US09697368B2
A client device stores a user-specified privacy setting regulating communication of information associated with audio data captured by the client device to an external entity. When the client device captures audio data, the client device determines whether the user-specified privacy setting authorizes communication of data associated with the captured audio data to an external entity. The privacy setting may identify specific external entities to which data may be communicated, specify characteristics of captured audio data authorized to be transmitted, or generally specify whether communication of data associated with captured audio data is authorized or prevented.
US09697367B2
A method, program and/or system reads first data through a first path from a location in a data storage. Second data is read through a second path from the same location in the data storage. The first data is compared to the second data. A match between the first data and the second data indicates that the first path did not encrypt the first data. A mismatch between the first data and the second data indicates that the first path encrypted the first data.
US09697359B2
A first time software is loaded for execution by a device, the software stored in non-secure storage is authenticated. Authenticating the software may involve a cryptographic operation over the software and a digital signature of the software. A verification tag may be generated for the software if authentication of the software is successful, the verification tag based on the software and at least a device-specific secret data. The verification tag may be stored within the device. Each subsequent time the software is loaded for execution it may be verified (not authenticated) by using the verification tag to confirm that the software being loaded is the same as the one used to generate the verification tag while avoiding authentication of the software.
US09697356B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable storage media for preventing side-channel attacks are disclosed. A computing resource, such as a virtual machine, operating on a computing device or within a computing environment may be duplicated. Properties associated with the computing resource and the duplicate computing resource may be monitored for discrepancies. The discrepancies may be indicative of a security event, such as a virus or side-channel attack. Detected security events may be handled by replacing a computing resource with a duplicate computing resource.
US09697355B1
A cyber security system and method that includes one or more devices configured to determine a cyber security threat or breach event based on analysis of operational information of a protected system.
US09697353B2
Disclosed are a method and a device for intercepting a call for a service by an application in an operating system of an electronic apparatus. The method comprises: loading an interception dynamic link library to a process where the service is located; replacing the address of an input/output control function in the process with a first address of the interception dynamic link library; when the application is calling the service, executing the interception dynamic link library based on the first address so as to obtain the name and information of the application as well as the information of the call, and replacing the address of the service to be called comprised in the information of the call with a second address of the interception dynamic link library; and executing processing based on the second address according to the name and/or information of the application. The invention increases the security of the operating system of the electronic apparatus.
US09697350B1
This specification describes technologies relating to applying electronic signatures to content items. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include receiving a content item and receiving a request to electronically sign the content item by a user by associating the content item with a credential associated with the user, the request comprising data identifying the credential from among a set of credentials that are associated with the user. The method may further include generating a package comprising the content item and data for the identified credential.
US09697348B1
Embodiments are described for authenticating a login request for logging in to a user account on a host system. An example method includes receiving, by the host system, as part of the login request, an authentication image. The method also includes determining that the login request is sent from an authorized login-location, by comparing the authentication image with a reference image from the authorized login-location. The method further includes, in response to the login request being sent from the authorized login-location, facilitating access to the user account.
US09697344B2
Provided is a programmable display apparatus that enables post-hoc identification of a user who has been permitted to access an application through facial authentication. The programmable display apparatus stores feature data of a face of a user and identification information of the user in association with each other. The programmable display apparatus performs facial authentication based on image data of a user obtained through image capture and on the feature data. The programmable display apparatus permits a user to access the application if the user has been authenticated. The programmable display apparatus stores identification information of the authenticated user and a history indicating a state in which the access has been permitted in association with each other.
US09697338B2
A mass spectrometer including an entrance slit, an energy filter, a momentum filter and a detector array, the entrance slit, energy filter and momentum filter being configured to provide molecular analyte ions to the detector array at a mass resolution of about 20,000 or greater. A method for determining the isotopic composition of an analyte in a sample includes converting the analyte to molecular analyte ions, separating the molecular analyte ions using an entrance slit, separating the molecular analyte ions according to their energy levels, separating the molecular analyte ions according to their momenta, detecting two or more of the molecular analyte ions at a mass resolution of about 20,000 or greater to produce molecular analyte ion data; and analyzing the molecular analyte data to determine the isotopic composition of at least a portion of the analyte.
US09697334B2
A dialysis system includes a dialysis machine including at least one dialysis fluid pump and a logic implementer configured to (i) receive a plurality of predetermined therapy prescriptions that have been approved remote from the dialysis machine by a doctor/clinician for a particular patient, at least two of the plurality of predetermined therapy prescriptions having different treatment durations, different dialysis fluids or different ultrafiltration removal amounts, (ii) store the plurality of predetermined therapy prescriptions for use in operating the dialysis machine, (iii) cause the stored therapy prescriptions to be presented, (iv) allow a selection of one or more of the presented therapy prescriptions for one or more upcoming treatment, and (v) operate the at least one dialysis fluid pump according to the selected one or more therapy prescriptions.
US09697330B2
Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model.
US09697325B2
In a method, a layout of a device having a pattern of features is provided. The method continues to include identifying a first portion of at least one feature of the plurality of features. An image criteria for the first portion may be assigned. A lithography optimization parameter is determined based on the assigned image criteria for the first portion. Finally, the first portion of the at least one feature is imaged onto a semiconductor substrate using the determined lithography optimization parameter.
US09697320B2
Circuits and methods for a system on a chip having non-uniform channel spacings is provided. In an example, a chip is provided that includes a first functional block having a rectilinear shape, the first processing unit having on a side a plurality of channel spacings. A first channel spacing of the plurality of channel spacings is positioned in contact with the side and a second functional block. A second channel spacing of the plurality of channel spacings is positioned in contact with the side and the second functional block. The width of the second channel spacing is non-uniform with the width of the first channel spacing.
US09697319B2
A system and method for designing integrated circuits is disclosed. An embodiment comprises placing a standard cell with a first cell height into a cell row with a different height. The standard cell may have a height smaller than the cell row or else may have a height that is larger than the cell row. Vertical fillers and horizontal fillers are utilized to extend and connect the standard cell to adjacent cells without having to redesign the entire cell row.
US09697312B2
A design system is provided. In one embodiment the design system includes an input module to receive specification data for a designed circuit including a configurable integrated circuit (IC). The configurable IC includes a number of analog elements for which parameters can be set by the design system, and a plurality of configurable signal path elements including an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that is utilized in a plurality of different signal paths. The design system further includes a design module to generate a design for the designed circuit based on the specification data, and an output module to set parameters of at least one of the analog elements based on the design. Other embodiments are also provided.
US09697308B2
A method for generating an EMF model includes establishing a time-domain finite data model associated with an electric device representing the electric device in the time-domain; utilizing the time domain finite data model, determining excitations representing an electrical characteristic of an electrical components of the electric device; and generating an EMF model by processing the excitations with a transformation routine determining an approximate representation of an EMF generated by the electric device. A system for generating the EMF model includes a modelling module establish a time-domain finite data model associated with the electric device and d representing the electric device in the time-domain. The modelling module utilizes the time domain finite data model to determine excitations representing an electrical characteristic of an electrical component of the electric device. The system includes a processing module generating an EMF model by processing the excitations with a transformation routine.
US09697301B2
Systems and associated methods for address standardization and applications related thereto are described. Embodiments exploit a common context in a taxonomy and a given address to detect and correct deviations in the address. Embodiments establish a possible path from a root of the taxonomy to a leaf in the taxonomy that can possibly generate a given address. Given a new address, embodiments use complete addresses, and/or segments or elements thereof, to compute the representations of the elements and find a closest matching leaf in the taxonomy. Embodiments then traverse the path to a root node to detect the agreement and disagreement between the path and the address entry. Taxonomical structured is thus used to detect, segregate and standardize the expected fields.
US09697299B2
A method for implementing a web server in an embedded system is provided. Registration information is received at the web server in the embedded system from a plurality of objects. Each object provides a link to itself in the registration information. The registration information is stored in a registry as a list of links mapped to the objects. A web page is dynamically generated at runtime by the web server based on the registration information in the registry to provide a user interface including a visual depiction of the links on the web page. The web page is provided to a web browser external to the embedded system such that the objects are accessible to the web browser based on the links through the user interface.
US09697297B2
The subject disclosure relates to techniques for performing an operation on a resource, based on a state of the resource, by invoking a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request on a universal resource locator (URL) indicating the operation. An interface component can receive a request including an HTTP method and a URL including a first portion indicating a resource and a second portion indicating an operation. Further, an invocation component, in response to the operation being associated with the resource, can invoke the operation on the resource utilizing the HTTP method based on a state of the resource. Other embodiments relate to conditionally returning the operation within a return payload, for example, alone or within a feed, based on an applicability of the operation according to a state of an associated resource.
US09697296B2
A method for selecting a tag for a content item includes obtaining a first content item; obtaining data associated with a first user; based on the data associated with the first user, selecting a first tag for the first content item; and generating a second content item comprising (a) at least a portion of the first content item and (b) the first tag.
US09697295B1
A uniform resource locator (URL) monitoring system and method employs rules for dynamically managing URLs associated with streamed video content. The system monitors the content stream for URLs and, when a URL is detected, applies the rules to determine how to handle the URL. The system may disable selected trick modes to prevent additional content from being skipped. Alternatively, the system may display the URL while a trick mode is active and, if the URL is followed, suspend the trick mode and show the additional content. URLs encountered during trick modes may be captured and the URL or additional content presented when normal playback resumes. Additionally, the system may determine whether to fit saved URLs around other URLs later in the content stream, display saved URLs simultaneously with the later URLs, or replace the later URLs with the saved URLs based on the handling rules.
US09697294B2
Provided is a method of managing contents, the method including selecting at least one of the stored contents, generating a content tag including content information associated with the selected content, storing the generated content tag, transmitting the generated content tag to an external device, and deleting the selected content.
US09697286B2
A computer program product, a method, and an information handling system is provided to associate keywords used for unsuccessfully searching for a shared URL contents with a confidence level of predicting an adjustment of search engine optimization (SEO) for finding the shared URL due to changing the shared URL contents and performing an action based on the confidence level.
US09697285B2
Users belonging to a particular category at a networking site are monitored by a system and according to a method for their selection of articles from a networking update stream. The characteristics of the users, including the categories they belong to, are received as metadata corresponding to the each respective article. Periodically an article database is queried according to the category and a selected time period to determine the number of users that have chosen to follow the industry and that have initiated selection actions towards articles in the database. Articles from the query are ranked according to their popularity among users having interest in the same industry category and are presented to a viewing user at the networking site.
US09697282B2
Even when a user does not perform an operation to specify a division of attribute, a search condition for an attribute of a division desired by the user can be specified. A search apparatus includes a first determination unit that, for each of a plurality of input words input by a user in one input area in which at least keywords can be input, determines based on an input words whether or not the input word is a first attribute word representing a content of an attribute of a predetermined first division of a plurality of divisions of attributes had by a search object, and a search unit that searches for a search object by using a content, as a search condition of attribute of the first division, represented by the input word which is determined to be the first attribute word by the first determination unit.
US09697274B2
Stratified sampling of a plurality of records is performed. A plurality of records are partitioned into a plurality of splits, wherein each split includes at least a portion of the plurality of records. The split of the plurality of splits is provided to a mapper. The mapper assigns at least a portion the records of the at least one split to a group based on a strata of the assigned records, and filters the records of the group based on a comparison of the weights of the records to a local threshold of the mapper. The mapper updates the local threshold of the mapper by communicating with a coordinator. The mapper shuffles the group to a reducer, where the reducer filters the records of the group based on the weights of the records. The reducer provides a stratified sampling of the plurality of records based on the group.
US09697270B2
A processor determines a predicted quantity of updates to be made to a set of data using a history of updates. The set of data is associated with a category of replication that indicates a first frequency of data replication to be applied to the set of data. The processor determines whether the first predicted quantity of updates meets a first threshold for a frequency of replication of the set of data. The first threshold indicates an allowed number of updates and meeting the first threshold indicates that an adjustment to the frequency of replication of the set of data is to be initiated. The processor responds to a determination that the first threshold has been met by associating the set of data with a category of replication that has a second frequency of data replication to be applied to the set of data.
US09697255B2
Certain example embodiments described herein relate to techniques for introducing semantic concepts into complex event processing (CEP) systems and/or methods. In an event processing system, for example, an event bus is configured to receive a stream of events, each having a predefined event type. An event processing agent is configured to execute predefined queries on the events, with each query conforming to a query language, and with the query language being enhanced via a semantic extension corresponding to an ontology. An ontology management component in communication with the event processing agent stores mappings (optionally specified at design time) between concepts of the query language and concepts of the ontology that enhances the query language. Processing resources of the component translate (optionally at compile time) references to ontology concepts into translated queries processable by the event processing agent in accordance with the query language, without the semantic extension enhancement.
US09697253B2
A method, system, and computer program product is disclosed for caching results in a client-side cache. Embodiments of a method, a system, and a computer program product are disclosed that associate a first snapshot of a database with a client that indicates a state of the database after a last database request by the client, and indicate any number of invalid cached results in the client cache for the client based upon the first snapshot. In some embodiments, the method further includes receiving a second snapshot that indicates a state of the database upon receipt of a database server request by the client, and updating the first snapshot with the second snapshot.
US09697252B2
A first iterative Grover Search process is performed by causing at least one quantum computer to perform a first series of Grover Searches according to a characteristic function for varying numbers of iterations to identify a first search target. The characteristic function is modified according to the identified first search target. A second iterative Grover Search process is performed by causing the at least one quantum computer to perform a second series of Grover Searches according to the modified characteristic function beginning with a number of iterations determined based on a number of iterations required for at least one prior iterative Grover Search process to identify a second search target.
US09697248B1
A system, method, and computer program includes a communications interface configured to receive a set of industry reports from multiple industry sources, and circuitry to compare one or more attributes of at least two trade lines to identify whether the at least two trade lines are duplicates. The circuitry characterizes as a binary indication whether the comparing indicates the one or more attributes are a match, and display a representation of the binary indication and receive a user-identified indication whether the at least two trade lines are duplicates. The circuitry trains a classifier, records the indication whether the at least two trade lines are duplicates and removes at least one of the at least two trade lines from the set of industry reports, and runs the classifier. Subsequently, a supervised machine learning classifier is trained to fit on the training data and is evaluated for accuracy of the testing data.
US09697243B2
A node search method, comprising: setting a current time value as a traversing time value; searching descendent nodes to perform a traversing from a root node to a leaf node according to a tree index data structure; determining whether a preset traversing condition is satisfied by comparing an update time value, which indicates a time when a change to a searched descendent node is made, with the traversing time value; depending on whether the traversing proceeding condition is satisfied, re-performing a traversing from a parent node or continuing traversing to the searched descendent node; and terminating the traversing at a leaf node where no descendent node exists.
US09697224B1
Aspects of the present invention include a method, system and computer program product for performing data deduplication for eventually consistent distributed data storage (DDS) system. The method includes receiving data content from one or more clients by a DDS system, wherein the one or more clients do not coordinate transmitting of the data content. The method also includes calculating a hash for the data content by the distributed data storage system, writing the data content to an object used for data deduplication, wherein a name of the object is based on the hash and determining whether the data content is present in the distributed data storage system based on the name of an object previously stored on the DDS system. The method further includes keeping track of a number of references to the data content and delaying deletion of the data content for a predetermined period of time.
US09697219B1
A method is used in managing log transactions in storage systems. A first portion of a transaction log space is allocated from a persistent journal associated with a file system to a first core of a multi-core storage processor and a second portion of the transaction log space is allocated from the persistent journal to a second core of the multi-core storage processor. A set of per-core bitmaps is used for allocating a set of transaction log entries from the persistent journal. Each per-core bitmap is associated with a respective core of the multi-core storage processor. A per-core bitmap of the set of per-core bitmaps associated with a core of the multi-core storage processor is used for allocating a transaction log entry for a write request performed by the core.
US09697218B2
Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for metadata enhanced filenames. A filename is received, the filename including a first set of characters that represents a name for the electronic file, and a second set of additional characters. The filename is parsed to identify the second set of additional characters. Metadata associated with the electronic file is determined based on the second set of additional characters without downloading additional data of the electronic file. The electronic file is processed based on the determined metadata.
US09697206B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for approximating responses to a user speech query in voice-enabled search based on metadata that include demographic features of the speaker. A system practicing the method recognizes received speech from a speaker to generate recognized speech, identifies metadata about the speaker from the received speech, and feeds the recognized speech and the metadata to a question-answering engine. Identifying the metadata about the speaker is based on voice characteristics of the received speech. The demographic features can include age, gender, socio-economic group, nationality, and/or region. The metadata identified about the speaker from the received speech can be combined with or override self-reported speaker demographic information.
US09697202B2
A mobile device to control any wirelessly connected services by receiving an input command to perform a function at the services, translating the input command into a common language sharable between the external services so that such input commands can be understood between the plurality of services and functions can be performed at the services in response to the input command. This control of the services is sharable with other mobile devices as instructed by an input command at the mobile device.
US09697180B2
A method for placing a text string on a page includes obtaining an electronic document identifying a margin of the page, an exclusion region having a perimeter for placement on the page, a texture to fill the exclusion region, and the text string, calculating, using a path-fill algorithm inputting the perimeter, exclusion region geometric primitives, calculating, using the path-fill algorithm inputting a path based on the perimeter and the margin, text region geometric primitives, receiving the text string and the text region geometric primitives; calculating, for a line band crossing the page, segments corresponding to an intersection of the line band with the text region geometric primitives, rendering the page by filling the exclusion region geometric primitives with the texture, and placing the text string within the segments.
US09697176B2
A method of multiplication of a sparse matrix and a vector to obtain a new vector and a system for implementing the method are claimed. Embodiments of the method are intended to optimize the performance of sparse matrix-vector multiplication in highly parallel processors, such as GPUs. The sparse matrix is stored in compressed sparse row (CSR) format.
US09697173B2
In a multi-core platform in which secondary processing cores do not have direct WAN connectivity, methods and apparatus are described that enable the secondary processing cores to provide DNS resolution services to their network applications and/or client devices attached thereto. In an exemplary embodiment, a primary processing core having direct WAN connectivity and a DHCP client includes a DNS proxy service module which acts as a DNS server to the platform's secondary processing cores. Each secondary processing core sends DNS queries to the primary core DNS proxy service module. A primary core DNS resolver regenerates DNS queries based on the DNS queries from the secondary cores and forwards them for resolution to WAN-side DNS servers whose IP addresses were provided to the DHCP client in response to an IP lease request. The resolved IP addresses are returned by the WAN-side DNS servers to the primary processing core, which provides them to the requesting secondary core applications or client devices, via the DNS proxy service module.
US09697167B2
A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing health check for optical cable attached Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIE) enclosures in a computer system. System firmware is provided for implementing health check functions. One or more optical cables are connected between a host bridge and a PCIE enclosure. A PCIE link to the PCIE enclosure is reset responsive to a predefined event. After a set delay, a PCIE link health check is performed verifying PCIE link width and speed.
US09697165B2
A server system is described. The server system comprises first motherboard having first processor module coupled to first memory module, second motherboard having second processor module coupled to second memory module, first back plate having first PCIE switch chip coupled to second PCIE switch chip via PCIE transmission channel. The first processor module is coupled to the first PCIE switch chip and the second processor module is coupled to the second PCIE switch chip. The first processor module converts the memory data of the first memory module into PCIE packet data to be transmitted to the second processor module by first PCIE switch chip and second PCIE switch chip. The second processor module converts the received PCIE packet data into memory data of second memory module for synchronizing the memory data of first motherboard and the second motherboard.
US09697161B2
A system, such as a System-on-Chip includes an interface component or PLUG which generates transactions over an IP block, such as an interconnect serving one or more clients via virtual channels. The client or clients are mapped onto the virtual channels via client/virtual channel mappings. The virtual channels are provided as a first set of virtual channels in the interface component which cooperate with a second set of virtual channels in the IP block. First and second client/virtual channel mappings for the first set of virtual channels and the second set of virtual channels are provided. The first and second client/virtual channel mappings are separately programmable and mutually decoupled from one another.
US09697152B1
An I/O processing system includes an operating system configured to control an input/output (I/O) device, which executes an I/O operation in the I/O processing system. The I/O processing system further includes a channel subsystem module configured to output an interrogation command signal while the I/O device executes an I/O request. The I/O device returns an I/O status signal indicating a status of an ongoing I/O request, and the operating system is configured to dynamically determine a timeout event of the I/O request based on the status of the ongoing I/O request.
US09697146B2
A processor uses a token scheme to govern the maximum number of memory access requests each of a set of processor cores can have pending at a northbridge of the processor. To implement the scheme, the northbridge issues a minimum number of tokens to each of the processor cores and keeps a number of tokens in reserve. In response to determining that a given processor core is generating a high level of memory access activity the northbridge issues some of the reserve tokens to the processor core. The processor core returns the reserve tokens to the northbridge in response to determining that it is not likely to continue to generate the high number of memory access requests, so that the reserve tokens are available to issue to another processor core.
US09697144B1
A processing device is to receive a block input/output (I/O) call in a first format from a container hosted on a host machine to request data on a storage device and translate the block I/O call from the first format into a device emulator call in a second format. The second format is compatible with a device emulator on the host machine. The device emulator emulates a block storage device for the container. The processing device is to send the device emulator call in the second format to the device emulator, and receive, from the device emulator, a response that include the data on the storage device for the container.
US09697132B2
A load request is received to retrieve a piece of data from a location in memory and the load request follows one or more store requests in a set of instructions to store a piece of data in the location in memory. One or more possible locations in a cache for a piece of data corresponding to the location in memory is determined. Each possible location of the one or more possible locations in the cache is determined. It is then determined if at least one location of the one or more possible locations contains data to be stored in the location in memory. Data in one location of the at least one location is loaded, the data in the one location is from a store request of the one or more store requests and the store request is closest in the set of instructions to the load request.
US09697125B2
For each access request received at a shared cache of the data processing device, a memory access pattern (MAP) monitor predicts which of the memory banks, and corresponding row buffers, would be accessed by the access request if the requesting thread were the only thread executing at the data processing device. By recording predicted accesses over time for a number of access requests, the MAP monitor develops a pattern of predicted memory accesses by executing threads. The pattern can be employed to assign resources at the shared cache, thereby managing memory more efficiently.
US09697119B2
A method and apparatus for optimizing a configuration memory of a reconfigurable processor is provided. The method of optimizing the configuration memory of the reconfigurable processor includes analyzing parallelism of a loop of a program code based on an architecture of the reconfigurable processor and information regarding the configuration memory, scheduling groups of function units (FUs) to be activated in each cycle of the loop based on the analyzed parallelism, generating configuration data of each cycle, and determining a memory mapping to store the generated configuration data in the configuration memory.
US09697116B2
A writing method of a storage system which includes a host and a storage connected to the host, includes receiving journal data during a generation of a data writing transaction; inserting in a first map table, a plurality of entries, each entry including a first logical address of a first logical area of the storage and a second logical address of a second logical area of the storage; writing the journal data to a physical area of the storage corresponding to the first logical address; and remapping the physical area from the first logical address onto the second logical address using the plurality of entries when a size of a usable space of the first logical area is less than a desired value.
US09697113B2
A method, system, and computer program product for managing a partial release for a unit of storage space in a storage facility is disclosed. The method, system, and computer program product include establishing an invocation threshold for initiating a partial release for a unit of storage space. The method, system, and computer program product include establishing a preservation threshold for releasing a fractional amount of the unit of storage space. The method, system, and computer program product include initiating the partial release in response to reaching the invocation threshold. The method, system, and computer program product include releasing the fractional amount based on the preservation threshold.
US09697112B2
A method, system, and computer program product for managing a partial release for a unit of storage space in a storage facility is disclosed. The method, system, and computer program product include establishing an invocation threshold for initiating a partial release for a unit of storage space. The method, system, and computer program product include establishing a preservation threshold for releasing a fractional amount of the unit of storage space. The method, system, and computer program product include initiating the partial release in response to reaching the invocation threshold. The method, system, and computer program product include releasing the fractional amount based on the preservation threshold.
US09697098B2
A test unit, operating in a first hardware operating state, receives a request for the input data from a test platform. In response to the receiving the request, the test unit determines that retrieving the input data requires the test unit to be in a second hardware operating state. In response to the determining, the test unit transitions from the first hardware operating state to the second operating hardware state. In the second hardware operating state, the test unit retrieves the input data. Once the test unit transitions to the second and correct hardware operating state, the test unit transmits the input data to the test platform.
US09697089B2
A backup method for a backup system including an information processing apparatus and two or more information processing devices connected via a network includes, when the information processing device is designated as a first device among a plurality of the information processing devices, transmitting a first backup image of the first device to the information processing apparatus and transmitting the first backup image to a second device, and when the information processing device is the second device, extracting a difference image, which is a difference between the first backup image transmitted from the first device and a second backup image of the second device and transmitting the difference image to the information processing apparatus.
US09697088B2
A system for incremental backup comprises a storage device and a processor. The processor is configured to: 1) start Event Tracing for Windows tracking, to track changed block information in one or more maps, where each of the one or more maps tracks writes indicated via a node; 2) receive request for an incremental backup of a volume of one or more volumes, wherein the one or more maps track changed blocks from writes to the volume; 3) halt writes to the volume and queue writes to the volume after halting; 4) freeze the one or more maps of changed blocks; change Event Tracing for Windows tracking, wherein the change block info is tracked to a new set of maps; 5) determine changed blocks using the one or more maps; 6) write changed blocks to a backup volume; and 7) release writes to the volume.
US09697083B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for using geographical location information to provision multiple target storages for a source device. A determination is made of a geographical location of the source device and a distance between the source device and each of the target storages and between each pair of target storages. A determination is further made of qualifying k-tuples of the target storages, wherein each k-tuple comprises a group of k target storages to which the source data is to be backed-up. A qualifying k-tuple has one target storage that satisfies a distance requirement with respect to the source device and a distance between any two target storages in the k-tuple satisfies the distance requirement. A selected qualifying k-tuple is indicated to use to backup the source data at the k target storages in the qualifying k-tuple.
US09697079B2
A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for securing data integrity in de-duplicated storage environments in combination with software defined native redundant array of independent disks (RAID). The mechanism receives a data portion to write to storage, divides the data portion into a plurality of chunks, and identifies a given chunk within the plurality of chunks for de-duplication. The mechanism increment a de-duplication counter for the given chunk and determines a RAID level for the given chunk based on a value of the de-duplication counter. The mechanism stores the given chunk based on the determined RAID level.
US09697077B2
A method for operating a memory includes storing data in a plurality of analog memory cells that are fabricated on a first semiconductor die by writing input storage values to a group of the analog memory cells. After storing the data, multiple output storage values are read from each of the analog memory cells in the group using respective, different threshold sets of read thresholds, thus providing multiple output sets of the output storage values corresponding respectively to the threshold sets. The multiple output sets of the output storage values are preprocessed by circuitry that is fabricated on the first semiconductor die, to produce preprocessed data. The preprocessed data is provided to a memory controller, which is fabricated on a second semiconductor die that is different from the first semiconductor die. so as to enable the memory controller to reconstruct the data responsively to the preprocessed data.
US09697064B2
A system according to the present invention receives a file to be processed, performs data processing to the file and registers identification information of the file if an error has occurred during the data processing on the file. If the system newly receives a file that has identification information identical to the identification information of the file that is registered, the system performs error notification without performing the data processing on the newly received file.
US09697056B2
A plurality of application servers hosts a plurality of business applications. A plurality of Application Program Interface (API) servers host a plurality of APIs to provide programmatic access to the plurality of business applications, each of the APIs configured to receive request messages compiled by a remote client application. An example method includes receiving a plurality of request messages generated by the remote client application, each request message requesting an activity to be performed by the targeted API, with respect to an associated application, and comprising at least one data component, and a request component including a reusable identified schema definition specific to the targeted API.
US09697055B2
Managing exclusive control of a shareable resource includes publishing a claim non atomically to a lock by a thread that is next to own the lock in an ordered set of threads that have requested to own the lock. The claim includes a structure capable of being read and written only in a single memory access. A determination is made of whether the next owning thread has been pre-empted. Responsive to the determination, the next owning thread of the lock acquires the lock if the next owning thread has not been pre-empted and retries acquisition of the lock if the next owning thread has been pre-empted. Responsive to the next owning thread being pre-empted, a subsequent owning thread acquires the lock unfairly and atomically, consistently modifies the lock such that a next lock owner can determine that the next lock owner has been preempted.
US09697054B2
A method, executed by a computer, includes receiving a request to instantiate an instance of a thread-local manager for a particular thread, instantiating the instance of the thread-local manager, and providing global visibility to the instance of the thread-local manager. The method further includes manipulating thread-local variables corresponding to the particular thread and removing all the thread-local variables when the particular thread completes a task. A computer system and computer program product corresponding to the above method are also disclosed herein.
US09697053B2
Disclosed are a system and a method for managing excessive distribution of memory. Based on a page sharing technology, the software types of virtual machines running in respective servers in a cluster are collected, and the virtual machines with similar running software types are migrated from a server to a specified server, so that the page sharing effect of the virtual machines and the excessive distribution effect of memory are better, the bearing capability of the servers in the system is ensured not to be wasted, the utilization rates of memory and resources of the whole system are combined optimally, and the memory of the whole cluster system is distributed better; moreover, a fewer number of servers run, the energy and the running cost are saved, less pressure is caused to the environment, the emission of carbon dioxide is reduced, therefore, the disclosure has a great social effect and economic effect.
US09697047B2
A second memory allocator receives a request to allocate memory from a second process of the second memory allocator executing on a computer, and determines that memory for allocation to the second process is not available from a memory hoard of the second memory allocator. The second memory allocator determines that memory for allocation to the second process is not available from an operating system of the computer, and transmits the request to release memory to a first memory allocator. The first memory allocator of a first process executing on the computer receives the request from the second memory allocator executing on the computer to release memory. Responsive to the request from the second memory allocator to release memory, the first memory allocator releases hoarded memory previously hoarded for allocation to the first process.
US09697044B2
An application programming interface (API) provides various software constructs that allow a developer to assemble a processing pipeline having arbitrary structure and complexity. Once assembled, the processing pipeline is configured to include a set of interconnected pipestages. Those pipestages are associated with one or more different CTAs that may execute in parallel with one another on a parallel processing unit. The developer specifies the configuration of the pipestages, including the configuration of the different CTAs across all pipestages, as well as the different processing operations performed by each different CTA.
US09697035B2
A virtual basic input output system can be selected from different virtual basic input output systems. The selection of the virtual basic input output system is by a controller and the selection can be based on information about a software stack.
US09697034B2
An approach to offloading probabilistic computations is described. An application server comprising a memory and a processor and coupled to a network-attached storage device configured to create a dedicated process in response to a procedural call to a virtual machine container based on a data request is disclosed. The processor forwards the data request to the network-attached storage device, programs one or more virtual machines to perform a probabilistic computation based on the procedural call, and directs the probabilistic computation to a first virtual machine of the one or more virtual machines. The request for data is transformed into a modified call using a virtualized lookup call.
US09697032B2
Methods, systems, and computer programs for creating virtual machines (VM) and associated networks in a virtual infrastructure are presented. The method defines virtual network templates in a database, where each virtual network template includes network specifications. A configuration of a virtual system is created, which includes VMs, virtual lab networks associated with virtual network templates, and connections from the VMs to the virtual lab networks. Further, the configuration is deployed in the virtual infrastructure resulting in a deployed configuration. The deployment of the configuration includes instantiating in the virtual infrastructure the VMs of the configuration, instantiating in the virtual infrastructure the virtual lab networks, retrieving information from the database, and creating and executing programming instructions for the VMs. The database information includes the network specifications from the virtual network templates associated with the virtual lab networks, and network resources for the virtual lab networks from a pool of available network resources. The programming instructions are created for the particular Guest Operating System (GOS) running in each VM based on the GOS and on the retrieved database information. When executed in the corresponding VM GOS, the programming instructions configure the VMs network interfaces with the corresponding network specifications.
US09697027B1
Hypercalls for a host machine and guest machines to a hypervisor are intercepted and routed to the hypervisor for execution on a hardware platform, responsive to the hypercall passing hypercall access rules. The intercepting may be performed by a hypercall access control layer that reloads a hypercall table that maps hypercalls from a host machine and guest machines to hypercall handlers, to identify a hypercall access control handler as the hypercall handler for the host machine and the guest machines. Upon passing the hypercall access rules, the hypercall is passed to the hypervisor.
US09697024B2
A first processor group of physical processors having hardware-assisted virtualization set disabled among the plurality of physical processors; a second processor group of physical processors having the hardware-assisted virtualization set enabled among the plurality of physical processors; a first OS to which the first processor group is allocated; and a virtualization part to which the second processor group is allocated, the virtualization part is configured to: allocate a predetermined area within the memory and a predetermined one of the plurality of physical processors within the second processor group to the second OS as the virtualized processor, and boot the second OS to be provided as the virtual machine; and set a shared area, which is readable/writable by both the first OS and the virtualization part, and set interrupt routing information comprising a correspondence relationship between a logical interrupt to the second OS and a physical interrupt thereto.
US09697017B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus for configuring and processing Management Information Base (MIB)Information in a Distributed Environment. The information processing apparatus adds a new function to the information processing apparatus as a plug-in, adds, as a Management Information Base (MIB) of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), information concerning the new function added by the first adding unit in a management area in which MIBs other than standard MIBs are managed, receives an inquiry about a function of the information processing apparatus related to an MIB other than the standard MIB s, and controls a program that manages a plug-in for the function indicated by the inquiry to perform a process and return a result for the inquiry.
US09697012B2
Relationships between a target object and other objects within a software application are identified, where the software application includes an operation to perform on the target object. The relationships are tested to determine relationships that are useful for identifying the target object when the operation is performed on the target object, and a set of useful relationships is generated.
US09697011B2
Techniques for computer system recovery which remotely restore a default partition to a recent state even when an operating system is functioning abnormally. In an example embodiment, a service center computer establishes a first network connection to a monitored computer system. The service center computer configures the monitored computer system to boot from a bootable image file in the monitored computer system and reboots the monitored computer system into an alternate operating system environment of the bootable image file. The service center computer establishes a second network connection to the monitored computer system to restore a recent backup image of the default partition from a diagnostic partition to a default partition. The service center computer establishes a third network connection to the monitored computer system and reboots the monitored computer system to the default partition.
US09697008B2
Hiding logical processors from an operating system (OS) of a computer is described. In an example, a method of hiding at least one logical processor in a computer having a plurality of logical processors includes: initializing the plurality of logical processors by executing a pre-boot routine in system firmware; identifying at least one logical processor of the plurality of logical processors to be hidden from an operating system (OS) of the computer to provide at least one hidden logical processor and at least one visible logical processor; placing each of the at least one hidden logical processor into a system management mode (SMM) by executing a park routine in the system firmware; and booting the OS of the computer to use the at least one visible logical processor.
US09697005B2
In an example, there is disclosed a digital signal processor having a register containing a modular integer configured for use as a thread offset counter. In a multi-stage, pipelined loop, which may be implemented in microcode, the main body of the loop has only one repeating stage. On each stage, the operation executed by each thread of the single repeating stage is identified by the sum of a fixed integer and the thread offset counter. After each pass through the loop, the thread offset counter is incremented, thus maintaining pipelined operation of the single repeating stage.
US09697004B2
A Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW) processor having an instruction set with a reduced size resulting in a small number of bits being necessary to specify registers. The VLIW processor includes a register file, and first through third operation units, and executes a very long instruction word. Further, the very long instruction word includes a register specifying field which specifies a least one of the registers in the register file and a plurality of instructions. The operand of each instruction includes bits src1, src2, and dst, which indicate whether or not the registers specified by the register specifying field are to be used as the source register and the destination register.
US09697003B2
A method, system, and computer program product synchronize a group of workitems executing an instruction stream on a processor. The processor is yielded by a first workitem responsive to a synchronization instruction in the instruction stream. A first one of a plurality of program counters is updated to point to a next instruction following the synchronization instruction in the instruction stream to be executed by the first workitem. A second workitem is run on the processor after the yielding.
US09697000B2
A processing system to reduce energy consumption and improve performance in a processor, controlled by compiler inserted information ahead of a selected branch instruction, to statically expose and control how the prediction should be completed and which mechanism should be used to achieve energy and performance efficiency.
US09696993B2
A processing device to provide vectorization of conditional loops includes vector physical registers to store a source vector having a first plurality of n data fields, and a destination vector comprising a second plurality of data fields corresponding to the first plurality of data fields, wherein each of the second plurality of data fields corresponds to a mask value in a vector conditions mask. The processing device includes a decode stage to decode a first processor instruction specifying a vector expand operation and a data partition size, and execution units to set elements of the source vector to n count values, obtain a decisions vector, generate the vector conditions mask according to the decisions vector, and copy data from consecutive vector elements in the source vector, into unmasked vector elements of the destination vector, without copying data from the source vector into masked vector elements of the destination vector.
US09696990B2
A method of implementing inter-component function calls. The method comprises generating a lower tier indirection data structure comprising an entry indicating a location in memory of a function within a first software component, a higher tier indirection data structure comprising an entry indicating a location in memory of the lower tier indirection data structure, and a configuration data structure comprising an entry defining an active version of the first software component. The method further comprises implementing executable computer program code for an inter-component function call by referencing entries within the configuration data structure, the higher tier indirection data structure and the lower tier indirection data structure.
US09696981B2
Systems and methods for requesting computer software program logic by a client computing device from a server are provided. The method at the server comprises receiving a request for the computer software program logic from the client device along with a first list comprising details about multiple modules running on the client device; determining a second list comprising details about multiple modules required to deploy the computer software program logic on the client device; checking whether the modules of the second list need to be substituted based on their availability or suitability; updating the second list; checking whether the client device has permission rights for accessing the modules of the updated second list; and sending an object comprising the modules of the updated second list to the client device, the updated second list comprising details about the modules required for deployment of logic on the client device.
US09696977B2
A method for allocating an identifier (ID) of a software component is disclosed. The method includes generating information on software components by a Device Management (DM) server, generating a download package including the information on software components by the DM server, transmitting the download package from the DM server to a DM client, executing the download package by the DM client, and allocating an ID to each software component based on the information on software components if the download package is executed by the DM client.
US09696976B2
A method, computer system and computer program for optimizing the processing of a character string during execution of the program by using characteristic information that indicates a characteristic of the character string and is associated with the character string. The method includes the steps of determining, on the basis of a characteristic of a first character string and operation for the first character string, a characteristic information of at least one of the first character string and a second character string obtained as a result of the operation, and associating the characteristic information with the at least one character string.
US09696975B2
Register halves are allocated independently when performing register allocation during program compilation, thereby effectively doubling the number of registers which are available for allocation, which in turn may reduce spill code and improve run-time performance. When hardware registers are 64 bits wide, for example, an architecture supporting the present invention provides some number of separate hardware instructions that operate on the 32-bit high-word and/or the 32-bit low word of the hardware registers as if those 32-bit words are separate registers. Such hardware instructions are able to manipulate the register halves independently, leaving the other register half untouched. A register coloring algorithm using in the compilation process is invoked using the number of register halves, instead of the number of hardware registers.
US09696970B2
A uniform strategy for the general problem of providing custom editors and initialization strings for beans (all “dynabeans” inherit from a common bean class that incorporates this strategy. This is then extended to allow the initialization strings to be stored in a relational database. The database function is an extension of the function provided by the VisualAge Persistence Builder (using some of the EADP extensions). An important advantage of this approach is that many changes to the application can now be handled by adjusting the database version of the bean definition, without a need to touch the underlying code. This will reduce down time for the application, and also improve application stability.
US09696968B2
Computation can be encoded in a lightweight and optionally typed data representation. The data representation can be specified in a prefix-based notation potentially including nested function-argument pairs. Further, the data representation can comprise optional static type information associated with at least a portion of computation. Still further, the data representation can be programming language and platform independent or surfaced in a particular programming language or platform.
US09696966B2
The software development tool (701) forms part of a software development kit (700). The software development tool (701) receives as input object files (606) and library files (607) and subjects the object file instructions and data definitions of the object files and the library files to re-sequencing to generate new object files and the links between them which are semantically equivalent to the input object files and library files and which are used to generate an optimized executable. The software development tool (701) is capable of automatically generating an executable, without requiring any modification of the source code, which is optimized to execute more deterministically and with respect to execution time; reduced processor and memory requirements; reduced off-chip memory accesses; reduced memory latency.
US09696965B2
An apparatus includes input circuitry that splits an input value into first bit-groups. First memory arrays are each populated with first random numbers, receive from the input circuitry a first bit-group, and retrieve and output a first random number from a first address indicated by the received first bit-group. Distribution circuitry splits each first random number output by the first memory arrays into second bit-groups, and distributes the second bit-groups. Second memory arrays are each populated with second random numbers, receive via the distribution circuitry a second bit-group from each first memory array, concatenate the received second bit-groups so as to form an address indicator, and retrieve and output a second random number from a second address indicated by the address indicator. Output circuitry combines the second random numbers output by the second memory arrays into an output random number that depends on the input value.
US09696960B2
The application discusses a computer implemented method and apparatus for performing audio equalization in an audio receiver device, such as an integrated receiver/decoder or set top box, or integrated TV, connected to one or more audio playback devices, such as a television unit, computer screen and speakers, amplifier or home theater equipment. The method and apparatus use an equalization process which compares audio signals received in different audio formats (e.g. MPEG-1 Layer II, AC-3 2.0, AC-3 5.1 and HE-AAC) with one another, allowing a correction gain factor to be determined for equalizing the perceived loudness of the signals when played-back at a connected playback device. The correction gain factor is then applied in the audio receiver device before output.
US09696959B2
A display device receiving an image is provided. The display device includes a micro control unit and a plurality of transceivers. The plurality of transceivers are disposed in a plurality of corners of the display device respectively and connected with the micro control unit. When the display device corporately display the image with a plurality of the display devices, the transceivers in the display device detects detected information from the transceivers in the adjacent display devices, and the micro control unit determines an absolute coordinate information of the display device according to the detected information, wherein the display device displays a portion of the image according to the absolute coordinate information of the display device.
US09696955B2
An information processing apparatus is provided that includes a print data storage unit configured to store print data; a data list providing unit configured to transmit list information of the print data stored by the print data storage unit to a client apparatus via a network; a print request receiving unit configured to receive from the client apparatus selected print data identification information of selected print data selected from the list information; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the selected print data corresponding to the selected print data identification information to an image forming apparatus via the network.
US09696951B2
Using the ability to print according to a template, a recording device adds value to the printed output. A printer in a recording control system stores area definition data defining areas in each of a plurality of templates composed of one or more printing areas. When a control command is received from a host computer, the printer records images in areas of a template based on the area definition data of the areas in the specified template. To record images related to a particular product with the printer, the host computer gets product information related to the product, and generates and sends a control command to convert and record information related to a specific area in the template based on the product information.
US09696943B2
An apparatus, method, system, and program product are disclosed for accessing stored data. One method includes receiving a first request to access a first file having a first filename. The method may include storing the first request in a queue. The method may also include receiving a second request to access a second file having a second filename. The second file may be stored on a tape cartridge. The method may include accessing the second file in response to receiving the second request. The tape cartridge may be loaded into a tape reader to enable accessing the second file. The method may include, while the tape cartridge is loaded into the tape reader, executing the first request if the first filename matches a filename for a file stored on the tape cartridge.
US09696940B1
A method includes receiving a request at a hypervisor from an application, where the application and the hypervisor are executed by a computing node. The request identifies a memory location in a memory device of the computing node, and the memory location is associated with a virtual machine executed by the computing node. The method also includes obtaining a snapshot of contents of the memory location in the memory device, where the snapshot is obtained by the hypervisor directly from the memory device. The method further includes providing the snapshot to the application. The application could form part of a second virtual machine that is executed by the computing node.
US09696924B2
A memory system is configured for access by a plurality of computer processing units. An address lock bit is configured in a translation table of the memory system. The address lock supports both address lock shared and address lock exclusive functions. A storage manager of an operating system configured to obtain exclusive access to an entry in a DAT table either by obtaining an address space lock exclusive or obtaining an address space lock shared, and setting a lock bit in a DAT entry.
US09696923B2
A memory module (735) can include a memory array (105) and a memory controller (740). The memory controller (740) can include a status register (745) that specifies whether the memory module (735) is operating at normal power or low power. A normal reliability region (305, 505) and a low reliability region (310, 510) can be defined in the memory array (105), based on the power level specified by the status register (745).
US09696922B2
A storage controller has a processor, a volatile first cache memory that is coupled to the processor and that temporarily stores data, a nonvolatile second cache memory that is coupled to a microprocessor and that temporarily stores data, and a battery that is configured to supply electrical power to at least the processor and the first cache memory when a power stoppage has occurred. The second cache memory includes a dirty data area for storing dirty data, which is data that is not stored in the storage device, and a remaining area other than the dirty data area. When a power stoppage has occurred, the processor stores as target data in the remaining area of the second cache memory either all or a part of the data stored in the first cache memory.
US09696920B2
A memory device includes a memory component that store data. The memory device also includes a processor that receives a signal indicating that the memory component is coupled to the processor and retrieves information from the memory component. The information may include one or more algorithms capable of being performed by the memory component. The processor may then receive one or more packets associated with one or more data operations regarding the memory component. The processor may then perform the one or more data operations by using the memory component to employ the one or more algorithms.
US09696919B1
A technique for managing file systems that support block sharing places a source/copy attribute in each block pointer. The source/copy attribute identifies the respective block pointer as either a source-block pointer or a copy-block pointer. A reference count on each data block maintains a count of the number of source-block pointers pointing to the data block but excludes the number of copy-block pointers pointing to the data block. Block pointers are arranged in block pointer sets (BPSs), and sharing relationships are formed among BPSs and copies of BPSs. The sharing relationships generally keep most block sharing information at the BPS level, with reference counts on data blocks tracking only the number of source-block pointers, which is typically small, often being equal to one.
US09696909B2
Method, system, and computer program product embodiments for recording data on a contactless integrated circuit (IC) memory associated with a data storage cartridge are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a consistency is verified between a TOC written to a contactless IC memory and an index, wherein if the TOC and the index are inconsistent, a TOC profile file is refreshed with data from the index. The TOC is written to the contactless IC memory.
US09696895B2
A portable terminal apparatus receives an operation instructing that an image displayed on a screen be scrolled, and moves the image in the instructed direction. The apparatus comprising: one or more memories, and circuitry. The circuitry which, in operation, judges whether or not a display image at an end of scrolling is included in a region of the screen during scrolling and determines, to be a control target region, a region judged not to include the display image at the end of the scrolling of the region of the screen; and performs control of lowering brightness of the control target region on the display image during scrolling.
US09696885B2
A computer receives user input regarding at least a first and a second resource. The computer retrieves navigational content for the first and second resource. The computer displays the retrieved navigational content in a single interface. The computer receives user selection of at least one element of the retrieved navigational content. The computer then retrieves page content associated with the selected at least one element of the retrieved navigational content.
US09696871B2
A method for moving an icon includes when a plurality of pages are simultaneously displayed on an interface in a thumbnail form, selecting a start page including a plurality of icons to be moved to a target page; moving the start page to the target page and the two pages are overlapped, detecting the overlapping ratio of two pages and/or the duration of the overlapping state, comparing the number of vacant spots within the target page with the number of all of icons within the start page, and adding all of icons within the start page to the vacant spots within the target page when the number of vacant spots within the target page is more than or equal to the number of all of icons within the start page. Other various embodiments including a portable terminal for moving an icon also are disclosed.
US09696860B2
The present disclosure provides a capacitive touch sensor for an electronic device. The touch sensor has a trace carrier having a sensing surface, a connecting surface, and a number of electrically conductive traces on the trace carrier. The traces form a sensing pattern on the sensing surface and pass from the sensing surface to the connecting surface. The sensor also includes a capacitive sensing circuit operable to electrically couple to the traces at the connecting surface of the trace carrier, and to sense a capacitance change. A touch position on the sensing surface is determined dependent upon the sensed capacitance change.
US09696859B1
A computing device can detect first and second device motions within a first time period. The first and second device motions may be separated by a second time period. The computing device can determine that the second time period is within a specified time range. The computing device can determine that first and second motion metrics for the first and second device motions, respectively, are likely indicative of first and second taps, respectively, on a surface of the computing device. The computing device can determine that a first coordinate frame of the computing device associated with the first tap is within a range of angular degrees from a second coordinate frame of the computing device associated with the second tap. The computing device can further determine the first tap and the second tap as part of a double tap gesture.
US09696852B2
An electronic device having a function for sensing 2D and 3D touch which includes a display unit; a bezel frame unit; a plurality of light emitting units; a plurality of light receiving units; a light isolation unit configured to isolate a first light for sensing 2D touch and a second light for sensing 3D touch from the lights incident thereon from the light emitting units; a driving control unit configured to sequentially operate the plurality of the light emitting units; and a motion recognition unit configured to calculate a horizontal coordinate based on the quantity of the first light, to calculate a spatial coordinate based on the quantity of the second light, to extract a motion of the pointer based on the detected quantity of the light and to implement an operation corresponding to the extracted motion.
US09696843B2
The present invention provides an AMOLED pixel circuit, a driving method thereof and a display device which can improve the integration degree of the in cell touch circuit and the AMOLED driving circuit. The AMOLED pixel circuit comprises: a light emitting module, a touching module, a controlling module and a driving amplifier module. The embodiments of the present invention are used for manufacturing the AMOLED display device.
US09696839B1
A user-actuatable vehicle door control, comprising: at least one force sensing member disposed beneath at least one force transfer member, the at least one force sensing member operative to detect the intensity of forces applied thereto, and the at least one force transfer member moveable upon user application thereto of one or more forces so as to transfer the one or more user-applied forces to one or more locations on the at least one force sensing member; and a controller operatively connected to the at least one force sensing member. The controller operates to: map the location and intensity of each of the one or more user-applied forces as detected by the at least one force sensing member; compare the mapped location and intensity information received from the at least one force sensing member to pre-defined force profiles, each pre-defined force profile corresponding to at least one pre-defined vehicle command; and direct the execution of one or more of the pre-defined vehicle commands when the mapped location and intensity information received from the at least one force sensing member corresponds to a pre-defined force profile associated with a vehicle command (such as, for instance, unlocking the vehicle's door(s), turning on exterior and/or interior lights, etc.).
US09696832B2
Disclosed is the structure of a touch window. The touch window includes a transparent window, a touch sensor module on one surface of the transparent window, and a transfer film layer between the transparent window and the touch sensor module. The transfer film layer is provided in the touch sensor module to remove the structure of a printed pattern, so that the conventional problems related to the flatness caused by a printing step are solved, thereby improving the adhesive efficiency and expanding the realization range of various colors.
US09696826B2
In one embodiment, a stylus includes a receiver for receiving signals wirelessly transmitted by a device. The stylus can alternate, during a first period of time, power supplied to the receiver between a first power for a first duration and a second power for a second duration. The first power is greater than the second power. The stylus can determine how many events exceeding an event criteria occurred the each first duration, and if the events exceed a threshold, the stylus can initiate wakeup components in the stylus for communicating with the device by initiating a provision of third power to those components. The third power is greater than the first power. When the first period of time expires, the stylus can provide low power to the receiver for a second period of time.
US09696809B2
A portable computing device (10) with a display screen (26) that may be scrolled and/or zoomed in response to changes in the spatial orientation of the computing device. Changes in the spatial orientation of the computing device are sensed by accelerometers (20) contained in the device. Software converts signals sent by the accelerometers to scrolling or zooming commands that scroll and/or zoom the display screen. Motion of the computing device in the plane of the display screen of the computing device results in scrolling the display screen in the opposing direction of the motion of the computing device a distance greater than the distance the computing device is moved. Motion of the computing device perpendicular to the plane of the display screen zooms the display screen in or out. Motion of the computing device toward the user results in the display screen being zoomed in to reveal greater detail. Motion of the computing device away from the user results in the display screen being zoomed out to reveal more content.
US09696804B2
The present disclosure provides various systems and methods for inducing cutaneous sensations by delivering electromagnetic radiation to directly or indirectly excite neural tissue. An electromagnetic radiation source, such as one or more infrared lasers, may be used to transcutaneously excite neural tissue. The excited neural tissue may be interpreted by the user's nervous system as cutaneous sensations. Accordingly, a system as described herein may be used to induce sensations to allow actual cutaneous sensations to be simulated. A system for inducing a cutaneous sensation via transcutaneously focused electromagnetic radiation may be incorporated in a display to provide cutaneous sensation feedback or used as a separate accessory component associated with a display. Numerous additional applications and variations are provided herein.
US09696803B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products for providing composite haptic effects are disclosed. One disclosed method includes detecting a touch occurring in a touch area when an object contacts a touch surface and selecting a composite haptic effect to generate in response to the touch, the composite haptic effect including at least one surface-based haptic effect and at least one other effect. Based on the selected composite haptic effect, a first haptic signal can be sent to cause an actuator to vary a coefficient of friction of the touch surface and a second actuator can be caused to provide a second haptic output in addition to the variation in the coefficient of friction. The second haptic signal can be sent to a second actuator or the same actuator(s) used to vary the coefficient of friction can generate the second haptic output.
US09696797B2
A head-mounted information system is provided, the head-mounted information system comprising a frame configured to be mounted on a head of a user, a display unit coupled to the frame, a sensor unit coupled to the frame comprising one or more motion sensors, and, a processor unit coupled to the frame and connected to receive signals from the motion sensors. The processor unit comprises a processor and a memory accessible by the processor. The processor unit is configured to monitor the received signals and enter a gesture control mode upon detection of a gesture control enable signal. In the gesture control mode the processor is configured to convert signals received from the motion sensors into menu navigation commands.
US09696787B2
Systems and methods for controlling processor cores on a computing device are disclosed. One method includes tracking a load of each of a plurality of processor cores and determining a load percentage of each of the processor cores. A core is designated as a busy core if a load percentage of the core exceeds an upper threshold, and the busy core designation is removed if the load percentage of the core drops below a lower threshold. To reduce power consumption and adverse thermal effects, no more than N+M cores are maintained online wherein N is a number of busy cores and M is generally zero, but may be increased to at least one.
US09696783B2
An image forming apparatus includes a main controller, a universal serial bus (USB) interface to which an external USB device is connected, a voltage bus (VBUS) power supply to supply power to the USB interface through the VBUS line, a voltage change detector to output a wake-up signal to the main controller if a voltage change occurs on the VBUS line, a USB host controller to perform data communication with the USB device connected through the USB interface, and an image forming job performing unit to perform an image forming job according to control by the main controller.
US09696774B2
A demand response apparatus receives from a supply resource utilizing apparatus a signal indicating whether power supply from the demand response apparatus to the supply resource utilizing apparatus is possible, estimates a first power usage of the demand response apparatus for a first time interval, changes an operation of the demand response apparatus, estimates a second power usage for a second time interval after the changing of the operation of the demand response apparatus, calculates supply power available to the supply resource utilizing apparatus based on the estimated first power usage and the estimated second power usage, and transmits information about the available supply power to the supply resource utilizing apparatus.
US09696771B2
A method of operating a system on chip (SoC) includes determining to switch from a selected low-power core among a plurality of low-power cores to a high-performance core among a plurality of high-performance cores, counting the number of high-performance cores that are operating among a plurality of high-performance cores, determining a maximum operating frequency of the plurality of high-performance cores based on the counted number, and switching from the selected low-power core to the selected high-performance core based on the determined maximum operating frequency.
US09696754B2
Techniques for forming a hinge are described herein. The hinge is to couple a first housing of a computing device and a second housing of the computing device. The hinge is to cause the first housing to have three degrees of freedom in movement from the second housing.
US09696752B2
This application relates to devices and accessories that include or are configured to react with a mixture of electromagnets and permanent magnets. In particular the permanent magnets are configured to maintain persistent connections between components while the electromagnets are configured to pulse or activate periodically to maintain the connections or fix alignment of the various connections in certain circumstances.
US09696746B2
A band gap reference circuit is provided that includes a first resistor (R1), a second resistor (R2), a third resistor (R3), a fourth resistor (Ra), a fifth resistor (Rb), a capacitor (Ca), an operational amplifier A, a first field effect transistor (FET) (P1), a second FET (P2), a third FET (P3), a fourth FET (Pa), a first bipolar junction transistor (BJT) (Q1), a second BJT (Q2), and a third BJT (Q3). P3 and Rb are used to control Pa, which is configured to control current flow to a reference node, and thus a reference voltage (Vref) output by the band gap reference circuit. The band gap reference circuit is configured to output a substantially constant reference voltage and is less sensitive or susceptible to noise from a power supply. Additionally, the band gap reference circuit prevents Vref from overshooting when the band gap circuit is enabled.
US09696740B2
A system for providing backup power to a facility includes a generator, and a controller configured to determine whether electrical power to the facility has been interrupted, determine a mode of operation based on a type of occupancy currently within the facility, and if electrical power has been interrupted, then operate the generator based on the determined mode.
US09696730B2
A fluid dispenser and method of operating the same. The fluid dispenser can include a wheel driven by diluent passing along a flow path in the fluid dispenser. The wheel can be connected to a pump to pump fluid from a reservoir for dispense into the diluent. In some embodiments, the ratio of wheel rotations to pump cycles is selected to provide a desired and repeatable dilution ratio of concentrated fluid to diluent. The fluid dispenser can be portable and/or disposable, and in some embodiments is adapted for installation on an upper rim of a reservoir wall. Also, the fluid dispenser can be provided with a baffle limiting the velocity and impact of incoming diluent to the wheel driving the pump, thereby improving dosing accuracy of the dispenser in some embodiments.
US09696729B2
The present invention provides microfluidic technology enabling rapid and economical manipulation of reactions on the femtoliter to microliter scale.
US09696728B2
In one aspect, a water supply system for a waste disposal may include first and second supply conduits fluidly connected to separate water supplies, with the first supply conduit having a first discharge end and the second supply conduit having a second discharge end. The system may also include a disposal conduit fluidly connected to the first and second supply conduits. The disposal conduit may be spaced apart from the first and second conduits such that an air gap is defined between an inlet end of the disposal conduit and the first and second discharge ends. The inlet end may be configured to receive water expelled from the first and second supply conduits. Moreover, an outlet end of the disposal conduit may be configured to be in fluid communication with an inlet of the waste disposal such that water directed through the disposal conduit is received within the disposal.
US09696721B1
Example inductive loop detection systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a method receives image data from a camera of a vehicle and determines a geographic position of the vehicle. Based on the image data and the geographic position of the vehicle, the method determines a location of an inductive loop in a roadway proximate the vehicle. The data associated with the location of the inductive loop is stored in a storage device within the vehicle.
US09696706B1
Methods and apparatus for controlling the movement of portable receptacles within a materials handling facility are described. The materials handling facility utilizes at least one linear induction motor (LIM) to move the portable receptacles having conductive elements from a first location to a second location within the facility. The LIMs may be configured such that most, if not all, of the movement of the receptacles is controlled by the application of energy from the LIMs to the conductive elements of the receptacles. This energy may cause the receptacles to move from one LIM to another LIM, where each LIM in sequence can apply force to the receptacle to pass it to the next LIM in the sequence. In some implementations, the portable receptacles are configured such that at least a base portion of the receptacle includes a conductive element to interact with the LIMs, while maintaining an overall light-weight configuration.
US09696705B2
A component control system includes a component. At least one component element is included in the component. A component controller is included in the component, coupled to the at least one component element, and operable to couple to an Information Handling System (IHS) controller. The component controller is operable to receive a normalized component performance (NCP) value from the IHS controller. The NCP value is associated with at least one component output range. The component controller is also operable to provide a control signal that is associated with the NCP value to the at least one component element. In response to receiving the control signal, the at least one component element operates such that the component produces at least one component output, and each component output produced by the component is within a corresponding component output range.
US09696692B2
One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having program instructions stored thereon for enhancing an automation environment is provided. When executed by a processor, the program instructions direct the processor to at least identify at least a primary data verification value generated by a primary control process that provides control in an industrial automation environment, and to identify at least a secondary data verification value generated by a secondary control process associated with the primary control process. The program instructions also direct the processor to compare the primary data verification value with at least the secondary data verification value to determine if an error has occurred with respect to the primary control process.
US09696687B2
Provided are a complex spatial light modulator and a three-dimensional (3D) image display apparatus. The complex spatial light modulator includes a spatial light modulator configured to modulate a phase of light, a first prism array which is disposed after the spatial light modulator along a path of the light, and including prism units each having a first prism surface and a second prism surface, and a hologram optical device configured to diffract the light that has passed through the first prism array independently from a polarization of the light, where the first prism array and the hologram optical device are configured to modulate the phase and an amplitude of the light.
US09696685B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a main body; a first cartridge; a second cartridge; and a retaining member. The main body includes a first power-supplying part; and a second power-supplying part. The first cartridge includes a first power-receiving part. The second cartridge includes a second power-receiving part. The first and second power-receiving parts are configured to contact with the first and second power-supplying parts respectively. The retaining member is configured to retain the first and second cartridges and includes one side wall having a frame formed of a resin material and a reinforcing member formed of a metal material. A top edge of the frame is positioned lower than top edges of the first and second power-receiving parts. A top edge of the reinforcing member is positioned at a same vertical position as or lower than the top edge of the frame.
US09696674B2
An optical sensor includes a light source; and an optical detector detecting intensity of light that is reflected by a recording medium, the light from the light source and irradiated onto the recording medium. Further, when an incident angle of the light incident the recording medium from the light source relative to a normal line of the recording medium is given as θ1, a formula 75°≦θ1≦85° is satisfied.
US09696667B2
A constraining mechanism includes a porous member that is in contact with a rotating body, which rotates about a rotation axis, and restrains foreign objects from moving in an axial direction of the rotating body and a covering portion that covers a portion of the porous member including an end portion of the porous member located upstream in a direction of rotation of the rotating body and that is in contact with the rotating body as a result of being pressed by the porous member.
US09696665B2
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body, a drum unit, an intermediate transfer unit, a waste toner container, and a first guide portion. The drum unit includes a photoconductor drum. The intermediate transfer unit includes a transfer belt and a belt cleaning portion. The belt cleaning portion removes waste toner remaining on the transfer belt and conveys the waste toner toward one side in a width direction of the transfer belt. The waste toner container is provided below an end of the drum unit on the one side and includes an introduction port that introduces waste toner to an inside of the waste toner container. The first guide portion guides the waste toner conveyed by the belt cleaning portion to the one side, from the introduction port to the inside of the waste toner container.
US09696662B2
A cleaning device includes an upstream cleaner, an upstream cleaner, and a collection member. The upstream cleaner is configured to remove toner from a surface of a cleaning target. The downstream cleaner is disposed downstream from the upstream cleaner in a direction of movement of the surface of the cleaning target. The downstream cleaner is configured to remove toner from the surface of the cleaning target. The collection member is configured to collect toner from the downstream cleaner.
US09696660B1
A toner cartridge includes a cylinder having an opening and accommodating carbon powder, a transmission member having a pipe portion sleeved onto the cylinder, an end portion and at least one outlet communicating with the opening, a powder guiding member having a main body disposed at the end portion and blades extended from the main body radially, and a powder storing cover having a cover body sleeved onto the pipe portion and a powder exit located under the powder guiding member. As a result, the carbon powder can leave the cylinder through the opening, enter the powder storing cover through the outlet, and be driven by the rotation of each blade of the powder guiding member to move to the powder exit, thereby discharged for usage in an electronic imaging device. The toner cartridge is simple in structure, convenient and fast in assembly, and less possibly has false actions.
US09696659B2
A developing apparatus includes a first auger and a second auger for respectively conveying a developer in a first direction and a second direction, an opening for delivering the developer from the first auger to the second auger, a discharger located in the first direction from the opening to discharge the developer conveyed by the first auger, and a retention member provided on at least one of the first auger and the second auger to retain the developer circulated by the first and second augers.
US09696658B2
A developer container, which includes an opening and is configured to store developer therein, includes a developer conveyance plate configured to convey the developer. The developer conveyance plate includes a vibration target unit configured to receive a vibration, and conveys the developer in a first direction in which the developer is conveyed toward an opening side, and in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The developer is conveyed by the vibration transmitted from the vibration target unit with use of a resultant force generated by adding a conveyance component in the first direction and a conveyance component in the second direction. A maximum acceleration a1 (max) in the first direction that is provided to the developer conveyance plate by the vibration transmitted from the vibration target unit is set to a lower acceleration than a maximum acceleration a2 (max) in an opposite direction from the first direction.
US09696655B2
A cartridge includes: a casing including a developer accommodation part for accommodating developer; an agitator for agitating the developer and rotatable about a first rotational axis extending in an axial direction; a receiving member rotatable about a second rotational axis upon receipt of a drive force inputted thereto; a first drive-force transmission member rotatable about a third rotational axis upon receipt of the drive force from the receiving member; and a second drive-force transmission member rotatable about the first rotational axis together with the agitator. The second drive-force transmission member can contact the first drive-force transmission member and receive the drive force therefrom, the first rotational axis being positioned closer to the second rotational axis than the third rotational axis is to the second rotational axis when projected in the axial direction of the agitator.
US09696653B2
A developing device includes a developer carrier, a thickness restricting portion, and an airflow rotor. The developer carrier rotates while carrying a developer on an outer circumferential surface thereof. The thickness restricting portion is disposed spaced apart from the developer carrier, and restricts the thickness of the two-component developer carried by the developer carrier. The airflow rotor is a rotor that rotates in a direction opposite to a rotation direction of the developer carrier, at a position spaced apart from an upper surface of the thickness restricting portion and from the outer circumferential surface of the developer carrier. The airflow rotor generates airflow in a space between the airflow rotor and the upper surface of the thickness restricting portion.
US09696649B2
An optical head includes a lens array including resin lenses, a holder that holds the lens array, and a positioning mechanism that positions the holder such that the holder is opposed to a target. The positioning mechanism is configured to change a distance between the lens array and the target depending on a change in at least any one of temperature and humidity.
US09696648B2
An image forming apparatus includes a process cartridge that includes an image bearer including a rotary shaft and rotates about the rotary shaft; a charger to charge a surface of the image bearer; and a developing device to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on the image bearer into a visible toner image. The charger includes a charging roller that rotates about a shaft together with the image bearer during image formation and electrically charges a surface of the image bearer. A surface linear speed of the charging roller is made slower than a surface linear speed of the image bearer. The image forming apparatus includes a charging roller controller that switches the rotational speed of the charging roller to a first rotational speed slower than the linear speed of the image bearer and a second rotational speed identical to the linear speed of the image bearer.
US09696646B2
Suspension polymerization toner of a core-shell structure with dense charges comprises core-shell composite particles prepared by mixing suspension dispersion liquid of toner core particles with shell monomer emulsion and resin-type CCA dispersion liquid, and carrying out a polymerization reaction to form rigid shell layers with dense charges coated on the soft toner core particles. A preparation method thereof comprises: mixing a low-Tg monomer oil phase forming toner core particles with aqueous dispersion liquid, carrying out a heating polymerization reaction after suspension granulation to convert monomer oil droplet particles to polymer particles, and obtaining soft toner core particles; adding a high-Tg shell monomer forming rigid shell layers into water containing a surfactant to form emulsion, adding the emulsion and CCA dispersion liquid into suspension dispersion liquid of the soft toner core particles for second polymerization after mixing, and cleaning, filtering, drying and performing additive treatment.
US09696644B2
The present invention provides a crystalline polyester resin having a sharp melt property that realizes both fixing performance and blocking property and demonstrates favorable charging performance, in which the crystalline polyester resin for toner, satisfying the following relationships, 25≦Tg≦70, and (Tg+273)/(Mp+273)≧0.75, wherein Tg (° C.) represents a glass transition temperature of the crystalline polyester resin for toner, and Mp (° C.) represents a melting point of the crystalline polyester resin for toner.
US09696643B2
A multilayer laminate such as a label assembly having high opacity and desirable appearance characteristics is described. The laminate includes a facestock layer, an adhesive layer, and a liner layer. The facestock layer includes a print-receiving top coat layer that includes a combination of titanium dioxide and one or more optical brighteners. The combination of these materials avoids build up of static charges upon laser printing on the facestock.
US09696641B2
An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer contains a charge generating material and a hole transport material represented by general formula (1) shown below in a single layer. Titanyl phthalocyanine contained as the charge generating material exhibits a main peak at a Bragg angle 2θ±0.2°=27.2° in a CuKα characteristic X-ray diffraction spectrum and satisfies either (B) or (C), shown below, in a differential scanning calorimetry spectrum. (B) A peak is not present in a range from 50° C. to 400° C., other than a peak resulting from vaporization of adsorbed water. (C) A peak is not present in a range from 50° C. to 270° C., other than a peak resulting from vaporization of adsorbed water, and a peak is present in a range from 270° C. to 400° C.
US09696627B2
New photoresist compositions are provided that are useful for immersion lithography. Preferred photoresist compositions of the invention comprise one or more materials that have base-reactive groups. Particularly preferred photoresists of the invention can exhibit reduced leaching of resist materials into an immersion fluid contacting the resist layer during immersion lithography processing.
US09696626B2
A composition for forming a resist underlayer film is provided, which contains: a calixarene-based compound obtained from a calixarene by substituting at least a part of hydrogen atoms each on phenolic hydroxyl groups comprised in the calixarene, with a monovalent organic group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; and an organic solvent. The monovalent organic group preferably includes a crosslinkable group. A part of hydrogen atoms each on phenolic hydroxyl groups of the calixarene-based compound is preferably substituted. The ratio of the number of substituted phenolic hydroxyl groups to the number of unsubstituted phenolic hydroxyl groups in the calixarene-based compound is preferably no less than 30/70 and no greater than 99/1.
US09696622B2
New photoresist compositions are provided that are useful for immersion lithography. Preferred photoresist compositions of the invention comprise one or more materials that can be substantially non-mixable with a resin component of the resist. Further preferred photoresist compositions of the invention comprise 1) Si substitution, 2) fluorine substitution; 3) hyperbranched polymers; and/or 4) polymeric particles. Particularly preferred photoresists of the invention can exhibit reduced leaching of resist materials into an immersion fluid contacting the resist layer during immersion lithography processing.
US09696610B2
The purpose of this clip is to attach to a chain link fence and provide a connection point for a device or structure. The method of attachment is provided by two mechanically combined structural members with peripheral retaining grooves that fit the fence wire. The clip is compressed or expanded to grip two parallel wires of a chain link fence. The structural members of the clip move the retaining grooves in parallel for a precise fit with the fence. The clip can be engaged with the fence in an internal or external manner. In the preferred embodiment of this invention, the chain link fence clip utilizes a spring to force the two retaining grooves into engagement with the fence. The clip can be locked in place for a strong semi-permanent connection. Springs, cams, linkages, and screws can be used to automate engagement for quick tool-less attachment and removal.
US09696591B2
The present invention provides a liquid crystal panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display apparatus comprising the liquid crystal panel, which relates to the field of display technology, and can avoid the problem that the sealant is separated from the first substrate and/or the second substrate while the liquid crystal panel is bent. The liquid crystal panel of the present invention comprises a first substrate and a second substrate, the first substrate and the second substrate are aligned with each other to form a liquid crystal cell, and the liquid crystal cell is sealed with sealant, wherein, at least one convex structure is provided in a region which corresponds to position of the sealant on the first substrate and/or the second substrate.
US09696590B2
There is provided a liquid crystal display, including: a first substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes comprising a pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate and including a plate-like electrode having a plate shape and a plurality of minute branches extending from a side of the plate-like electrode to the outside; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a plurality of common electrodes comprising a common electrode disposed below the second substrate and including a plurality of minute branches positioned to correspond to the plate-like electrode of the pixel electrode and the plate-like electrode positioned to corresponding to the plurality of minute branches of the pixel electrode; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
US09696587B2
Disclosed is a backlight module backplane, which includes a frame and a board. The frame includes a first sidewall, a top wall, a second sidewall, and a bottom wall that are sequentially connected in an end-to-end manner. The first sidewall and the second sidewall are of a straight plate structure. The top wall and the bottom wall are of a curved plate structure. The board has four edges respectively positioned against and fixed to the first sidewall, the top wall, the second sidewall and the bottom wall, so that the frame sets the board in a form of a curved surface. The backlight module backplane has reliable accuracy of curvature, a reduced weight, and a low cost. Also disclosed are a backlight module and a liquid crystal display device.
US09696581B2
According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a polarizing layer, first and second substrate units, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate unit has first and second surfaces. The first surface is on the polarizing layer side. The second surface is on a side opposite to the first surface. The first substrate unit includes first and second pixel electrodes, and an opening region. The first and second pixel electrodes are disposed on the first surface. The second substrate unit is provided between the first substrate unit and the polarizing layer. The second substrate unit has third and fourth surfaces. The third surface is on the first substrate unit side. The fourth surface is on a side opposite to the third surface. The second substrate unit includes an opposing electrode on the third surface. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the first and third surfaces.
US09696579B2
A liquid crystal panel includes, sequentially stacked, a glass cover plate, a first polarizer, a liquid crystal layer, a second polarizer, and a glass bottom plate. The liquid crystal layer includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels includes a plurality of liquid crystal molecules. The first polarizer includes first absorption axes and second absorption axes. The second polarizer includes third absorption axes and fourth absorption axes. The first absorption axes of the first polarizer and the third absorption axes of the second polarizer have axial directions that are orthogonal to each other and form a first orthogonal system. The second absorption axes of the second polarizer and the fourth absorption axes of the second polarizer have axial directions that are orthogonal to each other and form a second orthogonal system. The first orthogonal system and the second orthogonal system define therebetween an included angle of 45 degrees.
US09696578B2
A display device including a substrate, a plurality of data lines disposed on the substrate, a first color filter disposed between a first data line and a second data line that are adjacent to each other among the data lines, a first dummy color filter configured to overlap a third data line that is adjacent to the first data line, be separated from the first color filter, and display a same color as that of the first color filter, and a second color filter disposed at a region between the first data line and the third data line and configured to display a color different from that of the first color filter. A thickness of the first dummy color filter is smaller than that of the first color filter, and the second color filter is disposed on the first dummy color filter.
US09696566B2
A wearable electronic display that includes an eyewear frame having a first side frame portion. A display module with a micro-display for generating images can be mounted to the first side frame portion. The display module can have an elongate portion with an image exit window positioned for directing viewable images to a user's eye.
US09696559B2
A multiview image displaying system is provided. The multiview image displaying system includes: a display panel, a shutter panel, a shutter panel, and glasses. The display panel is for displaying images for different viewpoints by time division and includes a first polarizer. The shutter panel is provided in front of the display panel and includes an active shutter panel and a phase retardation plate. The glasses are for observing the images. The glasses are selected from among polarized glasses and shutter glasses.
US09696558B2
Laser or narrow band light sources are utilized to from left (R1, G1, B1) and right (R2,G2;B2,) images of a 3D projection. Under off-axis viewing of projections (i.e. oblique incident angles) the passbands of the viewing filters in the glasses are blue-shifted, which has the potential of cause crosstalk and/or loss of energy/brightness in any channel or color. This blue-shift is compensated via the combined use of any of viewing passbands (220) encompassing the associated projected lightband (222) and a red-shift passband (224) selection of passband wavelengths that maximize usability of the passband as it “shifts” due to varying or increasing angles of off-axis viewing), curvature of viewing filters, and guard bands between light bands of adjacent channels. Implemented with any number of light sources, additional light sources are utilized to affect a desirable increase in color gamut.
US09696557B2
An example optical device includes a first optical element and a second optical element. The first optical element has first and second surfaces. A first light emitted by a display is incident on the first surface. The first optical element includes transmissive portions and non-transmissive portions. Each of the transmissive portions extends in a first direction parallel to the first surface. The non-transmissive portions are respectively disposed in regions between the transmissive portions. A light transmittance of the non-transmissive portions is lower than that of the transmissive portions. A second light emitted from the second surface is incident on the second optical element, which emits a third light by condensing the second light. An optical axis of the third light is tilted with respect to an optical axis of the second light in a plane parallel to the first direction.
US09696556B2
The display device includes an image display the screen of which includes a plurality of sub-pixels of three primary colors R, G and B for displaying a 2D image and a 3D image; and a DFD-PDLC lenticular lens array which includes a plurality of parallel DFD-PDLC lenticular lens elements, wherein the direction of the long axis of each of the DFD-PDLC lenticular lens elements is vertical or slant to the screen of an image display, the DFD-PDLC lenticular lens array is installed in front of the screen of the image display, the optical refractive index of the DFD-PDLC lenticular lens elements is variated under the drive of an external drive voltage V(f) to switch between the display of a 2D image and the display of a 3D image on the screen of the image display, wherein f is the drive frequency of the external drive voltage.
US09696536B2
A plan apochromat corrected microscope objective including multiple subsystems with optical components and/or component groups, wherein an optical component or a component group can move axially in the interior of the microscope objective. The axially movable component or the component group includes a concave-convex lens or lens group oriented toward the object plane, with a form factor of: X = c 1 + c 2 c 1 - c 2 wherein X is the form factor, c1 is the curvature of the surface oriented in the direction of the object plane, and c2 is the curvature of the surface oriented in the direction of the image plane, of the axially movable lens or lens group, X lying within a range from −8
US09696533B2
An optical image scanning component is suitable to receive a light provided by a light source of a microscope device and comprises a first scanning unit and a second scanning unit. The first scanning unit comprises a first scanning mirror rotated along a first direction as axis at a first resonance frequency. The second scanning unit comprises a second scanning mirror rotated along a second direction as axis at a second resonance frequency which is different from the first resonance frequency. The light is emitted to the first scanning mirror and reflected to the second scanning mirror, and the light is reflected by the second scanning mirror to be transmitted to an objective lens module of the microscope device.
US09696522B2
A photographing optical 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 first lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface. The second lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element with positive refractive power has a convex image-side surface, wherein two surfaces of the fourth lens element are both aspheric. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, wherein two surfaces of the fifth lens element are both aspheric.
US09696513B2
A multicore optical fiber with a reference section having a material defining a marked multicore glass optical fiber. The multicore fibers can be in groupings, for example, the groupings can be in the form of one of an optical fiber ribbon covered by a matrix, and a tight buffered cable. Fiber optic connectors can be assembled to the multicore optical fiber at either or both ends, and the colored portion can be associated with the optical fiber connector aligning the optical core elements with the optical connectors. The assembly can have at least one transceiver device with a transmit port and a receive port defining a two-way communication channel. Further aspects describe methods of manufacturing multicore fibers including application of curable coatings and reference sections.
US09696506B2
A connector housing assembly is disclosed having a housing, a plurality of compressible heat conducting members and a monolithic heat sink. The housing has a first direction corresponding to a height direction of the housing, a second direction parallel to a heat generating module insertion direction, and a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. The housing includes a plurality of module receiving ports positioned side by side in the third direction, a plurality of conductor receiving spaces corresponding to the plurality of module receiving ports respectively, and a heat sink installation surface. The plurality of compressible heat conducting members are positioned in the plurality of conductor receiving spaces respectively, each having an elasticity in the first direction. The monolithic heat sink is positioned on a heat sink installation surface of the housing, covering and in surface-contact with the plurality of compressible heat conducting members.
US09696500B2
A female hardened fiber optic connector for terminating an end of a fiber optic cable that is suitable for making an optical connection with another hardened cable assembly and cable assemblies using the same are disclosed. The female hardened fiber optic connector includes a connector assembly, a crimp body, and a shroud. The crimp body has a first shell and a second shell for securing the connector assembly at a front end of the shells and a cable attachment region rearward of the front end for securing a cable. The crimp body fits within the shroud and is secured within the shroud using a locking feature disposed on a rim area of the shroud. The female hardened connector may further include a receptacle having a non-hardened receptacle port and a hardened receptacle port, where alignment fingers of the female hardened connector fit into distinct openings on the non-hardened receptacle port side.
US09696496B2
A semiconductor optical device includes a semiconductor substrate having first to fourth regions, a 90-degree optical hybrid provided in the third region on a principal surface of the semiconductor substrate, first and second waveguides provided in the first region and being optically coupled to the 90-degree optical hybrid, a photodiode provided in the fourth region, a third waveguide provided in the second region to optically couple the 90-degree optical hybrid to the photodiode, and a metal layer provided on a back surface of the semiconductor substrate. The metal layer includes a first part provided in the first region and a second part provided in the second region that is spaced apart from the first part by a distance. The 90-degree optical hybrid has a first length. The distance between the first and second parts is more than or equal to the first length.
US09696488B2
A semiconductor structure is provided, the semiconductor structure comprising: a semiconductor substrate processed to comprise at least an optical aspect comprising at least a silicon photonics device and at least an electronic aspect comprising at least an electronic device; at least an interlayer dielectric layer provided on the semiconductor substrate, and at least an electrically interconnecting layer provided on the interlayer dielectric layer, wherein: the semiconductor structure further comprises at least a functional-oxide crystalline layer provided in relation to the interlayer dielectric layer before the interconnecting layer is provided on the interlayer dielectric layer, the functional-oxide crystalline layer comprising at least a functional-oxide material and is processed to comprise at least an active optical device, and the interlayer dielectric layer comprises a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being in common to at least a respective part of the optical aspect and the electronic aspect.
US09696486B2
A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) is described. This PIC includes an inverse facet mirror on a silicon optical waveguide for optical proximity coupling between two silicon-on-insulator (SOI) chips placed face to face. Accurate mirror facets may be fabricated in etch pits using a silicon micro-machining technique, with wet etching of the silicon <110> facet at an angle of 45° when etched through the <100> surface. Moreover, by filling the etch pit with polycrystalline silicon or another filling material that has an index of refraction similar to silicon (such as a silicon-germanium alloy), a reflecting mirror with an accurate angle can be formed at the end of the silicon optical waveguide using: a metal coating, a dielectric coating, thermal oxidation, or selective silicon dry etching removal of one side of the etch pit to define a cavity.
US09696482B2
This document describes techniques and apparatuses for implementing backlight dimming film. These techniques may be performed using a side entry lightguide structure having a receiving side and an output surface. The lightguide structure receives light through the receiving side and redirects the light so that it is output through the output surface. The techniques are also performed relative to a cover screen structure that receives light from the output surface of the lightguide structure and filters the light to display an image. A dimming film is disposed between the output surface of the lightguide structure and the cover screen structure. The dimming film is controlled to block light output from the output surface of the lightguide structure from being received at the cover screen structure.
US09696472B2
A stereo viewing device comprises a first lens comprising a first lens filter, and a second lens comprising a second lens filter. The first lens filter comprises a first set of light absorbing dyes that define a first set of rejection bands. The first set of light absorbing dyes comprises at least a first polymethine dye. The second lens filter comprises a second set of light absorbing dyes that define a second set of rejection bands different from the first set of rejection bands. The second set of light absorbing dyes comprises at least a second polymethine dye.
US09696470B2
The description relates to capturing or sensing color images of scenes and information about the type of light (e.g., light source) that illuminated the scene. One example can include an image sensor manifest as an array of pixels. This example can also include a lens configured to focus an image from a scene on the array of pixels. The array of pixels can entail first pixels that are configured to sense the image and second pixels that are configured to capture information about lighting of the scene.
US09696455B2
The present disclosure describes a downhole tool that includes an electrically operated radiation generator that selectively outputs radiation to a surrounding environment based at least in part on supply of electrical power; a radiation detector that determines a first radiation metric based at least in part on first radiation measured when the electrically operated radiation generator is outputting radiation and that determines a second radiation metric based at least in part on second radiation measured when the electrically operated radiation generator is not outputting radiation; and a control system that determines whether the surrounding environment is properly shielded based at least in part on a relationship between the first radiation metric and the second radiation metric.
US09696452B2
Among other things, radiation systems and techniques for generating volumetric data and projections images of an object(s) under examination are provided. The radiation system comprises at least two detector arrays and at least one radiation source. During an examination, the radiation source and at least one detector array are rotated about the object while a second detector array is substantially fixed in place. In one embodiment, the radiation source is configured to, at times, illuminate the first detector array and, at times, illuminate the second detector array. For example, the radiation source may illuminate the first detector array during nearly all of the rotation while the second detector array is merely illuminated at a single gantry rotation angle. Information generated by the second detector array may be utilized to yield volumetric data while information generated by the first detector array may be utilized to yield a projection image, for example.
US09696445B2
Computational systems and methods that combine global frequency-wavenumber-domain (“f-k domain”) filters with localized eigenimage based event selection to generate a resulting wavefield with reduced filter imprints on gather edges, reduced noise, and correct treatment of aliased energy are disclosed. The methods are executed by applying filters to the full set of seismic gather data in the f-k domain in order to obtain a resulting wavefield from recorded pressure and/or particle velocity data. The output of the filter is iteratively decomposed according to local dip values using eigenimage processing based on singular value decomposition (“SVD”). The same sample locations are extracted using SVD from the input in addition to generating input for a subsequent iteration with already processed data removed. Eigenimage processing methods allow for correct treatment of spatially aliased energy in f-k domain filtering.
US09696441B2
A method of estimating stress in an earth formation is disclosed. The method includes: dividing a domain including at least a portion of an earth formation into a first region and a second region; estimating a first vertical stress in the first region and representing the first vertical stress as at least one point load; estimating a second vertical stress in the second region by a point load based method using the first vertical stress; and estimating at least one horizontal stress based on the second vertical stress.
US09696440B2
A radiation detector assembly is provided including a semiconductor detector, pixelated anodes, and at least one processor. The pixelated anodes are disposed on a surface of the semiconductor detector, and configured to generate a primary signal responsive to reception of a photon and a secondary signal responsive to an induced charge caused by reception of a photon by at least one adjacent anode. The at least one processor is operably coupled to the pixelated anodes, and configured to define sub-pixels for each pixelated anode; acquire primary signals and secondary signals from the pixelated anodes; determine sub-pixel locations for acquisition events using the primary and secondary signals; generate a sub-pixel energy spectrum for each sub-pixel; apply at least one energy calibration parameter to adjust the sub-pixel energy spectra for each pixelated anode; and, for each pixelated anode, combine the adjusted sub-pixel energy spectra to provide a pixelated anode spectrum.
US09696432B2
The invention relates to a device for processing information delivered by a photon detector, comprising: an analogue circuit for generating a signal comprising a series of pulses, each pulse having an amplitude proportional to the energy freed by an interaction of a photon in the detector; an analogue circuit for determining the instant at which the amplitude of a pulse of the signal is maximal; and an element for capturing the value of the signal at said instant.
US09696430B2
Described herein is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system that incorporates sensor data to statistically minimize the time to autonomously locate a target on the ground. The system uses a two-stage approach to finding the RF target: 1) randomized flight, such as Lévy fight, to search the ground space and, 2) a geo-localization process, such as a simplex minimization process, to home in on the target.
US09696429B2
A wireless tracking device operating in at least two modes to reduce power consumption and extend the operable period of the wireless tracking device. In an active mode, the wireless tracking device samples sensor signals at a higher resolution and may also actively communicate with a remote device via wireless connection. In a hibernation mode, most of the components or modules in the wireless tracking device are shut down to reduce power consumption. The wireless tracking device may switch to the active mode when a predetermine event is detected.
US09696426B2
A system for scanning light to define a range gated signal includes a pulsed coherent light source that directs light into the atmosphere, a light gathering instrument that receives the light modified by atmospheric backscatter and transfers the light onto an image plane, a scanner that scans collimated light from the image plane to form a range gated signal from the light modified by atmospheric backscatter, a control circuit that coordinates timing of a scan rate of the scanner and a pulse rate of the pulsed coherent light source so that the range gated signal is formed according to a desired range gate, an optical device onto which an image of the range gated signal is scanned, and an interferometer to which the image of the range gated signal is directed by the optical device. The interferometer is configured to modify the image according to a desired analysis.
US09696425B2
An optical distance measuring apparatus including a light source, a variable mirror scanning the light on an object, a receiving device receiving light from the object, a detected signal amplifying unit detecting a light receiving signal obtained by the receiving device, an amplification control unit detecting a set target value of light sensitivity of the receiving device or sets the light sensitivity based on a light quantity of reflected light, and a distance calculation unit detecting a flight time of the ranging light from a light emitting signal and calculating a distance up to the object, wherein in a first scan period, the amplification control unit detects the set target value based on a light quantity of the reflected light, and in a second scan period, the amplification control unit sets sensitivity of the receiving device to the set target value and the distance calculation unit calculates the distance.
US09696420B2
A method of assessing an area for parking a vehicle includes ultrasonically scanning the area to obtain ultrasonic data, radar scanning the area to obtain radar data, and determining whether to park the vehicle in the area based on both the ultrasonic data and the radar data.
US09696409B2
A land-based Smart-Sensor System and several system architectures for detection, tracking, and classification of people and vehicles automatically and in real time for border, property, and facility security surveillance is described. The preferred embodiment of the proposed Smart-Sensor System is comprised of (1) a low-cost, non-coherent radar, whose function is to detect and track people, singly or in groups, and various means of transportation, which may include vehicles, animals, or aircraft, singly or in groups, and cue (2) an optical sensor such as a long-wave infrared (LWIR) sensor, whose function is to classify the identified targets and produce movie clips for operator validation and use, and (3) an IBM CELL supercomputer to process the collected data in real-time. The Smart Sensor System can be implemented in a tower-based or a mobile-based or combination system architecture. The radar can also be operated as a stand-alone system.
US09696393B2
A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) receiver includes a receiver coil on a substrate. The receiver coil includes one or more capacitors. The construction of the capacitors allows for the use of very flexible substrates and allows the capacitors themselves to be highly flexible. The increased flexibility permits the MRI receiver to be conformed to the body of a patient and accordingly improves the MRI process.
US09696392B2
A method of data acquisition at a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system is provided. The system receives at least a portion of raw data for an image, and detects anomalies in the portion of raw data received. When anomalies are detected, the system can correct those anomalies dynamically, without waiting for a new scan to be ordered. The system can attempt to scan the offending portion of the raw data, either upon detection of the anomaly or at some point during the scan. The system can also correct anomalies using digital correction methods based on expected values. The anomalies can be detected based on variations from thresholds, masks and expected values all of which can be obtained using one of the ongoing scan, previously performed scans and apriori information relating to the type of scan being performed.
US09696386B2
A system and method to test integrity of an electricity power supply network in an aircraft is disclosed. The system comprises: a current injector for connection to an output point of one or more phase line forming a test circuit with an electricity generator, the current injector configured to inject a test signal through the electricity generator in the test circuit; a current measurement test probe for installation in the test circuit to measure intensity of the injected test signal current; and a processing unit to connect to the current measurement test probe and to a set of input and output current measurement probes associated with the phase line to acquire current intensity measurement signals output by the current measurement test probe and by the set of input and output current measurement probes, and to determine electricity indicators representative of the integrity of the electricity power supply network.
US09696384B2
A system and method of simultaneously calculating an isolation resistance and a y-capacitance of a RESS may include the steps of: injecting a first signal into a RESS; recording an output signal from the RESS in response to the injection of the first signal; multiplying the first signal with the output signal to determine a first product; multiplying a second signal with the output signal to determine a second product wherein the second signal is orthogonal to the first signal; filtering the first product to determine a first constant; filtering the second product to determine a second constant; processing the first constant to determine a y-capacitance value; and processing the second constant to determine an isolation resistance value.
US09696382B2
Disclosed is a method for estimating the maximum power of a battery, which can inexpensively perform an estimation of the maximum power of a battery in a relatively simple manner of using the internal resistance of the battery, which has a correlation with and a largest effect on the maximum power of the battery. The method includes the steps of: measuring an internal resistance and a temperature of the battery and estimating a state of charge, if an estimation of the maximum power of the battery is requested; and reading a value of the maximum power of the battery, which corresponds to the measured temperature, the estimated state of charge, and the measured internal resistance, from a table in which the internal resistances and the maximum powers of the battery are mapped according to the temperatures and states of charge.
US09696379B2
A method is provided for maintaining system state in semiconductor device having a first chip and a second chip, which are physically conjoined to form a stacked structure, wherein the first chip includes functional circuitry, and the second chip includes control circuitry for capturing and restoring a microarchitecture state of the functional circuitry of the first chip. The method includes initializing a system state of the semiconductor device and entering a wait state for a state capture triggering event. In response to an occurrence of a state capture triggering event, state data representing a current system state of the functional circuitry on the first chip is captured. The captured state data is transferred to the second chip through a system state I/O (input/output) interface of the second chip under control of the control circuitry on the second chip. A copy of the captured state data is then stored in a memory.
US09696376B2
A test configuration for testing a leakage current of a device under test (DUT) of an integrated circuit is provided including a logarithmic transducer electrically connected to the DUT and a voltmeter electrically connected to the logarithmic transducer.
US09696375B2
A capacitive sensor that includes at least one capacitive element and a switched-capacitor readout circuit part for detecting at least one signal capacitance that results from motions of the capacitive element. The self-test bias voltage of the actuation circuit part is coupled to the capacitive element during a first period that is synchronized to the front end reset period and occurs when the self-test of the capacitive sensor is enabled by the self-test controller.
US09696374B2
A software code operates with a circuit interrupting device having an auto-monitoring circuit including a controller for automatically testing various functions and structures of the device. The auto-monitoring circuit initiates the software code which includes an auto-monitoring routine which, among other things, establishes a self-test fault during the positive or negative half-wave of an AC power cycle and determines whether the detection mechanisms within the device properly detect the self-test fault. Moreover, the software code executed by the controller compares sensed voltages from test signals with a determined or set maximum voltage value and compares the sensed voltages with a set or determined minimum voltage value. The sensed voltages must be greater than the maximum voltage value or lower than the minimum voltage value for a predetermined number of counts before an end-of-life state is determined for the circuit interrupting device. The number of counts reduces the likelihood of false detections of error conditions by the auto-monitoring circuit when determining whether the circuit interrupting device has reached the end of its useful life.
US09696353B2
A sense resistor is coupled between a power source and one or more power pins of an integrated circuit (IC) chip including a circuit component (e.g., a microcontroller unit (MCU)). An on-chip amplifier (e.g., a programmable gain amplifier or op-amp) amplifies the voltage drop over the sense resistor to a level that is within the dynamic range of an on-chip analog-to-digital converter (ADC). In some implementations, the measured signals can be time-stamped and stored in a trace buffer and aligned with other trace data using a front-end tool (e.g., a personal computer). In some implementations, circuitry is included for detecting and handling power consumption events associated with the circuit component. In some implementations, a program counter associated with the circuit component is synchronously sampled with the power consumption measurements and/or other data sources.
US09696349B2
A detecting unit is presented. The detecting unit includes a flexible circuit having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The flexible circuit includes a plurality of cells defined therein, each of the plurality of cells having a first side and a second side respectively corresponding to the first side and the second side of the flexible circuit. Moreover, the flexible circuit includes a plurality of conductive windings disposed on at least one of the first and second sides of the plurality of cells. Further, the flexible circuit includes a stress reduction feature between each of the plurality of cells. Also, the detecting unit includes a sealing element configured to secure the flexible circuit in a stacked configuration. A sensing system and a method of making a detecting unit are also presented.
US09696346B2
A system for intrusion detection in a field area network where data is transmitted via packets, includes a processor for analyzing the packets to ascertain whether the packets conform to a sets of rules indicating an intrusion, and a database for storing an alert indicating an intrusion if the packets conform to at least one rule in the sets. The sets of rules are for field network layer data, internet protocol traffic data and field area application traffic data. A method for detecting intrusion in a field area network where data is transmitted via packets, including analyzing the packets to ascertain whether the packets conform to the sets of rules, and storing an alert indicating an intrusion if the packets conform to at least one rule in the sets of rules.
US09696345B2
A voltage measurement device includes an insulating body, for the use in medium- or high-voltage equipment or switchgears The insulating body includes an impedance divider having at least one high voltage impedance and at least one low voltage impedance in series, and with shielding electrodes. In order to optimize the circuit design for voltage measurement design in a given application and prevent the risk of malfunction when the same device it is used in multiple applications or at severe environmental or operating conditions, the device includes at least one high-voltage shielding electrode and/or at least one low-voltage shielding electrode which dimensions together establish a physical length of the impedance divider. The shielding electrodes surround the high and/or low voltage impedances, which provide a specified voltage division ratio and which are located inside or outside of the insulating body. An output of the impedance divider is connected to a shielded cable.
US09696336B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying users of portable user devices according to one or more accelerometer profiles created for a respective user. During a media session, the portable computing device collects media exposure data, while at the same time, collects data from the accelerometer and compares it to the user profile. The comparison authenticates the user and determines the physical activity the user is engaged in. Additional data may be collected from the portable computing device to determine one or more operational conditions of the device itself, including the detection of multiple devices being physically carried by one user. Gross motion strings may also be generated by devices and compared to see if strings match, thus suggesting multiple devices are being carried by one user.
US09696335B2
A hot wire anemometer utilizing metal-coated carbon naonotube wire includes a detecting element, a signal enlarging element, a signal dealing element, and a display device. The hot wire of the detecting element includes a nanotube composite wire. The carbon nanotube composite wire includes a carbon nanotube wire and a metal layer. The carbon nanotube wire includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes spirally arranged along an axial direction of the carbon nanotube wire. The diameter of the carbon nanotube wire ranges from 50 nanometers to 30 micrometers. The rate of twist of the carbon nanotube wire ranges from 250 t/cm to 300 t/cm. The metal layer is coated on a surface of the carbon nanotube wire. The thickness of the metal layer ranges from 50 nanometers to 5 micrometers.
US09696334B2
A wheel speed sensor is provided that makes it possible to suppress unnecessary deformation when crimping a cover. A wheel speed sensor has a sensor head in which a sensor is accommodated, and a tube-shaped metallic cover that covers a portion of the sensor head and protects the sensor head. The cover has multiple protruding pieces on an opening portion, and is fixed against the sensor head by the protruding pieces being crimped toward the sensor head.
US09696324B2
The present invention provides a method for the quantification of NO in a blood sample comprising the steps of collecting a blood sample, dividing said collected blood sample into three blood subsamples, chemically treating one blood subsample with an antioxidant to at least partly reduce free radicals of said blood subsample, performing EPR measurement of said blood subsamples, performing a first comparison of said chemically treated blood subsample EPR measurement with the EPR measurement of a non-chemically treated blood sub-sample thereby obtaining a first comparison result and performing a second comparison of this result with an EPR measurement of the remaining blood subsample in order to eliminate background signals.
US09696313B2
In some aspects, the invention relates to Heat Shock Protein-1 (HSF1) gene and HSF1 gene products. In some aspects, the invention provides methods of tumor diagnosis, prognosis, treatment-specific prediction, or treatment selection, the methods comprising assessing the level of HSF1 expression or HSF1 activation in a sample obtained from the tumor. In some aspects, the invention relates to the discovery that increased HSF1 expression and increased HSF1 activation correlate with poor outcome in cancer, e.g., breast cancer.
US09696311B2
Sensor array for detecting biomarkers for cancer in breath samples. The sensor array is based on 2D films or 3D assemblies of conductive nanoparticles capped with an organic coating wherein the nanoparticles are characterized by a narrow size distribution. Methods of use of the sensor array for discriminating between patterns of volatile organic compounds from healthy individuals and patients with various types of cancer are disclosed.
US09696308B2
A protein complex isolated from its natural medium and including the ZEBRA protein of sequence SEQ ID NO: 1, the isolated protein complex having the following properties: it is more stable than the ZEBRA protein, in particular it is more resistant to the action of the proteases than the ZEBRA protein, it is capable of specifically binding the AZ125 and AZ130 monoclonal antibodies, it is soluble in a body fluid, and in particular a body fluid selected from the group constituted by blood and serum, and to its detection process and the uses of this process for the prognosis or diagnosis of lymphoproliferative episodes associated with the EBV.
US09696306B2
Successful CNS drug discovery requires a scalable, highly physiological neuronal model. Using directed differentiation of mouse embryonic stem (mES) cells, including mES cells isolated from a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD), a highly homogeneous primary neuronal model amenable to phenotypic assays for production and synaptotoxicity of amyloid β-peptide was developed. This model furnishes a highly physiological and AD-relevant platform suitable for high throughput small molecule and functional genetic screens, providing specific small molecule compounds identified by such screens.
US09696305B2
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, mediums, and kits for use in phenotyping antibody responses via devices such as surface plasmon resonance devices. Such phenotypes can include total target-specific antibody titers, quantitative isotype distribution of the target-specific antibodies, and/or epitope specificity of the target-specific antibodies. Other methods, systems, mediums, and kits are also disclosed.
US09696301B2
The present invention relates to a method for separating nanoparticles and analyzing a biological substance using a microfluidic chip. The microfluidic chip of the present invention is effective in more sensitively and precisely detecting an analyte. According to the present invention, the use of the microfluidic chip enables the separation of nanoparticles through separation holes on the basis of size, achieving highly reliable analysis of a biological substance. In conclusion, the microfluidic chip of the present invention uses separation holes adapted to the size of nanoparticles to greatly increase the reliability of analysis of a biological substance, which will contribute to a marked improvement in the reliability of analysis based on microfluidics and a microfluidic system.
US09696300B2
The invention provides peptide compositions and mixtures useful for the detection of antibodies that bind to Ehrlichia antigens. The peptide compositions and mixtures comprise polypeptide sequences based on an immunogenic fragment of the Ehrlichia Outer Membrane Protein 1 (OMP-1) protein. The invention also provides devices, methods, and kits comprising such peptide compositions and mixtures useful for the detection of antibodies that bind to Ehrlichia antigens and the diagnosis of monocytic and/or granulocytic ehrlichiosis.
US09696296B2
Serine 350 has been identified as the site of O-GlycNAcylation of c-Rel. Methods are provided for identifying compositions capable of blocking c-Rel activation. The methods generally involve identifying compounds that inhibit O-GlcNAcylation of c-Rel at the serine 350 residue, thereby preventing c-Rel activation and production of c-Rel-dependent cytokines.
US09696291B2
The invention relates to a new and fast device for determination of freshness of the food of animal origin, specifically to the electronic nose, to a method for determination of freshness of the food by using a portable electronic nose which analyses volatile compounds and gases in the meat headspace, and to a system that includes the electronic nose and the tool for shielding extraneous odors and forming the defined headspace. The invention describes a fast and simple method for determination of the meat freshness, which is easy to use and the results get by it are objective and reliable.
US09696290B2
The interior of a fractionating tool for fractionating dioxins is packed with a purification layer and an adsorption layer. The adsorption layer includes a first adsorption layer including an activated carbon-containing silica gel layer and a graphite-containing silica gel layer, and a second adsorption layer including an alumina layer. When a solution of dioxins is injected into the purification layer and is supplied with an aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent, the solvent dissolves dioxins in the solution of dioxins and passes through the purification layer and the adsorption layer. In this process, non-ortho PCBs, PCDDs and PCDFs among dioxins are adsorbed to the first adsorption layer, and mono-ortho PCBs among dioxins are adsorbed to the second adsorption layer. As a result, dioxins are fractionated into a group including non-ortho PCBs, PCDDs and PCDFs, and mono-ortho PCBs.
US09696287B2
A self-contained mobile apparatus which replicates the evaluation of scents, fragrances, aromas and odors in controlled and home environments. The apparatus simulates various stages of the consumer experience and has adjustable settings for dosing, air flow, and room size. The scented compound sample is placed within a cabinet having an enclosed sample chamber which is connected to an upward facing sample tube. An air fan is mounted within the sample chamber which circulates and controls sample air flow upward to a testing station wherein the sample air flow is tested for the identification and the concentration of the scent contained therein. A return air chamber and filter are mounted below the testing station. The filtered return air is controlled downward by a return air blower to provide an exhaust out through the bottom of the apparatus.
US09696286B2
An efficient absorption spectroscopy system is provided. The spectroscopy system may be configured to measure solid, liquid or gaseous samples. Vacuum ultra-violet wavelengths may be utilized. Some of the disclosed techniques can be used for detecting the presence of trace concentrations of gaseous species. A preferable gas flow cell is disclosed. Some of the disclosed techniques may be used with a gas chromatography system so as to detect and identify species eluted from the column. Some of the disclosed techniques may be used in conjunction with an electrospray interface and a liquid chromatography system so as to detect and identify gas phase ions of macromolecules produced from solution. Some of the disclosed techniques may be used to characterize chemical reactions. Some of the disclosed techniques may be used in conjunction with an ultra short-path length sample cell to measure liquids.
US09696284B2
Described are extraction columns and systems that include extraction columns. The extraction column includes a column body that has a reservoir portion, an extraction media portion, and a collar portion. The reservoir portion includes an inlet and a reservoir. The extraction media portion includes an elongated sleeve having an inner surface defining a cavity. The extraction media portion has an inlet end in fluid communication with the reservoir and an outlet end. An extraction medium is disposed in the cavity of the elongated sleeve. The collar portion extends axially in a common direction with the elongated sleeve. The collar portion has a terminal end which is spaced apart from the outlet end of the elongated sleeve and which extends axially at least to a plane defined by the outlet end of the elongated sleeve.
US09696282B2
A method measuring elastic properties using ultrasound of a part made of a material having a curved surface, includes: emission of bundles of ultrasound waves in a direction of a point of impact on the part's surface to generate waves within the part; knowing a thickness d of the part at the point of impact in a first direction D1 and a thickness d2 in a second direction forming an angle determined with respect to the first direction, taking a first measurement t1 of time taken by the longitudinal waves transmitted to travel d1 from the point of impact, and taking a second measurement t2 of the time taken by the transverse waves to travel d2 from the point of impact; and determining the Young's modulus and/or Poisson's ratio of the material based on the longitudinal velocity VL=d1/t1 and transverse velocity VT=d2/t.
US09696281B2
An inspection head of an eddy current non-destructive testing sensor with separate transmitting and receiving functions includes a support whereon is arranged at least one transmitting/receiving element. Each element includes a circuit transmitting a local electromagnetic field, by circulating a predefined alternating current in the circuit, and an electromagnetic receiver sensitive to the locally transmitted electromagnetic field. The transmitting circuit is a portion of conductive sheet extending over a layer of the support layer in a predefined main direction of flow of the alternating current. The electromagnetic receiver is disposed facing the transmitting circuit relative to an axis normal to the layer of the support on which the portion of sheet extends to have an electromagnetic detection axis orthogonal to this normal axis and orthogonal to the predefined main direction of flow of the alternating current in the portion of conductive sheet.
US09696276B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for separation of biomolecules via two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, methods and apparatus for immunoblotting separated biomolecules, and methods for the use of biomolecules processed via the methods and apparatus of the present invention, including use in a clinical setting. The methods and apparatus for separation of biomolecules via two-dimensional gel comprises vertical agarose gel electrophoresis in the first dimension, and the electrophoresis of a novel non-denaturing 3-35% concave gradient polyacrylamide gel in the second dimension. This novel gel can be cast in a modified gel caster that can facilitate the pouring of multiple gels simultaneously. The methods and apparatus for immunoblotting are useful with any type of immunoblotting, including Western blot, Northern blot, and Southern blot analyzes. These methods and apparatus provide safe, efficient and cost-effective immunoblots, while facilitating the reduction of exposure to toxic or radioactive materials, as well as the disposal of those materials.
US09696275B2
Methods and apparati for performing measurements of electrical signals in a multi-compartmented fluidic array format where the signal to noise ratio is improved are disclosed.
US09696274B2
A gas sensor element of an air/fuel ratio sensor has a structure in which at least a part of an end portion of a porous electrode is sandwiched between a porous member and a solid electrolyte member. Therefore, it is possible to restrain shrinkage of the porous electrode during manufacture of the gas sensor element, which shrinkage would otherwise occur at the time of heating in a debindering step or at the beginning of a firing step, whereby occurrence of green breakage in the solid electrolyte member is restrained. Thus, cracking due to green breakage is restrained from occurring in the solid electrolyte member produced through firing. Since the end portion of the porous electrode can receive oxygen through the porous member, blackening of the solid electrolyte member can be prevented.
US09696273B2
A reference half-cell for application in an electrochemical sensor, comprising a housing, in which a chamber containing a reference electrolyte is formed, wherein the reference electrolyte (5, 105) is in contact with a medium surrounding the housing via a liquid junction arranged in a wall of the housing, wherein the liquid junction comprises a porous diaphragm, especially a porous ceramic diaphragm, and wherein the diaphragm has, at least partially, a coating, which comprises at least one metal.
US09696269B2
An apparatus and method for NMR analysis of a plurality of core samples includes a core holder (11) that holds a core sample under pressurized conditions. A radio frequency coil (51) disposed about the core holder (11) generates a pulsed-mode magnetic field component over a sample volume occupied by the core sample. A support structure is removably secured to the respective core holder. A permanent magnet (65A, 65B) has an open configuration such that it is removably disposed into a position within the support structure about the radio frequency coil and the core holder. The open configuration allows the same permanent magnet to be used for NMR analysis of a plurality of core samples without the need for depressurizing the respective core holder and disassembling the core holder and corresponding load frame for each core sample. It also allows multiple core samples to be prepared for NMR analysis while separated from the NMR measurement apparatus.
US09696267B2
Apparatus for improving a three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of a sample is programmed to execute instructions including: removing uncorrelated noise in said 3D reconstruction with COMET or other regularization techniques; and removing correlated noise in said 3D reconstruction by applying an Extended Field Iterative Reconstruction Technique (EFIRT) procedure.
US09696264B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for inspecting a vertical semiconductor stack of a plurality of layers is disclosed. The method includes (a) on a confocal tool, repeatedly focusing an illumination beam at a plurality of focus planes at a plurality of different depths of a first vertical stack, wherein a defect is located at an unknown one of the different depths and the illumination beam has a wavelength range between about 700 nm and about 950 nm, (b) generating a plurality of in-focus images for the different depths based on in-focus output light detected from the first vertical stack at the different depths, wherein out-of-focus output light is inhibited from reaching the detector of the confocal system and inhibited from contributing to generation of the in-focus images, and (c) determining which one of the different depths at which the defect is located in the first vertical stack based on the in-focus images.
US09696263B2
A borescope calibration device is provided that includes a base having a planar surface and a plurality of reference surfaces on a side of the base opposing the planar surface, each of the plurality of reference surfaces having a height that decreases along a length of the base, a fixture that positions an optical head along a reference line that is parallel to the planar surface and providing a fixed distance between the reference surfaces and the optical head, the fixture being movable along a length of the base, and a target pattern formed on each of the reference surfaces.
US09696261B2
A multi-channel device includes up to three channels for optical testing of liquid samples. The liquid sample(s) may include surface water, drinking water, processed water or the like. The multi-channel device may include a turbidity channel and a color channel that measure turbidity and color, respectively, of a liquid sample using spectrographic analysis. The multi-channel device may also include a colorimetric channel that measures the concentration of various analytes in a liquid sample, such as free chlorine, total chlorine, copper and phosphate.
US09696259B2
A system for obtaining a measurement of a species of interest. The system includes one or more reference regions, a sensor region, an exciter unit, a detector unit and a processing unit. The exciter unit exposes first and second chemical transducers in the reference and sensor regions, respectively, to an excitation light while they are exposed to reference environments and an analyte, respectively. The detector unit measures responses of the first and the second chemical transducers to the excitation light. The processing unit determines a compensation for aging of the first chemical transducer from a discrepancy between the measurements of the responses of the first chemical transducer and reference responses. The processing unit applies the compensation for aging to the measurement of the response of the second chemical transducer to obtain the measurement of the species of interest in the analyte.
US09696253B2
Disclosed herein are a microchip provided with a titanium oxide film between a glass substrate and a metal thin film; and a method for forming the metal thin film and the titanium oxide film on the glass substrate of the microchip. The microchip has a second microchip substrate that has the metal thin film inside a channel, and the titanium oxide film, which has a low extinction coefficient, is provided as a buffer layer between the substrate and the metal thin film such as a gold film.
US09696252B2
An apparatus for enumerating one or more specific elements within a biologic fluid sample is provided. The apparatus includes a first planar member that is transparent, and a second planar member. The members are separated from one another by a substantially uniform height, and the height is sized relative to the specific elements within the sample such that the specific elements non-uniformly distribute within the sample upon introduction into the chamber.
US09696248B2
Mechanical, electronic, algorithmic, and computer network facets are combined to create a highly integrated advanced sensor that monitors the gas density, state-of-repair, and events associated with switchgear. Measurements of gas pressure, atmospheric pressure, gas temperature, are used with models of the non-ideal behavior of a particular gas to realistically estimate gas density. A hierarchical system of signal processing optimizes measurements working within high-frequency, real-time, short-term, medium-term, diurnal, long-term, and historical timeframes and overcomes measurement errors present in real-world applications. The time at which a condition such as gas density will reach a particular level is calculated. Events such as threshold attainments and switchgear operation are detected. A large memory stores all raw data values allowing flexible re-processing and verification at any future time. Instantaneous as well as logged information is communicated in convenient formats over a selected digital network. An embedded web server provides a familiar graphical user interface.
US09696243B2
A fluid sampling system for collecting a fluid sample, the sampling system comprising a detachable sampling device having a recipient, an entrance valve for controlling entry of a fluid into the recipient, an exit valve for controlling exit of the fluid from the recipient, and a data storage device for storing data related to the fluid sample.
US09696242B2
A separation device that can include a separation tube or container that has a wall defining an internal volume into which a material can be placed is disclosed. The material can include a multi-component mixture or solution. A secondary tube or withdrawal cannula can be placed and/or moved within the tube to withdrawal a material form the tube.
US09696236B1
A test apparatus includes a vibratory body that shakes a device under testing (DUT), a pedestal dedicated to support the DUT and disposed on the vibratory body, and a clamping mechanism operative to selectively clamp the pedestal to the vibratory body and release the pedestal from the vibratory body. The vibratory body and the pedestal define a cavity in which the clamping mechanism is disposed. The clamping mechanism includes a clamp ring and at least one locking element carried by the clamp ring so as to be displaceable in a radial direction relative to the clamp ring, at least one tang facing the at least one locking element in the radial direction, and a piston slidable in an axial direction relative to the clamp ring between a first position at which the pedestal is free from vibratory body and a second position at which the locking element is compressed between the piston and the tang.
US09696229B2
A force applicator assembly is disclosed to calibrate an in-situ force transducer (or load cell) in a force (load) applying test machine. The force applicator includes stationary member configured to be secured to fixed structure, a moving member, a load cell operably coupled to an end of the moving member, and a differential screw assembly connecting the moving member to the stationary member. A coupling assembly can be used to assure that only tension or compression loads are applied. The coupling assembly can be configured if desired such that no tension or compression loads can be applied. A method to calibrate an in-situ force transducer in a force applying test machine is also provided and uses a force generator and the coupling assembly.
US09696227B2
The present invention relates to a device for measuring the force present in the drive chain of an electric bicycle that basically comprises a metal plate (1) with an axle area for being attached to one end of the wheel axle (2) to receive the force F1 applied to the bicycle's frame by said wheel axle (2) in the longitudinal axis of the bicycle and a frame area for being to the bicycle frame were said frame area comprises tapped holes (3) to be attached to the bicycle frame, at least a force sensor (4), an adjusting screw (5) to adjust said force sensor (4), an elastic overload protection element (6), such as an helical spring, designated to maintain the sensor (4) within a secure load range for protecting it from overloads, and a system of transmission for receiving the horizontal force component F1′ and transmitting a proportional elastic reaction force to the force sensor (4).
US09696224B1
A torque detection device includes a base with a first support portion and a second support portion, two first rails connected to the first support portion and two second rails movably connected to the two first rails. A movable part is connected to the two second rails and has two rods. A chuck unit is connected to the movable part. A torque device is connected to the first support portion and has a receiving member. A first part has a first engaging portion on the first end thereof, and which is engaged with the receiving member. The first part has a second engaging portion on the other end thereof. An axial force detector is connected to the second support portion and has a reception member, and the two rods contact the reception member. The axial force detector detects the axial force that the two rods apply to the movable part.
US09696222B2
A UNCD nanowire comprises a first end electrically coupled to a first contact pad which is disposed on a substrate. A second end is electrically coupled to a second contact pad also disposed on the substrate. The UNCD nanowire is doped with a dopant and disposed over the substrate. The UNCD nanowire is movable between a first configuration in which no force is exerted on the UNCD nanowire and a second configuration in which the UNCD nanowire bends about the first end and the second end in response to a force. The UNCD nanowire has a first resistance in the first configuration and a second resistance in the second configuration which is different from the first resistance. The UNCD nanowire is structured to have a gauge factor of at least about 70, for example, in the range of about 70 to about 1,800.
US09696215B2
A system and a method for monitoring and inspecting food safety is disclosed. The system adopts insert and use concept that only requires an initial push on a button to begin its function. The system provides visual alert for different conditions if food products are in unsafe status. The system is pre-calibrated during manufacture without complicated or multi-step calibration or recalibration procedures during application. The system relies on modern surface-mount microprocessor technology that enables long-term calibration stability along with very low power consumption for extended battery life.
US09696207B2
A method and apparatus for improving contrast in prism coupling measurements of waveguide mode spectra, wherein the measured waveguide sample has a surface region of rapidly decreasing index, characterized with normalized slope λ n ⅆ n ⅆ z > 0.0004 . An opaque light-blocking element is placed in the portion of the light beam closest to the plane of the contact between prism and measured sample, on the input side, output side or both sides of the prism. The light blocking element prevents light from the light source to reach a portion of the length of the prism-sample coupling interface along the optical path, prevents light reflected from a portion of the aforementioned length to reach the detector, or both when input and output light-blocking elements are used.
US09696205B2
An array type light-receiving device includes a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arranged in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, each of the pixels including a light-receiving layer having a responsivity to a wavelength of light. The pixels arranged in the second direction constitute a plurality of pixel lines extending in the second direction, the plurality of pixel lines being arranged in the first direction to form an array. The pixels in each of the pixel lines have different pixel areas from each other. In addition, the pixel area of each of the pixels included in at least one of the pixel lines is determined in accordance with the responsivity to a wavelength of light received by each of the pixels.
US09696204B2
A frequency registration deviation is quantified for a field spectrum collected during analysis by a spectroscopic analysis system of a sample fluid when the spectroscopic analysis system has deviated from a standard calibration state. The field spectrum is corrected based on the frequency registration deviation using at least one spectral shift technique, and a concentration is calculated for at least one analyte represented by the field spectrum using the corrected field spectrum. Related systems, methods, and articles are described.
US09696203B2
A spectral data processing apparatus includes an analyzer configured to perform principal component analysis of spectral data acquired for each of a plurality of regions of a sample, wherein the analyzer obtains an eigenvector by performing the principal component analysis of first spectral data of a first region out of the plurality of regions, and performs the principal component analysis of second spectral data of a second region different from the first region out of the plurality of regions using the obtained eigenvector.
US09696194B2
An apparatus (400) for a vibratory meter (100) having one or more flow tubes (101, 102) adapted to vibrate is provided. The apparatus (400) comprising two or more brace bars (203, 204) adapted to couple to the one or more flow tubes (101, 102), and an isolation bar (402) coupled to the two or more brace bars (203, 204).
US09696192B2
A device for measuring flow is provided. Tubing having a polymer therein is activated, followed by downstream detection of agents released by the polymer. The downstream detection of the agents provides for a calculation of the flow to be performed.
US09696191B2
A thermal, flow measuring device for determining and/or monitoring a mass flow of a measured medium through a measuring tube, comprising a sensor having a first heatable resistance thermometer and at least a second heatable resistance thermometer, wherein the sensor has a longitudinal axis and an end face, which is divided into at least two adjoining segments, wherein a surface normal vector of at least a first segment forms with the longitudinal axis of the sensor an angle of at least 5°; and use of a thermal, flow measuring device.
US09696185B2
A positioning system, in particular, positioning in six dimensions of a sensor with respect to an assembly composed of a multitude of LEDs, is provided. The sensor is a shadow sensor and has a mask and a 2D imager. By recording the shadow of the mask cast by each LED on the imager, and by properly multiplexing the LEDs, the system can compute the 6D position of the LED assembly with respect to the shadow sensor. This computation is based, in part, on treating the shadow of the mask cast on the imager as the equivalent of the projection of light in a pinhole camera.
US09696183B2
An angular position detector includes a cylindrical rotor having an axis of rotation and a first ring with a plurality of alternating teeth and valleys, a first first-ring magnetic sensor having a sensor surface facing the first ring, the first first-ring magnetic sensor being configured to produce a first signal in response to movement of the first ring past the first first-ring magnetic sensor, a second first-ring magnetic sensor having a sensor surface facing the first ring and being configured to produce a second signal in response to movement of the first ring past the second first-ring magnetic sensor, the second first-ring magnetic sensor being circumferentially offset from the first first-ring magnetic sensor by a first angle and a controller operatively connected to the first and second first-ring magnetic sensors and configured to produce a first output signal based on the first and second signals.
US09696174B2
Provided is a system and method for providing a surrounding area search result. A search system may include a searcher configured to search for a reference location in response to a nearby point of interest (POI) search request based on the reference location, and to search for POIs located around the reference location, and a display configured to display a search result about the POIs based on each reference location when at least two reference locations are retrieved.
US09696172B2
Driving directions are presented where a maneuver in the driving directions includes a road symbol and an action symbol. A road symbol identifies the road involved in the particular maneuver, and an action symbol identifies an action to be performed to execute the particular maneuver. In one example, a road symbol, an action symbol and narrative text may be presented in displayed or printed driving directions. In another example, a road symbol and an action symbol may be used to describe a maneuver presented by an on-board or mobile navigation system when the vehicle in which the navigation system is present approaches the point at which the maneuver is to be taken. The road symbol and the action symbol may be presented with, or without, narrative driving directions.
US09696170B2
Route setting systems, methods, and programs set a guide route from a departure location to a destination location, display the set guide route on a display superimposed on a map image, receive an operation by a user designating a location on the displayed map image, acquire a road status of a road in the vicinity of the designated location, and select a pass-through road on the basis of the acquired road status. The pass-through road is a road by which the guide route will pass from the road in the vicinity of the designated location. The systems methods, and programs change the set guide route to a route that leads from the departure location to the destination location by way of the selected pass-through road.
US09696152B2
It is possible to, with a position measuring apparatus in a NC machine tool, a NC lathe, or the like that uses a load monitoring scheme, significantly reduce a response delay on the detecting jig side than those in the conventional apparatuses, and consequently measure the position of a measurement target with high accuracy. A measurement target (e.g., an advanceable and retractable center) is caused to abut a position detecting jig at the advanced end of the measurement target. In such a state, retracting and advancing motions of the measurement target are created to increase the load torque of a feed motor to a level sufficiently higher than the load torque that is detectable by the apparatus. After that, the abutment state between the measurement target (center) and the jig is canceled to cause a sudden drop in the load torque of the feed motor. Accordingly, it is possible to, even with a position measuring apparatus that uses a relatively low-cost load monitoring scheme, significantly reduce a response delay than those in the conventional apparatuses, and consequently measure a position with higher accuracy.
US09696145B2
A method for using structured light in a handheld projection device is provided that includes projecting a structured light pattern in at least one portion of a frame being projected by the handheld projection device, wherein the at least one portion of the frame is a subset of the frame, capturing an image of the projected frame, computing scene depth information based on the structured light pattern in the captured image, and using the scene depth information in processing of a subsequent frame of the video stream.
US09696144B2
Provided herein is a three-dimensional shape measurement apparatus capable of measuring a shape of a measurement object using an interferometer and color information of the measurement object, the apparatus including a light source for emitting a light; a light divider for reflecting the light emitted from the light source or transmitting a light reflected by the measurement object; a lens unit for focusing the light reflected by the light divider onto the measurement object; a light detector for detecting the light reflected from the measurement object; and a light adjuster arranged on a light path between the light source and the light divider, and configured to interrupt the light being emitted from a central area of the light source to reduce interference of light occurring in the lens unit.
US09696143B2
There is described an optical system for sensing the surface of an object. The system comprises: a light source for emitting at least one light beam centered on the optical axis of the system; a light reflector for reflecting the at least one incident light beam to generate at least two hollow conical light beams centered on the optical axis and having different opening angles, the at least two reflected hollow conical light beams for illuminating the surface; and an image capture device for imaging the illuminated surface.
US09696141B2
There is provided a system for measuring temperature and strain simultaneously utilizing Brillouin Scattering within an optical fiber. The system has a cladding, a first optical core within the cladding and a second optical core within the cladding and having a different refractive index profile and/or composition than the first core. Means to couple light into and out of said individual optical cores and/or from one optical core to the other within the fiber is provided along with means for calculating strain and temperature characteristics based on measured Brillouin frequencies for said optical cores.
US09696139B2
The present disclosure provides a system and method for providing an improved protective coating for a substrate that may be inspected using the unaided eye or other apparatus under available light. The protective coating is mixed with an additive comprising flakes or particles that, when applied to the substrate as part of the protective coating, allow the user to empirically determine if the surface has received an adequate protective coat. The determination of whether or not any defects exist may include comparing the observed appearance of the specialty pigment particles with a comparative standard.
US09696137B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for estimating a location on an object in a three-dimensional scene. Multiple radiation patterns are produced by spatially modulating each of multiple first radiations with a distinct combination of one or more modulating structures, each first radiation having at least one of a distinct radiation path, a distinct source, a distinct source spectrum, or a distinct source polarization with respect to the other first radiations. The location on the object is illuminated with a portion of each of two or more of the radiation patterns, the location producing multiple object radiations, each object radiation produced in response to one of the multiple radiation patterns. Multiple measured values are produced by detecting the object radiations from the location on the object due to each pattern separately using one or more detector elements. The location on the object is estimated based on the multiple measured values.
US09696124B2
The present disclosure relates to a cartridge case processing device, comprising: a trimmer holder comprising a first section that receives a die body and a second section provided with a through hole that receives a rotatably mounted rod upon which a cutter is arranged; and an adjusting device positioned coaxial to the rod and comprising a hollow cylindrical component provided with a threaded section that extends at least partially into the second section and engages with an internal threaded section of the second section, the hollow cylindrical component being rotatable relative to the trimmer holder, the adjusting device comprising an operating section for manual rotation of the hollow cylindrical component in relation to the trimmer holder.
US09696104B1
A trigger can include one or more kinesthetic features to provide increased mechanoreceptor stimulation. This can give a shooter increased kinesthetic awareness of the trigger pull. The trigger can include any number of different kinesthetic features in different configurations such as ridges, grooves, bumps or depressions, raised or depressed surfaces, bars, etc. These features can provide an increased sense of feel to encourage the straight, even, efficient and/or consistent pressing of the weapon's trigger to produce consistent and accurate shot placement. The trigger can include two kinesthetic features or reference points, such as parallel bars, on the trigger face. With the parallel reference points the operator can apply equal pressure across the face of the trigger during manipulation.
US09696103B2
In some embodiments, a trigger group comprises a trigger arranged to pivot on a trigger axis and a hammer arranged to pivot on a hammer axis. The hammer includes a cam surface. The hammer is moveable from a first position to a second position upon break of the trigger, and the cam surface contacts the trigger in the second position. Desirably, the cam is arranged to bias the trigger.
US09696097B2
Embodiments of multi-substrate thermal management apparatus are provided herein. In some embodiments, a multi-substrate thermal management apparatus includes a plurality of plates vertically arranged above one another; a plurality of channels extending through each of the plurality of plates; a supply manifold including a supply channel coupled to the plurality of plates at first locations; and a return manifold including a return channel coupled to the plurality of plates via a plurality of legs at second locations, wherein the supply and return channels are fluidly coupled to the plurality of channels to flow a heat transfer fluid through the plurality of plates.
US09696096B2
A loop heat pipe includes an evaporator to cause a liquid-phase working fluid to be vaporized by heat from a heat source; a condenser to condense the vaporized working fluid; a circulation path including a liquid line and a vapor line to connect the condenser and the evaporator in a loop; a tank provided on the liquid line and configured to accommodate the liquid-phase working fluid; a connecting line to connect the tank and the evaporator to supply the liquid-phase working fluid to the evaporator; and a bypass line positioned over the connecting line in a direction of gravity and connecting the evaporator and the tank, the bypass line being configured to discharge a vapor bubble produced in the evaporator during operation of the loop heat pipe to the tank.
US09696091B2
Embodiments of the present invention include a heating method and apparatus in which a plurality of heated regions is superimposed in order to improve energy density control.
US09696089B2
Disclosed is a grain drying apparatus installed in a combine harvester. The grain drying apparatus using exhaust heat of a combine harvester according to the present invention comprises: an intake duct one end of which is connected to an exhaust port of the combine harvester and the other end of which outputs the hot air discharged from the exhaust port; a filter unit located at the other end of the intake duct for removing harmful components from the hot air; and an exhaust duct connected to the other end of the filter unit to supply the hot air from which the harmful components are removed to a grain selection pan of the combine harvester.
US09696085B2
There is disclosed a refrigerator including a case having a storage chamber provided therein; a lighting device provided in the storage chamber to light an inner space of the storage chamber, a first door rotatably coupled to the case to open and close the storage chamber, an auxiliary storage chamber (50) provided in the first door to define a storage space, the auxiliary storage chamber (50) accessible through an opening formed in the first door, a second door (30) rotatably coupled to the first door in the same direction as the first door, a front panel attached to a front surface of the second door (30), the front panel formed of a transparent material, an evaporation treatment unit evaporated on an overall back surface of the front panel to transmit lights partially, a variable transparency film (120) attached to a back surface of the evaporation treatment unit provided in the front panel to get transparent when the power is supplied, a frame unit of the second door (30) on which the front panel is mounted, with an opening having a corresponding size to an opening provided in the first door, an insulation panel provided in the frame unit of the second door (30), distant from the front panel, a power supply unit for supplying an electric power to the variable transparency film (120) and the lighting device, a proximity sensor provided in the second door (30) to sense a user's approaching, and a control unit for controlling the power supply unit to simultaneously operate the variable transparency film (120) and the lighting device based on a sensing signal of the proximity sensor.
US09696081B2
Disclosed is an improvement of a bubble-type snowflake maker. The interior of a machine body of a main machine is provided with accommodating space for disposing a blower that is used to send out wind power towards an air outlet pipe and an air outlet; a pump transports bubble water to a bubble head along a flexible bubble water pipe; a tail end of the air outlet pipe is sleeved with a cloth sleeve extending outwardly, and the bubble head of the bubble water pipe is disposed in the air outlet pipe; the air outlet is outwardly connected to a spray pipe having an inner pipe, and the air outlet pipe and the cloth sleeve extend into the pipe; the inner diameter of the inner pipe of the spray pipe is greater than the outer diameter of the air outlet pipe; and an inner annular toothed edge radially extends inwardly along a tail end of the inner pipe of the spray pipe. Wind power generated by the blower is blown to the interior and exterior of the cloth sleeve through the air pipe and the air outlet separately, so that the bubble water exudes from a surface of the cloth sleeve to form bubbles, and the wind power is used to blow the bubbles to fly away, so as to form artificial snowflakes.
US09696079B2
An ice maker has an ice mold that includes a metallic piece and an insulated piece. A cooling source is thermally coupled to the metallic piece. A cavity is within the ice mold and has a first reservoir in the metallic piece and a second reservoir in the insulated piece. The first and second reservoirs align to substantially enclose the cavity. An intake aperture in the insulated piece extends to the cavity for receiving water. A drive body rotatably coupled to the ice mold that operates in an ice-making cycle, wherein the drive body repeatedly rotates the mold from an injection position to a tilted position. The cavity receives an incremental amount of water in the injection position and moves to the tilted position to freeze at least a portion of the incremental amount of water over a side surface of the cavity to make an ice piece.
US09696074B2
A refrigerant compression system and method for controlling a refrigerant compression system are described. In some aspects, the refrigerant compression system includes a compressor system having a plurality of compression stages, a plurality of quench valves, a first suction temperature control circuit associated with a first quench valve, a second suction temperature control circuit associated a second quench valve, and a discharge temperature control circuit associated with a plurality of the quench valves. Quench valve settings are determined based on evaluation of one or more outputs from the suction temperature control circuits and the discharge temperature control circuit.
US09696071B2
A gas-liquid separator applicable to a refrigeration system includes a cylindrical body, an inlet pipe fixedly connected to an upper end of the cylindrical body and an outlet pipe fixedly connected to a lower end of the cylindrical body, and further includes a gas guiding element, the gas guiding element further including a baffle, a flange located at one end of the baffle, and a bottom plate located at the other end of the baffle, the baffle being located above the outlet pipe and blocking a gas inlet of the outlet pipe; the flange being fixedly connected to an inner wall of the cylindrical body; and the bottom plate being fixedly connected to a side wall of a gas inlet end of the outlet pipe.
US09696056B1
The HVAC condition based maintenance system and method provides for a system to reduce operating costs by replacing existing time based scheduled maintenance with an on-condition based maintenance system and method for continuous monitoring and acquiring condition based data from an operating HVAC system, transmitting data to a remote server for storage, analysis and trending, recognizing operational performance reductions based on the comparison of current trending to historical data, and for triggering notification of failures and corrective action based on routine, impending and immediate problem recognition. Additionally, the acquired data is used to derive actual heat load characteristic of the building, identify HVAC system deficiencies, building deficiencies and installation issues and load imbalance of multi-unit systems providing direction for system improvements.
US09696054B2
Systems and methods for controlling a central plant for a building are provided. The central plant has a plant load. An optimal combination of plant equipment for meeting the plant load is estimated. Estimating the optimal combination of plant equipment includes using binary optimization to determine at least two potential combinations of plant equipment. Estimating the optimal combination of plant equipment also includes using nonlinear optimization to determine a potential power consumption minimum for each of the at least two potential combinations. The central plant is controlled according to the estimated optimal combination of plant equipment.
US09696051B2
An air conditioner includes: a stepped portion provided on a side of an outlet of an air passage wall; an air passage extension having a rotary shaft in the outlet, the air passage extension being rotatable in an opening direction about the rotary shaft to bring a rear end into abutment with the stepped portion in such a manner that the air passage extension integrates with the air passage wall to form a curved surface of a predetermined curvature; and a rotary mechanism configured to cause the air passage extension to rotate in such a manner as to bring the rear end into abutment with the stepped portion when the air conditioner is put into operation.
US09696050B2
The invention relates to an evaporative humidifier including a water reservoir, a wick unit and a fan unit. The wick unit is configured to absorb water from the water reservoir. The fan unit is arranged within a fan housing and configured to force an air flow to flow through the wick unit. The fan housing comprises a top cover unit defining at least one annular air outlet at an outer part adjacent a circumference of the top cover unit. One of the main advantages of this invention is that the evaporative humidifier has an optimal air flow path and can operate in a low noise. The invention also relates to an indoor climate controlling system using such an evaporative humidifier.
US09696045B2
An air conditioner including: a converter circuit that is on an electronic substrate and converts an alternating current to a direct current; an inverter circuit that is on the electronic substrate and converts a direct current converted by the converter circuit to an alternating current to operate a motor that drives a compressor; an inverter control circuit that is on the electronic substrate and drives the inverter circuit; and a temperature detector that detects an outside air temperature input to the inverter control circuit, wherein the inverter control circuit includes a locked energization control unit, and the locked energization control unit performs AC locked energization or DC locked energization on the motor in accordance with the outside air temperature detected by the temperature detector.
US09696041B2
A control device for gas appliances comprises: a manual-control element (22), which can be turned about a first axis (A) for setting a time interval; a circuit arrangement (25) that includes a sensor device, configured for detecting movements of the manual-control means (22); and a supporting structure (21), which can be associated in a stationary way to a gas tap (10), the supporting structure (21) being designed for being mounted within a body of a gas appliance. At least one of the manual-control element (22) and the supporting structure (21) has an axial cavity or defines at least part of a passage, where there can be received a corresponding part of the gas tap (10).A part of the sensor device is movable with respect to a second axis (B), and operatively set between the manual-control element (22) and the movable part of the sensor device is a transmission arrangement (28-30).
US09696039B2
A gas burner assembly includes a burner body that defines a plurality of flame ports. A temperature probe extends from the burner body such that a distal end of the temperature probe is positioned above the burner body along the vertical direction. A jacket is positioned over the distal end of the temperature probe. A bottom flange of the jacket is positioned adjacent a bottom portion of the burner body.
US09696038B2
A home appliance with a cooktop and an oven cavity. A gas-operable burner for heating the cavity to a cooking temperature and including a gas mixing pipe is mounted to the appliance with a bracket and has an inlet for intake of gas and air for combustion, the gas mixing pipe being mounted to the appliance with a bracket. A ventilation channel extends through the appliance body. A fan is in fluid communication with the ventilation channel for creating an airstream within the ventilation channel. An air conduit extends between the ventilation channel and the gas mixing pipe, with an air conduit inlet in the airstream and an air conduit outlet adjacent the gas mixing pipe to direct air from the airstream to the gas mixing pipe for combustion with the gas and air. An air conduit stabilization apparatus mounts the air conduit to the gas mixing pipe bracket.
US09696027B2
A fluid recirculation system includes an arrangement of a flow control valve located to receive a flow of fluid from an inlet. The system further comprises an economizer inlet mixing device located to receive the flow of hotter fluid from the arrangement of the flow control valve and from a cooler feedwater stream. An economizer inlet mixing device located upstream of an economizer in a supercritical pressure boiler includes a sparger assembly through which a flow of fluid from the waterwall outlet is received, an inlet through which a flow of fluid from a feed stream is received, and a wave breaker assembly through which an outlet stream from the economizer inlet mixing device is directed.
US09696024B2
For a headlight comprising a plurality of light-emitting diode arrangements (LG) arranged in a manner distributed in planar fashion on a carrier plate (TP), a cooling device for dissipating thermal power losses arising in the individual light-emitting diode arrangements, in which cooling device a plurality of flow channels extending parallel in terms of flow engineering are provided. The individual flow channels each contain a heat sink (KK), around which flows the partial air flow through the flow channel (FR) for the transfer of heat and which is connected to the relevant assigned light-emitting diode arrangement in a manner exhibiting good thermal conductivity.
US09696022B2
A downward illumination assembly comprising a lamp housing, a power supply module removably supported on a power supply module support surface, and an LED module carried by the lamp housing and coupled to the power supply module. The power supply module extends through an opening in the housing wall with at least a portion of the module being disposed outside the lamp housing and can be installed and removed interiorly of the lamp housing through the open lower end of the lamp housing.
US09696019B2
In accordance with various embodiments, planar light sheets are conformed to interior volumes of housings to produce predetermined spatial optical characteristics such as luminous intensity distributions.
US09696012B2
Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to laminated LED arrays, products including such laminated LED arrays, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, LEDs may be disposed on a flexible sheet and chained together in an array. An optional beam steering optical element may be used to help redirect the light, even when the LED arrays are disposed on a curved surface and/or at an angle that is not parallel to the intended observer's line of sight. Doing so advantageously makes it possible to ensure that a substantial portion of the axis of the light produced by embedded LEDs coincides with the front-to-rear axis of a vehicle, while still allowing for different angles of the back light for different implementations. Such techniques advantageously may be used in connection with Center High Mount Stop Lamps (CHMSLs); tail lights for cars, trucks, and other vehicles; and/or the like.
US09696011B2
A light source is provided with extended persistence and reduced flicker characteristics by using a light capacitive filter. In general, a light source can include an illumination source which converts electrical energy into emitted light. The illumination source, however, is generally powered by an AC waveform, and the periodic variations inherent in the AC waveform may cause flicker in the emitted light. To reduce the flicker, a light capacitive filter is included in the light source to filter the light emitted by the illumination source and produce a light output with reduced flicker. In some examples, the light capacitive filter includes a medium persistence phosphor having a decay constant (or half-life) of between 1 milliseconds and 2 seconds.
US09696010B2
A phosphor layer comprising a phosphor plate adhesively formed by a phosphor powder and an adhesive agent. The phosphor plate has a front side and a back side. The phosphor layer also have particles which are fixedly connected to the front and/or back side of the phosphor plate. Also provided in the present invention are a phosphor component, a corresponding light source, a projection system, and a method for manufacturing the phosphor layer. The phosphor component prevents adhesion between the phosphor plate and substrates thereof in high temperature conditions.
US09696007B2
A lighting device includes a driving unit, a body arranged under the driving unit, a first light emitting module powered by the driving unit and disposed in a first area of the body, a second light emitting module powered by the driving unit and disposed in a second area of the body surrounding the first area, a first reflector surrounding the first light emitting module, and a second reflector surrounding the second light emitting module, and the first reflector. The driving unit controls the first light emitting module and the second light emitting module independently of each other.
US09696004B2
A lighting device, such as for example a LED flexible module, includes an elongated profiled body having a mouth portion, a first and a second lateral sides arranged sidewise of the mouth portion and a web side opposed the mouth portion. The profiled body includes a light-permeable portion, extending between the mouth portion and the first lateral side, and a light-impermeable portion extending between the second lateral side and the web side. A light radiation source assembly including a support member with one or more electrically powered light radiation sources is arranged at the mouth portion with the light radiation source(s) facing the light-permeable portion, whereby light radiation is directed towards the first lateral side for emission from the lighting device.
US09695999B2
In a lighting system for a vehicle provided with a main light, an extension arranged between a reflector of the main light and an outer lens, a light guide member located in the vicinity of the extension, and a light source for the light guide member provided separately from a light source for the main light, the light source and a driver for the light guide member are arranged effectively to improve external appearance. A light incident section provided in the light guide member for admitting light from the light source for the light guide member, and a driver for the light guide member for adjusting power supply amount to the light source for the light guide member, are arranged in such a position as to be covered with an extension in a front view.
US09695993B2
The present invention provides a lighting device including (i) one or more LED chips positioned on one or more LED chip bases; (ii) one or more lens bases each of which includes one or more lenses, said lens comprises coatings for changing color temperature of the light produced by said LED chips and transmitted through said lens; and (iii) a motion transmission system to change the position of said lens bases relative to said LED chip bases, wherein each of said lenses is placed along the light path of one or more LED chips, and said lens changes the light beam cone angle of light emitted from said LED chips to produce long distance high intensity illumination. In one embodiment, the lens bases can be moved in a direction parallel to the optical axes of said lens, or moved on a plane that is parallel to said LED chip bases.
US09695990B2
An arrangement for light emission has at least one LED light-emitting means (110) in an elongate arrangement, a support element (120), which supports the LED light-emitting means (110) and a light emission element (130) which can be connected to the support element (120). The light emission element (130) is designed to modify the light emission characteristic of the LED light-emitting means (110) to give the light emission characteristic of at least one fluorescent tube.
US09695987B2
In a ball tap 1, a valving element 3 includes a valve part 10 provided with a contact projection part 9 that can come into close contact with a valve seat 7 when the valving element 3 is closed, and a flange part 11 having a circular ring shape in plan view which continues downward from the rim of the valve part 10 and is slidable like a piston in the secondary side flow passage 5, and the left and right half circumferences of the upper surface of the flange part 11 have bilaterally symmetrical shapes curved downward in arch shapes, and the left and right lower limit portions of the upper surface of the flange part are set so as to be positioned at the same heights as those of the lower end edges of drainage ports 8.
US09695984B2
A plant for regasification of LNG includes a pump boosting LNG pressure, an LNG/coolant heat exchanger producing NG from LNG from the boosting pumps, and a closed coolant loop extending through the LNG/coolant heat exchanger and including a heat exchanger. The coolant from the heat exchanger is passed through the LNG heat exchanger as a gas and leaving in a condensed state to produce NG by thermal exchange. A heating medium is used within the heat exchanger to provide coolant in a gaseous state. An NG/coolant heat exchanger is arranged in connection with the LNG/coolant heat exchanger and is connected to the closed coolant loop. LNG is preheated within the LNG/coolant heat exchanger and NG is trim heated within the NG/coolant heat exchanger using liquid coolant from at least one heat exchanger.
US09695973B2
An attachment mechanism is used to quickly and easily attach or detach an accessory or piece of equipment to or from an existing structure. The attachment mechanism generally has a slot to receive a structure, a retention member to hold the structure in place when it is desired to have the mechanism attached to the structure and a release mechanism to release the structure when it is desired to release the mechanism from the structure.
US09695964B2
An embodiment is directed to a duct coupler for joining two segments of conduit. The duct coupler includes a coupler body. The coupler body is generally tubular and has an inner diameter generally corresponding to the outer diameter of a section of conduit measured at an annular locking rib positioned on the section of conduit. The duct coupler further includes one or more protrusions formed on the interior surface of the coupler body. Each protrusion is generally wedge shaped. The one or more protrusions are positioned to engage with at least one annular locking rib to retain the section of conduit within the coupler body. The duct coupler further includes a body gasket. The body gasket is generally tubular and positioned on the interior surface of the coupler body. The body gasket is positioned to form a seal between the inner wall of the coupler body and the outer wall of the section of conduit.
US09695960B2
A fuel dispensing unit is provided that includes a fuel conduit including an external annular bead and a locking member including inwardly extending resilient tongues. The locking member is configured to retain the fuel conduit in a locked position and to receive the fuel conduit in an open position. The external annular bead of the fuel conduit causes the locking member to move to the open position when the locking member receives the fuel conduit.
US09695956B2
Systems and methods for diagnosing components of a control system are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the spectral content of various signals originating from a control valve is used to detect periodic patterns that can correspond to valve problems.
US09695953B2
Needleless access port valves are generally discussed herein with particular discussions extended to needleless access port valves incorporating a piston comprising slit along an upper piston section for accommodating fluid flow. The slit opens when the piston is compressed by a medical implement, such as a syringe tip, to permit fluid communication between the inlet and the outlet of the vale housing. The slit may be cut using high frequency cutting machine or a multi-axis robot arm and a cutting blade.
US09695951B2
A slide valve comprises a bushing in which fluid openings are provided which extend through the wall of the bushing, a slide which is arranged adjustably in the bushing and is provided with at least one fluid duct, and an electroactive polymer actuator which can adjust the slide in the bushing.
US09695950B2
A pinch valve includes a clamping jaw (12) which displaces perpendicularly to an axial direction and forms a mouth (16) that receives a flexible tube (18) that extends in the axial direction, and an abutment (12; 21) which is opposite the clamping jaw in the jaw displacement direction. The clamping jaw and the abutment are disposed relative to one another such that the tube is pinched by the advancing clamping jaw against the abutment. The clamping jaw has a displaceable support element (14) and two claws (16a; 16b) located opposite one another and engaging around the tube at least in some regions. The claws are articulated on the support element by the respective rear ends thereof such as to pivot about pivot pins oriented parallel to the axial direction, whereby the mouth opens as the clamping jaw advances and closes as the clamping jaw retracts.
US09695949B2
Valves. At least some of the example valves include: a valve body; a valve housing; and a piston that defines a proximal end and a distal end, the piston disposed in a piston bore of the valve housing. The valve defines a closed orientation by a first rotational orientation of the valve housing relative to the valve body, and the valve defines an open orientation by a second rotational orientation of the valve housing distinct from the first rotational orientation.
US09695942B2
A rotary joint for maintaining a cryogenic supplying refrigerant comprises a vacuum use cylindrical shaft supported in rotatable condition, a rotary seal ring fitted to an outer circumferential face with a space, a stationary seal ring provided at both sides of the respective rotary seal rings, a resilient bellows to press the stationary ring resiliently to the rotary seal ring side, a spaced fluid passage formed between the respective resilient bellows, a second fluid passage communicating with the spaced fluid passage, a connecting fluid passage communicating with the second fluid passage, a first pipe communicating through the spaced fluid passage, a connecting cover having a suction bore for vacuumizing and a magnetic fluid seal device having a projection constituted as multiple gaps corresponding to a pressure of the vacuumizing.
US09695937B2
A seal includes an annular mounting portion having a bellows portion extending axially and radially inward from the mounting portion. An axial leg extends axially from the bellows portion. A lay down sealing lip extends radially inward and axially from an end of the axial leg. A dust lip extends from the end of the axial leg in a direction opposite the lay down sealing lip. When the oil side is under negative pressure and when the lay down sealing lip begins to lift radially off the shaft there is a counterbalance force applied to the axial leg through the bellows geometry which maintains the lay down sealing lip in contact with the shaft. In addition, the seal is designed to be flexible enough that the oil side vacuum “rocks” the seal bringing the dust lip into contact with the shaft and blocking airflow.
US09695926B2
Embodiments herein relate to piece-part, sub-assembly, assembly, and component levels of a differential composed of a sun gear configuration and utilized in an integrated drive generator. An integrated drive generator is a hydro-mechanical transmission that drives a synchronous salient pole generator. The integrated drive generator is a constant speed output, variable speed input transmission that includes the differential and a hydraulic unit. In general, the integrated drive generator utilizes the variable speed input from an accessory gear box of an engine to drive or control a hydraulic unit, which in turn drives or controls a churn leg member of the differential. As the differential is driven, speeds of each speed member of the differential are then summed to generate the constant speed output to drive the synchronous salient pole generator.
US09695923B2
A power transmitting component with a housing, a pinion rotatably disposed in the housing, a flange and a retainer. The pinion has a stem that defines male threads and a plurality of first teeth that intersect the male threads. The flange has an internal aperture that defines female threads, a plurality of second teeth. The female threads are threadably engaged with the male threads. The retainer is insert molded between the stem and the flange and includes a body, a plurality of third teeth, a plurality of fourth teeth and a retainer member. The third teeth extend from the body and engage the first teeth. The fourth teeth extend from the body and engage the second teeth. The retainer member is engaged to one of the flange and the stem. A method for coupling a flange to a stem is also provided.
US09695920B2
A continuously variable transmission for an agricultural vehicle, the transmission comprising a transmission casing and transmission components, the components including: an input shaft drivable by a prime mover, first and second output drive shafts for connection to driven wheels of the vehicle, a mechanical transmission branch which transfers torque mechanically from the input shaft to the first and second output shafts, and a further transmission branch having at least one continuously variable motor, wherein the first and second output drive shafts are additionally driven by the at least one motor so as to provide the first and second output drive shafts with continuously variable drive.
US09695916B2
Provided is a differential member that is used in a surgical instrument, which may be manually operated to perform laparoscopic operations or various surgical operations, to receive an input of two or more rotation motions or translation motions and output a single rotation motion or translation motion.
US09695915B2
A power transfer apparatus and a method of configuring and assembling a power transfer apparatus. The power transfer apparatus includes a continuously variable transmission having a plurality of planets and a plurality of planet spindle assemblies, each one of the plurality of spindle assembly configured to rotatingly support one of the plurality of planets. Each of the spindle assemblies includes a spindle disposed in a channel of one of the plurality of planets. The spindle includes a first end in contact with an input disc and a second end in contact with an output disc. A first and second bearing are respectively located at recesses formed in the spindle. Each of the first bearing and second bearing are in contact with the interior surface of the channel of the planet to provide rotational support thereof. The power transfer apparatus provides improved assembly, performance and reliability.
US09695912B2
Examples are provided that describe a cycloid transmission with an adjustable ring. An example cycloid transmission includes a disc and a motor shaft attached to the disc. The motor shaft is capable of rotating the disc around an outer ring of rollers. The outer ring of rollers surrounds the disc. As the disc is rotated, contact is made between the disc and the outer ring of rollers. A cycloid transmission also comprises an adjustable ring that is interposed between the motor shaft and the disc. A circumference of the adjustable ring can be adjusted in order to cause expansion of a radius of the disc. This expansion will result in increased contact of the disc with the outer ring of rollers and thereby lower backlash during rotation of the disc.
US09695907B2
The present invention relates to a frictional power transmission belt containing an extensible layer forming a belt back surface, a compressive rubber layer formed on one surface of the extensible layer and frictionally engaging at the lateral surface thereof with pulleys, and a tension member embedded between the extensible layer and the compressive rubber layer along the belt length direction, in which a surface of at least a part of the compressive rubber layer to be in contact with pulleys is coated with a fiber/resin mixture layer that contains a resin component and heat-resistant fibers having a softening point or a melting point higher than a vulcanization temperature in a mixed state, and the heat-resistant fibers contain a fiber embedded so as to extend from the fiber/resin mixture layer to the compressive rubber layer.
US09695905B2
In an engine (internal combustion engine), a crankcase is provided with a fastening area that surrounds the opening and contacts the oil pan, a balance shaft housing is disposed in the crankcase to surround the opening, and four housing side fastening sections are provided to the crankcase to fasten the crankcase and the balance shaft housing. The fastening section of the four housing side fastening sections in a first axial direction side of a balance shaft is disposed on the inside of the fastening area, and the fastening section of the four housing side fastening sections in a second axial direction side of the balance shaft is disposed on the outside of the fastening area.
US09695902B2
A liquid sealed vibration isolating device is integrally provided with an elastic movable diaphragm and a relief valve. A pair of parallel straight line sections is on opposite sides of a circular elastic partition member. The elastic movable diaphragm includes a center of the elastic partition member and is surrounded by a pair of opposed circular arc sections and a pair of straight line sections formed by cutting an outer circumferential part of the elastic partition member. The relief valve is radially outward of the straight line section of the elastic partition member. A part of the elastic movable diaphragm reaches the circular arc section corresponding to the outer circumferential part of the elastic partition member so as to be increased in area as much as possible to absorb an internal pressure of a primary liquid chamber and to achieve low dynamic spring.
US09695901B2
A gas spring system includes: a gas spring assembly including at least one gas damping passage; a reservoir member connected to the gas spring assembly, the gas spring assembly being in fluid communication with the reservoir member by way of the at least one gas damping passage; and a guide member coupled with the gas spring assembly, the guide member at least partially enclosing the reservoir member and being configured for sliding axially relative to the reservoir member.
US09695896B2
A motorized vehicle has a plurality of left wheels and right wheels. The vehicle includes a first motor adapted for powering at least two of the plurality of left wheels and a second motor adapted for powering at least two of the plurality of right wheels. The vehicle also includes a first power transferring device for transferring power from the first motor to a left wheel, a second power transferring device for transferring power from the second motor to a right wheel, a third power transferring device for transferring power from the first left wheel to a second left wheel, and a fourth power transferring device for transferring power from the first right wheel to a second right wheel. The vehicle also includes a first braking mechanism for the first of the left wheels and a second braking mechanism for the second of the left wheels.
US09695890B2
A method for determining a draining behavior of a hydraulically actuated transmission shifting element. By applying actuating pressure, the shifting element is changed from a completely drained, open operating condition to a completely filled closed operating condition, and the reference filling time, until the closed condition has been reached, is determined. Upon recognition of the closed condition, then by adjusting the actuating pressure for a predefined draining time, the shifting element is changed to its open condition and, thereafter, again completely filled and closed. Upon recognition of the closed condition, the shifting element is actuated direction toward the open condition by reducing the actuating pressure. Then, before completely opening, the shifting element is again returned to its closed operating condition and the filling time, until the partially drained shifting element has reached the completely filled and closed operating condition, is determined.
US09695883B2
The clutch device includes, a right pressure flange that brings clutch discs provided on a clutch outer and clutch plates provided on a clutch inner into pressure contact with one another. A pressure ring that moves the right pressure flange with an external force and a clutch spring transmits the force toward a clutch connected position, from the pressure ring to the right pressure flange. Further, a return spring between the clutch inner and the right pressure flange urges the right pressure flange toward a clutch disconnected position. The clutch spring and the return spring are disposed parallel to a clutch axial direction, their respective positions overlapping each other in the clutch axial direction.
US09695874B2
An injection-molded rolling-element bearing cage has a radially outer-lying surface, a radially inner-lying surface, first and second radial walls connecting the radially outer-lying surface and the radially inner-lying surface, and a plurality of receiving pockets configured to receive rolling elements. The receiving pockets are spaced from the first radial wall by a first annular band of the radially inner-lying surface and from the second radial wall by a second annular band of the radially inner-lying surface, and at least one projection extends radially inward from the radially inner-lying surface into a spaced defined by the radially inner-lying surface, at least part of the at least one projection being located in the first annular band.
US09695872B2
A steering apparatus includes: a rack shaft which moves steered portions based on steering by a steering portion; a cover portion covering the rack shaft; and a bearing member arranged inside the cover portion and supporting the rack shaft so that the rack shaft is movable in an axial direction of the rack shaft, and the bearing member has a reservoir portion reserving a lubricant at a contact spot with respect to the rack shaft.
US09695871B2
An assembly that includes a rotating shaft supported with respect to a stationary housing by at least one active magnetic bearing presenting a mean radial air gap and at least one auxiliary bearing having a bushing fixed to the housing and a sleeve fixed on the rotating shaft. The bushing and the sleeve have opposite surfaces that define a clearance (E2) which is less than the mean radial air gap (E1). The bushing and the sleeve each exhibit symmetry around a longitudinal axis of the shaft and have different profiles in a longitudinal cross-section including the longitudinal axis to optimize the contact pressure distribution when the rotating shaft lands on the auxiliary bearing.
US09695865B2
An assembly for adjusting a cable that includes a locking sleeve and an adapter that is connected to the cable. The adapter includes male and female-threaded portions that are coupled together. The locking sleeve is configured to be displaced between engagement and disengagement positions. When in the engagement position, securing devices of the male and female-threaded portions engage inner sections of the locking sleeve in a manner that prevents the male and female-threaded portions from being rotated relative to each other, thereby preventing a change in the length of the adapter so as to prevent an adjustment of the cable. When the cable is to be adjusted, the locking sleeve is displaced to disengagement position such that the securing device of either the male or female-threaded portion is disengaged from the locking sleeve, thereby allowing rotation of the male or female-threaded portions relative to each other.
US09695860B2
A screw for securing dense wood material has a head with a specially configured drive socket and an underside with an array of lobes. The lobes preferably have a left-handed orientation and have chamfered extremities. The shank is specially configured with an upper thread, an intermediate unthreaded portion and a lower thread which terminates with a half-point tip. In one embodiment, the upper thread major diameter is slightly smaller than the major diameter of the lower thread. The upper thread has a greater thread density than the lower thread. The upper to lower thread-per-inch density is preferably in the range of 1.3:1 to 1.7:1. The screw is specifically configured to assist in applications where there are wet fibers near the wood deck surface.
US09695859B2
A fastening bolt includes a shaft defining a central axis, a head, a drilling portion, and first threads alternating with second threads. The first threads and the second threads have different outer diameters. Each first thread has a trailing surface facing the head and inclined to a line perpendicular to the central axis by a trailing angle and a leading surface facing the drilling portion and inclined to the line by a leading angle. The trailing angle is smaller than the leading angle to build an asymmetrical form. Some threads near the drilling portion form respective cutting grooves and recesses thereon. Each cutting groove is formed by walls with different lengths and opened at an angle which does not exceed 90 degrees. The bolt breaks the workpiece quickly by the cutting grooves and recesses. The asymmetrical first threads help enter the workpiece quickly and attain a firm engagement therewith.
US09695858B2
A rivet includes a sleeve, which has a flange, and a core member, which is inserted into the sleeve. The distal end of the sleeve is coupled to a plurality of pivoting pieces via thin hinges. By inserting the core member into the sleeve, each pivoting piece is pushed against the core member to pivot outward, and a laminated member, which is located between the flange and each pivoting piece, is fixed. A projection is arranged on the basal end surface of each pivoting piece. A hook portion is arranged on the head of the core member to project radially outward of the core member. When the core member is inserted into the sleeve, the hook portion of the core member moves past the projection of each pivoting piece in an outwardly pivoted state to fix the pivoting piece.
US09695853B2
Joints and methods of forming the same are disclosed. The joint may include a first component including an indentation formed therein having a width, a second component, an adhesive layer disposed between the first and second components, and a fastener extending through the indentation. The fastener may join the first and second components and have a head with a width greater than a minimum width of the indentation. The method may include forming an indentation having a width in a first component, applying an adhesive to one of multiple components, and stacking the components. The indentation may form a bond gap between two components. A fastener may be inserted having a head with a width greater than the width of the indentation into the indentation to join the components. The indentation may space the components apart to provide a larger bond gap for the adhesive.
US09695852B2
A floating fastener mounting structure includes a mounting socket having an annular bottom stop flange and mounting portion extending around a bottom end of a center hole thereof, a locking member including a shank inserted through center hole, a mounting head located at the top end of shank and suspending above center hole and an expanded locking end tip located at the bottom end of shank and movable in and out of the bottom end of center hole, a spring member mounted around shank and stopped between mounting socket and locking member, a cap member fastened to mounting head and having an outer diameter not larger than outer diameter of annular bottom stop flange and defining an accommodation chamber for accommodating a part of the mounting socket and a part of the mounting head. The mounting portion is downwardly inserted into a mounting through hole, and then a stamping process is applied to deform the peripheral wall of mounting through hole into a riveting portion and to simultaneously force riveting portion into engagement with the mounting portion tightly.
US09695829B2
A cooling system that includes two or more fans that each have a chassis. The chassis includes a first face, a second face, and a sidewall. The fans then can be attached to each other by attaching a sidewall of a first fan chassis to a sidewall of a second fan chassis. An adjustable vane is attached perpendicularly and approximately equidistant between the fans, with an angular control element that is attached to the first fan chassis. The vane can be oriented such that the vane divides the airflow distributed to the fans. The vane then can be adjusted radially by the angular control element, which is attached to the fan chassis. If an impeller of a fan chassis fails the vane can be adjusted radially using an angular control element to distribute more airflow to the failed fan superimposing the non-failed fan chassis.
US09695828B2
The present invention concerns an air delivery device with an impeller mounted rotationally about the axis of rotation, designed for essentially axial intake of air and essentially radial expulsion of air relative to the axis of rotation, and which is arranged in a housing that has at least one intake opening and at least one blowing opening.
US09695808B2
A positive displacement pump includes a drive unit and a pump unit. The pump unit comprises a plurality of working chambers, a plurality of displacement elements, and at least three cylinders. The pump unit is configured to be double-acting.
US09695807B2
The micropump includes continuous cylindrical separating pipes having at least two alternating stages of pipes of small radius and large radius connected in succession. Each pipe of a large radius has one end as a hot zone, and the opposite end as a cold zone. The pipes alternate straight pipes with a large radius and U-shaped curved pipes with a small radius. The relationship of the large radius (R) to the small radius (r) is in a range of R/r=2 to 10000, while the relationship of the temperature (T2) of a hot zone to the temperature (T1) of a cold zone is T2/T1=1.1 to 3.0. The length and radius measurements of a straight pipe and a U-shaped pipe ensure a given change in temperature of the gas from the temperature of the hot zone to the temperature of the cold zone.
US09695805B2
A solar thermal power system includes a solar receiver for heating thermal energy storage fluid to be stored and utilized from a thermal energy storage arrangement having hot and cold storage tanks. The system includes a steam generator arrangement, which utilizes the heat of the thermal energy storage fluid to produce steam to run a turbine. The arrangement includes a bypass line configured to bypass the hot storage tank from the steam generator arrangement, and to supply the hot thermal energy storage fluid from the solar receiver directly to the steam generator arrangement, during day times, when the solar receiver the steam generator arrangement are both in operating mode, thereby recovering stored potential energy available in the down corner hot thermal energy storage fluid from the solar receiver.
US09695798B2
A wind spinner includes a body, at least one rod attached to the body for rotation about a blade axis, at least two blades disposed at opposing ends of the rod, forming at least one pair of blades, and at least one blade support disposed within each blade. The at least one blade support includes a central portion disposable on the at least one rod. The central portion is attached to at least one wing portion that extends outwardly therefrom to provide internal support to the blade. In addition, the blades are angled at a blade angle and at a position on the at least one rod such that wind passing thereover causes the at least one pair of blades to rotate about the blade axis.
US09695794B2
A control device of a plasma ignition apparatus according to an embodiment includes a plug socket, an oscillation unit, and an amplification unit. The plug socket holds an ignition plug, and a high voltage generated by an ignition coil is transmitted to the ignition plug through the plug socket. The oscillation unit oscillates a high frequency. The amplification unit amplifies the high frequency oscillated by the oscillation unit. The oscillation unit is arranged outside of the plug socket and the amplification unit is arranged inside of the plug socket.
US09695793B2
A corona ignition system for igniting fuel in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, comprising a oscillating circuit, which contains an ignition electrode, a high-frequency generator, which is connected to the oscillating circuit, in order to produce an AC voltage to excite the oscillating circuit, a converter in order to produce an input voltage for the high-frequency generator from an on-board supply voltage, a voltage controller to stabilize the input voltage produced by the converter for the high-frequency generator, and a control unit for controlling the high-frequency generator, wherein the control unit communicates an imminent load change of the converter to the voltage regulator, before the load change occurs as a result of activation or deactivation of the high-frequency generator. A method for controlling a corona ignition system is also described.
US09695789B2
A valve cylinder partitions a first intermediate chamber from a second intermediate chamber. A first valve element in the first intermediate chamber includes a tubular high-pressure-side valve portion to control communication between a control chamber communication passage and the first intermediate chamber. A second valve element in the second intermediate chamber includes a low-pressure-side valve portion to control communication between an exhaust passage and the second intermediate chamber. A columnar rod portion located between the first valve element and the second valve element is slidably held at a cylinder hole of the valve cylinder. An internal passage communicates the control chamber communication passage with the second intermediate chamber. The high-pressure-side valve portion has an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of the rod portion.
US09695787B2
A sealing arrangement for a post for an intake manifold having a first portion and a second portion held together is set forth. Each of the portions extends from a shell half that, when the two shells are attached to one another, form the intake manifold. Each of the portions includes a face. A groove is formed on at least one of the portions. A seal is fitted in the groove. A fastener hole is formed in the portions. In one portion, the fastener hole passes through the portion and in the other a thread is formed by a thread forming fastener. The seal may be positioned in a groove formed on a post face, in a groove formed adjacent the opening of the fastener-receiving hole in the post, or in a groove formed on an interior wall of the post adjacent a cap fitted over the head of the thread forming fastener.
US09695784B2
Fuel management system for efficient operation of a spark ignition gasoline engine. Injectors inject an anti-knock agent such as ethanol directly into a cylinder of the engine. A fuel management microprocessor system controls injection of the anti-knock agent so as to control knock and minimize that amount of the anti-knock agent that is used in a drive cycle. It is preferred that the anti-knock agent is ethanol. The use of ethanol can be further minimized by injection in a non-uniform manner within a cylinder. The ethanol injection suppresses knock so that higher compression ratio and/or engine downsizing from increased turbocharging or supercharging can be used to increase the efficiency or the engine.
US09695782B2
An abnormality diagnosis device introduces a pressure into a reference-pressure detecting portion by utilizing a pressure introducing portion to detect a reference pressure correlative to a reference orifice, detects a purge-valve closed pressure that is a pressure in an evaporation system of when a pressure is introduced into the evaporation system by the pressure introducing portion after the purge valve is controlled to be closed, and detects a purge-valve open pressure that is a pressure in the evaporation system of when a pressure is introduced into the evaporation system by the pressure introducing portion after the purge valve is controlled to be open. The abnormality diagnosis device determines whether a leakage abnormality of the evaporation system and a fixed open abnormality are generated, based on a magnitude relation between the reference pressure, the purge-valve closed pressure, and the purge-valve open pressure.
US09695779B2
The present disclosure relates to a mixing chamber for mixing exhaust gas with intake air in an engine. The mixing chamber has an intake air inlet, an exhaust gas inlet and a mixing post. The mixing post is located downstream of the charge air inlet and upstream of a point where the flow of exhaust gas meets the flow of intake air, the mixing post extending across the mixing chamber. The mixing post has a longitudinal axis which is oriented perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the mixing chamber.
US09695777B2
The present invention relates to a waste heat recovery system including a first heating line, a second heating line, and a valve section. The first heating line in a working fluid circuit includes a first heat exchanger operatively connected to transfer heat energy to a working fluid. The second heating line in the working fluid circuit includes a second heat exchanger operatively connected to transfer heat to the working fluid. The valve section is selectively controllable to provide a first configuration in which the first heat exchanger and second heat exchangers are operatively connected to the working fluid circuit in parallel and a second configuration in which the first heat exchanger and second heat exchanger are operatively connected to the working fluid circuit in series.
US09695772B2
A system according to the present disclosure includes a fuel control module and at least one of a desired air per cylinder (APC) module and a predicted manifold absolute pressure (MAP) module. The desired APC module determines a desired amount of airflow to each cylinder of an engine. The predicted MAP module predicts a pressure within an intake manifold of the engine at a future time. The fuel control module selectively adjusts a fuel injection parameter of the engine based on at least one of: a change in the desired air per cylinder from a first time to a second time; and a change in the predicted manifold pressure from the first time to the second time.
US09695771B2
An engine control device controls control amounts of a variable valve mechanism and a spark plug, the control amounts in a homogeneous lean operation region set in a first load region are different from that in a non-lean operation region which is a stoichiometric or rich operation region set in a second load region higher than the first load region. The control device performs control, in other operation region set in a third load region between the first and second load region, so that an air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine is equal to that of non-lean operation region, the control amount of the variable valve mechanism is equal to that of homogeneous lean operation region and the control amount of the spark plug is equal to that of the non-lean operation region in accordance with an operation amount of an accelerator pedal.
US09695763B2
In an air handling system of a uniflow-scavenged, two-stroke cycle opposed-piston engine, one or more engine operating state parameters are sensed, numerical values of air handling parameters based on trapped conditions in a cylinder of the engine at the last port closing of an engine operating cycle are determined in response to the sensed parameters, the numerical values are evaluated, and one or more of the numerical values is adjusted in response to the evaluation. The adjusted numerical values are used to control charge air flow and EGR flow in the air handling system.
US09695756B2
When switching the fuel to be used for engine operation from gasoline to CNG, in a state where CNG is supplied experimentally to one cylinder serving as a judgment object and gasoline is supplied to other cylinders, whether or not CNG can be supplied to the cylinder serving as a judgment object is judged based on an amount of change ΔPc in fuel pressure inside a CNG delivery pipe (Step S13 to Step S16). When it is judged that a gas fuel can be supplied to all cylinders (Step S19: YES), the fuel to be used for engine operation is switched from the liquid fuel to the gas fuel (Step S20).
US09695750B2
A turbine engine assembly having a turbine core with a compressor section, a combustion section, a turbine section, and a nozzle section and a liquid natural gas (LNG) fuel system having a LNG reservoir, a vaporizer heat exchanger, a first liquid supply line operably coupling the LNG reservoir to an input of the vaporizer heat exchanger, a gas supply line operably coupling an output of the vaporizer heat exchanger to the combustion section, a second liquid supply line operably coupling the LNG reservoir to the gas supply line and a thermostatic expansion valve (TEV) and a dual fuel aircraft control system.
US09695746B2
The present invention is a linear internal combustion free-piston engine with three acting pistons per combustion chamber, that has the ability to store energy until needed. This engine utilizes a spring to store potential energy after combustion. The present invention also introduces additional air into the combustion chamber during the combustion cycle providing a more complete burn of the fuel, has the ability to self-start, and does not idle. Multiple engines can be married together and run as a single unit.
US09695742B2
A vehicle drive includes a speed change mechanism connected to a rotary electric machine; an output member connected to the speed change mechanism and wheels; an engagement device changes a state of engagement between an input member connected to an engine and the speed change mechanism; a hydraulic pump driven by the engine or the rotary electric machine; a first pressure control device that controls pressure supplied from the pump and supplies the pressure to the speed change mechanism; a second, separate hydraulic pressure control device that controls the pressure supplied from the pump and supplies the pressure to the engagement device; and a case that houses the rotary electric machine, speed change mechanism, engagement device, and pump. At least the engagement device is housed in a space formed by the case, and the second hydraulic pressure control device is provided at a part of the case forming the space.
US09695739B2
With shaped connecting rod, piston and cylinder, an advantageous asymmetric timing of the two-stroke engine is achieved, wherein the combustion chamber communicates with the crankcase through a transfer port controlled by the piston and through a respective piston port controlled by the connecting rod, with the transfer port and its respective piston port arranged “in series”, and wherein an intake port communicates with the crankcase through a piston port controlled by the connecting rod, with the intake port and its respective piston port arranged “in series”.
US09695732B2
A diagnostic device for an exhaust gas purification system that has a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC), a diesel particulate filter, and an exhaust pipe injection device. The device includes a sensor for detecting a temperature of the DOC, a first calculation unit for converting an integration time of the detected temperature between regeneration intervals into a thermal history time with respect to a predetermined set temperature, and calculating a degree of degradation of the DOC based on this thermal history time, a second calculation unit for calculating a quantity of heat generated in the DOC based on the detected temperature during a forced regeneration execution period, and calculating another degree of degradation of the DOC based on the quantity of heat generated; and a diagnosis unit for diagnosing a degradation state of the DOC based on the degrees of degradation entered from the first and second calculation units.
US09695730B2
An exhaust gas purifying apparatus includes an oxidative catalyst and a filter that are disposed in an exhaust gas path of an engine; a fuel injecting device that injects fuel according to a fuel injection pattern; and a control device that estimates a deposition amount of a particulate matter and sets the fuel injection pattern. When the fuel injection pattern including post-injection is set to recover the filter, the fuel injection pattern is set such that a post-injection amount is reduced as the deposition amount increases.
US09695723B2
Various methods and systems are provided for a combustion system of an engine. In one example, a combustion system comprises a piston crown bowl with a central apex, a combustion chamber operable at a compression ratio in a range of from about 13:1 to about 17:1, the combustion chamber formed at least partially by the piston crown bowl, and a fuel injector with a nozzle extending into a central portion of the combustion chamber that is operable to inject fuel directly into the combustion chamber, the nozzle defining a number of apertures that is in a range of from six to ten.
US09695716B2
A variable camshaft timing device can operate using pressure generated by camshaft torque energy to transfer fluid from one working chamber to another work chamber or operate via an external fluid pressure source to fill one working chamber while simultaneously exhausting an opposing working chamber or operate using both modes simultaneously. The mode of the variable camshaft timing device is determined by the position of the control valve. The lock pin is controlled by fluid from one of the working chambers.
US09695712B2
A boss for attachment of an auxiliary device to a fan case of an engine includes a pedestal including a plurality of accumulated layers of reinforcement fibers and a matrix combining the reinforcement fibers together, the pedestal including a bottom face in a shape capable of being in close contact with an outer periphery of the fan case; and an embedded body embedded in the pedestal and including a combining structure combinable with the auxiliary device.
US09695705B2
Systems and methods for controlling a clearance between a rotor and a stator of a steam turbine during transient operations rely upon heating or cooling a shell support structure of the steam turbine that supports the stator of the steam turbine. Selectively heating or cooling the shell support structure makes it possible for thermal growth/contraction rates and magnitudes of the shell support structure to better match the thermal growth/contraction rates and magnitudes of a bearing support structure of the steam turbine during transient operations. As a result, the clearance between the rotor and the stator of the steam turbine can be maintained.
US09695700B2
A lock plate for preventing relative movement between a first component and an adjoining second component, comprises a first end, a second end, and a planar portion extending between the first end and the second end.The first end is configured to locate against one of the first component and the second component, while the second end is configured to locate against the other one of the first component and the second component.The planar portion comprises a first projection positioned substantially mid-way between the first end and the second end. The first projection protrudes from a plane defined by the planar portion and may readily be severed by a user to thereby separate the first and second component from one another.
US09695698B2
A turbomachine aerofoil blade has an aerofoil body portion and a dovetail root fixing at the base of the aerofoil body portion which slides, in use, into a correspondingly shaped slot of a rotor of the turbomachine. The dovetail root fixing has a neck portion, and support flanks engage with matching angled surfaces of the slot under centrifugal loading of the aerofoil blade to support the aerofoil blade on the rotor. The neck portion is shaped such that a rotational adjustment of the aerofoil blade relative to its angular position when supported under centrifugal loading is needed to provide adequate clearance at the neck portion to allow the dovetail root fixing to slide into the slot. On centrifugal loading the engagement of the support flanks with the matching angled surfaces of the slot forces a reversal of the rotational adjustment and reduces the clearance at the neck portion.
US09695691B2
A compressor body is formed such that a compression chamber is divided by a rotor, a cylinder, side blocks and vanes, a housing which covers the compressor body is included, and an outline shape of a cross section of an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder is formed such that, in a period of one rotation of the rotor, (i) a region in which a capacity of the compression chamber increases, (ii) a region in which the capacity of the compression chamber reduces, (iii) a region in which a capacity reduction rate of the compression chamber is smaller than a capacity reduction rate of the region (ii), and (iv) a region in which the capacity reduction rate of the compression chamber is larger than a capacity reduction rate of the region (iii) are consecutively provided in order.
US09695689B2
A system for folding and deploying liners within tunnels includes a mobile conveyor device having a base frame including a plurality of wheels supporting a support frame. The mobile conveyor device also includes a folding assembly mounted upon the support frame at a position adjacent a first end of the base frame and a conveyor assembly mounted upon the support frame at a position adjacent a second end of the base frame.
US09695683B2
A Polycrystalline Diamond Compact (PDC) cutter for a rotary drill bit is provided with an integrated sensor and circuitry for making measurements of a property of a fluid in the borehole and/or an operating condition of the drill bit. A method of manufacture of the PDC cutter and the rotary drill bit is discussed.
US09695675B2
A screen assembly can be used for “gravel pack” or “frac pack” operations and can then withstand high rate injections. The disclosed screen assembly is able to withstand the flow of the packing operation by not allowing fluid passage from the annulus to inside the screen assembly. Then, the screen assembly can be opened and facilitate high rate injection for the life of the well. To achieve this, the disclosed screen assembly does not allow slurry flow to enter the screen assembly during the packing operation. Then, after the packing is completed, the screen assembly provides enough open flow area so that a high injection rate with solid content can be introduced into the annulus without eroding the screen.
US09695671B2
A method is for plugging a well wherein the well, at least along a longitudinal section to be plugged, is provided with one or more pipe bodies forming a radial boundary between the well and a surrounding formation. The method includes (D), lowering a flow-through string into the well and, by the flow-through string, supplying a fluidized plugging material along the longitudinal section in the well, and at least within the innermost of said one or more pipe bodies in the well. The method, before step (D), also comprises (A), lowering one or more explosive charges into the well and onto the longitudinal section to be plugged, and detonating one or more of said explosive charges so as to extend the diameter of one or more of said pipe bodies at one or more places along the longitudinal section to be plugged. A system is for plugging a well.
US09695667B2
An electrical submersible pump system includes an electric motor operably coupled to a fluid pump which includes first and second fluid ports. The first and second ports are selectively operable as a fluid intake and a fluid discharge of the fluid pump with reversal of a direction of rotation of the fluid pump. Valves in the system are controllable to selectively direct fluid discharge of the fluid pump to an inflation volume of the inflatable packer and toward the surface in a wellbore tubing. The valves are further controllable to vent pressure in the inflation volume to deflate the packer.
US09695641B2
A drill bit for drilling a borehole in an earthen formation includes a connection member having a pin end. In addition, the drill bit includes a bit body coupled to the connection member and configured to rotate relative to the connection member about a central axis of the bit. The bit body includes a bit face. Further, the drill bit includes a blade extending radially along the bit face. Still further, the drill bit includes a plurality of cutter elements mounted to a cutter-supporting surface of the blade. Moreover, the drill bit includes a depth-of-cut limiting structure slidably disposed in a bore extending axially from the cutter-supporting surface. The depth-of-cut limiting structure is configured to move axially relative to the bit body in response to rotation of the bit body relative to the connection member.
US09695638B2
A moving cavity motor or pump, such as a mud motor, comprising: a rotor, a stator, and one or more apparatus for constraining (i.e., controlling or limiting) the movement of the rotor relative to the stator, where the apparatus for constraining is operable with the rotor catch.
US09695633B2
A covering for an architectural opening including a first rail, a second rail moveable relative to the first rail, and a lift assembly coupled to the first rail. The lift assembly includes a drum rotatable about an axis, and a brake selectively engageable with the drum. The brake automatically engages the drum to resist the second rail moving away from the first rail; and the brake automatically disengages the drum in response to the second rail moving toward the first rail.
US09695625B2
This device comprises: a pneumatic cylinder (34), a gas generator (36), a chamber (6, 8) for atmospheric venting, with: an inlet with a connection to the gas generator (36), a first outlet, a second outlet, a valve (16) having a first side (24) and a second side (26) which can change position under the effect of a gas generated by the gas generator and comprising a passage (22) between the two sides (24, 26) obstructed by means which are clearable based on the pressure, where said shuttle-valve (16) is mobile between: a first position allowing connection to the first outlet and the second outlet and isolating the inlet from the first outlet and the second outlet; and a second position allowing connection of the inlet with the first outlet and isolating the second outlet from the inlet and the first outlet.
US09695621B2
A rotatably supported door including a hinge including a stationary hinge portion, a leaf hinge portion, which is pivotable about the stationary hinge portion, and a rotating shaft passing through the stationary hinge portion and the leaf hinge portion. The rotating shaft cooperates with an opening and/or closing damping device.
US09695620B2
An apparatus for adjusting the force in a door operator or closer includes a tube rotatable about a longitudinal axis and a coil spring therein connected to door operator/closer. A fixed adjusting screw extends along the longitudinal axis of the housing through the coil spring and a spring collar is threaded onto the adjusting screw and rotatable with the tube. The spring collar bears on the distal end of the spring to vary the spring compression upon rotation of the housing and thereby vary force applied by the door operator or closer. The housing has an opening though which the spring is visible, and the tube has markings indicating the degree of spring compression. An indicator is moveable along and visible outside the housing to indicate the compression of the spring.
US09695619B2
A galley cart bay door latch system serves to secure catering or galley carts, as are used on commercial aircraft, within the aircraft's galley. The system relies on two substantially horizontally disposed latch levers to secure the galley door which in turn restrains a galley cart in position within the galley. The ends of the latch levers are received in a recess formed in the door to secure the door. Raising the latch lever releases the door and positively pushes the door outwardly. The latching configuration allows the doors to be slammed shut without the need to further manipulate the latch levers.
US09695614B2
A door outside handle mounted on a sliding door may include a grip assembly that slides to a front of a vehicle and unlocks a hold-open lock of the sliding door while sliding forward, and a blocking link that prevents the grip assembly from sliding forward by moving ahead of the grip assembly when a door latch is locked with closing of the sliding door.
US09695607B2
A system, device, and method for plugging core holes. A core hole plug includes a top compression plate, a bottom compression plate, and a rubber expansion ring that separates the top and bottom compression plates. A beveled screw hole can be created on the top compression plate. The beveled screw hole matches the angle of the bottom surface of the head of a flat head bolt to ensure that the bolt remains flush with the top compression plate. The rubber expansion ring can be squeezed between the top and bottom compression plates as the flat head bolt is screwed into a threaded receiver nut formed on the bottom compression plate. An installation tool can be utilized to install the core hole plug so that the top compression plate remains flush with an existing floor surface.
US09695605B2
A battery powered concrete vibrator is provided with a vibration head; a brushless DC motor disposed in the vibration head; a drive shaft disposed in the vibration head, rotatably disposed through the brushless DC motor, and operatively driven by the brushless DC motor, the drive shaft including a lengthwise groove on an outer surface, thereby rendering the drive shaft unbalanced; and a groove-shaped vibration member put on the drive shaft. The drive shaft can impart rotation to the vibration member.
US09695602B2
A method of forming an architectural concrete structure having a desired look (i.e., color) and texture, wherein the method generally includes pouring a base concrete layer using conventional concrete. A surface concrete mixture is prepared and includes a mixture of sand and small aggregates to give the surface concrete mixture the desired color and texture for the architectural concrete structure. The base concrete layer provides strength and durability to the concrete structure, while the surface concrete layer provides the desired look and texture of the concrete surface. The surface concrete mixture preferably includes small aggregates to create a smooth and uniform texture.
US09695601B2
Surface coverings, such as floor coverings, with an interlocking design are described. Methods of making the surface coverings are further described. A plank including a resilient composite sheet having four sides, an upper surface, a lower surface, and an overall thickness, and said composite sheet comprising at least one base layer, wherein said at least one base layer comprising at least one polymeric material and at least one filler, wherein opposite sides of the composite sheet comprise a first tongue on a first side and a first groove on the opposite second side, wherein the first tongue and first groove have complementary shape to each other to be interlockingly engageable with a corresponding groove or tongue on an adjacent floor plank.
US09695600B2
A floor panel has a core, a print and a wear resistant layer. The core is assembled at least from a plurality of paper sheets, or other carrier sheets, impregnated with a thermosetting resin.
US09695596B2
An architectural finish element operable to be placed adjacent similar architectural finish elements to form a finished surface on an architectural structure includes a body formed of a rock-based composite material comprising a low density solid particle additive, a plurality of unitary real stone veneer elements bonded to the body in courses extending in a first direction and in a random non-repetitive pattern, the real stone veneer elements having respective face surfaces generally lying in a plane to form an overall face surface of the architectural finish element. The low density solid particle additive is provided in an amount suitable to cause the architectural finish element to have a density of between about 10 to 15 pounds per square foot. The architectural finishing element may be mounted by mounting a portion of a body of at least one dual architectural finish element support to a surface of an architectural structure.
US09695595B1
A method for repairing damaged asphalt shingles includes inserting a tube under the damaged shingle such the terminal end of the tube lies in the vicinity of the damaged area of the shingle, pushing a liquid emulsion through the tube and under the damaged shingle in and around the damaged area, applying a sealant to the upper face of the damaged shingle to fill and seal the damaged area, applying color granules to the sealant to match the granules associated with the damaged shingle, and allowing the sealant and liquid emulsion to seal the damaged area. The method may also include forming a hole in the center of the damaged area of the shingle and applying a sealant through the tube into the hole in sufficient quantity to allow the sealant to spread underneath the damaged shingle and around the damaged area of the shingle, filling the hole with a liquid emulsion, and applying colored granules to the liquid emulsion.
US09695594B2
An illustrative embodiment of the present disclosure provides a ridge vent having a longitudinally-extending top panel, a longitudinally-extending first side, a longitudinally-extending second side, and a first end. The longitudinally-extending top panel is bendable along a longitudinally-extending axis. The longitudinally-extending first side is composed of a longitudinally-extending first arcuate side panel having a concave shape directed toward the ridge vent interior. And the longitudinally-extending second side is composed of a longitudinally-extending second arcuate side panel having a concave shape directed toward the ridge vent interior.
US09695590B2
A subfloor component comprises an insulating foam panel having first and second opposing faces and a plurality of intersecting grooves in the first face to define, in cross-section, a plurality of pedestals having at least one wall extending toward the second face, a moisture-resistant layer formed on the first face of the panel that conforms to the pedestals, and a hardboard layer on the second face of the panel.
US09695587B2
The present application describes an automated structure for reception of modular constructions and respective automation system comprised by a lower structure (1), which contains an opening (4) for accommodation of a fixed shaft, comprised by the element of attachment of the shaft with the exterior, where, preferably, the structure and the fixed shaft of fixation to the exterior (5) can be coupled, a lifting mechanism (2) preferably located in the side sections of said lower structure (1) which is coupled to an upper structure (3) allowing its movement through the joint and support (6). The axial movement and the upper structure (3) are managed through an automated system based on a programmable automaton and a set of sensors and actuators, namely anemometers and frequency inverters that control these movements. This way, the present invention makes it possible to receive modular constructions, for example houses, making them move, for example, according to the solar orientation, in order to make them energy efficient.
US09695583B2
In general, a flush toilet with a built-in clog removal system is described. Additionally, a flush toilet with a one-way valve system for efficient and water conserving operation is disclosed. In one embodiment, the disclosed toilet is defined by: a bowl connected to an drain pipe; at least one one-way valve positioned pipe; and a pump in fluid communication with the pipe so that (a) initiating the pump to force the piston downward or upward causes fluid-flow in the pipe so that the one-way valve closes or opens as a result of pressure or a vacuum against debris clogging the drain.
US09695578B2
A water supply system includes a first pipe, a water reservoir, and a Venturi pipe having a first Venturi nozzle terminal, a second Venturi nozzle terminal and a Venturi nozzle branch arranged between the first and second Venturi nozzle terminal. The first Venturi nozzle terminal is connected via the first pipe to the water reservoir. The first Venturi nozzle terminal is connectable to a second pipe to fill the water reservoir. The branch of the Venturi pipe is connectable to a third pipe to supply taps. Water flows through the Venturi pipe from the first Venturi nozzle terminal to the second Venturi nozzle terminal when the water reservoir is filled, and water flows through the Venturi pipe from the second Venturi nozzle terminal to the Venturi nozzle branch during the supply procedure, to provide a water supply system which requires less maintenance and is less temperamental.
US09695572B2
Apparatus for manipulating a longitudinally extensive member comprises a main body portion, ground contacting assemblies on which said main body portion is mounted, said ground contact assemblies being operable to convey the apparatus over a ground surface, a trench cutting device, and a mounting arm depending directly or indirectly from said main body portion and having a proximal end arranged proximate said main body portion and a distal end arranged distal from said main body portion, said distal end being operatively laterally movable with respect to the main body portion between a first limit position towards a first side of the apparatus and a second limit position towards an opposite second side of the apparatus. The mounting arm is provided with a lifting device configured to lift, and/or support assembly configured to support, said longitudinally extensive member, proximate said distal end thereof. Detection apparatus may also be provided at or near the distal end, for determining the position of said longitudinally extensive member. A corresponding de-mounting arm may be provided at a side of the main body opposite the mounting arm.
US09695563B1
The present invention discloses a brick, comprising a brick body, which comprises at least one slot position for connecting a column, and a method for using the bricks to build dikes in water, including the following steps: (1) drilling a plurality of pile holes at water bottom; (2) casting concrete into each of the pile holes to form concrete columns; (3) stacking up a number of the bricks along the concrete columns and having them tightly connected to form a wall; (4) filling the clearances between the concrete columns and the bricks with mortar. The bricks and dike building method provided by the present invention are suitable for direct over-water dike building, the construction is fast and the dikes built are firm and stable, have superior waterproof function and can effectively prevent the impact of currents, winds and waves.
US09695558B2
A bridge system is provided that utilizes foundation structures that are formed of the combination of precast and cast-in-place concrete. A method of constructing the combination precast and cast-in-place concrete foundation structures involves receiving at a construction site a precast concrete foundation unit having elongated upright wall members that define a channel therebetween, and multiple upright supports located within the channel; placing the precast concrete foundation unit at a desired use location; delivering concrete into the channel while the precast concrete foundation unit remains at the desired use location; and allowing the concrete to cure-in-place such that the elongated upright wall members are connected to the cured-in-place concrete by reinforcement embedded within both the cured-in-place concrete and the upright wall members. The bridge units may be placed before the pouring step to embed the bottoms of the bridge units in the cast-in-place concrete.
US09695555B2
The invention relates to a method to form a rail joint, in which staggerings (6, 7) corresponding to each other are made in joinable solid-profile rail ends (4, 5) of parts (2, 3) of a rail (1) so that when a completed rail joint is viewed from above the rail heads bond; both rail ends are secured to a corresponding mounting; the rail ends secured to the mountings are brought against each other whereby said bonding is established; and the mountings that are against each other are secured to one another. The staggerings (6, 7) are made in such a manner that the lower edges (4a, 5a) of the rail ends (4, 5) are left substantially unstaggered whereby the staggerings extend from these lower edges towards the top surfaces or the rail ends; and the rail ends (4, 5) are welded by their lower edges (4a, 5a) at their entire width to their mountings (8, 9). The invention also relates to a rail joint made by this method.
US09695553B2
A modular railroad track assembly includes spaced-apart cross-ties, side ties, and railroad track rails. Each cross-tie includes a planar edge with the cross-ties being arranged such that each planar edge lies in a common plane. The sides of each cross-tie define an acute angle with the cross-tie's planar edge. The acute angle is in the approximate range of 65° to 80°. Railroad track rails are coupled to the planar edge associated with each cross-tie. A first side tie is coupled to first sides of the cross-ties wherein at least a portion of the first side tie is at the acute angle with respect to the planar edges associated with the cross-ties. A second side tie is coupled to second sides of the cross-ties, wherein at least a portion of the second side tie is at the same acute angle with respect to the planar edges associated with the cross-ties.
US09695552B2
Wet strengthened fiber products, wet strengthening resins, and methods for making such wet strengthened fiber products and wet strengthening resins. The wet strengthened fiber product can include a fiber web and an at least partially cured wet strengthening resin, which prior to at least partially curing, the wet strengthening resin can include a polyamide-epihalohydrin (PAE) resin and a cationic styrene maleimide (SMI) resin. The PAE resin can include a reaction product of a polyamidoamine and an epihalohydrin and the cationic SMI resin can include a reaction product of a styrene maleic anhydride (SMA) copolymer and an amine. The wet strengthened fiber product can include the wet strengthening resin in an amount of about 0.05 wt % to about 5 wt %, based on a dried weight of the wet strengthened fiber product.
US09695540B2
A fluid additive dispenser for a washing machine appliance is provided. The dispenser includes a housing, a dispenser drawer, and a plate. The housing and the plate form a seal to prevent water introduced into the dispenser from prematurely entering a compartment and to prevent a fluid additive in one compartment of the dispenser drawer from entering another compartment.
US09695538B2
A balance ring for an appliance, such as e.g., a washing machine, is provided. The balance ring can reduce or eliminate features such as sink marks that might otherwise impede the movement of counterweights in the balance ring. The counterweights are used to stabilize a rotating element of the appliance.
US09695530B2
An apparatus that facilitates commencement and execution off-loom bead weaving stitches such as, but not limited to, odd/even count Peyote (Gourd), Two (or more) Drop Peyote, Herringbone (Ndebele), Brick (Comanche/Cheyenne), Right Angle Weave, Netting, and derivative stitches. The apparatus in all embodiments provides means to temporarily secure beads by use of one or more of the following: a nonflexible or flexible filament-with or without aid of a sewing needle, friction, clasping with means to engage and disengage or a releasable adhesive in a format that enables the user to have improved sightline and access to the beads, improved control of bead placement resulting in a reduction of color placement and stitch execution errors, and allows the completed or in progress beadwork to be removed from the apparatus intact. The apparatus may be formatted for bead size and configured or combined to accommodate the width of the desired beadwork.
US09695529B2
A fully fashion knitted outer covering made by using a method for generation of contour fit 3D fully fashion knitted outer covering pattern based on 3D exterior data of an object. The method comprises the following steps: digitizing an individual to create a 3D object data cloud; automatically and/or manually recognizing object's exterior landmarks; extracting the object's exterior measurements; calculating the outer covering pattern block of the digitized surface of the object according to the extracted object's exterior measurements including geodesic measurements; transforming the outer covering block to 3D weft knitted outer covering pattern by introducing horizontal and/or vertical darts; and translating the modified knitted outer covering pattern to knitting diagrams and/or instructions, which can then be transferred to knitwear CAD system to control the automatic knitting machine to knit the required knitted outer covering.
US09695523B2
A method for forming a trivalent chromium coating on an aluminum alloy substrate includes adding a chromium-containing solution to a vessel, immersing the aluminum alloy substrate in the chromium-containing solution, immersing a counter electrode in the chromium-containing solution, and applying an electrical potential bias to the aluminum alloy substrate with respect to its equilibrium potential to form a trivalent chromium coating on an outer surface of the aluminum alloy substrate. A method for forming a trivalent chromium coating on a metal substrate includes adding a chromium-containing solution to a vessel, immersing the metal substrate in the chromium-containing solution, immersing a counter electrode in the chromium-containing solution, and modulating an electrical potential difference between the metal substrate and the counter electrode to form a trivalent chromium coating on an outer surface of the metal substrate.
US09695520B2
The invention relates to a method and current measuring arrangement for measuring electric current flowing in an individual electrode in an electrolysis system. The electrolysis system comprises a plurality of interleaved electrodes (1, 2), cathodes (1) and anodes (2), arranged in an electrolysis cell (3) and immersed in electrolyte, said electrolysis system having a busbar (4) disposed on a separating cell wall (5) between each of the two adjacent cells to conduct electric current to the electrodes via a contact point (6) between the busbar and a hanger bar (7) of the electrode, and the current sensing arrangement comprises a magnetic field sensing means (8; 81, 82; 10) for measuring the magnetic field induced by said current. The magnetic field sensing means (8; 81, 82; 10) are arranged to sense the magnetic field substantially at the level of the contact point (6).
US09695505B2
Disclosed herein are methods of treating an article surface. The method comprises removing a metal oxide surface from the metal substrate to expose a metal surface; and delivering particles comprising a dopant from at least one fluid jet to the metal surface to impregnate the surface of the article with the dopant. The method also comprises delivering substantially simultaneously a first set of particles comprising a dopant and a second set of particles comprising an abrasive from at least one fluid jet to a surface of an article to impregnate the surface of the article with the dopant.
US09695504B2
Arranged in the middle of an upper communication sleeve is a first shutter that is moved back and forth in a horizontal open-close direction to open and close a first communication path that makes the inside of a first bobbin chamber and the inside of a furnace body communicate with each other. Arranged in a middle of a lower communication sleeve is a second shutter that is moved back and forth in a horizontal open-close direction to open and close a second communication path that makes a second bobbin chamber and the inside of the furnace body communicate with each other.
US09695502B2
Apparatus for processing substrates are provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a process kit comprising a shield having one or more sidewalls configured to surround a first volume, the first volume disposed within an inner volume of a process chamber; and a first ring moveable between a first position, wherein the first ring rests on the shield, and a second position, wherein a gap is formed between an outer surface of the first ring and an inner surface of the one or more sidewalls, wherein a width of the gap is less than about two plasma sheath widths for a plasma formed at a frequency of about 40 MHz or higher and at a pressure of about 140 mTorr or lower.
US09695499B2
Provided is a nanowire manufacturing substrate, comprising a grid base layer on a substrate and a grid pattern formed by patterning the grid base layer, the grid pattern being disposed to produce a nanowire on a surface thereof. According to the present invention, the width and height of the nanowire can be adjusted by controlling the wet-etching process time period, and the nanowire can be manufactured at a room temperature at low cost, the nanowire can be mass-manufactured and the nanowire with regularity can be manufactured even in case of mass production.
US09695495B2
An aluminum alloy sheet for motor vehicles is produced by casting a melt, containing 3.0-3.5 mass % Mg, 0.05-0.3 mass % Fe, 0.05-0.15 mass % Si, and less than 0.1 mass % Mn, a balance substantially being inevitable impurities and Al, into a slab having a thickness of 5 to 15 mm in a twin-belt caster so that cooling rate at ¼ depth of thickness of the slab is 20 to 200° C./sec; winding the cast thin slab into a coiled thin slab subjected to cold rolling with a roll having a surface roughness of 0.2 to 0.7 μm Ra at a cold rolling reduction of 50 to 98%; subjecting the cold rolled sheet to final annealing either continuously in a CAL at a holding temperature of 400 to 520° C. within 5 minutes or in a batch annealing furnace at a holding temperature of 300 to 400° C. for 1 to 8 hours; and subjecting the resulting sheet to straightening with a leveler.
US09695480B2
The present application relates to an ex vivo or in vitro method to determine the presence or absence of a mutation or a variation in the NF-E2 gene in a sample from a patient suffering from a myeloid neoplasm or solid tumor whereby said method comprises: a) obtaining a nucleic acid sample from the patient, b) detecting the presence or absence of a mutation in the nucleic acid sample comprising the NF-E2 gene or a fragment thereof, characterized in that the presence of the mutation is an indication of a myeloid neoplasm or solid tumor, whereby the mutation is determined by comparing the nucleic acid sequence obtained from the sample with SEQ ID NO:1 or the complement thereof.
US09695474B2
Methods and systems are provided for massively parallel genetic analysis of single cells in emulsion droplets or reaction containers. Genetic loci of interest are targeted in a single cell using a set of probes, and a fusion complex is formed by molecular linkage and amplification techniques. Methods are provided for high-throughput, massively parallel analysis of the fusion complex in a single cell in a population of at least 10,000 cells. Also provided are methods for tracing genetic information back to a cell using barcode sequences.
US09695473B2
The present invention relates to a genotyping method, and more particularly to an ID sequence, which is assigned to each genotype, and a multiplex genotyping method which uses the ID sequence. When pyrosequencing is performed using the ID sequence, a unique and simple pyrogram can be obtained for each genotype. Thus, the use of the ID sequence makes it possible to genotype viral genes, disease genes, bacterial genes and identification genes in a simple and efficient manner. In addition, a genotyping primer of the invention can be used in various genotyping methods which are performed using dispensation orders and sequencing methods.
US09695461B2
The stabilization of a hydrolytic enzyme in a liquid preparation is to be improved through a component that stabilizes the hydrolytic enzyme. This is accomplished by a method for adapting a hydrolytic enzyme to a component that stabilizes the hydrolytic enzyme, comprising the following method steps: a) providing a hydrolytic enzyme (starting enzyme) and a component that stabilizes the hydrolytic enzyme and that comprises a reversible inhibitor of the hydrolytic enzyme; b) changing the amino acid sequence of the hydrolytic enzyme in at least one position, by substitution, deletion or insertion; c) determining the relative activity of the hydrolytic enzyme from step b) and the relative activity of the starting enzyme in a liquid preparation; d) selecting the hydrolytic enzyme that has a reduced relative activity by comparison with the relative activity of the starting enzyme.
US09695453B2
A method of producing hyaluronic acid (HA) in Escherichia coli and Bacillus megaterium through episomal plasmid vectors wherein the gene is under the control of strong promoter T7, preferably under the control of strong promoter T7 of bacteriophage T7, and a system for the selection of stable bacterial strains producing high levels of hyaluronic acid, are provided.
US09695451B2
The present disclosure provides engineered polypeptides having imine reductase activity, polynucleotides encoding the engineered imine reductases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered imine reductases, and methods of using these engineered polypeptides with a range of ketone and amine substrate compounds to prepare secondary and tertiary amine product compounds.
US09695445B2
An objective of the present invention is to provide vectors for conveniently and efficiently producing ES-like cells in which foreign genes are not integrated into the chromosome. The present inventors discovered methods for producing ES-like cells from somatic cells using chromosomally non-integrating viral vectors. Since no foreign gene is integrated into the chromosome of the produced ES-like cells, they are advantageous in tests and research, and immunological rejection and ethical problems can be avoided in disease treatments.
US09695432B2
A method for deleting a region of DNA in a plant. In some embodiments, the method comprises transforming a plant with a nucleic acid molecule, wherein the nucleic acid molecule encodes one or more zinc finger nuclease(s) (ZFNs) operably linked to one or more tissue-specific promoter(s), e.g., a pollen-specific promoter. Methods include excising native genes in a plant. Accordingly, in some embodiments, ZFNs are engineered that recognize sequences that flank native plant genes. In further embodiments, ZFNs are expressed under the control of developmental stage-specific promoters, such that, for example, nucleic acid sequences are specifically excised in plants during relatively late stages of development. Nucleic acid molecules useful for carrying out disclosed methods and plants produced by the methods are included.
US09695431B2
Described herein is a process of genetic transformation in W. somnifera by Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation to overexpress squalene synthase gene (WsSQS) encoding WsSQS enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of squalene from farnesyl pyrophosphate. Increased withanolide level including withaferin-A, withanolide A and B and withanone is attained in transformed plant tissues.
US09695422B2
Compositions and methods to attenuate the immunosuppressive activity of TGF-β through the use of bi-functional shRNAs is described herein. The bi-functional shRNAs of the present invention knocks down the expression of furin in cancer cells to augment tumor antigen expression, presentation, and processing through expression of the GM-CSF transgene.
US09695418B2
The present invention provides oligomeric compounds. Certain such oligomeric compounds are useful for hybridizing to a complementary nucleic acid, including but not limited, to nucleic acids in a cell. In certain embodiments, hybridization results in modulation of the amount activity or expression of the target nucleic acid in a cell. In certain embodiments, the present invention provides compounds comprising oligonucleotides. In certain embodiments, such oligonucleotides comprise a region having a gapmer sugar motif. In certain embodiments, oligonucleotides comprise one or more type of modified sugar moieties and/or naturally occurring sugar moieties arranged along an oligonucleotide or region thereof in a defined pattern or sugar modification motif.
US09695417B2
Systems and methods for synthesizing long-chain nucleic acids molecules are disclosed. The systems and methods described in this application use a Ligation-Purification-Amplification (“LPA”) technique. The LPA technique requires first producing nucleotide sequences with the length of at least 500 bp-1 kbp by assembling smaller oligonucleotide fragments (30 bp-200 bp). The assembled nucleotide sequences are then purified and amplified. This technology can be used to achieve parallel amplification of three or more nucleotide sequences at the same time. In embodiments of the invention, a solid-phase ligation-purification method is adopted, in which nucleic acid molecules are fixed on the surface of beads or other solid particles in order to rapidly purify products obtained from the ligation reaction.
US09695410B2
Provided are isolated complexes comprising a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II and a type I diabetes-associated GAD autoantigenic peptide, the isolated complex having a structural conformation which enables isolation of a high affinity entity which comprises an antigen binding domain capable of specifically binding to a native conformation of a complex composed of the MHC class II and the type I diabetes-associated GAD autoantigenic peptide; and isolated high affinity entities comprising an antigen binding domain capable of specifically binding the complex, wherein the isolated high affinity entity does not bind to the MHC class II in an absence of the diabetes-associated GAD autoantigenic peptide, wherein the isolated high affinity entity does not bind to the diabetes-associated GAD autoantigenic peptide in an absence of the MHC class II; and methods and kits using same for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
US09695401B2
The present invention relates in part to methods for producing tissue-specific cells from patient samples, and to tissue-specific cells produced using these methods. Methods for reprogramming cells using RNA are disclosed. Therapeutics comprising cells produced using these methods are also disclosed.
US09695374B2
The present invention provides a method for preparing gas hydrates by reacting a plurality of guest gases with water, wherein a first guest gas has a higher water solubility than that of a second guest gas, and the pressure of the gas hydrate formation condition of the second guest gas is lower than the pressure of the gas hydrate formation condition of the first guest gas.While the traditional gas hydrate production method, wherein a single guest gas is reacted with water, is unsatisfactory in terms of cost effectiveness and productivity, the present invention provides improved production yield of gas hydrates and enables an easy production of gas hydrates at lower pressure.
US09695364B2
The invention relates to a continuous process for converting carbonaceous material contained in one or more feedstocks into a liquid hydrocarbon product, said feedstocks including the carbonaceous material being in a feed mixture including one or more fluids, said fluids including water and further liquid organic compounds at least partly produced by the process in a concentration of at least 1% by weight, where the process comprises converting at least part of the carbonaceous material by pressurizing the feed mixture to a pressure in the range 50-400 bar, heating the feed mixture to a temperature in the range 250-500° C., and maintaining said pressurized and heated feed mixture in the desired pressure and temperature ranges in a reaction zone for a predefined time; cooling the feed mixture to a temperature in the range 25-200° C. and expanding the feed mixture to a pressure in the range of 1-70 bar, thereby causing the carbonaceous material to be converted to a liquid hydrocarbon product; separating a fraction comprising liquid hydrocarbon product, and leaving a residual fraction; feeding said residual fraction into a bioreactor for the production of biomass such as algae and/or bacteria such as cyano bacteria.
US09695363B2
Disclosed are the use of fluorine substituted olefins, including tetra- and penta-fluoropropenes, in a variety of applications, including in methods of depositing catalyst on a solid support, methods of sterilizing articles, cleaning methods and compositions, methods of applying medicaments, fire extinguishing/suppression compositions and methods, flavor formulations, fragrance formulations and inflating agents.
US09695359B2
The invention relates to a yellow light afterglow material and a preparation method thereof as well as an LED illuminating device using the same. The yellow light afterglow material comprises the chemical formula of aY2O3.bAl2O3.cSiO2:mCe.nB.xNa.yP, where a, b, c, m, n, x and y are coefficients, and a is not less than 1 but not more than 2, b is not less than 2 but not more than 3, c is not less than 0.001 but not more than 1, m is not less than 0.0001 but not more than 0.6, n is not less than 0.0001 but not more than 0.5, x is not less than 0.0001 but not more than 0.2, and y is not less than 0.0001 but not more than 0.5; wherein Y, Al and Si are substrate elements, and Ce, B, Na and P are activators. The yellow light afterglow material is prepared by the following steps: weighing oxides of elements or materials which can generate oxides at high temperature by molar ratio as raw materials, evenly mixing and then sintering the raw materials at 1200-1700° in a reducing atmosphere.
US09695355B2
Disclosed is a production method of a thermoplastic resin composition comprising: compounding 0.001 to 50 parts by mass of a metal complex (B) with respect to 100 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin (A), and kneading it under a condition of a kneading temperature of 225 to 300° C. and of a kneading time of 0.5 to 20 minutes, wherein a metal of the metal complex (B) is a metal except for zinc; a molded body obtained by molding the thermoplastic resin composition which is obtained by the production method; and a light emission body using the molded body.
US09695354B2
The present invention relates to a formulation with which electronic devices can be produced with improved performance with respect to operating voltage, efficiency and service life. The present invention likewise relates to a method for producing a formulation according to the invention and to a method for producing electronic devices using the formulation according to the invention. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to an electronic device that has been produced using the method according to the invention.
US09695353B2
Disclosed herein is a foamed fracturing fluid comprising a carrier fluid; a polymer that is soluble in the carrier fluid; the polymer being a synthetic polymer, wherein the synthetic polymer comprises a labile group that is operative to facilitate decomposition of the synthetic polymer upon activation of the labile group; a foaming agent; and a gas constituent, the synthetic polymer, foaming agent and gas constituent being operative to increase the viscosity of the carrier fluid to about 50 centipoise or greater at 100 s−1, the foamed fracturing fluid being operative to reduce friction during a downhole fracturing operation and to transport a proppant during the downhole fracturing operation. A method for treating a hydrocarbon-bearing formation is also disclosed herein.
US09695347B2
Provided is a slurry composition for chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) of a metal. The slurry composition comprises a copolymer whose average molecular weight is from about 600,000 to about 1,300,000 and whose monomers are acrylic acid and acrylamide in a molar ratio of about 1:30 to about 30:1. The slurry composition exhibits a non-Prestonian behavior to achieve minimized dishing and attain a high degree of planarization.
US09695342B2
Adding a low molecular weight (or alternatively, high melt flow rate), functionalized, isotactic polypropylene (iPP) to a hot melt adhesive (HMA), composition containing a propylene-butene-1, and/or a propylene-ethylene amorphous poly alpha olefin (APAO) copolymer, in addition to other co-adjuvants (such as a tackifier or a plasticizer), results in an APAO-based HMA that shows improved tensile strength and bonding properties, over an HMA that contains only the propylene-butene-1 and/or the propylene-ethylene APAO copolymer (with or without a tackifier and/or a plasticizer).
US09695339B2
Adhesive tape consisting of a textile carrier and of an adhesive layer applied to at least one side of the carrier, the carrier being colored with a mixture of dyes and/or pigments,characterized in thatat least one of the dyes and/or one of the pigments is based on anthraquinone.
US09695331B2
The present invention includes silicon-containing (meth)acrylate compounds of formula (I): where A is a C1-C12 organic moiety such as an alkyl or aryl moiety, B is a silane functional group, C is a (meth)acrylate functional group and D is an allyl functional group, with w=0 or 1, z=0, 1 or 2, x=1, 2 or 3, y=1, 2 or 3 and w+x+y+z=4. The compounds are suitable for use in curable compositions, such as peroxide-curable compositions or radiation-curable compositions and may be applied to a substrate as a coating or sealant, for example. Compositions containing the silicon-containing (meth)acrylate compounds may have reduced volatility and odor problems along with improved adhesion to substrates, increased crosslink density and/or improved hardness.
US09695329B2
[Problems] An object of the present invention is to provide: thermochromic color-memory composition which effectively expresses a property of being capable of interchangeably memorizing and retaining colors and is thus applicable to various fields; and thermochromic memory microcapsule pigment encapsulating the same.[Means for Solution] Provided are thermochromic color-memory composition and thermochromic color-memory microcapsule pigment encapsulating the same, the thermochromic color-memory composition comprising: (a) a component composed of an electron-donating color-developing organic compound; (b) a component composed of an electron-accepting compound; and (c) a reaction medium which comprises an ester compound represented by the following Formula (1) and controls color reaction between the components (a) and (b): (wherein, R represents an alkyl group having 4 to 22 carbon atoms, a cycloalkylalkyl group having 5 to 12 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 4 to 8 carbon atoms or an alkenyl group having 4 to 22 carbon atoms; X represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a halogen atom; and n represents 0 or 1).
US09695328B2
Ink compositions for forming active layers in an organic light-emitting diode are provided. Also provided are methods of forming active layers of an OLED using the ink compositions. The ink compositions comprise a solvent system in which a substantial majority of the solvent is comprised of one or more ester compounds.
US09695323B2
Antimicrobial compositions and methods are disclosed. The antimicrobial compositions are particularly useful in providing antimicrobial capability to a wide-range of medical devices. In one aspect the invention relates a UV curable antimicrobial coating comprising a UV curable composition comprising an oligomer, a momoner, and a photoinitiator which are together capable of forming a UV curable polymer composition. The compositions also include insoluble antimicrobial agents, which may be selected from a wide array of agents. The insoluble antimicrobial agents include a particle size less than 15 μm. Representative insoluble antimicrobial agents include chlorhexidine diacetate, chlorhexidine base, alexidine(dihydrochloride), silver sulfadiazene, silver citrate, triclosan, octenidine(dihydrochloride), and rifampicin.
US09695320B2
A method is provided for making thermochromic pigments in microcapsules having unusually small particle sizes.
US09695319B2
Resin compositions having a reduced solubility and methods for making and using same are provided. In at least one specific embodiment, the resin composition can include a phenolic resin, a latent acid, a catalyst, and a liquid medium. The catalyst can be a base compound and can be present in an amount of about 2 wt % to about 7 wt %, based on the combined weight of the phenolic resin, the latent acid, the catalyst, and the liquid medium.
US09695317B2
A fuel-resistant liquid asphalt binder including a composition of fatty amine derivatives for improving the flowability and workability of a bituminous asphalt mix. The fuel-resistant liquid asphalt binder may include 0.4 wt % to 0.7 wt % of a composition of fatty amine derivatives, 2 wt % to 5 wt % styrene-butadiene-styrene, and 2 wt % to 5 wt % high acetate content ethyl vinyl acetate. The fuel-resistant liquid asphalt binder may be mixed with an aggregate to form a bituminous asphalt mix at temperatures ranging from 330° F. to 280° F.
US09695316B2
A siloxane compound conforms to the structure of one of Formulae (I), (X), and (XX). A composition comprises (a) a first siloxane compound selected from the group consisting of compounds conforming to the structure of Formula (X) and compounds conforming to the structure of Formula (XX) and (b) a second siloxane compound, the second siloxane compound comprising a plurality of siloxane repeating units, including cyclotrisiloxane repeating units conforming to the structure of Formula (XL).
US09695313B2
In one aspect, the invention relates to recycled polyethylene terephthalate compositions, fibers and articles produced therefrom, and methods for producing same. In a further aspect, the invention relates to homogenized post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate. In a further aspect, the invention relates to extruded polymer compositions, polymer mixtures, fibers, and/or Bulked Continuous Filament fibers comprising post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate. In a further aspect, the invention relates to processes for preparing recycled polyethylene terephthalate compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US09695304B2
A rubber composition for tire bead insulation contains a diene rubber, a nitrone compound having a carboxy group, a carbon black and a white filler. The diene rubber contains a natural rubber and a styrene-butadiene rubber and the mass ratio of the contents of the natural rubber and the butadiene rubber is from 50:50 to 90:10. The content of the nitrone compound is from 0.1 to 10 parts by mass (PBM) per 100 PBM of total content of the diene rubber and the nitrone compound. The content of the carbon black is not less than 70 PBM per 100 PBM of the total above. The content of the white filler is not less than 20 PBM per 100 PBM of the total above. The total content of the carbon black and the white filler is from 90 to 180 PBM per 100 PBM of the total above.
US09695303B2
The invention relates to a rubber composition comprising a rubber and a processing additive wherein the processing additive is a functional reactive diluent having at least one functional group in the molecule which is not an olefinic unsaturation, to a process of compounding such rubber compositions, and to the use thereof.
US09695300B2
Various methods and systems of making inorganic fiber/flake reinforced composites having a thermoplastic matrix are disclosed. The methods use systems similar to those used to make inorganic fiber/flake reinforced products having a thermoset matrix, but the systems and methods are modified to use thermoplastic precursor monomer(s) followed by in situ polymerization of the monomer(s) during and/or following forming of the desired shape of the products. These methods permit the manufacture of superior inorganic fiber reinforced thermoplastic matrix composites in large and very large shapes heretofore not possible, or practical.
US09695296B2
An ink jet black ink composition for sublimation transfer includes water, a water-soluble organic solvent, C.I. Disperse Blue 360, and two or more disperse dyes that achieve a reflectance of less than 0.1 at a wavelength of 380 nm or more and 520 nm or less on a dyed article.
US09695285B2
The invention is directed to a macromer comprising unit derived from a siloxane diol, di-isocyanates and a diol comprising a pendant group comprising an oligomer or polymer derived from methyl oxazoline or ethyl oxazoline. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of said macromers, and to that the use of said macromers. The macromers according to the invention may be used in lenses, such as ophthalmic lenses. Films comprising the macromers according to the invention provide a surprisingly low modulus in combination with a high water content and oxidative stability.
US09695282B2
Polyhexahydrotriazine (PHT) and polyhemiaminal (PHA) materials form highly cross-linked polymers which can be used as binder resins in composite materials. A filler element functionalized with a primary amine group can be covalently bonded to the PHA/PHT polymer resins. Example filler elements include, without limitation, carbon nanotubes, silica materials, carbon and glass fibers, and nanoparticles. Filler materials are incorporated into polymeric materials to improve the mechanical strength or other characteristics of the polymeric material for various applications. Typical composite materials use thermosetting materials that, once set, are intractable. PHT and PHA materials can be reverted to starting materials by exposure to acids. Thus, composite components formed using these materials are recyclable.
US09695276B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a bio-PET polymer comprising the following steps: Step A) providing at least one diacid compound, comprising a terephtalate compound; Step B) providing at least one diol compound, comprising monoethylene glycol; wherein —at least one of the terephtalate compound and/or the monoethylene glycol is obtained from at least one bio-based material, and —at least one of the diacid compound and/or the diol compound further comprises at least one crystallization retarding compound; and Step C) copolymerizing a mixture of the diacid compound and the diol compound to obtain a bio-PET polymer comprising diacid units and diol units, comprising up to 7.5 mol % of unit(s) corresponding to the at least one crystallization retarding compound, based on the total number of moles of diacid units contained in the bio-PET. The invention also relates to a method for producing a bio-PET packaging element, comprising the following steps: —performing the method described above; and —Step D) converting the bio-PET into the bio-PET packaging element.
US09695270B2
A photocurable material that allows dark portion curing even if the form of a material to be cured is complicated and the length of an unirradiated portion is long. The photocurable material has both of radical curability and anionic curability, is a photocurable liquid composition curable by irradiation of light, and contains (meth)acrylate and a chain transfer agent, wherein the chain transfer agent is a compound containing one or more of at least one kind selected from a urethane bond, a urea bond, and an isocyanate group, and one or more alkoxysilyl groups. The photocurable material is capable of curing even a portion that irradiation light does not reach.
US09695262B2
The present invention concerns molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) having an affinity for natriuretic peptides, such as atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP). In some embodiments, the MIP is a nanoparticle (a molecularly imprinted polymeric nanoparticle (MIPNP)). Other aspects of the invention include methods of preparing an MIP having affinity for a natriuretic peptide, methods for binding a natriuretic peptide in vitro or in vivo using an MIP of the invention, methods for interfering with the binding of a natriuretic peptide with its receptor in vivo, methods for reducing inflammation, cell growth, cell differentiation, or a cell proliferation disorder, methods for detecting natriuretic peptides, and devices and kits for sequestering and/or detecting natriuretic peptides.
US09695260B2
A method for producing an olefin block polymer, the method includes: polymerizing olefin using a polymerization catalyst (X), a polymerization catalyst (Y), and an organometallic compound (C) having an atom of any of Groups 2, 12, and 13 of the periodic table of the elements, the organometallic compound (C) excluding an activating co-catalyst agent (B), wherein: the polymerization catalyst (X) is formed by bringing a transition metal compound (A-X) represented by a general formula (1-X) into contact with an activating co-catalyst agent (B); and the polymerization catalyst (Y) is formed by bringing a transition metal compound (A-Y) represented by a general formula (1-Y) into contact with the activating co-catalyst agent (B). [Chem. 2] (MLaXbEc)n (1-Y)
US09695258B2
Methods of adjusting the mechanical properties of a polymeric material may include forming a polymer network having a plurality of permanent cross-links and coupled to a plurality of reversible cross-links, wherein the polymer network has a shear storage modulus of greater than about 4×104 Pa; and heating the polymer network using a heat source to dissociate the reversible cross-links, wherein heating the polymer network reduces the shear storage modulus to less than about 4×104 Pa. In some embodiments, a polymeric material may include a polymer network comprising a plurality of permanent cross-links and coupled to a plurality of reversible cross-links that are dissociable with the application of a stimulus and associable with the removal of the stimulus, wherein the shear storage modulus of the polymer network is less than about 4×104 Pa in the presence of the stimulus and greater than about 4×104 Pa in the absence of the stimulus.
US09695257B2
The present invention relates to preparation and application of an olefin polymerization catalyst. The main catalyst is composed of a carrier, a transition metal halide, and an organic alcohol compound. The transition metal halide is obtained by in-situ reaction between titanate and silicon halide. The molar ratio of the carrier to the transition metal halide to the organic alcohol compound is 1 to 0.01-20 to 0.1-6. The molar ratio of the titanate to the silicon halide is 1 to 0.5-2. The co-catalyst is an organo-aluminum compound. The molar ratio of the transition metal halide in the main catalyst to the co-catalyst is 1 to 30-500. Particles of the catalyst are good in morphology and are in a spherical shape. The catalyst has high activity and the polymer obtained by using the catalyst has a high molecular weight. The catalyst is applicable to a slurry method, a vapor phase polymerization process, or a combined polymerization process. The preparation method thereof is simple, has low requirements on devices, and produces little pollution on the environment.
US09695255B2
Functionalization of polymers, including polyolefins, via decomposition of organic peroxides through the use of solid-state shear pulverization.
US09695253B2
Compositions comprising oxidized poly alpha-1,3-glucan compounds are disclosed herein. Oxidized poly alpha-1,3-glucan compounds are produced by contacting poly alpha-1,3-glucan under aqueous conditions with at least one N-oxoammonium salt.
US09695247B2
The invention relates to a specific antibody directed against, for use for treating graft versus host disease.
US09695245B2
The present invention relates to the preparation of substantially purified anti-EDA1 monoclonal antibodies or isolated monoclonal antibody fragments or antigen binding portions or fragments thereof as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing such antibodies. The antibodies may be used in the treatment of disorders relating to excessive action of EDA1 such as hirsutism, ectopic teeth, hyperhidrosis, breast cancer, dermal eccrine cylindroma or skin disorders such as sebaceous gland hyperplasia, comedones, milia, acne, seborrhea, rosacea, steatoma, and furuncles. The anti-EDA1 antibodies are also useful in immunoassays such as sandwich ELISA.
US09695238B2
The present invention provides a newly identified B7 receptor, zB7R1 that functions as lymphocyte inhibitory receptor, which is a PD-1-like molecule and is expressed on T cells. The present invention also provides the discovery of zB7R1's ability to bind to CD155. Methods and compositions for modulating zB7R1-mediated negative signaling and interfering with the interaction of its counter-receptor for therapeutic, diagnostic and research purposes are also provided.
US09695230B2
Monoclonal neutralizing antibodies that specifically bind to HIV-1 gp120 and antigen binding fragments of these antibodies are disclosed. Nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, vectors and host cells are also provided. Methods for detecting HIV using these antibodies are disclosed. In addition, the use of these antibodies, antigen binding fragment, nucleic acids and vectors to prevent and/or treat an HIV infection is disclosed.
US09695226B2
The invention relates to growth hormone compounds with a protracted profile. The effect is obtained by linking an albumin binding residue via a hydrophilic spacer to growth hormone variants. Further described are methods of preparing and using such compounds. These growth hormone compounds are based on there altered profile considered particular useful in therapy.
US09695224B2
The present invention provides stably crosslinked insulinotropic polypeptides having superior and unexpected benefits in the treatment of conditions involving abnormal glucose homeostasis, e.g., type 2 diabetes and conditions relating to type 2 diabetes. Such benefits include, but are not limited to, extended polypeptide half-life, enhanced alpha-helicity, improved thermal stability and protease resistance, increased functional activity and pharmacologic properties, improved bioavailability when administered by any route, and improved bioavailability and gastrointestinal absorption when delivered orally, as compared to the corresponding unmodified polypeptides. The invention also provides compositions for administering the polypeptides of the invention, as well as methods for preparing and evaluating the polypeptides of the invention.
US09695213B2
A process is described wherein, by employing 17α-(3-hydroxypropyl)-6β,7β;15β,16β-dimethylene-5β-androstane-3β,5,17β-triol (II) as starting product, in a single stage reaction there is obtained drospirenone, (I), a synthetic steroid with progestogenic, antimineralocorticoid and antiandrogenic action, that is useful for preparing pharmaceutical compositions with contraceptive action.
US09695209B2
Amphiphilic calixarene glycoside compounds, the preparation of such compounds, and the use of such compounds for selectively extracting, solubilizing and stabilizing membrane proteins.
US09695207B2
In the method of the present invention for producing a thin film, including introducing, onto a substrate, a vapor that has been obtained by vaporizing a thin-film-forming material including a molybdenum imide compound represented by the following formula (I) and that includes the molybdenum imide compound; and then forming a thin film including molybdenum on the substrate by decomposing and/or chemically reacting the molybdenum imide compound. (In the formula, R1 though R10 each represent a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and R11 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms.)
US09695202B2
The invention relates to a method for producing siloxanes selectively carrying primary amino groups by reacting them with ammonia, and to compounds produced in this way.
US09695201B2
The invention relates to a process for preparing trialkylmetal compounds of the general formula R3M (where M=metal of group IIIA of the Periodic Table of the Elements (PTE), preferably gallium or indium, and R=C1-C5-alkyl, preferably methyl or ethyl).The process is based on the reaction of metal trichloride (MeCl3) with alkylaluminium sesquichloride (R3Al2Cl3) in the presence of at least one alkali metal halide as auxiliary base. The reaction mixture is heated to a temperature above 120° C. and the trialkylmetal compound is separated off from the reaction mixture via a separator, with partially alkylated products being at the same time recirculated to the reaction mixture. In a further step, the reaction mixture is heated to a maximum of 350° C. and the remaining alkylated and partially alkylated products are separated off. The products obtained in this way can optionally be recycled in the process.The process displays a high yield of trialkylmetal compound and also a high metal utilization; the products are used as precursors for MOCVD processes.
US09695199B1
The present invention discloses pyridoinolobenzo[b,e]diazepine and thiazepine derivatives of Formula 1, wherein X is NR10, S, S(O), or S(O)2. Y is a single bond or no bond. A and B are independently (CH2)m and (CH2)n respectively; and the subscripts ‘m’ and ‘n’ independently vary from 1 to 4. R1 to R9 are various electron donating, electron withdrawing, hydrophilic, or lipophilic groups selected to optimize the physicochemical and biological properties of compounds of Formula I.
US09695190B2
The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers containing one or more thieno[3,2-b]thiophene based polycyclic repeating units, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.
US09695188B2
In general, the present invention features improved methods useful for the synthesis of analogs of halichondrin B, such as eribulin and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof (e.g., eribulin mesylate).
US09695185B2
This invention is directed to methods of preparing certain spiro-oxindole derivatives, which are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of sodium channel-mediated diseases or conditions, such as pain.
US09695183B2
The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: wherein A is phenyl, naphthalenyl, pyridyl, quinolinyl, isoquinolinyl, imidazopyridyl, furanyl, thiazolyl, isoxazolyl, pyrazolyl, imidazothiazolyl, benzimidazolyl, or indazolyl; R1 is H, alkyl, alkoxy, hydroxyalkylene, OH, halo, phenyl, triazolyl, oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, pyridyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrazinyl, pyridazinyl, piperazinyl, pyrazolyl, oxadiazolyl, pyrrolidinyl, thiophenyl, morpholinyl, or dialkylamino; R2 is H, alkyl, alkoxy, hydroxyalkylene, or halo; Z is NH, N-alkyl, or O; R5 is pyridyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrazinyl, pyridazinyl, quinazolinyl, quinoxalinyl, pyrazolyl, benzoxazolyl, imidazopyrazinyl, or triazolopyrazinyl, optionally substituted with a one or two substituents independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxy, or halo; and n is 0 or 1. Methods of making the compounds of Formula I are also described. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I. Methods of using the compounds of the invention are also within the scope of the invention.
US09695182B2
Compounds of formula I, in which LA, LB, LC, ring A, ring B, RA, RB, RC, RD, RE and RF are defined in the description, and which are protein kinases inhibitors. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds and also to the use of those compounds for treatment and/or prevention of diseases related with aberrant protein kinase activity.
US09695174B2
Disclosed are compounds that inhibit breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP), of which compound (I-1), ((3S,6S,12aS)-6-isobutyl-9-methoxy-3-methyl-2,3,6,7,12,12a-hexahydropyrazino[1′,2′:1,6]pyrido[3,4-b]indole-1,4-dione) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and the compound 12, ((3S,6S,12aS)-6-isobutyl-9-methoxy-3,10-dimethyl-2,3,6,7,12,12a-hexahydropyrazino[1′,2′:1,6]pyrido[3,4-b]indole-1,4-dione) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also disclosed are methods of inhibiting BCRP or decreasing BCRP activity and methods of determining potential BCRP substrates.
US09695172B2
The present invention provides compounds of any one of Formulae (I), (II-C) (e.g., Formula (II)), and (III), and pharmaceutically compositions thereof. Compounds of any one of Formulae (I), (II-C), and (III) are believed to be binders of bromodomains and/or bromodomain-containing proteins (e.g., bromo and extra terminal (BET) proteins). Also provided are methods, uses, and kits using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for inhibiting the activity (e.g., increased activity) of bromodomains and/or bromodomain-containing proteins and for treating and/or preventing in a subject diseases associated with bromodomains or bromodomain-containing proteins (e.g., proliferative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, viral infections, fibrotic diseases, metabolic diseases, endocrine diseases, and radiation poisoning). The compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and kits are also useful for male contraception.
US09695169B2
Provided herein are intermediates and processes useful for facile synthesis of biologically active molecules.
US09695156B2
Provided herein are compounds of Formula (I) or (II): (I) (II) pharmaceutically acceptable salts, tautomers, prodrugs, and stereoisomers thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, wherein X, RN, R1, R3, R4, p, and m are as defined herein. Such compounds and compositions have been found useful in the treatment or prevention of viral infections, e.g., polyomaviral infections, and are further envisioned useful in treatment or prevention of other pathogenic conditions associated with endosomal trafficking. Methods of treating or preventing an infection by a pathogen secreting an AB5 toxin is also contemplated.
US09695155B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein each Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, Z, R2, m and R3 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing a compound of Formula 1 and methods for controlling undesired vegetation comprising contacting the undesired vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
US09695153B2
The present invention relates to oligooxopiperazines for reactivating p53. The oligooxopiperazines comprise two or three oxopiperazine rings and substantially mimic helix αB of the C-terminal transactivation domain of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1α. Methods of using the oligooxopiperazines are also disclosed. Exemplary oligooxopiperazines include those of Formula I below (wherein A, R1, R2, R3, R4, and B are as defined herein).
US09695144B2
The present disclosure provides dibenzazepine derivatives having Formula I or I(A): and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein R3a, R3b, R6, V1, V2, Z1, Z2, Z3, and G are defined as set forth in the specification. The present disclosure is also directed to the use of the compounds of Formula I or I(A), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof, to treat a disorder responsive to the blockade of one or more sodium channels. In one embodiment, the compounds of the present disclosure are useful for treating pain.
US09695130B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel method capable of producing rosuvastatin calcium and intermediates therefor efficiently, inexpensively and with high purity. The present invention provides a method of efficiently producing rosuvastatin calcium and intermediates therefor having a high purity at an industrial scale, without using an extremely low temperature reaction or a special asymmetric catalyst.
US09695116B2
The present invention provides novel phenylcycloalkylmethylamine derivatives, and methods of preparing phenylcycloalkylmethylamine derivatives. The present invention also provides methods of using phenylcycloalkylmethylamine derivatives and compositions of phenylcycloalkylmethylamine derivatives. The pharmaceutical compositions of the compounds of the present invention can be used for treating and/or preventing obesity and obesity related co-morbid indications and depression and depression related co-morbid indications.
US09695114B2
The present disclosure relates, in general, to processes for converting 2,5-dichloroaniline compounds to the corresponding 2,5-dichlorobenzenediazonium compounds, and further relates to processes for the preparation of 2,5-dichlorophenol which is a key intermediate used in the manufacture of dicamba.
US09695112B2
Objects of the present invention are to provide an industrially applicable method for producing an optically active α-amino acid in high yield and in a highly enantioselective manner, to provide a simple production method of an optically active α,α-disubstituted α-amino acid, and to provide an intermediate useful for the above production methods of an optically active α-amino acid and an optically active α,α-disubstituted α-amino acid.The present invention provides a production method of an optically active α-amino acid or a salt thereof, the production method comprising introducing a substituent into the α carbon in the α-amino acid moiety of a metal complex represented by the following Formula (1): by an alkylation reaction, an aldol reaction, the Michael reaction, or the Mannich reaction, and releasing an optically pure α-amino acid enantiomer or a salt thereof by acid decomposition of the metal complex.
US09695108B2
The invention encompasses novel compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and compositions including therapeutically or prophylactically effective amounts of such compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The invention also encompasses methods for treating or preventing diseases and disorders associated with abnormal cell growth, for example, treating or preventing cancer or tumor growth, which methods include administering to a mammal in need thereof a composition comprising a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of a compound of the invention or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US09695106B2
In an embodiment, a method of producing a carbonate comprises reacting carbon monoxide and chlorine in a phosgene reactor in the presence of a catalyst to produce a first product comprising phosgene; wherein carbon tetrachloride is present in the first product in an amount of 0 to 10 ppm by volume based on the total volume of phosgene; and reacting a monohydroxy compound with the phosgene to produce the carbonate; wherein the phosgene reactor comprises a tube, a shell, and a space located between the tube and the shell; wherein the tube comprises one or more of a mini-tube section and a second tube section; a first concentric tube concentrically located in the shell; a twisted tube; an internal scaffold; and an external scaffold.
US09695103B2
Zinc or copper (II) salt which can be used as a biocide, having the general formula CH2C(R1)CO—M—OCOR2(OH)m(COOH)n wherein M is Zn or Cu, R1 is selected from the group comprising hydrogen and methyl, R2 is substituted C1-C5 alkyl, m=0-5, n=0-2, m+n=1-5.
US09695097B2
This invention relates to a process for producing ethanol comprises supplying a feed comprising carbon monoxide, hydrogen and dimethyl ether to a reaction zone operated under conditions such that (i) part of the carbon monoxide in the feed reacts with part of the hydrogen in the feed to produce methanol; (ii) part of the carbon monoxide in the feed reacts with at least part of the dimethyl ether in the feed to produce methyl acetate; and (iii) part of the hydrogen in the feed reacts with at least part of the methyl acetate produced in (ii) to produce an effluent comprising methanol and ethanol. At least part of the ethanol is recovered from the effluent and at least part of the methanol is dehydrated to produce dimethyl ether, which is recycled to the reaction zone.
US09695089B2
Method for producing shaped bodies from reaction-bonded, silicon-infiltrated silicon carbide and/or boron carbide, characterized in that a monolithic preliminary body is built up in layers using a formless granulation to which a physical or chemical hardening or melt process is applied, wherein the granulation has a weight fraction of at least 95% silicon carbide and/or boron carbide with an average grain size of 70 to 200 μm, the so-created preliminary body is impregnated at least once by the introduction of a carbon black suspension or via a gas-phase separation and secondary silicon carbide is created in contact with liquid or gaseous silicon by a subsequent reaction firing that solidifies an engagement composite produced.
US09695088B2
A monolithic refractory castable material comprises from about 25 to about 80 weight percent of graphite, from about 1 to about 15 weight percent of a water dispersible, curable phenolic novolac resin, and from about 70 to about 15 weight percent of one or more refractory aggregates, based on the weight of the monolithic refractory castable material. The monolithic refractory castable material is water dispersible and may be delivered to a structure surface by casting, pumping, shotcreting or gunning processes. In one embodiment, the monolithic refractory castable material may be employed to install or replace a blast furnace lining.
US09695085B2
Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to articles including anticondensation coatings that are exposed to an external environment, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the anticondensation coatings may be survivable in an outside environment. The coatings also may have a sufficiently low sheet resistance and hemispherical emissivity such that the glass surface is more likely to retain heat from the interior area, thereby reducing (and sometimes completely eliminating) the presence condensation thereon. The articles of certain example embodiments may be, for example, skylights, vehicle windows or windshields, IG units, VIG units, refrigerator/freezer doors, and/or the like.
US09695080B2
A glass particle deposit producing method capable of preventing the variation in the outside diameter of a glass particle deposit and enhancing the yield of a glass raw material is provided. A glass particle deposit is produced by mounting a starting rod 11 and a glass particle generating burner 22 inside a reaction vessel 2, introducing a glass raw material into the burner 22, subjecting the glass raw material to a flame decomposition reaction inside a flame formed by the burner 22 to generate glass particles, and depositing the generated glass particles on the starting rod 11. At this time, the dispersion angle of the glass raw material jetted from the burner 22 with respect to the center axis of the burner 22 is set to the range of 5 to 70 degrees.
US09695075B2
A fluidized bed reactor for ammonia laden wastewater includes a column, a plurality of carrier particles, a first settling tank and a fluidizing means. The column defines a fluidizing chamber therein, and the fluidizing means is adapted for introducing the ammonia laden wastewater into the fluidizing chamber and further into the first settling tank. The reactor is further provided with microorganisms including nitrifying bacteria, anammox bacteria and heterotrophic denitrifying bacteria attached to the carrier particles. Nitrification reaction, anammox reaction and heterotrophic denitrification reaction are simultaneously taking place in the fluidizing chamber to transform ammonia into nitrogen by the microorganisms. A method for treating ammonia laden wastewater is also provided. The fluidized bed reactor is advantageous in the fact that its start-up is significantly shortened and it is adapted to efficiently treat thin ammonia laden wastewater.
US09695074B2
A device for generating high pressure ozone water by using a low pressure ozone gas source includes an ozone gas and water mixture bucket. A water inlet of the ozone gas and water mixture bucket is connected with a tap water inlet through a pipe system and a water inlet solenoid valve. A water outlet of the ozone gas and water mixture bucket is connected with a water outlet through the pipe system and a water outlet one-way valve. An ozone gas inlet of the ozone gas and water mixture bucket is connected with an ozone inlet through the pipe system and an ozone gas inlet one-way valve. The ozone gas and water mixture bucket is provided with an off-gas outlet. The off-gas outlet is connected with a discharge outlet through the off-gas destruct bucket. The water inlet solenoid valve is connected with a power control unit.
US09695048B2
Technologies described herein are generally related to graphene production. In some examples, a system is described that may include a first container, a second container, and/or a chamber. The first container may include a first solution with a reducing agent, while the second container may include a second solution with graphene oxide. The chamber may be in operative relationship with the first and the second containers, and configured effective to receive the first and second solutions and provide reaction conditions that facilitate contact of the first and second solutions at an interfacial region sufficient to produce graphene at the interfacial region.
US09695046B2
The invention relates to a method for cleaning carbon nanotubes comprising the following steps: provision of a carbon nanotube substrate, first washing of the carbon nanotube substrate by means of an acid and second washing of the carbon nanotube substrate by means of a solution, wherein the solution has replacement anions of at least one of the acid radical anions of the acid of different type, and the substance amount fraction of the replacement anions in the solution is greater than the substance amount fraction of the anions in the solution corresponding to the acid radical anions of the acid. The invention further relates to a carbon nanotube substrate which can be obtained by such a method.
US09695042B2
A method for transferring a carbon nanotube array includes providing a substitute substrate, a growing substrate, and a carbon nanotube array. The carbon nanotube array is grown on the growing substrate. A carbon nanotube structure can be drawn from the carbon nanotube array. The carbon nanotube structure includes carbon nanotube segments joined end-to-end. The carbon nanotube array is transferred from the growing substrate onto the substitute substrate. During transfer, the structural integrity of the carbon nanotube array is maintained.
US09695029B2
A container-processing machine includes a transfer star having container-engagement elements disposed along a periphery thereof. The transfer star moves containers past first or second sets of processing stations that are disposed along corresponding diametrically opposed arcuate processing paths.
US09695024B2
A unique roadworthy boom trailer comprises a roadworthy wheeled chassis, four independently-adjustable trailer-leveling motorized legs attached to the bottom of the chassis, pneumatic-tool compressor built in the chassis, turret assembly attached to the top of the chassis, and on-site-extendable-interchangeable quick-release assemblies of boom, ladder, and catwalk rotatably attached to the turret assembly. The ladder assembly has safety rungs for safety cables to be hooked thereon. The catwalk assembly has adjustable telescopic safety handrails. The unique roadworthy boom trailer can work with suspension-cable-or-truss-type bridges, low-or-high-power-line bridges, short-or-tall-supporting-column bridges, single-or-multiple-lane bridges, and regular-or-rail-road bridges. The catwalk assembly can have multiple additional catwalk assemblies attached thereto to extend its width or length to generally equal the width or length of a bridge, respectively. The catwalk assembly is sized to operate entirely within the width of a sidewalk, and to lift and shift equipment and personnel through narrow openings or into nooks both over and under bridges.
US09695017B2
Adjustable intermediate disk body of large double-layer cage and adjusting and moving method thereof
An adjustable intermediate disk body of large double-layer cage comprises cage columns, a main intermediate disk body, and a chain block and a connecting piece. An intermediate disk guide rail beam is arranged on the inner side of the cage columns, wedge bases are symmetrically arranged on the two sides of the lower part of the intermediate disk guide rail beam, a limited block with a bolt hole is arranged on the upper part of the intermediate disk guide rail beam, and an anti-disengaging plate is arranged on the intermediate disk guide rail beam. Intermediate disk wedge bodies, which match the wedge faces of the wedge bases and can only move vertically along the intermediate disk guide rail beams, are arranged on the two side faces of the main intermediate disk body, at positions corresponding to the intermediate disk guide rail beams; an intermediate disk guide wheel that is fitted with the intermediate disk guide rail beam and an intermediate disk guide wheel seat with a bolt hole are arranged on the upper part of the intermediate disk wedge body.
US09695012B2
An elevator includes at least one elevator car and a counterweight which are at least partly suspended on hoisting ropes and a drive machine driving a traction sheave engaging the hoisting ropes for moving the elevator car along guide rails in an elevator shaft, which elevator further includes a compensation rope. The compensation rope is led upwards to an upper part of the elevator shaft and from there aside to a balancing area located aside of the travel paths of the car and counterweight. This solution is particularly adapted for high travel elevators facing horizontal forces during operation as e.g. ship elevators. Collision of compensation ropes are avoided in the area below the car and counterweight paths which could affect the elevator safety when subjected to high horizontal forces, e.g. during rough sea.
US09695005B2
A paper-sheet counting machine (10) includes: a recognition and counting unit (24) configured to count paper sheets; a stacking unit (26) configured to stack therein the paper sheets that have been counted by the recognition and counting unit (24), an opening being provided in a front face of the stacking unit (26); a rotary guide unit (28) provided to the stacking unit (26) and configured to allow the paper sheets that have been counted by the recognition and counting unit (24) to be stacked in the stacking unit (26); a shutter (40) configured to close the opening provided in the front face of the stacking unit (26); a shutter drive unit (50) configured to drive the shutter (40) to open and close the opening provided in the front face of the stacking unit (26); and a control unit (70) configured to control the shutter drive unit (50).
US09695003B2
A surface winder for winding a log of web material convolutely about a core is disclosed. The surface winder has a frame providing the web material with a path therethrough, a first winding roll rotatably mounted in the frame on one side of the path, a stationary finger mounted on the frame on the other side of the path adjacent the first winding roll and spaced therefrom a distance sufficient to receive the core to be wound in the path, the first winding roll cooperating with the stationary finger means to rotate the core, a cam-controlled core insertion device for a surface winder, and a second winding roll rotatably mounted in the frame on the other side of the path and downstream in the direction of web advance from the stationary finger means and forming a nip with the first winding roll.
US09695000B2
A sheet feeding device includes a holder member and a stopper member. The holder member is configured to house a separating member and to be attached to or detached from a conveying guide by being slid in a vertical direction. The stopper member is configured to be attached to or detached from the conveying guide by being slid in a vertical direction outside of the holder member. The stopper member has an engaged part. The holder member has an engaging part with which the engaged part is to be engaged. The holder member is attached to the conveying guide by being slid from the above side. The stopper member is attached to the conveying guide by being slid from the above side while engaging the engaged part with the engaging part. The stopper member prevents the holder member from being moved with respect to the conveying guide.
US09694996B2
An example dock leveler with safety supports including a deck having a deck plate, a plurality of support beams, a first side plate and a second side plate. The deck plate has an outer perimeter defined by a front edge, a rear edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge. A first deck obstruction extends underneath the deck plate and is selectively configurable to at least one of a blocking position or a stored position. The first deck obstruction is elongate in a lateral direction and the first deck obstruction has a protruding end. The first side plate is closer to the protruding end when the first deck obstruction is in the stored position than when the first deck obstruction is in the blocking position. The first deck obstruction extends laterally beyond the deck width when the deck obstruction is in the blocking position. The first deck obstruction includes a pulling enhancement at the protruding end.
US09694994B2
An automatic case loader for loading product in a trailer is disclosed. A mobile base structure provides a support framework for a drive subassembly, conveyance subassembly, an industrial robot, a distance measurement sensor, and a control subassembly. Under the operation of the control subassembly, product advances through a powered transportation path to an industrial robot which places the product within the trailer. The control subassembly coordinates the selective articulated movement of the industrial robot and the activation of the drive subassembly based upon the distance measurement sensor detecting objects within a detection space, dimensions of the trailer provided to the control subassembly, and dimensions of the product provided to the control subassembly.
US09694979B2
A conveyor belt including a plurality of spaced hinge rods, each of the plurality of rods including a first end and a second end; a plurality of plate elements including a first side edge and a second side edge, the plurality of plate elements overlying the spaced hinge rods such that the plurality of plate elements define a product support surface; wherein each side edge of the plate elements includes a side edge connector having a bendable retaining tab disposed at the first side edge and the second side edge and two holes for receiving a respective end of one of the hinge rods therein. The bendable retaining tab is configured to bend and thereby cover one of the two holes on the side edge connector, thereby restraining movement of the hinge rod within the respective hole.
US09694977B2
A storage fill and retrieval system includes fixed storage locations distributed in a storage space and defining at least one human pick zone having at least one collection tote location, at least one autonomous mobile robot configured for holding and transporting a tote within the storage space and having an end effector arranged for autonomous transfer of the tote between the at least one robot and a tote holding station and a collection tote location, and a storage management system communicably connected to the at least one robot and configured to associate each robot with a human pick zone, wherein the at least one robot is configured to transport the tote to the collection tote location of each associated human pick zone, and wherein each collection tote location is arranged for human picker access and defines an interface between a human picker and the at least one robot.
US09694973B2
A collection apparatus weight and fullness level reporting system includes: an inlet; a removable collection bin receiving material placed into the collection apparatus; a compacting mechanism including a ram body, wherein the ram body travels between a home position located above the collection bin to a maximum travel position located inside the collection bin, wherein during each compaction cycle the ram body travels along a variable length of the compaction path; a fullness-reporting module that determines the height of the material in the collection bin; and a controller that determines the length of the compaction path the ram body travels during each compaction cycle based on the input received from the fullness reporting module, wherein at the end of each compaction cycle in which the material height is below a maximum height, the ram body is brought to rest at a height below the home position.
US09694968B2
Packaging for elongate objects such as a screw (20, 30) having a head (21) of enlarged diameter and a bolt part (23, 24) having reduced diameter. The packaging (1) includes a packaging sleeve that is open at at least one end and that is made of an elastically bendable material. The packaging sleeve has at least one upper insertion opening (2) and securely holds the head (21) of the object screw (20) in an axial direction in an elastically expandable clamping collar (5) that is adjacent to the insertion opening (2) and maintains the bolt-side end of the object at a distance from the inside of the plastic packaging.
US09694958B2
A security packaging (10) provides multi-layer laminate structure for providing evidence of package tampering. The packaging may include a first panel (12) having an opening (18) therein in planar contact with an insert member (16) and a film layer (20). The film layer (20) may include a pattern layer (32) that may be adhered to the film layer (20) via an adhesion layer (48). A second adhesion layer (52) may be placed onto the pattern layer (32) to adhere the pattern layer (32) to the insert member (16).
US09694957B2
A method provides a rubber-elastic sealing member onto a capsule intended for producing a beverage in a beverage production device. The capsule has a body portion having a side wall and a flange-like rim portion. The rim portion extends from the side wall of the body portion. The method includes the steps of applying an uncured sealing composition in a liquid or viscous state onto the rim portion of the capsule, heating said applied sealing composition such that the sealing composition at least partially migrates towards the side wall until the sealing composition reaches the side wall, and curing the sealing composition after the migration towards the side wall.
