US09053060B2
An information processing apparatus able to recover consistency between file entity data and file management information when detecting an inconsistency therebetween at start-up of the apparatus, while reducing unavailable time of the apparatus as much as possible. A CPU of the information processing apparatus executes a base program stored in a storage unit to check for an abnormality in consistency between file entity data and file management information which are stored in another storage unit. If an abnormality is detected, the CPU executes a program for degeneracy operation stored in still another storage unit to perform a degeneracy operation, and recovers the consistency.
US09053058B2
Systems and methods for upgrading QoS levels of older transactions based on the presence of higher level QoS transactions in a given queue. A counter may be maintained to track the number of transactions in a queue that are assigned a corresponding QoS level. Each separate QoS level can have a corresponding counter. When a transaction is received by the queue, the counter corresponding to the QoS level of the transaction is incremented. When a transaction leaves the queue, the transaction is upgraded to the highest QoS level with a non-zero counter. Also, when the transaction leaves the queue, the counter corresponding to the original QoS level of the transaction is decremented.
US09053056B2
In order to more efficiently use a cache memory to realize improved response ability in a storage system, there provided are a cache memory which stores the data read from the storage apparatus, an access monitoring unit which monitors a state of access from the upper apparatus to the data stored in the storage apparatus, a schedule information creating unit which creates schedule information that determines contents to be stored in the cache memory based on the access state, and a memory controlling unit which controls record-processing of the data from the storage apparatus to the cache memory and removal-processing of the data from the cache memory based on the schedule information.
US09053051B2
A memory controller includes an encoder, a modulator, and a demodulator. A nonvolatile memory includes memory cells, each programmable to one of three or more levels. According to first encoded data, the modulator programs a first subset of the memory cells to a first of the levels and a second subset of the memory cells to a second of the levels. Measurable values of the first subset are characterized by a first probability density function having a first width. Measurable values of the second subset are characterized by a second probability density function having a second width. The first width is greater than the second width. The encoder generates the first encoded data based on input data such that the first subset is smaller than the second subset. The demodulator is configured to output second encoded data in response to measurable values of the memory cells.
US09053048B2
In one embodiment, a method includes providing a biometric framework in a native environment thereof. The biometric framework includes a biometric service, a biometric device interface (BDI), and a BDI driver. The biometric service includes a biometric unit relative to a biometric sensor. The biometric unit includes a sensor adapter, an engine adapter, and a storage adapter. The method further includes extending the biometric framework to store biometric templates in a secondary database maintained in a secondary location. The extending includes extending the storage adapter to support storage in the secondary location.
US09053044B2
A presentation system includes a remote device with a dynamic storage subsystem that dynamically updates designated storage locations in actual or virtual memory with content for presentation at times associated with the presentation of the updated content by a presentation device. The presentation device, which is connected to the remote device by a data transport connection, accesses the content from the designated storage locations and presents the content as playback data.
US09053041B2
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for categorizing a plurality of vertices of a graph into independent sets. A random number is assigned to each vertex in the graph and the assigned number of each vertex is compared to the assigned numbers each of the neighbors of the vertex, where all vertices in the graph that have an assigned number greater than the assigned numbers of each of their neighbors are added to a first independent set, and all vertices in the graph that have an assigned number less than the assigned numbers of each of their neighbors are added to a second independent set separate from the first independent set.
US09053038B2
A method for providing efficient use of a read cache by a storage controller is provided. The method includes the storage controller receiving a read request from a host computer and determining if a host stream size is larger than a read cache size. The host stream size is a current cumulative size of all read requests in the host stream. If the host stream size is larger than the read cache size then migrating data to a first area of the read cache containing data that has been in the read cache for the longest time. If the host stream size is not larger than the read cache size then migrating data to a second area of the read cache containing data that has been in the read cache for the shortest time. The host stream is a consecutive group of sequential read requests from the host computer.
US09053037B2
A method and apparatus dynamically allocates and deallocates a portion of a cache for use as a dedicated local storage. Cache lines may be dynamically allocated and deallocated for inclusion in the dedicated local storage. Cache entries that are included in the dedicated local storage may not be evicted or invalidated. Additionally, coherence is not maintained between the cache entries that are included in the dedicated local storage and the backing memory. A load instruction may be configured to allocate, e.g., lock, a portion of the data cache for inclusion in the dedicated local storage and load data into the dedicated local storage. A load instruction may be configured to read data from the dedicated local storage and to deallocate, e.g., unlock, a portion of the data cache that was included in the dedicated local storage.
US09053031B2
A method for handling speculative access requests for a storage device in a computer system is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a speculative access threshold corresponding to a selected percentage of the total number of accesses to be speculatively issued, and intermixing demand accesses and speculative accesses in accordance with the speculative access threshold. In another embodiment, a method for reducing data access latency experienced by a user in a computer network is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a web page comprising a link to a data file stored on a database connected to the computer network, selecting a speculative access threshold corresponding to a selected percentage of data accesses which are to be speculatively provided to the user, and speculatively providing the data file in accordance with the speculative access threshold.
US09053025B2
A processor is described comprising: instruction failure logic to perform a plurality of operations in response to a detected instruction execution failure, the instruction failure logic to be used for instructions which have complex failure modes and which are expected to have a failure frequency above a threshold, wherein the operations include: detecting an instruction execution failure and determining a reason for the failure; storing failure data in a destination register to indicate the failure and to specify details associated with the failure; and allowing application program code to read the failure data and responsively take one or more actions responsive to the failure, wherein the instruction failure logic performs its operations without invocation of an exception handler or switching to a low level domain on a system which employs hierarchical protection domains.
US09053024B2
Disclosed herein are techniques for system recovery. It is determined whether a transaction depends on a change committed before a failure. It is further determined whether a transaction conflicts with a change interrupted by the failure.
US09053016B2
According to the embodiments, a memory system includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory and a writing-loop-count monitoring unit that monitors a loop count of an applied voltage to the nonvolatile semiconductor memory required for data writing of the nonvolatile semiconductor memory as a writing loop count. Moreover, the memory system includes a management table for managing the writing loop count in block unit that is a unit of data erasing and a life managing unit that determines a degraded state of the nonvolatile semiconductor memory based on the management table.
US09053015B2
An architecture of a NAND Flash memory module interface controller (NAND-controller) provides access to data stored in an external NAND Flash memory module, and a method of booting firmware. NAND-controller automatically boots firmware from the NAND Flash memory into primary RAM of a system-on-a chip used for GNSS receivers. NAND-controller has a first external interface to connect NAND Flash memory, a second external interface to set parameters of booting firmware, and two internal interfaces: a high-speed one (system interface) and a low-speed one (control interface) to be connected to two types of SoC internal busses. Data exchange between the CPU and NAND Flash memory is implemented using a static RAM buffer which is a part of the NAND-controller and available for reading and writing via high-speed interface. Parameters of the first external interface are set and current state of data exchange process is controlled by the CPU.
US09053013B2
A data storage device with a FLASH memory and an operating method for the data storage device are disclosed. According to the disclosure, the space of the FLASH memory is allocated to include groups of data blocks, a plurality of shared cache blocks (SCBs) and a plurality of dedicated cache blocks (DCBs). Each SCB is shared by one group of data blocks, for the write data storage when any data block of the group of data blocks is exhausted. The DCBs are allocated for the hot data storage. Each DCB corresponds to one hot logical block.
US09053012B1
Apparatus and methods provide relatively low uncorrectable bit error rates, low write amplification, long life, fast and efficient retrieval, and efficient storage density such that a solid-state drive (SSD) can be reliably implemented using various types of memory cells, including relatively inexpensive multi-level cell flash. One embodiment intelligently coordinates remapping of bad blocks with error correction code control, which eliminates the tables used to avoid bad blocks.
US09053007B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes nonvolatile memory and storage unit storing a translation table indicating, by a predetermined management unit, relationships between logical addresses specified by a host and physical addresses in the nonvolatile memory. A memory system of the embodiment includes a controller that when receiving from the host a delete notification indicating a delete area smaller than the management unit specified by a logical address, write a specified data pattern to an area of the nonvolatile memory having a physical address corresponding to the delete area.
US09053002B2
Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include configuring one or more storage devices as a plurality of physical storage units, each of the physical storage units having a storage granularity, and configuring, on the one or more storage devices, a thin provisioned storage pool having a physical number of the physical storage units and a logical number of logical storage units, the physical number being less than the logical number. Upon receiving a request to create a thick data volume having a requested number of the physical storage units, an available number of the physical storage units that are available in the thin provisioned pool can be identified. Upon determining that the requested number is less than the available number, the requested number of the physical storage units can be allocated, from the thin provisioned storage pool, to the thick data volume.
US09053000B1
Methods and apparatus to provide event correlation based on causality equivalence. In one embodiment, a raw notification and a causality notification are generated for a raw event. The causality notification corresponds to a causality equivalence class in a plurality of causality equivalence classes.
US09052999B1
Disclosed is a method and corresponding system for transmitting a determined altitude of a user equipment device located in a building. One embodiment takes the form of a method. The method may involve determining a first distance between a node at a known position in a building and a user equipment device located in the building based on known planar coordinates of the node and known planar coordinates of the user equipment device. The method may further involve determining a second distance between the user equipment device and the node based on propagation of at least one signal between the node and the user equipment device. The method may further involve determining an altitude of the user equipment device based on the determined first distance, the determined second distance, and a known altitude of the node. And the method may involve transmitting the determined altitude of the user equipment device.
US09052998B2
A map display device includes a position information acquiring unit for acquiring the present position of a vehicle; a map data storage unit for storing map data; a remaining energy acquiring unit for acquiring a residual quantity of energy for driving the vehicle and equipment mounted on the vehicle; a range calculating unit for computing a range the vehicle can travel with the remaining energy, using a moving energy consumption rate which is energy consumption per unit time required for moving the vehicle and a driving energy consumption rate Eci which is energy consumption per unit time required for driving the equipment mounted on the vehicle; and an output control unit for displaying the range on a map using the map data.
US09052995B2
Systems and methods which provide mount catalogs to facilitate rapid volume mount are shown. A mount catalog of embodiments may be provided for each aggregate containing volumes to be mounted by a takeover node of a storage system. The mount catalog may comprise a direct storage level, such as a DBN level, based mount catalog. Such mount catalogs may be maintained in a reserved portion of the storage devices containing a corresponding aggregate and volumes, wherein the storage device reserved portion is known to a takeover node. In operation according to embodiments, a HA pair takeover node uses a mount catalog to access the blocks used to mount volumes of a HA pair partner node prior to a final determination that the partner node is in fact a failed node and prior to onlining the aggregate containing the volumes.
US09052988B1
In an embodiment, a method for distributed discussion collaboration is provided. The computer-implemented method includes selecting a featured discussion item for each of one or more collaborators based on information associated with each respective collaborator. The method also includes providing selected featured discussion items for display to respective one or more collaborators. The method further includes receiving voting information for the featured discussion items displayed to the respective one or more collaborators. In another embodiment, a system for distributed discussion collaboration includes a selection module configured to select a featured discussion item for each of one or more collaborators based on information associated with each respective collaborator. The system also includes a view controller and a voting module.
US09052987B2
A vehicle information system for a motor vehicle is equipped with at least two engines, with at least two vehicle controllers each allocated to an engine. Each vehicle controller exhibits at least two distance measuring devices, which are designed to acquire the distances covered by the motor vehicle with the respective engine, a current consumption acquisition device, which is designed to acquire the current consumption of the respective engine, and an output device, which is designed to output the acquired distances and acquired current consumption.
US09052982B1
Methods, articles, signals, and systems are provided for adaptively shrinking software. The software includes one or more adaptive features. A tracking facility tracks use of the adaptive features, and when it is determined that a given feature is unwanted or unnecessary in the software configuration preferred by a given user, a separation facility separates the feature from the rest of the software. The feature is then archived or deleted. In this manner, resources such as disk space are conserved, program load time and memory requirements are reduced, and user interfaces and supporting code are tailored to meet the needs of particular users.
US09052981B2
A method is implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions. The programming instructions are operable to receive a maturity level for an organization and select at least one defect analysis starter/defect reduction method (DAS/DRM) defect profile based on the maturity level. Additionally, the programming instructions are operable to determine a projection analysis for one or more stages of the life cycle of a software code project of the organization based on the at least one DAS/DRM defect profile.
US09052970B2
A multi-process interactive system is described. The system includes numerous processes running on a processing device. The processes include separable program execution contexts of application programs, such that each application program comprises at least one process. The system translates events of each process into data capsules. A data capsule includes an application-independent representation of event data of an event and state information of the process originating the content of the data capsule. The system transfers the data messages into pools or repositories. Each process operates as a recognizing process, where the recognizing process recognizes in the pools data capsules comprising content that corresponds to an interactive function of the recognizing process and/or an identification of the recognizing process. The recognizing process retrieves recognized data capsules from the pools and executes processing appropriate to contents of the recognized data capsules.
US09052960B2
Techniques for mapping and managing resources are presented. Hardware capacity and information is collected over multiple processing environments for hardware resources. The information is mapped to logical business resources and resource pools. Capacity is rolled up and managed within logical groupings and the information gathering is managed via in-memory and on-file caching techniques.
US09052938B1
Virtual machine data records are obtained from a virtual system manager that manages one or more virtual machines. Storage data records are obtained from a storage controller. The virtual machine data records include one or more particular virtual machine data records relating to a particular virtual machine and identify a particular volume that is configured for use by the particular virtual machine. The storage data records including one or more particular storage data records that specify performance information associated with the particular volume. Based on information in the particular virtual machine data records and information in the particular storage data records, it is determined that the particular storage data records are related to the particular volume used by the particular virtual machine. Graphical user interface(s) displaying virtual machine information relating to the particular virtual machine in association with volume performance information relating to the particular volume are displayed.
US09052935B1
A computer-implemented method for managing affinity rules in virtual-machine environments may include (1) identifying a first application configured to run on a first virtual machine, (2) identifying a second application configured to run on a second virtual machine, (3) identifying an application affinity rule between the first application and the second application, the application affinity rule indicating whether the first application and the second application should run on a same hypervisor within a plurality of hypervisors, and (4) selecting, based at least in part on which hypervisor among the plurality of hypervisors is running the first application, a hypervisor from among the plurality of hypervisors on which to run the second application that satisfies the application affinity rule between the first application and the second application. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09052932B2
A system and technique for hybrid virtual machine configuration management includes a processor and executable logic to: assign to a first set of virtual resources associated with a virtual machine a first priority, the first set associated with entitled resources for the virtual machine; assign to a second set of virtual resources associated with the virtual machine a second priority lower than the first priority, wherein the first and seconds sets when combined exceed the entitled resources for the virtual machine; map the first set to a first physical resource of a pool of shared physical resources, the pool of shared physical resources allocatable to the first and second sets, wherein the first physical resource comprises a desired affinity level to a second physical resource allocated to the virtual machine; and preferentially allocate the first physical resource to the first set of virtual resources.
US09052931B2
A method and system for identifying a machine used for an online session with an online provider includes executing a lightweight fingerprint code from a provider interface during an online session to collect and transmit machine and session information; generating and storing a machine signature or identity including a machine effective speed calibration (MESC) which may be used to identify the machine when the machine is used in a subsequent online session by a method of matching the machine signature and MESC to a database of machine identities, analyzing a history of the machine's online sessions to identify one or more response indicators, such as fraud indicators, and executing one or more responses to the response indicators, such as disabling a password or denying an online transaction, where the response and response indicator may be provider-designated.
US09052927B2
A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; an input unit configured to enter an application indicator edit mode for editing application indicators providing information on corresponding applications; a display configured to display a first display region including a plurality of settable application indicators and a second display region including a guide screen indicating at least one of a display location and a display size of the settable application indicators on the guide screen when entering the edit mode; and a controller configured to receive a selection signal indicating a selection of a specific application indicator among the plurality of settable application indicators included in the first display region, and to determine whether the specific application indicator can be set on the guide screen included in the second display region.
US09052922B1
A content handler application that may be provided on a mobile device to provide extensions to a web based application. The content handler may provide the web application access features such as the camera, GPS, A/V input and output, file system and secure uploads. The content handler may be a certified application for use on the mobile device and calls applications to access the features of the mobile device. The web applications may be updated without concern for the content handler. Because the user experience and business logic are contained in the web application they are unaffected by the certification and multi-platform issues as this is limited to only the content handler.
US09052912B2
Provided are a data processor, and a control system, in which an interrupt controller and an event link controller are adopted. The event link controller responds to a generated event signal to output a start control signal for controlling start of an operation of a circuit module. The circuit module is able to generate an event signal. The event link controller generates the start control signal according to the correspondences between event signals and start control signals which are defined by event control information. The links between the event signals and start control signals can be prescribed by the event control information. Therefore, operations of circuit modules prescribed by such links can be controlled sequentially. The control neither involves save and return processes by CPU as in the interrupt processing, nor needs priority level control as executed on competing interrupt requests.
US09052903B2
A system including memory and a resource controller. The memory includes a first memgroup and a second memgroup, wherein the first memgroup comprises a first physical page mapped to a virtual page, and wherein the second memgroup comprises a second physical page. The resource controller is configured to receive a request to stop the first memgroup, instruct a memory power management subsystem to mark the first memgroup as stopped in response to receiving the request to stop the first memgroup, wherein no free pages are allocated from the first memgroup after the first memgroup is marked as stopped, remap the virtual page to the second physical page in response to the marking the first memgroup as stopped, and reduce power to the first memgroup in response to a determination that the first physical page is not mapped to the virtual page.
US09052902B2
Techniques are described to transmit commands to a display device. The commands can be transmitted in header byte fields of secondary data packets. The commands can be used to cause a target device to capture a frame, enter or exit self refresh mode, or reduce power use of a connection. In addition, a request to exit main link standby mode can cause the target enter training mode without explicit command to exit main link standby mode.
US09052899B2
Embodiments of the invention describe systems and processes directed towards reducing memory subsystem idle power consumption. Embodiments of the invention enable low power states for various components of a memory subsystem under certain operating conditions, and exiting said low power states under certain operating conditions.Embodiments of the invention may comprise of logic, modules or any combination thereof, to detect operating conditions in a computing system. Some of these operating conditions may include, but are not limited to, a memory controller being empty of transactions directed towards its respective memory unit(s), a processor core executing a processor low-power mode, and a processor socket (operatively coupling the processing core and the memory unit) executing an idle mode. In response to detecting said operating conditions, embodiments of the invention may execute a low-power idle state for the memory unit(s) and various components of the memory subsystem.
US09052895B2
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and software that implement power budget allocation optimization algorithms in multi-processor systems, such as server farms. The algorithms are derived from a queuing theoretic model that minimizes the mean response time of the system to the jobs in the workload while accounting for a variety of factors. These factors include, but are not necessarily limited to, the type of power (frequency) scaling mechanism(s) available within the processors in the system, the power-to-frequency relationship(s) of the processors for the scaling mechanism(s) available, whether or not the system is an open or closed loop system, the arrival rate of jobs incoming into the system, the number of jobs within the system, and the type of workload being processed.
US09052892B2
A power management integrated circuit comprises a plurality of power source circuits power received at a power supply input terminal to supply power to a plurality of power supply output terminals. A plurality of power source circuits is coupled between the power supply input terminal and the respective power supply output terminals. The power management integrated circuit comprises an active configuration memory and a communication interface with at least one terminal for uploading configuration data from outside the power management integrated circuit into the configuration memory. A control circuit controls operating parameters of respective ones of the power source circuits dependent on the configuration data from the active configuration memory. Thus, the power management integrated circuit is able to switch between different power supply states in a dynamically configurable way, without requiring external control over the configuration during switching.
US09052891B2
A method for configuring and executing card content management (CCM) operations in a declarative manner includes composing a CCM operation declaration, wherein each CCM operation includes one or more CCM scripts and storing the CCM operation declaration in memory. When provisioning is needed, applicable scripts for the CCM operation declaration are fetched from the memory. An execution context needed for each script in the CCM operation declaration is prepared. The scripts are executed in an order specified in the CCM operation declaration.
US09052876B2
A method establishes a secure authenticated connection between two devices. The method includes (A) obtaining data related to a tapping event between a first device and a second device, the data including time data of the tapping event; (B) selecting, by the first device, a target device; (C) establishing a non-authenticated secure communication link between the first device and the target device; (D) sending, by the first device, a challenge communication to the target device, the challenge communication including a request for a further data related to the tapping event; (E) receiving, by the first device, a response communication in response to the challenge communication, the response including the further data; (F) determining if the target device is the second device by matching the data with the further data; (G) if the target device is the second device, establishing a secure authenticated communication link between the first and second devices.
US09052874B2
A handheld device has a first body part with a first user interface element and a second body part with a second user interface element, and a link mechanism configured to interconnect the first body part and the second body part movably by a user between a first configuration and a second configuration. The first body part and the second body part being stacked in a first order in the first configuration and in a second order opposite to the first order in the second configuration. Each body part has a user interface on its upper surface so that either one can be exposed to a user by changing between the first and second configurations.
US09052873B2
Provided is an electronic device that is user-friendly in both hand-held use and table-placed use, and furthermore is highly reliable with respect to external impact. The electronic device includes a main body part and a support member. The support member connected by the connection part are attached to a pivot shaft that is disposed on the rear surface side of the main body part, such that the support member can pivot from a position at which the connection part protrudes outward beyond an outer edge of the main body part in a plan view from the front surface side of the main body part. At least a portion of the support member is at the same position as or a position more rearward than the portion of the main body part that protrudes the most rearward.
US09052872B2
There is provided an electronic device having a terminal port disposed at a side surface of a casing and opened outward; and a lid that openably covers the terminal port. The terminal port includes: a back wall on which connection terminals are mounted; a bottom wall; and a pair of side walls. The lid includes a slide support that is supported slidably inward and outward along the bottom wall and a lid main body that is turnably supported at the outer edge of the slide support by a hinge. The slide support is located at its initial position at which the slide support slides inward when the lid is closed. The slide support is allowed to slide outward and the hinge is located outward of the outer edge of the bottom wall when the lid is opened.
US09052870B2
The disclosure describes a system and a frame for mounting a display device above a printed circuit board (PCB) in within a housing of an electronic device. The system comprises: a frame section formed to be located on the PCB about a surface device on a surface of the PCB, the frame section comprises a plurality of connected bars, one of the plurality of bars having a depression in its top surface to allow a connector of the display device to fit against the frame section, the frame section being securable to the PCB such that at least a part of the surface device is surrounded by the frame section.
US09052868B2
A subsea control system may include a computer unit including a printed circuit board that contains a central processing unit, and a socket for holding at least one memory card, whereby the computer unit has a screw hole, a wedged plate is fixed above at least a part of the socket by a screw which is screwed into the screw hole for fixing the at least one memory card placed in the socket.
US09052867B2
A feedback application may be executing on a data processing system to transmit a screen update to at least two computers. The feedback application receives an indication of completion from a first computer, in response to transmitting the screen update. The feedback application updates a completion gauge to indicate a partial completion among participants, in response to receiving the indication of completion from the first computer. The feedback application receives a second indication of completion from a second computer, in response to transmitting the screen update. The feedback application updates the completion gauge to indicate a completion among participants, in response to receiving the indication of completion from the second computer.
US09052864B1
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with encoding and processing page description language (PDL) documents using a light-weight data interchange format are described. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a communication logic configured to receive a request for a page description language (PDL) document. The PDL document is encoded in accordance with a lightweight data interchange format that includes (i) content of the page, and (ii) an arrangement of the content within the page. The apparatus includes a processing logic configured to retrieve the PDL document from a data store and to interpret the PDL document to generate a rasterized document that defines a layout of the page to be printed. The layout of the page as defined by the rasterized document is consistent with the arrangement of the content within the page as specified by the PDL document encoded with the lightweight data interchange format.
US09052861B1
Systems and methods of establishing a secure connection between a proxy server and a base station device are disclosed. An example of a method includes providing a proxy server with a session token for a mobile device from a cloud service. The method also includes providing a session code directly to the mobile device from the cloud service based on the session token. The method also includes providing access by the proxy server to the base station device if the proxy server provides the session code to the cloud service.
US09052853B2
A device control system has a terminal 3 with a web browser 31, and a printer 5 that controls a connected device. The terminal 3 calls an object that controls a device and is instantiated by the device API 33 to support the device, and sends a request to the printer 5, by the web application 32; and the printer 5 executes a device control script 502 that controls the device, receives requests sent through the device API 33, and controls the device.
US09052834B2
Disclosed is a storage system architecture. An Environmental service module (ESM) is coupled to one or more array controllers. The ESM is configured with a central processing unit and one or more assist functions. The assist functions may include nonvolatile memory. This nonvolatile memory may be used for write caching, mirroring data, and/or configuration data. The assist functions, or the ESM, may be controlled by the array controllers using SCSI or RDMA commands.
US09052833B2
An aspect includes protecting a former primary volume in a synchronous replication relationship. A swap between a primary volume at a first site and a secondary volume at a second site is initiated such that the secondary volume becomes a new primary volume and the primary volume becomes the former primary volume. A fenced state is set as active for the former primary volume. The former primary volume is configured as a fenced volume based on the fenced state being active. Read and write access to the fenced volume is blocked while the fenced state is active.
US09052831B1
A system that implements a scalable data storage service may maintain tables in a data store on behalf of storage service clients. The service may maintain table data in multiple replicas of partitions that are stored on respective computing nodes in the system. In response to detecting an anomaly in the system, detecting a change in data volume on a partition or service request traffic directed to a partition, or receiving a service request from a client to split a partition, the data storage service may create additional copies of a partition replica using a physical copy mechanism. The data storage service may issue a split command defined in an API for the data store to divide the original and additional replicas into multiple replica groups, and to configure each replica group to maintain a respective portion of the table data that was stored in the partition before the split.
US09052826B2
Techniques for selecting physical storage locations for storing data are provided. A technique involves determining usage statistics associated with a logical block in a file system, selecting a physical storage location, of a plurality of physical storage locations, to assign to the logical block based on (a) at least one attribute associated with the first physical storage location, and (b) the usage statistics associated with the logical block, and causing the logical block to be assigned to the first physical storage location.
US09052818B2
A method of providing a graphical user interface (GUI) using divided screens, and a multimedia device using the same, the method including: displaying a plurality of items on a first screen on a display of the device; displaying a plurality of lists on a second screen on the display; and adding an item selected by a user from among the plurality of items on the first screen to a list selected by the user from among the plurality of lists on the second screen. Accordingly, the user can manage items and lists more intuitively and conveniently.
US09052816B2
An example computing device includes a touch screen display; wireless communication circuitry; one or more processors; and memory for storing a browser program for displaying web pages on the touch screen display. The one or more processors are configured to execute the browser program to control the computing device to at least: display, on the touch screen display, web pages accessed via the wireless communication circuitry; and display, on the touch screen display, a pop-up menu concurrently with a displayed web page. The pop-up menu includes at least a first touch image for displaying a previous web page, a second touch image for displaying a next web page, a third touch image for accessing a process to display a bookmarked web page and a fourth touch image for accessing a process to bookmark a web page.
US09052809B2
Systems and methods for clinical event processing with situational awareness to dynamically facilitate a clinician's workflow are provided. An example clinical event processing and situational awareness system includes a clinical event processor including a clinical event processing engine and a routing engine to receive information regarding a clinical event from an event source and to process the information regarding the clinical event to determine a clinical situation based on the clinical event. The system also includes an event handler to enrich the processed information regarding the clinical event by adding a clinical context to the processed information from a data source. The system further includes a dispatcher to notify a user and launch an anticipated application for the user to facilitate a situational aware clinical workflow based on the enriched, processed information regarding the clinical event.
US09052802B2
A multimedia interaction system is disclosed, including: a plurality of member electronic devices; a plurality of displays respectively arranged on the member electronic devices; and a location detection circuit configured to operably detect respective member electronic device's spatial position and orientation dynamically and to transmit detection results to at least one of the member electronic devices. When an user instructs a source electronic device of the member electronic devices to transmit a target image object toward a target direct, a candidate electronic device of the member electronic devices would execute a target command corresponding to the target image object to utilize a corresponding display to perform a multimedia operation corresponding to the target image object only if a relative position between the candidate electronic and the target direct satisfies a predetermined condition.
US09052796B2
An operating system has a stack of input events (an input stack) that provides input events from various input devices to applications. A dedicated thread or other entity is provided to handle input events that are related to pixel manipulation on the display, so as to provide a highly responsive display. The thread includes a buffer, and manages the buffer so as to ensure that messages a received by an application or other entity in chronological order.
US09052786B2
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 waveshapes 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 waveshapes 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.
US09052783B2
An information processing apparatus includes a display unit located on a front surface of a case. The information processing apparatus also includes a sensing unit located on a side surface of the case facing away from the display unit.
US09052781B2
To detect the positions of the respective mobiles correctly without being affected by the ultrasonic waves from other mobile(s) in a case where plural mobiles are used simultaneously.The mobile comprises a unit that transmits a trigger signal of requesting transmitting ultrasonic wave that is capable of identifying the mobile, a unit that receives a trigger signal of allowing transmitting ultrasonic wave from the receiver, and a unit that transmits an ultrasonic wave immediately upon receipt of the trigger signal of allowing transmitting ultrasonic wave. The receiver comprises a unit that receives a trigger signal of requesting transmitting ultrasonic wave from the mobile, a unit that transmits a trigger signal of allowing transmitting ultrasonic wave that can be identified at the mobile side, a control unit that controls a transmitting timing of the trigger signal of allowing transmitting ultrasonic wave, at least two ultrasonic wave receiving units provided at predetermined gaps, a unit that calculates an ultrasonic wave propagation time from the mobile based on a time of transmitting the trigger signal of allowing transmitting ultrasonic wave and an ultrasonic wave arrival time, and a position calculation unit that calculates a position of the mobile based on the ultrasonic wave propagation time calculated.
US09052779B2
A display includes a backlight source, display panel, first light source, and controller. The display panel includes a sensor array for sensing first reflection light generated from an object reflecting first detection light. The first detection light is generated by the backlight source for locating a coordinate of a projection point of the object on the display panel. The first light source is disposed in a first side of the display panel, for repeatedly transmitting second detection light of different transmitting angles to the object at different time to generate a second reflection light. The second reflection light is sensed by the sensor array. The controller is for performing a corresponding operation according to a transmitting angle of the first light source and the coordinate of the projection point when brightness value of the reflective light is substantially greater than a predict value.
US09052773B2
Control methods of an electronic apparatus having a touch pad are provided. Touch event with the touch pad is first detected. It is then determined whether the touch event is a single-touch event or a multi-touch event. In response to the touch event being the multi-touch event, the touch event is simulated to a first event initialized by a touch panel by a simulation device to generate a multi-touch signal to an operation system such that the operation system performs a corresponding touch simulation.
US09052762B2
An image display unit is provided which includes an input module receiving touch inputs, a display module displaying an image thereon, a touched state detection module detecting a touch input made onto the input module, a touched position acquiring module acquiring a touched position of the touch input, a flick detection module detecting whether the touch input is made by a flick operation, a flick direction detection module detecting a direction of the flick operation, and a display screen changing module executing either of a first display screen changing process of increasing the number of images displayed on the display module and contracting images displayed on the display module and a second display screen changing process of decreasing the number of images displayed on the display module and expanding images displayed on the display module based on the direction of the flick operation.
US09052761B2
A user touch operation mode adaptive method and device are provided, so as to solve the problem of incorrect identification of a user touch operation mode due to different user habits. The technical solution includes: receiving a touch action, and obtaining a touch range value of the touch action according to a touch press coordinate and a touch uplift coordinate of the touch action; and comparing the touch range value of the touch action with a range threshold that is set according to user operation habit for discriminating a touch click mode from a touch slide mode, in which if the touch range value is greater than the range threshold, the touch action is in the touch slide mode, and if the touch range value is not greater than the range threshold, the touch action is in the touch click mode.
US09052760B2
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for combining multiple displays on multiple portable electronic computer devices to form a larger display. For each device, a configuration module configures a first display to combine with one or more additional displays of one or more additional electronic computer devices to form the larger display. The first display may be configured to provide a portion of the larger display. A display orientation module determines an orientation of the first display with respect to the one or more additional displays to form the larger display. A detection module detects a presence of the one or more additional electronic computer devices and determines that the detected additional electronic computer devices are compatible with the first display to combine to form a larger display.
US09052756B2
An electromagnetic handwriting pen includes a casing unit, an ink writing unit and an electromagnetic writing unit. The ink writing unit is disposed inside the casing unit and includes an ink pen core having a pen nib. The electromagnetic writing unit is disposed inside the casing unit and includes a circuit substrate far away from the pen nib, an electricity conducting element adjacent to the circuit substrate, an elastic element insulatively disposed between the circuit substrate and the electricity conducting element, and a magnetic structure adjacent to the pen nib and electrically connected to the circuit substrate. The circuit substrate has at least two electrode portions adjacent to and facing the electricity conducting element. Whereby, when the electricity conducting element is moved to concurrently contact the at least two electrode portions, the at least two electrode portions are electrically connected with each other through the electricity conducting element.
US09052755B2
An overlapped handwriting input method, which includes: moving a touch unit on a touch screen, recording and displaying the track of a stroke on a handwriting area of the screen; determining whether the stroke currently being written and all previously input strokes having a color A belong to the same character; if yes, keeping the current stroke color unchanged; otherwise, determining whether an inactive visual layer character is present on the screen; if yes, clearing an image of the inactive character and related stroke information; otherwise, defining as the inactive character all strokes having the color A, excluding the current stroke; submitting data of the current inactive character to a recognition engine, and outputting a recognition result. Thus, the interface friendliness for users to continuously input handwriting according to their natural writing practice is ensured, and multiple handwritten characters can be written continuously without pause, thereby improving handwriting input efficiency.
US09052751B2
Portable electronic communication equipment, e.g., a mobile phone, includes a projector that is integrated into the mobile phone to project images, a camera senses views, including a view of projected images and of changes made to the projected image, e.g., by inserting an object, such as a finger, stylus, etc., into the projected image. The character of the changes, e.g., where a change occurs in an image, can be used as an input to the mobile phone. A method of using a portable communication device includes transmitting and receiving communications via a radio, projecting an image onto a surface, using a camera of the portable communication device to sense views including a view of a projected image by the projector, and detecting a change in the sensed view of the projected image to provide an input to the portable communication device.
US09052750B2
A method for manipulating a user interface by a 2D camera within a vehicle includes: receiving a captured image of a passenger and a captured image of the reflection of the passenger on a reflector; extracting real and virtual images of the passenger from the captured images, and recognizing a gesture by a correlation between the real and virtual images; and selecting a vehicle equipment operation corresponding to the recognized gesture. Accordingly, the passenger is able to manipulate the steering wheel with one hand and keep their eyes forward while controlling multiple in-vehicle electronic devices with simple motions with the other hand, thereby improving passengers' convenience and driving safety.
US09052743B2
A method to transition focus of a display corresponding to an object's motion tracked by a video camera or like device is disclosed. In one implementation, the display shows one or more windows or user interfaces on the display. The object's motion can be used to select one of the windows or user interfaces on the display and manipulate content presented in the window or user interface. In another implementations, the object's motion can manipulate a three-dimensional graphical icon in a three-dimensional display environment, for example, by rotating it. In another implementation, the method further tracks motion of a second object and shifts focus of the display corresponding to the motion of the second object. In another implementation, a second display may be added to mirror the focus transition corresponding to the object's motion.
US09052741B2
A mobile phone 100 having a capacitive touchpad unit 102 includes a touch sensor circuit 121 that outputs measurement values each indicating a capacitance of the touchpad unit 102, a computing unit 111a that computes a sensor output value based on each measurement output from the touch sensor circuit 121, a calibration coefficient updating unit 111a3 that updates the sensor output value by updating a calibration coefficient so as to be equal to a predetermined reference value, a judging unit 118 that detects a contact based on the sensor output values, and a judgment threshold switching unit 133 that causes the judging unit 118 to use a provisional contact-judging unit for a time period starting when the update occurs during the time that the user's face is in contact with the touchpad unit 102 and ending when it is judged that the touch to the touchpad unit 102 is released.
US09052740B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an adaptive data path for computer-vision applications. Utilizing techniques provided herein, the data path can adapt to the needs of a computer-vision application to provide the needed data. The data path can be adapted by applying one or more filters to image data from one or more sensors. Some embodiments may utilize a computer-vision processing unit comprising a specialized instruction-based, in-line processor capable of interpreting commands from a computer-vision application.
US09052736B2
Control system intended for the choice and the selection of functions in a vehicle, the system comprising a case, a lever extending along a main axis from a first end, mounted pivoting about a pivot axis to a second end provided with an actuation knob, the lever being able to turn about the main axis, and an elastic return device of the lever into a neutral position comprising an action surface in the form of a truncated cone of revolution, the axis of which is the main axis and, on a pivoting of the lever, the active zone is displaced along a generatrix of the cone moving towards the vertex, the elastic means being more biased than in a neutral position.
US09052735B2
An active control system and method for an accelerator pedal effort is disclosed, in which the pedal effort of the accelerator pedal is varied actively in accordance with a driving mode and a parking mode of a vehicle.
US09052731B2
A method and system for programming and implementing automated fault isolation and restoration of high-speed fault detection of circuits in power distribution networks using sequential logic and peer-to-peer communication is provided. High-speed fault detection of circuits in power distribution networks uses protective relay devices (14) segmenting a distribution line (11) having Intelligent Electronic Devices (IED) (22) associated with switching devices (20) communicating peer-to-peer via a communication system (30) to provide fast and accurate fault location information in distribution systems with sequential logic.
US09052730B2
A voltage regulator calibration circuit including a voltage regulator and a calibration unit is provided. The voltage regulator regulates an output voltage according to a reference voltage and a feedback voltage. The feedback voltage is in direct proportion to the output voltage. The calibration unit is coupled to the voltage regulator. The calibration unit generates a control code through binary search according to the output voltage and a target voltage. The control code determines the proportion of the feedback voltage to the output voltage.
US09052729B2
Circuits and methods to control current through a device biasing an output device in case the supply voltage is not higher than the output voltage are disclosed. The circuits and methods are applicable to e.g. LDOs, amplifiers, or buffers. A control loop detects if the supply voltage is not higher than the output voltage and regulates the drain-source voltage of the biasing device. The disclosure reduces power consumption in a driver stage in case the supply voltage is not higher than the output voltage.
US09052725B1
An apparatus and method for controlling power supplied to data generating circuits based on performance, such as time delay associated with generating data. The apparatus includes a plurality of data generating circuits configured to generate data at respective outputs in response to a first signal; a plurality of timing circuits configured to generate a plurality of second signals related to time delays between the first signal initiating the generation of the data and an appearance of the data at the respective outputs of the data generating circuits; a power supply circuit configured to generate a voltage for supplying power to the data generating circuits; a power controller configured to control the voltage generated by the power supply circuit based on the plurality of second signals; and a serial data transfer circuit configured to serial transfer the plurality of second signals from the respective timing circuits to the power controller.
US09052723B2
A pressure control valve unit (10) for a fluid with at least one inlet area (P) and first and second outlet areas (A, T) which can be connected for fluid flow with one another by two mutually coupled seat valves (23, 24). An incoming fluid flow, from the inlet area (P) to the first and second outlet areas (A, T), can be adjusted by way of the first seat valve (23), and a fluid outflow, between the first and second outlet areas (A,T), can be adjusted by way of the second seat valve (24). In this case, a flow-guiding device (26) is arranged, upstream from the first seat valve (23) in the inlet area (P), and imposes a specific flow characteristic upon the inflowing fluid in the area of the first seat valve (23).
US09052722B2
Cooling methods are provided which include providing: one or more coolant-cooled structures associated with an electronics rack, a coolant loop coupled in fluid communication with one or more passages of the coolant-cooled structure(s), one or more heat exchange units coupled to facilitate heat transfer from coolant within the coolant loop, and N controllable components associated with the coolant loop or the heat exchange unit(s), wherein N≧1. The N controllable components facilitate circulation of coolant through the coolant loop or transfer of heat from the coolant via the heat exchange unit(s). A controller is also provided to dynamically adjust operation of the N controllable components, based on Z input parameters and one or more specified constraints, and provide a specified cooling to the coolant-cooled structure(s), while limiting energy consumed by the N controllable components, wherein Z≧1.
US09052719B2
Disclosed are a robot cleaner and a method for controlling the same. The robot cleaner may prevent repeated executions of a cleaning operation by recognizing its position through an absolute position recognition unit, in a case that the cleaning operation is performed again after being forcibly stopped due to arbitrary causes. And, the robot cleaner may solve a position recognition error by a relative position recognition unit with using an image detection unit, and may effectively perform a cleaning operation based on a similarity between an image detected by the image detection unit and an image with respect to a cleaning region. This may improve the system efficiency and stability, and enhance a user's convenience.
US09052717B1
An automatic speed control system that provides desired watercraft velocity over land. The coupled algorithms correct engine speed and torque using inertia based measurements, GPS, and tachometer measurements, and the corrections are augmented and enhanced by velocity/speed and torque/speed relationships that are dynamically and adaptively programmed with real-time data collected during replicated operations of the watercraft in specified conditions.
US09052716B2
A dump truck parking position/direction indication system and a hauling system are provided that allow the operator of a loading machine to determine a parking position and a parking direction of a dump truck. The dump truck parking position/direction indication system includes: a bucket position detection device which detects the position of a bucket of the loading machine; a locus calculation device which calculates a movement locus of the bucket based on the positions of the bucket detected by the bucket position detection device; a parking position/direction determination device which determines the parking position and the parking direction of the dump truck based on the movement locus calculated by the locus calculation device; and an output device which outputs the parking position and the parking direction of the dump truck determined by the parking position/direction determination device.
US09052708B2
The embodiments described herein include a system and a method. In one embodiment, a system includes a commissioning system configured to operatively couple a field device to a control system. The system further includes a decommissioning system configured to operatively uncouple the field device from the control system. The system additionally includes a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to use the commissioning system, the decommissioning system, or a combination thereof, to operatively couple the field device to the control system, operatively uncouple the field device to the control system, or a combination thereof, by using a plurality of field device states comprising a mismatched state and a commissioned state, wherein the commissioning system is configured to transition the field device from the mismatched state into the commissioned state if the field device is determined to be in the mismatched state.
US09052699B2
A method of manufacturing a piezoelectric vibration reed is provided. The piezoelectric vibration reed includes a pair of vibrating arm portions and a base portion. The pair of vibrating arm portions is disposed in parallel to each other. The base portion is configured to integrally support proximal end portions of the pair of vibrating arm portions in a longitudinal direction of the vibrating arm portions. The method of manufacturing the piezoelectric vibration reed forms a slit-shaped notched portion at a crotch portion located between the proximal end portions of the pair of vibrating arm portions.
US09052689B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a main body casing; a fixing unit accommodated in the casing and including a heating member and a pressing member; a first wall provided inside the casing at a position above the heating member and the pressing member and extending diagonally downward and forward; an uneven portion provided on the first wall at a position rearward of front end portion of the pressing member to restrain a dew droplet condensed on the first wall from running down along the first wall; a sheet ejection opening formed in the casing such that the recording sheet conveyed out from the fixing unit is ejected outside the casing through the sheet ejection opening; and an exhaust opening formed in the casing at a position rearward of the heating member such that air heated in the fixing unit is discharged outside the casing through the exhaust opening.
US09052687B2
An image forming device, a process cartridge engageable with the same and a method for firmly positioning the process cartridge in the image forming device. The image forming device includes a main frame and a main frame driving gear, wherein a guide rail is respectively arranged on left and right sides of the inside of the main frame. An installation section is arranged at a tail end of each guide rail and the installation section and guide rail respectively define a reverse hook-shape. Lugs formed at both ends of a housing of the process cartridge are driven by a radial component of driving force of the image forming device to the process cartridge to closely bear against walls of installation sections at the tail ends of the guide rails when the process cartridge is in an operating state in the image forming device.
US09052686B2
A process cartridge includes an image bearing member unit configured to rotatably support an image bearing member, and a developing unit configured to rotatably support a developer bearing member. The developing unit includes a first supported portion configured to be swingably supported with respect to the image bearing member unit, a second supported portion provided configured to be swingably and slidably supported with respect to the image bearing member unit, and a regulated portion configured to be capable of contacting a regulating portion provided on the image bearing member unit. The regulating portion regulates the developing unit from moving in a slide direction of the second supported portion, by contacting the regulated portion, when the image bearing member and the developer bearing member rotate while contacting to each other.
US09052685B2
In an image forming apparatus, each of a plurality of image forming units includes a receiving member formed with a reception opening configured to receive developer. Each of a plurality of developer cartridges includes a supply member formed with a supply opening through which developer is configured to be supplied to a corresponding one of the plurality of image forming units. A cartridge supporting member is mounted in a main casing and configured to move between a first position and a second position. The supply opening and the reception opening are in communication with each other when the cartridge supporting member is in the first position and the cartridge supporting member is pulled outside the main casing when the cartridge supporting member is in the second position. One of the receiving member and the supply member protrudes toward remaining one, and the remaining one is configured to receive the one.
US09052679B2
A cleaning device includes a cleaning member having a flexible supporting member for supporting a blade portion having one end to place the blade portion, the other end having a portion to be fixed to the fixing portion, and a bent portion arranged between the one end and the other end, the bent portion being outwardly arranged away from the surface of an image bearing member, the supporting member in which the portion to be fixed, is arranged, with respect to the contact portion, at the downstream side in the movement direction of the image bearing member, and a container formed of a frame for containing a developer. Between the frame and the other end portion, a space allowing the other end portion to elastically deform is provided, and the container is provided with a sealing member configured to prevent intrusion of the developer into the space.
US09052665B2
In an image forming apparatus, a high-density portion and a low-density portion are arranged close to each other such that a boundary between the high-density portion and the low-density portion intersects with the conveyance direction of a density detection patch. A controller compares, in the conveyance direction, temporal change in the density detection value at a boundary portion shifting from the high-density portion to the low-density portion, with temporal change in the density detection value at a boundary portion shifting from the low-density portion to the high-density portion, and sets a process condition based on a result of the comparison.
US09052664B2
A recording material determination apparatus includes a first detection unit configured to detect a characteristic corresponding to a surface condition of a recording material based on a captured image of a surface of the recording material, a second detection unit configured to detect a characteristic corresponding to a grammage of the recording material based on an ultrasonic wave detected via the recording material by irradiating the recording material with an ultrasonic wave, and a conveyance unit configured to convey the recording material. The first detection unit and the second detection unit are located opposite each other with respect to the conveyance unit.
US09052661B2
When a pre-rotation sequence is started at a time at which a print-start notification command is transmitted, in the case where a predicted time period is longer than a time period taken to perform the pre-rotation sequence, an appropriate FPOT is not realized. To determine whether the pre-rotation sequence can be started at a time at which a print reservation command that is to be transmitted before transmission of the print-start notification command is transmitted to the engine, a drum-rotation permission command is provided, whereby, in the case of immediately starting the pre-rotation sequence, the pre-rotation sequence can be started earlier than the pre-rotation sequence is started, reducing the FPOT. In the case of not immediately starting the pre-rotation sequence, a time period taken to perform image expansion and the time period taken to perform the pre-rotation sequence can be made to coincide with each other, reducing consumable items deterioration.
US09052659B2
A reflective optical sensor includes a light emitting element to irradiate a target object with a light beam, a light receiving element to receive the light beam reflected by the surface of the target object, a circuit board on which the light emitting element and light receiving element are mounted, a cover element supported on the circuit board to surround the light emitting element and light receiving element, and a light shielding wall provided in the cover element to be a partition between the light emitting element and light receiving element to prevent a part of the light beam from the light emitting element from leaking to the light receiving element. A layer in a certain thickness is formed on the surface of the circuit board along either or both sides of the light shielding wall.
US09052658B2
A fixing device for fixing an unfixed image onto a recording medium includes a fixing belt, a nip forming member, an opposing rotary member, a heater, and a temperature detector. The fixing belt is formed into a loop to move endlessly and fix the unfixed image on the recording medium. The nip forming member is disposed inside the loop formed by the fixing belt. The opposing rotary member contacts the nip forming member via the fixing belt to form a nip portion therebetween while rotating. The heater heats the fixing belt at a place other than the nip portion. The temperature detector detects a temperature of the surface of the fixing belt. The temperature detector detects the temperature near a place of the fixing belt that easily deforms as the fixing belt is heated by the heater.
US09052654B2
A polyamic acid composition includes a conductive carbon black and a polyamic acid in which a diamine compound, a tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride, and an acid monoanhydride have been reacted at a quantitative ratio satisfying the following Relational Expression (1) and Relational Expression (2). In Relational Expressions (1) and (2), X represents a content by mol of the diamine compound, Y represents a content by mol of the tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride, and Z represents a content by mol of the acid monoanhydride. 0.962≦Y/X≦0.997 Relational Expression (1) 0.20≦Z/2(X−Y)<0.80. Relational Expression (2)
US09052653B2
A fuser member comprising a substrate, and thereover, an outer layer comprising polysilsesquioxane additives, and an image forming apparatus containing the fuser member therein.
US09052650B2
A fixing device fixes a toner image on a recording medium by heating the recording medium, with a heating area and a non-heating area selected in accordance with a magnetic flux and a repulsive magnetic flux. The fixing device includes a heat generating layer, an exciting coil, and a demagnetizing member. The heat generating layer generates heat. The exciting coil generates the magnetic flux, and thereby inductively heats the heat generating layer. The demagnetizing member faces the heat generating layer in the non-heating area. The demagnetizing member generates the repulsive magnetic flux against the magnetic flux generated by the exciting coil, and thereby demagnetizes the magnetic flux and suppresses the heating. Further, the demagnetizing member has a demagnetization effect different between at least a portion of the non-heating area adjacent to the heating area and the remaining portion of the non-heating area.
US09052649B2
An apparatus for producing a detachable information sheet includes an image forming device, an applying and curing unit, and a heating and pressing unit. The image forming device includes an image bearing body, an electrostatic latent image forming unit to form an electrostatic latent image on the image bearing body, a development unit to develop the latent image with a toner to form a visible toner image, a transfer unit to transfer the toner image from the image bearing body onto a recording medium, and a fixing unit to fix the toner image on the recording medium. The applying and curing unit applies an energy-ray curable composition precursor onto the recording medium having the toner image fixed thereon, and cures the precursor to form an energy-ray curable composition to coat the recording medium. The heating and pressing unit heats and presses the recording medium coated with the energy-ray curable composition.
US09052646B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, an intermediary transfer belt containing an ion conductive agent, a secondary transfer member, and a charging device. With respect to the intermediary transfer belt, when a difference in number of digits (or in log value) between resistivity measured by using a metal probe and resistivity measured by using a sputtering electrode is ΔM, a difference in number of digits (or in log value) between resistivity in a first environment and resistivity in a second environment higher than the first environment in temperature or humidity is ΔE, a length of the secondary transfer portion with respect to the movement direction of the intermediary transfer belt is La, and a distance from the charging portion to the primary transfer portion with respect to the movement direction is Lb, the following relationship is satisfied: ΔM≧ΔE−log(Lb/La).
US09052645B2
An intermediate transfer member that includes polyarylatecarbonate, an optional polysiloxane, and an optional conductive filler component.
US09052643B2
The image forming method comprising: forming a toner image on an image carrier; transferring the toner image formed on the image carrier onto a recording medium; and transforming the toner image on the image carrier into a semi-film by applying a pressure. And the image forming apparatus comprising: an image carrier; a toner image forming unit configured to form a toner image on the image carrier; a transfer unit configured to transfer the toner image formed on the image carrier onto a recording medium; and a toner image transforming unit configured to transfer the toner image on the image carrier into a semi-film by applying a pressure to the toner image.
US09052642B2
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit including a plurality of photoconductor drums arranged in tandem; a conveyor belt arranged opposite to the photoconductor drums and configured to convey a recording sheet; and a cleaning unit including a cleaning member positioned in contact with the conveyor belt and configured to collect substance adhering to the conveyor belt, and a receptacle configured to store the substance collected by the cleaning member. The cleaning member is arranged on the same side as the image forming unit with respect to the conveyor belt and upstream from the image forming unit as viewed in a sheet conveyance direction along which the recording sheet is conveyed on the conveyor belt, and the image forming unit and the cleaning unit are pulled out together from a main body of the image forming apparatus toward an upstream side of the sheet conveyance direction.
US09052641B2
A developing cartridge includes: a frame defining a developer chamber for accommodating developer and being formed with an opening elongated in a longitudinal direction for allowing the developer to flow out of the developer chamber; a member assembled to the frame at a position opposite to the developer chamber with respect to the opening; a seal extending in the longitudinal direction and interposed between the member and the frame; and a protrusion protruding into the seal from at least one of the frame and the member in a protruding direction crossing the longitudinal direction, the protrusion being configured to restrict the seal from moving in the longitudinal direction.
US09052633B2
An exposure device, which emits light according to a gray level of image data, includes plural light emitting element lines arranged at different positions in a sub scanning direction, a number of the light emitting element lines being a number of bits representing a number of gray levels. Each of the light emitting element lines includes plural light emitting elements arranged in a line in a direction parallel to a main scanning direction, the light emitting elements numbers of layers of organic electro-luminescence light emitting elements being the same. The numbers of layers of the organic electro-luminescence light emitting elements laminated in the light emitting element lines, which are arranged at different positions in the sub scanning direction, are different from each other.
US09052628B2
An image forming apparatus includes multiple image forming stations, and a controller for executing selectively a multi-color image mode or a monochromatic image forming mode, wherein in the monochromatic image forming mode, a first one of image forming stations which forms the image, and a second one which is upstream of the first image forming station exposes the image bearing members to a first image pattern and a second image pattern, respectively, and the controller determines the second image pattern in accordance with the first image pattern, and effects the exposure to the second image pattern.
US09052611B2
Optics, such as, for example, microlithographic projection exposure apparatus illumination optics, as well as related systems, methods, components and devices are disclosed.
US09052609B2
A projection exposure apparatus for microlithography includes: an illumination system configured to illuminate a mask in an object field with exposure light; and a projection objective comprising multiple optical elements configured to image the exposure light from the mask in the object field to a wafer in an image field. The projection exposure apparatus is a wafer scanner configured to move the wafer relative to the mask during an exposure of the wafer with the exposure light. The projection objective further includes at least one manipulator configured to manipulate at least one of the optical elements and a control unit configured to control the manipulator. The control unit is configured to manipulate the optical element with the manipulator during the exposure of the wafer with the exposure light.
US09052604B2
Several embodiments of photolithography systems and associated methods of alignment correction are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method for correcting alignment errors in a photolithography system includes detecting a first alignment error at a first location of a first microelectronic substrate and a second alignment error at a second location of a second microelectronic substrate. The second location generally corresponds to the first location. The method also includes deriving a statistical dispersion between the first alignment error and the second alignment error and associating the first and second locations with an alignment procedure based on the derived statistical dispersion.
US09052603B2
A pattern is formed by coating a chemically amplified resist composition comprising a resin having a dissolution rate in an organic solvent developer that lowers under the action of acid onto a processable substrate, prebaking, exposing the resist film, PEB, developing in an organic solvent developer to form a negative pattern, coating a solution comprising Si, Ti, Zr, Hf or Al, prebaking, and dry etching to effect image reversal for converting the negative pattern into a positive pattern.
US09052602B2
An aqueous solution containing 0.1-20 wt % of a cyclic ammonium hydroxide is a useful developer for photosensitive resist materials. A resist pattern is formed by applying a chemically amplified positive resist composition onto a substrate to form a resist film, exposing the resist film to high-energy radiation, and developing the exposed resist film in a cyclic ammonium hydroxide-containing aqueous solution.
US09052594B2
A positive photosensitive composition includes: a resin (A) whose dissolution rate in an alkaline developing solution increases by the action of an acid, the resin (A) containing an acid decomposable repeating unit represented by a general formula (I) and an acid nondecomposable repeating unit represented by a general formula (II); and a compound (B) capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with one of active rays and radiations: wherein Xa1 represents one of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cyano group, and a halogen atom, A1 represents one of a single bond and a divalent connecting group, ALG represents an acid leaving hydrocarbon group, Xa2 represents one of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cyano group, and a halogen atom, A2 represents one of a single bond and a divalent connecting group, and ACG represents an acid nonleaving hydrocarbon group.
US09052584B2
A method includes generating in a computer a representation for the color transfer function both direct and inverse, of a nonideal source device to those in a target device significantly different than the source device, using higher-dimensional Bezier patches by using a non-linear parameterization of the Bezier patches in the XYZ space for converting the RGB colors in the source device. The method is illustrated in an application for processing spatial variation in luminance and chrominance in a multiple projector display, which include the steps of balancing per projector white point, morphing per pixel chrominance gamut, constraining per pixel perceptual luminance; and smoothing per pixel Bezier based luminance.
US09052570B2
A light-adjusting unit includes: a pair of light-shielding plates arranged about an illuminating optical axis of an incoming light flux and configured to block the light flux in response to the amount of rotation; a pair of rotation transmitting gears configured to hold and rotate the pair of light-shielding plates respectively; a pair of supporting shafts configured to rotatably support the pair of rotation transmitting gears respectively; a supporting substrate on which the pair of supporting shafts are provided; and a pair of urging members configured to press and urge the pair of rotation transmitting gears respectively against the supporting substrate.
US09052569B2
An optical instrument comprising a focusing lens provided inside a lens barrel, a ring member that is arranged to rotate with respect to a lens barrel, and to slide to a first position and a second position, a focusing mode setting section, provided on a camera body, for setting focusing mode, and a control section for, when the ring member has been slid to the first position, carrying out focusing in a focusing mode that was set in the focusing mode setting section, and when the ring member has been slid to the second position, stopping focusing the focusing mode that was set in the focusing mode setting section, and performing focusing of the focusing lens to a distance corresponding to an absolute position of the ring member.
US09052561B2
Provided is an electrochromic device including: two substrates opposed to each other; an electrode and a conductive reflection layer interposed between the two substrates; a first electrochromic coating layer interposed between the electrode and the conductive reflection layer; and an electrolyte layer interposed between the first electrochromic coating layer and the conductive reflection layer, whereby uniform discoloration and decolorization can be performed, the efficiency of power consumption can be enhanced, and a durability of the device and the speed of a decolorization reaction can be improved.
US09052558B2
Data signal lines are provided to pixel arrays such that adjacent first and second pixel arrays (α, β) and including plural pixels are provided with two data signal lines each. Each pixel includes a pixel electrode (17a). The two scanning signal lines (16a, 16b) are selected concurrently. Respective pixel electrodes (17a, 17b) for pixels (101, 102) are connected with a data signal line (15x) and a data signal line (15y), respectively. Input gray scales of data signals inputted to the display device externally is corrected such that if input gray scales of data signals to be supplied respectively to the pixel electrodes (17a, 17b) are different from each other, the input gray scales are corrected to cause a gray scale difference between post-correction gray scales to be greater than that between the input gray scales. Display is carried out with the post-correction gray scales.
US09052552B2
In one embodiment, a first substrate is provided with first and second main pixel electrodes electrically connected each other extending along a first direction, respectively. A second substrate includes first to third main common electrodes electrically connected each other extending along the first direction, respectively. The first main pixel electrode is arranged between the first and second main common electrodes, and the second main pixel electrode is arranged between the second and third main common electrodes. Four inter-electrode distances are formed. One of the four inter-electrode distances is set to an optimal inter-electrode distance, and one of the four inter-electrode distances is different from at least one of the other three inter-electrode distances. Herein, the optimal inter-electrode distance is defined as follows: in a range of voltage which is applied between the electrodes, more than 90% of a peak transmissivity is obtained by the optimal inter-electrode distance.
US09052551B2
There is provided a high quality liquid crystal panel having a thickness with high accuracy, which is designed, without using a particulate spacer, within a free range in accordance with characteristics of a used liquid crystal and a driving method, and is also provided a method of fabricating the same. The shape of a spacer for keeping a substrate interval constant is made such that it is a columnar shape, a radius R of curvature is 2 μm or less, a height H is 0.5 μm to 10 μm, a diameter is 20 μm or less, and an angle α is 65° to 115°. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the lowering of an opening rate and the lowering of light leakage due to orientation disturbance.
US09052544B2
The present invention provides a direct-light backlight module and a liquid crystal display device. The direct-light backlight module includes at least two light sources; a diffuser place, disposed above the light sources; a reflection plate, disposed beneath the light sources; and an optical film, disposed on top of diffuser plate, further including a plurality of via holes disposed at corresponding areas on the optical film between two neighboring light sources; and further including a liquid crystal panel, disposed on top of the optical film. Through this manner, the present invention can realize the thin design of liquid crystal display device, with the luminance uniformity of backlight module.
US09052541B2
A liquid crystal display (LCD) module includes a middle frame, a backplane and a light source heat sink. The light source heat sink is fixed to the backplane. The middle frame includes a horizontal wall and a vertical wall. The light source heat sink includes a vertical wall. The middle frame vertically corresponds to the light source heat sink. The vertical wall of the middle frame and the vertical wall of the light source heat sink are correspondingly configured with interoperable fastening structures. The middle frame and the light source heat sink are positioned in the vertical direction through the interoperable fastening structures to increase twisting resistance of the middle frame.
US09052540B2
The present invention provides an array substrate and a liquid crystal display panel. Wherein, in the array substrate, each pixel unit comprises a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, and a third pixel electrode. And each pixel unit comprises a first control circuit and a second control circuit. The first control circuit affects the first pixel electrode, so that the first pixel electrode is under the state of displaying the image corresponding to the black screen in the 3D display mode. The second control circuit affects the second pixel electrode and the third pixel electrode to change the voltage difference between the second pixel electrode and the third pixel electrode. By the above way, the present invention can minimize the color difference in wide viewing angle, improve the opening ratio in the 2D display mode, and reduce the crosstalk of the two eyes signal in the 3D display mode. Furthermore, it can reduce the amount of the data drivers and reduce the costs.
US09052536B2
An improved display case door assembly for a product storage device. The display case door assembly includes a transparent unit comprising a front panel, a rear panel, and a transparent LCD panel positioned between the front panel and the rear panel. The transparent LCD panel is configured to present visual media content. The display case door assembly further includes a lighting element configured to provide lighting for the transparent LCD panel and for products within the product storage device and a light guide configured to selectively direct light emitted from the lighting element toward the transparent LCD panel and the products within the product storage device.
US09052533B2
The present invention is directed to an energizable ophthalmic lens with a smartphone event indicator, wherein the ophthalmic lens may wirelessly receive smartphone event data from a smartphone. The energizable ophthalmic lens may comprise energizable components encapsulated by the soft biocompatible portion or may comprise a media insert that may encapsulate the components. The media insert may be included in ophthalmic lens. The ophthalmic lens may include a verification mechanism, wherein a pairing with a specified smartphone may limit wireless communication to communication between the two specified devices. The receipt of smartphone event data may activate an indicator in the ophthalmic lens. The ophthalmic lens may allow for user response to the notification of the smartphone event. The response may trigger an internal action within the ophthalmic lens, or the ophthalmic lens may transmit response data to the smartphone, triggering an action in the smartphone.
US09052528B2
An electronic or powered ophthalmic lens includes one or more systems having one or more batteries or other power sources, power management circuitry, one or more sensors, clock generation circuitry, control algorithms and circuitry, and lens driver circuitry. These systems may change the state of the powered ophthalmic lens. In systems having one or more sensors, a decision making process is required to substantially reduce the possibility of changing the state of the powered ophthalmic lens based upon inaccurate, incomplete or erroneous information supplied by the sensors, changing physiologic conditions , as well as noise and/or interference from internal and external sources.
US09052525B2
An image shake correction apparatus includes a fixed member; a movable member configured to hold a correcting member that corrects image shake and configured to have a first connecting unit and a second connecting unit; a first moving member connected to the first connecting unit, and configured to move the movable member in a first direction via the first connecting unit; a second moving member connected to the second connecting unit, and configured to move the movable member in a second direction different from the first direction via the second connecting unit; a first drive unit configured to drive the first moving member; and a second drive unit configured to drive the second moving member independently of driving of the first moving member. The first drive unit and the second drive unit share a constituent component.
US09052524B2
To provide an illumination device and a projection type image display device that illuminate an area to be illuminated (image formation area) under conditions where speckle noise is less noticeable.An illumination device according to the present invention includes: a light source 11 that emits coherent light; an optical scanning section 15 that scans the coherent light emitted from the light source 11; and an optical path conversion system 21 configured to allow the coherent light scanned by the optical scanning section 15 to illuminate an area to be illuminated sequentially in an overlapping manner. An incident angle of the coherent light that enters respective points of the area to be illuminated changes with time.
US09052510B2
A micromechanical component has a holding device and an adjustable component, which is adjustable with respect to the holding device at least from a first position into a second position, and which is connected via at least one spring to the holding device. The micromechanical component also includes at least one silicide-containing line segment situated on the at least one spring.
US09052500B2
A pinhole changing device for a confocal microscope is detailed herein. Several pinholes of different sizes are contained on a single disk. A precision XY stage is used to switch between the several pinholes. The same device could be used as a spatial filter for a multi-photon microscope. One can also add beam expansion control and spherical aberration correction to the same device with no additional loss.
US09052496B2
The zoom lens has an aperture stop arranged between the second lens unit and the fourth lens unit. During zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, the distances between the lens units vary in such a way that the distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit is larger at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end, the distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit is smaller at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end, and the distance between the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit is larger at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end. The zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expression (1): 3.5≦LTLw/IHt≦8.9 (1).
US09052494B2
An optical system may include an objective having at least four mirrors including an outermost mirror with aspect ratio <20:1 and focusing optics including a refractive optical element. The objective provides imaging at numerical aperture >0.7, central obscuration <35% in pupil. An objective may have two or more mirrors, one with a refractive module that seals off an outermost mirror's central opening. A broad band imaging system may include one objective and two or more imaging paths that provide imaging at numerical aperture >0.7 and field of view >0.8 mm. An optical imaging system may comprise an objective and two or more imaging paths. The imaging paths may provide two or more simultaneous broadband images of a sample in two or more modes. The modes may have different illumination and/or collection pupil apertures or different pixel sizes at the sample.
US09052491B2
An imaging lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The imaging lens assembly has five non-cemented lens elements with refractive power and further includes a stop located between an imaged object and the first lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second through fifth lens elements all have refractive power. The third lens element has a convex image-side surface. The fifth lens element has a concave image-side surface at a paraxial region thereof, wherein the image-side surface of the fifth lens element has a convex shape at a peripheral region thereof, and both of an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fifth lens element are aspheric.
US09052490B2
This invention discloses a highly scalable and modular automated optical cross connect switch comprised of large numbers of densely packed fiber strands suspended within a common volume. In particular, apparatus and methods enabling programmable interconnection of large numbers of optical fibers (100's-1000's) having structured and coherent braid representations are provided.
US09052487B2
An optical fiber holder 21 includes an alignment mechanism part 51 having a base part 52 formed in a holder body 22, a movable base part 53 arranged on the base part 52, and an alignment lid 54 arranged on the movable base part 53. A slit 61 capable of receiving parallel-arranged plural optical fiber core wires 11 is formed between the movable base part 53 and the alignment lid 54 in the superposed state. By turning the movable base part 53 and the alignment lid 54 to the side of the base part 52, the optical fiber core wires 11 received in the slit 61 are aligned in a receiving groove 23 formed in the holder body 22.
US09052477B2
An optical transceiver with inner fibers to couple optical parts installed therein is disclosed. The optical transceiver of an embodiment includes a tray for arranging the inner fibers. The tray, which may be made of metal plate, includes a primary plane in contact with the electronic parts, the contact plane in contact with the housing, and the turn connecting the planes. The tray has a U-shaped cross section with a space surrounded by both planes, the turn, and the housing, where the inner fibers are secured in the space.
US09052476B2
A wafer-level packaged optical subassembly includes: a substrate element, the substrate element including a top layer and a base layer being bonded with the top layer; a top window cover being bonded with the top layer of the substrate element; and a plurality of active optoelectronic elements disposed within the substrate element. At least one primary cavity is defined in the substrate element by the top layer and the base layer, and configured for accommodating the active optoelectronic elements. A plurality of peripheral cavities are defined around the at least one primary cavity as alignment features for external opto-mechanical parts.
US09052474B2
A clip device includes a clip detachably holding an outer housing of a fiber optic connector and having a front engaging portion that is detachably sleeved on the outer housing and that abuts against a protrusion member of the outer housing, and a rear abutting portion that abuts against lateral shoulder faces of the outer housing. A gripping handle extends from the rear abutting portion of the clip. A rearward removal force applied to the gripping handle is transmitted to the protrusion member of the outer housing to facilitate removal of the fiber optic connector. A frontward insertion force applied to the gripping handle is transmitted to the lateral shoulder faces of the outer housing to facilitate insertion of the fiber optic connector.
US09052469B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include pre-terminated fiber optic connector sub-assemblies, and related fiber optic connectors, cables, and methods. In certain embodiments, an optical fiber stub is pre-installed in a ferrule bore of a ferrule of a fiber optic connector sub-assembly, to provide the pre-terminated fiber optic connector sub-assembly. The optical fiber stub can be pre-installed in the ferrule bore prior to termination of the fiber optic connector sub-assembly. Because the pre-terminated optical fiber stub disposed in the ferrule bore is not directly accessible through a ferrule body of the ferrule when a field optical fiber is disposed in the ferrule bore for fusion splicing, the ferrule has properties that allow thermal energy to be directed through the ferrule body into the ferrule bore. In this manner, the optical fiber stub pre-installed in the ferrule bore can be fusion spliced with the field optical fiber to terminate a fiber optic cable.
US09052465B2
This invention discloses methods to reconfigure highly scalable and modular automated optical cross connect switch devices comprised of large numbers of densely packed fiber strands suspended within a common volume. In particular, methods enabling programmable interconnection of large numbers of optical fibers (100's-1000's) are provided, whereby a two-dimensional input array of fiber optic connections is mapped in an ordered and rule-based fashion into a one-dimensional array. A particular algorithmic implementation for a system reconfigured by a three-axis robotic gripper as well as lateral translation of each row in the input port array is disclosed.
US09052460B2
A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit coupling system includes: forming a waveguide assembly, having a top clad over an open end of an optical core; forming a first photoresist having a base photoresist pattern shape with sloped photoresist sidewalls tapered down to expose a portion of the top clad; forming a recess having clad sidewalls from the portion of the top clad exposed by the base photoresist pattern shape, the clad sidewalls having a shape replicating a shape of the base photo resist pattern shape; and forming an optical vertical insertion area, from the clad sidewalls forming the recess, having a pocket trench, a horizontal step, and a mirror with a reflective material selectively applied to a section of the clad sidewalls and exposing the open end opposite to the mirror, the horizontal step between the mirror and the pocket trench.
US09052444B2
The present invention relates to a production method for a product having a cured resin layer with a fine concave-convex structure formed on the surface of a substrate, the method including filling the space between a mold having a fine concave-convex structure composed of anodized alumina on the surface and a substrate with an active energy ray-curable resin composition, and curing the composition by irradiation with active energy rays, thereby forming a cured resin layer into which the fine concave-convex structure has been transferred on the surface of the substrate, wherein (A) the method includes treating the surface of the mold with a release agent, at least at transfer initiation, and (B) the active energy ray-curable resin composition includes a polymerizable compound, a polymerization initiator and a (poly)oxyethylene alkyl phosphate ester compound.
US09052436B2
A method of preparing an optical material by polymerizing a resin composition including a thiol group-containing compound and an isocyanate group-containing compound, particularly, a method of preparing a high-quality urethane-based optical material using a universal polyisocyanate compound. According to one aspect, a resin composition including a polythiol compound and a widely available polyisocyanate compound, as main components, and having a moisture content of 300 to 3,000 ppm is template-polymerized to prepare the optical material. A colorless, transparent, and high-quality urethane-based optical material may be efficiently prepared in high yield using a low-cost and widely available isocyanate compound through template-polymerization using a tape while minimizing generation of white tape residues and foaming.
US09052433B2
The invention relates to optical fiber communications. A multicore optical fiber comprises at least two light-guiding cores made of doped fused silica with refractive indices nc1, nc2, nck, each light-guiding core of the at least two light-guiding cores being surrounded by a respective arbitrarily shaped inner reflecting cladding made of fused silica or doped fused silica with refractive indices nc11, nc12, nclk, which are less than the refractive indices nc1, nc2, nck of respective light-guiding cores; a continuous or intermittent barrier region made of fused silica and having an arbitrary cross-sectional shape, the barrier region being formed in the space between the inner reflecting claddings and an outer cladding of fused silica with refractive index n0, the barrier region having refractive index nb, which is less than the refractive index of each of the inner reflecting claddings; and an external protective coating. In another embodiment the barrier region can be formed of through holes in fused silica or doped fused silica.
US09052432B2
A multicore fiber includes cores located at vertexes of a polygonal ring and a cladding including sub medium regions and covering the cores. A refractive index of the cladding is lower than a refractive index of the cores and higher than a refractive index of the sub medium regions. The sub medium regions are arranged at positions to reduce a crosstalk between adjacent cores of the cores.
US09052431B2
A backlight module and a liquid crystal device are disclosed. The backlight module includes a plastic frame, an aluminum extrusion, and a light guiding plate. The plastic frame and the aluminum extrusion prohibit the light guiding plate from moving in an up and down direction. Wherein the light guiding plate is disposed on the aluminum extrusion. The light guiding plate includes a body, and a first position portion extends along the body towards the aluminum extrusion. The aluminum extrusion includes a position slot corresponding to the first position portion, and the first position portion closely engages with the first position slot. The backlight module and the liquid crystal device fix the light guiding plate by engaging the light guiding plate, the aluminum extrusion, and the plastic frame so that the light guiding plate is stably fixed and the light coupling is stable.
US09052430B2
An illumination apparatus includes: a light guiding plate; a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed along a side-end surface of the light guiding plate that serves as a light-entry portion, each of the plurality of light-emitting elements having a light-emitting surface facing toward the side-end surface; a light source substrate that extends along the light-entry portion and has the plurality of light-emitting elements disposed thereon on one surface side that faces the light-entry portion; and a connector member, held on another surface side of the light source substrate that opposes the one surface side, for supplying power to the plurality of light-emitting elements.
US09052425B2
A silicon solar cell is provided, including a first silicon layer that absorbing sunlight, a first layer of a structure of photonic crystals formed on the first silicon layer, and a second silicon layer formed on the first layer of a structure of photonic crystals and absorbing sunlight, wherein the first silicon layer and the second silicon layer absorb sunlight at different wavelengths and the first layer of structure of photonic crystals selectively reflects light of a wavelength absorbed by the second silicon layer.
US09052419B2
A display apparatus includes a light guide plate, a light source unit and a display panel. The light guide plate includes an incident surface, an exit surface and an opposite surface opposite to the exit surface and guides a light incident into the incident surface toward the exit surface. The light source unit includes a light source which generates light and is disposed adjacent to the incident and has an emitting surface inclined with respect to the incident surface. An extension line of a normal line of the emitting surface passes through the opposite surface, and the light is incident into the incident surface while being inclined toward the opposite surface. The display panel displays an image by receiving the light emitted from the exit surface.
US09052415B2
The present invention relates to a magneto-optical ceramic material which is characterized by being configured of an oxide ceramic that is mainly composed of an oxide that is represented by formula (1): (TbxRe1-x)2O3 (wherein Re represents at least one element that is selected from among scandium, yttrium, lanthanum, europium, gadolinium, ytterbium, holmium and lutetium, and 0.4≦x≦1.0). The magneto-optical ceramic material is also characterized in that the difference between the refractive index at the grain boundary and the refractive index of the main phase of the oxide ceramic crystal at 25° C. is 0.004 or less. The present invention is capable of reliably providing a magneto-optical ceramic material for Faraday rotators of optical isolators and the like, said magneto-optical ceramic material having good polarization state and large extinction ratio, and enables size reduction of an optical isolator that is used for fiber laser for processing machines.
US09052406B2
A method of processing azimuthal measurement data includes: receiving a plurality of data values generated by a rotating measurement tool, the measurement tool including at least one measurement sensor and configured to rotate and measure a signal at each of a plurality of azimuthal orientations; associating each received data value with an azimuthal orientation; selecting one or more data values that provide sufficient information regarding a measured signal, each of the selected data values having an associated azimuthal orientation; disregarding azimuthal orientations associated with one or more data values that provide insufficient information regarding a measured signal; and fitting only the selected data values to a sinusoidal curve.
US09052402B2
A detector element is disclosed with a semi-conductive converter element and metal contacts arranged thereon for at least one anode and at least one cathode, wherein at least one of the metal contacts comprises a contact layer made from a contact material based on precious metal and ruthenium as its mixed component. Moreover, an embodiment of the invention concerns a radiation detector with the detector element with a ruthenium-containing contact layer and, optionally, with an evaluation unit to read out a detector signal, as well as a medical device with the radiation detector. Furthermore, a method for the production of a detector element is described which includes the installation step of a contact material of at least one of the metal contacts on the converter element, wherein the contact material includes a precious metal base with ruthenium as its mixed component.
US09052400B2
A radiation detection apparatus comprising a sensor panel in which a plurality of sensors for detecting light are arranged, and a scintillator layer containing scintillator particles for converting an incident radiation into light, and an adhesive resin which has an adherence property and bonds the scintillator particles, wherein the scintillator layer is adhered to the sensor panel by the adhesive resin, a modulus of elasticity in tensile of the adhesive resin is higher than 0.7 GPa and lower than 3.5 GPa, and a volume ratio of the adhesive resin to the scintillator particles is not lower than 1% and not higher than 5%.
US09052399B2
A scintillator pixel array can include a housing and a plurality of scintillator pixels within the housing. Further, the scintillator pixel array can include a grid structure within the housing. The grid structure can separate the plurality of pixels into rows and columns. Further, the grid structure can include an opaque layer configured to substantially prevent pixel-to-pixel cross talk within the plurality of scintillator pixels.
US09052393B2
A object recognition system has a camera configured to generate image data of an environment of a machine and a radar device configured to generate radar data of the environment of the machine. The object recognition system also has a processor configured to detect an object in the environment based on the radar data, map the radar data to a portion of the image data corresponding to the detected object, and classify the detected object using the mapped portion of the image data.
US09052390B2
Three light emitting elements and one light receiving element are provided on a surface of a substrate. The light receiving element is disposed within a first triangular region connecting the three light emitting elements. A first rectangle circumscribed around the triangular region is formed. In addition, a second rectangle circumscribed around a second triangle formed when intersections of a virtually set XY plane and optical axes of light beams emitted from the three light emitting elements are perpendicularly projected on the surface of the substrate, is formed. Directions of the light emitted from the three light emitting elements are set such that at least either one of length and breadth dimensions of the second rectangle is larger than a corresponding one of length and breadth dimensions of the first rectangle.
US09052383B2
An acoustic projector testing system using an acoustically transparent portable vessel which encloses a test apparatus is disclosed. The vessel is connected to an adapter plate which allows the test apparatus to be submerged in water. The testing system is then submerged in shallow water. An external pump fills the vessel with water and the air inside the vessel is allowed to escape through an external, sealable vent, Once all the air is evacuated, the vent is sealed. The pressure inside the vessel can be altered by adjusting the amount of water pumped into the vessel to perform necessary testing.
US09052381B2
Various techniques are provided for performing detection using a focal plane array (FPA). For example, in one embodiment, a unit cell of an FPA may be implemented to support rapid sampling in response to one or more laser pulses reflected from an object or feature of interest. An FPA implemented with such unit cells may be used, for example, in an imaging system capable of detecting a plurality of two dimensional image frames and providing a three dimensional image using the detected two dimensional image frames. Other applications of such rapid sampling unit cells are also contemplated.
US09052366B2
An electronic vehicle tester includes a battery tester configured to measure a parameter of a battery of a vehicle. A tire tester is configured to receive a parameter of a tire of the vehicle. A wireless receiver can be configured to receive pressure information from a transmitter associated with a tire of a vehicle.
US09052362B2
Operating a state machine includes enabling operation of the state machine upon receiving a signal indicating a change from operation of a test access port to a scan test port. The process maintains the state machine in an IDLE 1 state while receiving a scan test port capture signal and transitions the state machine to an IDLE 2 state when receiving a scan test port shift signal. The process then transitions the state machine to a SEQUENCE 1 state, then to a SEQUENCE 2 state, and then to a SEQUENCE 3 state when receiving sequential scan test port capture signals. The state machine then transitions to an UNLOCK TAP state and then back to the IDLE 1 state when receiving sequential scan test port shift signals on the test mode select/capture select lead.
US09052359B2
A method and system for varying sampling frequency to avoid software harmonics when sampling digital power indicators are described herein. A power monitor may repetitively sample, at a variable sampling rate based on a variable delay time, multiple signals of an IC device to obtain energy values. The variable delay time may be based on a pseudo-random value or a predictable value. The variable delay time may indicate a number of delay cycles that may be inserted between the repetitive samples of the energy values. The variable number of delay cycles between energy value samples may produce a variable sampling rate. A variable sampling rate may avoid alignment with software harmonics which can cause an inaccurate representation of power consumption. The multiple samples obtained by repetitively sampling energy value for the portion of the IC may be summed to generate a cumulative energy value for the portion of the IC.
US09052354B2
A magnetic field sensor includes: a magnetic thin film; a feeder comprising an input and output terminals configured to supply element current to the magnetic thin film; and a detector configured to detect a voltage between ends of the magnetic thin film in a direction perpendicular to a direction of the element current. The magnetic thin film is Rained symmetric about the direction of the element current.
US09052351B2
A method and apparatus that monitors and controls an operation of an electricity meter. A potential failure condition of an electrical connection between an electricity meter and a meter socket in an electrical line that provides power from a power supply to an electrical load through the electricity meter, is detected. A correction time may be determined based on a temperature in a vicinity of and a current through the electrical connection, and may indicate an amount of time before a predicted failure of the electrical connection will occur. The method determines whether the electricity meter is in an imminent failure condition based on the correction time or the information used to detect the potential failure condition of the electrical connection. The method may provide either, or both, notification of the imminent failure condition and disconnection of power to the electrical load by operating a disconnection switch.
US09052350B2
A system configured to monitor an operating electrical device includes a testing channel coupled to the device. The device is coupled to an electric power source through at least one electric power transmission channel. The power source is configured to transmit electric power at a first frequency. The testing channel is coupled to the power transmission channel. The system also includes a signal generator coupled to the testing channel. The signal generator is configured to inject testing signals into the testing channel at a second frequency that is greater than the first frequency. The system further includes at least one apparatus magnetically coupled to the power transmission channel. The magnetically coupled apparatus is configured to present a first impedance to the electric power at the first frequency and present a second impedance to the test signals at the second frequency. The second impedance is greater than the first impedance.
US09052339B2
A single electron tunneling force spectroscopy (SETFS) system (10) can perform a series of surface potential charge measurements at an array of voltages (V) and tip-sample heights (Z). These measurements are combined with a tunneling model that includes the dependence of the tunneling probability on trap state depth and energy. Simultaneous measurement of the depth and energy of individual trap states in a sample, such as a dielectric film, with an atomic scale of spatial resolution can be achieved. When combined with two-dimensional trap state imaging, such techniques provide for three-dimensional imaging of electronic defect states with atomic scale spatial resolution.
US09052331B2
A velocimetry system for measuring the velocity of a moving body propagating through a measurement volume includes a light source for emitting a light beam, a controller for generating a modulation pattern corresponding to a desired set of fringes to be generated in the measurement volume, and a spatial light modulator operatively connected to the controller to receive therefrom the modulation pattern. The spatial light modulator is configured to spatially modulate the light beam according to the modulation pattern in order to generate the desired set of fringes in the measurement volume. Also provided are a light detector for measuring the energy of the light scattered by the moving body as it intersects the fringes, and a data analysis unit operatively connected to the light detector and adapted to determine the velocity of the moving body from at least one fringe characteristic and the energy of the scattered light measured.
US09052330B2
An apparatus is provided comprising a detector, a memory, and a logic component. The detector is configured to receive a rotary motion input signal and a counter signal and to send a plurality of time values based on the input signal and the counter signal. The memory stores the plurality of time values in an ordered sequence and is coupled to the detector. The logic component selects time values stored in the memory by skipping a predefined number of time values in the ordered sequence, reads the selected time values to determine a coherent set of data values, and sends the coherent set of data values.
US09052317B2
The invention is based on the identification of aminopeptidase N (APN) as the receptor for F4 fimbriae of enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC). Based on the observation that oral administration of F4 fimbriae induces a protective intestinal mucosal immune response against a subsequent challenge with F4 ETEC, and the observation that the internalization of said F4 fimbriae is clathrin-mediated, the present invention provides the characterization of APN as a target useful in: in an in vitro assay to screen for molecules that are capable to mimic the clathrin-mediated F4 endocytosis; in an in vitro assay to screen for molecules that are capable to modulate the binding of F4 fimbriae with APN; in the development of a carrier for the delivery of antigens/therapeutics, i.e. immunomodulators to the intestinal submucosa or the intestinal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue, wherein said carrier comprises an APN specific target molecule that mimics the clathrin-mediated F4 endocytosis. The use of the carriers thus identified or the treatments thus identified, in a method of inducing an antigen specific intestinal mucosal immune response, and/or in the treatment of bacterial diarrhea, is a further aspect of the present invention.
US09052316B2
The present invention relates to a method for isolating and/or identifying stem cells having adipocytic, chondrocytic and pancreatic differentiation potential, wherein an antibody is used that binds to the antigen TNAP, alone or in combination with an antibody that binds to the cell surface antigen CD56. The invention also relates to stem cells isolated by the method according to the invention for treating defects or damages or diseases in bone or cartilage of a patient in need thereof.
US09052313B2
The invention relates to the identification of a biomarker whose abundance in biological sample is changed in subjects with osteoarthritis and/or other ageing-related diseases. The biomarker has applications in the diagnosis of osteoarthritis and/or other ageing-related diseases, in determining the prognosis for an individual diagnosed with osteoarthritis and/or other ageing-related diseases, and in monitoring the efficacy of treatment for osteoarthritis and/or other ageing-related diseases.
US09052311B2
Disclosed is an assay device to determine the presence of at least one analyte of interest in a liquid sample, the device comprising means for generating a first signal (the ‘test’ signal) which indicates the presence and/or amount of analyte of interest in the sample; and means for generating a second signal, the generation of which second signal indicates both (a) the test has been successfully conducted, and that (b) sufficient time has elapsed following contact of the assay device with the liquid sample for the test to be read and the first signal to have been properly generated.
US09052310B2
A universal sensor fabrication approach, molecular substrate imprinting technique, which utilizes the interaction between molecular building blocks and the surface of a transducer to develop specific molecular recognition cavities has been established. Integration of molecular recognition cavities with the surface of a nanoscale transducer will result in a nano-tunneling effect that takes place which will provide a sensor or a device that exhibits new properties not already exhibited by either the molecular recognition cavities on a bulk transducer or the nanotransducer material. One of the new properties of this nano-tunneling effect is that a universal potentiometric molecular sensor can be fabricated and used to detect any compounds, whether they are ions or molecules, with enhanced selectivity, sensitivity, and stability when molecular recognition cavities or elements are integrated on the surface of a nanoscale transducer.
US09052300B2
A method of determining a condition of clot carryout from a sample container containing a sample fluid is disclosed. During aspiration of a fluid sample (e.g., blood), a level sensor, such as a capacitance sensor, is used to measure ascending and descending liquid level readings. A difference between the ascending and descending liquid level readings may be compared to a predetermined threshold. Non-ideal conditions, such as a clot carryout condition wherein a clot is carried out of the sample container on the exterior surface of the probe may be detected thereby. Systems and apparatus for carrying out the method are provided, as are other aspects.
US09052294B2
A system and method for inspecting a workpiece are provided. According to one embodiment, the system includes a plurality of illumination sources positioned proximate to the workpiece and each operable to generate at least one respective illumination beam to illuminate at least a portion of the workpiece, wherein each beam has a different respective color. The system also includes at least one camera positioned proximate to the workpiece and operable to capture at least one image of at least a portion of the workpiece including the illumination beams incident thereon. In addition, the system includes a data system capable of providing simultaneous two-dimensional and three-dimensional information indicative of the workpiece based on the image acquired by the camera.
US09052285B2
A system and method for determining the pH value of a liquid. The system and method excite the liquid molecules in the liquid by light with a predetermined wavelength and an intensity component, transmitted through the liquid in a predetermined wavelength range, of the light used for excitation is captured. This intensity component is used to produce a wavelength/intensity absorption characteristic and this absorption characteristic is related to a reference absorption characteristic associated with a specific pH value of the liquid. The system and method thus can be used to obtain drinking water from a fuel for aircraft.
US09052281B2
Transistor-based particle detection systems and methods may be configured to detect charged and non-charged particles. Such systems may include a supporting structure contacting a gate of a transistor and separating the gate from a dielectric of the transistor, and the transistor may have a near pull-in bias and a sub-threshold region bias to facilitate particle detection. The transistor may be configured to change current flow through the transistor in response to a change in stiffness of the gate caused by securing of a particle to the gate, and the transistor-based particle detection system may configured to detect the non-charged particle at least from the change in current flow.
US09052276B2
Described herein are systems and methods for determining the location, composition and concentration of a hydrocarbon containing plume in environmental seawater. These systems and methods disclosed use multiple complex admittance measurements from seawater in order to identify the contents, concentration, and location of the hydrocarbon containing plume. In preferred variations system includes a sensor array that substantially simultaneously records plume location, depth, and composition.
US09052273B2
A method and installation for inspecting a butt weld of transverse ends of metal strips held together between first and second jaws along the ends, include leaving an interstice between the jaws for passage of a first transmission channel of incident waves generating ultrasound waves on one surface of the first strip and enabling passage of a second transmission channel of waves emerging from the surface of the second strip. The incident waves of the first channel are generated using laser pulses in an operating state implementing a third channel of waves generated on the surface of the first strip, passing through the weld, and emerging in the second channel. Weld inspection characteristics are identified by analyzing the operating state related to the pulses and a measurement of a signature of a vibration state of the surface of the second strip upon emergence of the waves in the second channel.
US09052271B2
Apparatus for interrupting and/or scanning a beam of penetrating radiation, such as for purposes of inspecting contents of a container. A source, such as an x-ray tube, generates a fan beam of radiation effectively emanating from a source axis, with the width of the fan beam collimated by a width collimator, such as a clamshell collimator. An angular collimator, stationary during the course of scanning, limits the extent of the scan, and a multi-aperture unit, such as a hoop, or a nested pair of hoops, is rotated about a central axis, and structured in such a manner that the total beam fluence incident on a target is conserved for different fields of view of the beam on the target. The central axis of hoop rotation need not coincide with the source axis.
US09052265B2
Relative movement about an axis of rotation is caused as between an energy source/detector array with respect to an object (where the object can comprise either an object to be projected to facilitate a study of the object or a calibration object to be projected as part of calibrating usage of the energy source/detector array). The energy source/detector array are used during this relative movement to scan the object and to obtain corresponding object project data. That object projection data is then used to determine a parameter as corresponds to at least one scanning geometry characteristic as corresponds to using the energy source and the corresponding detector array while causing the aforementioned relative movement to scan the object.
US09052264B2
A scanner system comprises: a radiation generator arranged to generate radiation to irradiate an object, the radiation generator comprising a radiation source arranged to produce radiation and a filter arranged to provide variable filtering of the radiation from the source; a detector structure arranged to detect the radiation after it has interacted with the object and generate a sequence of detector data sets as the object is moved relative to the generator, and a processing system arranged to process each of the detector data sets thereby to generate a control output arranged to control the radiation generator so as to vary the filtering, thereby to vary the radiation output by the radiation generator as the object is scanned.
US09052261B2
Apparatus are described for measuring the characteristics of colloidal particles suspended in transparent media by Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) and Depolarized Dynamic Light Scattering (DDLS) into regions where conventional measurements are difficult or impractical. Matching the diameter of an illuminating beam and an intersecting diameter of a field stop image extends measurements into regions that include concentrated turbid suspensions that frequently appear so visually opaque that multiple scattering typically gives a falsely low estimate of particle size. At the opposite extreme, where insufficient signal is available to determine either or both of the translational and/or rotational relaxation times of the particles, typically where they are too small, too few, or of insufficient refractive index difference from the medium to scatter enough light, measurements can be improved by: a) using a sufficiently large aperture such that many coherence areas fall upon the detector; and b) optical homodyne amplification of the scattered signal.
US09052260B2
To address this and/or other needs, the present inventor devised, among other things, a passive moisture detection probe that can be installed and left in place to continuously indicate whether the moisture-content in the wall-cavity of a building is below or above a desirable level. One exemplary moisture detection assembly includes a moisture-absorbent sensor element and an indicator. The sensor element, which can be placed in contact with the inner surface of a home's exterior sheathing, expands and contracts in response to the moisture content of the sheathing. The indicator, for example a rod, moves in responsive to the expansion and contraction of the sensor element, with its relative position corresponding to the moisture in the exterior sheathing and thus providing an on-going and observable sign of moisture intrusion.
US09052257B2
Provided is a method of testing rubber wear in which a wear phenomenon occurred in a tire can be precisely reproduced in a sample, and a method of calculating the rubber index of a tire using the method of testing rubber wear.Also provided is a test method for predicting the anti-wear properties of a tire by using a test piece of the same rubber as that of a tire tread, which is a method of testing rubber wear in which, while a disk-shaped sample 3 and a disk-shaped grinding wheel 1 are rotated at individually predetermined numbers of rotations, the sample 3 is pressed on the outer periphery of the grinding wheel 1. A pressing load is applied to the sample 3 such that a contact pressure when the sample is pressed on the outer periphery of the grinding wheel 1 and a contact pressure at a site related to the evaluation of rubber wear of tread are the same.
US09052250B1
A calibration system and method utilizes acceleration of a mass to generate a force on the mass. An expected value of the force is calculated based on the magnitude and acceleration of the mass. A fixture is utilized to mount the mass to a force balance, and the force balance is calibrated to provide a reading consistent with the expected force determined for a given acceleration. The acceleration can be varied to provide different expected forces, and the force balance can be calibrated for different applied forces. The acceleration may result from linear acceleration of the mass or rotational movement of the mass.
US09052242B2
A cast piece surface temperature measuring device includes: a magnetic field exciting device which applies an AC magnetic field substantially perpendicular to a surface of a cast piece; a magnetic field detecting device which detects the AC magnetic field to detect a magnetic flux varied in response to a surface temperature of the cast piece; and a surface temperature deriving device which derives the surface temperature of the cast piece based on an induced electromotive force obtained by detecting the AC magnetic field by the magnetic field detecting device and a predetermined relation data. The magnetic field exciting device includes a solenoidal excitation coil, the magnetic field detecting device includes a solenoidal detection coil interposed between the surface of the cast piece and the excitation coil, and the relation data indicates a correspondence relationship between the surface temperature of the cast piece and the induced electromotive force in a temperature range including a predetermined Curie point.
US09052240B2
A temperature transmitter for sensing a temperature of an industrial process includes a temperature sensor arranged to provide a sensor output related to the temperature of the industrial process. Measurement circuitry is coupled to the temperature sensor and configured to determine the temperature of the industrial process based upon the sensor output. Output circuitry provides an output related to the measured temperature. A memory is configured to store temperature information related to excessive temperature events experienced by the temperature sensor. Diagnostic circuitry diagnoses a condition of the temperature sensor or other components based upon the stored temperature information.
US09052233B2
A sensor for venous networks of a part of a living body, having an infrared illumination source, a waveguide illuminated by the infrared illumination source and having, on one face, at least one extraction zone intended to extract the infrared rays from the waveguide in at least one main extraction direction, an image acquisition means disposed opposite the one face so as to define between them a passage through the entrance of which the part of the living body can enter, and having a sensitive element, the or each extraction zone being such that the or each main extraction direction of the extraction zone oriented so as not to intercept the sensitive element.
US09052227B1
A fluid container (10) with a hollow body (12) for containing a fluid such as beverage (22) with a surrounding sidewall (16) extending between a top (18) and a bottom (20) provided with a flexible sensing strip (14) with discrete modular fluid characteristic sensing elements mounted to the sidewall (16) of a hollow body (12) for sensing an actual physical parameter of the fluid, a control module (24) and a detachable interface (26) between the sensing strip (14) and the control module (24) to enable sensing signals to be passed from the sensing strip (14) to the control module (24) has a detachable interface enabling tool-less disconnection of the control module (24) from the sensing strip (14) to enable replacement with another control module for repair or servicing. The individual sensing elements may also be toolessly disconnected from the strip for replacement or repair.
US09052223B2
A flow meter outputs a frequency signal, which corresponds to an air flow quantity of intake air to be supplied to an engine. In an engine control unit, when a sensed value of the air flow quantity, which is obtained based on the frequency signal, is within an estimated air flow quantity range, which is estimated based on an operational state of the engine, the sensed value of the air flow quantity is determined as a measurement value of the flow meter. In contrast, when the sensed value of the air flow quantity is out of the estimated air flow quantity range, a median of the estimated air flow quantity range is determined as the measurement value of the flow meter.
US09052218B2
A microtechnique device includes an actuator, designed to move movable equipment with a permanent magnet with respect to a support. The actuator is designed to move the movable equipment in two degrees of freedom from a position of rest, and the permanent magnet is chosen to have a magnetic field distribution that presents a main plane of symmetry and a main direction of magnetization passing through a center. The device includes a first magnetic sensor and a second magnetic sensor, these two being designed to detect a movement of the magnet. The sensors are positioned with respect to the position of rest of the magnet in a specific manner in the main plane of symmetry of the magnetic field and near to extrema. The first and second sensors are then sensitive to the movements of the movable equipment perpendicular to their respective working axes.
US09052217B2
A sensor assembly includes a sense element for sensing a sensed parameter. The sense element may provide a sense element output signal that is related to the sensed parameter. A control block may include a first input port for receiving the sense element output signal, a second input port for receiving a scale input adjustable by a user, and an output port for providing a sensor assembly output signal. The control block may be configured to take in the sense element output signal via the first input port and produce the sensor assembly output signal at the output port, wherein the sensor assembly output signal at the output port is related to the sense element output signal and corresponds to a user selected range of the sensed parameter. The user selected range may be determined, at least in part, by the scale input received via the second input port.
US09052199B2
A system and method may indicate a user location and compass direction on a digital map. Map data may be requested from a remote mapping system server using a client computing device. The request may include a geographic area. The map data may be received from the remote mapping system at the client computing device in response to the request. The client computing device may then determine a user location and a user compass direction at the client computing device and render both the user location and the user compass direction within a digital map of the geographic area at the client computing device.
US09052192B2
An apparatus and method for recognizing an indoor zone in which a user is located by using an Earth's magnetic field that is generated naturally instead of the conventional method of combining a magnetic field generator and a magnetic field sensor. The apparatus includes a zone evaluator configured to primarily recognize a location of the portable terminal by using first and second components of an Earth's magnetic field and to finally recognize the location of the portable terminal by using first and second images.
US09052188B2
A measurement device comprising a curved container containing a liquid, a first indicator that is less dense than the liquid, and a second indicator that is more dense than the liquid, where the liquid substantially fills the container so that the position of the first indicator and/or second indicator in the container relative to the reference indicia may indicate an angle-related property of the device.
US09052183B2
A method for reconditioning a railcar connector is provided. The method comprises machining a portion of a casting to create a wear plate application surface, positioning a wear plate on the wear plate application surface, and welding the wear plate to the wear plate application surface.
US09052181B1
A portable digital readout measuring device preferably includes a digital readout device, a guide and at least one mounting base. The guide is slidably retained in the digital readout device. The digital readout device preferably includes a LCD display and a readout magnet. The readout magnet is attached to a backside of the digital readout device. Preferably, a connection cable connects the digital readout device to a slave LCD display. The mounting base preferably includes a retention slot, at least one fastener and a base magnet. The guide is inserted into the slot and retained in the mounting base by tightening the at least one fastener. An alternative mounting base includes a round magnet. In use, the readout magnet is attached to a way of an industrial machine. The guide is slid, until the base magnet contacts a carriage of the machine.
US09052178B2
A noncontact distance measuring sensor and a method for noncontact distance measurement is provided. The distance measuring sensor has a coil arrangement including at least two measuring coils oriented along a common axis. An electrically and/or magnetically conducting measurement object is in electromagnetic interaction with the coil arrangement. The distance measuring sensor further has an evaluation circuit for evaluating and ascertaining a position of the measurement object. In addition to the measuring coils, the noncontact distance measuring sensor includes an additional coil which is arranged along the common axis, is coupled to the evaluation circuit, and at least partly overlaps at least one of the two measuring coils.
US09052176B1
A device for marking the external perimeter of ammunition. The device includes an outer case with an interior portion which includes a plurality of circular rollers that are position to create a recessed channel for ammunition to be placed into. The outer case is equipped with a crank, which is attached to a spindle, which controls the rotation of the circular rollers. One 360-degree rotation of the crank rotates the spindle and the ammunition. The outer case includes a lever attached to an external side of the outer case. The lever is attached to a holder which holds a plurality of marking instruments. When the lever is depressed, the holder and the marking instruments are lowered on to the external perimeter of the ammunition. While the ammunition is rotated, the marking instruments mark the external perimeter of the ammunition. After marking, the ammunition is ejected through the openings in the outer case which are aligned with the recessed channel.
US09052175B1
A capsule is configured to have the outward appearance of a cartridge for a firearm and the capsule is designed to release a toxic agent when struck by the firing pin of the firearm. The capsule includes a casing; a bullet shaped container; a toxic agent, and a cup. The casing is made to fit within a firing chamber of the firearm. A bullet-shaped container holds the toxic agent under pressure. The container fits within the casing to give an outward appearance of an ordinary bullet in a regular cartridge for that firearm. The cup gives the outward appearance of a primer cup. Once hit by the firing pin of the firearm, the cup breaks, releasing the toxic agent. A primer and remote radio-frequency activator may also be used to release the toxic agent.
US09052174B2
A projectile is provided with a projectile tip having enhanced aerodynamic properties to improve accuracy of the projectile. The tip has a body having a base or lower end, an upper end and a curved, side wall between its upper and lower ends that defines an ogive tip length. The tip is received with a projectile jacket and also can have a series of aerodynamic features formed in its body to modify air flow about the body of the projectile in flight.
US09052173B2
A sabot petal having an axis parallel to or coinciding with the launch axis. The sabot petal is formed from a plurality of stacked sheets of composite material consisting of a fiber reinforcement and a polymer resin matrix. Each composite sheet is in a plane rotationally offset from the meridional plane which is defined by the launch axis and radial axis of the sabot petal's cylindrical coordinate system.
US09052172B2
An apparatus including a bore cleaning projectile can be configured to clean a bore of a firearm as the projectile is propelled down the bore. The projectile includes a frame and a propellant providing a force to push the projectile down the bore of the firearm. The frame includes a collapsing feature that is actuated by the force provided by the propellant.
US09052166B2
A method of forming a ceramic body including forming a mixture made of at least a first powder material (PM1) including carbon having a first average particle size (PS1), a second powder material (PM2) including carbon and different than the first powder material, the second powder material having a second average particle size (PS2) less than the first average particle size (PS1), and an aluminum content (AC2) greater than the aluminum content (AC1) of the first powder material, and further including forming a green body from the mixture, and sintering the green body and forming a ceramic body having a first type of grain having an average grain size of not greater than about 8 times the first average particle size (PS1).
US09052164B2
The invention relates to a composite armor comprising multiple isolated reactive charges in various shapes and in various configurations. Charges are reacted and dynamically pressurize ceramic elements to reinforce the armor and to disrupt the projectile penetration process. In one embodiment of the present invention an armor comprising a multitude of high tensile strength enclosures are arranged in a closely packed pattern. A ceramic element is disposed in each individual enclosure; a thin inter-layer of explosive material is disposed between the ceramic element and the enclosure's strike face. In a ballistic event, the explosive is set off by an incoming projectile and the ceramic element is thus pressurized and reinforced.
US09052157B1
In some embodiments, a revolving sling mount for a rifle (e.g. AR-15/M4/M16) includes a stack comprising a fixed plate configured to be secured to the rifle in a fixed position, a revolving sling-attachment plate rotatably attached to the fixed plate, and fixed ring securing the revolving sling-attachment plate between the fixed plate and stop ring. Each of the fixed plate, sling-attachment plate and stop ring defines an inner aperture sized to slide over a buttstock tube of the rifle. The revolving plate rotates relative to the fixed plate about an axis perpendicular to a major plane of the fixed plate. The revolving plate includes a sling-attachment loop for attaching a sling. One or more rotation stops constrain a rotation of the sling-attachment plate so that the sling-attachment loop does not obstruct the rearward motion of a charging handle assembly of the rifle.
US09052156B2
A firearm sling apparatus has a firearm connection section for attachment to a forward portion of a firearm and having a body connection section for attachment to the body of a firearm user. A releasable latching connector establishes releasable connection of the firearm connection section and the body connection section and provides for selective adjustment of strap members of the sling, permitting a user to adjust the body connection of the sling to fit the user's body anatomy and to accommodate the aiming and shooting position of the firearm. Adjustment of the sling apparatus is preferably accomplished with the user in a bipod stabilized position.
US09052151B1
A paintball gun barrel structure, mainly for the proper adjustment of the inner diameter of the barrel of the paintball gun for firing paint balls according to the size of the paint balls when paint balls are loaded into the barrel, to keep proper point contact with the surfaces of the paint balls, and to prevent excess interference between the interior of the barrel and the paint balls, and to thusly enhance the stability of the ballistics of the interior of the barrel so that paint balls may be fired with high accuracy when being fired towards the barrel under the control of an operation unit.
US09052144B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to automatic sanding hopper systems and methods for supplying sand to a tap hole in a furnace. The automatic sanding hopper system may automatically open a chimney door to provide access to a furnace through a chimney hole. A hopper assembly in the sanding hopper system may automatically move to a position in which a plunger may automatically actuate to clear or clean out the chimney hole. The hopper assembly may thereafter automatically move to a position in which a sand dispenser delivers sand through the chimney hole, into the furnace, and into the tap hole in the furnace. A sensor device may determine whether or not the tap hole is properly filled with sand. The hopper assembly may automatically retract and the chimney door may automatically close to begin another steelmaking heat.
US09052139B2
[Task] To provide a catalyst in which granules of the catalyst are improved in crash strength with no use of the caking agent, while increasing the effective area of the crystal surface part of the catalyst.[Solving Means] A catalyst powder-containing slurry obtained by milling a metallosilicate-containing raw material by a bead mill is dried by a spray drying method to obtain granules of a catalyst. The raw material may be one containing a metallosilicate having micropores of a size that is substantially 4.5 to 6.5 angstroms. It is better to mill the raw material by a bead mill such that the particle size of the metallosilicate becomes 1.0 μm or less at a cumulative frequency of 50%. It is better that as a metal component at least one metal component selected from rhenium, vanadium, molybdenum, tungsten, chromium, and their compounds is supported on the metallosilicate. It is better to subject the slurry to the drying process after aging. It is better to add polyvinyl alcohol to the slurry.
US09052132B1
A cross-flow heat exchanger, method of making a cross-flow heat exchanger, and a dehumidifier are provided. The cross-flow heat exchanger has an axial flow path extending through the heat exchanger from an inlet to an outlet and a transverse flow path oriented transversely to the axial flow path and extending through the heat exchanger from an inlet to an outlet. The transverse flow path is adjacent to and separate from the axial flow path. The surface area of the inlet of the axial flow path is less than the surface area of the outlet of the axial flow path. In a preferred embodiment, the heat exchanger has an exterior shape that is trapezoidal.
US09052124B2
An apparatus includes a sample chamber constructed according to a design certified by the Department of Transportation for transporting fluids at a first pressure P1. A cylindrical sample compartment exists within the sample chamber. The sample compartment is designed to withstand the pressure P1. The cylindrical sample compartment has a cylindrical inner surface with a radius r and a height h. A hollow cylindrical sleeve is secured to the cylindrical inner surface of the sample compartment and has a wall of thickness t. The sample chamber is capable of transporting fluids at a second pressure P2. P2 is higher than P1.
US09052121B2
Mobile water heating systems for producing hot water are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a mobile water heating system includes a water heater having an oval-cylindrical shape. The water heater includes a shell, a lid and a water reservoir having a screen. A first heating coil and a second heating coil can extend between the screen and a first cone and a second cone, respectively. A first burner and a second burner can be configured to mix and combust fuel and air and direct the resulting flames through the heating coils. Pall rings can at least partially fill an interior volume of the water heater and the combustion of the fuel and air can heat the heating coils and the pall rings. Water can be heated by being directed through the heating coils and through a water manifold positioned to spray water on the pall rings.
US09052118B2
An oven rack system has a two piece oven rack (100) with a cooking rack (102) and a base rack (104). The base rack (104) is adapted to remain stationary and may be positioned on ledges or other protrusions associated with inner liners of oven cavities. In one embodiment, a pair of angled pieces (118) extend between outer lateral braces (114) and a rear brace (106). The cooking rack (102) is adapted to slide on and be extendable relative to the base rack (104). A user can exert manual forces on the cooking rack (102) so as to move the cooking rack (102) relative to the base rack (104). The movement occurs in the absence of the requirement of any type of rotatable or rolling elements.
US09052115B2
A system for supplying a working fluid to a combustor includes a fuel nozzle, a combustion chamber downstream from the fuel nozzle, and a flow sleeve that circumferentially surrounds the combustion chamber. Injectors circumferentially arranged around the flow sleeve provide fluid communication through the flow sleeve and into the combustion chamber. A valve upstream from the injectors has a first position that permits working fluid flow to the injectors and a second position that prevents working fluid flow to the injectors. A method for supplying a working fluid to a combustor includes flowing a working fluid through a combustion chamber, diverting a portion of the working fluid through injectors circumferentially arranged around the combustion chamber, and operating a valve upstream from the injectors to control the working fluid flow through the injectors.
US09052114B1
A combustion device used in gas turbine engines to produce propulsion or rotate a shaft for power generation includes an annular combustor with a system of fuel and air inlet passages and nozzles that results in a staged combustion of premixed fuel and air. The fuel and air inlets are placed at various longitudinal locations circumferentially, and can take on different configurations where all nozzles inject a fuel-air mixture or some may inject only air. The combustion device provides an optimal mixing of fuel and air, creates an environment for combustion that reduces pollutant emissions reducing the need for costly pollution control devices, enhances ignition and flame stability, reduces piloting issues, allows increased fuel flexibility, decreases the required size of the first stage nozzle guide vane (NGV), and improves vibration reduction.
US09052099B2
An LED lamp A1 includes a plurality of LED modules 1 and a substrate 2 on which the LED modules 1 are mounted in a row. A light guide 3 covering the LED modules 1 is provided on the substrate 2. The light guide 3 is held in close contact with each of the LED modules. With this arrangement, a proper amount of light is obtained with the use of a smaller number of LED modules 1 or with less power consumption.
US09052098B2
According to the invention, the, or each, electroluminescent diode is mounted on a cooling radiator comprising a U-shaped main body and fins located in the space delimited by the main body and spaced by bracing systems.
US09052096B2
Light extraction transparent substrate for organic EL element, and organic EL element using the same
A light extraction transparent substrate for an organic EL element includes a transparent supporting substrate; a diffraction grating having a first concavity and convexity layer having first concavities and convexities formed on a surface thereof, which is located on a surface of the transparent supporting substrate, and a microlens having a second concavity and convexity layer having second concavities and convexities formed on a surface thereof, which is located on a surface of the transparent supporting substrate. When a Fourier-transformed image is obtained by performing two-dimensional fast Fourier transform processing on a concavity and convexity analysis image obtained by analyzing the shape of each of the first and second concavities and convexities by use of an atomic force microscope, the Fourier-transformed image shows a circular or annular pattern substantially centered at an origin at which an absolute value of wavenumber is 0 μm−1.
US09052094B2
In at least one embodiment of the semiconductor light source (1), the latter comprises at least two planar elements (2). The planar elements (2) each contain a semiconductor material for producing ultraviolet or visible radiation (R) when the semiconductor light source (1) is in operation. The radiation (R) is in this case emitted at precisely one major face (3) of the planar elements (2). The reflectivity of the planar elements (2) for visible radiation, when the semiconductor light source (1) is not in operation, amounts to at least 80%. The planar elements (2) furthermore exhibit an average diameter (L) of at least 10 mm. Furthermore the major faces (3) of the planar elements (2) are arranged at an angle (α) to one another and facing one another. The angle (α) between the major faces (3) amounts in this case to between 30° and 120° inclusive.
US09052091B2
A system and apparatus for vertically aligning predominately elongated lighting fixtures, and for providing a secure attachment to the ground through a foundation.
US09052087B2
A display and projection device includes a first shell, a display module, a projection light valve, and a projection lens. The first shell has a display surface and a non-display surface. The display module is disposed within the first shell. The display surface of the first shell exposes the display module. The projection light valve is disposed within the first shell and capable of emitting an image light beam, and the non-display surface of the first shell exposes the projection light valve. The projection lens is disposed outside of the first shell and is located at a transmission path of the image light beam. The projection lens is detachably connected with the non-display surface of the first shell. Moreover, a projection device including a Fresnel lens is also provided.
US09052083B2
A light fixture includes a light source and inner and outer trough reflectors. The inner and outer trough reflectors may have coaxial imaginary linear focal axes. Each of the inner and outer trough reflectors may be configured to collimate light emitted from the light source.
US09052081B1
A magnetic kicker reflector that is installed within a reflector of a downlight fixture to create a “wall-wash” effect on one or more adjacent walls. The magnetic kicker reflector includes a proximal end, a distal end, a side surface extending from the proximal end to the distal end, and one or more magnets. The side surface includes an internal surface and an external surface. The magnets are coupled to or adjacent the external surface and faces substantially the same direction as the external surface. The proximal end, the distal end, and the side surface are formed having an arcuate length. The wall-wash assembly includes the kicker reflector, a reflector, and one or more bands coupled around and in contact with the outer surface of the reflector. The bands are in alignment with the magnets so that the kicker reflector is rotatable within the reflector and maintains attraction to the bands.
US09052063B2
A container for storing compressed gas includes a plurality of aligned glass capillaries extending into a tubesheet. Each of the capillaries has an open end flush with a front face of the tubesheet. An end cap having a gas outlet connectable to a compressed gas valve or conduit is fitted to the tubesheet in gas-tight fashion to form a high pressure space defined by inner surfaces of the capillaries, the front face of the tubesheet, and inner surfaces of the end cap.
US09052062B2
A tank especially suitable for use as a fuel or oxidizer tank in spacecraft is divided into two tank spaces by a membrane. A liquid is stored on one side of the membrane and a pressure gas is stored on the other side of the membrane. The pressure gas is to drive the liquid out of the tank. The membrane is made of a polymer material and is held by a spring ring in a recess on the outer wall of the tank. The spring ring has a substantially C-shaped cross-section to exert elastic spring holding forces on the membrane in the recess.
US09052058B1
An improved jewelry holder having a body with a flat back surface that is adapted to releasably attach to a chosen surface, and a front surface including a primary curved surface and an attached flexible hook member having a secondary curved surface within close proximity to one another whereby the space therebetween creates a lead-in notch, a lead-out notch, and a chamber space whereby a piece of jewelry having a ring shape can be placed onto the flexible hook member by passing the flexible hook member through the inner area of the ring shape and pressing the piece of jewelry through the lead-in notch and lead out notch thereby safely retaining the piece of jewelry on a lower portion of the flexible hook member in the chamber space until the piece of jewelry is removed.
US09052050B2
A valve device and assembly procedure thereof on a in-service pipeline by mounting an assembly that includes an operative subset, a deposit subset, and lateral sets which are assembled on a pipeline so that, without shutting down the pipeline service, the pipeline is perforated, and valve seats, included with the valve device, are displaced until the device is in-service, thus arranging the valve device to enable the control of the fluid circulation through the pipeline.
US09052045B2
A fitting assembly that can attach to an open end of a flexible pipe has a nipple and a clamp. For attachment, the pipe is fitted with its open end over the nipple and the clamp fits over the pipe where the pipe fits over the nipple. The nipple has a seal and a barb arrangement that is located rear to the seal. The seal and barb arrangement contact an inner face of the pipe. The clamp has an axial extension that is sized to overlie the barb arrangement and the seal in order to press the pipe against the barb arrangement and the seal.
US09052034B1
Disclosed is a bucket that may be used to transport a material. In example embodiments, the bucket may include a barrel configured to hold a material, a gate assembly arranged at a bottom of the barrel, a first control system comprising an electrically controlled valve configured to control the gate assembly, and a second control system configured to control the electrically controlled valve. In example embodiments, the second control system may include a receiver configured to receive a signal from a remote signal generator to control the electrically controlled valve.
US09052025B2
A bidirectional side-slit duckbill valve apparatus for use with catheters and similar devices. The apparatus can comprise a duckbill valve configured to allow fluid to flow through it only in a first direction and one or more side-slit valves configured to allow fluid to only flow through them in a second direction, opposite the first direction. In an embodiment, fluid can only flow through the duckbill valve if it is under a substantially positive pressure and can only flow through the side-slit valves if it is under a substantially negative pressure. In an embodiment, fluid that is not pressurized will not flow through either the duckbill valve or the side-slit valve. In an embodiment, the bidirectional side-slit duckbill valve apparatus can also comprise a funnel for directing a guidewire.
US09052020B2
A shut-off member of a pressure reducing valve of a pressure regulator device, such as a diaphragm-type first stage for scuba diving, includes an enlarged head connected to a shaft and cooperating with a valve seat that separates a chamber supplied with high pressure gas from a chamber in which gas is at a lower pressure. The enlarged head and an end section of predetermined length of the shaft, connected to the enlarged head, are seamlessly coated with at least one layer of elastomeric material. Such coating of elastomeric material is limited to an end portion of the shaft connected to the enlarged head and the coated shaft portion is entirely contained in the high-pressure chamber in any operating position of the shut-off member.
US09052019B2
The present invention discloses an electric floating ball valve. The electric floating ball valve addresses the problems of the existing electric floating ball valve, such as poor reliability, high tendency to be damaged, poor control precision, high noises in operation as well as high costs for maintenance and replacement. The electric floating ball valve includes a valve body, a valve stem, a valve core and a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism is connected with the outer end of the valve stem and could drive the said valve stem to rotate. The external side of the valve stem is covered with a cylindrical heat sink made of metallic materials. Said heat sink is fixedly connected with said valve body. The heat sink of the electric floating valve could significantly improve the heat radiation capacity, which efficiently guarantees the stable and reliable operation of the drive mechanism.
US09052015B2
Provided is a cylinder apparatus capable of obtaining optimum valve characteristics. The cylinder apparatus has an annular valve member provided with at least a part of flow paths and having a through-bore, a pin member inserted through the through-bore of the valve member, and an annular disk valve having the pin member inserted therethrough and movable at both inner and outer peripheries thereof selectively away from and into contact with one end surface of the valve member to open and close the flow paths, respectively. The valve member has a projecting portion around the through-bore on the one end surface. The projecting portion is locally provided with circumferentially spaced grooves. The disk valve has small-diameter portions extending toward the grooves from the inner periphery thereof. The small-diameter portions are slidable relative to the pin member.
US09052014B2
A system and method for controlling an accumulator for use with a hydraulic circuit is provided. The system and method is configured to determine a set of accumulator temperature indicators and discharge and charge the accumulator as a function of the set of accumulator temperature indicators.
US09052012B2
A method for determining a transmission range selection of a shift-by-wire system, which includes a shift lever, a park button, and a controller, is provided. The shift lever is movable between a plurality of transmission range positions, each corresponding to a transmission range, and a null position. The park button is switchable between a pressed position corresponding to a Park transmission range, and a released position. The method includes determining, by the controller, if at least one predetermined condition exists. If it does, then the controller determines the transmission range selection to be the Park transmission range. Otherwise, the controller determines the transmission range selection to be the transmission range corresponding to the transmission range position in which the shift lever is positioned.
US09052011B2
A torque sensor system is provided, which comprises a frame supporting a first shaft and a second shaft. The first shaft comprises a first connector that is connected to second connector comprised by the second shaft so that a torque is transmittable via the first and second connectors from the first shaft to the second shaft. The first connector and second connector are formed such that transmitting a torque induces a reaction force to the frame. The frame is provided with at least one load sensor that is adapted to measure the reaction force, such that an output of the load sensor represents the transmitted torque.
US09052006B1
A control method and system for reducing tip-in shock includes fixing a wheel with a wheel brake of a vehicle when an engine of the vehicle starts. A motor position sensor value is detected when a motor connected to the wheel through a plurality of gears is operated forward by a forward torque and a motor position sensor value when the motor is operated backward by a backward torque, by applying the forward torque and the backward torque to the motor with the wheel being fixed. An entire backlash generated between the plurality of gears is calculated on the basis of the motor position sensor values. A driving current for driving the motor is applied to the motor in accordance with the calculated entire backlash.
US09051999B2
A variator (2) having a pair of semi-toroidally recessed races (11, 12) mounted to a housing (6) for rotation about a common variator axis. A roller (14) is mounted between the races to transfer drive between them at a variable drive ratio. A sun gear (25) is mounted between the races, as is a ring (gear 26). The ring gear is radially outboard of the sun gear. Mounted between the sun and ring and meshing with both is a carrier gear (33) upon which the roller is mounted in a manner which enables it to both spin about its own axis, when turned by the races, and also to tilt relative to the races to vary the drive ratio. A control pinion (27) is also arranged between the sun and ring gears meshing with both. The control pinion is able to rotate about its own axis freely, but the pinion axis is fixed with respect to the housing.
US09051997B2
Rack and pinion drive for a motor vehicle, with a steering housing (1), in which a steering pinion (2) is rotatably mounted and is in engagement with a tooth segment (3) of a toothed rack (4) displaceably mounted in the steering housing (1) in the direction of a longitudinal axis (5), wherein the tooth segment (3) forms an even surface with the upper face thereof facing the steering pinion (2), wherein the toothed rack (4) has two guide surfaces (9), which are even and are oriented at an acute angle to a surface normal of the tooth segment (3), and wherein at least one guide roller (11) is provided on either side of the toothed rack (4), said rollers being in contact with the guide surfaces (9), wherein the two guide rollers (11) are provided respectively on a left and a right side of the pinion when viewed from a toothing engagement point with the toothed rack.
US09051990B2
A vibration bearing for a vehicle exhaust system includes an elastic damping element and a pretension device which compresses the elastic damping element radially and axially. A first coupling region is formed on the elastic damping element, and a second coupling region is formed on the pretension device.
US09051978B2
A clamping roller freewheel for an adjusting device in a motor vehicle includes a cylindrical outer surface, at least one roller pair, an output shaft, a clamping element which is rotationally connected to the output shaft and which has at least one clamping slope on an opposite side of the roller pair to the cylindrical outer surface, and a spacer device which is at least partially between the rollers and has elastic properties. This spacer device includes a spacer piece and a spring. When the spacer piece is in the normal position, an oblique surface bears against a roller. The spring presses the spacer piece into the normal position in which it exerts a force on at least one roller. When passing from the normal position to the retracted position, the oblique surface is moved away from the roller.
US09051973B2
A shaft coupling mechanism for an electric power steering apparatus includes a coupling base body coupled to a rotating shaft on a side of an electric motor; a coupling base body coupled to a steering shaft; rotation transmitting members interposed between both coupling base bodies and adapted to transmit the rotation of the rotating shaft in an R direction to the steering shaft through both coupling base bodies; an intermediate interposed member interposed between the coupling base bodies; and a coupling means for coupling the rotation transmitting members to each other.
US09051964B2
A tapered roller bearing apparatus includes: an outer ring that includes an outer-ring raceway formed in an inner circumferential surface thereof; an inner ring which includes a large-diameter portion having a cylindrical portion with a substantially uniform outer diameter, a large rib portion having an outer circumferential surface and a guide surface continued to the outer circumferential surface, an inner-ring raceway, and a small-diameter cylindrical portion which are sequentially formed from one end to the other end, and are subjected to a heat treatment to have a surface-hardened layer; and a plurality of tapered rollers which are rollably disposed between the inner-ring raceway and the outer-ring raceway, a large-diameter end surface of the tapered roller being guided by the guide surface. An angle formed between the guide surface and the outer circumferential surface is obtuse.
US09051961B1
A hole adapter insert for modifying a circular hole to mount a D/DD lock body securely in a rotationally fixed manner includes a disk-like body having a cylindrical outer surface received in the circular hole. A bore extending axially through the body is provided with the requisite standard D/DD cross-sectional profile to receive a standard, complementarily-formed lock body. Extending radially from one end of the body is an annular flange having a proximal face adapted to be glued to the annular surface about the exterior of the circular hole. Alignment flats at the periphery of the flange enable proper D/DD angular alignment of the lock body. A cam lock body is inserted through the outer end of the bore of the insert and secured by a lock nut threaded onto the lock body at the inner end thereof.
US09051960B2
A hook assembly includes at least one attachment structure having a hook portion extending from a body portion. The body portion includes a connection feature having at least one protrusion positioned adjacent at least one recess. The connection feature interlocks with a corresponding identical connection feature of a second attachment structure such that the attachment structure and second attachment structure are attached.
US09051955B2
An element modular furniture system utilizes a plurality of base frame elements to construct modular furniture pieces. Base frame elements are usually rectangular in shape and utilize a plurality of struts. Each strut is joined to a neighboring strut with a strut connector. An outset strut connector has a protruding outset strut interlock that connects with an inset strut connector having an inset port. The interlocks utilize extremely strong magnets to draw and hold the connectors together. The struts each have one or more channel members which add strength and rigidity to the base frame elements and the furniture piece constructed therefrom. An interlocking panel may be attached to channel members to strengthen and interlock struts and/or base frame elements. Additionally, shelves, hinges, doors, shelf locks, lights, and other attachments can be connected to the channel members to enhance the functionality and appearance of the resulting furniture piece.
US09051949B2
[Object] To provide a clip for attaching an EA member, of which a base portion between a flange and a cylindrical portion is reliably filled with a resin foam body, and an EA member equipped with this clip.[Solution] A clip 30 for attaching an EA member to a member, includes a cylindrical portion 31 and flanges 32 provided at both ends of the cylindrical portion 31. In a base portion of at least one of the flanges 32, a penetrating portion 34 that penetrates through the flange 32 is formed. An EA member 20 is equipped with this clip 30.
US09051948B2
A slide plate (20) for a cam-type closure of a clamping device (1) for releasably connecting two profiled pieces (2). The slide plate has a coupling region (11, 28) for coupling with locking elements (4, 5, 6) of the clamping device (1). The slide plate (20) has an inner opening (23) for receiving an eccentric roll (22) of the clamping device (1), which can be used for the axial displacement (30, 130) of the slide plate (20). A spring region (27) is provided between the inner opening (23) for receiving an eccentric roll (22) and the coupling region (11, 28).
US09051945B2
A system and method for predicting impending pump failure in a hydraulic system is disclosed. The system measures and compares the running and moving volumetric deficiencies of the hydraulic system as a whole and if they are not within range of each other by a predetermined threshold, the system determines that at least one of the pumps in the system is about to fail. If such a determination is made by the system, the pump displacement is at standby of each pump is then calculated and the pump with the greatest displacement at standby is determined to be the pump approaching failure. Once the pump approaching failure is identified, a signal is generated to apprise the operator or other entity to enable corrective action to be taken.
US09051944B2
Hydraulic unit adapted for connection to master and slave actuator system includes three valves, the first configured for selective fluid passage between the cap ends, the second configured for selective fluid passage between the slave cap end and an accumulator, and the third fluidly coupled for selective fluid passage between each of a single pump and the accumulator, and the slave cap end. During actuator retraction, the valves permit pressurized fluid in the slave cap end to be delivered to accumulator for storage; during extension, the valves permit pressurized fluid from pump and accumulator to be delivered to the slave cap end.
US09051935B2
A single-screw compressor includes a screw rotor, a cylinder wall in which the screw rotor is rotatably accommodated, a driving mechanism which variably drives the screw rotor according to a load, and a slide valve which is provided in a slide groove formed in the cylinder wall. The slide valve faces an outer circumferential surface of the screw rotor to be movable in an axial direction, and to adjust a discharge start position by being moved in the axial direction according to the operating capacity. A discharge side end surface of the slide valve extends in a direction corresponding to a screw land of the screw rotor to which the discharge side end surface faces when the slide valve is moved to a position corresponding to a part load operation state.
US09051930B2
A pumping system for moving water of a swimming pool includes a water pump, an infinitely variable speed motor, and an arrangement for operating the motor. In one example, the pumping system includes a memory configured to store a plurality of retained speed values, an arrangement for providing a plurality of retained speed values to the memory, and an arrangement for reading a selected one of the plurality of retained speed values from the memory. In addition or alternatively, the pumping system includes a storage medium for digitally storing a plurality of pre-established motor speed values and an arrangement for receiving input from a user to select one of the pre-established motor speeds. In addition or alternatively, the pumping system further includes an arrangement for restarting operation of the motor at a previously selected speed value when power supplied to the motor is interrupted during operation of the motor. A method for controlling the pumping system is also provided.
US09051926B2
The invention concerns a hydraulic axial piston machine with a housing, in which a cylinder drum having at least one cylinder is arranged to be rotatable around an axis, in which cylinder is located a piston that is supported on a swashplate, whose inclination angle is adjustable in an adjustment plane. It is endeavored to keep the cost of manufacturing individual parts of the axial piston machine small. For this purpose it is provided that on the side facing away from the cylinder drum (4) the swashplate (12) has a spherical bearing surface (15), which rests on a spherical supporting surface (16) in a bottom part (3) of the housing (2) and comprises an inclination protection (31-34), which counteracts an inclination of the swashplate (12) perpendicularly to the adjustment plane.
US09051925B2
A fuel injection pump having a variable pressure chamber which can adjust a fuel injection timing according to each engine load with a simple structure and a lower manufacture cost compared to the conventional injection pump without a separate apparatus for moving a barrel as well as not modifying a shape of a plunger.The fuel injection pump having the variable pressure chamber further includes a pressure adjustment mechanism including a contact plug of which lower portion is inserted and installed in the upper cover; a cylinder of which lower portion is inserted and installed in the contact plug and having the variable pressure chamber formed inside thereof; a main fuel pressing hole formed in the upper cover and the barrel to connect the variable pressure chamber of the cylinder and a plunger insertion hole of the barrel; a piston installed in the variable pressure chamber of the cylinder to enable an upward and downward sliding motion thereof; and a manual pressure adjustment unit installed on an upper portion of the cylinder to enable a vertical height adjustment to elastically support the upper portion of the piston.
US09051924B2
The present invention provides an actuator large in the amounts of displacement and generative force. The actuator includes a pair of electrode layers and an electrolyte-containing electrolyte layer interposed between the pair of electrode layers, and transforms upon application of a voltage thereto to cause ions in the electrolyte to migrate, wherein the electrolyte layer includes at least one polymer fiber layer made of polymer fibers and at least some of the polymer fibers of the polymer fiber layer are uniaxially oriented within a plane of the electrolyte layer.
US09051922B2
A drive system having an integrated transmission and motor/generator unit for a wind turbine includes a transmission output shaft designed as a hollow shaft, which receives a sun shaft of an output-side planetary gear stage and is connected thereto. The transmission output shaft comprises a transmission-side end section of an insert shaft which is concentrically arranged within a rotor hollow shaft. The transmission output shaft additionally has a bearing for receiving radial and axial forces. The motor/generator unit has two dedicated bearings. One bearing thereof is a transmission-side bearing. In addition, a rear-side generator bearing is provided.
US09051917B2
A wind turbine blade is described having a pitch system coupling which is adapted to allow fasteners, such as bolts, of such a coupling to be tightened from the inside of the blade. This removes the need for relatively difficult and expensive external maintenance operations to tighten pitch coupling bolts. The coupling is arranged to present first and second internal bearing surfaces, against which the bolts of the pitch coupling can be tightened. The coupling may comprise a shaped end portion of an inner blade section, and/or the pitch system may comprise an additional bolting collar to facilitate this arrangement.
US09051913B2
Disclosed herein is a crosscurrent tacking portable hydrokinetic energy conversion hydrofoil useful for generating electricity in moderate velocity currents and especially useful for rapid deployment and removal from a land base, boat or dock. The device comprises a buoyant and ballasted semi-cylindrical shroud containing a turbine rotor, annular cylindrical wing, a linear expansion nozzle, an alternator with linkages to a turbine shaft, an insulated conductor cable and tether lines. Hydrofoil elements enable the device to tack into a stream and hold a stable position. A system using two tether lines, each with one end connected to the device are fed into a stream to a desired distance from a surface base and are subsequently individually tensioned and fixed to a point on the base, stabilizing the device.
US09051912B2
An octane rating estimating section estimates the octane rating of fuel on the basis of detection signals from intake air temperature, water temperature, fuel and knock sensors. A pre-ignition occurrence index calculating section calculates a pre-ignition occurrence index on the basis of the estimated octane rating; and a pre-ignition occurrence index correcting section corrects the pre-ignition occurrence index such that pre-ignition occurs more easily. An automatic idling stopping determining section determines automatic idling stopping on the basis of a determination result of an automatic idling stopping prohibition determining section which determines the prohibition of automatic idling stopping on the basis of the pre-ignition occurrence index, an operation signal from the air conditioner, and steering information; and a fuel injection control section which controls fuel injection per the automatic idling stopping determination result.
US09051897B2
An aircraft jet engine system includes at least one gas turbine engine having a fan including a rotor and a plurality of fan blades. A sensor system in the fan section senses information about the operation of the blades and provides feedback on the condition of each blade to a control. The control is programmed to take in the sensed information and identify a safe operating range for the gas turbine engine based upon damage information developed from the sensed information with regard to each of the blades. An aircraft jet engine system incorporating a plurality of gas turbine engines wherein safe operating ranges are developed for each of the gas turbine engines is also disclosed as is a method of operating an aircraft jet engine system.
US09051895B2
This apparatus is applied to an engine equipped with a fuel supply system that supplies pressure-increased fuel to a fuel injection valve, and performs the fuel injection from the injection valve in one combustion cycle by a multiple injection process that includes a pre-injection and a main injection that are executed with an interval therebetween. The apparatus calculates a deviation between a required value (one-dot chain line) and an actual value (solid line) regarding the end timing of the pre-injection, based on the manner of fluctuation of the fuel pressure in the fuel injection that is detected by a pressure sensor. A target main injection timing and a target pre-interval are individually set on the basis of the state of operation of the engine. Based on the deviation, the target main injection timing and the target pre-interval, the apparatus sets control target values regarding the execution period of the pre-injection.
US09051893B2
A method is provided for detecting a malfunction in an electronically regulated fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine, by which effective limitation of the cause of the fault in a fuel injection system can take place. For example, it can be determined whether the cause of the fault lies in the low pressure system or in the high pressure system of the fuel injection system.
US09051890B2
Methods and systems are provided for estimating water storage in a charge air cooler (CAC). In one example, an amount of water accumulating in the CAC may be based on an output of an oxygen sensor positioned downstream of the CAC and ambient humidity. Further, engine actuators may be adjusted to purge condensate from the CAC and/or reduce condensate formation based on the amount of water inside the CAC.
US09051888B2
A method for automatically controlling a stationary gas engine, where an engine speed control deviation is computed from a set engine speed (nSL) and an actual engine speed (nIST), and a set torque is determined as a correcting variable from the speed control deviation by a speed controller, where a set volume flow is determined as a function of the set torque to establish a mixture throttle angle (DKW1, DKW2) and a gas throttle angle, and where the set volume flow is varied to adjust the gas throttle angle by a correction factor.
US09051886B2
A hybrid vehicle which starts an engine safely by using a remote switch even when a charging plug is connected is provided. The hybrid vehicle can be charged from an external power source. The controller of the hybrid vehicle executes the following process, when an engine start request is received while the charging plug for supplying electric power from the external power source is connected to the vehicle. (1) Starting an engine if charging is not performed and a shift lever is at a parking position when a request for starting the engine (remote start request) is received from a remote switch outside the vehicle, and rejecting a remote start request if the shift lever is at a position other than a parking position. (2) Rejecting a request for starting the engine from a switch provided in the vehicle.
US09051883B2
A power output of engine is restricted to become a power output which is calculated by using a first restriction accelerator operation degree when a brake operation with a brake pedal is detected in addition to an accelerator pedal operation with an accelerator pedal; and the power output of the engine is restricted to become a power output which is calculated by using a second restriction accelerator operation degree in place of the first restriction accelerator operation degree when an amount of change of the accelerator operation degree per unit time becomes larger than a preset certain value in a direction of depression of the accelerator pedal under a condition where the power output of the engine is restricted by using the first restriction accelerator operation degree, the second restriction accelerator operation degree being larger than the first restriction accelerator operation degree.
US09051876B2
A heat-shielding film formed on the wall surface of a metal base material contains a plurality of ceramic hollow particles (1) and metal phases (2) to which the plurality of ceramic hollow particles (1) are joined at points. Each of the plurality of ceramic particles (1) is joined at a point, through the metal phase (2), to another ceramic particle among the plurality of ceramic particles (1) so that the plurality of ceramic particles (1) are joined to each other. The plurality of ceramic hollow particles (1) of the heat-shielding film (10) and the wall surface are joined at points to the metal phases (2) so that the plurality of ceramic hollow particles (1) are joined to the wall surface.
US09051875B2
A system and method for providing a variable compression ratio internal combustion engine is disclosed. The system can include a plurality of hollow head bolts for coupling the cylinder head and block of an internal combustion engine. The system can also include a plurality of control bolts disposed through the hollow head bolts to enable vertical movement of the engine components (i.e., in the y-axis), while reducing, or eliminating, unwanted movement and stresses in other directions. A number of mechanisms can be used to move the cylinder head/block assembly, including a rack and pinion, a hydraulic or pneumatic actuator, and a gear drive. The compression ratio can be varied continuously during use and can be included in an overall engine management system.
US09051874B2
A system is provided for an internal combustion engine comprising, at least two cylinders wherein the at least two cylinders form at least two groups, wherein each group comprises at least one cylinder, the at least one cylinder of at least one group being formed as a cylinder which can be activated in a load-dependent manner and which is deactivated if a predefined load is undershot. The at least two groups are characterized by different compression ratios, the at least one cylinder of a first group having a higher compression ratio and the at least one cylinder of a second group having a lower compression ratio and the at least one cylinder of the second group comprises an activatable and deactivatable cylinder. Use of the first cylinder group, and deactivation of the second cylinder group during partial loads increases engine efficiency and fuel economy.
US09051870B2
An internal combustion engine cylinder head has a coolant jacket with a first supply opening and a first discharge opening. A cylinder block coolant jacket has a second supply opening and a second discharge opening. A coolant circuit connects the discharge openings to the supply openings via a recirculation line and a heat exchanger. A control unit has an inlet connected to a pump outlet, a first outlet connected to the first supply opening, a second outlet connected to the second supply opening, and a single setting element. The setting element has a first working position that opens up the first outlet and blocks the second outlet such that the coolant circuit is activated through the cylinder head and is deactivated through the cylinder block. The setting element has a second working position that opens up both the first outlet and the second outlet.
US09051868B2
A method for monitoring a nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter (NSC) in the exhaust gas duct of an internal combustion engine which is operated at least temporarily in a lean fashion, wherein during a lean mode of the internal combustion engine nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gas are stored by the nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter, wherein during a regeneration phase of the nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter the internal combustion engine is operated in a rich fashion, and as a result the nitrogen oxides stored in the nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter are removed, and wherein an exhaust gas component or exhaust gas characteristic variable which is characteristic of the profile of the regeneration is detected during the regeneration phase by means of an exhaust gas probe.
US09051867B2
A method of determining a malfunction in a hydrocarbon injection system for an internal combustion engine having an exhaust system with a diesel particulate filter and a diesel oxidation catalyst, is provided. An efficiency of a diesel oxidation catalyst to convert hydrocarbons injected for regeneration of a diesel particulate filter into heat is estimated based upon an input temperature of the diesel oxidation catalyst, an output temperature of the diesel oxidation catalyst, and an output temperature of a diesel particulate filter. The estimated efficiency is compared to a predetermined stored efficiency value. An indication of a malfunction is generated when the comparison of the estimated efficiency to the predetermined stored efficiency exceeds a threshold amount.
US09051858B2
An engine system includes an electronically controlled compression ignition engine configured to burn diesel fuel to produce an exhaust with a temperature and NOx to soot ratio. An aftertreatment system is fluidly connected to the engine and includes a diesel oxidation catalyst, a reductant supply, and a diesel particulate filter coated with a NOx reduction catalyst but not the diesel oxidation catalyst. A soot load density in the diesel particulate filter is stabilized by oxidizing soot at about a same rate as the compression ignition engine is supplying soot to the aftertreatment system without active regeneration. A NOx reduction reaction is catalyzed by the NOx reduction catalyst on the diesel particulate filter.
US09051857B2
Proposed is a diesel particle filter which comprises a ceramic wall-flow filter substrate and a coating applied in the inflow ducts, which coating is composed of material with a high melting point. The coating (6) is provided such that, by means of said coating, pores (5), which connect the inflow ducts (1) and outflow ducts (2), in the wall (4) are closed off for the soot particles (7) at the inflow side without said coating thereby preventing the passage of the gaseous exhaust-gas constituents. The coating may be produced from one or more oxides with a high melting point or from fibrous material with a high melting point. In both cases, the coating has the effect that the depth filtration is considerably reduced, and therefore the back pressure increase encountered during the depth filtration phase is significantly reduced.
US09051853B2
A system includes a heat exchanger and a fluid flow control module. The heat exchanger includes a substrate, a catalyst applied to the substrate, and fluid passages. Exhaust gas from an engine flows through the heat exchanger and a working fluid in the fluid passages absorbs heat from the exhaust gas. The fluid flow control module controls fluid flow from the heat exchanger based on a temperature of the catalyst.
US09051852B2
A system for utilizing waste heat of an internal combustion engine via the Clausius-Rankine cycle process is provided that includes a circuit with lines containing a working medium, an evaporator heat exchanger which serves for evaporating the liquid working medium using waste heat of the internal combustion engine and which has an inlet opening for conducting the working medium into a flow duct and an outlet opening for conducting the working medium out of the flow duct, and the flow duct is divided into a plurality of flow duct parts connected hydraulically in parallel, an expansion machine, a condenser for liquefying the vaporous working medium, a collecting and compensating vessel for the liquid working medium, it is sought to be able to change the working medium substantially completely from a liquid state of aggregation to a gaseous state of aggregation at an evaporator heat exchanger.
US09051849B2
A stator assembly for a turbofan gas turbine engine is disclosed. The stator assembly is coupled to a shroud of the engine. The stator assembly includes an endless case fixedly coupled to the engine shroud. The case includes a forward portion, an aft portion and a central portion disposed therebetween. The case extends about an axis of the engine. The forward and aft portions of the case include rails that extend towards each other and form forward and aft pockets with the central portion respectfully. The stator assembly also includes a locking stator segment. The locking stator segment includes a shroud that includes a forward hook and a pair of aft hooks with a platform disposed therebetween. The forward and aft hooks are retained in the forward and aft pockets of the case respectfully.
US09051847B2
A rotor body ledge defines a radially inner surface. A hub extends axially from the rotor, and has a radially outer surface spaced from the ledge radially inner surface. A first distance is defined between the radially inner surface of the ledge and the radially outer surface of the hub. A knife edge seal has at least one pointed knife seal portion at a radially outer end. A radially inwardly extending arm portion extends from the seal, and an axially inwardly extending portion extends axially inwardly from the radially inwardly extending portion. The axially inwardly extending portion has a radially outer face and a radially inner face, which are spaced by a second distance. The second distance is less than the first distance, such that the knife edge seal is free floating between the ledge and the hub.
US09051845B2
A turbomachine system includes a turbomachine that includes a rotor that includes a rotational axis, a first rotating segment having a first mating axial mount coupled to a first axial mount of the rotor in a first installed position and a first pin configured to insert into a first inserted position in both a first slot in the rotor and a first mating slot in the first rotating segment. The first pin in the first inserted position is configured to block axial movement of the first mating axial mount relative to the first axial mount. The turbomachine also includes a second rotating segment having a second mating axial mount coupled to a second axial mount of the rotor in a second installed position. The second rotating segment in the second installed position is configured to block removal of the first pin.
US09051833B2
An X-Engine assembly includes four cylinder banks which are located on two intersecting planes with the crankshaft axis being on the line of the intersection of the two planes, and having a Double-Acting Scotch Yoke (DASY) power conversion system that couples the reciprocating motion of the pistons with the rotating crankshaft to provide pure sinusoidal piston motion. A series of DASY X-Engine configurations that satisfy even-firing for both 2-stroke and 4-stroke, and other engine cycles, achieve perfect balance with regard to vibrating forces and moments that are all zero, and all configurations have zero torsional vibration of the crankshaft resulting from the reciprocating masses.
US09051831B2
The present invention concerns a tubular rock bolt (1) that can be expanded by a pressurised medium, for insertion into a drilled hole (16) and comprising an extended tubular part (2) with a closed cross-section (12) and provided with a longitudinal stamped part (13) that increases in diameter during the expansion of the rock bolt (1) without the periphery of the tubular part (2) being bent, and an end section (17) at one end (15) of the rock bolt (1) and an end piece (19) arranged at the second end (18) of the rock bolt (1) and provided with a connection part (22) for interaction in a manner that can be released with an expansion means (23). The extended tubular part (2) comprises a reinforcement means (3) that extends internally inside the tubular part (2) between the end section (17) and the end piece (19) and that is attached at the end section (17) and the end piece (19). The invention concerns also the manufacture of a rock bolt.
US09051829B2
A system for treating a subsurface formation includes a plurality of conduits at least partially located in a portion of a hydrocarbon containing formation. At least part of two of the conduits are aligned in relation to each other such that electrical current will flow from a first conduit to a second conduit. The first and second conduits include electrically conductive material and at least one of the first and second conduits is perforated or configured to be perforated. A power supply is coupled to the first and second conduits. The power supply electrically excites at least one of the conductive sections such that current flows between the first conduit and the second conduit in the formation and heats at least a portion of the formation between the two conduits.
US09051827B1
A method for selective removal and recovery of silica and silicon containing compounds from solutions that include silica and silicon containing compounds, including geothermal brines. Also included are methods of preventing silica scale buildup in the geothermal power equipment and processes employing geothermal brines by the selective removal of silica.
US09051824B2
A well completion system for monitoring multiple annuluses in a well, including an “A” annulus (between the production tubing and production casing) and a “B” annulus (between the production casing and intermediate casing). The system includes a tubing hanger suspension assembly that seals and separates an upper area of the production annulus. Port(s) in the production casing above the seal provide access between the “B” annulus and the separated area. The system also includes a moveable sleeve that allows fluid communication through the port(s) when in an open position, but not in a closed position. The tubing hanger suspension assembly includes means for moving the sleeve from the closed position to the open position. In addition, the tubing hanger housing includes “A” and “B” annulus passageways in communication with the production annulus and the separated area, respectively.
US09051808B2
A system, in certain embodiments, includes a casing head and a tubing hanger disposed within the casing head and supported by a first retaining feature of the casing head. The tubing hanger is configured to support a tubing string. The system also includes a guide string hanger disposed within the casing head and supported by a second retaining feature of the casing head independent of the first retaining feature. The guide string hanger is configured to support a guide string.
US09051793B2
A secondary cutting structure for use in a drilling assembly includes a tubular body, and a block, extendable from the tubular body, the block including a first arrangement of cutting elements disposed on a first blade, a first stabilization section disposed proximate the first arrangement of cutting elements, a second arrangement of cutting elements disposed on the first blade, and a second stabilization section disposed proximate the second arrangement of cutting elements. A method of drilling includes disposing a drilling assembly in a wellbore, the drilling assembly including a secondary cutting structure having a tubular body and a block, extendable from the body, the block including at least three blades, actuating the secondary cutting structure, wherein the actuating includes extending the block from the tubular body, and drilling formation with the extended block.
US09051786B2
A drill bit includes a crown defining a central axis. The crown includes at least one segment. The segment includes a planar portion and a plurality of surface features continuous with and extending away from the planar portion. The surface features are discontinuous within the segment with respect to a first arced path defined at a first radial distance from the central axis.
US09051782B2
A system comprising a drilling platform having a central focus, a plurality of wellbay accesses positioned along a wellbay access perimeter surrounding the central focus, a drilling module, and a peripheral skidding system defining a skidding perimeter surrounding the central focus. Each of the plurality of wellbay accesses is associated with a wellbay substantially therebelow. The peripheral skidding system is operable to align the drilling module with one or more of the plurality of wellbay accesses, wherein the peripheral skidding system is positioned at an elevation higher than the plurality of wellbay accesses.
US09051770B2
A barrier has an expandable width barrier having opposing first and second ends. A locking arm is pivotably coupled to the expandable width barrier at the first end and slidably coupled to the expandable width barrier at the second end. The locking arm may be an adjustable-length construction. The pivoting of the locking arm causes the barrier to move between locked and unlocked states. When the locking arm is pivoted to lock the barrier, it causes the barrier to linearly expand a supplemental amount and fits the barrier to opposing sides of a passageway opening.
US09051763B2
A multi-point lock having an easy to install modular drive mechanism for bolts located at the top and bottom edges of a door in which the multi-point locking system is installed that requires only relatively simple door preparation. The bolt operating mechanism is installed into a rectangular groove cut into a lateral edge of a door which may be cut using relatively simple tools in relatively quick fashion. The bolt actuating mechanisms consist of U-shaped channels each having a driverail slidably mounted therein, with the U-shaped channels fitting entirely within the groove into the lateral edge of the door above and below the mortise pocket.
US09051760B2
A cylinder lock comprising a cylinder housing (2), a cylinder core (4) having a key channel (5) arranged in the cylinder housing (2), at least one side bar (6, 7) arranged between the cylinder housing (2) and the cylinder core (4) and a plurality of side pins (20) arranged on at least one side of the key channel (5) and arranged to be lifted by insertion of a key (8) and in cooperation with the side bar (6, 7) allow or prevent relative rotation of the cylinder housing (2) and the cylinder core (4), wherein each side pin (20) comprises a foot (26, 29) adapted to be lifted by a code groove (10) in the side surface (12) of the key. The cylinder lock is characterized in that the foot (26) of at least one of the side pins (20) is tapered. A key (8) for the cylinder lock having a groove for side pins having a tapered foot is also described.
US09051757B2
A flat or three dimensional body constructed of a sanitary plastic, with an inner surface of the body defining a hollow interior adapted to contact a door hardware surface or projecting knob. The body in one variant exhibits an end face from which projects an undulating and perimeter extending skirt, the design of which providing additional fabric which, upon being grasped and rotated by a user, can be circumferentially deflected and folded over against itself and the underlying surfaces of the rotatable door knob over which the cover is installed, this in order to facilitate additional frictional engaging contact with the door handle. An inside or flattened base surface of the body can also exhibit any desired tacky or adhesive material in order to provide additional gripping engagement of the handle or knob.
US09051745B1
A telescoping concrete form assembly is provided. The concrete form assembly includes a hollow first member assembly with an elongated hollow body and a generally planar vertical first sidewall, as well as a second member assembly including an elongated body with a medial portion having an outer cross-sectional shape corresponding to the first body inner cross-sectional shape. The second member is slidably disposed within the first member and is structured to move between a retracted first position, wherein the second member is substantially disposed within the first member, and a second position, wherein the second member extends from the first member. The second body first end is a reduced portion. When the second body is in the second position, the second body is further in an offset position wherein a portion of the second body outer surface substantially aligns with a portion of the first body outer surface.
US09051742B1
A ceiling system including, among other things, a clip adapted for attachment to a ceiling or a wall. The clip has at least one panel engagement surface, at least one molding surface, and at least one molding attachment member positioned adjacent to the at least one molding surface. The system further includes a panel having an interior surface adapted for engagement with a ceiling or a wall and an exterior surface adapted for engagement with the at least one panel engagement surface. The system further includes a molding having a surface adapted for engagement with the at least one molding surface and a slot adapted for engagement with the at least one molding attachment member.
US09051738B2
Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a vertical locking system on short edges including a displaceable tongue that is displaced in one direction into a tongue groove during vertical displacement of two panels. Building panels provided with a locking system for vertical locking of a first and a second building panel by a vertical displacement of the panels relative each other, a displaceable tongue is in a sidewardly open displacement groove provided at an edge of a first panel, said tongue cooperates with a tongue groove provided at an adjacent edge of a second panel for locking the edge and the adjacent edge vertically.
US09051736B2
A wall system includes at least one starter piece having at least one mount interface configured to be attached to a wall structure. A plurality of panels includes at least a first panel and a second panel, and wherein the first panel is fit to the starter piece to cover a portion of the wall structure. An intermediate cleat is associated with the first panel, and a second panel is interlocked to the first panel by the intermediate cleat to cover another portion of the wall structure.
US09051730B2
A system for sound isolation. The system is configured to acoustically isolate a gypsum board support channel from a frame member. The system may comprise: a sound isolation clip and fastener, wherein the sound isolation clip comprises a slit configured for mounting onto a flange of a support channel and a fastener hole for securing the fastener and sound isolation clip onto the flange of the support channel. The fastener may be a screw and may comprise a wafer head and shank with a threaded portion and a smooth portion. The threaded portion is used to fasten and secure the mounting screw, sound isolation clip, and support channel onto a wallboard panel and support frame. The smooth portion is used to allow the sound isolation clip to freely move when engaged with the support channel and uniformly distribute the static dead load into the sound isolation clip.
US09051720B1
A universal trim kit for tubs or showers and a variety of different OEM valves is disclosed that includes an escutcheon in the form of a decorative outer ring in combination with a plurality of interchangeable inserts and at least two fasteners, typically screws, for releasably attaching the escutcheon and one of the inserts to a valve body. The escutcheon further comprises a generally circular, centrally disposed aperture surrounded by an annular flange that functions as a seating surface for any of a plurality of interchangeable inserts, each insert being attachable to the outer ring and to a valve body disposed behind the ring, each insert also having a differently sized or shaped aperture configured for attachment to the body of a particular OEM valve.
US09051719B2
A fixing structure of a faucet is mounted on a sink countertop with an opening and contains a base including a supporting portion and an inserting portion. A supporting portion has an annular fence and an annular shoulder; the annular fence has a retaining recess; the annular shoulder has two longitudinally through holes and an opening. The inserting portion has a cylindrical fence and two stopping rods, and the cylindrical fence has a longitudinal channel; the annular shoulder has an annular abutting area. A locking assembly includes two positioning screws and two clamping blocks. A faucet includes a fitting tube, a sheath having a groove, a peripheral fence, and a threaded orifice. A controlling valve assembly is mounted on the fitting tube. A fastening bolt is screwed with the threaded orifice so as to retain with the retaining recess, thus fixing the faucet on the base.
US09051716B2
A loader coupling system includes an arm coupler and a link coupler. The arm coupler includes first and second plunger pins located respectfully at opposite first and second ends of the body. At least one plunger actuator is operatively connected to the first and second plunger pins, and the plunger actuator is selectively operative to move the first and second plunger pins between a retracted position and an extended position. The link coupler includes a tilt link with a first end adapted to be pivotally connected to a control link of the associated loader machine and a second end including a hook adapted to selectively engage and retain a cross-pin of the associated attachment. A lock system is connected to the tilt link and is adapted to selectively capture the cross-pin of the associated attachment in the hook.
US09051707B2
A georeinforcing system, comprising a plurality of georeinforcement elements, each georeinforcement element formed from one or more basic connector pieces having one or more tire treads and one or more tire sidewalls fastened together in an alternating pattern with non-metallic screws. The plurality of georeinforcement elements are attached to a facing element and surrounded in particulate matter to support the facing element.
US09051706B1
A helical pier for receipt in a ground surface and including an annular, adjustable, upper pierhead plate and an annular, adjustable, lower pierhead plate. The two plates include threaded bolts and nuts for securing the plates together in a spaced relationship. The upper and lower plates include a drive lug frame centered thereon. The pierhead plates are adapted for slidable receipt around a top portion of the helical pier. The helical pier includes spaced apart helice and spaced apart angular shaped drive lugs. The drive lugs are used for driving the helical pier into the ground surface. Also, the drive lug frames on the pierhead plates are received around selected drive lugs and secured thereto using set screws.
US09051699B2
A pedestrian and vehicle barrier system is provided for attaching handrails onto vehicle guardrail barriers. The system comprises an elongate support post member with a slot at a bottom end, to be slid telescopically over a guardrail support post, and sleeved such that it is substantially restricted from moving laterally and/or rotating relative to the guardrail support post. Movement may be further restricted by fasteners. Handrails or other auxiliary barriers may be attached to a top end of the support post member.
US09051696B1
A modularly configurable paving operations system includes a modular framework of frame inserts, the width of the system extendible or reducible by the addition or removal of additional frame inserts. An end structure at either end of the modular framework has a front leg and a rear leg with a steerable crawler connected to each leg. Individual frame inserts may include a rail system along which end structures, accessories, or components may laterally slide. A control system can rotate one or more steerable crawlers via a steering assembly to drive, steer, or reconfigure the system. The control system may also include a tining control system, a grade control system, a spray control system, sensors and sensor arrays, and a user interface. The system may accommodate one or more accessories through an undercarriage mounted to the modular framework, which may further include a hydraulic height adjuster.
US09051694B2
A system for fixing a rail onto a foundation and to a guide plate. The system comprises a spring element, with at least one spring arm, which can be clamped against the foundation by means of a clamping element, an adapter piece, with a contact surface section, which sits on an end section of the spring arm, and a guide plate. The guide plate has a contact surface for the rail foot and a sliding surface which adjoins the contact surface via which the adapter piece can be moved from a pre-assembly position in which it sits on the guide plate with its contact surface section to an assembly position in which it is seated, with its contact surface section, on the rail foot of the rail to be fixed. A stop is provided on the sliding surface against which the adapter piece rests in the pre-assembly position.
US09051685B2
A method for reducing the water and energy consumption of a paper machine with the help of a vacuum system and optimization of web solids content. On the paper machine wire section, water is removed with the help of a hybrid vacuum system serving first the vacuum locations needing a lower vacuum level and then those requiring a higher vacuum level in such fashion that the hybrid vacuum system removes water on different sections of the paper machine at the vacuum levels rendering the individually maximized energy efficiency. Additionally the solids content on the wire section is optimized with the help of an unfelted and smooth press roll adapted above the wire suction roll.
US09051682B2
An apparatus for use in laundering a garment having cups comprising a flexible panel, a pair of cup supports attached to the flexible panel, and a plurality of retainers attached to the flexible panel to hold each cup of the garment against a corresponding cup support. Each cup support comprises a convex member. Each cup support may include a plurality of apertures formed through the convex member. Each cup may further include a plurality of protrusions to space the cups of the garment away from the convex member. The apparatus includes a water permeable bag extending around the flexible panel. In this case, the flexible panel may be attached to the water permeable bag.
US09051680B1
A retractable clothesline support and method utilizes a pivotable arm hingedly attached to a housing. The arm having a reel with a line such as a clothesline wound thereon can be unlocked and then unreeled. The line support is particularly useful with an RV or other mobile vehicle while traveling for hanging wet clothes or the like for drying purposes. When not in use the clothesline can be wound on the reel, the reel locked and the arm closed for containment within the housing.
US09051672B2
A tufting machine producing athletic turf bearing precise graphic patterns at a high throughput rate is disclosed. The machine includes tenter frame to which a backing material is attached, a bed frame to which the tenter frame is attached, a support assembly upon which the bed frame is movably mounted, and a series of tufting frames upon which tufting head components are mounted. The tenter frame and bed frame are computer-controlled to advance and retract the backing relative to the tufting frames, and the tufting head components are computer controlled to laterally shift and to asynchronously reciprocate tufting needles as is necessary to form a desired tuft pattern.
US09051671B2
A bobbin thread monitor includes a rotatable thread pulley together with a rotation sensing counter and numeric count display. During bobbin loading, the thread supply is looped about the pulley in a first direction resulting in rotation of the thread pulley in a corresponding first direction. The rotation of the thread pulley in the first direction produces an accumulated account within the rotation sensing and display apparatus. During sewing operations, the thread supply is looped about the thread pulley in a second opposite direction loop resulting in opposite direction rotation of the thread pulley during the sewing process. The opposite direction rotation of the thread pulley during the sewing process produces a downcount of the number accumulated during the bobbin loading process. This down count is indicative of bobbin supply remaining and may be used to activate additional alarm apparatus.
US09051669B2
In-line methods for manufacturing a plurality of multilayer pads and the resultant pads. Various embodiments of the invention employ one or two thermal bonding stations, such as ultrasonic bonding stations, along with handle folding tooling, to produce two- or three-layer pads in various configurations, without the use of adhesive. Following bonding and handle folding, a cutter, such as a die cutter, is employed to cut through the layers to form individual pads. Pads of various configurations are manufactured, including pads with “L”-shaped handles, handles of “wing” configuration, and “folded” handles.
US09051664B2
The instant disclosure relates to a nanostructuring process for an ingot surface prior to the slicing operation. A surface treatment step is performed for at least one surface of the ingot in forming a nanostructure layer thereon. The nanostructure layer is capable of enhancing the mechanical strength of the ingot surface to reduce the chipping ratio of the wafer during slicing.
US09051658B2
The embodiments described herein relate to anodizing and anodized films. The methods described can be used to form opaque and white anodized films on a substrate. In some embodiments, the methods involve forming anodized films having branched pore structures. The branched pore structure provides a light scattering medium for incident visible light, imparting an opaque and white appearance to the anodized film. In some embodiments, the methods involve infusing metal complex ions within pores of an anodized. Once within the pores, the metal complex ions undergo a chemical change forming metal oxide particles. The metal oxide particles provide a light scattering medium for incident visible light, imparting an opaque and white appearance to the anodized film. In some embodiments, aspects of the methods for creating irregular or branched pores and methods for infusing metal complex ions within pores are combined.
US09051654B2
There is provided a galvanized steel sheet that has various properties such as corrosion resistance and adhesion and allows for high conductivity at a low contact pressure. A first layer film is formed by applying a surface treatment solution having a pH of 8 to 10 onto the surface of the galvanized steel sheet and drying the surface treatment solution by heating, the surface treatment solution containing a water-soluble zirconium compound, a tetraalkoxysilane, an epoxy group-containing compound, a chelating agent, a silane coupling agent, vanadic acid, and a metal compound in a specific ratio. Subsequently, a second layer film is formed by applying a surface treatment solution containing an organic resin onto the surface of the first layer film and drying the surface treatment solution by heating.
US09051644B2
A thin-film manufacturing method includes the steps of: generating a plasma from source gas; extracting ions from the plasma; and depositing a thin film on one side or both sides of a substrate to be deposited with the ions. The method is performed in an apparatus including: a plasma chamber generating the plasma; a film deposition chamber accommodating the substrate to be deposited; an ion transfer path for transferring the ions from the plasma chamber to the film deposition chamber; a branch pipe branching from the ion transfer path; and an exhaust system connected to the branch pipe. The thin film is formed while the source gas except the ions is exhausted from the branch pipe.
US09051639B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems for improving the performance of articulating prostheses. Some embodiments may comprise a first component comprising a first articulating surface and a second component comprising a second articulating surface configured for articulating with the first articulating surface. One or both of the first and second components may comprise a silicon nitride ceramic material. One or both of the first and second articulating surfaces may comprise a coating that is configured to accomplish at least one of increasing the hardness of the first articulating interface surface, reducing the coefficient of friction between the first and second articulating surfaces, decreasing the effects of wearing between the first and second articulating surfaces, and decreasing the intensity of audible noises produced by the endoprosthesis resulting from articulation between the first and second articulating surfaces during use.
US09051628B2
The present invention provides a piece of reaction equipment for producing sponge titanium, which includes a reactor and a reactor cover with a stirring device, wherein a sealing ring is arranged between the reactor cover and the reactor, one side of the reactor cover is provided with a lifting device for controlling the lifting of the reactor cover, a resistance furnace is arranged above the reactor cover, a valve is arranged below the resistance furnace, and a vacuum-pumping pipe and an inflation pipe are arranged above the reactor cover. The present invention has the beneficial effects that the production equipment can ensure normal production, and effectively ensures the quality of sponge titanium product; compared with the prior art, the equipment has low cost, environmental protection and harmlessness during production.
US09051624B2
A method of washing anode slime from lead-bismuth alloy electrolysis is disclosed, wherein a lead fluorosilicate solution with high concentration can be obtained by using the anode slime from lead-bismuth alloy electrolysis as raw material, which is characterized in that the method includes the following steps: (1) pretreating the anode slime, (2) primarily soaking the anode slime, (3) secondarily soaking the anode slime. A method of washing anode slime from lead-bismuth alloy electrolysis, and obtaining a soaking solution containing a lot of lead ions and fluorosilicic anions is provided. The soaking supernatant is added directly into the electrolyte-circulating system of lead-bismuth alloy electrolysis, which increases the utilization rate of lead ions and fluorosilicic anions, and improves the environment for smelting bismuth and silver, while reduces production cost for smelting lead, bismuth and silver. The method optimizes the process for the lead-bismuth alloy electrolysis, and solves the problem of “lean-lead” in the lead-bismuth alloy electrolysis.
US09051611B2
Methods, systems and compositions where a target nucleic acid includes a registration sequence disposed therein for identification of the number or relative position of determined sequence from the template sequence. Particularly preferred aspects include a registration sequence in a circular template nucleic acid sequence which is, in turn, used in sequence by incorporation processes that rely upon template dependent, polymerase mediated primer extension in the identification of the sequence of the template.
US09051605B2
The present disclosure includes a magnetic bead (MB) quantum dot (QD) nanoparticle assay for detecting, capturing, separating, and/or quantifying a target in a sample.
US09051604B2
Systems and methods for preventing or reducing unwanted heat in a microfluidic device while generating heat in selected regions of the device are described. Current can be supplied to a heating element through electric leads that are designed so that the current density in the leads is substantially lower than the current density in the heating element. Unwanted heat in the microfluidic complex can be reduced by thermally isolating the electric leads from the microfluidic complex by, for example, running each lead directly away from the microfluidic complex. Unwanted heat can be removed from selected regions of the microfluidic complex using one or more cooling devices.
US09051603B2
In invention relates to a method for the isolation of RNA from tissue pretreated with formaldehyde comprising homogenizing the sample in the presence of a guanidinium salt in aqueous solution, and incubating the sample in the presence of 0.1 M to 5 M ammonium salt at a temperature between 50° C. and 100° C. The heat treatment in the presence of an ammonium salts demodifies RNA by reverting methylol groups which are formed in the presence of formaldehyde between amino groups in nucleobases of RNA and in basic amino acids, and by cleavage of methylene bridges between amino groups in nucleobases of RNA and basic amino acids, to provide high RNA recoveries and consistently high quality of RNA for further reaction, e.g. for reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction or microarray analysis.
US09051601B2
Methods for capturing a target nucleic acid from a sample by using a capture probe that binds nonspecifically to the target nucleic acid and binds specifically to an immobilized probe via a specific binding pair that has one member on the capture probe and one member on the immobilized probe are disclosed. Compositions that include a capture probe that binds nonspecifically to a target nucleic acid and specifically to an immobilized probe via binding of members of a specific binding pair in a solution phase of a reaction mixture are disclosed.
US09051600B2
Provided is a method for simply and accurately measuring sphingomyelin in a sample, and a kit therefore. The method is a method for measuring sphingomyelin in a sample, comprising reacting the sample with a phospholipase D which does not react with sphingomyelin and lysophosphatidylcholine but reacts with phosphatidylcholine, a lysophospholipase or a monoglyceride lipase, and a choline oxidase, eliminating the formed hydrogen peroxide, reacting the resultant with a phospholipase D which does not react with glycerol-3-phosphorylcholine and free fatty acid but reacts with sphingomyelin, and a choline oxidase, and measuring the formed hydrogen peroxide.
US09051590B2
The present invention provides a novel acetyl-CoA carboxylase.The object of the present invention is attained by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 of the present invention.
US09051587B2
The present invention relates to a yeast cell, wherein said cell comprises a functional gene coding for soluble hydroxymethylglutaryl-coenzyme-A (HMG-CoA) reductase; one or more gene(s) coding for steryl acyltransferase(s) in said cell are defective or deleted; and said cell is prototrophic for at least histidine, leucine or uracil. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of said cell for the production of one or more terpene(s). Further, the present invention relates to methods of generating said cell and the production of one or more terperne(s) and a pharmaceutical or cosmetically composition, a lubricant or transformer oil comprising said terpene(s).
US09051584B2
A heat-resistant NDV live vaccine vector system includes a transcription plasmid, three helper plasmids, and host cells. The transcription plasmid is constructed by through cloning complete genomic cDNA of a heat-resistant NDV vaccine strain to a pBR322 vector. The three helper plasmids are constructed by cloning sequences coding nucleoprotein (NP), phosphoprotein, large polymerase protein of a heat-resistant NDV vaccine strain respectively to pcDNA3.1 vectors. A recombinant NDV artificially obtained by cotransfacting host cells with the transcription plasmid and the three helper plasmids shows heat-resistance.
US09051583B2
Provided herein are silica shell particles modified on their surface with biomolecules, methods of making these particles, and methods of using these particles, e.g., in transfection methods, methods of inhibiting gene expression, and methods of delivering a therapeutic.
US09051581B2
Phakopsora pachyrhizi, the fungal pathogen that causes Asian soybean rust, has the potential to cause significant losses in soybean yield in many production regions of the U.S. To assist the development of new modes of soybean resistance to fungal infection, peptides were identified from combinatorial phage-display peptide libraries which inhibit germ tube growth from urediniospores of P. pachyrhizi. Two peptides, Sp2 and Sp39, were identified that inhibit germ tube development when displayed as fusions with the coat protein of M13 phage or as fusions with maize cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (ZmCKX1). These peptides may be used in vitro to help control fungal infection. These peptides may also be expressed as transgenes in a plant to help the resulting transgenic plant defend against the fungi.
US09051576B2
A recombinant yeast of the genus Komagataella which has been transformed with a galactose promoter is provided. The yeast is preferably Komagataella phaffii, and the promoter is preferably a S. cerevisiae GAL1 or GAL10 promoter. Vectors and methods for producing recombinant polypeptides are also provided.
US09051567B2
This invention relates to methods for increasing the efficiency of siRNA administrations via pre-administration of an agent that increases LDL receptor levels.
US09051563B2
Methods and composition for nucleic acid isolation are provided. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for nucleic acid purification from biological samples extracted with phenol-based denaturing solvents, which does not require phase separation or nucleic acid precipitation. Methods according to the invention may also be used for differential isolation of RNA and DNA.
US09051561B2
Disclosed herein are polypeptides which exhibit asparaginase activity and little to no glutaminase activity. The polypeptides have sequences which correspond to W. succinogenes asparaginase, but have an amino acid residue other than proline at amino acid position 121. The polypeptides exhibit higher kinetic rates of asparaginase activity to glutaminase activity as compared to W. succinogenes asparaginase and Elspar®, an E. coli asparaginase.
US09051554B2
Methods are provided for separating algae from an aqueous environment. An aqueous feed containing algae can be mixed in a turbulent manner in an aerated environment. The turbulent mixing can be sufficient to create a foam within the aqueous feed. The formation of the foam can also result in agglomeration of algae into larger size algae aggregates, which can then be filtered under pressure. Due to the larger size of the algae aggregates, the pressurized filtration can reduce/minimize the tendency to clog the filter, as the algae aggregates can generally be too large to fit within the pores of the filter. The filter can preferably be located at the bottom of the vessel holding the aqueous feed. This can assist in allowing the algae to remain in a cake above the filter, as opposed to having the algae dissolve back into the aqueous feed.
US09051553B2
The invention relates to poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP) homologs which have an amino acid sequence which has a) a functional NAD binding domain and b) no zinc finger sequence motif of the general formula CX2CXmHX2C in which m is an integral value from 28 or 30, and the X radicals are, independently of one another, any amino acid; and the functional equivalents thereof; nucleic acids coding therefor; antibodies with specificity for the novel protein; pharmaceutical and gene therapy compositions which comprise products according to the invention; methods for the analytical determination of the proteins and nucleic acids according to the invention; methods for identifying effectors or binding partners of the proteins according to the invention; novel PARP effectors; and methods for determining the activity of such effectors.
US09051542B2
Compositions and methods are provided for preparation of concentrated stock solutions of AAV virions without aggregation. Formulations for AAV preparation and storage are high ionic strength solutions (e.g. μ˜500 mM) that are nonetheless isotonic with the intended target tissue. This combination of high ionic strength and modest osmolarity is achieved using salts of high valency, such as sodium citrate. AAV stock solutions up to 6.4×1013 vg/mL are possible using the formulations of the invention, with no aggregation being observed even after ten freeze-thaw cycles. The surfactant Pluronic® F68 may be added at 0.001% to prevent losses of virions to surfaces during handling. Virion preparations can also be treated with nucleases to eliminate small nucleic acid strands on virions surfaces that exacerbate aggregation.
US09051541B2
This disclosure describes a MRI-compatible bioreactor that allows a biological sample to be imaged in culture without disrupting or compromising the culture.
US09051538B1
A multi stage process for the separation of bio-components from a waste stream containing Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles is disclosed. Targeted polymers are added to the source and separated streams prior to passing the streams through separation equipment including a rotary screen, a press, and a dissolved air floatation in which the waste stream is separated into a stream containing predominantly protein, a stream containing predominantly oil, a stream containing predominantly water and a stream that contains predominantly fibers.
US09051530B2
A fluid composition comprises a base stock and a polymer. The base stock comprises a glycol, such as ethylene glycol. The polymer comprises the reaction product of a hydroxyl functional initiator, such as a diol, and alkylene oxides. The alkylene oxides are selected from the group of ethylene oxide (EO), propylene oxide (PO), and butylene oxide (BO). In certain embodiments, the alkylene oxides comprise EO and PO. The fluid composition provides a four-ball wear test scar of less than about 1 millimeter, generally under the following test conditions: 60 minutes run, 55° C., 1800 rpm, and 40 kg load. In other embodiments, the fluid composition comprises the polymer and is substantially free of the base stock. The fluid composition is useful for vibration dampening and can be used in vibration dampeners. The vibration dampener is useful for dampening vibrations between the two rigid components of the vehicle.
US09051524B2
The present invention relates to a method for refining polyoxymethylene dialkyl ethers by catalytic hydrogenation using a fixed bed, wherein, using a fixed bed reactor for refining by hydrogenation, an equilibrium system containing polyoxymethylene dialkyl ethers products is refined by catalytic hydrogenation, so as to remove formaldehyde contained therein. The refining method by hydrogenation described in the present invention can remarkably increase the separation and purification efficiency of polyoxymethylene dialkyl ether products with various polymerization degree, and the polyoxymethylene dialkyl ethers obtained after subsequent rectification have a purity greater than 99.5%, a product yield greater than 97% and an atom utilization ratio close to 100%.
US09051521B2
A system and method for reactively refining hydrocarbons, such as heavy oils with API gravities of less than 20 degrees and bitumen-like hydrocarbons with viscosities greater than 1000 cp at standard temperature and pressure, using a selected fluid at supercritical conditions. A reaction portion of the system and method delivers lightweight, volatile hydrocarbons to an associated contacting unit which operates in mixed subcritical/supercritical or supercritical modes. Using thermal diffusion, multiphase contact, or a momentum generating pressure gradient, the contacting unit separates the reaction products into portions that are viable for use or sale without further conventional refining and hydro-processing techniques.
US09051520B2
A process for the production of middle distillates comprising at least one hydrocracking stage that oligomerizes a paraffinic feedstock produced by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, the process using a catalyst that comprises at least one hydrogenating-dehydrogenating metal that is selected from the group that is formed by the metals of group VIB and group VIII of the periodic table, by themselves or in a mixture, and a substrate that comprises a beta zeolite in the form of crystallites with a mean size that is less than 100 nm dispersed in at least one porous mineral matrix, whereby the beta zeolite has a mesopore volume of less than 0.4 ml/g.
US09051516B2
The method described herein allows for melt stabilization and vapor-phase synthesis of a cesium germanium halide utilizing germanium dihalides formed in situ. This disclosure allows for the melting of cesium germanium halides without decomposition, which allows for growing crystals of these materials from the melt. This disclosure allows for a direct synthesis of these materials without the use of water or the introduction of other possible contaminants.
US09051515B2
An engine coolant additive for use in combination with a major amount of a coolant liquid is described. The engine coolant additive has an alkaline pH, and includes a salt of a monobasic carboxylic acid compound, a salt of an azole compound, and from about 25 weight percent to about 35 weight percent water. The additive may optionally include a transition metal compound such as molybdenum-containing compounds to assist in corrosion inhibition.
US09051514B2
A liquid crystalline polymer composition that contains a liquid crystalline polymer and an aromatic amide oligomer is provided. The oligomer can serve as a flow aid by altering intermolecular polymer chain interactions, thereby lowering the overall viscosity of the polymer matrix under shear. The oligomer is also not easily volatized or decomposed during compounding, molding, and/or use, which minimizes off-gassing and the formation of blisters that would otherwise impact the final mechanical properties of a part made from the polymer composition. While providing the benefits noted, the aromatic amide oligomer does not generally react with the polymer backbone of the liquid crystalline polymer to any appreciable extent so that the mechanical properties of the polymer are not adversely impacted.
US09051507B2
An aqueous well completion/workover fluid, including a surfactant, at least one salt and an alkaline material, wherein the surfactant comprises a mixture of a phosphate ester and a non ionic ethoxylated alcohol, wherein the fluid has a pH between 6 and 8, and wherein the fluid generates an interfacial tension with crude oil of less than or equal to 1 dyne/cm. The fluid is not harmful to a formation if it penetrates the formation, and further exhibits an excellent detergency which can be beneficial as well.
US09051503B2
What is proposed is the use of a water-soluble hydrophobically associating copolymer as an additive in the development, exploitation and completion of underground mineral oil and natural gas deposits and in deep drillings, wherein the copolymer comprises (a) at least one monoethylenically unsaturated monomer (a) selected from H2C═C(R1)—R4—O—(—CH2—CH2—O—)k—(—CH2—CH(R3)—O—)l—R5 (I), and/or H2C═C(R1)—O—(—CH2—CH2—O—)k—R2 (II), and (b) at least one monoethylenically unsaturated, hydrophilic monomer (b) different from monomer (a), wherein the copolymer is obtainable through copolymerization of the monomers (a) and (b) in the presence of at least one surfactant (c).
US09051502B2
A fluid composition or nanofluid is described that includes a dielectric base fluid, a chemical dispersant, and nanoparticles dispersed in the dielectric fluid. The chemical dispersant is used to facilitate the nanoparticle dispersing process and also to increase the stability of the nanofluid thus produced. The nanofluid is compatible with electronics and has enhanced thermal conductivity for use in cooling electronics. Techniques are described that can be used to efficiently disperse different forms of nanoparticles into a base fluid and produce a stable nanofluid which is compatible with electronic circuitry and components.
US09051501B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a curable composition made mainly of an organic polymer having a reactive silicon group, exhibits a good curability without using any organic tin compound substantially, and gives a cured product having a sufficient strength; and to provide a catalyst composition. The object is solved by a curable composition, comprising a polymer (A) having a silicon-containing group which can be crosslinked by forming a siloxane bond, and a fluoride salt compound (B).
US09051491B2
A silicon polymer material, which has a silicon polymer backbone with chromophore groups attached directly to at least a part of the silicon atoms, the polymer further exhibiting carbosilane bonds. The film forming composition and resulting coating properties can be tailored to suit the specific exposure wavelength and device fabrication and design requirements. By using two different chromophores the refractive index and the absorption co-efficient can be efficiently tuned. By varying the proportion of carbosilane bonds, and a desired Si-content of the anti-reflective coating composition can be obtained.
US09051480B2
The present invention relates to a functional surface finish comprising a finishing agent having a functional part and a surface-anchoring part, wherein said functional part and said surface-anchoring part are coupled via a thermally reversible covalent bond. The present invention further relates to compositions for finishing a surface, to methods of finishing a material surface, to material surface comprising a surface finish and to a method of re-functionalizing a material surface.
US09051479B2
Hydrophilic coating compositions and methods to make and use the compositions are disclosed. The coatings include one or more amphiphilic cyclodextrins, with one or more hydrophilic groups in place of primary hydroxyl groups, and one or more hydrophobic groups in place of secondary hydroxyl groups. The hydrophobic surface of the cyclodextrin faces the binder particles, while the hydrophilic surface is exposed to the exterior, thus providing a hydrophilic and self-cleaning property to the coating.
US09051475B2
Disclosed are methods for treating metal substrates that include contacting the metal with pretreatment compositions comprising: (a) a group IIIB metal, a group IVB metal and/or a group VB metal; and (b) a rheology modifier composition.
US09051474B2
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to an anti-glare coating composition and anti-glare coating film having excellent abrasion resistance and contamination resistance. The anti-glare coating composition according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises a) a binder resin; b) a fluorine-based UV curable functional group-containing compound; c) a photoinitiator; d) a surface curable photoinitiator; and e) a particulate of which a surface has an uneven pattern. In the case where a film is formed by using the anti-glare coating composition according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide both abrasion resistance and contamination resistance by a single coating method, to maintain characteristics of abrasion resistance and contamination resistance when the film is rubbed, and to decrease and easily remove contamination by an oil component, such as a fingerprint mark.
US09051473B2
Disclosed herein is a clear coating composition comprising a dispersion of silica nano-particles prepared from silica nano-particles having reactive silane groups of 1-500 nm particle size, and at least 0.001 parts by weight of oligomer having at least two groups reactive with the silica nano-particles, or oligomer in combination with a film forming polymer, a low molecular weight coupling agent, or a combination of a film forming polymer and a low molecular weight coupling agent.
US09051468B2
The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) The invention also relates to the preparation of the compound of formula (I) and to its use.
US09051467B2
According to the invention there is provided a compound of Formula (I) in which: A is a C2-8 alkylene group; R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl, C2-4 dihydroxyalkyl in which the carbon atom attached to the nitrogen atom does not carry a hydroxyl group and no carbon atom is substituted by two hydroxyl groups, or R2 and R3 together form a C2-6 alkylene group which with the nitrogen atom to which R2 and R3 are attached forms a heterocyclic ring; X1, X2 and X3 are independently selected from hydrogen, hydroxyl, NR1-A-NR2R3R4+(Zm−)1/m, halogeno amino, C1-4 alkoxy or C2-8 alkanoyloxy; and (Zm−)1/m is an anion of charge m; or a derivative in which the group NR1 is quaternarised.
US09051462B2
In order to provide polymer compounds which are improved with respect to their properties in comparison with conventional PTFE, on the one hand, and compounds thereof with additional high performance polymers, on the other hand, it is suggested that a polymer compound comprise a proportion of a fully fluorinated, thermoplastic polymer material as well as a proportion of at least one additional high performance polymer different thereto and selected from the group consisting of polyether ketone, polyether ether ketone and polyether aryl ketone as well as copolymers and derivatives of these polymers and copolymers, wherein the compound displays a homogeneous distribution of the proportions of the polymers and the polymer material.
US09051450B2
A resin composition for obtaining a cured resin material exhibiting improved heat resistance and a higher glass transition temperature is disclosed. The resin composition contains a resin selected from a) a thermosetting resin and a curing agent, or b) a thermoplastic resin, and an inorganic filler with an average particle diameter of 1000 nm or less.
US09051449B2
The invention relates to flame retarded extruded polystyrene foams with a very low halogen content in the final product, i.e. containing a very low content of hexabromocyclododecane or preferably hexabromocyclododecane free, and a process for their preparation. The invention also relates to their use in construction, as building thermal insulating materials, or in transportation.
US09051441B2
Process for passivating polymeric particles to prevent undesirable interaction with the environment. In particular, sputter coating of metal and surface treatment with aqueous solutions are shown to successfully passivate the particles, such as for example, toner particles, and prevent interaction between the particles and the epoxy embedding resin which causes artifacts, observed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) imaging.
US09051438B2
Prepare polymeric foam articles having low yellowing using a styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer that contains less than 145 weight-parts acrylonitrile dimer and less than 8,500 weight-parts acrylonitrile trimer per million weight parts acrylonitrile copolymer.
US09051424B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing branched polyethers and/or polyether-like structures, to these branched polyethers themselves, and to their use.
US09051413B2
The invention relates to alcohol-modified glycidyl carbamate resins wherein at least some of the glycidol groups in the resin have been replaced with an alcohol. The invention also relates to coating compositions containing the resins.
US09051406B2
Graft dendrite copolymers derived from at least one ethylenically unsaturated first monomer, at least one second ethylenically unsaturated second monomer and a natural hydroxyl containing component as an end group. The at least one first and second ethylenically unsaturated monomers are on separate side chains of the natural hydroxyl containing component. Methods of preparing a graft dendrite copolymer are also included.
US09051398B2
A method for producing a (meth)acrylate copolymer via anionic polymerization of a mixture of a di(meth)acrylate and an alkyl (meth)acrylate in the presence of an organolithium compound, a tertiary organoaluminum compound, and at least one Lewis base selected from ethers and tertiary polyamines. The (meth)acrylate copolymer produced has a (meth)acryloyl groups in a side chain.
US09051397B2
Compounds of the formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 for example independently of each other are hydrogen, C1-C20alkyl, (II), COR16 or NO2, provided that at least one pair of R1 and R2, R2 and R3, R3 and R4, R5 and R6, R6 and R7, or R7 and R8 is (III); R9, R10, R11 and R12 for example independently of each other are hydrogen, C1-C20alkyl which optionally substituted; or R9, R10, R11, and R12 independently of each other are unsubstituted or substituted phenyl; X is CO or a direct bond; R13 is for example C1-C20alkyl which optionally is substituted, C2-C12alkenyl, C4-C8cycloalkenyl, C2-C12alkinyl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, phenyl or naphthyl both of which are optionally substituted; R14 is for example hydrogen, C3-C8cycloalkyl, C2-C5alkenyl, C1-C20alkoxy, C1-C20alkyl, phenyl or naphthyl; R15 is for example C6-C20aryl or C5-C20heteroaryl; R16 is for example C6-C20aryl which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more C1-C20alkoxy or C1-C20alkyl; are in particular suitable as photoinitiators for color filter applications.
US09051395B2
A novel alpha-1 antitrypsin variant, a method of preparing the same, and use thereof are provided. The alpha-1 antitrypsin variant has excellent stability in the body and maintains an inhibitory effect on elastase activities because the blood half-life (t1/2) and the area under blood drug concentration vs. time curve (AUC) are remarkably increased by adding an N-glycosylation site in animal cells through amino acid mutation between 1st and 25th positions of the N-terminus of alpha-1 antitrypsin. Therefore, the alpha-1 antitrypsin variant can be useful in preventing or treating alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.
US09051393B2
A method of ameliorating one or more symptoms of an inflammatory condition in a subject comprises the step of administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a polypeptide that is capable promoting cholesterol efflux from lipid loaded cells, the polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, in which each X in SEQ ID NO:1 is a phenylalanine amino acid.
US09051392B2
The present invention provides a polypeptide comprising the isolated amino acid sequence of a pre-ligand assembly domain (PLAD) of a TNF-like receptor. Also provided by this invention is a polypeptide comprising the isolated amino acid sequence of a pre-ligand assembly domain (PLAD), wherein the PLAD is selected from the group consisting of: the PLAD of a TNF-R, the PLAD of p60, the PLAD of p80, the PLAD of Fas (CD95/APO-1), the PLAD of TRAIL receptors, the PLAD of LTβR, the PLAD of CD40, the PLAD of CD30, the PLAD of CD27, the PLAD of HVEM, the PLAD of OX40 and the PLAD of DR4. TNF-R, p60, p80, Fas, TRAIL receptor, LTβR, CD40, CD30, CD27, HVEM, OX40, DR4, TROY, EDAR, XEDAR, DCR3, AITR, 4-1BB, DR3, RANK, TACI, BCMA, DR6, DPG, DR5, DCR1 AND DCR2 are all members of the TNF receptor superfamily or the TNF-like receptor family. The invention also provides the PLAD for other members of the TNF receptor superfamily. The polypeptides of the present invention can be utilized to inhibit oligomerization of members of the TNF receptor superfamily. These polypeptides can also be utilized to inhibit ligand binding to members of the TNF receptor superfamily. The present invention also provides a composition comprising an inhibitor of TNF receptor oligomerization. Further provided by this invention are members of the TNF receptor superfamily that are lacking a PLAD.
US09051376B2
Provided are isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. Also provided are nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US09051375B2
The present invention relates to immunoglobulin (Ig)-binding proteins with alkali-resistance properties. In one embodiment, the present invention provides for a variant of an Ig-binding protein, the variant comprising the Ig-binding protein having at least one asparagine residue substituted with a histidine, a serine, an aspartic acid or a threonine residue. The at least one substitution may confer to the variant Ig-binding protein an increased stability in alkaline solutions when compared to the wild-type Ig-binding. The present invention relates also to matrices for affinity separation of immunoglobulins comprising the Ig-binding proteins of the present invention, and to methods of using the Ig-binding proteins of the present invention to separate immunoglobulins from mixture compositions.
US09051373B2
The present invention relates to a variant Fc region comprising an amino acid substitution at position 238 of the Fc region as compared to a human parent Fc region, wherein the variant Fc region comprises a 238D substitution, wherein the variant Fc region binds FcγRIIb with increased binding affinity compared to a human parent Fc region.
US09051369B2
The present invention relates generally to novel recombinant polypeptides having avian cytokine properties and to genetic sequences encoding same. More particularly, the present invention is directed to recombinant avian Type III interferon polypeptides, and genetic sequences encoding same, together with cellular expression systems and uses for same. Even more particularly, the present invention is directed to avian interferon-λ (IFN-λ) and functional derivatives, homologues and fragments thereof and to methods of use thereof. The molecules and cells of the present invention are useful in a wide range of applications including, but not limited to, providing a means for the treatment and prophylaxis of disease conditions, in particular avian disease conditions, or for use as an immune response modulator. Also provided are diagnostic means for screening for immune response and screening means for identifying modulators of IFN-λ protein or nucleic acid functionality.
US09051366B2
The present invention relates to an antibody acceptor framework and to methods for grafting non-human antibodies, e.g., rabbit antibodies, using a particularly well suited antibody acceptor framework. Antibodies generated by the methods of the invention are useful in a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
US09051361B2
Disclosed are methods of producing a purified EV71 virus antigen. Also disclosed are related immunogenic compositions and immunization methods.
US09051350B2
The instant invention describes macrocyclic compounds having antiproliferation activity, and methods of treating disorders such as cancer, tumors and cell proliferation related disorders.
US09051348B2
The present invention relates to a novel compound derived from ginsenoside Rh2, the preparation methods and the use thereof in treating cancers.
US09051345B2
A composition including a Rh or Ru metalloinsertor complex specifically targets mismatch repair (MMR)-deficient cells. Selective cytotoxicity is induced in MMR-deficient cells upon uptake of the inventive metalloinsertor complexes.
US09051344B2
Organic light emitting materials and devices comprising phosphorescent metal complexes comprising ligands comprising aryl or heteroaryl groups substituted at both ortho positions are described. An organic light emitting device, comprising: an anode; a hole transport layer; an organic emissive layer comprising an emissive layer host and an emissive dopant; an electron impeding layer; an electron transport layer; and a cathode disposed, in that order, over a substrate.
US09051339B2
A sulfur-containing bicyclic compound having a PAM action of GABAB, and it use for preventing and/or treating schizophrenia, CIAS, cognitive impairment, fragile X syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, spasticity, anxiety disorder, substance addiction, pain, fibromyalgia, or Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. A pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating schizophrenia, cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia (CIAS), cognitive impairment, fragile X syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, spasticity, anxiety disorder, substance addiction, pain, fibromyalgia, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, or the like, which has a positive allosteric modulator (PAM action) of GABAB.
US09051336B2
The invention refers to the selective acylation of Rapamycin at the 42-position (I) with an acylating agent of the formula (II) wherein R4 and R5 are the same or different, individually the rest of an acetal, especially tetrahydropyran, or of a carbonate or the rest of a silyl ether or taken together are the rest of a boronate, an acetal or ketal.
US09051332B1
The present invention relates to photochromic indeno-fused ring pyran compounds represented by the following Formula (I-A): The present invention also relates to photochromic dichroic compounds, such as represented by Formula (I-A), in which (i) Z2 is a group N—R13 in which R13 is a group L, and (ii) optionally at least one R1 independently for each n is selected from a group L, in which the group L independently in each case is a lengthening group that provides the photochromic compound with dichroic properties, in accordance with some embodiments. The present invention also relates to photochromic articles, such as photochromic ophthalmic articles, that include one or more photochromic compounds according to the present invention, such as represented by Formula (I-A).
US09051316B2
The present application relates to novel substituted 4-aryl-1,4-dihydro-1,6-naphthyridine-3-carboxamides, a process for their preparation, their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, and their use for the manufacture of medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, especially cardiovascular disorders.
US09051315B2
Compounds that inhibit protein kinases, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases using the compounds are disclosed.
US09051313B2
The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I): Wherein variables are as defined above. The compounds have apoptosis signal-regulating kinase (“ASK1”) inhibitory activity, and are thus useful in the treatment of ASK1-mediated conditions, including autoimmune disorders, inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, diabetic nephropathy, cardio-renal diseases, including kidney disease, fibrotic diseases, respiratory diseases, COPD, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, acute lung injury, acute and chronic liver diseases, and neurodegenerative diseases.
US09051312B2
The present disclosure describes compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and compositions and formulations comprising the same that are useful in methods of treating dyskinesia or related disorders, and methods for treating dyskinesia or related disorders.
US09051306B2
An agent for treating malignant tumors based on a new mechanism is provided, which comprises an indirubin derivative represented by formula (1) or a salt thereof: wherein A represents an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R1 to R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, or an alkoxy group.
US09051305B2
The present invention relates to a compositions for and methods of cancer treatment in which compounds of Formula I or Formula II. In some aspects, the treatment of B-cell Lymphoma or other hematopoietic cancers is encompassed. In other aspects, the invention provides methods for treating particular types of hematopoietic cancers, such as B-cell lymphoma, using a combination of one or more compounds of Formula I or Formula II. Combination therapy with, for example, a class of therapeutics known as 26S proteasome inhibitors, for example, Bortezomib, are also included. In another aspect the present invention relates to autoimmune treatment with compounds of Formula I or Formula II. In another aspect, this invention relates to methods for identifying compounds, for example, compounds of the BH3 mimic class, that have unique in vitro properties that predict in vivo efficacy against B-cell lymphoma tumors and other cancers as well as autoimmune disease.
US09051304B2
The present invention relates to novel carboxamide compounds and their use for the manufacture of a medicament. The carboxamide compounds are inhibitors of calpain (calcium dependant cysteine proteases). The invention therefore also relates to the use of these carboxamide compounds for treating a disorder associated with an elevated calpain activity.The carboxamide compounds are compounds of the general formula I in which R1, R2, R3 R4, R5, m and n have the meanings mentioned in the claims and the description, the tautomers thereof, the hydrates thereof and the pharmaceutically suitable salts thereof. Of these compounds those are preferred wherein R1 is optionally substituted phenyl-C1-C2-alkyl or hetaryl-C1-C2-alkyl, R2 is optionally substituted aryl, hetaryl, aryl-C1-C6-alkyl, aryl-C2-C6-alkenyl or hetaryl-C1-C4-alkyl, R3 is C1-C3-alkyl, C1-C3-haloalkyl, C2-C4-alkenyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl-C1-C2-alkyl, or phenyl-C1-C3-alkyl, R4 and R5 independently of one another are halogen, CF3, CHF2, CH2F, C1-C2-alkyl or C1-C2-alkoxy, and m and n independently of one another are 0 or 1.
US09051297B2
The present invention provides compounds and methods for the treatment of LFA-1 mediated diseases. In particular, LFA-1 antagonists are described herein and these antagonists are used in the treatment of LFA-1 mediated diseases. One aspect of the invention provides for diagnosis of an LFA-1 mediated disease and administration of a LFA-1 antagonist, after the patient is diagnosed with a LFA-1 mediated disease. In some embodiments, the LFA-1 mediated diseases treated are dry eye disorders. Also provided herein are methods for identifying compounds which are LFA-1 antagonists.
US09051286B2
The present invention provides a process for the production of chlorohydrins, comprising generating a chlorohydrins processing stream and contacting at least a portion of a surface comprising a austenitic stainless steel with the chlorohydrin processing stream. It has now been surprisingly discovered that certain stainless steels can be utilized to form portions, or the entirety of, one or more pieces of processing equipment utilized in such processes.
US09051283B2
[Problem]The present invention provides a compound which is useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition, in particular, a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating VAP-1-related diseases.[Means for Solution]The present inventors have conducted intensive studies on a compound having a VAP-1 inhibitory activity, and as a result, they have found that the compound or a salt thereof of the present invention exhibits an excellent VAP-1 inhibitory activity and is useful for preventing and/or treating VAP-1-related diseases, in particular, diabetic nephropathy or diabetic macular edema, thereby completing the present invention. In addition, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition, in particular, a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating VAP-1-related diseases, which comprises the compound or a salt thereof of the present invention, and an excipient.
US09051280B2
The present invention relates to tetraline and indane derivatives of the formula (I) or a physiologically tolerated salt thereof. The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such tetraline and indane derivatives, and the use of such tetraline and indane derivatives for therapeutic purposes. The tetraline and indane derivatives are GlyT1 inhibitors.
US09051274B2
A novel triarylamine compound having a bipolar property is provided. The triarylamine compound can be used for a hole-injection layer, a hole-transport layer, a light-emitting layer, or an electron-transport layer in a light-emitting element. The triarylamine compound can also be used as a host material with a light-emitting material which emits relatively short-wavelength light, in a structure where the host material and the guest material constitute a light-emitting layer. The triarylamine compound of the present invention is a fluorescent compound and therefore can also be used as a light-emitting substance of a light-emitting layer. A light-emitting element having high emission efficiency is provided. A light-emitting device, an electronic device, or a lighting device having low power consumption is provided.
US09051268B2
[Object] An object of the present invention is to provide an oral solid preparation that can be produced in a simpler manner than conventional methods, that exhibits high bioavailability and high dissolubility even in persons having low stomach acid, and that can also ensure dissolubility after being allowed to stand for a certain period of time. Another object is to provide a simple method for producing the oral solid preparation.[Means for Achieving the Object] The present invention relates to an oral solid preparation comprising, as an active ingredient, a finely milled crystal obtained by milling an aripiprazole hydrate crystal, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, the finely milled crystal having a mean particle size of 15 μm or less; and a method for producing an oral solid preparation comprising the steps of (1) milling an aripiprazole hydrate crystal into a finely milled crystal having a mean particle size of 15 μm or less, and (2) mixing the obtained finely milled crystal with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US09051267B2
The present invention relates to methods of treating androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) induced hot flashes and severe hot flashes in a subject.
US09051266B2
In an embodiment, a carbazole derivative is provided. The carbazole derivative has formula (I): In formula (I), Ar1 and Ar2 are, independently, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, naphthalenyl or heteroaryl containing nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur, and R is hydrogen, methyl or t-butyl. In another embodiment, an organic light emitting diode including the carbazole derivative is provided.
US09051265B2
The invention provides molecular entities that bind with high affinity to PPARG (PPARγ), and inhibit kinase-mediated (e.g., cdk5-mediated) phosphorylation of PPARG, but do not exert an agonistic effect on PPARG. Compounds of the invention can be used for treatment of conditions in patients wherein PPARG plays a role, such as diabetes, insulin resistance, impaired glucose tolerance, pre-diabetes, hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, obesity, or inflammation. Side effects such as significant weight gain, edema, impairment of bone growth or formation, or cardiac hypertrophy, or any combination thereof, can be avoided in the mammal receiving the compound. Methods of preparation of the compounds, bioassay methods for evaluating compounds of the invention as non-agonistic PPARG binding compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions are also provided.
US09051262B2
The present invention provides an ester plasticizer for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin, epoxy resin or urethane resin and a method of preparing the same. More particularly, the present invention provides an ester plasticizer using triacetin and coconut oil-based biodiesel as raw materials, which can prepare a resin composition having excellent plasticizing efficiency and improved physical properties such as tensile strength and the like.When a polyvinyl chloride resin or the like is manufactured using the ester plasticizer, there are advantages in that an environment-friendly product having an excellent plasticizing efficiency and in that the physical properties such as hardness, tensile strength, etc. of the product are improved.
US09051261B2
This invention relates to novel derivatives of 4-hydroxybutyric acid and prodrugs thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the foregoing. This invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of this invention and the use of such compositions in methods of treating narcolepsy, fibromyalgia, other disorders or conditions that are beneficially treated by improving nocturnal sleep or by administering sodium oxybate.
US09051251B2
A photoresist composition which comprises a salt represented by formula (I): wherein Q1 and Q2 each independently represent a fluorine atom or a C1-C6 perfluoroalkyl group, R1, R2 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-C10 monovalent aliphatic saturated hydrocarbon group, X1 and X2 each independently represent a single bond, a carbonyl group, or a C1-C10 divalent aliphatic saturated hydrocarbon group where a hydrogen atom can be replaced by a hydroxy group and where a methylene group can be replaced by an oxygen atom, a sulfonyl group or a carbonyl group, A1 represents a C1-C30 organic group, m1 represents an integer of 1 to 4, and Z+ represents an organic cation, and a resin which is hardly soluble or insoluble but soluble in an aqueous alkali solution by action of an acid.
US09051250B2
At least 70% by weight of Compound 1 is the single crystalline form, Form A, Form C, or Form D, of the compound. A pharmaceutical composition comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent, and compound 1, wherein at least 70% by weight of the compound is the single crystalline form, Form A, Form C, or Form D, of the compound. A method of treating a subject with cancer comprises administering to the subject an effective amount of compound 1 or the pharmaceutical composition.
US09051248B2
The invention relates to methods, compounds, and compositions for delivering 1,3-propanedisulfonic acid (1,3PDS) in a subject, preferably a human subject. The invention encompasses compounds that will yield or generate 1,3PDS, either in vitro or in vivo. The invention also relates to sulfonate ester prodrugs of 1,3PDS as well as Gemini dimmers and oligomers of 1,3PDS for the prevention or treatment of associated diseases and conditions.
US09051240B2
Substituted 2-[2-(phenyl)ethylamino]alkaneamide derivatives, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are useful as sodium and/or calcium channel modulators for preventing, alleviating and curing pathologies wherein the above mechanisms play a pathological role. The compounds may be particularly useful for the prevention, alleviation, and curing of, for example, neurological, cognitive, psychiatric, inflammatory, urogenital and gastrointestinal diseases.
US09051239B2
An object is to provide a light-emitting element having high light-emission efficiency by provision of a novel fluorene derivative as represented by General Formula (G1) below. In the formula, R1 to R8 independently represent any of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl group. Further, α1 to α4 independently represent any of a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms. Furthermore, Ar1 and Ar2 independently represent any of an aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms in a ring and Ar3 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms. J, k, m, and n each independently represent 0 or 1.
US09051238B2
Recovery of ethanol from a crude ethanol product obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid. Separation and purification processes of the crude ethanol products are employed to allow recovery of ethanol and remove impurities.
US09051227B2
An in-situ method for preparing a hydrolyzed, acyl halide-containing compound by combining a reactant including a plurality of acyl halide functional groups containing reactant, a tri-hydrocarbyl phosphate compound and water within a hydrocarbon or halogenated hydrocarbon solvent.
US09051223B2
Pressed and segmented gas generant grain assemblies formed from a plurality of symmetric gas generant pieces or segments are disclosed. The symmetric pieces or segments are arranged circumferentially to define a substantially round, segmented body. In certain variations, the symmetric segments are substantially free of polymeric binder and have a high density. The segmented pressed grain assemblies are more robust and less expensive to manufacture, while still exhibiting desired combustion performance. Methods of making such segmented gas generant grain assemblies are also provided.
US09051221B2
An aqueous emulsion for waterproofing a surface comprising: a) 1 to 85% by weight of an alkylalkoxysilane of the formula R1aSi(OR2)4−a b) 0.1 to 10% by weight of a cationic alkoxysilane of the formula R3bR4Si(OR5)3−b c) up to 20% by weight of a hydroxy terminated polydimethylsiloxane having a degree of polymerization from 1 to 500, said hydroxy terminated polydimethylsiloxane being present in the aqueous emulsion where; R1 is an alkyl group containing 1 to 30 carbon atoms, R2 and R5 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl groups containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, CH3C(O)—, CH3CH2C(O)—, HOCH2CH2—, CH3OCH2CH2—, and C2H5OCH2CH2—, R3 is an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbons, R4 is a monovalent hydrocarbon having at least one quaternary ammonium group substituent, a is 1 or 2, b is 0, 1 or 2.
US09051220B2
A powder molded product produced through molding of a slurry containing a powdery molding raw material, a dispersion medium for dispersing the molding raw material, a dispersant for uniformly dispersing the molding raw material in the dispersion medium, a binder precursor for producing an organic binder through a chemical reaction, a reaction promoter for promoting the chemical reaction, and a pseudo-plasticity-imparting agent for imparting pseudo-plasticity to the slurry. The method for producing a powder molded product of the present invention includes a slurry preparation step; a molding step of molding the prepared slurry into a primary molded product having a specific shape; and a drying-solidification step of solidifying the slurry by promoting the aforementioned chemical reaction in the primary molded product, and removing, through evaporation, the dispersion medium from the primary molded product.
US09051213B2
A process for manufacturing a hydrophobic glazing by: (i) forming a carbon-rich SiOxCy layer at a surface of a mineral glass substrate via CVD by contacting the surface with a stream containing C2H4, SiH4, and CO2 with an C2H4/SiH4 ratio of less than or equal to 3.3 by volume, at a temperature of between 600° C. and 680° C.; (ii) forming a SiO2 layer or a carbon-poor silicon oxycarbide layer with a mean C/Si ratio of less than 0.2 on the carbon-rich SiOxCy layer, thereby obtaining a layered substrate; (iii) annealing and/or shaping the layered substrate at a temperature of between 580° C. and 700° C.; (iv) activating the SiO2 layer or the carbon-poor silicon oxycarbide layer by plasma treatment or acidic or basic chemical treatment; and (v) grafting, by covalent bonding, a fluorinated hydrophobic agent to the surface of the SiO2 layer or the carbon-poor silicon oxycarbide layer.
US09051209B2
β-quartz lithium aluminosilicate (LAS) glass-ceramics contain neither arsenic oxide nor antimony oxide, are fined with tin oxide and include vanadium oxide, chromium oxide and a high iron oxide content (>950 ppm), and have a controlled transmission curve. Articles such as cook-tops can be made from such glass-ceramics.
US09051208B2
A curing lamp apparatus mounts to a work surface with a suction cup. A base is mounted to the suction cup. A flexible neck extends from the base to the lamp head. The lamp head includes a lamp element with first and second UV light sources which emit UV light at different wavelengths. A control circuit is located in the base. A heat sink is provided on the lamp head including a conductive plate and projecting pins. A protective housing encloses the plate and pins. A timing circuit controls the light source for automatic shut off. External or internal power is provided for the control circuit.
US09051206B2
Described herein are alkali-free, boroalumino silicate glasses exhibiting desirable physical and chemical properties for use as substrates in flat panel display devices, such as, active matrix liquid crystal displays (AMLCDs) and active matrix organic light emitting diode displays (AMOLEDs). In accordance with certain of its aspects, the glasses possess excellent compaction and stress relaxation properties.
US09051198B2
The present invention relates to nitrogen doped A2Nb4O11, which is represented by A2Nb4O11-xNx, to a process for the preparation thereof, and to a method for degradation of organic pollutants. The nitrogen doped A2Nb4O11 is a new photocatalyst for the photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants in the waste water. The A2Nb4O11-xNx catalyst may be prepared by substituting some of the O elements of pure A2Nb4O11 with N elements, and a process for the preparation thereof comprises a step of doping of nitrogen with a nitrogen source through a solid state reaction. The new nitrogen doped A2Nb4O11 catalyst having a general formula A2Nb4O11-xNx has a narrower optical bandgap compared to pure A2Nb4O11, and therefore can be activated under the visible light range and it shows high efficiency in the degradation of organic pollutants.
US09051197B2
The cross-linked polyaminodiphosphonate for the removal of metal ions from wastewater is a cross-linked anionic polyelectrolyte synthesized via cyclocopolymerization of diallylaminomethyldiphosphonic acid and 1,1,4,4-tetraallylpiperazinium dichloride (10 mol %), a cross-linker, in the presence of tert-butylhydroperoxide in aqueous solution at 85° C., followed by treatment with NaOH. The cross-linked polyaminodiphosphonate may be used to remove copper and cadmium ions from wastewater. The adsorption process is spontaneous and endothermic in nature, with negative and positive values for ΔG and ΔH, respectively. The efficiency of Cu2+ and Cd2+ removal by the cross-linked polyaminodiphosphonate was found to be 96.8% and 93.8%, respectively.
US09051194B1
A method according to the present invention for generating micro and nano bubbles of substantially five microns or less in a fluid, is accomplished by injecting a gas through a gas feed conduit into a liquid stream to create a combined flow of gas and liquid, the gas being up to 15 volume percent at STP of the liquid being streamed. This combined flow is contained within a closed container having at least one primary zone and a secondary zone. The combined flow is pressurizing within the closed container primary zone(s) and the pressurized combined flow is maintained at a predetermined first fluid pressure level of substantially between 100 and 150 PSIG within the closed container primary zone(s). Then the pressurized combined flow is directed from the closed container primary zone(s) to the closed container secondary zone through a plate/disk(s) having one or more orifices/ports restricting the combined flow through the orifice/port(s). A predetermined second fluid pressure level within the closed container secondary zone(s) is within a pressure differential range of substantially 60 percent of the combined flow within the closed container primary zone.
US09051184B2
The invention relates to crystalline nanometric olivine-type LiFe1-xMxPO4 powder with M being Co and/or Mn, and 0≦x≦1, with small particle size and narrow particle size distribution. A direct precipitation process is described, comprising the steps of: providing a water-based mixture having at a pH between 6 and 10, containing a dipolar aprotic additive, and Li(I), Fe(II), P(V), and Co(II) and/or Mn(II) as precursor components; heating said water-based mixture to a temperature less than or equal to its boiling point at atmospheric pressure, thereby precipitating crystalline LiFe1-xMxPO4 powder. An extremely fine particle size is obtained of about 80 nm for Mn and 275 nm for Co, both with a narrow distribution.
US09051181B2
The present invention relates to a gas storage material comprising a novel mesoporous polymer, that shows superior gas storage efficiency and can stably adsorb and desorb gas, and method for gas storage using thereof.The gas storage material comprises an acrylamide-based polymer.
US09051175B2
Structure including nano-ribbons and method thereof. The structure include multiple nano-ribbons. Each of the multiple nano-ribbons corresponds to a first end and a second end, and the first end and the second end are separated by a first distance of at least 100 μm. Each of the multiple nano-ribbons corresponds to a cross-sectional area associated with a ribbon thickness, and the ribbon thickness ranges from 5 nm to 500 nm. Each of the multiple nano-ribbons is separated from at least another nano-ribbon selected from the multiple nano-ribbons by a second distance ranging from 5 nm to 500 nm.
US09051161B2
A description is given of a transpallet for handling goods stored on a support platform, at ground level, comprising a load supporting frame fitted with a pair of front arms for gripping and lifting the platform, a hydraulic or pneumatic unit for lifting the frame and a tiller arm for maneuvering the truck directionally and lifting or lowering the frame, characterized by the fact a least the support frame is made of composite polymeric material.
US09051157B2
A method for monitoring a brake which is operated by a spring force and a device for monitoring the force, comprising the steps of taking into account a force which is required to load or bias at least one spring by means of the device for monitoring the force.
US09051156B2
A wheel chair lift device includes a pair of hydraulic cylinders for elevating a lift car above a base resting on the floor. Pivotally-connected floor struts extend between side walls of the lift car to support the lift car floor while allowing the side walls of the lift car to remain vertical to avoid pinching the gates of the lift car.
US09051137B2
A cement silo is rapidly loaded with cement which is sequentially delivered to a cement receiver at the silo by dump trucks. The receiver extends to a blowoff station at the base of the silo, and a riser pipe extends from the blowoff station to an upper end portion of the silo and discharges the cement downwardly thereinto. Loads of cement are thus rapidly sequentially delivered to the silo, and each unloaded truck may quickly leave the site and pick up another load while the next truck delivers its load of cement. This system thus provides rapid sequential unloading and a quick return to service of each unloaded truck.
US09051128B2
The present invention provides a transmission device and transmission method for glass substrate. The transmission device includes a transmission channel, a calibration mechanism and a decompression mechanism; wherein the transmission channel for loading and transmitting the glass substrate, the calibration mechanism being for calibrating position of the glass substrate, and the decompression mechanism collaborating with calibrating mechanism for applying a force to the glass substrate reduce the friction between the transmission channel and the glass substrate when the calibration mechanism calibrating the position of the glass substrate. As such, the abrasion or damage problem to the glass substrate can be prevented so as to improve the yield rate of the glass substrate.
US09051125B2
The invention relates to a conveying unit for guiding and conveying a material web in a thermoform packaging machine, comprising, on either longitudinal side of a machine frame, a conveyor chain, a chain wheel and a guide device. A chain link of the conveyor chain and a clamp guide can be implemented together and in one piece as a shaped part.
US09051119B2
A bag retention system and field configurable waste and recycling receptacle and receptacle systems that employ same. The bag retention system includes a peripheral side wall element having an upper portion defining an opening for receiving at least one bag, the peripheral side wall element having a bag opening and support member (e.g. an outwardly extending flange) about which an upper portion of a bag can be wrapped, and a tensioning element located below the flange and coupled to and extending outwardly from the side wall element, the tensioning element having means for releasably securing excess material from an upper portion of a bag, whereby a bag can be inserted in the opening with an upper portion thereof folded over and tightened around flange by pulling the upper portion of the bag taut around the flange and releasably securing the excess material to the tensioning element.
US09051118B2
Disclosed is natural gas or oil chemical injection system that includes at least one of a stand for a chemical storage tank, and a cover for a containment/spillage tank positioned under the chemical storage tank.
US09051114B2
A device disposable between upstream and downstream openings of components conveying a fine bulk material, including a housing displaceable between such component openings, having an opening therethrough for conducting such material, and at least one conduit supported on such housing, spanning the opening in such housing, in the path of the flow of such material therethrough, formed of a porous material, connectable to a source of fluid.
US09051100B2
In a bottle cap (10), a bottom cover member (40) is separated from an accommodation portion (22) while an outer peripheral wall (44) of an annular groove is pressed against a lower end surface (39) of an outer cylinder member (30) when a cap portion (26) that is threadedly mounted on the outer cylinder member (30) threadedly advances in an opening direction with respect to the outer cylinder member (30). The lower end surface (39) of the outer cylinder member (30) is inclined downward and outward. A ridge (45) is integrally formed with an upper edge of the outer peripheral wall (44) of the annular groove by the same material as that of the outer peripheral wall (44), where the ridge (45) is pressed against the lower end surface (39) of the outer cylinder member (30) while the cap portion (26) is threadedly mounted on the outer cylinder member (30).
US09051097B1
A method, an apparatus and a kit that provides for deterring and for deterring and detecting the tampering of a bottle. A latex covering is placed over a bottleneck of a bottle and a zip tie is then wrapped around the circumference of the bottleneck. The zip tie preferably has a custom name and serial number thereon.
US09051096B2
A sealing ring is an elastic annular member with an engaging groove for insertion of an insertion member. The engaging groove includes a sealing surface and an opposite abutting surface which is inclined from the bottom of the engaging groove toward the open end of the engaging groove, so that the open end of the engaging groove is narrower than the bottom of the engaging groove. When the insertion member is inserted in the engaging groove, the abutting surface and the sealing surface will transmit pressure to make the abutting surface of the abutting portion and the sealing surface of the sealing lip of the sealing ring are pressed against two sides of the inserted insertion member. Therefore, the sealing performance of the sealing ring is improved.
US09051094B2
A closure (22) for a bottle (20) containing carbonated beverages. The closure (22) comprises an inner part (28) and an outer part (24). The inner part (28) is adapted to receive a portion of a finish of the bottle (20) and includes a plurality of outwardly extending first cam surfaces (32) that are obliquely angled to the longitudinal axis of the closure (24). The outer part (24) is adapted to fit substantially over the inner part (28), the outer part (24) including a plurality of inwardly extending second cam surfaces (34) that are obliquely angled to the longitudinal axis of the closure (22). The outer part (24) is movable relative to the inner part (28) between a closed position in which at least a portion of the outer part (24) urges at least a portion of the inner part (28) against the neck to resist disengagement of the inner part (28) from the finish and an open position in which the inner part (28) allows disengagement of the inner (28) part from the finish. When the outer part (24) is in the closed position: applying a longitudinally directed force to the outer part (24), relatively away from the inner part (28), causes the outer part (24) to move longitudinally relative to the inner part (28) towards the open position as the first cam surfaces (32) travel relatively longitudinally away from the second cam surfaces (24); and twisting the outer part in a first direction about the longitudinal axis relative to the inner part (28) drives the inner and outer parts longitudinally towards the open position as the second cam surfaces (34) travel relatively along the first cam surfaces (32).
US09051089B2
A liquid container includes a brim forming an opening into a liquid reservoir chamber formed in the cup. A lid is coupled to the brim to form more than one seal with the container. The lid includes lid-removal blocker walls arranged to engage undercuts formed in the cup to retain the lid in a mounted position on the cup closing the opening into the liquid reservoir chamber.
US09051088B2
A seal for sealing engagement between a closure and a container. A seal ring has a sealing portion. A projection is coupled to the seal ring, extends circumferentially and radially outwardly of the seal ring, and has a closure-driven feature engageable by the closure when the closure is rotated on the container in a loosening direction to unseat the seal ring from sealing engagement between the container and the closure. The seal may be part of a package and sealingly engaged between a sealing surface of a container of the package and a base of a closure of the package when the closure is secured to the container.
US09051086B2
A container includes a vessel defining an internal volume adapted to be loaded with a removable material, a handle connected to the vessel, and a hanging device associated with the handle for hanging the vessel onto an upright structure, such as the front wall of an ice machine when the container is being used as an ice tote. The handle is rotatable between a raised position and a lowered position, and the hanging device is connected to the handle so as to rotate with it. This construction allows a user to dismount the container from the upright member with rotation of the handle from the lowered position to the raised position.
US09051081B2
A drink can has a drink opening and a vent opening. These openings are positioned opposite from each other with respect to a central portion of a top end of a drink can. The tab is attached to the central portion and can be pulled upward to open the drink opening then pushed back downward to open the vent opening. To aid in opening the vent opening with the tab, the vent opening may have a ridge to provide additional leverage when the tab pushes downward on a score line that defines the vent opening. The tab may be enlarged so that upon breakage of the score line to the vent opening, the tab contacts the top end of the can and does not allow the user's finger to proceed into the vent opening and possibly cut the user's finger.
US09051078B2
There is described a spout for opening devices of sealed packages of pourable food products. The spout has an annular flange fixable to a respective package, and a tubular neck portion projecting from the flange and defining, with the flange, a through opening through which to pour the food product; and the spout also has, at least at a section crosswise to the axis of the opening a constriction constricting flow of the pourable food product.
US09051077B2
A front-rollover-style and hammer lock shipping container formed from a one-piece unitary blank of material which comprises a bottom wall foldably joined to upstanding opposed parallel side walls, a back wall, and a front wall to form an interior space. A top wall is foldably joined to the back wall. The bottom wall comprises two front slots each of which is formed on longitudinal edge in proximity of the front wall. The front wall comprises two wall panels being coextensively in overlapping relationship wherein one of the front wall panels includes a pair of front locking tabs spaced apart from one another that are engaged with the respective two front slots when the container is fully constructed.
US09051075B2
An open-ended container having a pair of opposed sidewalls that are formed from a first sidewall member having a slot and a second sidewall member comprising an extending tab that extends through the slot of the first sidewall member. A blank of a single board is stamped and folding into a container, and uses less board material by weight than a conventional container box. The open-ended container has a pair of grip openings in opposed sidewalls for lifting and carrying.
US09051068B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for delivering one or more items to a desired position on an item carrier, the apparatus comprising a drop conveyor comprising two conveyor sections that are laterally displaceable and controllable in order to enable dropping the one or more items at a desired position along the length of the drop conveyor, characterized in that the drop conveyor comprises guide means placed above the two conveyor sections, the guide means being laterally displaceable and controllable. The present invention further relates to a method of delivering one or more items to a desired position on an item carrier, the method comprising the steps of positioning the item carrier beneath a drop conveyor, transferring one or more items to the drop conveyor, positioning the items on the drop conveyor, adjusting side guides into contact with the items, and opening the drop conveyor so that the items are dropped.
US09051067B2
Method for producing particulate water-absorbing agent composed principally of water-absorbing resin
Provided is a production method for the particulate water-absorbing agent, which can collecting the fine powders generated during the producing process efficiently without worsening working environment, and also the particulate water-absorbing agent produced by the production method thereof. This production method includes (1) a polymerization step for obtaining a polymer gel, (2) a drying step for drying said polymer gel to obtain a particulate water-absorbing resin, (3) a classification step for sieving said particulate water-absorbing resin, (4) a surface cross-linking step for cross-linking the neighborhood of the surface of said particulate water-absorbing resin (5) a packaging step for filling a packaging material container with said particulate water-absorbing agent for packaging and (6) a transportation step for transporting the products produced in each of the steps to the other steps. In this production method, the fine powders contained in gas composed principally of air, in any of the steps, can be collected by use of a trapping material.
US09051060B2
A curable flexible electromagnetic hazard resistance laminate, comprising a layer of electrically conductive metal material and thermosetting resin, wherein a first external face of the laminate comprises a releasable backing sheet in contact with resin, and a second external face of the laminate comprises resin, wherein the second external face has greater adhesiveness than the first external face with the backing sheet removed.
US09051057B2
Diverter assemblies for aircraft air inlets include a diverter structure at least substantially surrounding the air inlet, and a fairing mounted to an upper edge of the diverter structure forwardly of the air inlet.
US09051053B2
A seat base for use in aircraft has a first cross member, a second cross member, a first leg, a second leg, and a base plate having a first bendable tab and a second bendable tab facing away from the first tab. The first cross member, the second cross member, and the base plate are each configured to be secured to the first and second legs in an extended position and a retracted position. The first and second legs are configured to be secured to seat feet and floor tracking rails. The first and second cross members are secured to the base plate so as to allow for selective rotation of the first and second cross members in response to relative vertical movement of the first leg with respect to the second leg.
US09051051B1
A floating archway within an aircraft attaches to a lattice section, a plurality of support members and a plurality of tie rods coupling the lattice section to the plurality of support members.
US09051050B2
A rotary-wing aircraft (100), comprising at least four rotors (110), which are disposed on girder elements (120a, 120b), wherein said rotors (110) and girder elements (120a, 120b) are disposed such that a free field of vision (S) is defined along a longitudinal axis (L) of said rotary-wing aircraft (100) at least between two terminal rotors.
US09051049B2
This invention is regarding an aircraft transmission that is designed to enable an ornithopter aircraft to take off vertically by generating lift through precision controlled oscillating propellers or wings, similar but unlike a helicopter rotor blade and has the uncanny ability for aerobatic flight. A gearless infinite variable oscillating transmission for ornithopter aircraft oscillatory motion propulsion, wherein the oscillatory motion is generated by a wobble plate and propulsive motion is propellers, wings, or any other propulsive action or phenomena, characterized by two parts, or pairs of elements, of the same potential capacity, which oscillate in series on opposed fronts with each propulsion unit capable of operating independently of the other. Infinite variable oscillating transmission is used to power numerous mechanical devices.
US09051048B2
A bias steered landing gear system comprises a bogie beam, a first landing gear axle pivotally mounted to the bogie beam, and a steering actuator assembly. The first landing gear axle is pivotable through an axle steering range which includes a maximum inboard steering angle and a maximum outboard steering angle. The steering actuator assembly is operable to apply a steering force to steer the first landing gear axle through the axle steering range between the maximum inboard steering angle and the maximum outboard steering angle. The maximum inboard steering angle is substantially larger than the maximum outboard steering angle.
US09051047B2
A rotor blade assembly includes a flex-beam member and a torque tube surrounding the flex-beam member and extending partially along a rotor blade assembly length. A rotor blade surrounds the flex beam member and extends from the torque tube to a blade tip. A connecting pin assembly secures the rotor blade and the torque tube at the flex-beam member. The connecting pin assembly includes a first pin member having a first shaft extending at least partially into the rotor blade assembly through the rotor blade from a first rotor blade side and a second pin member located at a second rotor blade side. A clamping load between the first pin member and the second pin member secures the rotor blade and torque tube to the flex-beam member.
US09051042B2
An aircraft including a fuselage which extends along a longitudinal axis. The fuselage includes a substantially cylindrical central portion and a rear portion that may have a flattened or conventional shape. This rear portion which comprises the rear end of the fuselage includes a support surface which bears at least one horizontal stabilizer and/or vertical stabilizer. The rear portion is able to pivot in relation to the central portion around an axis such as the pitch axis, at least one stabilizer or the support surface being equipped with at least one control surface.
US09051040B2
An outboard engine unit includes a water pump disposed on a lower end portion of an input shaft of a transmission, and left and right cooling water feeding passages interconnecting the water pump and a cooling water inlet of an engine. The left and right cooling water feeding passages are disposed around a plurality of transmission gears disposed on the input shaft of the transmission. A cooling water drawn by the water pump is guided through the left and right cooling water feeding passages to the cooling water inlet.
US09051035B2
A boatlift for use with small, manual or paddle or oar powered watercraft (such as canoes and kayaks) is provided with a guide rails on either side of the boat lift, which can be utilized by a boater to propel or urge his/her watercraft onto the boatlift. In addition, that boatlift is provided with an entrance/exit assist member which can be used by boaters with impaired leg function to enter and exit from the watercraft. The boatlift can be provided with a bench system which enables disabled persons to more easily enter and exit from small watercraft supported by the boatlift.
US09051024B2
An electric vehicle includes a motor drive section that supplies electric power from a main battery to a motor to drive the motor. The motor drive section can include an inverter configured to convert direct current from the main battery into alternating current, and a capacitor configured to stabilize an operation of the inverter. A resistor is configured to discharge electric charge of the capacitor, and discharge operation unit can be configured to manually control the resistor to discharge the electric charge of the capacitor.
US09051011B2
A mounting system for a shipping container or trailer floor having a plurality of apertures positioned to align with mounting holes of machinery having a first diameter to be mounted to the container floor, wherein the diameter of the container floor apertures are larger than the first diameter to allow a margin of error in the alignment with the machinery mounting holes. Non-circular threaded fasteners are located on the bottom surface of the container floor for receiving bolts for mounting machinery to the container floor, and a plurality of non-circular edged bases, each sized for receiving a non-circular threaded fastener such that the non-circular threaded fastener cannot rotate within non-circular edged base. The system also collects spilled machinery liquids for later removal.
US09051008B2
A driving aid system is provided for assisting a motor vehicle during a change of lane. The system includes a device monitoring the lateral side space and a device monitoring the directional stability. The lateral space monitoring device is designed to determine the degree of risk (for example, two levels: dangerous/not dangerous, or three levels: low/medium/high risk) represented by a change of lane. At the high risk level, a first driving aid reaction occurs, at least in the form of a counter-steering, which is regulated by a link existing between the lateral space monitoring device and the directional stability monitoring device and is expressed by a reorientation towards the specific traffic lane or by maintaining the directional stability. At the low risk level, a second driving-aid reaction is triggered, which is less perceptible and depends on the degree of likelihood of the intention to change lane.
US09051001B2
An apparatus for power steering of a vehicle, comprises: a worm gear arrangement including a worm shaft and a worm wheel engaged with the worm shaft; a bearing to support the worm shaft rotatably; a gear housing structure enclosing the worm gear arrangement, and defining a holder receiving portion; and a holder member arranged to hold the bearing, and fit movably radially in the holder receiving portion. A biasing mechanism urges the holder member or the bearing in a nearing direction toward the worm wheel. A buffer member is arranged to be compressed by the holder member when the holder member is moved in the nearing direction to buffer collision of the holder member in the holder receiving portion. The buffer member is set to have an elastic force smaller than the biasing elastic force of the biasing mechanism.
US09051000B2
A method and apparatus for controlling an electrically power-assisted steering device for vehicles including a control unit providing control information to a steering device. The method and apparatus includes a setpoint signal value transmitter providing setpoint value information and obtaining actual value information from the steering device. The actual value information is fed to the setpoint signal value transmitter and a difference value information is obtained from the setpoint value information and actual value information with the difference value information fed to the control unit. A filter unit filters information components from one of the actual value information provided, the actual value information fed to the setpoint signal value transmitter, the setpoint value information or the difference value information.
US09050990B1
A cart that multiply positions at least one high pressure gas tank, and stores equipment at least associated therewith. The cart includes a frame and storage cabinets. The frame multiply positions the at least one high pressure gas tank. The storage cabinets are affixed to the frame, and store the equipment at least associated with the at least one high pressure gas tank.
US09050988B1
A cart including a platform assembly configured to move upon a ground surface, a mast pivotably connected to the platform assembly, the mast being moveable between an upright position and a collapsed position, at least one (1) pair of support arms pivotably connected to the mast, each support arm of the pair of support arms being moveable between a folded position and an unfolded position, and a locking mechanism configured to retain the mast in the upright position and release the mast into the collapsed position, wherein the pair of support arms is configured to support a bin when in the unfolded position.
US09050984B2
A method and system for inspecting railway components. The method includes receiving a stream of images containing railway components, detecting a railway component in each image, generating a plurality of feature vectors for each railway component image, measuring the dissimilarity between the railway component and a set of railway components detected in preceding images, in a sliding window, based on the feature vectors.
US09050982B2
The following description relates to systems and methods for adjusting vehicle response parameters in response to indications of vehicle operator preferences. In one example approach, a method comprises, during a cruise control mode of operation, adjusting a vehicle response parameter from a default set-point based on an indication of vehicle operator preference.
US09050976B2
A method for operating a hybrid vehicle having an internal combustion engine and an electric machine, wherein the hybrid vehicle can be driven purely electrically if the internal combustion engine fails because, for example, a fuel tank for supplying the internal combustion engine with fuel is empty. In the event of failure of the internal combustion engine, continued purely electric travel of the hybrid vehicle is made possible only on condition that a restart of the hybrid vehicle is initiated.
US09050967B1
Systems and methods for improving operation of a vehicle are presented. In one example, automatic engine stopping is inhibited in response to a driver communicating a desire to not automatically stop an engine. The driver communicates intentions to allow or inhibit automatic engine stopping via a brake pedal.
US09050953B2
A method for determining the vehicle linear velocity of a vehicle having all-wheel drive, and which is equipped with a central lock and a vehicle controller to implement an ABS or ASR control. The vehicle linear velocity is able to be determined if a braking-pressure difference is adjusted at the wheels of an axle, and, in the case of an ABS control, the vehicle linear velocity is determined from the rotational speed of the wheel having the higher speed, and from the slip of this wheel, and, in the case of an ASR control, it is determined from the rotational speed of the wheel having the lower speed, and from the slip of this wheel.
US09050952B2
In a device and method for controlling the driving dynamics of a vehicle having a driver's cab spring mounted with respect to the vehicle frame, the yaw rate and deflection of the driver's cab are detected. A yaw rate sensor is arranged in the driver's cab, and the yaw rate of the vehicle frame is estimated or calculated from the yaw rate and deflection of the driver's cab. If the difference between the estimated or calculated yaw rate of the vehicle frame and a desired yaw rate exceeds a limit value, the brake system and/or the drive are actuated.
US09050951B2
Provided herein is a unit and method to assist the driver with brake operation and to lessen the operation burden. This vehicle deceleration control unit is provided with an engine brake that decelerates the vehicle by putting the vehicle in a state in which the power source is driven from the driven side, and when the driver holds brake operation, the deceleration caused by the engine brake is increased at a first rate. Then, once a predetermined time has elapsed after increasing the deceleration at the rise-up rate, the deceleration is increased from the deceleration at that time further at a second rate that is less than the Rise-up rate. Further, when the driver is increasing or decreasing the brake operation, i.e., does not hold the brake operation, the deceleration due to the engine brake is maintained.
US09050946B2
The invention relates to a method for operating a direct wiper drive having a motor, in particular for a windshield wiper. The method comprises reading out at least one characteristic curve from a memory and operating the wiper direct drive at an angle- and direction-dependent torque, corresponding at a maximum to a value of the angle- and direction-dependent characteristic curve, wherein the characteristic curve comprises at least the following values: a first, maximum value for upward wiping at a first wiping angle between a lower turning location and an upper turning location; a second value for upward wiping at a second wiping angle between the first wiping angle and the upper turning location, wherein the second value for upward wiping at the second wiping angle is less than the first, maximum value for upward wiping at the first wiping angle; a first, maximum value for downward wiping at a wiping angle between the upper turning location and the lower turning location, wherein the first, maximum value for downward wiping is greater than the first, maximum value for upward wiping; and a second value for downward wiping corresponding to a wiper position at the second wiping angle, wherein the second value for downward wiping is greater than the second value for upward wiping.
US09050942B2
An airbag of an airbag apparatus includes a vent mechanism. The vent mechanism includes a vent hole, a belt member including a cover portion for covering the vent hole and two connecting sections extending from both sides of the cover portion and serving as tethers, an outer panel located on an outer side of the cover portion, an inner panel located on an inner side of the cover portion and provided with an inner opening. The vent hole is formed on the outer panel. The connecting sections are run through the guide section so as to move toward the vent hole and let the cover portion loosen and open the vent hole when an occupant side wall of the airbag catches an occupant and moves toward a vehicle body side wall. The guide section also holds the connecting sections such that the connecting sections serve as the tethers.
US09050935B2
Various embodiments relating to driving behavior of a driver of a motor vehicle are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method may include assessing driving behavior of the driver according to a comparison of a current value of a coasting characteristic relative to a reference value. The current value may be determined during operation of the motor vehicle. The reference value of the coasting characteristic may be determined from operation of the motor vehicle during at least one past operating phase or another duration. The method further includes displaying a visualization representative of assessed driving behavior of the driver.
US09050933B2
A number of variations may include a product including an extrusion having an extruded profile including a first section having a first thickness and a second section having a second thickness wherein the second thickness is greater than the first thickness.
US09050932B2
A self-propelled device includes a spherical housing and an internal drive system including one or more motors. The internal drive system acts to provide power to an interior surface of the spherical housing, thereby causing the self-propelled device to move. A biasing mechanism is coupled to the internal drive system and includes a spring and a spring end in contact with the inner surface of the spherical housing. An accessory component magnetically interacts with the biasing mechanism through the spherical housing such that as the self-propelled device rotates along, the accessory component remains stable with respect to the biasing mechanism.
US09050929B2
A light emitting diode (LED) whip light assembly includes a base and an LED light assembly. The base is configured to mount to an elongate whip rod. The LED light assembly is mounted to the base and includes a plurality of LED lights, an LED circuit, and a lens. The LED circuit includes a circuit board to which the plurality of LED lights are mounted. The lens is mounted to the base with a releasable, liquid-tight connection and covers the plurality of LED lights.
US09050923B1
A slidable room assembly comprising a vehicle body having an opening formed in an exterior wall and a reciprocable slideout unit or compartment disposed in the opening and slidable between a retracted position and an extended position. Sliding movement of the slideout unit is controlled by means of a drive mechanism that includes rack gear assemblies driven from a drive shaft as described herein. Sliding movement of the slideout unit 24 may be either motor driven or manually powered.
US09050921B2
A vehicle wheel chock for a vehicle restraint system for an auto-rack railroad car which secures a vehicle in the auto-rack railroad car. The vehicle wheel chock is configured to be positioned on a grating adjacent to a tire of the vehicle.
US09050918B2
An integrated belt retention apparatus for use with a vehicle seat having a seat part with a backrest and with a belt retention apparatus integrated with the vehicle seat, comprising a belt suspension having a fastener for fastening to the backrest, wherein the vehicle seat is characterized in that the fastener comprises a crash element with a deformation region for reducing kinetic energy in the event of activation of the belt retention apparatus as a result of an accident.
US09050914B2
Provided is a seat structure capable of suppressing the size increase of a vehicle seat provided with a rotation member that rotates to stow a seat body. In a vehicle seat that includes a stowable seat body and a link member attached to a seat cushion, the link member rotates about a rotation shaft provided along the width direction of the seat body to shift the seat cushion to a stowed position in stowing the seat body. Further, the link member is positioned below the seat cushion and is attached to the center portion of the seat cushion in the width direction.
US09050908B2
A longitudinal rail guide of a motor vehicle seat having a bottom rail, with a top rail which is movable in longitudinal direction relative to the bottom rail and with a locking device. The locking device has a guide part which is disposed on the top rail and has at least one guide opening, and for each guide opening there is a blocking part which is disposed so as to be movable in the guide opening. The guide part has a free edge which lies directly opposite an adjacent inner surface of the bottom rail, and before an accident the free edge is located at a small distance from the adjacent inner surface of the bottom rail and after an accident the free edge bears against the adjacent inner surface.
US09050907B2
A rail guide that has at least one rail pair consisting of a floor rail (22) and a seat rail (24). The seat rail (24) has connectors (30) for fastening a seat frame to be arranged above the rail pair. The rails can be moved relative to each other in a longitudinal direction along a movement path (20). The floor rail (22) and the seat rail (24) are curved by the same circular radius of curvature (42) that ranges between 1,500 and 3,000 mm, in particular between 1,800 and 2,500 mm. The center point of curvature (44) is on the side of the rail pair facing away from the seat frame. The rail guide is a longitudinal adjustment device having a stationary spindle (52) and an associated spindle nut (54) that is longitudinally movable thereon, the spindle (52) being curved at the same circular radius of curvature (42). Also described is a suitable method for producing said curved rails by at least one stamping mold (68) or by bending strips (96).
US09050901B2
Provided is an electric vehicle charging apparatus, and more particularly, an electric vehicle charging apparatus that periodically transmits a consumed amount of power to a cost claim server, so as to claim a cost per unit time. The charging apparatus includes a charging certification unit receiving certification information of the electric vehicle, a power measurement unit generating power consumption information as a result obtained by calculating an amount of power consumed for charging the electric vehicle, and a communication unit transmitting the certification information to a certification server, and transmitting the power consumption information to a cost claim server.
US09050892B2
A dial operation device for a vehicle including a plurality of dial devices each having a dial knob and a dial element outputting a signal corresponding to a turned position of the dial knob, a plurality of circuit boards on which the dial devices are mounted, wiring members electrically interconnecting the circuit boards, and a board supporting body having a panel with a plurality of through-holes for inserting the dial devices therethrough and individually supporting the circuit boards such that the dial knobs protrude toward a front of the panel through the through-holes, wherein the circuit boards are supported in the body such that at least one of the circuit boards is positioned out of a plane of another one of the circuit boards.
US09050891B2
An articulating instrument cluster, and a system and a method for managing an articulating information panel of a vehicle are provided. The system includes a state detection module to detect a state of the articulating instrument cluster; an information interfacing module to interface with a plurality of systems associated with the vehicle; an orientation module to determine an adjustment to a display based on the detected state; and a display driving module to control the display of the articulating information panel based on the determination of adjustment.
US09050886B2
An exhaust valve device for a fuel tank includes a casing partitioning an inside into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a bulkhead including a through hole, an inflow hole communicating the lower chamber and an inside of the fuel tank, an exhaust hole communicating a side portion of the upper chamber and an outside of the fuel tank, and a float valve displaceably supported in the lower chamber. A portion defining the upper chamber of the casing includes a cylinder portion and a circular plate closing an upper end of the cylinder portion. A buffer chamber is defined between the cylinder body and the bulkhead to communicate with the lower chamber by the through hole. In a side wall on a side opposing an exhaust hole side of the cylinder body, a first ventilation hole communicating the buffer chamber and the upper chamber is formed.
US09050879B2
A golf cart enclosure system for a golf cart having a passenger cabin, a roof mounted on a frame for covering the passenger cabin and a front windshield. The system comprises a guide rail secured to the frame proximate the roof and a panel of a length sufficient to extend from the guide rail to the golf cart passenger cabin below. A plurality of swivel rollers is provided, wherein a first end of the swivel roller rollably engages the guide rail and wherein a second end of the swivel roller is fastened to the panel. The panel slidably moves along the guide rail from a closed position where the panel is fully extended to an open position where the panel is retracted.
US09050873B2
Suspension systems, leaf springs and methods of providing a leaf spring in a suspension system are disclosed. The suspension systems, leaf springs and methods of providing a leaf spring in a suspension system allow use of a lighter weight leaf spring while providing customized roll stiffness and vertical spring rate that are complemented by a bumper that engages the leaf spring assembly when compressed to at least a preselected position.
US09050871B2
A method for temperature compensating an air spring of an air spring suspension of a motor vehicle after engine shut-off. A desired trim height is obtained. At engine shut-off, the ambient temperature is measured and the temperature of air in the air spring determined. After a wait time (for loading/unloading), a start trim height is measured. A predicted trim height is determined for when the air in the air spring is at the ambient temperature. Finally, the volume of the air in the air spring is selectively adjusted so that when the air in the air spring arrives at the ambient temperature, the trim height will be about the desired trim height.
US09050860B2
A pneumatic tire having a tire tread is disclosed, wherein the tread comprises one or more tread elements and one or more grooves, the tread having a radially outer surface and a non-skid tread depth as measured from the radially outer surface of the tread and a radially innermost surface of the grooves. The tread has a radially innermost layer comprised of a base tread compound, a radially outer tread cap layer and a middle tread caplayer located between the base layer and the outer tread cap layer. Wherein the radially outer tread cap layer has a defined depth D, except that there is at least one notched areas wherein the tread cap layer extends radially inward of the defined depth D.
US09050853B2
A hat portion of a wheel disk includes a hat inner inclined circumferential portion and a hat outer inclined circumferential portion. At least one of the hat inner inclined circumferential portion and the hat outer inclined circumferential portion includes: a plurality of curved protruding circumferential portions that protrude toward a surface side into a curved shape; and at least one curved recessed circumferential portion that is provided between the adjacent curved protruding circumferential portions and that is recessed toward a back side into a curved shape. The hat portion of this construction provides a significant effect in improving stiffness because of the shapes of the curved protruding circumferential portions and the curved recessed circumferential portion. Consequently, an automobile wheel has improved overall stiffness and strength. Therefore, a car on which the automobile wheel is mounted can provide increased driving stability.
US09050852B1
A combination paint container and tray that includes a container for a supply of a paint product including a base and an upper peripheral closure edge, and a lid constructed and arranged as a paint tray structure having first and opposed second peripheral edge elements. The paint tray has a storage position relative to the container and an opposite use position relative to the container. The paint tray, in the storage position thereof, has the first peripheral edge element for sealed engagement with the upper peripheral closure edge of the container. The paint tray, in the use position thereof, has the opposed second peripheral edge element for positioning on the upper peripheral closure edge of the container. The paint tray, in the use position, is provided with a paint receiving tray surface for receiving a supply of paint.
US09050847B2
A book binding sleeve accessory receives, aligns, grips, and holds an unbound stack of pages before and during a book binding process. The accessory has an arc-shaped inner bottom wall bridging and connecting between two generally opposing and similarly sized rectangular planar side walls that respectively depend away from said bottom wall and incline towards one another and terminate in two respective and proximate top free edges establishing an at rest position and said side walls can be flexed to a flexed apart position to receive interposed between said side walls an unbound stack to be bound. Preferably the side walls are offset to assist in shaping an unbound stack to align binding holes to match the pitch of a spiral coil used to bind the stack.
US09050846B2
A finisher is to receive output. The finisher includes a plurality of destinations in which to store the output. A controller is to identify an operational history of the plurality of destinations, and direct the output to the plurality of destinations based on the operational history.
US09050824B2
A printing apparatus performs printing using a print head in which a plurality of ejection port arrays are arranged in such a way as to form overlap portions. Ink is ejected such that a shape of a first boundary between images printed in a first unit region by ejection ports of a first ejection port array and a second ejection port array in an overlap portion and a shape of a second boundary between images printed in a second unit region in first and second operations of scanning continuously change in an array direction as positions of the first and second boundaries change in a cross direction and the shape of the second boundary becomes different from the shape of the first boundary.
US09050823B2
A method produces a printing image formed of sections on a material using two inkjet printing heads. The printing image has first and second printing image sections meeting at a y coordinate Y1. The method includes choosing a data stripe extending in the x direction having a width about the location Y1, and examining the data in the selected stripe for a data field of the extent dx in the x direction and dy in the y direction, in which edge detection is possible. The data field is selected and the x coordinate x1 and the y coordinate y1 of the data field are captured. The printing image is then produced. An image of a measurement field correlated to the data field is recorded. The image is recorded, and edge detection is carried out. The image is corrected when an edge is detected.
US09050820B2
A new method for printing raised letters or images has been introduced, which is inexpensive, green and noiseless. The method can be carried out via personal computers (PC) or common ink-jet printers. A standard portable ink-jet printer is controlled by PC and common graphical softwares, that provide raised printing for different purposes such as Braille prints, security, packaging, advertising and printing of warning signs. The 3D ink-jet printing method comprises steps of providing two or more fluids having different formulation as inks. The mixture is cured and raised by jetting two inks in a controlled amount and mixing of inks on the substrate, without using electromagnetic radiation such as ultra violet (UV) or infra red (IR) or heating procedure. The prepared inks are water based, non-toxic, environmental friendly and have different compositions with optimum physical.
US09050815B2
A liquid holding container is adapted to supply liquid to a liquid introduction portion of a liquid consuming device. The liquid holding container includes a container and a first porous member. The container includes a liquid holding portion for holding the liquid, and a discharge port in communication with the liquid holding portion for discharging the liquid to the liquid introduction portion. The first porous member is provided on the discharge port for contacting the liquid introduction portion. The first porous member has a projecting part projecting in a direction from the liquid holding portion toward the discharge port.
US09050812B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a support stage that supports a recording medium; a liquid ejecting portion that has a liquid ejecting unit ejecting an ink to the supported recording medium; a ventilation fan that causes a gas to flow between the liquid ejecting unit and the support stage; a throttle portion that increases a flow velocity of the gas; and a controller that is enabled to execute a strong wind mode in which the gas increased in the flow velocity by the throttle portion flows between the liquid ejecting portion and the support stage, and a breeze mode in which the gas before being increased in the flow velocity by the throttle portion flows between the liquid ejecting portion and the support stage. The controller executes the breeze mode during recording work and executes the strong wind mode during non-recording work.
