports of the inside protector are formed. The outside introducing ports extend in the circumferential direction of the outside peripheral wall and formed in shapes of lateral holes in which opening lengths in the circumferential direction are larger than opening lengths in the direction perpendicular to the circumferential direction.
US09995701B2
A sensor system can be configured to perform dielectric spectroscopy (DS). For example, the system can include a sensor configured to measure dielectric permittivity of a fluid in response to an RF input signal. Associated interface electronics can include a transmitter to drive the sensor with the RF input signal and a receiver to receive and process an RF output signal from the sensor in response to the RF input signal.
US09995696B2
This invention is intended to allow an experimenter to work at amenable temperatures while viewing and/or manipulating aqueous protein crystals or other specimens under a dissection microscope at close to 4° C. or other controlled temperatures. The invention provides a specimen stage chamber large enough to fit a multi-well plate containing the specimens. The temperature of this specimen stage chamber is controlled by transparent coolant circulated through its walls and through a transparent chamber beneath the specimen stage chamber, without blocking the light path of the microscope. An additional chamber cools the air above the specimen stage chamber. In one version of this apparatus, circulation of most coolants is replaced by an array of Peltier coolers. The apparatus is open to the air above, giving the experimenter direct access to the crystals for manipulation. The invention may have wider application for manipulation of other specimens under a microscope.
US09995693B2
After determining the precipitated oxygen concentration and the residual oxygen concentration in a silicon wafer after heat treatment performed in a device fabrication process; the critical shear stress τcri at which slip dislocations are formed in the silicon wafer in the device fabrication process is determined based on the obtained precipitated oxygen concentration and residual oxygen concentration; and the obtained critical shear stress τcri and the thermal stress τ applied to the silicon wafer in the heat treatment of the device fabrication process are compared, thereby determining that slip dislocations are formed in the silicon wafer in the device fabrication process when the thermal stress τ is equal to or more than the critical shear stress τcri, or determining that slip dislocations are not formed in the silicon wafer in the device fabrication process when the thermal stress τ is less than the critical shear stress τcri.
US09995691B2
The present disclosure provides an inspection device for continuously inspecting fed containers, in particular bottles, said inspection device comprising a feed device configured to feed containers thereto in succession, at least one inspection unit, configured to inspect the fed containers, a discharge conveying device configured to discharge the inspected containers, and a throughput station for the containers, which is arranged between the feed conveying device and the discharge conveying device, wherein the throughput station comprises a conveyor arrangement with an individual drive and a plurality of conveying units, which are movable by means of the individual drive individually and independently of one another, the conveyor arrangement being configured to convey the containers from the feed conveying device to the discharge conveying device.
US09995687B2
A surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) active nanoassembly comprising anisotropically assembled gold nanoparticles in a monolayer double row immobilized on a glass layer is disclosed. The discrete gold nanoparticles are separated by interparticle gaps of 0.5-10 nm that provide hotsites where appropriate excitation creates surface plasmon resonaces and regions of strong and localized electromagnetic fields that enhance Raman signal substantially, 104-1015 fold. An appropriate SERS apparatus comprising the nanoassembly for detecting an analyte is also disclosed. In addition, a method for producing the nanoassembly as well as the application of the nanoassembly or the apparatus comprising the nanoassembly in a method for measuring the SERS signal of an analyte is disclosed.
US09995686B2
Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy is employed to obtain chemical data with respect to cells while electrophysiological data relating to cell membranes is obtained using the patch clamp technique. A SERS-facilitating assembly is coupled to a micropipette and is used in conjunction with a monochromatic light source for generating scattered light. Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy is employed to obtain the chemical data. Electrophysiological data is obtained using the same micropipette to perform the patch clamp technique.
US09995685B2
A method comprising: providing a device for detecting a biological signature behind a glass surface using non-visible light is provided. A method of emitting one or more pulses of energy at a specific wavelength over a field of illumination towards a target area, filtering out one or more returning wavelengths from the target area, and determining, based on the filtering, if a combination of a fluorescence wavelength and a source wavelength is present, is also provided. An associated system is further provided.
US09995670B2
A method of laser bond inspection is provided. The method includes applying a thermochromatic energy-absorbing material to an inspection site of a test article. The method includes delivering a first amount of energy to the inspection site using a laser. The first amount of energy generates stresses in the test article. The method includes absorbing the first amount of energy into the thermochromatic energy-absorbing material to produce an observable thermal response that correlates to the first amount of energy.
US09995669B2
A round bar tensile test specimen for a sulfide stress corrosion cracking test of a steel, the specimen including a parallel section, a shoulder section, and a grip section. A sectional shape of the shoulder section being formed by a curve having two or more radii of curvature. A radius of curvature R1 (mm) of a portion of the curve adjacent to the parallel section being 15 mm or more, and the radius of curvature R1 (mm) satisfying (0.22σ−119)≤R1≤100 in terms of load stress σ (MPa) of the sulfide stress corrosion cracking test. A length X1 (mm) of the portion of the curve having the radius of curvature R1 in a longitudinal direction of the test specimen satisfying X1≥√{(r/8)×(R1−r2/4)}. Additionally, other radii of curvature of the curve being smaller than the radius of curvature R1.
US09995668B2
Microfluidic system comprising a space for containing a liquid and at least one lateral chamber in communication with said space, said lateral chamber containing a metal electrode. The lateral chamber and the space are designed to be filled by the same or different liquid when the system is active.
US09995665B2
An impact fatigue device includes a striker rod assembly configured to reciprocally move between an upstream position and a downstream position. The striker rod assembly includes a striker rod slidingly mounted on a support member and a trigger located upstream of the striker rod and adapted to move downstream to engage the striker rod and propel the striker rod downstream. An actuator assembly is located upstream of the striker rod assembly. The actuator assembly is configured to releasably engage the trigger and to translate the trigger upstream. A reset mechanism is configured to releasably engage the striker rod and to move the striker rod from the downstream position to the upstream position. A method of operating the impact fatigue device is also disclosed.
US09995655B2
Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for assessing power system equipment of a power system. Historical sensor data and/or historical field test data collected from the power system equipment may be utilized to develop a health profile of the power system equipment. The health profile is indicative of a predicted health (e.g., or probability of failure) of the power system equipment. In one embodiment, the health profile further comprises a health index score which evaluates that health of the power system equipment in terms of the importance of the power system equipment to the power system. Using the health profiles developed for a plurality of power system equipment, a maintenance strategy for at least a portion of the power system may be developed.
US09995654B2
A vehicle state estimation system and method uses an observer model to make cornering stiffness estimates from tire-based sensor data and vehicle-based sensor data throughout transient and non-transient operational maneuvers of a vehicle. A cornering stiffness identifier extracts transient-state cornering stiffness estimates from the cornering stiffness estimates made by the observer model and extracts from the transient-state cornering stiffness estimates an optimal transient-state cornering stiffness estimate having a substantially highest confidence measure for use by a vehicle control system.
US09995652B1
A variety of methods, diagnostic modules and other arrangements for detecting air induction faults during operation of an internal combustion engine are described. In some embodiments, the intake manifold pressure is monitored with the intake pressure being read for each induction opportunity. Induction faults may be detected based at least in part on a comparison of the manifold pressure readings for sequential induction opportunities. In some embodiments, an induction fault is identified when the difference between the manifold pressure associated with an induction opportunity and the immediately preceding induction opportunity exceeds an induction fault threshold.
US09995650B2
A test rig of the closed loop type for testing power transmission units of any geometry, in particular helicopter transmissions, comprising drives with friction belts, flat belts in particular. The belt drives have pulleys with diameters that compensate for the creep in the belts. In some embodiments, the test rig comprises ‘slave’ transmissions. In some embodiments the slave transmission is positioned and oriented in such a manner that all its input and output shafts, regardless their different space angles, become parallel and rotating in the same direction as their corresponding shafts on the tested transmission. The shafts can thus be connected by the flat belt drives to close the loops. In other embodiments, sets of gearboxes are run with their slave units; their orientation is also set so as to enable the parallelism and identity of the rotational direction of the shafts the belt drives are connected to. Still, in other embodiments, the close loops are implemented by belt drives only, including belt drives with twisted belts. Torquing the loops is accomplished either by tensioning the belts during operation or by a torque generator device.
US09995649B2
One or more embodiments are directed to optical test instruments, such as fiber optic inspection scopes and optical power meters, for testing optical communication links, such as fiber optic connectors. The optical test instruments include a single test port that is able to operate in two modes of operation. In a first mode of operation, the optical test instrument is configured to provide an image of the endface of a fiber optic connector under test. In a second mode of operation, the optical test instrument is configured to measure power or power loss in an optical fiber under test. In that regard, the fiber optic connector only has to be coupled to a single port of an optical test instrument for a visual inspection of an endface of a fiber optic connector and a power test of the optical fiber under test.
US09995642B2
A pressure sensor includes a sensor main body having a cavity, a cantilever having a lever main body and lever support-portion, which is bent according to a pressure difference between the cavity and sensor outside main body, and a displacement detection unit detects cantilever displacement based on resistance variation in resistance values of the main body-resistance portion formed in the lever main body and lever-resistance portion formed in the lever support-portion. A division groove is formed in the lever support; the division divides the lever-resistance portion into a first resistance portion electrically connected to a detection-electrode in series and second resistance portion closer to other adjacent lever support-portion than the first resistance portion. The first resistance portion of the lever support-portion electrically connected to the detection-electrode via a parallel path of a first path passing through the main body-resistance portion and second path passing through the second resistance portion.
US09995641B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a force sensor having flip-chip mounted force-sensing die having a force-sensing element fabricated on an unflipped top surface and an unflipped back surface being thinned so as to create a flexible diaphragm responsive to an externally applied force, wherein, when the force-sensing die is flipped and mounted, a predetermined space remains between the top surface of the force-sensing die and the mounting substrate it faces, the substrate presenting a deflection limitation for the deformation of the flexible membrane during a force event. In an illustrative embodiment, the force sensor may have a mechanical stop to precisely establish a predetermined deflection limitation. In some embodiments, the predetermined deflection limitation may advantageously limit the deflection of the flexible membrane so as not to deflect beyond a breaking point.
US09995634B2
To measure the frequency of a laser, the frequency of a beat signal that is generated by the interference between an optical frequency comb, used as the reference of measurement, and the laser to be measured is measured. In such a laser frequency measurement using the optical frequency comb, at least one of a repetition frequency and a CEO frequency of the optical frequency comb is changed so that the frequency of the beat signal becomes a predetermined value, and the frequency of the beat signal is measured, so that the frequency of the laser is measured. This allows measurement of the frequency of laser having large frequency variation and low stability.
US09995627B2
A spectroscopic scanning device, a portable spectroscopic scanning system, and methods for using the spectroscopic scanning device are described that include at least one focusing element configured to collect light, a beam-steering element configured to direct a portion of the collected light from the at least one focusing element, and a detector configured to receive the directed light from the beam-steering element, wherein the beam-steering element is operable to successively select portions of light from a plurality of locations within its field of regard.
US09995613B2
Motion is induced in a conduit such that the conduit vibrates in a major mode of vibration having a major amplitude and a minor mode of vibration having a minor amplitude. The major amplitude is larger than the minor amplitude, the major mode of vibration has a first frequency of vibration and the minor mode of vibration has a second frequency of vibration, and the minor mode of vibration interferes with the major mode of vibration to cause a beat signal having a frequency related to the first frequency of vibration and the second frequency of vibration. The frequency of the beat signal is determined, and the second frequency of vibration is determined based on the determined frequency of the beat signal.
US09995612B2
A locking portion is attached on a curved tube portion of a measurement tube, and a hole portion is formed at a distal end of the locking portion in a vertical direction, and a conical depression is provided on an inner wall surface on outside of the hole portion. A coupling ring of a coupling portion engages the hole portion, and a pivot needle, coming into abutment with the conical depression abuts from an inner wall surface of the coupling ring which faces the conical depression. The other end of the coupling ring is elastically attracted toward a fixing portion via an elastic member formed of an extension spring.
US09995605B2
A Bourdon tube pressure gauge includes: a Bourdon tube; a rotary piece rotatably attached to a first shaft arranged near a tip of the Bourdon tube; a pointer including a second shaft arranged on a side facing an outer periphery of the fan-shaped portion of the rotary piece; a first permanent magnet provided on an outer peripheral surface side of a fan-shaped portion of the rotary piece; a second permanent magnet provided at the second shaft. An outer peripheral surface of the first permanent magnet and an outer peripheral surface of the second permanent magnet each has N pole and S pole alternately magnetized at equal pitches. A magnetic member configured to relax force by which the second permanent magnet is attracted to the first permanent magnet is provided across the second permanent magnet from the first permanent magnet.
US09995601B2
A capacitive proximity sensor for a motor vehicle contains a transmission electrode for producing a measurement field and a reception electrode for detecting at least part of the measurement field. Furthermore, the proximity sensor contains a screen electrode that is disposed to form the measurement field between the transmission electrode and the reception electrode. The proximity sensor is in particular provided for use in a collision protection device for the motor vehicle.
US09995596B2
An apparatus includes a circuit, a code modulator, and an actuator. The circuit is operable to detect displacements of a rotating object while in motion. The circuit is operable to detect a position of the displacements and to generate a signal associated therewith. The code modulator is operable to generate a modulated signal based on the position and the displacements. The actuator is operable to apply a force to the rotating object, wherein the force is based on the modulated signal.
US09995593B2
A sensor array and a method are provided for operating a sensor array with a first sensor and a second sensor, the second sensor being designed for an operation at an ambient temperature, the first sensor representing a heated sensor, which is designed for being operated at an operating temperature that is above the ambient temperature, the first and the second sensor being connected to each other via a carrier, the carrier bringing about thermal coupling between the first and the second sensor, the first sensor being heated to the operating temperature during a first phase, and a measurement being carried out by the first sensor during the first phase, the heating being switched off or at least being reduced in a second phase, and a measurement being carried out by the second sensor during the second phase, an increased temperature of the second sensor as a result of the heating during the first phase being taken into account when evaluating the measurement of the second sensor.
US09995589B2
A path plan generating apparatus 10 corrects an RRT path plan that an RRT path plan generating section 22 has generated by processing based on the RRT algorithm, by a path plan correcting section 23 by processing based on the potential method. If the corrected path plan becomes a path plan with which interference between the mobile body 1 and an obstacle A is unavoidable, the apparatus 10 causes the RRT path plan generating section 22 to generate a new RRT path plan.
US09995582B2
A vibrating element includes a base part, drive arms containing first surfaces and second surfaces having front-back relations with the first surfaces, having groove portions provided on the first surface sides, and extended from the base part in extension directions, and drive parts provided to contain piezoelectric layers on the second surfaces, and section shapes of the drive arms orthogonal to the extension directions contain asymmetric section shapes with respect to virtual center lines passing through centers of widths in directions orthogonal to the extension directions.
US09995573B2
The present application discloses a probe placement module for placing probes on a virtual object depicted in an image. The probe placement module is configured to place probes on interest points of an image so that the probes can accurately represent a pattern depicted in the image. The probe placement module can be configured to place the probes so that the probes can extract balanced information on all degrees of freedom associated with the pattern's movement, which improves the accuracy of the model generated from the probes.
US09995571B1
Measuring surface features of a plurality of sliders including capturing an image of a surface of a slider bar using a large aperture interferometer, where the slider bar includes at least one slider of the plurality of sliders, and where the image includes surface height data for the slider bar surface and the included at least one slider. A bar height map is created of the slider bar based upon the surface height data of the captured image. Individual slider surfaces having individual slider height maps are identified, based at least in part of the number of sliders included on the slider bar.
US09995570B2
Disclosed are in-line apparatuses, systems and methods for measuring a physical characteristic of a constant supply of an ophthalmic device, the apparatuses including: an interferometer; an automatic alignment system that positions the interferometer or ophthalmic device; and a central processing unit in communication with the automatic alignment system and receiving measurements from the interferometer. The in-line apparatus measures the desired physical dimensions of the ophthalmic device in real time. In-line systems, apparatuses and methods for measuring a physical characteristic of an ophthalmic device can include: a camera imaging an actual position of a feature of the ophthalmic device; a vibration resistant interferometer projecting a surface measurement beam having a wavelength that transmits through a beam splitter onto the ophthalmic device; and an automatic alignment system positioning the interferometer and the camera.
US09995568B2
A job site monitoring system includes a tower-mounted scanner that is situated to monitor all or substantially all of a particular construction site. The scanner is configured to provide data to a processor configured to determine the height of fill material deposited at a job site. The processor is adapted to communicate with a remote client who can review the data collected at the job site. The processor may also be configured to compare the live fill height data to predetermined parameters to determine whether an error condition exists. An alert may be issued upon detection of such an error to enable corrective action to be taken before construction continues at the site.
US09995566B1
An eyeline sighting device includes a base portion for placing the device on a working surface and a top portion for visual alignment. The top portion includes a frame, at least one level for adjusting the position of the frame relative to a horizontal plane, a first sighting element, and a second sighting element. The pilot's position is adjusted until the second sighting element is brought into alignment with the first sighting element along the pilot's line of sight.
US09995563B2
A cartridge with a drive system and a projectile which is connected to the drive system, wherein the drive system has a propellant case filled with a propellant and has a case bottom containing a substantially axially extending case bottom opening with a T-shaped edge contour. The case bottom opening is closed by a plug which is of T-shaped configuration, receives an ignition cap and is held in position by a safety fuse ring of a rupture disc. The safety fuse ring is arranged between the front side of the head part of the plug and the rear side of an adjoining inner-side projection of the case bottom, with the result that the propellant chamber is delimited by the front surface of the plug neck. An inner edge of the safety fuse ring engages in a positively locking and/or non-positive manner into an outer groove-shaped recess of the plug.
US09995562B2
A liner includes a plurality of individual projectile cells and a web of joining material holding the plurality of projectile cells in a monolithic and continuous structure. The liner is cylindrical and formed of an additive manufacturing process.
US09995548B1
A reloading system and method for reloading cartridges into a removable ammunition magazine of a gun. The reloading system has a storage container for holding a supply of cartridges. A plurality of parallel walls creates columns within the internal chamber that are capable of holding multiple cartridges in stacked configurations. Each of the columns holding cartridges supply the cartridges to a common loading chamber. A loading port is provided on the storage container that leads into the common loading chamber. The loading port and the common loading chamber are sized to receive at least a portion of a magazine. As the magazine is advanced into the loading chamber, the cartridges held in the loading chamber pass into the magazine. The magazine is then removed from the loading chamber, wherein the cartridges remain within the magazine.
US09995532B2
Embodiments of a self-cleaning jet tube may include an elongate hollow body that is generally rectangular in cross-section and tapered from an open first end to a second end generally opposite the first end. The elongate hollow body may have an upper wall, a lower wall, side walls, a plurality of apertures arranged along the upper wall, an end plate coupled with the walls at the second end, and at least one through-slot. A through-slot may be disposed through the end plate or a wall, between the end plate and a wall, or between two walls. The jet tube may be configured for use with the through-slot(s) open and unblocked, thereby allowing debris to be expelled from the jet tube during operation of the jet veneer dryer. Corresponding systems and method are also provided herein.
US09995528B1
A refrigerator includes a cabinet having a storage compartment with a door pivotally coupled the cabinet between open and closed positions. A mullion assembly is operably coupled to the door between retracted and deployed positions relative to the door. The mullion assembly includes at least one receiving recess disposed on an inner surface thereof. At least one camera device is mounted on an inside edge of the door and vertically aligned with the at least one receiving recess of the mullion assembly, such that the camera device faces into the storage compartment when the first door is in the closed position, and is received in the receiving recess of the mullion assembly when the mullion assembly is in the retracted position. The camera device may also be mounted to a fixed portion of a hinge assembly that interconnects the mullion assembly and the door.
US09995520B2
An evaporator apparatus comprising at least one container configured to maintain liquid for freezing and a plurality of heat transfer compartments configured around the at least one container to allow for the flow of cold anti-freeze in order to freeze the liquid and warm anti-freeze in order to thaw frozen blocks of ice contained within the evaporator apparatus. A lever integrated into the body of the evaporator to allow for rotation of the evaporation in order to harvest the frozen blocks of ice. The evaporator further including, at least one inlet opening to allow for the inflow of anti-freeze into the plurality of heat transfer compartments and at least one outlet opening to allow for the discharge of anti-freeze from the evaporator apparatus.
US09995500B2
An adaptive ventilation system and method for a data center are provided. The adaptive ventilation system includes: one or more system-controlled vents facilitating dynamic redirection of airflow passing through the vent(s), and including (for instance) a plurality of adjustable louvers; and a plurality of sensors dispersed within the data center for ascertaining one or more feedback parameters within different zones of the data center. The system also includes a controller configured or programmed to automatically manage adjustment of the system-controlled vent(s) based on the ascertained feedback parameter(s) within the data center. The automatically managing includes, for instance, automatically controlling orientation of multiple louvers of the system-controlled vent(s) to dynamically facilitate a desired airflow discharge adjustment to at least one system-controlled vent based, at least in part, on the sensed feedback parameter(s) within the different zones.
US09995497B2
An Electronically-Controlled Register vent (ECRV) that can be easily installed by a homeowner or general handyman is disclosed. The ECRV can be used to convert a non-zoned HVAC system into a zoned system. The ECRV can also be used in connection with a conventional zoned HVAC system to provide additional control and additional zones not provided by the conventional zoned HVAC system. In one embodiment, the ECRV is configured have a size and form-factor that conforms to a standard manually-controlled register vent. In one embodiment, a zone thermostat is configured to provide thermostat information to the ECRV. In one embodiment, the zone thermostat communicates with a central monitoring system that coordinates operation of the heating and cooling zones.
US09995495B2
A HVAC system includes a cabinet configured as a duct, a coil assembly disposed within the cabinet, and at least one barrier configured to substantially segregate a low pressure zone associated with a downstream side of a heat exchanger of the coil assembly from a high pressure zone, wherein a leakage path is provided between the high pressure zone and the low pressure zone.
US09995493B2
An efficient fan controller for Heating Ventilating Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems including at least one electrical signal input from thermostat or equipment control terminals with a microprocessor to control a switching device connected to a signal output to control a fan relay and operate a system fan. The microprocessor is configured to monitor a thermostat call for cooling/heating duration and determine a variable fan-off delay based on the cooling cycle or heating cycle duration, and at an end of a cooling/heating cycle energize the fan relay to operate the system fan for the variable fan-off delay. The fan controller can include a heat pump detection signal input and electrical signal inputs to connect to a thermostat heat terminal, heat pump reversing valve terminal, or compressor terminal. The fan controller can also include a normally-closed relay connected to the switching device to maintain continuity between the fan signal input and output.
US09995483B2
An apparatus is provided for combining oxygen and fuel to produce a mixture to be burned in a burner. The oxygen-fuel mixture is ignited in a fuel-ignition zone in a flame chamber to produce a flame.
US09995469B2
A lighting fixture with a driver housing assembly indirectly coupled to a heat sink through an offset mounting bracket. The heat sink having at least one light source attached thereto and the driver housing assembly housing a driver for powering the at least one lighting source. The lighting fixture may include a number of heat sinks with lighting sources to provide various levels of lighting.
US09995467B2
A light emitting device and a holder thereof are provided, the light emitting device comprises a light emitting module, a holder, and a heat dissipate member formed with fastening holes in a surface thereof. The light emitting module comprises a substrate, a light emitting package, and at least two contact pads. The holder comprises a body, a bracket, at least two terminals pressed against the corresponding contact pads, and at least two latching members. The body has a top surface, a bottom surface, and a receiving opening and a plurality of fixing holes which penetrate through the top surface and the bottom surface. The receiving opening comprises an upper opening and a lower opening formed in the bottom surface of the body. The bracket is connected with the body and provided to the receiving opening for the light emitting module to abut against. By that the latching members are provided alongside the lower opening of the bottom surface of the body, when the light emitting module is assembled into the receiving opening, the latching members completely latch and fix the substrate into the receiving opening, so as to make the light emitting module not easily disengaged from the holder before the whole assembling is completed.
US09995466B2
A concealed connection system for a luminaire that includes an inner joining member having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front surface, a rear surface, a first side surface having a first guide surface, and a second side surface having a second guide surface. An outer joining member having a top surface, a bottom surface, a base surface, a front surface, a rear surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, a first interior side surface opposite the first side surface having a first guide surface, and a second interior side surface opposite the second side surface having a second guide surface. The inner joining member may be slidably engaged along the guide surfaces onto the outer joining member, and the inner joining member may be secured to the outer joining member using a securing member.
US09995462B2
An LED module includes a circular body member for mounting in a lighting assembly or luminaire that can be oriented in an opening in the luminaire by rotating the module about a center axis to a predetermined position to direct the light in a selected pattern. A mounting assembly captures the LED modules between top and bottom mounting members. The LED modules include a heat conducting body coupled to the mounting assembly to conduct heat away from the LED and PCB. A top side of the LED body cooperates with the mounting assembly. A bottom side of the LED body has a cavity supporting a PCB with a plurality of LEDs. A lens body is coupled to the bottom side of the body of the LED module to direct the light to the target area.
US09995460B2
There is provided an illumination device comprising: a wavelength converting layer comprising a photon emitting donor configured to absorb energy to reach an excited state, and a photon emitting acceptor; an energy source configured to provide energy to the donor such that the donor reach the excited state; wherein the donor and the acceptor are selected and arranged at a distance from each other such that non-radiative transfer of excitation energy from the donor to the acceptor occur, and wherein the acceptor is configured to emit a photon at a second wavelength after the transfer of energy; the illumination device further comprising a periodic plasmonic antenna array, arranged on the substrate and embedded within the wavelength converting layer, and comprising a plurality of individual antenna elements arranged in an antenna array plane, the plasmonic antenna array being configured to support a first lattice resonance at the second wavelength, arising from coupling of localized surface plasmon resonances in the individual antenna elements to photonic modes supported by the system comprising the plasmonic antenna array and the wavelength converting layer, wherein the plasmonic antenna array is configured to comprise plasmon resonance modes such that light emitted from the plasmonic antenna array has an anisotropic angle distribution.
US09995458B2
Provided is a ceramic phosphor plate including a first phosphor layer containing a short-wave phosphor in a transparent ceramic matrix and a second phosphor layer containing a long-wave phosphor, thereby enabling the reduction of a production cost by reducing an amount used of the high-priced long-wave phosphor (red phosphor).
US09995448B2
An emergency lighting device includes a housing containing a high voltage connection. A light emitter is connected to the housing. A compartment in the housing having an opening is separated from the high voltage connection. A battery is positioned in the compartment and accessible through the opening.
US09995446B2
A lighting system for stimulating plant growth. The system includes a first blade. The first blade includes at least some of the light fixtures in the first array of light fixtures. The system additionally includes a second blade. The second blade includes at least some of the light fixtures in the second array of light fixtures. The system moreover includes a support. The support configured to receive the first blade and connect the first blade to a power supply.
US09995441B2
In a LED lamp having an optically transmissive enclosure and a base connected to the enclosure a plurality of LEDs are operable to emit light when energized through an electrical path from the base. A reflector has an enclosed wall shape and is disposed such that LEDs are mounted inside of and outside of the reflector. The reflector includes a reflective outer surface where in cross-section the reflective outer surface is disposed at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the lamp such that the reflective outer surface diverges away from the longitudinal axis as it extends away from the base. The reflective outer surface may be disposed at an angle of between approximately 83 and 89 degrees relative to the plane of the LEDs.
US09995440B2
A solid-state linear lamp comprises a co-extruded component, the co-extruded component comprising multiple photoluminescence portions corresponding to different color temperatures, a diffuser portion, and a top portion, where the photoluminescence portion, the diffuser portion, and the top portion are integrally formed into the co-extruded component.
US09995431B2
A wearable load redistribution system can include a base support structure and a thoracic frame configured to surround an upper torso of a wearer of the system. The base support structure can include a support frame and a plurality of support members disposed at distal ends of the support frame. The thoracic frame can include a coupling structure, a front plate, and a plurality of struts. A connector member can removably connect the coupling structure to the support frame. The plurality of struts is mated to the front plate to redistribute a weight of the front plate away from shoulders of the wearer and towards the base support structure.
US09995428B2
A portable configurable support device includes a base panel, a ledge positioned at the bottom of the base panel for enabling an item to rest on the base panel; a bottom panel, a support panel, a first hinge for connecting the base panel to the bottom panel along one edge of each panel, and a second hinge for connecting the base panel to the support panel along an opposite edge of the base panel.The stops are formed in the bottom panel for enabling the edge of the support panel that is opposite to the second hinge to be positioned therein, to thereby enable the base panel to be positioned at a desired angle of incline with respect to the plane defined by the bottom panel.
US09995426B2
A furniture swivel for rotatably coupling first and second furniture components is disclosed. The furniture swivel includes a base, a rotor, and a retainer. The base may have a lower end for connecting to a first furniture component and an upper end including a planar base bearing surface. The rotor may have an upper end having a first portion for connecting to a second furniture component, and a lower end including a planar rotor bearing surface in sliding contact with the base bearing surface to form a plane bearing absent rolling elements for supporting the rotor and the first furniture component on the base. The retainer may be coupled to the base for substantially inhibiting translation of the rotor relative to the base.
US09995424B2
A molded three-dimensional insulator that is suitable for use in an end cone region of a pollution control device and a method of making the insulator are described. The insulator includes ceramic fibers that have a bulk shrinkage no greater than 10 weight percent. The ceramic fibers can contain alumina and silica and can be microcrystalline, crystalline, or a combination thereof.
US09995422B2
The absorbing device includes a hollow enclosed chamber including two pot parts. Open ends of the pot parts are connectable to each other by welding or soldering. Each of the pot parts is integrally formed in an opposing end of an air-conditioning conduit, wherein open ends of the pot parts are oriented toward each other. Each of the pot parts is provided with a reduced passage opening interconnected with an internal space of the air-conditioning conduit via a tapered section.
US09995419B1
A coupling assembly for securing two conduits together includes a coupling sleeve, a compression nut, and a stop seal ring. The coupling sleeve includes an outwardly-protruding stop flange, and the stop seal ring fits over the coupling sleeve without sliding past the stop flange. The coupling sleeve enters an expanded end of a first conduit until the stop seal ring is squeezed by the stop flange and the conduit. The conduit sleeve is crimped with the first conduit, and the nut with a compression ring therein is screwed onto the conduit sleeve. A second conduit is inserted into the nut and the conduit sleeve, and tightening the nut compresses the compression ring to grip and secure the second conduit. With the stop seal ring squeezed between the stop flange and the first conduit, the coupling assembly protects against rain or other liquids from entering the conduits.
US09995415B2
There is provided a flow rate adjustment apparatus including a main body inside which a fluid flow passage that guides a fluid has been formed, in which the main body is formed of a conductive fluorine resin material containing a fluorine resin material, and a carbon nanotube dispersed in the fluorine resin material, and in which a volume resistivity of the conductive fluorine resin material is more than 1.0×103 Ω·cm and less than 1.0×104 Ω·cm.
US09995411B1
The present invention relates to adhesive-based microvalves, as well as assemblies and cartridges having such microvalves. In particular examples, substantially planar layers of adhesive materials are used to construct both normally-open and normally-closed microvalves for fluid control within microfluidic laminate cartridges. Such microvalves and cartridges can be useful for medical, chemical, and biological investigations.
US09995410B2
The present application relates to a valve for a cryogenic gas. The valve includes a body with a main inlet, a main outlet, and a main passage. The valve also includes a main shutter for the main passage, the main shutter including an auxiliary inlet, an auxiliary outlet, and an auxiliary passage, in which an auxiliary shutter is arranged, which includes a closing surface configured to close the auxiliary outlet and be able to drive the main shutter in the closing direction, and a drive surface configured to drive the main shutter in the opening direction, while resting on the edge of the auxiliary inlet and blocking the auxiliary inlet partially in order to brake the flow there. The drive surface is formed by drive lugs which are connected to a head of the auxiliary shutter. The lugs form a bayonet coupling between the shutters. The present application also relates to an electrovalve.
US09995392B2
Disclosed are hollow pistons made from a single piece of starting material and methods of manufacturing unitary hollow pistons from a single solid rod as a starting material.
US09995389B2
A continuously variable transmission (100), wherein pressure equalization control is performed to make line pressure (PL) equal to secondary pressure (Psec) when prescribed start conditions are satisfied. During pressure equalization control, a secondary pressure indicated value (Psec_co) is raised by a prescribed amount (S10), then a line pressure indicated value (PL_co) is gradually decreased (S30). If determination is made that line pressure is the same as the secondary pressure after secondary actual pressure (Psec) is lowered (S40), then the line pressure is controlled so that the secondary actual pressure (Psec) becomes the secondary pressure indicated value (Psec_co) (S50). At the start of pressure equalization control, if the difference (ΔPsec) found by subtracting the secondary pressure indicated value from the secondary actual value is negative (S120), then a primary pressure indicated value is corrected on the basis of the difference (S130).
US09995387B2
A hydrostatic traction drive system of a mobile machine has a first hydraulic traction motor associated with a first vehicle side and a second hydraulic traction motor associated with a second vehicle side. The hydraulic traction motors are operated in an open circuit and are jointly supplied with hydraulic fluid by a single hydraulic pump. The first hydraulic traction motor is controlled by a first control valve and the second hydraulic traction motor is controlled by a second control valve. The first hydraulic traction motor and the second hydraulic traction motor are each variable displacement motors with an electrically variable displacement volume, and the first control valve and the second control valve are electrically actuatable control valves.
US09995374B2
A drive system for an agricultural work machine having a primary drive system configured to drive a performance system for performing a crop preparation or handling operation including a fluid motor, a fluid pump and a tensioner system. The fluid motor is configured to produce a drive force and to be driven by a flow of fluid moving through the motor. The fluid pump is operatively connected to the fluid motor and is configured to drive the fluid motor. The tensioner system is operatively connected to the fluid motor and to the fluid pump, wherein the direction of fluid flow through the fluid motor adjusts the application of at least one force applied to a belt in the drive system. The fluid motor is configured to adjust the force applied to the belt by regulating a belt tension in proportion to a torque provided by the fluid motor.
US09995372B2
A transmission for a hydraulic hybrid motor vehicle includes a planetary gear train (30) capable of differential operation. The planetary gear train has a first element (32) linked to an internal combustion engine (34), a second element (40) linked to drive wheels (22) of the vehicle, and a third element (36) linked to a hydraulic pump (64). The transmission (1) further includes a hydraulic machine which drives the drive wheels (22) by way of a link between the third element (36) of the planetary gear train (30) and the hydraulic pump (64). This link includes a speed reducer (38, 60) that provides, when the whole of the planetary gear train is rotating at the same speed, a reduction in the speed of rotation of the pump relative to that of the internal combustion engine (34) that is greater than a value of approximately two.
US09995370B2
A coupling assembly is provided for a transmission assembly, in particular for a multiple spider planetary gear transmission, wherein the transmission assembly has two speed-change gear units coupled to each other. A first shaft and a second shaft are coupleable with one of the speed-change gear units, wherein by blocking of one of the shafts two shifting stages of the transmission assembly are shiftable. A third shaft is provided as well as a first shifting element and a second shifting element, each of which couples the first shaft and the second shaft with the third shaft. A third shifting element is provided which can brake and/or block the third shaft.
US09995365B1
A method to improve vibration isolation in semiconductor process level inhibits vibration frequencies transmitted though building structure from production tools, pumps, compressors, chillers, AHUs (Air Handling Units), and footfalls traffic on raised floor system on to tool pedestals and pads from affecting semiconductor fabrication processes. Sound proofing material and foam is injected into hollow steel and/or aluminum support members and sound proofing adhesives and/or caulking are applied at points of connections in conjunction with mechanical fastening. In various applications, placement of shaped wielded rod utilized for dissipating vibration energy in center of hollow member which is surrounded with sound proofing material and/or foam. In addition, utilization of this method for dedicated MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) support pedestal, only attach as support for MEP lines, as to improve isolation of low frequency vibration.
US09995361B2
A damper includes a cylinder, an annular rod guide, an annular seat, a rod, an annular oil seal, a rebound cushion, and a communication passage. The cylinder houses an action chamber. The rod guide is secured to one side opening of the cylinder. The seat is secured to the rod guide. The rod is inserted through inner peripheral sides of the rod guide and the seat. The oil seal is held to an inner periphery of the rod guide and slidably in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the rod. The rebound cushion bumps against the seat. The communication passage transmits a pressure in the action chamber to the oil seal. An opening on the communication passage on the action chamber side is disposed on an outer peripheral side relative to a part of the seat against which the rebound cushion bumps.
US09995360B2
A damping bearing (34, 36) provides relative rotations between first and second subassemblies about a point (40). The first subassembly includes a fluid containment vessel (26, 26C, 26D) containing a fluid (32). The second subassembly includes a plunger (42) with a fluid deformation element (46, 46B) immersed in the fluid. The relative rotations are damped by viscosity of the fluid resisting motions of the fluid deformation element. Damping is especially effective in multiple planes containing a given line (23 or 43) through the point (40). The plunger may have rotational symmetry, and may be cylindrical about the given line. Lateral fluid bounding surfaces (50, 52, 52D) of the containment vessel may be spherical about the point, or may be shaped to provide clearance to the deformation element that varies with angular displacement between the first and second subassemblies to provide a predetermined damping profile.
US09995336B2
In a preferred embodiment a friction bushing is configured to rotate a shaft with resistance having a housing with a bore to receive the shaft; a flange plate positioned on the housing around the bore; and a number of flanges that protrude axially from the flange plate to receive the shaft, where the flanges generate a radially-directed force by being flexible from a relaxed radius to a shaft radius of the shaft, and the flanges have internal circumferentially spaced surfaces in contact with an external surface of the shaft having a topology to control the resistance as the shaft rotates in the friction bushing.
US09995333B2
Devices, systems, and methods for securing a component to a surface are disclosed. The fastening device can include a base member having a threaded projection extending from a base plate. A base sealing gasket can be provided between the base plate and a surface on which the base plate is mounted to ensure a water-tight fit. A capping nut having a nut aperture can be threadably engaged to the treaded projection, and a structural fastener can be inserted through the nut aperture for securing a structural component of a building-mounted structure. A nut sealing gasket can be disposed between within the capping nut to ensure a water-tight fit between the capping nut and the base member.
US09995328B2
A kit includes a furniture module bracket and a furniture leg. The furniture module bracket has a flange defining a furniture leg attachment opening. Protrusions are attached to the flange to define a keyway between adjoining protrusions. One of the protrusions defines a protrusion aperture. The furniture leg comprises a furniture leg bracket attached to a support member. The furniture leg bracket defines keys which can pass through the keyways. At least one of the keys defines a key aperture. The furniture leg can be attached to the furniture module by (i) inserting the furniture leg bracket into the furniture leg attachment opening, (ii) rotating the support member until the keys are no longer aligned with the keyways and (iii) securing the furniture module bracket to the furniture leg bracket with a fastener disposed within an aligned key aperture and a protrusion aperture.
US09995325B2
A locking clamp for use in a cable system for stretching a sheet across a surface and maintaining it under tension, the locking clamp having a base member defining a first grasping surface; an elongate tongue member rotatively coupled to a first portion of the base member and defining a second grasping surface, and a locking member that is rotatively coupled to a second portion of the base member and that is configured to selectively rotate the tongue member to urge at least a portion of the second grasping surface of the tongue member into engageable contact with the first grasping surface of the base member. The base member of the locking clamp also has a hook configured to removably engage a cable of a tensioning system.
US09995322B2
A multistage piston actuator exerts a driving pressure against a spring pressure into pressure chambers of piston bodies, fitted into a cylinder body, to operate the push rod. Each piston body is combined with a partition fitted into the cylinder body. Each piston body includes a pressure receiving plate portion, and an axial rod and a slidable cylindrical guide portion extending concentrically in opposite directions, the axial rod having an axial air passage connected to the pressure chambers. Each partition includes a base plate portion having a through-hole which receives the axial rod of an adjacent piston body, a large-diameter outermost cylindrical portion fitted into the cylinder body, and a slidable cylindrical guide portion slidably fit-engaged with the slidable cylindrical guide portion of the piston body. The axial rods of each piston body are brought into contact to operate the push rod.
US09995319B2
A hydraulic circuit includes a control valve, a first hydraulic actuator, and a second hydraulic. The hydraulic circuit is configured such that in a first step, the first hydraulic actuator opens a product barrier in response to movement of the control valve into a first position, in a second step, the second hydraulic actuator moves a product engagement member in a first direction and the first hydraulic actuator closes the product barrier in response to movement of the control valve into a second position, in a third step, the first hydraulic actuator opens the product barrier in response to movement of the control valve into the first position, and in a fourth step, the second hydraulic actuator moves the product engagement member in a second direction and the first hydraulic actuator closes the product barrier in response to movement of the control valve into the second position.
US09995318B2
A hybrid shovel includes an engine that is controlled at a constant revolution speed, a motor generator that assists the engine, a control part that controls a drive of the motor generator, and a hydraulic pump that is driven by the engine. The control part causes the motor generator to assist the engine when a revolution speed of the engine is lower than the constant revolution speed due to a load of the hydraulic pump. The control part causes the motor generator to decrease an assist output to said engine before the revolution speed of the engine returns to the constant revolution speed.
US09995315B2
A ceiling fan motor housing and cover side fixing structure includes a motor housing, a cover and a stator. The motor housing includes a rotor and plural side guide holes formed on a sidewall. The cover includes plural fixing holes formed at an edge of a top circular flange, and the side guide holes opposite to the fixing holes are fixed by plural passing-through fixing members, so that the motor housing and the cover are combined for accommodating the stator to simplify the overall assembly of the ceiling fan motor effectively, and provide a convenient way of combining the motor housing and the cover without increasing the width. Further, the wire winding space of the stator in the motor housing and the cover of the ceiling fan motor is increased for convenient assembling.
US09995314B2
A gas turbine engine including a compressor section and a turbine section, coupled by one or more shafts, is provided. The compressor section progressively compresses air and includes an aft-stage of rotor blades rotatable about an axial direction of the gas turbine engine. A cooling system is included with the gas turbine engine for cooling compressed air in or from the compressor section. The cooling system includes a fluid tank for storing a volume of cooling fluid and one or more fluid lines in fluid communication with the fluid tank. The one or more fluid lines include an outlet positioned adjacent to the aft-stage of rotor blades for injecting cooling fluid into the compressed air proximate the aft-stage of rotor blades.
US09995312B2
An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a turbine (2) which has a turbine housing (3) and which has an exhaust-gas control device (4, 5) arranged in the turbine housing (2); and having an actuator (12; 12′) which is operatively connected to the exhaust-gas control device (4, 5) via a drive train (6), with at least one damping connecting element (8; 8I; 8II; 8III; 8IV; 8V; 8VI) arranged in the drive train (6).
US09995306B2
A method of controlling fluid flow in a fluid network system by fluid machines includes obtaining a respective current flow rate associated with each fluid machine, obtaining a current fluid machine speed of each fluid machine, obtaining desired flow rates in the system, and determining a new fluid machine speed for each fluid machine based on the current fluid machine speed and a change in the fluid machine speed required to obtain the desired flow rates. The change in fluid machine speed is determined by minimizing a total fluid machine power which is a function dependent of the change in the fluid machine speed, the minimization being performed with constraints for flow rate, fluid machine pressure and fluid machine speed. The method include controlling the speed of the fluid machines according to the new fluid machine speeds such that the minimum total fluid machine power in the system is attained.
US09995302B2
A motor-driven compressor includes an electric motor, a drive circuit, a modulation method controller, a temperature measuring section, a high-temperature (HT) stop controller, and a high-temperature (HT) stop temperature setting section. The high-temperature (HT) stop controller stops the electric motor when the temperature measured by the temperature measuring section is higher than or equal to a predetermined high-temperature (HT) stop temperature. When the modulation method is the three-phase modulation, the HT stop temperature setting section sets the HT stop temperature to a three-phase high-temperature (HT) stop temperature. When the modulation method is the two-phase modulation, the HT stop temperature setting section sets the HT stop temperature to a two-phase high-temperature (HT) stop temperature, which is higher than the three-phase HT stop temperature.
US09995292B2
A pumping unit is operable between sucking and discharging states. The main body has a sucking channel, a discharging channel and at least one blocking mechanism. The sucking channel communicates with outside and an interior of the pumping unit, the discharging channel communicates with a receiving space of a receiving unit and the interior of the pumping unit, and one said blocking mechanism is arranged within the sucking channel to block the sucking channel selectively. Wherein, when the pumping unit is in the sucking state, the blocking mechanism unblocks the sucking channel, and the fluid enters the interior of the pumping unit; when the pumping unit is in the discharging state, the blocking mechanism blocks the sucking channel, and the fluid enters the receiving space. A pumping device is further provided for sucking a fluid from the receiving space and discharging the fluid to outside.
US09995291B2
A sealed compressor of the present invention comprises an electric component (111); a compression component (113) actuated by the electric component (111); and a sealed container (101) which accommodates therein the electric component (111) and the compression component (113), and stores lubricating oil therein; wherein the compression component (113) includes a crankshaft (135) including a main shaft (137) and an eccentric shaft (139); a cylinder block (117) including a bearing unit (123) supporting the main shaft (137) such that the main shaft is rotatable, and a cylinder (121) defining a compression chamber (119); and a suction muffler (131) through which a refrigerant gas (115) flows from an interior of the sealed container (101) to an interior of the compression chamber (119); a separating wall (165) is provided between the suction muffler (131) and the electric component (111); a first space (159) is formed between the suction muffler (131) and the separating wall (165); and a second space (163) is formed between the electric component (111) and the separating wall (165).
US09995286B2
A method of harnessing geothermal energy to produce electricity without polluting the environment by using universal portable closed loop systems is provided. The Scientific Geothermal Technology, The Self Contained In-Ground Geothermal Generator; The Self Contained Heat Exchanger; and The IN-LINE PUMP consist of several designs and variations complementing each other and/or operating separately in many different applications in energy sectors. The system can be used for harnessing heat from established lava (tube) flows; harnessing the waste heat from the flame on top of flare stacks; and other situation where a source of heat is difficult to access or is not suitable for relatively heavy equipment of a power plant or power unit. Also, included is an exemplary use for restoration of the Salton Sea which implements the Scientific Geothermal Technology for exchanging water from a salty terminal lake with oceanic water and for production of electricity and fresh water.
US09995283B2
A sliding bearing arrangement for a wind turbine and a method to service the bearing is provided. A sliding bearing arrangement of a wind turbine includes a first shaft and a second shaft, whereby a first radial sliding bearing is arranged between the shafts. The first radial sliding bearing includes bearing pads. The first shaft includes a collar, whereby the collar is arranged mainly perpendicular to the axis of rotation, and radially overlaps at least a part of a radial surface of the second shaft. The collar includes an opening to exchange the bearing pads of the first radial sliding bearing of the bearing arrangement.
US09995282B2
A selectively perceptible wind turbine system provides illumination in a low intensity and wavelength invisible to the human eye, but visible to certain bats. This illumination deters bats and other flying animals from going near the turbine without becoming a nuisance. At least one ultraviolet (UV) illumination source produces at least one UV beam with a wavelength of approximately 200 nm to approximately 400 nm. This UV beam extends between the UV illumination source and at least one turbine blade surface of a turbine blade. Contact between the UV beam and the turbine blade surface forms an illumination interface with a power density of less than 100 μW/cm2.
US09995279B2
A wind turbine blade includes one or more electric powered modules powered by light beams so as to provide a galvanic separation between the electric powered modules and a lightning protection system in a wind turbine blade. The modules have a power supply converting an energy source in the form of light beams to electrical power for the one or more modules. A wind turbine and a method for manufacturing a wind turbine blade are also disclosed.
US09995278B2
The present disclosure is directed to a digital twin interface for managing a wind farm having a plurality of wind turbines. The digital twin interface includes a graphical user interface (GUI) displaying a digital equivalent of the wind farm. For example, the digital equivalent of the wind farm includes environmental information and a digital representation of each of the wind turbines arranged in the wind farm. The interface also includes a control icon arranged with each of the digital representations of the wind turbines. In certain embodiments, the control icons of each wind turbine may correspond to a control dial. More specifically, the control icon of each digital representation of the wind turbines includes information regarding current and optimum operating conditions of the digital wind turbine. The interface also includes one or more control features configured to optimize performance of the wind farm.
US09995277B2
A method for controlling a wind farm includes: receiving temperature data associated with a plurality of locations along a sound path between the wind farm and a sound immission point from one or more sensors; estimating a propagation characteristic of the sound path based at least in part on the temperature data; predicting a noise level at the sound immission point based at least in part on the propagation characteristic; determining a control signal for one or more wind turbines in the wind farm based at least in part on the noise level; and using the control signal to control the one or more wind turbines.
US09995274B2
The invention concerns a rotor hub of a wind power installation comprising a handling apparatus for lifting the rotor hub by means of a crane for mounting the rotor hub to a pod arranged on a wind power installation pylon, wherein the handling apparatus is so adapted that upon being lifted at a fixing portion of the handling apparatus the rotor hub rotates from a perpendicular orientation with a substantially perpendicular hub axis into a horizontal orientation with a substantially horizontal hub axis.
US09995271B2
A wind turbine blade for a wind turbine is a shell structure of a fiber-reinforced composite and comprises a root region and an airfoil region. The root region has a ring-shaped cross section and comprises a plurality of elongated bushings 7 with an inner thread 22 and which are embedded interspaced in the fiber-reinforced polymer so as to substantially follow the circumference of the root region and allow access from the outside to the inner threads 22. The bushings 7 are formed conically tapering from a second end towards a first end thereof, the first end of the bushing 7 being arranged at the end face of the root region.
US09995270B2
A rotor blade of a wind turbine is provided, wherein the rotor blade has a flow deflection device for influencing an airflow flowing from the leading edge section of the rotor blade to the trailing edge section of the rotor blade. The flow deflection device passively changes its configuration depending on the bending of the rotor blade. Furthermore, the airflow is influenced such that load on the rotor blade is reduced. Furthermore, a method to reduce load on a rotor blade of a wind turbine is provided.
US09995264B2
Starting current limitation system 20 having at least a first electrical connection component 30 which can be connected to a battery pole 12, a second electrical connection component 34 which can be connected to a starter 18, and a parallel circuit which is connected between the first connection component 30 and the second connection component 34 and which comprises a branch 24a having a amperage control device 24 and a branch 22a having an electrical resistor 22. An optimization of structural space is achieved when the branch 22a having the electrical resistor 22, the branch 24a having the amperage control device 24 and the first connection component 30 are arranged inside a pole niche 26a of the battery pole 12.
US09995261B2
A fuel injector includes an injector body defining a liquid fuel passage, a gaseous fuel passage, and a first guide bore; a gaseous fuel check guided within the first guide bore between a retracted position and an advanced position to selectively open and block, respectively, fluid communication between the gaseous fuel passage and a gaseous fuel nozzle outlet; and a sleeve seal seated within the first guide bore, the sleeve seal having an inner surface defining a sleeve seal bore therethrough, and at least a portion of the gaseous fuel check is disposed within the sleeve seal bore; an outer surface of the sleeve seal including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being disposed closer to a longitudinal axis of the sleeve seal bore along a radial direction than the second portion.
US09995257B2
An exemplary intake manifold may include an upper manifold configured to receive fresh air, an EGR tube configured to introduce exhaust gas into the upper manifold to be mixed with the fresh air, and a lower manifold configured to distribute the mixture of the fresh air and the exhaust gas cylinders of the internal combustion engine. The upper manifold may include an upper shell and a lower shell that may cooperate to define at least one channel in which at least a portion of the EGR tube may be secured.
US09995254B1
Provided is a device used in the air induction tube of an internal combustion engine after the air filter and before the throttle body, and in particular to a device used to separate an air flow into a plurality of segments. The device can be made of two pieces. Each piece is initially a flat plate. A slit is formed half way through each plate and the corners are cut off or clipped. Each plate is then formed to have two generally curved portions. The pieces are joined via the slits resulting in the device. The pieces are generally perpendicular to each other at their intersection. The device is fitted into the air induction tube upstream of the throttle body, whereby it separates the air flow into distinct segments. The curved walls can be slightly compressed when inserted into an induction tube to hold the assembly in place.
US09995253B2
An air duct system includes a first member that includes a groove disposed around only a portion of an opening. A second member defines a passage extending along a longitudinal axis, and is in fluid communication with the opening of the first member. The second member includes a flange disposed within the groove of the first member. The engagement between the flange and the groove restricts relative movement between the first member and the second member in an axial direction along the longitudinal axis. An attachment system connects the first member and the second member together, and restricts relative movement between the first member and the second member in a lateral direction that is transverse to the longitudinal axis, to secure the flange within the groove.
US09995249B2
An intake and exhaust system of an internal combustion engine includes an exhaust gas recirculation passage (35) communicates a part of an exhaust passage (7) downstream of a turbine with a part of an intake passage (6) upstream of a compressor and a cooling circuit (51), the cooling circuit including a first evaporator (52) provided in a part of the exhaust passage downstream of the turbine and upstream of a junction with the exhaust gas recirculation passage and storing a medium, an ejector pump (54) using vapor from the first evaporator as a driving flow, a condenser (57) for cooling and condensing the vapor ejected from the ejector pump and returning the condensed medium to the first evaporator, and a second evaporator (55) provided in the exhaust gas recirculation passage to cool the exhaust gas passing through the exhaust gas recirculation passage by evaporating a medium stored therein with a negative pressure created by the ejector pump.
US09995248B2
A generator system includes (i) an internal combustion engine, (ii) an exhaust gas outlet, connected to the internal combustion engine, for venting exhaust gasses, and (iii) a condenser, connected to the exhaust gas outlet, for condensing water from exhaust gasses.
US09995247B2
An aircraft thrust reverser inner wall and method of manufacturing the same. The aircraft thrust reverser inner wall may include a face sheet, a perforated back sheet, and a core sandwiched between the face sheet and the perforated back sheet. The face sheet may have an inner face sheet surface and an outer face sheet surface, and the core may have an inner core surface, an outer core surface, and a plurality of cell walls extending therebetween. An electro-depositable material may be applied, via electrodeposition, in a substantially continuous layer over the outer core surface, the cell walls, and the outer face sheet surface, thus bonding the face sheet and core together. The perforated back sheet may be attached to the core at the outer core surface, and a conductive coating may be applied to the inner face sheet surface.
US09995241B1
Methods and systems are provided for controlling fuel injectors included in a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle. The fuel injection system includes a fuel rail. The methods and systems measure data for the fuel injector relating fuel injection flow rate and fuel injector energization time at a first rail pressure. The methods and systems transform the measured data using a correlation function t to correlated data relating fuel injection flow rate and injector energization time at a second rail pressure different from the first rail pressure. The methods and systems control the fuel injector using the correlated data relating fuel injection flow rate and injector energization time.
US09995238B2
Methods and systems for simultaneously operating port fuel injectors and direct fuel injectors of an internal combustion engine are described. In one example, different duration port fuel injection windows are provided to maximize fuel injection amount and improve accuracy of an amount of fuel injected during a cylinder cycle via port and direct fuel injectors.
US09995234B2
Methods and systems are provided for accurately estimating intake aircharge based on the output of an intake oxygen sensor while flowing EGR, purge, or PCV hydrocarbons to the engine. The unadjusted aircharge estimate is used for engine fuel control while the hydrocarbon adjusted aircharge estimate is used for engine torque control. A controller is configured to sample the oxygen sensor at even increments in a time domain, stamp the sampled data in a crank angle domain, store the sampled data in a buffer, and then select one or more data samples corresponding to a last firing period from the buffer for estimating the intake aircharge.
US09995230B2
In an engine control device, an automatic engine stop control section automatically stops an engine operating when an automatic engine stop condition is satisfied. An engine start control section supplies electric power to a starter to drive the starter when receiving an initial engine start intention signal transmitted from a push starter and when an automatic engine start condition has been satisfied. An engine start completion detection section detects whether the engine start of the engine has finished. An automatic engine stop permission section permits the automatic engine stop control section to stop the engine operating when the automatic engine stop permission section detects that the engine start has finished at a timing when the engine start control section has started the engine after receiving an initial engine start intention detection signal transmitted from the push starter.
US09995229B2
A method of stopping and starting an engine of a vehicle having a manually operated clutch system including a clutch for driveably connecting the engine to a transmission includes controlling stopping and starting of the engine based on first and second clutch engagement thresholds selected based on whether the clutch is being engaged or disengaged. The first threshold corresponds to a more disengaged state of the clutch than the second threshold. The first threshold is used when the clutch is being disengaged to decide whether the engine can be shut down while the transmission remains in-gear. The second threshold is used when the clutch is being engaged to decide whether the engine can be started while the transmission remains in-gear. By using a less conservative threshold for starting the engine than stopping the engine, the number of inhibited restarts is reduced.
US09995220B2
The described gas turbine engine fuel manifold includes one or more fuel conduits defined within a ring-shaped manifold body, each of the fuel conduits being fluidly connected to a respective separate group of fuel injection nozzles. Each of the fuel conduits, which extend from a conduit inlet to a conduit end, include a first portion extending continuously between the conduit inlet and an inflexion of the conduit, and a second portion downstream of the first portion and connected thereto in serial flow communication, the second portion extending between the inflexion and the conduit end. The inflexion being a single exit of the first portion such that fuel flows uninterrupted between the conduit inlet and the inflexion. The respective separate group of fuel injection nozzles of the fuel conduit fluidly communicating exclusively with the second portion of the fuel conduit.
US09995218B2
A hydraulic fracturing system for fracturing a subterranean formation is disclosed. In an embodiment, the system may include a plurality of electric pumps configured to pump fluid into a wellbore associated with a well at a high pressure; at least one turbine generator electrically coupled to the plurality of electric pumps so as to generate electricity for use by the plurality of electric pumps, each turbine generator having at least one air intake channel; and an air chiller system associated with the at least one turbine generator, the air chiller system comprising: a chiller unit configured to chill a fluid; and at least one coil in fluid communication with the chiller unit and positioned adjacent to the at least one air intake channel, wherein the air chiller system is configured to increase a power output of the at least one turbine generator.
US09995215B2
A method for preventing a piston oil-up, may include determining an oil-up condition formation to use a controller, wherein an oil-up oil generates since an engine oil moves upward above a piston, after an engine operation state is verified; determining a suction condition of the oil-up oil to use the controller based on any of a cylinder total control suction method, a cylinder explosion sequence suction method and a cylinder identical stroke sequence suction method when the oil-up condition has been formed; and operating an oil pump to use the controller, sucking the oil-up oil to use a suction force of the oil pump and discharging the sucked oil-up oil from a cylinder block.
US09995211B2
An enclosure for a standby generator includes a frame having a base for supporting an engine and an alternator driven by the engine, a back wall extending generally vertically from the base, and first and second sidewalls extending generally vertically from the base and connected to the back wall at opposite ends of the enclosure, the first and second sidewall each having a top edge, generally sloping downward from the back wall forward. The enclosure also includes first and second doors, each respectively attached to the first and second sidewalls of the frame such that each pivots about the top edge of the first and second sidewalls.
US09995208B2
An engine housing has the shape of a regular dodecagonal, and includes a piston of the same shape that moves with a circular pivot movement about the axis of a main shaft. The piston is guided in parallel by three crankshafts synchronously rotating about this center of rotation. Through this pivot movement, the piston in six combustion chambers each consecutively brings about the four cycles of a spark ignition or diesel engine. The three crankshafts are in permanent engagement through gears which are attached in a fixed manner with a sun wheel, which is seated on a main shaft in a fixed manner, driving it.
US09995207B2
A turbocharger system comprises a first relatively small high-pressure (HP) turbocharger and a second relatively large low pressure (LP) turbocharger. The turbine of the LP turbocharger is connected in series downstream of the turbine of the HP turbocharger. A first exhaust bypass flow passage provides a bypass flow path around the HP turbine. A second exhaust bypass flow passage provides a bypass flow path around the LP turbine. A rotary valve is located at a junction of the first and second bypass flow passages and a first exhaust gas flow passage. The rotary valve comprises a valve rotor which is rotatable selectively to permit or block flow to the LP turbine and to permit or block flow to the first and second bypass paths.
US09995203B2
An internal combustion engine includes an engine block having a cylinder bore and a cylinder head having a flame deck surface disposed at one end of the cylinder bore. A piston connected to a rotatable crankshaft and configured to reciprocate within the cylinder bore has a piston crown portion facing the flame deck surface such that a combustion chamber is defined within the cylinder bore and between the piston crown and the flame deck surface. A fuel injector having a nozzle tip disposed in fluid communication with the combustion chamber has at least one nozzle opening configured to inject a fuel jet into the combustion chamber along a fuel jet centerline. At least one arcuate indent is formed in the top surface in aligned fashion with the fuel jet and including an entry surface, a recirculation surface and a wall.
US09995202B2
A sparkplug assembly having a prechamber volume is operatively associated with the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine such that the prechamber volume is in fluid communication with the combustion chamber. To purge exhaust gasses from the prechamber volume prior to ignition, the sparkplug assembly is operatively associated with a high-pressure air/fuel source that directs a pressurized air/fuel purge charge to the prechamber volume. The pressurized air/fuel purge charge may be at stoichiometric conditions. The high-pressure air/fuel source is configured to direct the pressurized air/fuel purge charge during at least a portion of the compression stroke to maintain a largely stoichiometric mixture of air and fuel in the prechamber volume.
US09995197B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure may estimate the amount of ammonia adsorbed in an SCR catalyst as accurately as possible. The ammonia adsorption amount is calculated by integrating the quantity of ammonia supplied to the SCR filter, the quantity of ammonia consumed in reduction of NOx in the SCR catalyst, and the quantity of ammonia desorbed from the SCR catalyst. In the calculation, a differential pressure change rate defined as the increase in a converted differential pressure value per unit increase in the filter PM deposition amount is referred to. The ammonia desorption quantity is calculated in such a way that the calculated value of the ammonia desorption quantity is made smaller when the differential pressure change rate is smaller than a predetermined threshold than when the differential pressure change rate is equal to or higher than the predetermined threshold.
US09995173B2
The present disclosure relates to cooling systems for turbine stators. A stator may include a vane platform. A ducting plate may be coupled to the vane platform. The ducting plate and the vane platform may form a cooling chamber between the ducting plate and the vane platform. The ducting plate may include an inlet adjacent to a leading edge of the vane platform. The vane platform may include an outlet adjacent to a trailing edge of the vane platform. The ducting plate may be configured to channel cooling air through the cooling chamber from the leading edge to the trailing edge.
US09995171B2
A mid-turbine frame for a gas turbine engine includes an outer frame case and an inner frame case. At least one spoke connects the outer frame case to the inner frame case. The spoke includes an inlet passage with at least one branch that extends in an axial direction.
US09995167B2
A blade monitoring system and method for a turbine assembly comprising rotating blades (14), the system comprising at least one sensor (10, 12) for transmitting a signal towards said rotating blades and detecting a time-varying return signal therefrom, and one or more processors (20) configured to calculate the time derivative of said return signal, generate a phase variation signal for said time derivative, determine minima points within said phase variation signal and measure said signal at said minima points so as to identify data representative of respective minimum path lengths, each said minimum path length corresponding to the returned signal as each respective blade passes said sensor, and generate, using said minimum path lengths, a time series of data representing the returned signal from individual blades as they pass the sensor.
US09995164B2
Provided is a rotating fluid machine capable of holding down a decrease rate of a circumferential velocity of a leakage fluid in an interspatial flow passage and thereby controlling an unstable fluid force. A steam turbine includes: an interspatial flow passage 15 formed between an outer circumferential surface of a rotor blade cover 6 and an inner circumferential surface of a grooved section 14 in a casing 1; annular sealing fins 17A to 17D spatially arranged in a direction of a rotor axis, at a side of the rotor blade cover 6 in the interspatial flow passage 15; and a friction enhancement portion (more specifically, rough surfaces 19A to 19E) disposed over the whole circumference on the side of the rotor blade cover 6 in the interspatial flow passage 15.
US09995157B2
A stator vane for a gas turbine engine includes an airfoil that extends radially from a first side of a platform. A pocket is provided in the platform on a second side opposite the airfoil. Forward and aft rails extend from the second side of the platform. One of the forward and aft rails includes a radial surface. An impingement plate is secured to the platform over the pocket. The impingement plate includes a radial flange that engages the radial surface.
US09995146B2
A turbine airfoil includes a leading edge and a trailing edge. Also included is a cooling channel extending in a radial direction and tapering inwardly toward the trailing edge, the cooling channel at least partially defined by a pressure side face and a suction side face. Further included is a first plurality of turbulators protruding from one of the pressure side face and the suction side face to define a first height, the first plurality of turbulators extending toward the trailing edge of the turbine airfoil and spaced radially from each other. Yet further included is a second plurality of turbulators protruding from one of the pressure side face and the suction side face to define a second height that is less than the first height, the second plurality of turbulators extending toward the trailing edge of the turbine airfoil and spaced radially from each other.
US09995145B2
A process for providing cooling fluid holes in an airfoil portion of a turbine engine component comprising: positioning a first core with metering/tripping features that form a row of protrusions, and teardrop features that form a fluid passageways, the teardrop features including a central teardrop feature having a trailing edge, a first teardrop feature located on a first side of and spaced from the central teardrop feature, the first teardrop feature having a longitudinal axis and being non-symmetrical about the longitudinal axis, and a second teardrop feature located on a second side of and spaced from the central teardrop feature, the second teardrop feature having a longitudinal axis and non-symmetrical about the longitudinal axis; joining the core to a ceramic core; forming the turbine engine component; removing the core, forming a cooling microcircuit with fluid outlets; and drilling a central portion of the cooling microcircuit forming a converging/diverging outlet.
US09995126B1
An improvement to a sonic drilling system comprising a high-pressure, high-volume water pump connected to a fluid supply and a length of casing in a borehole; an elastic sonic rod string; an eductor coupling having an upwardly directed convergent nozzle; a transition rod; a sub-coupling having a laterally directed convergent nozzle; and a shoe rock bit having a downwardly directed convergent nozzle. The water pump provides fluid down the bore of the sonic rod string, the eductor, the transition rod, the sub-coupling and the rock bit whereby adjustable high-pressure, high-volume fluid is forced through the sonic rod string, the eductor, the transition rod, the sub-coupling and the rock bit to fracture, cut and agitate targeted mineral into slurry and whereby the light slurry is directed effectively upwardly through the annulus to the surface for extraction and heavy slurry gravitates into a sump trap and is recovered with a core barrel.
US09995121B2
This invention relates to a method for selective removal of silica and silicon containing compounds from solutions that include silica and silicon containing compounds, including geothermal brines.
US09995119B2
A method of operating a pumping system includes an electric motor and a variable speed drive. The method includes the steps of setting a first preference for the operation of the motor, loading a first optimized motor model into the variable speed drive and controlling the motor in accordance with the first preference. The method continues with the steps of monitoring the performance of the motor and setting a second preference for the operation of the motor, wherein the second preference is different from the first preference. The method concludes with the steps of loading a second optimized motor model into the variable speed drive and controlling the motor in accordance with the second preference.
US09995118B2
Upper and lower pressure equalizers couple to a lower end of a motor of an electrical submersible pump assembly. An intermediate connection having a liquid flow passage connects the pressure equalizers. A connection valve located in the liquid flow passage closes the liquid flow passage prior to connecting the pressure equalizers with each other, and opens the liquid flow passage after the connection between the pressure equalizers is made. A sensor lower equalizer wire extends from a sensor unit through the lower pressure equalizer to a lower electrical terminal at the upper end of the lower pressure equalizer. A sensor upper equalizer wire connects to the lower electrical terminal and extends through the upper pressure equalizer to an upper electrical terminal at the upper end of the upper pressure equalizer. A sensor motor wire extends downward from the motor into engagement with the upper electrical terminal.
US09995108B2
A layer of permeable material is positioned on an area of lost circulation lithology in a wellbore. An example of the permeable material includes a planar member with perforations that is rolled into and retained in an annular configuration. The permeable material is lowered into the wellbore adjacent the area of lost circulation and allowed to unroll and expand radially outward against walls of the wellbore. The wellbore wall along the area of lost circulation lithology can be reamed out so the layer of permeable material is out of the way of a drill bit. Applying a bridging agent on the interface where the permeable material contacts the wellbore wall forms a flow barrier.
US09995102B2
A manifold trailer is provided and includes a chassis, a low pressure piping system disposed along a length of the chassis, and a single high pressure output manifold disposed along the length of the chassis, the high pressure output manifold terminating at a splitter that distributes fluids from the high pressure manifold to a wellhead.
US09995099B2
A setting tool for performing a wellbore operation includes a mandrel, a cylinder slidably engaged with the mandrel, and a variable volume first chamber formed between the mandrel and the cylinder and a containment member having a second chamber adjacent to the first chamber. The setting tool also includes a support fluid disposed in the first chamber, a slidable support axially and circumferentially distributed inside the first chamber, and a valve disposed between the first chamber and the second chamber. The valve is configured to flow the support fluid from the first chamber to the second chamber. The support fluid and the slidable support, support the cylinder against a downhole pressure. The setting tool is conveyed into the wellbore and connected to a consumer. The setting tool is actuated to set the consumer.
US09995094B2
A powered clamp for transmitting torque to a drill pipe comprises an outer housing disposed around an axial central passage and connected to a plurality of carrier guides defining a plurality of radial slots. An inner housing defines a coaxial central passage, is rotatably connected to the outer housing, and defines a plurality of actuator slots having a spiral configuration relative to the centerline axis. A carrier is slidably disposed in each slot between the carrier guides and has a carrier pin extending into a respective one of the actuator slots. At least one powered linear actuator is connected between the outer and inner housing to selectively rotate the housings relative to one another. This rotation causes the carriers to move radially inward and outward as the carrier pins travel along the actuator slots, selectively gripping and releasing the drill pipe.
US09995091B2
A rock drill telescopic arm is provided having a fixed arm which is sleeved on a movable arm; a telescopic oil cylinder; a plurality of adjusting blocks in the fixed arm along a circumferential direction thereof; a plurality of adjusting screw rods for respectively adjusting the position of each of the adjusting blocks on the fixed arm; a wear-resistant sliding block between at least part of the adjusting blocks and the movable arm; and a retainer at an opening end of the fixed arm for preventing the wear-resistant sliding block from moving along a telescoping direction of the movable arm, wherein the movable arm can be driven by the telescopic oil cylinder to slide along the wear-resistant sliding block. A rock drill equipped with the rock drill telescopic arm provides for convenient adjustment of a gap between the fixed arm and the movable arm.
US09995089B1
A system for connecting drill pipe to facilitate bi-rotational drilling and methods of bi-rotational drilling using the system are described. The system includes a rotatable sleeve disposed on the end of one pipe joint and a guide on the other pipe joint in which both sleeve and guide have mating threads to pull the joint together and pipe end structures to prevent rotation when the joints are pulled together.
US09995084B1
Disclosed is a hammer reamer that comprises similar features to prior art reamers such as cutting wheels and a product-pulling feature. An exemplary hammer reamer, however, also includes a hammer component operable to deliver a percussive cycle of an internal piston component. Notably, an internal impact surface within the head of the hammer reamer is positioned relative to the piston component in the hammer consistent with a “sweet spot” position of a drill bit used in a pilot boring configuration. Unlike a slidably engaged drill bit, however, the internal impact surface in the hammer reamer is fixed in place so that the impact surface remains in the “sweet spot” of the piston stroke range. In this way, even though the hammer reamer is being pulled back through a bore while the drill string is being retracted, the hammer component may continue to deliver percussive blows to the hammer reamer head to introduce a vibratory force that contributes to the efficiency of the reaming process.
US09995078B2
A rebound suppression system for a sliding door is provided with a sliding door, a rail provided on an outer frame of the sliding door, a roller secured to the sliding door and configured to rotate in accordance with opening and closing motions of the sliding door, a fitting portion having a width smaller than the width of the roller and provided on at least a part of the rail, a rebound preventing roller having a width smaller than that of the fitting portion, and a pressing mechanism configured to press the rebound preventing roller against the rail and the fitting portion by an elastic body.
US09995071B2
A system and method for inhibiting inadvertent movement of a window sash out of a fully open position. Brake shoes travel in the guide tracks as the window sash is moved between a fully open position and a fully closed position. A stop is mounted within the guide tracks. The brake shoe and the stop contact and interconnect when the window sash is moved to its fully open position. The brake shoe is separable from the stop when a closing force is manually applied to the window sash that acts to move the window sash away from its fully open position. The force applied must exceed a threshold level. In this manner, the window sash will remain in its fully open position and will not inadvertently drift closed due to gravity, vibrations or contact with another window sash.
US09995068B2
A door locking device includes: a pivot end wall portion extending from a pivot end side of a door 131, and having a first through-hole formed therein; an opposed wall portion 20 being opposed to the pivot end wall portion when the door 131 is closed, and having a second through-hole 23A, 23B formed therein; a key cylinder including a movable element 33 configured to be displaced in accordance with unlocking/locking operation; and a pivot hook 40A, 40B configured to interlock with the movable element 33. When the door is unlocked, the pivot hook 40A, 40B retreats to an inner side of the door 131 with respect to the first through-hole, whereas when the door is locked, the pivot hook enters the second through-hole 23A, 23B via the first through-hole to keep the door 131 and a door 132 closed.
US09995065B2
A vehicle door handle assembly includes an actuating element, which is actuated by a user gripping the handle from behind. The actuating element protrudes outward through a recess in the handle from an inner cavity through a wall of the handle over an outer contour of the handle. The actuating element is movable through the recess in the direction of the handle inner cavity against an elastic restoring force. The actuating element is at least in sections made of a metal. Located inside the handle is a stationary electric module with an inductive distance sensor so that when the actuating element moves, the distance of the actuating element in relation to the inductive distance sensor changes. An evaluation unit detects the signals of the inductive distance sensor, detects an actuation as a function of the signals, and provides an output signal.
US09995064B2
A blocking mechanism for preventing the opening of a tail gate on a vehicle having a hitch member, the blocking mechanism comprising a triangularly shaped frame having two horizontal members and two diagonal members, wherein each of the two diagonal members include an upper and lower end and each of the two horizontal members include a proximal and distal end; the lower ends of the two diagonal members are rotationally connected to a connecting bracket and the upper ends are attached to angled brackets, wherein the connecting member is attached to hitch member; the distal ends of the two horizontal members are attached to the angled brackets and the proximal ends are joined via a pair of connection elements; and a padlock is configured to lock the pair of connection elements.
US09995063B2
The invention relates to a safety gate including a frame with a horizontal base member and usually two vertical upright post members affixed to each end of the base member at its lower end; a door mounted for hinged opening movement, hingedly attached to the vertical upright post member; the frame being held in position by frictional engagement against supporting walls of an opening, provided and adjusted by attachment means which are mounted on adjusting rods; the door includes an upper bar and a lower bar connected together with a number of pales spaced apart to form an effective barrier; the door also including a closing mechanism for releasibly retaining the door in the closed position. The attachment means includes a pressure gauge which measures the frictional pressure between the frame and supporting wall of the opening, and an electronic processing means which compares the pressure reading from the pressure gauge to a predetermined level and indication means which provide an indication when the measured pressure level is lower than the predetermined level. Power storage means are provided to provide autonomous power to the processor and the indication means. The indication means includes a wireless transmission means to transmit the indication of low pressure to a computer, tablet or smart phone.
US09995055B1
An adaptable tent system is described. The adaptable tent system may include a base system having a rigid surface defining a perimeter edge and a canopy including a flexible membrane with a membrane edge and a canopy fastener, the canopy fastener extending along and fixably attached to the membrane edge, the canopy fastener adapted to mate with an interconnecting member fastener. The tent system may also include an interconnecting member including an interconnecting member body, an attachment member, and the interconnecting member fastener. The attachment member may be attached to the base member, so that the interconnecting member and base member are fixably attached together. The interconnecting member fastener may be configured to mate with any one of a plurality of different canopy fasteners so that when the canopy fastener and the interconnecting member fastener are mated, the interconnecting member and the canopy are connected.
US09995049B2
A method of operating a swimming pool with a circulating water flow. The method including the steps of discharging a jet of water and splitting the flow of water. The discharging step including the discharging of a jet of water from an outlet at a head end of the swimming pool into a swimming compartment, whereby the jet of water flows in a primary flow path toward a foot end of the swimming compartment. The splitting step including the splitting of the flow of water to define two circuitous flow paths, each said flow path having a return flow path flowing within said swimming compartment in a direction generally opposite to said primary flow path back toward said head end.
US09995048B1
A handheld concrete finisher is disclosed for finishing concrete from an upright or standing position. The concrete finisher includes a concrete finishing tool, a handle assembly, a multi-axis pivot assembly attached between the handle assembly and the concrete finishing tool, and a control mechanism that allows an operator to selectively prevent the handle assembly from pivoting or rotating about one of the pivot axes. The multi-axis pivot assembly allows the operator to pivot the handle assembly both side to side and backward and forward relative to the concrete finishing tool, and to prevent the handle assembly from rotating while still allowing the handle assembly to pivot side to side. The finishing tool is detachable and can be any one of a number of tools for preparing concrete, based on the job requirements. The handle assembly can be adjusted for the operator's height and/or to extend the operator's reach.
US09995045B2
A panel, which, at two opposite edges, is provided with coupling parts that allow joining by a downward movement, said coupling parts including a male part that fits in a female part, wherein vertically active locking portions are provided at opposite sides of the male part and female part, wherein these locking portions are located at different distances from an upper side of the panels.
US09995042B2
An assembly for covering a gutter is disclosed which comprises a mounting member for attachment to a fascia or rafter or the like (10; 100) and a cover member (50) for covering and enclosing a gutter. The mounting member provides upper (22; 120) and lower (34;117) engagement means for engagement with corresponding engagement means (58, 62) defined in ends of the cover member. The engagement means of the mounting member include at least one gap or a space defined between two spaced walls for receiving a generally v-shaped end of the cover and at least one of the walls defines a flange/stop for engaging with the end of the cover for retaining the end of the cover between the walls. The cover will typically be formed from a material such as rolled steel, which may be coated painted or otherwise treated so as to be rust-resistant. The engagement means for the cover will typically be a generally v-shaped bend in one end of the over which engages in the slot by compression of the sides of the “v” together then expansion to engage in the gap/space. The bracket (10) may be generally planar and attach to a fascia board of a roof defining apertures for receiving fasteners in its front face for attachment to the fascia board. Alternatively the bracket (110) may define an attachment plate oriented at an angle of about 90° to the front face of the bracket for attachment directly to rafter, thus obviating the need for a fascia board.
US09995034B2
A temporary room structure formed by a series of lightweight rails inserted between opposing posts. Each post has a one or more slots that run along the length of the post. The slots receive the ends of rails and maintain them in place. One or more metallic beams also are inserted between and connected to respective posts to add stability to the structure.
US09995015B2
A side wall of a movable part of an excavator bucket is disclosed. The side wall may have a sheet metal base. The sheet metal base may have an attachment portion for attaching the side wall to a rear wall of the excavator bucket. The sheet metal base may also have a cranked portion extending from the attachment portion. Further, the sheet metal base may have an extension portion extending from the cranked portion to a distal end of the sheet metal base.
US09995008B2
A system for controlling a vibratory effort on an asphalt mat includes a screed having a screed frame, a screed plate, and a vibratory mechanism. The screed plate and the vibratory mechanism are mounted on the screed frame and the vibratory mechanism is configured to vibrate the screed frame. The system further includes a sensor mounted on the screed frame, and configured to generate signals indicative of a vibrating parameter of the screed frame. The system further includes a controller in communication with the sensor and the vibratory mechanism. The controller is configured to receive the vibrating parameter, and further compare the vibrating parameter to a threshold parameter. The threshold parameter is the decoupling point of the screed frame. The controller is further configured to control the vibratory mechanism to reduce the vibrating parameter when the vibrating parameter exceeds the threshold parameter.
US09995004B2
A sheet of material that reduces or eliminates the incidence of bleed-through and show-through, thereby enabling a user to prepare artwork, sketches, designs, etc. on both sides of the sheet of material, without the incidence of bleed-through or show-through. The sheet of material includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and an adhesive material positioned between the first and second substrates to operatively join the first and second substrates to each other. The adhesive material acts as a moisture barrier, thereby preventing ink or moisture from passing therethrough and saturating the second substrate when ink or moisture is applied to the first substrate and vice versa. The adhesive also serves as a light barrier, thereby reducing or eliminating show-through on the second substrate when ink or moisture is applied to the first substrate and vice versa. Multiple sheets of material may be bound into a sketch book or pad.
US09995001B2
The acrylamide-based polymer is produced by polymerizing a polymer component including (meth)acrylamide, a quaternary ammonium-based monomer, and (meth)allylsulfonic acid salt, but not including either a crosslinkable monomer containing nitrogen or a tertiary amino-based monomer.
US09994999B2
The present invention relates to a paper or paperboard substrate having barrier properties which substrate comprises a first fiber based layer, a second layer comprising micro-fibrillated cellulose, a third layer comprising a heat sealable polymer, and a fourth layer comprising aluminum, aluminum oxide or titanium dioxide. The invention further relates to a process for the production of said substrate and a package formed of said substrate.
US09994998B2
This disclosure provides plants having desirable levels of lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens; methods of selecting plants with such desirable levels of lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens; methods of genetically modifying plants to modulate lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens; and uses of such plants. The inventors have determined that the expression and/or activity of POPTR_0014s08530, a gene encoding an Angustifolia/CtBP transcription factor, modulates lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens in plants. Plants with lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens, based on modulation of the expression or activity of the POPTR_0014s08530 gene, have divergent uses including pulp and paper production, and ethanol/biofuel production.
US09994997B2
A fabric or belt and a method for forming such a fabric or belt, including a base support structure and at least one coating with the coating being applied by a thermal spray process.
US09994996B2
A raw-material supply device for supplying a biomass raw material under pressure, wherein the device is provided with: a screw body, provided inside a screw feeder and adapted for compressing, rotating, and transporting the powdered biomass raw material using a motor from a normal-pressure feed section for the fed biomass raw material to a high-pressure discharge section; and a pressing plug provided on the tip section side of the screw body, the pressing plug having a plug tip for maintaining a high-temperature/high-pressure field against the discharge force of compressed consolidated biomass. The interior of the screw feeder comprises a raw-material feed region for feeding the biomass raw material in the raw-material transport direction, a raw-material compression region for compressing the biomass raw material, a raw-material consolidation region for consolidating the biomass raw material in the form of a cork, and a material seal section for maintaining the high-pressure field using the consolidated biomass.
US09994993B2
Embodiments provide a method and device that enables automatic selection of settings for ironing one or more pieces of fabric. A digital camera on an ironing device captures an image of a fabric. A wireless communication device on the ironing device communicates the image to a remote computing system for digital image processing to determine a fabric type and to select a set of settings based on the fabric type. The wireless communication device receives the set of settings from the remote computing system. The set of settings are applied to the ironing device.
US09994988B2
Disclosed herein is a washing machine having an improved balancing function. The washing machine includes a cabinet, a drum disposed in the cabinet to be rotatable, a balancer installed at the drum to offset an unbalanced load generated at the drum when the drum is rotated, and at least one magnetic body disposed between the balancer and the drum.
US09994987B2
Disclosed herein are a washing machine and a control method thereof. The control method includes sensing a first unbalance amount of a drum in which laundry is received while rotating the drum at a first rotational velocity, sensing a second unbalance amount of the drum while accelerating the drum to a second rotational velocity, when the first unbalance amount is allowed, and accelerating the drum to a target rotational velocity, when the second unbalance amount is allowed.
US09994985B1
A compacting machine for compaction a fabric including a feed roller, a retarding roller and a blade element configured to introduce the fabric to be treated between the feed roller and the retarding roller. The compacting machine also comprises a positioning device provided with at least one drive member configured to move one of the rollers with respect to the other of the rollers.
US09994979B2
The present invention relates to a cut and/or abrasion resistant garment that is lightweight, has improved comfort, flexibility and pliability, and is particularly suitable for use as hosiery products such as stockings, pantyhose and tights, or for protective coverings for the arms of the wearer.
US09994978B2
Flame resistant fabrics and garments that have improved resistance to pilling and/or abrasion are disclosed. The fabrics, the fibers or yarns that make up the fabrics, or garments made from the fabrics are treated with a finish composition that is applied to the fibers, yarns, fabrics, or garments and then cured. The finish composition increases the resistance to pilling and/or abrasion of the fibers, yarns, fabrics, or garments. The finish composition includes a polymeric abrasion resistance aid, an alkylfluoropolymer, a polyethylene, and a wetting agent.
US09994971B2
A method for fabricating a carbon-based composite material includes: bearing a carbon-based composite material layer containing an amorphous carbon matrix and a plurality of equi-axed ultrananocrystalline diamond grains dispersed in the amorphous carbon matrix on a susceptor and applying a plasma treatment on the carbon-based composite material layer in a plasma environment containing a C2 species and a CN species. The susceptor is provided with a negative bias voltage, and is bombarded by the plasma species to be naturally heated to a working temperature less than 500° C. The C2 species and CN species are attracted by the negative bias voltage to the carbon-based composite material layer to make the carbon-based composite material layer generate a phase transformation, so as to facilitate growth of each of the adjacent equi-axed ultrananocrystalline diamond into a nano needle-like diamond grain wrapped by a nano graphite phase.
US09994965B2
In a method for the production of semi-finished copper products, first copper is melted and cast to produce copper anodes, in one casting procedure, within multiple ingot molds, subsequently copper cathodes are formed by electrolysis, using at least one of the copper anodes, and then these copper cathodes are processed further to produce semi-finished copper products. A long-term coating is applied to at least one of the ingot molds as a wash, a sulfur-free wash is applied to the ingot mold and/or part of the work pieces cast in the ingot molds is directly processed further to produce semi-finished copper products. A method and an apparatus applies a wash to an ingot mold and a system produces semi-finished copper products.
US09994955B2
The present invention provides a raw material vaporization and supply device including a raw material receiving tank, a vaporizer for vaporizing liquid pressure-fed from the liquid receiving tank, a flow rate control device for adjusting a flow rate of raw material gas from the vaporizer, and a heating device for heating the vaporizer, the high-temperature pressure-type flow rate control device, and desired sections of flow passages connected to these devices, wherein Al2O3 passivation treatment, Cr2O3 passivation treatment, or FeF2 passivation treatment is applied to liquid contact parts or gas contact parts of metal surfaces of at least any of the raw material receiving tank, the vaporizer, the flow rate control device, the flow passages that links these component devices, or opening-and-closing valves that are disposed in the flow passages.
US09994954B2
A composition comprising dihydropyrazinyl anions that can be coordinated as 6 electron ligands to a broad range of different metals to yield volatile metal complexes for ALD and CVD depositions are described herein. Also described herein are undeprotonated dihydropyrazines that can coordinate to metals as stabilizing neutral ligands. In one embodiment, the composition is used for the direct liquid injection delivery of the metal dihydropyrazinyl complex precursor to the chamber of an ALD or CVD chamber for the deposition of metal-containing thin films such as, for example, ruthenium or cobalt metal films.
US09994949B2
A method may include annealing a material including iron and nitrogen in the presence of an applied magnetic field to form at least one Fe16N2 phase domain. The applied magnetic field may have a strength of at least about 0.2 Tesla (T).
US09994944B2
A steel for cold forging/nitriding has, by mass percent, C: 0.01 to 0.15%, Si≤0.35%, Mn: 0.10 to 0.90%, P≤0.030%, S≤0.030%, Cr: 0.50 to 2.0%, V: 0.10 to 0.50%, Al: 0.01 to 0.10%, N≤0.0080%, and O≤0.0030%, further according to need a specific amount of one or more elements selected from Mo, Cu, Ni, Ti, Nb, Zr, Pb, Ca, Bi, Te, Se and Sb, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and further satisfying the conditions of [399×C+26×Si+123×Mn+30×Cr+32×Mo+19×V≤160], [20≤(669.3×logeC−1959.6×logeN−6983.3)×(0.067×Mo+0.147×V)≤80], [140×Cr+125×Al+235×V≥160] and [90≤511×C+33×Mn+56×Cu+15×Ni+36×Cr+5×Mo+134×V≤170] are excellent in cold forgeability and machinability after cold forging.
US09994940B2
This high carbon steel wire rod, which has excellent drawability in addition to high strength required for a wire rod, contains 0.6-1.5% of C, 0.1-1.5% of Si, 0.1-1.5% of Mn, 0.02% or less of P (excluding 0%), 0.02% or less of S (excluding 0%), 0.03-0.12% of Ti, 0.001-0.01% of B and 0.001-0.005% of N, with solid-solved B being 0.0002% or more, solid-solved N being 0.0010% or less, and the balance being made up of iron and inevitable impurities. In addition, the content of Ti solid-solved in the steel is 0.002% by mass or more, and the content of Ti that formed carbides is 0.020% by mass or more.
US09994933B2
A copper alloy sheet has a chemical composition containing 0.7 to 4.0 wt % of Ni, 0.2 to 1.5 wt % of Si, and the balance being copper and unavoidable impurities, the copper alloy sheet having a crystal orientation which satisfies I{200}/I0{200}≥1.0, assuming that the intensity of X-ray diffraction on the {200} crystal plane on the surface of the copper alloy sheet is I{200} and that the intensity of X-ray diffraction on the {200} crystal plane of the standard powder of pure copper is I0{200}, and which satisfies I{200}/I{422}≥15, assuming that the intensity of X-ray diffraction on the {422} crystal plane on the surface of the copper alloy sheet is I{422}.
US09994928B2
There is provided a method and system for recycling by-products containing large amounts of useful components and discharged in the form of dust and sludge from a coal-based molten iron making process to reuse the by-products in a reduced iron agglomeration process. The system includes: a fluidized reduction furnace reducing fine iron ore; a reduced iron tank connected to the fluidized reduction furnace through a reduced iron discharge pipe for storing the reduced iron and supplying the reduced iron in an agglomeration system; an agglomeration system agglomerating the reduced iron transferred from the reduced iron tank; and a transfer unit transferring compactions of by-products discharged from a molten iron making process through a by-product supply pipe. The compactions of the by-products are supplied to at least one selected from the group consisting of the fluidized reduction furnace, the reduced iron supply pipe, and the reduced iron tank.
US09994927B2
A support may include a hollow metallic tube having two opposing ends and a body extending over a longitudinal axis of the tube. The tube may have a steel composition that may include, by weight, the following concentrations: approximately 0.19 to 0.27% carbon; approximately 0.0005% to 0.004% boron; approximately 1.5% to 2.5% manganese; and less than or equal to approximately 0.35% chromium, the balance including iron and inevitable impurities.
US09994926B2
The invention provides a wear-resistant steel plate, which has the following chemical composition (wt. %): C: 0.36-0.45%, Si: 0.10-0.30%, Mn: 0.40-1.00%, P≤0.015%, S≤0.010%, Nb: 0.010-0.040%, Al: 0.010-0.080%, B: 0.0010-0.0020%, Ti: 0.005-0.050%, Ca: 0.0010-0.0080%, V≤0.080%, Cr≤1.00%, RE≤0.10%, N≤0.0080%, O≤0.0060%, H≤0.0004%, wherein the total amount of Nb and Ti is between 0.025% and 0.080%, the total amount of Al and Ti is between 0.030% and 0.12%, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The invention also provides a method of manufacturing the wear-resistant steel plate, comprising smelting, casting, rolling, post-rolling direct cooling and other steps. The wear-resistant steel plate obtained from the above composition and process has high hardness and excellent wear resistance, and is suitable for quick-wear devices in engineering machinery, such as crusher baffle, etc.
US09994925B2
Provided is a cold work tool material capable of reducing dimensional changes which occur, due to heat treatment, in the longitudinal direction of the material during quenching and tempering. This cold work tool material is drawn through hot working, has an annealed structure including carbides, and is used after being quenched and tempered, wherein, in the annealed structure which is formed in a cross section parallel to a drawing direction due to the hot working of the cold work tool material, the standard deviation in the degree of orientation of carbides Oc, as determined by equation (1) below, is 6.0 or more for carbides having a circle equivalent diameter of 5.0 μm or greater as observed in the annealed structure in the cross section at right angle to a direction perpendicular to the drawing direction. Oc=D×θ . . . (1), where D represents the circle equivalent diameter (μm) of the carbide, and θ represents the angle (rad) between the major axis of an approximate ellipse of the carbide and the drawing direction. A cold work tool using the cold work tool material and a method for manufacturing the same are also provided.
US09994924B2
Methods and systems for fractionating lignocellulosic biomass including hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin, including exploding the biomass cells to devolatilize the biomass, hydrolyzing the hemicellulose to produce a liquid component including hemicellulosic sugars and a solid component including less than 10% hemicellulose, separating the liquid and solid components, vaporizing the cellulose in the solid component, and condensing the cellulosic sugar vapors. The methods and systems may vaporize the cellulose in a continuous steam reactor at a temperature of about 400-550° C. and a pressure of about 1-3 bara. Electromagnetic and/or electroacoustic treatment such as ultrasound and/or microwave treatment may be applied to the biomass immediately before or during cellulose hydrolysis.
US09994917B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a method of genotyping a C. gattii sample, which can include forming a plurality of mixtures for nucleic amplification. The method can include amplification of specific sequences within the C. gattii genome that can provide definitive genotype information to distinguish between one or more types or subtypes of C. gattii.
US09994910B2
The invention described herein relates to novel genes and their encoded proteins, termed Mutants Associated with Resistance to STI-571 (e.g., T315I Bu-Abl), and to diagnostic and therapeutic methods and compositions useful in the management of various cancers that express MARS. The invention further provides methods for identifying molecules that bind to and/or modulate the functional activity of MARS.
US09994900B2
The present invention concerns particular biomarkers for diagnosing and/or prognosticating colorectal cancer, in particular in a non-invasive manner. The methods and compositions concern analysis of methylation patterns of one or more genes from a set of 29 genes identified as described herein. In certain embodiments, the gene set includes at least P15.INK4b, SST, GAS7, CNRIP1, and PIK3CG.
US09994896B2
The invention provides methods for pairwise sequencing of a double-stranded polynucleotide template, which methods result in the sequential determination of nucleotide sequences in two distinct and separate regions of the polynucleotide template.
US09994892B2
The present invention relates to a novel method for detecting instantaneously a biomarker immobilized to a solid surface and related uses. The method comprises exposing the biomarker to a probe having a magnetic label in a solution; applying a magnetic field to the solution, whereby a complex of the biomarker and the probe is formed on the solid surface; withdrawing the magnetic field; removing the solution from the solid surface; and detecting the complex instantaneously, wherein the presence of the complex on the solid surface indicates the presence of the biomarker.
US09994886B2
Modified Epstein Barr Virus DNA polymerase for use in nucleic acid amplification, including isothermal nucleic acid amplification, in vitro are provided. Methods using and kits comprising Epstein Barr Virus DNA polymerase and its variants of this invention for nucleic acid amplification in vitro, including isothermal DNA amplification, are also provided.
US09994884B2
Processes and methods of manufacturing an areca fruit product. One process may include the steps of providing a plurality of areca fruits, drying the plurality of areca fruits, dehusking the plurality of areca fruits to obtain a plurality of areca nuts, chopping, shredding or grinding the plurality of areca nuts into a multiplicity of areca nut particles, introducing the multiplicity of areca nut particles into a tank containing water, agitating the multiplicity of areca nut particles to create a slurry, determining an amount of arecoline in the slurry and pumping the water having the predetermined amount of arecoline through a filter and into a holding tank and concentrating the arecoline in an evaporator. Additional steps include fermentation, distillation, pasteurization, and cold pressing of the arecoline to produce a synthetic nicotine and/or botanical pesticide.
US09994882B2
Provided are a Corynebacterium glutamicum mutant that is resistant to high concentrations of L-glutamine, and a method of producing L-glutamine by using the mutant.
US09994880B2
The present invention relates to methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, in recombinant cells such as yeast or plant cells. Also provided are recombinant cells or plants which produce long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a group of new enzymes which possess desatorase or elongase activity that can be used in methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.
US09994875B2
The present invention relates to a recombinant strain for producing 2,3-butanediol, comprising (a) an inactivated lactate dehydrogenase and (b) an inactivated sucrose regulator. According to the present invention, it is possible to economically produce 2,3-butanediol using a cheap carbon source, and the efficiency and productivity of 2,3-butanediol is remarkable compared with a wild type.
US09994874B2
The invention relates to a process for the production of alcohols from biomass that comprises a stage in which at least one aqueous internal flow that comprises at least one alcohol that has n carbon atoms, with n between 2 and 5, is recycled, provided that when the alcohol comprises 2 carbon atoms, it is mixed with at least one other alcohol in such a way as to recover a vapor phase effluent that contains alcohols exiting from said pretreatment reactor.
US09994871B2
To impart significantly improved myo-inositol producing capability, suitable for use in recombinant DNA techniques and synthetic biology methods, to a host microorganism that does not possess an endogenous myo-inositol biosynthesis pathway, such as Escherichia coli. Inositol monophosphatase activity is strengthened in a transformant obtained by introducing a myo-inositol biosynthesis pathway into a host microorganism that does not possess an endogenous myo-inositol biosynthesis pathway.
US09994866B2
The invention pertains to an expression vector or a combination of at least two expression vectors comprising at least (a) a polynucleotide encoding a product of interest or an insertion site for incorporating a polynucleotide encoding a product of interest; (b) a polynucleotide encoding a first selectable marker (sm I); (c) a polynucleotide encoding a second selectable marker (sm II), which is different from the first selectable marker (sm I), wherein the activity of the selectable marker (sm I) or (sm II) is at least partially influenced by the activity of the other selectable marker and wherein the selectable markers (sm I) and (sm II) are involved in the folate metabolism. Also provided are suitable host cells, selection methods and methods for producing polypeptides with high yield.
US09994861B2
The present invention relates to a plant, which is resistant to a pathogen of viral, bacterial, fungal or oomycete origin, wherein the plant has a reduced level, reduced activity or complete absence of DMR6 protein as compared to a plant that is not resistant to the said pathogen, in particular organisms of the Fungi or the phylum Oomycota. The invention further relates to a method for obtaining a plant, which is resistant to a pathogen of viral, bacterial, fungal or oomycete origin, comprising reducing the endogenous level or activity of DMR6 protein in the plant. In addition, the invention relates to the use of a DMR6 promotor for providing disease resistant plants.
US09994856B2
The present invention relates to the field of gene therapy, more specifically to oligonucleotides for making a change in the sequence of a target RNA molecule present in a living cell.
US09994855B2
The present embodiments provide methods, compounds, and compositions for treating, preventing, ameliorating a disease associated with excess growth hormone using antisense compounds oligonucleotides targeted to growth hormone receptor (GHR).
US09994850B2
A novel class of pharmaceuticals which comprises a Locked Nucleic Acid (LNA) which can be used in antisense therapy. These novel oligonucleotides have improved antisense properties. The novel oligonucleotides are composed of at least one LNA selected from beta-D-thio/amino-LNA or alpha-L-oxy/thio/amino-LNA. The oligonucleotides comprising LNA may also include DNA and/or RNA nucleotides.
US09994844B2
This disclosure concerns nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of coleopteran pests through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in coleopteran pests. The disclosure also concerns methods for making transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of coleopteran pests, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby.
US09994843B2
The present inventors have found microRNAs which are strongly associated with stabilization of NRF2 in tumors, and an object of the present invention is to provide means for utilizing such miRNAs for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The inventors conducted screening of 470 microRNAs in a microRNA library by use of HeLa cells. As a result, 8 miRNAs each exhibiting a large decrease in miRNA activity as compared with a control miRNA, and 8 miRNAs each exhibiting a large increase in miRNA activity as compared with a control miRNA, were identified. The inventors have found that the NRF2 activation in the living body, in particular tumor cells, can be detected by use of the thus-identified miRNAs, whereby malignancy of a tumor, or the like can be differentiated. The inventors have also found that a nucleic acid including a miRNA sequence associated with reduction in the aforementioned ARE activity can be used as a cancer therapeutic agent.
US09994841B2
This disclosure relates to a method of generating conditionally active biologic proteins from wild type proteins, in particular therapeutic proteins, which are reversibly or irreversibly inactivated at the wild type normal physiological conditions. For example, evolved proteins are virtually inactive at body temperature, but are active at lower temperatures.
US09994840B2
A method of extracting DNA from a biological sample includes the steps of freezing a biological sample; mechanically breaking down the sample to produce a processed sample; mixing the processed sample with a lysis solution; and cycling the mixture through a series of pressure fluctuations to produce a resulting lysate. The method may further include the steps of exposing the lysate to a material that binds to DNA present in the sample and collecting the DNA from the sample using an elution solution. An apparatus for practicing the method includes a first segment for mechanically breaking down the sample; a second segment for pressurizing a mixture of the processed sample and lysis solution to produce a lysate; and wherein the first segment is fluidly coupled to the second segment. The apparatus may also include a third segment in which the lysate is exposed to the binding material.
US09994828B2
This disclosure concerns recombinant host organisms genetically modified with a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) synthase system and one or more accessory proteins that allow for and/or improve the production of PUFAs in the host organism. The disclosure also concerns methods of making and using such organisms as well as products obtained from such organisms.
US09994825B2
Described are methods for differentiating mammalian pluripotent stem cells towards a population of cells that can self-organize into vascular networks in vitro when harvested cells of the present invention are embedded into a hydrophilic matrix such as a hydrogel.
US09994816B2
The present invention relates to polynucleotide probes and antibodies for detecting Lrp4/Corin dopaminergic neuron progenitor cell markers, which enable the efficient separation of dopaminergic neuron progenitor cells; and methods for selecting the progenitor cells by the use thereof.
US09994796B2
The present invention provides the use of a composition comprising a polyalkyleneimine and/or salts or derivative thereof for the prevention of corrosion of non-metallic in organic items during a washing or rinsing process, in particular during an automatic dishwashing process.
US09994793B2
The present application relates to perfume raw materials, perfume delivery systems and consumer products comprising such perfume raw materials and/or such perfume delivery systems, as well as processes for making and using such perfume raw materials, perfume delivery systems and consumer products. Such perfume raw materials and compositions, including the delivery systems, disclosed herein expand the perfume communities' options as such perfume raw materials can provide variations on character and such compositions can provide desired odor profiles.
US09994790B2
A method and an apparatus of extracting lipids from microalgae are provided. In the method, pressurized carbon dioxide (CO2) is dissolved in a liquid alcohol to form a CO2-expanded alcohol solution at a pressure of about 400-1500 psi and a temperature of about 30-65° C. Next, the CO2-expanded alcohol solution contacts microalgae to extract the lipids from the microalgae. A method and an apparatus of preparing fatty acid esters from microalgae are disclosed as well.
US09994783B2
A method for producing modified coal using coal of a low grade comprising: adding water for preventing any dust generation to the dewatered coal; an addition amount of the water is adjusted for a water content rate of the water-added coal to be 6% by mass or more to 16% by mass or less; agglomerating the water-added coal; slowly oxidizing the agglomerated coal; and crushing the oxidized coal.
US09994780B2
An integrated process is provided for producing deasphalted oil, high quality petroleum green coke and liquid coker products. An enhanced solvent deasphalting process is used to treat the feedstock to reduce the level of asphaltenes, N, S and metal contaminants and produce a deasphalted oil with reduced contaminants. A coking process is integrated to produce liquid and gas coking unit products, and petroleum green coke.
US09994776B2
A refining apparatus and a refining method for recycling waste plastics. The refining apparatus includes a feeding device, a pyrolysis furnace, a chloride-decomposing device, a first condensation device, a temporary storage, a still, a sieve plate tower, a second condensation device, and a receiving tank. The waste plastics are cracked by the pyrolysis furnace to produce plastic gas by heating. The chlorides of the plastic gas are removed by the chloride-decomposing device having the ammonia to produce a first oil gas. The first oil gas is condensed by the first condensation device to produce raw oil. The raw oil is heated by the still to produce a second oil gas. The second oil gas is sieved by the sieve plate tower to produce a third oil gas. The third oil gas is condensed by the second condensation device to produce finished oil received by the receiving tank.
US09994773B2
A flame retardant block copolymer is prepared from renewable content. In an exemplary synthetic method, a bio-derived flame retardant block copolymer is prepared by a ring opening polymerization of a biobased cyclic ester and a phosphorus-containing polymer. In some embodiments, the biobased cyclic ester is lactide. In some embodiments, the phosphorus-containing polymer is a hydroxyl-telechelic flame retardant biopolymer prepared by a polycondensation reaction of a biobased diol (e.g., isosorbide) and a phosphorus-containing monomer (e.g., phenylphosphonic dichloride). In other embodiments, the phosphorus-containing polymer is synthesized from a dioxaphospholane monomer.
US09994771B2
A liquid crystal polyester resin composition usable for molding a connector improved in dimensional stability is provided having a liquid crystal polyester and a platy inorganic filler. The platy inorganic filler has a primary particle having a ratio of particle diameter to thickness of 8 to 200, and the platy inorganic filler is contained in an amount of 50 to 250 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the liquid crystal polyester. A connector molded from the liquid crystal polyester resin composition is also provided. A method for producing a liquid crystal polyester resin composition includes a step of melt-kneading 100 parts by mass of a liquid crystal polyester with 50 to 250 parts by mass of a platy inorganic filler, the platy inorganic filler having a primary particle which has a ratio of particle diameter to thickness of 8 to 200.
US09994764B2
Methods and systems for infusing ceramic proppant and infused ceramic proppant obtained therefrom are provided. The method can include introducing ceramic proppant and a chemical treatment agent to a mixing vessel, mixing the ceramic proppant and the chemical treatment agent in the mixing vessel to provide a mixture, introducing microwave energy to the mixing vessel to heat the mixture to a temperature sufficient to produce infused ceramic proppant containing at least a portion of the chemical treatment agent, and withdrawing the infused ceramic proppant from the mixing vessel.
US09994757B2
Methods and compositions for treating a subterranean formation with salt-tolerant cement slurries including treating a salt-containing subterranean formation having sodium salts, potassium salts, magnesium salts, calcium salts, or any combination thereof comprising: providing a salt-tolerant cement slurry comprising: a base fluid, a cementitious material, a pozzolanic material, a salt-tolerant fluid loss additive, a salt additive, and optionally, an elastomer, a weight additive, a fluid loss intensifier, a strengthening agent, a dispersant, or any combination thereof; introducing the salt-tolerant cement slurry into the subterranean formation; and allowing the salt-tolerant cement slurry to set.
US09994752B2
A composition includes a continuous phase of water, alcohol, or a mixture of water and alcohol; hexagonal boron nitride nanoparticles dispersed in the continuous phase; and a compound having a formula (I) or a salt thereof, wherein n is an integer between 50 and 200 and y is an integer between 20 and 200.
US09994751B2
An absorptive refrigeration method that employs a refrigerant comprising one or more hydrofluoroolefin or hydrochlorofluoroolefin refrigerants, and an oil selected from the group consisting of a polyalkyene glycol oil, a poly alpha olefin oil, a mineral oil and a polyolester oil.
US09994747B2
A seal member includes silicone rubber mixed with a polyrotaxane. The seal member includes the polyrotaxane in an amount of 3 to 10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the silicone rubber. This configuration can allow molecules in the silicone rubber to slide on one another, so that the rubber material is easily deformed according to stress applied, such as insertion and removal of terminal metal pieces. Accordingly, scratch damage of the seal member can be reduced.
US09994741B2
The present invention relates to CNT filled polymer composite system possessing a high thermal conductivity and high temperature stability so that it is a highly thermally conductive for use in 3D and 4D integration for joining device sub-laminate layers. The CNT/polymer composite also has a CTE close to that of Si, enabling a reduced wafer structural warping during high temperature processing cycling. The composition is tailored to be suitable for coating, curing and patterning by means conventionally known in the art.
US09994733B2
The invention relates to a method for coating surfaces by enzymatic reaction of a biopolymer, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) applying an enzyme to the surface of a substrate, and b) contacting the enzyme with the biopolymer to be deposited, wherein the enzyme cleaves the biopolymer, wherein the cleavage gives rise to at least two cleavage products of the biopolymer having different solubility in a solvent, and at least one cleavage product of the biopolymer having relatively low solubility is deposited on the surface of the substrate, and to a coated article obtainable by the method and to a coating composition comprising a biopolymer and at least one component selected from the group comprising binders, fillers, pigments and/or additives, and optionally a solvent.
US09994725B2
The present disclosure provides an aqueous based electrically conductive ink, which is essentially solvent free and includes a nano-scale conducting material; a binding agent; and an enzyme. In one embodiment, the ink includes at least one of a mediator, a cross-linking agent and a substrate as well. In one further embodiment, the present disclosure provides electrically conductive ink including a single walled, carboxylic acid functionalized carbon nanotube; 1-Ethyl-3-[3-dimethylaminopropyl]carbodiimide hydrochloride and N-hydroxy succinimide (NHS) ester; polyethyleneimine; an aqueous buffer; and glucose oxidase.
US09994721B2
Described herein is a degradable linking agent of formula Photo1-LG-Photo2, wherein Photo1 and Photo2 independently represent at least one photoreactive group and LG represents a linking group comprising one or more silicon atoms or one or more phosphorous atoms. The degradable linking agent includes a covalent linkage between at least one photoreactive group and the linking group, wherein the covalent linkage between at least one photoreactive group and the linking group is interrupted by at least one heteroatom. A method for coating a support surface with the degradable linking agent, coated support surfaces and medical devices are also described.
US09994715B2
A catalyst-free synthesis method for the formation of a metalorganic compound comprising a desired (first) metal may include, for example, selecting another (second) metal and an organic solvent, with the second metal being selected to (i) be more reactive with respect to the organic solvent than the first metal and (ii) form, upon exposure of the second metal to the organic solvent, a reaction by-product that is more soluble in the organic solvent than the metalorganic compound. An alloy comprising the first metal and the second metal may be first produced (e.g., formed or otherwise obtained) and then treated with the organic solvent in a liquid phase or a vapor phase to form a mixture comprising (i) the reaction by-product comprising the second metal and (ii) the metalorganic compound comprising the first metal. The metalorganic compound may then be separated from the mixture in the form of a solid.
US09994709B2
A low smoke density thermoplastic composition comprising, based on the total weight of the thermoplastic composition, 70 to 95 wt % of a polycarbonate copolymer comprising first repeating units and second repeating units, wherein the first repeating units are not the same as the second repeating units, and wherein the first repeating units are bisphenol carbonate units of the formula wherein Ra and Rb are each independently C1-12 alkyl, C1-12 alkenyl, C3-8 cycloalkyl, or C1-12 alkoxy, p and q are each independently 0 to 4, and Xa is a single bond, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —C(O)—, a C1-11 alkylidene of formula —C(Rc)(Rd)— wherein Rc and Rd are each independently hydrogen or C1-10 alkyl, or a group of the formula —C(═Re)— wherein Re is a divalent C1-10 hydrocarbon group; and the second repeating units comprise bisphenol carbonate units that are not the same as the first repeating bisphenol carbonate units, siloxane units, arylate ester units, or a combination of arylate ester units and siloxane units; and 5 to 30 wt % of a polyetherimide based on the weight of the composition, wherein an article molded from the composition has a smoke density (Ds-4) value of equal to or less than 300 as measured by ISO 5659-2 on a 3 mm thick plaque.
US09994704B2
A thermoplastic elastomer composition of the present invention comprises (A) 30 to 40% by weight of a block terpolymer of an aromatic vinyl compound and alkene or a conjugated diene-based compound; (B) 25 to 50% by weight of a paraffin oil; (C) 1 to 5% by weight of a polyolefin-based resin; (D) 5 to 20% by weight of an inorganic additive; and (E) 5 to 15% by weight of a polyphenylene ether-based resin. The thermoplastic elastomer composition, which has a surface hardness of 0.1 to 40 A (shore A), shows excellent low hardness and has improved physical properties at high temperature, particularly, flexibility, restoring force at high temperatures, and the like.
US09994692B2
A process for extruding polypropylene comprising extruding a composition comprising a polypropylene and a second acid scavenger and less than about 10 ppm of a nucleating agent.
US09994689B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing high-performance melamine foam, comprising the following steps: preparing a primary polymer of waterborne melamine formaldehyde resin; uniformly mixing the primary polymer of the waterborne melamine formaldehyde resin, the polar solvent, the surfactant and the additive to obtain a mixture A; uniformly mixing the mixture A with the solid methylol melamine to obtain a mixture B; uniformly mixing the mixture B with the foaming agent to obtain a mixture C; uniformly mixing the mixture C with the curing agent to obtain a mixture D; and carrying out microwave radiation, foaming, curing, drying and quenching on the mixture D in a microwave foaming device to obtain the high-density melamine foam. The melamine foam described in the present invention has high density and high strength performance.
US09994671B2
A curable composition including an epoxy resin, an open-chain polyamine, and a compound of the formula (I); a hardened composition prepared by curing the curable composition; a process for coating a surface or impregnating a textile sheet, including applying and hardening the curable composition; and a surface, a fiber composite material, a coating, or an adhesive including the hardened composition,
US09994663B2
The present invention is directed to a copolymer of a monomer selected from the group consisting of 1,3-butadiene and isoprene, and a monomer of formula I wherein R1 is a covalent bond, phenylene, a linear or branched alkane diyl group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a combination of one or more phenylene groups and one or more linear or branched alkane diyl groups containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and R2 is hydrogen or a linear or branched alkyl group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and X is a sulfur atom or a structure of formula II or III, wherein when X is of formula III, the S atom of formula III is adjacent to the phenyl ring of formula I and the N atom of formula III is adjacent to R1
US09994661B2
Disclosed herein are a curable composition which is capable of producing a cured product having a low Abbe's number and increased durability, and a curable composition with suppressed viscosity increase. Provided is a compound represented by General Formula (A). Also provided are a curable composition including a compound represented by General Formula (A), a predetermined (meth)acrylate monomer, and at least one selected from a photoradical polymerization initiator and a thermal radical polymerization initiator; a cured product formed by curing the curable composition; an optical component; and a lens.
US09994641B2
Disclosed are a novel anti-human transferrin receptor antibody comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 4, 5, 6 and 7 that can pass through the blood-brain barrier, a fusion protein comprising a protein necessary to be brought into function in the central nervous system and the antibody, and method of their production. The fusion protein comprises amino acid sequences of an anti-human transferrin receptor antibody that recognizes an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 2, and 3, and of other protein that is bound thereto on the C-terminal side.
US09994639B2
The present invention relates to particular polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides; to methods for preparing such polypeptides; to host cells expressing or capable of expressing such polypeptides; to compositions and in particular to pharmaceutical compositions that comprise such polypeptides, for prophylactic, therapeutic or diagnostic purposes. In particular, the present invention provides immunoglobulin single variable domains inhibiting CXCR7 mediated tumor growth.
US09994636B2
This disclosure relates to anti-Siglec-15 antibodies and uses thereof, in particular in the treatment of leukaemia, such as acute myeloid leukaemia.
US09994632B2
An anti-Ang2 antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof that specifically binds to an angiogenesis-inducing factor Angiopoietin-2 (Ang2) and complexes with a Tie2 receptor through Ang2, and methods of using the same.
US09994629B2
Disclosed herein is a composition including a recombinant nucleic acid sequence that encodes an antibody. Also disclosed herein is a method of generating a synthetic antibody in a subject by administering the composition to the subject. The disclosure also provides a method of preventing and/or treating disease in a subject using said composition and method of generation.
US09994628B2
A method of treating a patient who has hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), colorectal carcinoma (CRC), glioblastoma (GB), gastric cancer (GC), esophageal cancer, NSCLC, pancreatic cancer (PC), renal cell carcinoma (RCC), benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), prostate cancer (PCA), ovarian cancer (OC), melanoma, breast cancer (BRCA), CLL, Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), SCLC, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), AML, gallbladder cancer and cholangiocarcinoma (GBC, CCC), urinary bladder cancer (UBC), and uterine cancer (UEC) includes administering to the patient a composition containing a population of activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in the patient that aberrantly express a peptide.
US09994624B2
The present invention relates to vaccines comprising a ShK domain of a filarial nematode protein. These vaccines may be used for the prevention and/or treatment of filarial nematode infections. The invention also relates to novel proteins comprising a ShK domain of a filarial nematode protein and pharmaceutical compositions. The invention may be used for the prevention and/or treatment of filarial nematode infections in canine subjects, and also in human subjects.
US09994617B2
The invention describes a method for selecting a polypeptide ligand having a desired level of specificity for a target, wherein the polypeptide ligand comprises a polypeptide comprising at least three reactive groups, separated by at least two loop sequences, and a molecular scaffold which forms covalent bonds with the reactive groups of the polypeptide such that at least two polypeptide loops are formed on the molecular scaffold, comprising (i) screening at least two different sets of polypeptide ligands against the target, and selecting one or more ligands from each library which interact with the target; (ii) comparing the activity of the selected ligands with one or more paralogues or orthologues of the target; and (iii) further selecting one or more ligands according to their activity towards said one or more paralogues or orthologues; wherein said two or more different sets of ligands differ in the length of the polypeptide loops formed on the molecular scaffold.
US09994615B2
A glucose binding amphiphilic peptide hydrogel insulin delivery system that is responsive to glucose concentrations under physiological conditions is provided. Insulin is encapsulated in a glucose binding hydrogel, made from self-assembling amphiphilic peptides including a hydrophobic domain including a beta sheet forming region coupled to a charged hydrophilic domain modified to contain a glucose binding segment. The formulations are designed to release insulin as a function of blood glucose level, maintaining the patients' blood glucose level in an optimum range and avoiding both hyper- and hypoglycemia.
US09994614B2
Disclosed are compounds having enhanced potency in the modulation of NMDA receptor activity. Such compounds are contemplated for use in the treatment of diseases and disorders, such as learning, cognitive activities, and analgesia, particularly in alleviating and/or reducing neuropathic pain. Orally available formulations and other pharmaceutically acceptable delivery forms of the compounds, including intravenous formulations, are also disclosed.
US09994613B2
This invention describes an ICE inhibitor prodrug (I) having good bioavailability. Compound I is useful for treating IL-1 mediated diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory peritonitis, septic shock, pancreatitis, traumatic brain injury, organ transplant rejection, osteoarthritis, asthma, psoriasis, Alzheimer's disease, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, Huntington's disease, atherosclerosis, atopic dermatitis, leukemias and related disorders, myelodysplastic syndrome, uveitis or multiple myeloma.
US09994599B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for biaryl ligands (also referred to herein as “biaryl compound”), biaryl complexes, methods of making biaryl compounds, methods of making single enantiomers of these biaryl compounds, methods of use (e.g., catalysis) and the like.
US09994593B2
This invention provides a copper compound represented by General Formula (I) below. In General Formula (I), R1 to R3 independently represent a linear or branched alkyl group with a carbon number of 1 to 5; provided that R1 and R2 are a methyl group, R3 represents a linear or branched alkyl group with a carbon number of 2 to 5; and provided that R1 is a methyl group and R2 is an ethyl group, R3 represents a methyl group or a linear or branched alkyl group with a carbon number of 3 to 5. A starting material for forming a thin film of the present invention includes the copper compound represented by General Formula (I). The present invention can provide a copper compound which has a low melting point, can be conveyed in a liquid state, has a high vapor pressure, and is easily vaporizable, and also a starting material for forming a thin film which uses such a copper compound.
US09994590B2
Provided herein are substituted [1,2,4]triazlolo[1,5-α]pyrazine compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, useful for the treatment of, for example, central nervous system and metabolic diseases and disorders.
US09994589B2
Described herein are novel compounds and methods for the treatment and/or prevention of cerebral amyloidoses such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and/or cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA).
US09994575B2
Compounds and compositions useful for treating disorders related to mutant KIT are described herein.
US09994569B2
Aromatic diimide chromophores and methods for using the chromophores for the detection of volatile organic compounds are described. The chromophores are able to reversibly change colors in the presence or absence of volatile organic compounds.
US09994564B2
The present invention relates to Myosin II ATPase inhibitor compounds, including substituted 3a-hydroxy-1,2,3,3a-tetrahydro-4H-pyrrolo [2,3b] quinolin-4-one compounds which are blebbistatin derivatives.
US09994558B2
The invention generally relates to compounds represented by Structural Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the variables are as defined and described herein. The invention also includes the synthesis and use of a compound of structural formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or composition thereof, e.g., in treatment of cancer (e.g., mantle cell lymphoma), and other diseases and disorders (e.g., PAK-mediated, for example, PAK4-mediated, diseases and disorders).
US09994550B2
Heterocyclic modulators of lipid synthesis are provided as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; and methods of treating conditions characterized by dysregulation of a fatty acid synthase pathway by the administration of such compounds.
US09994548B2
Disclosed are compounds and methods of using them to treat a disorder selected from the group consisting of addiction, pain, obesity, schizophrenia, epilepsy, mania and manic depression, anxiety, Alzheimer's disease, learning deficit, cognition deficit, attention deficit, memory loss, Lewy Body Dementia, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Tourette's syndrome, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, inflammation, stroke, spinal cord injury, dyskinesias, obsessive compulsive disorder, chemical substance abuse, alcoholism, memory deficit, pseudodementia, Ganser's syndrome, migraine pain, bulimia, premenstrual syndrome or late luteal phase syndrome, tobacco abuse, post-traumatic syndrome, social phobia, chronic fatigue syndrome, premature ejaculation, erectile difficulty, anorexia nervosa, autism, mutism, trichotillomania, hypothermia, and disorders of sleep.
US09994546B2
The present invention is directed to cyclopropylamine derivatives which are LSD1 inhibitors useful in the treatment of diseases such as cancer.
US09994533B2
The present invention provides the use of ATG in the preparation of a reagent for adjusting the activity of PP2A; and the use of ATG in increasing the activity of PP2A in 293T cells. The present invention also provides the use of the arctigenin in the preparation of the medicine for reducing the proteinuria of the diabetic mice. The present invention also provides the use of the arctigenin in the preparation of the reagent for inhibiting the expression of the NOX4 gene. The present invention also provides analogs of arctigenin and application thereof. The present invention provides a novel use of ATG for modulating PP2A activity, and ATG can also significantly reduce proteinuria in diabetic mice. At the same time, arctigenin could significantly inhibit the expression of NOX4 in STZ-eNOS−/− mice glomeruli. The ATG analogs of the present invention are more effective than the native ATG.
US09994529B2
Disclosed are compounds having the formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, and Z are as defined herein, and methods of making and using the same.
US09994528B2
Provided are compounds of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R2, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, X, Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 and m are as defined herein. Also provided is a pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.Also provided are methods of using a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US09994525B2
The present invention relates to new histamine H3 (H3) receptor subtype selective ligands of the general formula (I) and/or geometric isomers and/or stereoisomers and/or diastereomers and/or salts and/or hydrates and/or solvates thereof. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and the use of these compounds as medicaments for treatment and/or prevention of conditions which require modulation of H3 receptors. The invention also cover the combinations of a compound of the general formula (I) and an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor.
US09994524B2
The T cells specific to human collagen type II, one of the possible autoantigens, have a crucial role in the development of rheumatoid arthritis in the context of HLA-DR4. The protein-protein interactions between the T cell receptor (TCR) and the type II collagen linked to the allele MHC of class II HLA-DR4 may thus represent the target for the development of new drugs against rheumatoid arthritis. Using computational virtual screening techniques, families of pharmacologically active molecules have been identified that interfere with the TCR/collagen II-MHCII interaction. The compounds identified here open up new possibilities in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
US09994521B2
The present invention provides compounds and compositions that inhibit Factor XIa or kallikrein and methods of using these compounds and composition.
US09994511B2
The present invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds found in Harderian gland secretions, a method of treating dry eye in a human comprising ophthalmically administering an effective amount of a compound, e.g. a lipid compound, found in Harderian gland secretions, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said lipid compounds, as identified by characteristic chemical data and mass spectra of said lipid compounds, said lipid compound in essentially pure form, and an ophthalmic vehicle comprising a therapeutic agent and a compound present in the secretions of the Harderian gland, e.g. a lipid compound, found in the secretions of the Harderian gland, e.g. a rabbit Harderian gland.
US09994508B2
Novel intermediates for the complete synthesis of vitamin D are provided that allow a great versatility of functional groups in the final vitamin derivatives. Vitamin derivatives that are epimeric in position 3 and vitamin derivatives with a wide range of functionalities in position 18, including compounds with isotopic labelling are provided.
US09994506B2
A process for transitioning a reactor from base-catalyzed polyol production to double metal cyanide (DMC)-catalyzed polyol production is described. The process includes discharging a base-catalyzed and un-neutralized product mixture from a reactor, and adding an acidified polyether polyol starter and DMC catalyst mixture to the reactor. A DMC-catalyzed polyol production reaction can then be conducted in the reactor without intermediate washing or rinsing of the reactor, and without catalyst deactivation from base or alkaline hold-up.
US09994504B2
Disclosed are processes for a high temperature isomerization reaction converting (E)-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene to (Z)-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene. In certain aspects of the invention, such a process includes contacting a feed stream with a heated surface, where the feed stream includes (E)-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene or mixture of (E)-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene with (Z)-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene. The resulting product stream includes (Z)-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene and (E)-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene, where the ratio of (Z) isomer to (E) isomer in the product stream is higher than the ratio feed stream. The (E) and (Z) isomers in the product stream may be separated from one another.
US09994500B2
A process is disclosed for removing contaminants from an olefin stream, comprising passing the contaminated olefin stream through a first adsorbent in a thermal swing adsorption process to produce a relatively pure olefin product stream, and a regenerating gas stream containing the contaminants, passing the contaminated regenerating gas stream through a pressure swing adsorption process to yield a relatively pure regenerating gas stream, which can be redirected to the thermal swing adsorption process for regenerating the adsorbent therein.
US09994497B2
The present invention relates generally to methods for producing renewable detergent compounds. More specifically, the invention relates to methods for producing detergent intermediates, including bio-linear alkylbenzene (LAB), bio-alcohols, and long chain bio-paraffins, from natural oils.
US09994495B2
A combustible aerosol composition is disclosed including an oxidizer including potassium bromate, a fuel including potassium cyanurate, and a hydrated mineral composition including potassium hydromagnesite.
US09994494B2
A fertilizer and method of making a fertilizer that include bioactivated nutrients derived from immobile/less mobile elements. The immobile/less elements are made available to plants by the action of element mobilizing microorganisms, which are isolated, cultured, and combined with organic material and sources of the immobile element.
US09994486B1
A refractory composition yields refractory articles having excellent resistance to high-temperature thermal shock and creep. The refractory composition is based primarily on chamotte having controlled particle sizes, and may also include mullite, fused silica, calcined alumina and microsilica, having controlled particle sizes. The refractory composition includes an aqueous colloidal silica binder that provides excellent castability and binding between the ingredients following drying.
US09994483B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions for treating clay-bearing aggregates, particularly those used for construction purposes, whereby inclusion of fines is maximized due to minimization of clay washing which tends to remove such fines, and whereby performance of the aggregate-containing construction material is enhanced. Exemplary methods comprise introducing to clay a water-soluble, functionalized polyamine comprising a water-soluble polyamine formed by reacting an amine compound with an epoxy compound, the polyamine thus reacted being functionalized through the use of certain halide, sulfate, or epoxy compounds.
US09994480B2
The present invention relates in a first aspect to a method for etching a primary preform or core rod. The present invention moreover relates in a second aspect to the etched primary preform thus obtained and moreover to a final preform and optical fibers obtained therefrom and to a method of preparing optical fibers therefrom.
US09994473B2
A radial flow hydrothermal reactor for a sludge thermal hydrolysis treatment is provided. An outer and an inner cylinder are successively sleeved in a cylindrical body of the reactor. A guiding cylinder is arranged between the outer and the inner cylinder. Guiding pipes are provided on the guiding cylinder. An agitator is arranged in the inner cylinder, so that sludge has low viscosity and good fluidity after reaching reaction parameters. Because an inlet pipe is arranged below the inner cylinder, the sludge enters the inner cylinder from bottom and flows out from top, and the inner cylinder has a diameter not large, which guarantees heating time. Because of a small height-to-diameter ratio of the reactor, the sludge after heating has the good fluidity, and flows outward radially in the outer cylinder. With an increased flowing radius, a flowing velocity decreases, and a hydrothermal reaction proceeds continuously, which guarantees reaction time.
US09994451B2
Single contact, single absorption system for producing sulfuric acid with high conversion efficiency
Commercial production of sulfuric acid is almost entirely accomplished nowadays using the contact process. And the trend is to increase conversion efficiency and reduce emissions of unconverted sulfur dioxide. By using a special combination of contact catalyst beds, a single contact single absorption (SCSA) system can be engineered to achieve the conversion and emission capabilities of conventional double contact double absorption systems. Thus, the complexity and cost of incorporating a second absorption tower and associated heat exchanger in the system can be omitted. In the SCSA system, the initial catalyst bed or beds comprise vanadium oxide catalyst and the last catalyst bed or beds comprise platinum catalyst operating at a much lower temperature than the initial beds.
US09994448B2
Processes for extracting iodine from an aqueous solution, such as brine, are disclosed. Activated coconut carbon particles are mixed with the solution to adsorb iodide through pores in the activated carbon particles. The activated carbon particles are then treated with sulfur dioxide gas and water to form hydrogen iodide. The hydrogen iodide is then reacted with chloride to obtain elemental iodine (I2).
US09994445B2
This invention describes spherical nanoparticle hydrides and a method for making them. A method of producing spherical nanoparticle hydrides comprises obtaining an electrically conductive or semiconductive wire fabricated from a base material capable of forming a hydride; exposing the wire to a hydrogen-containing processing gas under pressure; vaporizing the wire by electrical discharge, to generate a vapor phase; and reacting with hydrogen and condensing the vapor phase, generating a plurality of spherical nanoparticle hydrides. A composition of spherical nanoparticles is also provided, wherein each of the nanoparticles contains a base material that is electrically conductive or semiconductive and capable of forming a hydride, and hydrogen that is chemically or physically bonded with the base material, wherein the nanoparticles are characterized by a number-average particle diameter from 1 nanometer to 1000 nanometers, and wherein the nanoparticles are characterized by an average hydrogen content from 10 atom % to 85 atom %.
US09994433B2
A brake/clutch device for a manual hoist provides an externally-viewable indicator showing the wear status of friction elements within the hoist. The brake/clutch device has a brake block, a brake ratchet, a reversing ratchet, a torsion spring block, a hand wheel and a fastener mounted onto a main shaft of the manual hoist. Friction elements on the brake ratchet provide braking against sudden drops of a load. Ball and spring devices mounted in the hand wheel contact detents and grooves that gradually increase in depth in the torsion spring block depending on the relative positions of the hand wheel and the torsion spring block. The hand wheel has an indicator mark that may align with indicator areas of the torsion spring block to indicate an extent of wear of the friction elements.
US09994430B1
A snap-hook comprising: a hook-shaped body having a throat opening and a shank end, wherein the hook-shaped body includes a primary aperture located at the shank end suitable for attaching a primary line and a secondary aperture located approximately opposite the throat opening suitable for attaching a secondary line; and a dual-direction latch pivotally attached to the hook-shaped body such that the dual-direction latch spans the throat opening when in a neutral position and is capable of pivoting into and out of the throat of the hook-shaped body, wherein the dual-direction latch comprises a bent wire having two free ends, each end inserted in a different hole of two holes in the hook-shaped body that are non-axially-aligned resulting in a spring force that biases the dual-direction latch toward the neutral position and resists pivotal movement of the dual-direction latch both into and out of the throat.
US09994427B2
A safety chain for conveyor pallets may comprise bent links arranged in alternating fashion with straight links. Each of the bent links may have two ends with a wheel disposed at each end. Each consecutive bent link and straight link may be joined at an articulation point. The safety chain may also comprise arms extending from each articulation point, wherein a conveyor pallet may be coupled to each arm. Further, roller guides that follow a trajectory of the safety chain may be arranged on one of two sides of the safety chain. The roller guides may rotate the wheels of the bent links. The articulation points enable rotation and position change of the bent links and the straight links so as to increase or decrease a distance between consecutive conveyor pallets according to a change of speed of a conveyor.
US09994418B2
A 3D printing filament feeding apparatus for feeding a filament (10) includes a primary driving wheel (100), a secondary driven wheel (300), a measurement scale rotating disk (400), an optical sensor (500) and a cleaning assembly (600). The primary driving wheel (100) is connected to a power source (200) and driven thereby to rotate. The secondary driven wheel (300) is arranged adjacent to and parallel with the primary driving wheel (100). The measurement scale rotating disk (400) includes scale structures (410) and rotates together with the secondary driven wheel (300). The optical sensor (500) detects the scale structures (410). The cleaning assembly (600) engages with the scale structures (410); wherein the secondary driven wheel (300) engages with the filament (10) and rotates along a driven direction (D) together therewith such that the scale structures (410) passes through the cleaning assembly (600), followed by detection of the optical sensor (500).
US09994407B2
A processing system and a method for processing a flexible substrate (e.g., a web) use a tensioner with a vacuum plate that can be moved along a transport direction of the flexible substrate with an indexer that intermittently moves the flexible substrate for processing. The tensioner and the indexer are controlled so that a relative speed between the indexer and the vacuum plate of the tensioner is maintained above a predefined threshold under all working conditions, even when the flexible substrate is stopped.
US09994401B2
A transfer arrangement for transfer of packaging containers from a first conveyor arrangement to a second conveyor arrangement, wherein the transfer arrangement comprises at least one gripper arranged to engage the packaging containers frictionally.
US09994394B2
A side arm transfer device that is more easily assembled includes a right-side arm, a central arm, a left-side arm, a lifting table, laser sensors, a turning mechanism, and a transfer controller. The laser sensors are provided on the lifting table and detect presence or absence of an object on an irradiation line of laser light. The turning mechanism horizontally turns the laser sensors. The transfer controller horizontally turns the laser sensors and detects the presence or absence of an object in each of a plurality of detected portions on a load storage shelf, to determine the presence or absence of an object in each of mounting locations and the presence or absence of an object in a location, on the side of each of the mounting locations, to which each of the right-side arm, the central arm, and the left-side arm is to be extended.
US09994389B2
A filter for capsules for making espresso coffee by passing pressurised hot water through ground coffee powder, the filter (2) being rigid or semi-rigid, bowl-shaped and comprising a first base wall (3), a first lateral wall (4), a first upper edge (5) and a plurality of passages passing through it and which comprise an inlet section (10) facing towards an inner part (6) of the bowl and an outlet section (11) facing towards an outer part (7) of the bowl, at least the inlet sections (10) of the passages being made in parts of the filter (2) which are radially separated from the central axis by a distance equal to at least two thirds of the minimum radial distance of the first lateral wall (4) from the central axis; and a capsule comprising said filter (2) near to a second base wall (16) of it.
US09994382B2
Provided is an oxygen-absorbing medical multilayer container including at least three layers including a first resin layer containing a thermoplastic resin (b1), an oxygen-absorbing layer containing an oxygen-absorbing composition, and a second resin layer containing a thermoplastic resin (b2), in this order, where the oxygen-absorbing composition contains at least one compound having a tetralin ring represented by Formula (1), a transition metal catalyst, and a thermoplastic resin (a).
US09994370B2
Closures having an integrated push button latching assembly including an end wall, a skirt wall depending from the end wall, an outlet opening associated with the end wall, a protrusion associated with the end wall and a push button latching assembly are disclosed. The push button latching assembly is pivotally coupled to the closure and is movable between a first position in which the outlet opening is covered by the assembly and a second position in which the outlet opening is exposed. The push button latching assembly includes a retaining mechanism, a closing member coupled to the retaining mechanism, a push button coupled to the retaining mechanism, and a tongue coupled to the retaining mechanism. The tongue is configured to engage the protrusion when the push button latching assembly occupies the first position and disengage the protrusion such that the push button latching assembly is movable to the second position.
US09994368B2
The present invention is directed to a closure for an outlet opening of a container comprising a first component which snaps onto an outlet opening and provides a seal for an outlet opening said first component snaps with a second component of said closure; wherein the first component comprises one or more rails to enable stability of the assembly and defines the direction of movement of the second component relative to the first component; a second component comprising a dispensing orifice of said second component, said second component, snaps with said first component; wherein the second component comprises ribs which engage the rail(s) of said first component; a dispensing orifice positioned directly adjacent to the open portion of the container body; wherein one or more directions of the movement of the second component relative to the first component are independently controlled by rails and ribs.
US09994365B2
The present invention is directed to a thermoplastic drawstring trash bag wherein the thermoplastic drawstring trash bag has an enhanced thickness region in one or more panels of the drawstring trash bag. The enhanced thickness region has an average thickness that is greater than the thickness of the remaining portions of the panels forming the drawstring trash bag. The enhanced thickness region is generally in the area of the hems and traverses the hem seals.
US09994364B1
The sealing device involves an elongated release base member having a separation line along the release base member's length. A double-sided adhesive layer is attached to a side of the release base member so that the release base member may adhere to an inner side of a plastic courier bag's sealing flap and seal the plastic courier bag. A reinforcing tape may be further applied to an outer side of the plastic courier bag's sealing flap. The plastic courier bag may be quickly and conveniently opened by tearing down a pull strip of the sealing device. The plastic courier bag may be reused multiple times by applying new, unused sealing devices.
US09994360B2
A product includes a bottle, and an indicator that is carried in a relief in an interior surface of at least one of a shoulder of the bottle or a neck of the bottle, and that is adapted, upon contact with air, irreversibly to change a characteristic of the indicator that is visible from outside of the bottle to indicate to a user that the product has been used. A package including the product, and a method for making the package are also disclosed.
US09994350B2
A finish portion for a plastic container includes a threaded portion having at least one helical thread and a substantially flat thread positioned beneath the helical thread. The helical thread is merged into the flat thread. A transfer bead is positioned beneath the threaded portion and a gripping indentation is defined between the threaded portion and the transfer bead for facilitating automated conveyance. The gripping indentation may be shaped so that no separate ledge is defined between the threaded portion and the transfer bead. The gripping indentation may have a height that is at least about 0.085 inch. The finish portion has a maximum thread diameter and a maximum height, and a ratio of the maximum thread diameter to the maximum height may be at least about 2.3.
US09994344B2
A convertible shipping container for goods includes a tray portion that includes a first wall. The first wall is configured to be oriented as a front wall of the convertible shipping container in a first display configuration and as a bottom wall of the convertible shipping container in a second display configuration. The convertible shipping container also includes a cover portion removably coupled to the tray portion such that the cover portion is coupled to the tray portion in the first display configuration and is detachable from the tray portion to form the second display configuration.
US09994343B2
A flexible structure inflation device, comprising an inflation assembly configured for insertion between first and second overlapping film layers of a web of material, the inflation assembly having a fluid conduit configured directing a fluid in between the layers to inflate the web; and a cutting member held magnetically in an operative position adjacent the inflation assembly to cut the film passing over the inflation assembly.
US09994338B2
A habitation module with a gravity chamber that provides an artificial gravity environment. In one embodiment, the gravity chamber is annular and includes an outer cylindrical wall, an inner cylindrical structure, and opposing side walls that connect the outer cylindrical wall and the inner cylindrical structure. The gravity chamber attaches to an outer surface of a hull of the habitation module with support bearings. The support bearing includes an inner race attached to the outer surface of the hull, and an outer race attached to the gravity chamber. A drive mechanism drives the outer race of the support bearing to rotate the gravity chamber about an axis to simulate a gravitational force within the gravity chamber.
US09994335B1
The disclosure provides a rapid UAV launcher comprising an upper shuttle assembly and typically a plurality of rail systems. Each rail system comprises a lower shuttle assembly extending into a rail channel and translating over a rail surface. The rail channels of each rail system e generally parallel. The lower shuttle assembly of each rail system is coupled to a winch strap at a first end and an intermediary rope toward the intended direction of launch. The intermediary rope extends through the rail channel, through a brake disposed in the rail channel, around a pulley, and couples to a forward bungee connector coupled to an elastic unit. During a launch sequence, a rear mounted winch reels the winch strap to pull the lower shuttle assembly toward the winch, elongating the elastic unit, and providing individual tension forces to the lower shuttle assembly of each rail system.
US09994329B2
A method and an apparatus for controlling an aircraft are disclosed. The method includes: determining a horizontal velocity Vh and a vertical velocity Vv of the aircraft; acquiring, along a moving direction of the aircraft, an object having a distance that is no greater than a preset distance L away from the aircraft; predicting, according to the horizontal velocity Vh, the vertical velocity Vv, and the preset distance L, a position relationship between the aircraft and the object after the aircraft flies the preset distance L; and controlling the aircraft, by using a preset control measure, if the position relationship meets a preset relationship.
US09994312B2
A vertical take-off and landing aircraft includes a propulsion mechanism that generates lift and thrust, a main frame that supports seating and a landing undercarriage, a sub-frame which supports the propulsion mechanism and is arranged so as to be swingable back and forth relative to the main frame, a motive power supply unit supported by the main frame and supplying motive power to the propulsion mechanism, a control stick connected to the sub-frame, and a main wing arranged on the propulsion mechanism, wherein the main wing is formed to be retracted to a position not interfering with an air flow of the propulsion mechanism in a normal time and to be movable to a position where lift is generated when thrust is lost. Gliding is made possible even if thrust is lost while increasing in size of a fuselage is avoided.
US09994308B2
A cross tube for a helicopter skid landing gear, including a monolithic metallic tube having a central portion extending transversely between two end portions with longitudinal central axes of the central portion and of the end portions being located in a plane, where the central portion has inner and outer heights, the end portions each have inner and outer heights, and the inner and outer heights of one of the central portion and the end portion are respectively greater than the inner and outer heights of the other of the central portion and the end portion. A skid tube with two portions with cross-sections having one or both of different orientations with respect to one another and different dimensions with respect to one another, and a method of forming a structural tube for a helicopter skid landing gear are also provided.
US09994288B2
Systems and methods including various glazing devices are provided for attaching a window to a frame of a boating vessel to form a weatherproof seal therebetween.
US09994287B1
A rotatable mast system for a sailing craft wherein a lower section of the mast is mounted for rotation in upper and lower bearings fixed to the body of the sailing craft spaced along the length of the lower mast section. The upper section of the mast is removable from the lower section for purposes of servicing, repairing or replacing the upper section of the mast. The lower section of the mast remains in the sailing craft for future use and does not have to be removed while the upper mast section is removed for servicing, repair or replacement, etc. However if desired, the lower mast section may be removed by itself or with the upper section. The lower section of the mast may be made from aluminum and it also includes attachments for connecting a boom and the rigging to the lower section of the mast.
